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Churchill North The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct 24 3 Two house permits Approve residential land two northerly acres cut The six acre parcel of land on Churchill Road North Acton between the Acton Curling Club and the Bovts subdivision was recommended to be included in the Of tic ml Plan as residential this week However the six acre parcel across the road by the high school owned by Cedar Road Developments was cut in two with only the southerly our acres approved for residential and the northerly two acres where a pond is located was left out on the recommendation of the planning staff On the Civiero land semidetached homes are suggested while single family homes were slated for the Cedar Road development By limiting the residential area to the roughly four acres the number of houses would be cut to approximately A recommendation that a full scale report on servicing be completed before the draft amend was passed was deleted Mayor Pete contended such a report would take a long time and delay the project Councillor Horry Levy the lone councillor in opposition said the planning department had been Under the gun to bring in a favorable rep ort He emphasized some of the agencies had found fault with parts of the pro posals We are pre mature In doing this Paul Nielsen speaking on behalf of Cedar Road Developments said a drainage report had been submitted to the Region Change minds 2 acres in Halton Hills councillors changed their minds on Monday and voted to Include the two north acres of the Cedar Road development on Churchill Road North in the residential area At planning hoard members voted to cut out the two acres by the pond north of the high school but with an amendment by the mayor including the two acres subject to all the drainage and engineering problems be ing settled the whole six acre parcel was designated residential A public meeting must be held before the designation becomes official Councillor Harry Levy repeated his criticism of the method used in the designation from rural to residential He said concerns of various agencies had not been satisfied and no plans had been seen I may not be opposed to having homes there eventually but definitely am op posed to the way has been done Councillor Roy Booth asked for assurance every developer wouldgct the same speedy answer as this one Only Councillors Levy and Marilyn Scrjcontson opposed the land use change Councillor Waller Biehn was absent Charges in stabbings Bast Cemetery desecrated Many of the tombstones In tolrvlew sight of nearby homes or apartments ill the same fate recently at the hands or van lodged from pedestals were chipped Tomb- dais or thouRhtteM prankster as the atones an- expensive They start jl about Jim pictured above Twenty seven stones some within according to Dub Tombstones toppled A former Acton re sident has been charged with first degree murder in Cedar Falls Iowa fol lowing the stabbing death of her seven year old son October I Gail Vukovich had also been charged with two counts of mur der after her other two sons were found with multiple stab wounds According to Police unit Mrs is still undergoing tests in the psychiatric unit of St Francis Hospital in Waterloo Dead is Michael Vuko who was buried in Port Credit two weeks ago Brothers Matthew jmd Jonathan four months have recovered and are repqrtedjy living with their grandparents in Port Credit Dr J Vukovich form of the Med Duplex plans okayed by town The graves of several Acton families have been recent targets of repealed vandal attacks Twenty seven tomb stones were lipped over- some of Ihem chipped during four nights last week All have been re- irectcd by town work There not seem to be any pattern lo the pranks Some stones arc rocked off their bases others left untouched Many of the stones are fairly new No sector of the cemetery however appears to hove escaped of Tuesday after noon Regional Police made no arrests in connection with the inc idents II on a regular basis now but it been going on for three years town employee John Dunn said during an inspection of the cemetery after an attack About a month ago a row of stones were knocked to the ground Town foreman observed that a few ago stone cost between and but loday prices start at You re spending a lot of money for remembrance Chipped stone at Ihe base has to be repaired before it can be Set upright Speculating about the people rtsponsible Mr said they got to be a fair sue because some stones need three men to lift them There no damn kids should be playing in here or anything else said the town foreman With the Ransom St apartments plus the condominiums on King ham so close Mr said that someone must see something AIR POLLUTION CUT In Canada air pollution was significantly reduced at local levels during the 1970s Environment Canada Is working toward further reductions by Identifying new control technology deter mining tolerable levels checking automobile emissions and together with provincial and local governments enforcing the Clean Air Act They should be able to call the police or town workmen in the Some months ago someone telephoned the police a boy was caught it under investigation said Mr Dunn However regard the latest wave of vandalism he went on to jay get any action from police J Cooper will be al lowed to make his house into a duplex Cooper made his plication to convert the building on Main St at Hills Planning Board last week Council Monday evening gave final approval to the plan Cooper told planning board it is a four bed room house with the bed rooms on the second sto rey It is approximately 1CO0 square feet He ex plained only internal changes were necessary for the change and he would extend the drive way a little to back of turn around Planning Board okayed the request THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mall Lottario TICKETS Now A vailable At Eds In n Out 18 MAIN STREET SOUTH ACTON 8532610 teal Centre and hts left Acton in August to make a new life In Iowa The incident on his first day of work at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Iowa Former neighbors of the well known family have set up a trust fund for the two remaining Donations may be to the Vukovich Fund Bank of Nova Scot ia According to Police Lieutenant Jaeger in the United States once they must be brought to trial within days unless the de fense waives this right He suspects In this case it could be longer before Mrs Vukovich appears in court as lawyers wait for hospital results NMORMKERS CAM GET SOBER INSURANCE RATES despite a letter from the Region saying such a report had not been submitted He pointed cut another reference to need for improvements for servicing a acre parcel did not apply this development since had made no application at all on the adjacent acres He further claimed the route of servicing land in question differed greatly in the V son report and in the Regions letter Levy repeated his warnings that they were rushing into something without knowing the facts The mayor pointed out they were processing an Official Plan amend and said concerns would be covered in a development agreement Councillor George claimed little water ran through the culvert and said the pond was simply a hole in the ground that sometimes had water in It Councillor Ed Wood put forward a motion to have the two acre northerly section included in the residential area but the motion was defeated The motion to have the only the southerly portion included was passed A public meeting will be held on the amendment The value of building permits issued in Scptcm bcr totalled a drop from 1 100 in the same month last year Only two house permits were issued last month in Hills and a total house permits this year to date In the same lime last year house permits were sold The permit for Wriggiesworth school was the highest in Sep tember with a addition to Industry of Armstrong Avenue Unit the end of Sep tember the value of per mils reached compared lo last year WE SELL WISHES DREAMS MAKE YOURS COME TRUE CALL US TODAYH 8531553 mm WALLtoWALL LIQUIDATION Lie most vacate we by BRmPW STORE SWCH INSURANCE AGENCIES LIMITED Acton Bultd M1HStEaB31121 Martha and son Owen at ICW annual and bake Hale In United Church Saturday afternoon The Lewis manned one of the tables 32 MILL ST EAST ACTON SALE OF LARGE SELECTION OF BULBS NOW IN STOCK Ribbon Cutting 12 noon Open House til 6 Free Coffee and bunt Ok Aid Out want to PHOTO DAy SATURDAY OCTOBER 27th 1 RECEIVE ONE 3 COLOR PRINT Mart Acton Pharmacy ltd ACTON CORNER MIUfr MAIN