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The Acton Press Wednesday Juno 1980 3 Larry Davidson searches Tar some brick to fit into the kiln wall in an effort lo salvage some of the poller ire reduced the kilns shed to ashes sup Acton irefighters ere on the scene for about an hour Probable cause In the estimated fire over heating according to tire Chief Mick Holmes A neighbor telephoned firefighters after she a loud crack Chief Holmes said the abed was engulfed In flames the time firefighters arrived Object to truck route Nine families have objected to the Given Rood and Third Line being used as a truck route from a new pit used for provincial highway construction on the Fifth Line Monday night Hills council received a letter from Ken McGregor Acton representing his family and eight others jecting to the truck route He the truck route will mean a great in tcrference with our way of life and our children safety McGregor complains there are three dangerous corners on the planned truck route He says the Given Road and Fourth Line is a dangerous intersection but it will be upgraded in conjunction with the truck route However two other dangerous corners won I be considered for Bear killed Continued from Keith and fired at the bear with a powerful mm Mauser rifle winging it They trailed the animal and Keith finished it off deep in the woods but not before firing at several more times Keith noted he hit the bear forehead with a shot from his and ail it did was growl He said he didn t want to kill the bear but if it had been allowed to remain in the area it would have just kept on killing livestock Bears have also been known to eat calves The bear stood on Us haunches once to reach for pear from a tree and it stood about five feet tall Ron Trenton Hills Veterinary Ser vices who inspected he remains of the bear later said it weighed in excess of pounds He noted bears just came out of hibernation about a month ago and this is the season hey carry their lightest weight so the bear would have been much bigger later in the summer Trenton estimated from the size of the animal the bear is five or six years old Dr Trenton said bears will eat anything can cause a lot of problems when they get into garbage and eat both meat and vegetation They have big appetites and will eat whatever they can easily obtain The iamb it killed would have been a delicacy to the bear and it would have kept killing in the area if it hadnt been killed Dr Trenton said the area residents had no choice but to kill it He added the animal appeared to be quite healthy and not rabid Trenton contacted the Ministry of Natural Resources and the province confirmed it is very rare for a bear to be seen this far south They said there have been only two reports of bears in this part of the province in the last 10 years and both of the cases were in the Luther Marsh about IS miles north of Bel wood A black bear has been sighted three times in recent weeks in Caledon and OPP have been checking out the reports Nobody has seen the bear for a while but an OPP spokesman said this past Sunday a bee hive was over in the Albion area or Caledon and police investigated hoping It was done by the bear A game warden also was on the scene but no bear was found and it couldnt be determined if a bear upset the beehive There arc no indications the bear seen in Caledon is the same one which was killed near here seven days ago the blind corner half way up the hill past the railway tracks McGregor noted there are also four other degree corners from the top of the hill to Highway We fully realize that gravel pits isolated from major highways will always inconvenience some residents but traffic safety must also be taken into McGregor declared Council received McGregors letter without comment Strike saves Region money The strike by Region outside workers earlier this year has proved to be a bonus in one way Chief Administrative Officer Ernie Reid told the Administration and Finance Committee the strike has resulted in a net saving to Halton of almost Mr had been asked by the committee to bring in a report which would show the financial impact on the region for such a strike Cost savings included in wages for the nineday strike and in overtime which was not paid The total saving was SI Expenditures for the strike Included for contractors to do work and In extra wages for a total expenditure of Included In the cost of the strike was for a dinner thrown by Regional Chairman Jack Raft is for supervisory personnel who had helped during the strike Summer council meets Hills council won t be meeting as often as usual this summer General committee and council meetings will be combined into a single meeting twice in July and twice in August Also there will be just two planning board meetings this summer Council will meet July July August and August Planning board will meet July 8 and August Aid on mortgage rates Hills council has backed call for the federal and provincial governments lo help people struggling with mortgage interest rates Council backed the Oshawa request Monday night The resolution calls for Ottawa and Queen Park to bring In policies to reduce or fix mortgage interest rates at acceptable levels help low and middle Income families to become homeowners by reducing mortgage interest rotes in the interim until they drop to acceptable levels and assist small business to cope with interest rates to strengthen the business com and increase employment in con and associated industries Fire calls up There have been more fires In both and Georgetown areas during the first five months of this year than during the same time period in 1979 Fire chief Mick report to Halton Hills council Monday night showed up to the end of May there have been fires in Acton and area compared to in the first five months of 1979 There havo been fires in the George town area the first five months of 1980 There were during the January to May time period While the number of fires is up damages arc down from over to Bad news for speeders Whether coming going or In motion Regional Police will be able to catch speeders with their new radar for the Georgetown Acton area The small unit which fits inside a briefcase can record the speed of a vehicle while the cruiser is in motion according to Staff Sergeant Hansen Police thanked for help Halton Regional Police received a letter of thanks from mayor Hazel Mc Calllan for their assistance during what she termed the Mississauga Miracle Police from across the Region were called in to help November 1 to 16 during the evacuation of the city after the derailment of a train carrying chlorine gas L and wins tender and Ford was one of the car dealers whose bids were accepted for needed by the Regional Force thus year was awarded the contract for four station wagons Study blind intersection Councillor Ed Wood wants the engineer lo study the Cobblelnll Road and Mill Street West intersection to see what can be done about the blind spot He made the request as Monday Hills council meeting held in Acton Wood asked the be done in conjunction with the engineer examination of a resident request for a stop sign at Cobblehill and Victoria Street to slow speeders Staff transfers Two elementary school vice principals are heading for twinned schools next year Gus Elliott is going to Spcyslde from Cen tennial while John Knvanngh transfers to Lime house from George Kennedy High assessment angers Bovis enemy Fear and ignorance are the worst enemies in the fight against cancer The local office of the Can adian Cancer Society can give you the facts about cancer 52 i Numbers J Residents of the subdivision are up in arms about the soaring taxes they pay and the hefty assessment on their properties Hills councillors learned day night Council to Acton High School for their meeting and the Business Improvement Area hosted a two hour public meeting after wards which about residents attended Many of the were from Bovis and they complained long and loudly about council slowness to implement market value or equal I zed property assess the residents identified themselves when they spoke others didn I Resides market value assessment lack of services in comparison with Georgetown com plaints about poor police protection and concern about drugs in schools were also discussed Rick Smith Rosemary Road got things going by voicing displeasure over both high taxes and the uneven assessment in Acton He said council have rejected market value assess ment some home owners in Bovis pay as much in taxes as rate payers on other streets combined Clerk administrator Ken Richardson sold council looked at market value assessment last year and decided not to implement it It wasn t Implemented again when it was brought up at council recently but did agree to set up committee to review it He said it will have greater impact on town than simply equalizing the assess ment between two homes on any given street Mar ket value assessment has far reaching Richardson ex plained adding com mitlce should start its work this summer Another resident said the re can be as much as a Slot annual difference in taxes between two quite similar homes in and residents in wonder why they have to pay five limes as much in taxes as some other homeowners hero receive the same ices One woman asked if will complete its and implement market alue assessment before in the subdivision is living in old age homes Richard son said the committee report won take that long to get to council In answer to a quest ion treasurer Ray King reported the last innjo study AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE llih Annual Lawn Party Centennial Manor Ontario Street S Milton Saturday June provided by Residents and Stall Special Feature Canine Obedience Hoi Dogs Hamburgers IcoCroam Pop Games of Chance Bring and enjoy Picnic on Grounds In case of inclement weather Activities will take place indoors Old Favorites Book Shop Limited Telephone 416 BOOK SALE OFF ALL HARD COVERED BOOKS June 21st to 28th am to pm Closed Sunday and Monday The Hygeia Centre Medical Arts Building 358 Reynolds St Oakville Ont w 8440222 PREVENT LOW BACK STRAIN The Sports Belt a light elastic support for the sportsman athlete gardener etc In preventing low bach White elastic closure for men and women Th Hygeia Centre has that you need to reduce the chance of and tendon WE KEEP ACTIVE PEOPLE ACTIVE in was in but added It has been updated and reviewed many times since then Councillor Harry Levy pointed out assessment is provincial respons ibllity He reported an Initial report to lie from the office for Peel and in shows assessment for homes would remain the some under market no while would go down and would go up In asses under market would leave homes unchanged and would go down and 1MB up He observed just as many residents want the tax structure left as it is now as want market vat and it will help and hurt residents in every ward One homeowner from asked why a single resident of the may pay as much in taxes as 11 homes com tuned on another Acton Street He said It was lime for the town lo get going and implement market value assess people ore mg a free ride another homeowner charged and Dill Johnson of Rose mary said res id didnl tome out to hear ret one from council and staff but to demand action New residents are paying far in excess of their fair share and peo ple arc antagonized he said He said res v ant market value assessment investigated much more quickly than it is now being reviewed Councillor Ross who pointed out he in and high axes too sold there are many mis conceptions mar ket value assessment He said as much as he sup port market value it is complex it needs to be studied care fully Knechlel pointed out the Ioao can switch to market value at only one time annually so even if a decision was made that night lo move to market value It couldnt be im plemented for this year He said a lot of res complaints about assessment t dealt with by the town because they arc in Ihe control of Big Daddy the Ont government Before opting for mar ket value assessment the town must find out what It will do lo commercial and industrial assess menl only way to really lower taxes Is to bring in more industrial assessment he said add he doesnt want to move to a system which will discourage Industry from coming to Acton The province should be answering more quest Ions but haven been so the town must study market value itself and that will take time declared If something isn done about taxes soon by Ihe time gas hits a gallon council will be looking at a ghost town for much of Acton Smith pred Continued on 6 achilles meters GLC PICKUP Your Complete Line Dealer SALES and SERVICE 347351 Queen Street Acton 853 0200 Mix Match with Roxton Colonial Living Room 10 6 THtms 10 9 36 56 BUS RIGHT AT THE D00H AMPLE FREE PARKING Halton Hills Furniture Appliances 352 QUEEN ST EAST HWV NO ACTON 8530211