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The Acton Free Press Wodnesday Oct 1980 Peggy Balk rid lives such a busy life It makes mi breathless just to talk about it But talking to the lady is a very relaxing experience Soft spoken and at ease Peggy mentions her as if she making out a routine shop ping list At the moment she is very involved with Hailon Women Place of which she is founding member and president It opens this week She Is also a community worker at Georgetown and Acton Legal Clinic was founding member and chairman of the Contact Centre and she is with the Social Planning Council on both local and regioml levels At home in she is Mrs Eric wife of a school principal and mother of four children two boys twoglrlsagedBtoi5 Place At the moment Peggy Is most Involved with Halton Women Place and feels a great sense of accomplishment helping get it off the ground It been three years since the Idea formed With her long background in social and legal work It became very apparent to Peggy needed a hostel or women Along with Barbara Weaver Secretary of Slate worker Pat Cook director of Sheridan Women s Centre and Karen King Sheridan Information officer Peggy formed a steering committee in 1977 Their main concern was the lack of a shelter for women In the area A feasibility study was done by hired students funded by Young Canada Works program and the Secretory of State It became apparent there was a crying need says Peggy From there the committee was incorporated into a board directors and whole charitable organization Milton was the place decided upon for the hostel because it was central close I courts and just happened to have a suitable building vacated by police The region bought the building intending to rent it to Women Place but the board actually bought the building recently Financing proved a problem although not insurmountable The organization had to prove they were stable before they could borrow purchase money and the renovation A purchase of service agreement was entered into with the region for community care The renovated home has five bedrooms con bunk beds suitable for mothers and their children As well as kitchen and dining room there also a playroom television room Intake office and directors office The house will be staffed by six full time members a director and five councillors A staff member will be on hand at all times A clerical worker will be on call Physically or mentally abused women in need of a temporary shelter will be accommodated for Up to four They will be expected to assist with cleaning and meal preparation and to pay for her keep If possible By purchase of service agreement the province foots BO per cent of the 29 per capita per day costs based on full occupation Currently 35 women a day need help In and arc usually put up In hotels by social vices The hostel will be able to accommodate 1Q a day so Peggy has no doubt they will be operating at full capacity most or the time Legal Clinic Three is a significant number for Peggy It was three years ago she started to work with the Legal Clinic as staff community legal worker As a community worker II ties in with my workon Women Centre she comments Her Job requires her to be a fill in between those eligible for legal aid and those who can pay private lawyers Many people are confused and faced with a problem they are not sure requires legal help Peggy explains Thats where the legal clinic comes in problems unemployment Insurance debtorcreditor problems welfare problems are Just a few areas where the legal clinic assists Working closely with county social services on Social services arc fine we usually come to an agreement with them I find problem When she s not working for the community Peggy is home enjoying her family She likes sewing and says she II travel at the drop of a hat One IK bin- ruffles Russ Councillor Miller has termed a Regional Public Works report on setting up one Utile bin to be used in Acton as a Irans station as absolutely ridiculous Mr Miller and Hills Council had re quested a garbage bin be set up at the Acton Sewage Treatment Plant where be used by residents to deposit waste But the report to Regional Public Works Committee staled it would cost lo put transfer station in operation and per year to maintain It Mr Miller said lie could not understand all he bureaucracy necessary not to the staggering cost and it reflected badly on regional government How can you read a report like thai and support regional government This is what killing regional govern menl he said Regional Solicitor Dennis said starting a transfer station Is just not as simple as pulling a bin up at the Acton sewage plant and asking the men there to keep an eye il He d a transfer in Georgetown was lousing serious problems no I the least of winch is pollutants running from the station at ll old dump site Into the Credit River He said the transfer station would require Ministry of Environment approval for a fence Jnd entrance 000 for on cre ator station landscaping as contained in the report from Public Works Director Bob Moore If is lo be a transfer station In Mr it must be done in a reason and proper manner request w ill go to council w ith a the station be placed in the 1981 budget for consideration Hotel sold me IGO CLASSIFIED Dominion Hotel went under hammer for tea Saturday onlookers saw Roman of Tor onto and Doug tread of Acton place the winning bid with auctioneer Norm Jacobs of Trans Canada I Iquidalions Ltd Bidding went on bet ween three parties for about minutes hinted that are plans for the half acre properly however they are not finished Vandals bent over three stops signs on Churchill Road South Thursday Regional Police are Investigating Damage caused amounts to Drug abuse is topic The Addiction Re search Foundation will be at Actons High School tomorrow night to present its recent findings concerning drug and alcohol use in schools ARF lives Swarbrlck and Dick Brlen will put the foundation recent vey into the perspective of the school The meet starts at m The foundation con ducted a survey of an high school last year and the findings can be applied across other schools The following are some of examples of the THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mail Postal Registration Number Aluminum Windows Doors Replacement Windows Insulglass Installation Free Estimates 8532302 WE REPAIR GLASS WINDOWS SCREENS In Stock Vinyl Coated WALLPAPER Regular NOW vey findings In terms of percentages of the completed quest Ires Twenty nine per cent of the students were drunk In the month prior to the survey Many said their parents did not know how much Ihey drank For alcohol was easily accessible and Indicated no difficulty In obtaining cannabis The peak years for boys to experiment with cannabis were between len and Nielsen appeals to Bennett Cedar Road minister with a request Development Ltd hopes for an audience In the to save from an wake of Regions Ontario Municipal Board refusal last week on hearing by a direct Nielsen a Acton housing peal to Ontario Housing proposal Minister Claude Bennett It is my belief that I Cedar Road was not given a fair and Development President proper hearing before Paul Nielsen wrote ihe Regional Council and provincial government therefore Mr Minister I Third World hunger fed More than has been collected for Third World countries by Trinity United Church Love Loaf program During the summer Trinity Minister Rev Chuck Beaton handed out small loaf shaped banks to be filled with dimes and dollars to help world hunger The filled banks were dedicated on World Com munlon Sunday and last count revealed the congregation hod outdone themselves with than 300 worth of change Members are still rolling nickels The Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada will receive GO per cent of the funds while World Vision of Canada originators of the program will receive respectfully request an audience with yourself and your staff to plead by ease wrote Nielsen Halton Region Council voted to deny permission for the housing project near the high school to go ahead Council chose to use the newly approved Halton Region Official Plan as a tool to control growth though Hills Council has granted the Cedar Road Development an amendment to its local official plan Cedar Road Development i3 situated just over boundary line which was drawn several years ago as tentative urban border for the town A region committee is reviewing those hol ders If an exception is made for the Nielsen project than other developments including a shopping plaza would ask for equal treatment according to Burlington Councillor Joan All Ingham That is an argument Nielsen cannot derstand The plaza proposed for Acton s east end by Jerry man received no official plan amendment from Hills It has no services such as Cedar Road Development has allocated to it by the Town It seems to me that compare a regional size shopping centre with a small infill residential development is totally unrealistic approach Nielsen wrote Regional Council I cannot comprehend Equestrian Continued from Page there no question costs being a factor in whether or not he keeps them He docs find showing n ore costly Twenty dollars for gas for entry fees and then your supper he comments All in all It appears the equine business is safe for a few more years People may grumble about high but recreation In general and horses in particular are still on the priority lists of most Acton residents how a shopping centre application which was refused by the local council can be compared to our application which was approved by an amendment Nielsen indicated his total investment on the property plus studies amounts to My company has spent considerable monies and if we have to wall two or three years as It may take lo resolve minor boundary prohlems my company cannot survive the financial strain Nielsen wrote Canada Grade A Beef sirloin Steaks fcaTOh Porterhouse Wing T Bone steaks Schneiders lib assorted varieties wieners Canada 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