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Cold keeps tow trucks busy Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 14 1881 5 Task force on official plan operators but they happy about It of Addlles Motors which has three trucks in operation says cold weather means It takes three times as long to help someone with or stalled vehicle than usual So he concluded In stead of doing SO calls they can only manage 10 Calla for tow truck service have risen drast lcslly though he reports We have had an unusual number of calls My telephone starts ringing at five In the morning but you can only answer bo many Our truck operators cant spend too much time out In the cold and the weather affects our MembnoftfaeActonBeautiflcatlonCoininllteewentnatourorUiecreenUihiwnSundayafteraooa Lett to equipment too right are ABC members Julie Conroy Pat Wood Deborah Bill Coil Dive Whiting Jan CervelU and added they ve KithyCoati calls for every Photo by LYNDA HILL thing from frozen gas lines to frozen spark plugs People with uncooper automobiles could have saved themselves a lot of trouble and ex Sense said If they ad a winter checkup before the cold set In When tho p ices of spare parts were less expensive we used to re place all worn parts In check We knew if a car was going to make It through the winter or not But now with the high price of parts people don t want to spend un less the car gives them trouble Of course then Its more expensive because they have to pay for the service call and they have the Inconvenience of not having a car If any vehicle Is in poor shape It will have trouble starting According to the at Ford who operate a service truck having your charging starting and battery cuits checked along with a good tuneup will pre vent the frustrating whirr whirr of an engine that s not going to start Meanwhile sales In Ken Brooks of Achilles Motors Is ready and waiting along with the fleet Tow truck operators are kept busy with all this cold weather coming to he aid of tailed gas line deicers and lock toques scarves and spring deicers last week but snowmobile boots arc all A lot of people have since then have stocked selling better than last come In to ask for flower more They also sold 12 year ho said seeds Ella said We II packs of booster cables In But with all this shiver be stocking seeds potting Jess than a week there are still a few soil and pots by the end of Snow mitts and gloves hearty souls thinking of the month Daug of Knox Install 81 executive Halton Hills council Is going to strike a task for to steer the new official plan towards completion by the end of this year Monday night Hills general committee approved a mendation from clerk administrator Ken Richardson calling for a task force consisting of the mayor and four councillors to be est Over a year ago the town circulated its draft official plan to other levels of government The answers the town received from Queen a Park and the region very heartening The province suggested the plan go far enough of the old Acton and George town official plans while the minister of housing wants a document which will set a course for the town for the next to years Richardson rep orted The province wants the official plan to look at issues like energy conservation downtown redevelopment trans porta and heritage policies social issues said If the town is to meet the goals established by tho and region a task force needed to help staff identify the key Issues Not only Is the Idation of the three old plans done but Indepth studies like the master parks plan Highway corridor study urban boundaries probe and core area redevelopment studies have been begun or completed Richardson said some of the work needed to be completed for the official plan can be bandied by town staff but consultants will be required for some studies Councillor Harry Levy the task force Idea said he was em barrassed that after all these years of work the province and region t happy with Halton Hills draft official plan The task force and fur work on the official plan will be a waste of time Councillor George Maltby said since the province keeps changing what it wants in the plan He suggested Queen Park frame Hills plan and bring It to cou for approval instead of the town doing the plan at great expense and then sending It to the province for approval Councillor Marilyn said was shocked the town draft plan was so far off base Planner Mario VendltU said at one time the reg ion and province wanted Milton and Hills official plans to be simply consolidations and that Is all Milton plan Is but now Queen Park wants something much more in depth Milton will have to amend Its plan greatly to conform with the region plan and the province and region want Halton Hills to develop a an which Is compatible with the reg ion plan Richardson said he wants to see the work on the official plan sub stantially done by the end of 1981 If studies arc all completed and also alms to have it passed and ap proved during the life of the present council Councillor Pam She don said she Is disappoint by the present plan She feels the town has a unique opportunity to re flect in its plan current and future trends in Hal ton Hills adding it Is ludicrous that the No room discrimination in Halton Police force There can be no place in the character of any serving police officer for racial discrimination or intolerance according to Police Chief James Harding in a letter urging the Police Commission to formalize an antidiscrimination policy There is perhaps no wound which smarts so bitterly as that dealt by the wickedly sharp sabre of racial discrimination and racial Intolerance the Chief said The commission ap proved the resolution stating and all members of the force condemn and deplore any discrimination or any harassment of minority groups within the Region and that members of the force be Instructed to take steps necessary to prevent racial dls crlmlnatl those Involved The resolution also stated that each district commander and other senior officers establish a liaison wllh the Ontario Human Rights Com mission and members of minority groups In this area with tremendous growth we must readily anticipate these problems The time to take steps to prevent problems Is now Chief Harding told the com mission Ion plan an umbrella plan is completed and now Hills must conform She said Hills plan should be a document which ec what we are Sheldon is tired of the region passing planning judgement on Halton Hills when they don t understand the area or people region plan should be amended to conform with Halton Hills plan not the other way around she said adding we must fight for what we want In our plan The farther removed a level of government is from the people the more impractical Its Ideas are observed Councillor Ross Knechtel The town must complete its studies and its plan before starting to hash out disagreements with the province and region he suggested He added just because the province wants certain things in the town plan doesn they have to be included The town plan doesn have to be a parrot the region plan the region can be amended Sheldon maintained Vcndlltl noted Dill 1S1 provincial legislation governing Halton says the local plans must conform to the region plan Planning chairman Mike Armstrong said he was frustrated that after seven years the town doesn have a plan and has been told by the province it hasnt been done right The task force must establish a critical path and follow It auto and winter supplies are up reports wally Ella of Home Hardware The first meeting of the New Year for the Daughters of Knox was held on Monday evening Jan In the Mary Ellen Anderson Room a the Presbyterian Church President Kae Hansen opened the meeting with an appropriate reading Living Tor Jesus was tho club motto repeated The annual reports were given by Gladys Price and Pink Mrs Willis Young the president for the Brampton then performed the In ceremony for the 1981 executive of the Daughters of Knox Rollcall was then answered by each member relating nice that them during ine holiday season Several items of business were then discussed We were reminded of the debate on The place of women In ministry to be held on Feb 2 at our next meeting After this portion of the meeting refreshments wereserved and hen the devotional portion followed Brown group was In charge of the worship service Take up thy cross was sung Gladys Price then gave a reading Help mo to soy yes Murdlna Brown read the scrlpturo portions from Luke Kae Hansen read the lesson and responses were read by Vivian Swallow Betty Ashley gave the closing prayer The Conference hymn was sung by all The prayer was given by Betty Ashley The closing hymn was Rise Up Men Of God Mrs Willis Young then spoke on different aspects of the Brampton Presbyterlal the Synod and General Assembly She also told us of her responsibilities as president of the Tho speaker was thanked by Vivian Swallow The meeting closed with the Miipoh Benediction Ella of Home Hardware demon rates a gas power snow Sales of all winter survival supplies especially are high this year especially onslaught of the frigid weather something happened tc its happening Here GREAT FOODGREAT FUN LA RIVIERA DtnntiLoiinQe SEAFOOD ITALIAN flNwiaMy Priced TAKE OUT SERVICE Come Dine With IN A RELAXING ATMOSPHERE except oddly enough snow shovels Sales on snow shovels have to be up over last year he said but there a not a great de mand for them We haven t even sold a single snow blower But he added they did a booming business with shovels espec ially before Christmas He said they had sold out of safety salt and antilcer a salt that wont harm grass or pavement as well as Halton police solving 336 per cent breakins Regional police of 1080 a figure which says Is as high or higher officers solved Chief James Harding than the provincial break and enter offences during the first 11 months percentage Hording said figures from January to November show of the break and enter offences were solved by police He said crime pre vention work within the MARK RICHARDSON PERIODONTIST Announces opening of his offices at Police investigate dog disappearance further month woman phoned the Halton Force Is well Regional Police have Free Press this week i Following investigation Police have Free Press this week to above provincial classified the say a relative valuable Our crime pre- dlsappearance of a dog had disappeared in ventlon work Is well valuable dog from the Acton Just before above standard We are fenced yard of a rural Christmas The dog was identifying the problems Acton resident recently put outside and a few and putting the man as theft minutes later was power where It s Staff Sergeant Wayne The Millers put their needed Harding said police are dog Treasure a claimed Investigating the Canadian champion a Halton Regional Police disappearance of a pure- couple of years ago out last year organized a bread great from in the fenced yard with crime prevention bureau the home of Jim and two other dogs for only headed by Sergeant Sandy Miller FLU 1 three or four minutes Wayne with three Acton New Year Day before discovering the full time crime pre- nlght At first police animal was gone officers believed the dog had Just run away but now think it may have been stolen There were several cases of valuable dogs disappearing In the rural area south of Acton late last HALTON Alcohol ft Drug Program ADAPT lit Hints It IN CARPETING FLOORING SPECIALISTS 128 Main St Acton Hud If you need quick professional service on ANY MAIM OF HUMIDI- you ve got it Let the good guys at the Service Centre put your humidifier back In top working condition to combat Up fMI THE SERVICE CENTRE 8rvk 8210261 raw MargirlrM MACARONI CKEESI aYa Robin Hood I Champion Dog Food if- QQ wwu M Haddock 119 S239 PRODUCE OP ROD DA MARSH SEIOLESS Rad or White Grapefruit MOAuSlfiaiUA Mdntoaft Appm kX QrHn Onion Hernia f- ftomaln 59 La 09 Allitta 2 87 1 Spinach IS 79 99 JLOA DOWNTOWN ACTON PLENTY OF FREE PARKING