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Georgetown Acton Wednesday Oct 31 3 Property issue angers Eramosa neighbors EkJon Comlort Ian McQtllvray Clay and Brands Kistntr Ray and Tuitnun helped package tools and other materials they collected tor people in Nicaragua Storage of dangerous chemicals of property and trespassing were among complaints brought before Eramosa council last week Robert and Marjorio O Krafka and Dels neighbors of properly owned by Brian on Hwy just east of the Guelph Town Line asked council to regulate the use of the Dolmer property The delegation charged that the building on the property is being illegally used for an auto repair business vehicles are trespassing on the Blackmore property to gain access to the building and the grounds are an eyesore The delegation headed by Marjone Krafka threatened to take the lssucsto the newspapers government and national television if the township council is con sistent in its inept handling of the matter building Inspector John Salmon contended that he was not aware of the seriousness of the situation and in the light forth to council last day night he would take immediate action On the other aide Brian has a few complaints of his own Dolmer said when he bought the property in the current bylaws hadn come into and It was perfectly legal to operate a business on the property With a building permit Issued by Eramosa Dolmer built an addition on the existing building which now exceeds the Information Centre present zoning bylaws Once the addition was completed father ran a small repair business un til recently According to Salmon if a business has beef operating on a property before the lone change the business may continue to operate even if it is contrary to zoning by laws to Larry or a few months contended that council has inhibited the sale of his property Council recently issued an order to Dol forbidding the sale of the property until the building is altered to conform to bylaws despite an appeal by Dolmer asking council for a minor variance for his property The only I can sell my property la if I tear down the addition I built in said Dolmer and if 1 tear it down my property loses some of Us and I lose out on the cost of the addition also claimed that one deal for the sale of the property has fallen through As for allegations of storing dangerous chemicals said the tanks on his pro perty once contained heating oil but are now empty and pose no threat Dolmer noted that lie has spent numerous hours cleaning up the properly over the past few months and he believe the property is an eyesore Police b Group home arson A 16yearold resident of the and G Concession was charged Friday with starting a Tire in a bedroom area of the home the night previous Damage to the house has been estimated at Food shoplifted A year old Acton woman was charged with shoplifting worth of food and other items from the IGA store on Main St Friday Pumpkins stolen Forty pumpkins valued at were stolen from s Meats around midnight last Wednesday The pluns were sitting outside the store Hit and run A car owned by Bent of Acton was struck by another car when it was parked by the side of McDonald near Division St Friday There were no v and the direction and speed of the car is unknown but police say the car has a broken tail light as a result of the collision Damage to SPECIAL BAPTIST SERVICE Cots bikes typewriters in the red bound for Nicaragua Organizer El don Comfort said he s pleased with the amount of tools and other materials donated by Acton area residents to be shipped to Nicaragua The final round up for Tools for Peace a nationwide campaign to send the people of the Latin American nation military equipment took place Saturday at man s Garden Centre south of Acton Sew ing machines ters bicycles and lamps were included The materials were packed in boxes by Comfort and other volunteers ready for transport to Kitchener that day From there theyll be taken to Vancouver and shipped to Nicaragua Also Included were 16 children hospital cots obtained from Peel Memorial Hospital where they been deemed sin- plus A member of Acton HAND Hills Action for Nuclear Disarmament committee who works at the hospital made arrangements for the donation The cots will go to daycare centres Comfort had posted notices about Tools for Peace at area schools and churches receiving no negative reaction about Nicaragua leftist government He assured those who asked about the regime that it is the only Central American nation whose people would definitely receive the materials provided Based on a his personal visit to the area last year Comfort the governments of neighboring would allow free dispersement of the tools Experience shows that St John Ambulance reduces on the job accidents Continued from At Adding to the centre difficulties she added is the fact that Regional grants are no longer Issued in lump sums enabling recipients to earn bank Interest on them Now allocated In quarterly installments the grants are needed upon receipt she said Thus the centre can lose in interest in one year If the Region denies this grant to the centre said Meals on Wheels and its related program in which volunteers check on the health or seniors receiving the meals would most Possibly clients enjoying a variety of services through the centre would have to be referred to south Halton agencies she said Relying heavily on about volunteers the centre not only provides basic informa Hon service to the at large but offers programs for victims of Alzheimer s Discasesand for widows and and coordinates local Block Parent activities is its only fulltime employee the Meals on Wheels coordinator is pari time Or Bill Wood of the Baptist Contention Ontario and Quebec end Senior Minister Highland Baptist Church In helped J tan Stairs and about ca lab rata Acton Baptist Church a anniversary Sunday It was also Baptist Hsrllags Sunday Fryer presented with a plaque Sunday at Acton Baptist Church lor Imattty years of faithful service a Deacon appointed for Ufa LEASE EXPIRED It- it 828 set HALTON HILLS FURNITURE APPLIANCES STORE HOURS Wed Sat Thura 352 QUEEN ST ACTON