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FEBRUARY IMS Home Newspaper of Hills Medical centre Beginning September 1 Georgetown will have a complete medical centre offering health core program in conjunction with the doctors at Georgetown Memorial Hospital along with public health social and family service Construction will begin by the end of March on the centre that will occupy one acre of land on the grounds The storey building will house the offices of Doctors Kennedy and Robert in Macintosh a specialist In Internal medicine will also have an office In the centre The building will coat MOO according to Dr Alex president of the com pany that will operate the building it la an Interesting concept Medical social and public health offices will all be located right at the hospital to provide complete all round service noted Support or the centre was given by the townandtbehospitalboard Mayor Hill and Morrow aided In negotiations with the region said Fumes The building permit has been issued and the contact for construction awarded to Don Reading who has Just completed the Acton Medical centre hopes other specialists and medical consultants will use the faculties offered by the centre In administrating The health centre Idea Is a good one added Political patronage charged political patronage Involving a man and West MPP George Kerr A new chairman and vicechairman were last week appointed by the provincial government to head the Credit Valley authority While coming from the office of the Lieutenant Governor the appointments were originally suggested by the of the local areas selected chairman la A Grant Clarkson of an active sevenyear member of the authority The vicechairman Is Bruce Cargill Acton Street Acton The authority objections focus on Mr Cargill appointment A resolution presented at the authority a inaugural meeting last Wednesday toy Mlsslssauga Councillor McCallion requested that Mr Cargill appointment be reconsidered due to Mr a Inability to attend authority meetings She noted that during his past two years on the authority executive he bad attended only one meeting The motion on a unanimous vote of the authority new executive Mayor Tom noted that the appointment was the result of a recom mendatlon by Kerr MPP for West When Mayor Hill questioned Mr Kerr on the appointment because of Mr Cargill inability to attend the meetings due to other responilblllues he was told the choice was the government a and not the authority a Mr a Toronto businessman was unable to attend the Inaugural meeting at When contacted bier by the Herald be stated that he was unaware of the arguments surroun ding his appointment Mrs McCallion suggested that Roy McMillan chairman of the authority for the past 1 year be vicechairman We cannot afford said a vice- chairman who Is not an active member of this authority The new chairman A Grant Clarkson has served seven years with the authority five of those as a member of the executive committee is a member OAAB CALLS HEARING OFF The Ontario Municipal Board bearing to deal with an objection filed by Consolidated Sand and Gravel Co has ben Indefinitely No date has been set for the read of the hearings which had been scheduled to begin March to The notice of the delay merely stated that the bearing will continue either when a new date Is set by the 10 days after Hilton Hills council had or after the master plan of the Niagara itltloned the provincial government for a Escarpment Is finally completed and In Jay No date has been set for read feet has been set of the hearings which had been scheduled to begin March to Consolidated Sand and Gravel has filed Including the plan will not be an objection with the on the zoning of completed for another she to months was almost acres of land at its site The Eaqueslng official plan designates the request for the delay property for agricultural use only of the towns prime reasons for the high request however was not the as for legal and professional advice for the decision to delay during the two weeks of bearing were a in official at Halton Region The second major reason which could run final reason for cording to an official at Helton Region The second major real province decided on the temporary poet Upon being notified of the provinces pending completion of a report postponement to delay Councillor Rlc from the region solicitor on whether or not Morrow commented We ve Just saved the OMB actually baa Jurisdiction in handling ourselves think we had the Consolidated objection anything work bo well and so fast Rains turn Credit into torrent FLOODING IN GLEN Basements flooded in storm Glen Williams was one of the most severely affected com mun tits along the Credit River watershed hit by Mondays flooding Ice jams formed during Sunday night caused water to back up at the shallowest section of the river as It passes Main Street and Confederation Street In the Glen Concerned resident called members of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority a assess the situation before severe flooding took place At that lime lbs conservation authority felt little they could do since the entire river had followed the same pattern of faming In spots The added afternoon rains caused the Jam to release and flood the ball diamond and the home of Cliff Davison Many cases of flooded reported to the town before the water finally began to subside at l a m Tuesday morning leaving large chunks of Ice In the yards of many Glen residents Crews from the conservation authority dynamited the remaining section of the Jam Tuesday morning to permit the water to drain from the Davison property and lower the overall level of the river At one point the river had swollen loan additional four feet In height as rains con timed to feed the swelling waters Complete damage estimates have not been reooruM to the rational who is now responsible for maintaining that section of Hill Authority blasting Credit The authority Is doing all It can cording to newly appointed chairman Grant Clarkson He reports that many of the bouses located in the Glen along the flood plain would not be allowed to be built under present regulations All land In the floodplain is now under the control of the conservation authority which maintains that flood plains are for riven not houses All land operations must now be ap proved by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority The authority also advises parents to keep their children away from swollen streams ditches and rivers Swift currents could easily sweep a child under the ice and trap them In the freezing waters Attempts to alleviate the problem by blasting are continuing Nearly 25000 people by 1980 Georgetown will remain growth centre in north to more people and a 117 percent Increase in the town a mill rate may face residents of Georgetown by forecasts released by Region prove to be true The fiveyear forecasts drawn up the regional planning department In conjunction with plannera In each of Halton municipalities havebeencalculated In order to give the region and the province some guidelines as to Halton s future growth The figures spokesmen for the region note will be updated and revised every year The population forecast on which mill rate predictions are based show that current stated site of The forecast shows that Georgetown will continue to be the major centre of growth In north It Indicates Georgetown will be almost three times larger than Acton by 1980 and SO percent larger than Milton Growing at an average annual rate of l people for the next five years Georgetown Us estimated will contain people by the end of i960 According to stated figures based on the last census carried out In 1971 Georgetown currenUy contains IS noted a Is badly out of date The more up todate figures place Georgetown population at the end of this year just over 19200 compared to Acton estimated population of and Milton US Georgetown and area the forecast shows grow to In In in 1779 and HSU In 1960 Authority shelves 70000 park Plans imwm Plans by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to develop a park in the Georgetown area have been shelved The CVCA Is last it year budget set aside 000 to acquire land In the area of Ihe Black Creek for development as a natural park The pun however did not go further than the budget and likely will not According to spokesmen for the CVCA Tennis anyone Tennis in technicolor If council goes for atmosphere of a club providing lessons a recommendation to install four new tennis league competitions and a higher level of courts on the site of the new recreation play complex on St tennis buffs may be Tenders will be put out for two kinds of playing their favorite sport on a colored allweather surfaces penetration surface or Laykold with a price difference of about Gary Brown Ted Swain and Ed Ser and a color difference jean son acting as spokesmen for the When tenders are returned to us Georgetown Tennis Club presented their outlining guaranteed costs and we know recommendations to the general ad exactly what we are talking about as far as ministration committee Monday In bis capitalandoperatlngexpenseawewillbeina report Mr Brown had prepared an outline of better position to make decision said the costs of the facility the need for and Councillor Morrow policies of establishing new tennis courts get Doug Colllsons recommendation as to He claims the has grown from GO now he would handle he rental system members in 1970 to the existing membership The club has decided on a membership of 60S The courts In Joseph Gibbons Park fee scale based on what other clubs are and Moore Park are not enough to paying The maximum would be 24 for reasons General manager of the authority Harry Watson explained that an offer of bad been made on the property according to Mr Watson where minority olid not make the offer ant a second one The park plan had been Initiated in 1973 by Georgetown council which had asked the authority to look into developing the land Hills council has not reconsidered the lacking any request from the municipality will probably not put the park Into its plans for the coming ye Mayor Tom Hill a member of the authority executive also noted that a shortage of funds from the provincial government and levies from member municipalities hindered the CVCA In going any further In getting the property Although budgeted for fie explained the funds for the land s acquisition had not been specifically set aside Shortages intact forced the CVCA to cut back by almost 1 million on Its projects Completion of the swimming pool at the Terra Cot to Conservation Area was drastically affected by the cutbacks The will be completed on an amount much less than half that figure 073 The Conservation Area was to be developed to the tune of but that work was shelved entirely Acquisition of land on the Niagara Escarpment by the CVCA was also cut In half A total of was spent on acquiring land in the Sliver Creek area but that was just part of the 810036 authority had hoped to use In developing its watershed Despite the cutbacks the CVCA sUll spent over million on numerous capital projects Sprinklers for Gordon Alcott arena per year f contain people Milton growth win fluctuate slightly according to the report but will generally be In the neighborhood of 1500 per year The forces were formulated to act as at basis for the 1975 capital budget forecast and was drawn up by the regional planners In conjunction with each of the area municipalities The financial forecast drawn up by the region treasurer D Farmer predicts jt higher Milton projected mill rate growth is the highest in the region Jumping 141 percent between iSTS and 1990 Hills per capita debt will est the highest Increase in the next five years according to the predictions It will rise from its 1971 level of per capita to onDec to 1 at the end of 1979 Mr Farmer expressed a certain amount of doubt In his calculations about the amount of hospital financing included In the budget particularly for additions to the Georgetown District Memorial Hospital I have expressed this concern to the office of Mr D N ministry of health particularly in respect to the second OakvUleTrafalgar Hospital addition coating 10 minion and the three GDMH additions 1970 1977 and 197V The ministry Mr Farmer adds has not replied decided not to add more courts In Joseph membership the question came up as Gibbons Park so as not to clutter the to whether people would complain because children play area with more courts and the town is the buildings few Councillor Dick Hewitt reply was players from all We re not building for any fewer peopcJun rant the organized we are the swimming pool or the Ice rink Further discussion with the fire chief on the new sprinkler system for the Gordon Memorial Arena was washed out Monday night when the Emergency Measures Organization was called out of the administration meeting to assist with emergencies In Glen Williams Shortly offer the meeting began Mayor Tom Hill burst Into the town building and asked Halton Hills Fire Chief KenBuikema and district Fire Chief to bring the Emergency Measures truck and follow have to evacuate any people The Inteiruptlon didn dampen the spirits of other members at the meeting however Councillors Dick Hewitt Rick Morrow Lea and recreation director Doug went ahead with the decision to recommend to council as a whole that no sprinkler be Installed and to program the new facility to include recreation than ice hockey such as beer gardens dances lacrosse and perhaps roller skating As a to Councillors Hyde and Rick Morrow did a study of other arenas in the area and found that Brampton Milton Oak Burlington and have hose cabinets but no heat detectors or sprinkler systems The study showed that even when Burlington bad a trade show in their arena there was no sprinkler system Special precautions were taken to ensure personal safety of the patrons If the fire chief says we can use the arena for anything except ice then he a craxy Coun Morrow snapped I really think we have enough Information from other municipalities dropped sense to have water sprinklers hanging over a steel and cement structure Your Morning Smile What does a pound canary Here Kitty Kitty Kitty