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JILRALD iv1nwdiv February I 1KB Page ACTONIANS SEEK ANSWER Acton supports rest of Haltcn Hills supplied Garnet Pot on the benefits to Acton since regional government show only one side of the coin spokesman for Actonlans tor What needed Norm I lliolt told The Herald In a telephone interview Monday is the proportion of tax dollars from Acton going toward projects in low and in There never been any breakdown on the costs of the municipality Mr said This is the kind of in formation we in get Hi said that figures Mr quoted in a public meeting last October were not provided to for If we don t have to pay for the wage treatment plant in Georgetown or the library or for hospital which arc expected to increase in a couple of maybe wen going to be off by our stives He said Peter M irks has shown the group some Information about areas of the budget but didn that we Hills He said Acton needs a incial Inquiry Into region government as has been done in regions because touncillorb have a interest in the a higher fact finding won necessarily He eels that an Acton study ni be done in the two hut then he present will established it Ml be extremely difficult to do anything about Mr Elliott disputed that was in dire finamlnl when regional govern money realized from the sale of townowned land and the p lid or education and for government In the rebuilding of Church of tm We with i In with igioml govern tvery road with exception of j few secondary roads built swimming pool repaired the arena roof we knew projetts miRht be Vie eould hue held them up gone in with a surplus some of but off The better off to pay our own and let Georgetown pay its own We not baying want out of Mr said want to know how is doing in to spend from the sate of lind those projects Mr said The figures used in his last wcrt by Hills It King They cover Ihe of in Ward 1 wins pud lo town the of Sire and communication subsidies for recon and storm sewers were while the tax payers paid according to the figures supplied Storm sewen in the man subdivision had in subsidies while tax payers fooled a balance of total tax dollars for the rebu Iding of Churchill North and storm sewers was 152 Subsidies from MTC and contributions from the reserve funds amounted to J llil The towns share of he reconstruction of Mill Street is and of Main Street of wages paid on Jan I 1973 compared with 1977 rates show that laborers S3 per hour in 1973 and per hour in Semi killed workers earned and K per hour respectively while skilled workers wtrt and respec two classified ions of tried in sunt period then were in er of 4 per tent and 74 per to 2j from JIB The figures estimate however thai the overall of living nit from Jin I to Ihe l St per In 1J73 Acton sold wo parcels of land for a total of 1 Of this sum wji donated to the swimming the arena roof into operating revenue to reduce mill rate J for Industrial Hand and road i in lie erred debentures duration tax in Ward 1 is inert ised per cent from it A lhat taxes of 2J0 in and in tax for Hills and region Tor the period 1J1 to 1J7 increased on per or on average of per cent Combined with iht educaiional ax total lams increased percenter in of it per per year In for an home here was 4J pi in and 40 in It was during lius period that the cost of living rose about 52 per cent PAINT AND WALLPAPER SALE UP The Hill Jri debenlured i lures of I or storm on Mill Street ml The mounts on these w is no report lite figures is J for Ontario ravine ml I in 1J7 This sum per cent of gross expenditures for 40 OFF CVCA urges action on ravine Continued from page 1 on Court he said The deterioration over last 10 irs of tht ravine has meml loss of properly loss of of slopes due instability and three surface discharging from the ive been and require me wildlife habit ravn possibility of loss of life i personal injury loss of witi quality and reduce potential engineer said seven gabion dams thi Hills erected in the summer of 1976 in the creek bed in to control the were undermined or waitr eroded banks around them he two of Ihe proposed remedies of of the stalling steel pipe from Ihe at rtrk at a tost SIM to concrete of or j on he bed t of However of the entire fool length of only icon feet belongs Hilton tot ltd while of the ravine wis discussed by Mr Barton mother engine Doug reported the on his or the slopes Mr said he viewed photos uken in the 1950s i very stable in the valley no signs of sloughing or In his ex iimn of rnvine last fall severe trosion the banks potential for further erosion Mr said the erosion his locil sloughing where the ereek He said he I records for the period when subdivision was built but it is obvious that when the subdivision wis built the top of the hill is leveled and he 111 w is shoved over on both sides of the hill where Metcalfe Court is today north side of hi ravine is in stable condition no failures ire at this time he said v IhIov imtx uld s 41 iblt in the He nut of the houses from pipes is I ml lilritittd wien llu n and Slopping this flow lie slid lie doublet if nlratlor took to operlv the fill soil ltwnuldttIiflieullhe tie in irision the irns on on the slopes thou extensive soil borings We have a potent con tion whtre fulurc can occur time he warned m ght He suggested a of Another man declares for Halton Tory bid The McKeough may lose his senior advisor if Tnss Lett is successful in his campaign for the Conservative nomination in the riding of but is tough Otto who is currently representing ihe riding of High Park Dumber Valley his he too will be seeking the Mr Jelinek s home is in and since his present riding will split into four new constituencies under redistribution he his decided to seek nomination in despite opposition from some sections of the Progressive Conservative Assoc i it on The riding of Hilton is Itself being split Willi Georgetown forming part of Ihe new riding of Brampton Georgetown Acton however will remain in the riding Mr who has been senior budget advisor to Mr McKeough since 197S says he will be centering his campaign around the issue of the economy lie has described himself as a supporter of the free enterprise system and said the economy is not where it should be mainly because of the federal tariff policy and the anti inflation board policies Mr Lett accused ihe fedenl government of ignoring sound advice from Canadian groups such as ided should who iv that the gov idopl small Business strategy He the place irnon the industrial countries of the world The government has locked in imagination in its attempts to develop i small business policy he said Mr Lett graduated with an honors degree in economics from York University In 1970 and earned a master degree the London School of and Political Science in lxmdon He is employed by he of Trtisury Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs Metcalfe the side are it ind to Mr said At houses 19 and there was toe erosion the base of the slope The of failure started with ihe stream whtrt there was a loss of support and movement of soil started went right up to the J of Ihe house foundations showed no cracks The builder very wisely put the on native soil fill for the He said Ihe problem has been caused by possible but said if the work is not done proper may nol work In any event Ihe problem needs further which could run into hit of money The will review report and circulate it Ihe ministry of natural resources A meeting in Hills Is in future Ihe final report is prepared funding for the project likely will be on a designated basis whereby the province pays per cent the about per cent and Hills Some of the many items listed below SINGLE MORE I TALISMAN PREPASTED WALLPAPER Stripovin Prepasted Strippable Vinyls REG SINGLE ROLL SAVE PER GALLON ON OUR BEST LATEX WALL PAINT WHITE AND PASTEL COLOURS ONLY SALE ENDS FEB 4Hi GEORGETOWN DECORATING CENTRE 65 Main Street 8774193 Tht Herald in with McDonalds mis in Georgetown and Milton wants you to have i Pounder on us For this coming Friday and Herald button will be wandering i rough ut Hills looking anyone wearing a Pounder Buttons are avail able wild he purchase of a Quarter Pounder the local If one of our spotters sees you we ll give you a for a free Quarter Pounder an entry form to make eligible win a Pound of Gold and a chance in one of 12 McDonald a Quarter Pounder Have one on us New plaza a plaza to be built next lo Ihe Alcott Arena during 1978 will feature ft of retail floor space with ft for an auto centre Ijndawn Shopping Centres Ltd of Toronto recently an nounced the new plain which will Ik on the north Street adjacent the Alcolt Arena The site will feature parking for proximately cars Shopping hopes to break ground in spring with stores opening in the fall Miracle Marl has been confirmed as one of stores which will be in ihe plain Fast Food Patrons food patrons are moat likely to come from families that rwve a per capita in come ihan The Gift Ark FRAMING SPECIAL Do you have a Christmas Card Small Print or even a post card you would love to frame but shy away from Framing We have for you a limited supply of quality frames at reasonable prices FROM DROP IN AND BROWSE MIGHT HAVE JUST THE ONE FOR GiftArk MAIN ST S ruber SAVE ON LIVING ROOM DININGR00M BEDROOM SUITES OCCASIONAL TABLES ODD CHAIRS RELAXERS ETC SOME DAMAGED SOME ONEOFAKIND ALL SUPER SALE ITEMS DISCONTINUED STYLES EMERGENCY STORM SALE Due to the storm last week Robert Gougeon FLOOR will continue until Saturday February SAVE I ALL SALES FINAL ruber i Tuts Sit A pm I or i Thurs and Fri am pm closed Monday 95 Georgetown FREE DELIVERY WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF GEORGETOWN