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Your Morning Smile reply but 11 hot WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY IS Home Newspaper of Hiils Tho paper reaching more than homes m In Passing Artist wins prize Lotto of Georgetown won a for the beat print at the Mlsslssaugn Library System s third annual juried art show on the Jan weekend Mrs Zonnenberg print was entitled peace and Quiet and will be displayed in the Gallery of Central Library Mlsslssauga until March 10 Juror A Peter Harris of Rodman Hall Arts Centre selected the works to be displayed awarded prizes of art books to the winners and offered a critique to the artists Guards salary increased School crossing guards in Hills will nave their pay to per day from S3 on March if Hills council approves a recommendation made Monday by finance administration committee The raise would bring Hills guards pay Into line with what other municipalities in the region are paying Meet the nominee The committee to nominate Everetl Biggs as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Brampton Georgetown has announced two Meet The Nominee nights to be held at the North Golf and Country Club The first meeting will be held Feb and the second March 15 Both start at m Mr Biggs Is one of two persons declared to be seeking the Tory nomination He Is a former Ontario deputy of environment and presently holds a directorship and is a vicepresident of the Cinadlan National Exhibition Insurance explained Arthur vicepresident of Heed Shaw Ltd a ranking Insurance agency will speak to the Peel Halloo Chapter of the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario at lis meeting Feb on the topic liability insurance The meeting will be held at the Inn on Dixie Road Permits drop The value building permits issued by Hills building department in January was less than the total value of permits issued in December 1977 The January total of showed a substantial drop from the December total of Nine permits were issued in January as compared to fourteen in December Three permits were issued for signs and die for residential alternations Only one permit was issued for a single family dwelling while three were issued daring the month of December Antismoking winners Winners In Centennial Middle school ami smoking poster competition received their prizes from Halton MPP Julian Reed at an assembly last week Four overall winners were chosen as well as a best poster from each grade level Overall first prize went to Debbie Osborne end Brandon Ferguson grade B for a combined effort Second wai Carolyn Whit taker grade Third was Sandy Gimple grade 7 and fourth Wayne Griffiths grade Beat posters for grade level were won by Stephen MacLeod grade Tracy Klavakalns Grade and Malcolm MacLeod grade Prizes were donated by the Lung Heart and Cancer Association of Skin carej makeup Students in Sheridan College cosmetology course are again offering a skin core and makeup service to students staff faculty members and the public one day a week at the Oakvtlle Campus Every Friday from a m to the Ten to Four Boutique which is operated entirely by students will provide beauty advice and skin analyses in addition to lull skin core and makeup treatments All the services provided come with written instructions Members of the public can make appoint in advance by calling the modelling department at extension YMYWCA meeting The Annual meeting Georgetown and District 21 at St Andrews Church Mountainview Road Coffee and dessert will be served at 7 and the business meetings is to gel underway Guest speaker is A Whittal of the who will give i slide presentation on Peru Tax tips information If you are trying to pay as little income tax as possible this year some free Information is available Three twohour programs on income tax will be broadcast by the Open College division of radio station which is 1 on the FM channel The first program Is Feb 19 the second on Feb and the third on March The programs run from m and will bo moderated by Lyle Hepburn who with tax lawyer Wayne Beach coauthored a book Are You Paying Too Much Tax The format the program Is a minute talk with Open College Director Margaret Norquay and then the phone lines are opened for people to call In with specific questions There will also be an tax accountant in the studio to answer questions Windfall 78 May 13 Windfall Dinner DanceGiant Draw will be held on Saturday May 13 Georgetown Lions Club is organizing its second windfall buffet dinner dollars worth of prizes ranging from colour television to fishing gear Music will be provided by The Group of Four from Brampton Tickets will go on sale shortly and will be available from any Lions club member Dinner tickets available Georgetown Citizen of the Year Walter Gray will be honoured at a dinnerdance in the Lions Hall on Feb Friends and in teres led citizens wanting to be present at the award presentation can do so by reserving their dinner tickets by calling Chairman at 877 or any the other committee members Ray Harlow Jon 87701SS Terry Peer Fred summer program Health and Welfare Minister Monlque Begin has announced the details of the department Health Summer Employment Programs for Students- which will enable health related organization and other volunt groups to hire students across Canada this summer The program is to be administered by the departments Health Programs Branch and organizations wishing to take part in the program should apply to the Branch before Feb 28 The address Is Health Programs Branch Department of National Health and Welfare Room Jeanne Mance Building Ottawa K1A IB Interested student can get mora Information by contacting Canada Manpower 37 Metcalfe residents petition council Ravine resident to be informed of development This Irucft owned by Oscar of Toronto and carrying gravel from the Indusmin Quarries overturned on 17 Monday morning spilling Its entire gravel on the Traffic on the roJd ai halted both Janes diverted truffle between the NEVER RIDE BUS AGAIN Mother concerned over truck danger By TAYLOR Herald staff writer Our children will never be allowed to ride the school bus again Joan King told The Herald after a truck carrying a load of grovel overturned on the spot where her children had been waiting for a bus an hour earlier The truck was carrying a load of gravel from Quarries and was travelling an Slderoad between the and Lines when the occurred Mrs King said a number of children for the bus on the spot where the truck over But It I matter If it was one child or dump truck could have killed them she said The children wait for the bus around a a m and the trucks begin their trips to and from the gravel pits at about 6am she said This Is the fourth accident on 17 this winter season Mrs King said The children have to stand on the road to wait for the bus she said and this is particularly dangerous when the snow is piled along the sides of the We re just sick of this she said Our kids will never be allowed to ride the bus again My husband and I Will driving them to school And the car available 1 not going them by going to keep them home Mrs King said she and he husbnnd will go to the board education to explain why her children won be In school as much But there no way we will to go to school on tint bus educate own children at home IT I have to I m a qualified teacher Thc said in the paper that people jobs would be danger if the truckers wtren allowed to use 17 doroid Mrs King said That balderdash no one going to lose his Job because he has to go on extra six miles per trip They get paid by the load The Jobs will be there because the stuff still has to be quarried and it still has to be carried out she added The Kings dog was struck and killed a truck a month ago In front of the house Mrs King said the dog dldn wander off their property but was accustomed to crossing the road with her to get the mail from the mall box She said the driver of the truck t stop when the dog was hit dags she said A dog is one thing but a child is something completely different 1 m angry so me thing got to be done she said They Hilts council have to decide who they re representing the taxpayers who elected thorn or the truckers who go bock and forth The future of Canada lie in gravel trucks it lies in our children Road needs study unveiled for council Truck overturns A truck carrying a load of gravel from overturned on 17 between the and Lines on Monday The truck is owned Oscar Young Haulage Toronto The hop pened at about the road was blocked off to traffic between the and Lines or about J hours Mr Young suffered minor cuts on his hands but was otherwise uninjured Most of the loid of grovel was spilled onto road Once the tow truck pulled truck around up Hills works department cleaned up the gravel Damage to the truck is estimated to be between K hi The findings of a roads needs study covering the next eight was recommended for adoption by works committee Monday Don Tefft of Plan and engineering the firm which conducted the study for the town and ministry of transportation presented til the report for commit tec Hills he explained was one of Ontario pahties that made up the per cent that were collectively spending per cent of the mm road work funds The was undertaken in the lope of trimming pro expenditures by the municipalities to plan 62000 fire damage Acton home gutted wife and son Sean were token to George town ind District Memorial Hospital Irealment Mrs Van and Sean have since been released from the hospital while Mr was reported remaining in improved condition Firefighters were called to the blaze at approximately a Thursday and on arrival discovered the louse to be in flames Fire Pre Officer Larry Bros said The people in the house arc lucky to be alive he said There were no smoke detect in the home or the fire might have been discovered earlier The Ontario fire Mar shals Office Investigated the fire and Mr Brassurd report that the cause is believed to have been careless smoking This is the second fire In the Van Mcrkestcin home In six months An electrical malfun caused a fire resulting in IB damage six months ago road and more efficiently and will according to Mr Tefft be an important actor In obtaining ministry subsidies The amount of the subsidies for road improvements will be based partially on road de is listed in the report he said Mr Tefft added that the report will need a yearly updating with the re suits being fed into the minis try computer system each spring MIREX CHEMICAL BANNED The use of a chemical used by Inmonl ltd of to make products flame will be banned In federal ministry of environment announced the company were not available pre lime to make comment on the ban were of the provincial ministry of However tests conducted on In the Credit Itlvrr about one year Ko by ministry In the were not contaminated by the Is believed that the Mire may have gone Into the Credit River from traces left to bags disposed there following use by the firm The empty bags were carded at the landfill site Avenue lit Georgetown above the Credit River A delegation of Metcalfe Court homeowners bearing a petition signed by of their neighbors were assured day that they will be kept informed about upcoming in the town ap proach to an erosion problem behind their properties The petition presented to works committee by home owner Dave Stewart in re to a suggestion by Pete called for appropriate and lious action to stop the erosion of Metcalfe ravine and com notification of any forth coming action stemming from a recent report on the The Metcalfe residents were told that the town budget has designated for work on the ravine but were warned the same time that even if it is accepted by council the expenditure must be approved at other levels of George pre dieted Ihat the bureaucracy council may slow the proposed work down by two years with approval first needed from the Credit Valley Conservation Authority which has jursidlelion over the me waterway itself Brian spokes man for ihe homeowners re minded lilt committee that the erosion began after the houses were built and sold in Since tow owns the ravine property excluding the water way he contended the town should have the authority to repair Its deteriorated Mr McCluskey expressed specific concerns over water main leaks that have occurred in front of the Metcalfe homes during past years and have resulted in the escaping finding its beneath the houses to the ravine causing more erosion The spring thaw he speculated could create or worsen problems If such leaks continue Marilyn commented that she had asked regional works- crews to mine the storm sewers last week but the homeowners were unaware of any such visit Town engineer Bob Austin challenged Mr McCluskey assertions that no major works projects have been undertaken in Ward during the past few years and that projects in other wards arc contributing to ravine problem Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent in Wnrd4 hesald and only Ward water is entering the ravine Mr commented that lost year solution of installing worth of ga dams to control the ravine water flow has not ended the erosion may have in act the process The summer months he added brought in an abundance of mosq breeding in the small ponds created by the Complaints aired over parking Hills restricting round roidside to three hours during the early morn ing was igain under fire at works mmlttec Monday Complaints from res dents of two streets prompted words of empathy but no from the com millec which upheld last council decision to be tagged or aw iy so the streets would In for snow re moval and street sweeping Sam of Marilyn contended Ihat the bylaw is not a law but a ripoff that on his street is unnecessary because of the of visits by snow plows His son Frank con rmed Ih it his car had been ticketed twice police recent Iv even though the service must be requested ly residents of The is applicable n thoroughfares he but not on ihe quieter residential streets Linda asked where residents are supposed to park extra if their driveways ire not enough suggest that can be widened a step which many owners of singlecar garages have taken MovorTom Hill added that residents who have guests spending the night their homes can contact the police and notify them that cars will be parked in front of their Commlitce chairman Peter commented simply that owners must abide by the bylaw or else attempt to have it changed appealing to council Mayor Hill claimed however that rescinding the would create havoc for town workmen I know its frustrating to gel up in the morning and find a ticket on your car because you had to leave it on the street overnight he said but we have to do the snowplowing Town engineer Bob Austin noted that police arc currently towing substantially fewer vehicles away than in the post do not necessarily wail for snowfalls toenforce the bylaw Town streets he said are not physically intended for on The committee also ei a letter from Jennie of Mclntyre Cres who claimed to have no driveway parking space Her suggestions that special park permits might be granted In such cases drew no support Les Duby said a per mil would defeat the purpose of the parking bylaw since numerous residents would ap ply or one Sam presents lion did prompt the to ask the regional police to investigate the park ing situation outside churches on Mountainview Road at Sin Avenue and on Maple A below Main Street At those locations Mayor Hill said agreeing with Mr Bumbaca parked cars lining the roadsides on Sundays a hazard for passing and turning vehicles Ministry to resolve differences in plans Ontario ministry of housing will be asked to resolve sev basic policy differences bet ween the forthcoming Hills official plan and Halton region parent official plan which was lntroauea in droit form to Acton residents Wed night Following the public fa rum which attracted some con citizens town planner Mario explained that the Hills draft official plan once complete will con tain recommended policies for the municipality that will not conform toguldellnes set out in the regional plan The housing ministry as approving authority for both documents will then be red to resolve the conflict Mr Vendittl did not specify which policy areas would need such special attention from Queen a Park While regional planning committee chairman Pat McLaughlin predicted that the draft plan will receive council endorsement in early June and could be submitted to the province In midsummer Mr and Coun Les com mem led that Hills will likely wait far the ministry response to that document before flnalixlng and presenting the town a official plan A series of six public meet will likely be held in all parti or Hills beginning In March Mr Vendittl said to Introduce the Halton Hills draft plan to area residents Once revised and adopted by council the plan will be submit ted to Queen Pork as a separate package Mr McLaughlin observed that the regional plan tackles general policy while those being prepared by Helton four member municipalities will cover specifics Whereas the region designates land for agricultural uses or example the four town must point to particular foodlands All of the plans are in basic agree ment despite some unavold able conflicts Mr McLaughlin said government appro val of the draft plans could be granted he pointed out with the exception of specific which the ministry may ask to be revised or amended The ministry he warned may choose to veto any regional or municipal recommendation if its implementation is thought to be In conflict with provincial objectives If wants one thing and the province wants her and the premier and cabinet decide Halton can t be accommodated Mr McLaughlin old a quest loner But the more public Input we have on this the belter our chance of getting approved Public Input was Invited both verbally at last night meet and In the form of written comments to be mailed to the planning committee before April Individuals and groups wishing to submit ver briefs to the committee are also being accommodated Mr McLaughlin added We re looking for the ways you think this draft plan could be made better regional planner director Ed dimming explained We don t think this document Is perfect so we want you to help us fill In the gaps we vo left It very im porta that what we send to the ministry of housing Is what Halton wants It to be Those In attendance at the forum series being held throughout viewed maps of the region depleting current and proposed trends In all areas of municipal development tlons raised mostly by a rural homeowners concerned a of policy tlons from the issue of the Niagara Escarpment Com mission authority over reg ional council to the reasons why GO rain service cannot be extended from Georgetown to Acton The regional draft plan cop ies of which are available municipal offices about 3H tof our years In the making according to Mr McLaughlin with five planners pending most or their time preparing its content and of other advisors contributing inform if this plan works the way supposed to work youll have slot of people from Toronto moving ban because It be such a great place to llvt one Impressed resident commented if this plan worn IM way It supposed to work Mr Cumcntng responded They won t be able to get In