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Tour Morning the place you want to is usually under construction Home Newspaper of Halton Hills WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1J J The big paper the J I big circulation raid I fitst by everyone I I Reaching more than 13350 homes in J Halton Hilh J Packed meeting Town supports arts complex study Members and supporters of Arts Plus on umbrella for Hills perform ing arts groups titled he town council chamber to overflowing Monday night In a successful bid lo persuade he towns general committee take Immediate action on proposals that could ultima I lead lo the construct ion of a multiuse theatre and arts complex Yielding to the groups wishes the committee recommended to council that a sixweek feasibility study should be launched to determine com munity demands for artsrelat ed recreational facilities and lo determine how best to meet those needs now and In the If council accepts Ihe recom mendation next Monday the town will tow ard the cost of he study while the Win to no corporation will provide the balance on basis of a grant application filed by Arts Plus SOME CONSENSUS There seems be some concensus that time has come for such a facility Georgetown Little Theatre pres ident John Roc told ihe commit tee Among the proposals to be considered In the feasibility study Is the plan suggested by the Utile Theatre early in 1973 that would see Hills working in with the Board of Education to build a theatre facility onto an extension the board Is construct ing at Howard Wriggles worth Public School in Georgetown A two storey shaped theatre addition with tiered seating Is foreseen The Little Theatre and board officials worked out tentative proposals for the addition after the board announced gymnasium at Wriggles worth which has provided the setting for the Little Theatres product- Buses wanted survey shows A fire Friday morning In a threeapartment home at corner of Guelph and Mill Streets closed Highway Tor more than Tour as Georgetown firefighters battled A faulty flue to a type stove on Ihe lower was blamed for the fire which broke shortly after 11 am Only one or tenners Steve and the buildings owner Joseph Pedo were In building when the fire started Above local firelighters battle Herald photo by Maggie Hannah fire destroys local homes By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald writer Two men escaped serious injury Friday morning when fire swept through a three- apartment home at the John and Streets in Georgetown The which forced the closing of Highway for about five hours gulled the inside of the building leaving three families homeless and destroying most of their possessions Defective flue piping from a space heater type stove in the downstairs unit Is blamed for starling blaie which was reported at 1118 by Ontario Hydro employees Steve and was dressed and lying on top of my bed Mr Kadona said and I began to smell smoke I went around and checked my but I couldnt find anything was just going losee if Something was wrong downstairs when landlord came running in jelling to get out because he house was Mr Kadona had lived in the building for years but had no insurance He lost everything he said except for a new por table television set which firefighters managed to carry back and get it aid but the fire lucky I was it olive family in out lor him tried to myself he came too fast Ir awake and got Mr Kadona widower has Canada and Is expected friends for a while until he finds a new aparlment Kim Walsh and his 21- yearold wife Barbara just left the building shortly before the fire started I just got a job this week working nights lor Go Transit in Brampton so normally Id have been in bed Mr Walsh said Bui I didnt have to work Friday night so we went to do some shopping instead of going to bed We had our dog with us Ihe car but we were worried about the cat because It was shut in the house Apparently when the firemen opened the door it went flying out so its okay The Walshes only moved into their apartment on the north side of the building in December and had no Insurance on heir belongings All weve got is the clothes wc stand up in he said but we figure were lucky to be and not hurt Barbaras parents will take us and cat and my Iguess we hove to atari all over again Mr Walsh considers hes lucky loo lhal he now has a job because he was unemployed until Inst week Mrs Walsh has been oil work with a back in jury tlVE You have to give the firemen credit Mr Walsh said They did their best but it had quite a start by time arrived and I hear they were really fast loo Its on old building so it got a good hold in all thai wood Phil Winer manager of the Community Credit Union in Moore Park Plaza has offered use of the building as drop off centre for anyone wishing lo donate household items help Walshes Mr the occupants of third apart ment get their homes established again Herald writer The results of on 1977 transportation survey conduct ed across region were unveiled before regional planning committee last Tues day showing among other things lhal Hall on Hills resid ents want a localized bus service and ihe average sue of households has decrea sed from 7 to persons per home in Just six years Ho Wong regions senior transportation planner outlined highlights of he survey resulis for members exp laining thai such Information is needed to update data collected in lo monitor ongoing changes in irons porta I ion pat- to help region predict traffic flow patterns and to obtain public input with regard existing problems POBTCAHI FORMAT Mr Wong said copies of survey questionnaire were delivered long postal walks reaching some 10000 homes Neighborhoods were se lected on basis of urban populotion housing types geog raphic location income level and the neighborhoods age he Mr Wong conceded hot the limited response survey about homes responded for a per return represents the bare minimum surveys should bring to be of statistical significance tie pointed any of survey results are lo be used in regional planning should first be thoroughly checked for Continued page Ions will be converted Into a resource centre A new gym is to be built at Ihe rear of the school and the Little Theatre now hopes if better sites cannot be round for an arts facility In own some form of theatre facility can bo incorporated Into an expanded design Mr Roe told the committee Monday that the costsharing project between the board and town would total about while construction of a new arts facility has been estimated to approach million In cost WANT INDICATION The boards Wards and truslee Barry Shepherd infor med the that the board is looking for some indica tion as to the towns Intention by early March If there Is no commitment made on part by then he said the boards expansion plans for Wriggles- worth will likely proceed for education purposes only Mr Shepherd added that he cannot yet sneak for all board trustees but expressed confidence that would be their decision Plus spokesman Rex told the committee lhat will abide by the results of the feasibility study Mr Heal op along with Norm Bigg represents ihe Int erests of Ihe Georgetown Rotary Club on the Arts Plus tee which was formed in Nov ember to realize proposals for complex The Rotary Club has made ad offer or a three acre parcel of land near Georgetowns Fair grounds Park which the com mittee believes could become a suitable site for such a complex Also represented on the Arts Plus committee ore Halloo Hills Arts Council the Klwami Club the Georgetown Choral Society the University Womens Club the Credit Valley Artisans the Little Theatre TENDERS ARE IN FOR RIVER RUN SALE Although lenders closed January for contractors hoping to purchase Ihe Run housing development on River Drive no decision has yet been made as lo which contractor will gel the project Ralph president of the company which Is acting as agent for Ihe mortgage holders lays Hint negotiations are underway with who are in tereiled in taking over and completing the project Well lake the time to get a proper builder and lee that certain prerequisites are met he said Were looking for a reputable knowledgeable strong group and we wont be swayed Just by ihe dollar figure We definitely wont the project completed In the way was envisaged and tor that reason we wont sign any papers until were sure certain we hove the right Immediate start up Is one of the conditions the purchaser must agree la he said This Week Prisoners charge police abuse as sweat box hearing begins I Help for widows The North Contact Centre has offered Its help In J proposed foundation of a new lowndesigned to lend much needed support recently widowed women PoRfi2 I Hydro pros and cons The pros and cans of Ontario plans to build a transmission line through Hills were Board hearing lhat ended Thursday In Georgetown A full report is Inside Page 13 ard By 1URI TAYLOR Herald writer The hearing Involving two Regional Police con stables charged wlih discredit able Begun Monday with testimony by three prison ers transported by Ihe officers In alleged sweat box conditions In a police van last Constables Raj and Arnold Vancllef both sta tioned in the Milton division have been charged under ihe Police wilh discreditable and neglect of in connection with an Incident 1978 in which prison ers who had been transported from Milton provincial court house to Metro West Detention Centre in Toronto charged the officers drove van with the up and the heater turned- on although ihe temperature outside lhnfrJoy was over degrees Douglas McConachic is acting as legal counsel for the Ha Hon Regional Police Commis sion jndWE MacDonaldQC is acting on behalf the officers County Court Chief Judge William Coulter is presid ing at the hearing The Ihree witnesses Reg Har ris of Newmarket Robert Turner of Clarkson and Frederick Carley of Niagara Falls each as to the course of events on August when the incident Is alleged to were van during the alleged incident Each of the men was charged at time with escaping law nil custody MARILYN councillor Hills town Marilyn Serjeant- son representative for ward four in Georgetown discusses her road into politics wlthilerald edit- or Michael In this weeks installment of People Page seven OMB hydro hearings finish with debate Teachers settle contract 1 Halions secondary school teachers have reached a new oneyear contract agreement after four months of dispute Details of ihe new agreement which carries a six per cent hike across the boards can be found Inside todays Herald Page Acton skating club Hills skaters did well at the Northwest InterClub figure skating hosted Sunday by the Acton Figure Skating Club Photos and story Inside Page The Ontario Municipal Board tOMBi hearing launched Jan in to evaluate On tario application or permission to build a major transmission corridor through Hills ended Thursday after eight days of detailed Technical testimony accusa tions of delays and coverups and continuing claims that On- tan does not need a corridor lhat has already cost taxpayers millions of dollars chairman Henry Sle- wart and his associate William reserved judgement on ihe issues described them In enormous detail during the hianng summations by lawyers for the four parlies involved Hydro Halton Hills region and the Interested Croup ICC brought the proceedings to a close AT STAKE At stake in hearing was Hydros application for official plan and zoning bylaw amend ments thus far refused by the and region that would enable the crown corporation to erect and string towers for the final 12 mile section of lis 100- mile long vol I corridor The northern and southern sections of the corridor have been constructed bring ing the line of towers to Hills northern boundary from the Bruce nuclear generating boundary from the corridors terminus at ihe Mil ton twitching station just south of Highway In presenting his case lawyer John Parkinson treated close proximity corn- dors northern and soul hem sections as a mitigating factor in the considerations Mr Slew art lent support the argument early in proceed when he thai the presence of hydro lowers out side Hills northern and southern boundaries and lhal would be involved in ma or rerouting has be a factor in the boards final decision The also seemed willing to accept Mr Parkinsons thai established govern ment policy must not be on page two follow an escape from Maple- mi Correct Centre in The witnesses testified that the trip from the Metro West Detention Centre Milton in the jriornmg was routine with no disturbances The first Incident lake place removal of jackets and cigarettes from the prisoners before they were plac ed in the holding cells in the basement at provincial courthouse as the result of what the police officers said was a new rule All three witnesses testified thai a police which Iwo of them identified as Constable on being asked take with one jackets dropped the jacket and stepped onit The jackcj belonged lo Mr Harris who also testified while he was in Ihe cell his mother tried to see him with a message from his but was allowed enter al though this had been permitted on previous occasions At the end of the day when It came lime tor the prisoners to be transported back to Maple- hurst and Metro West Detention Centre me prisoners were lined up and handcuffed one to another as they had been in the morning However no leg irons ere used as had been the case on the morning trip All witnesses testified thai the cuffs were too tight and each said he asked the officer lo loosen but request was ignored The prisoners were put in the an and waited there for a period lime before Ihe van left Continued on page two Is a ROTARY SKATE Rotary Club member Spencer Roberts skated the enure day at hli clubs held Sunday at the Memorial Arena lo raise money for crippled children For more picture of fun drilling event see page Her Id photo