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Wtdawy March HAPPY Mrs Stella Ilk of S3 Norton Crescent celebrated her Mrs Ellis born In Brant County In ISS9 and her father was the In Brant for almost twenty years She has lived In for about 1 years An avid hockey fan Mrs Ellis never misses a game on television Herald photo Actons prepares for OMB fight JOHN ItOTTOMI Herald special Ac Ion architect Lloyd Sank cautioned Acton Business Improvement Area BIA members Wednesday that Bad Wolf Jerry Sprack man of and his proposal for a are not none and tailed on the act quickly if he to keep the plaza The clock is ticking said Mr Sankcy Mr is going to the Ontario Municipal Board with is cast and ace to Mr this is here demands made a Feb 14 public meeting would of weight Many people feel been had after their support for Hie plaza was apparently Hills plan which rejected the plaza by in margin FOOD STOKE NEED Mr Sankey said the issues brought out at the meeting the need for a food More more shopping variety ind most of all parking the developers fr the proposed plaza can answer needs outside the town We vegot to insiAer them downtown Regions budgets are up Departmental budgets re netting 12 to IB per cent increases over 197B are being submitted to regional for preliminary re view prompting regional chairman Jack to warn that reductions had belter be made it taxpayers are to avoid a substantial lax increase this year Although chief Ernie has said some departments have sub mitted decreased budgets that offset corresponding in creases elsewhere Mr expressed displeasure over the situation at last weeks ad ministration committee meet If we continue the way we been going we be In big trouble he said We re going to have to consider fur tiler reductions GRANTS Although the chairman cited no individual committee or department his comments Ipwod the decision by the Administration committee to increase grants to four area Organizations by IS per cent The Royal Botanical Gardens Niagara MldWealern On Travel Association and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra received Increased 1979 grants totalling BOO Several departmental bud Sets arc still to be realized at committee level before the Administration committee con aiders them collectively Apr Acton can still avoid the problems Milton and George town face Mr Sankcy lie contended that strip devel In the two neighbour towns had killed their Mr Sankey defined two areas where he felt the down could accommodate a large supermarket including parking The first is the corner of Mill and Main Streets where the drugstore and Dominion Hotel are now located Mr Sankey suggested an easier site would be at the other end of the downtown where there is now a a Canadian Tire outlet and a street which could easily be closed TWO WEEKS is said to be cur rcntly negotiating with Supermarket about a possible amalgamation or the two stores although neither one Is savins anvlmnB BIA chairman Paul Nielsen told Hills planning board two weeks ago two stores were considering but would not fy them He did say the move could force the closure of a street Don Lindsay owner of A Supermarket told the nesday there would be a big development soon in the dawn own but would not say what the development was Work which the has done already in the downtown has amounted to cosmetics according to Mr He said the time has for ictual surgery The town must create a plan for revitalizalion and the plan should not create another study screaming of mother hood and apple pie until It is laid to rest on a shell said Mr Sankey The Acton architect said immediately action and com milmcnt from the merchants is needed He suggested park ing space could be created behind present store with con nee ions to the main street LOW COST LOANS The province said Mr San key has a prqgram open to towns with a population under which can provide up to in low cost loans for downtownrevllollzation You must be open positive and optimistic convinced you will make the downtown work The future of the downtown is in your hands Treat It well and it will serve for many many years to come Mr Sankey has worked in downtown in Col where he put a square foot Lob laws In the downtown core He is now working for Ottawa as a plan for Its Improvement down board chairman Henry started off the bust ncss meeting with a series of witty attacks on Sprack man proposal Mr sprack man told the BIA his plaza was turned down he scaled It down and told us it would supply jobs If he keeps it up we will have full employment i Neighbourhood Watch New program is planned to light vandalism The Hall on Regional Police Force is hoping to launch a project called Neighborhood Watch this summer inan effort vandalism in Hills and Milton Neighbourhood Watch would be a summer job program for students whose wages would be paid by the Minlslry of the SolicitorGeneral of Canada along wilh a smalt amount of ihe programs operating costs The force would be responsible equip ment office space and equip- In the northern portion Regional Municipality of in Ihe towns Milton Hills icncing a considerable amount of vandalism Chief Ken wrote In a report outlining Ihc proposed project The vandalism is most sen ruts around the schools and in various small areas in the two towns Last year we had reported cases of wilful damage TACKLING PROBLEM Vandalism of course is a problem in the rest of the region but tackling the prob lem on an experimental basis uld appear to have the chance of succeeding if we eonccniraie our efforts in these areas of relatively small The of the Neighbor hood Watch program would be io increase the community awareness of cost of the problem and its responsibility in controlling it to alert people in high risk and ask for iheir assistance in reporting vandalism or suspicious people and Identify potential vandals and in cooperation wiihoihcr groups divert them more appropriate behavi our Chief wrote The program would to accomplish aims with a number of techniques Since ihe program will be running from May to early Septe mber and the schools will sill be operating part of he lime during course of he prog ram students involved In program will spend some lime visiting the schools to the support and of the students in the higher grades with an to preventing vandalism HIGH RISK AREAS i dents in high risk areas would be approached by the project workers with informal ion would be encouraged toad as observers for the community with the police phone number would be supplied to homeow ncrs io be attached to their telephone Hopefully this would encourage the to report acts of vandal ism or any suspicious people they see the chief said Young people with no place to go would reeeive assistance in finding appropriate places to hang out the chief said Support for the project probably come from the independent insurance agents of Hills service clubs in the areo Chief said The project will require a project leader and six students two each in Milt on Acton and Georgetown Need Some Gas It Is estimated 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