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Home of Hills Page Tilt IIMIAtI iVdnrtdav f A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited lOJMainbl South Georgetown Ontario Publisher I Second CJsi Rcflltttred Number deserve choice in byelection Entering public life is not an easy decision to make Certainly any councillor will tell you rewards are few and the criticism and problems many Councillors are subject to the pressures and criticism of a wide spectrum of forces including the public other councillors and yes even the press This said we are a little reluctant to criticize the two candidates in the upcoming by election to fill Actons vacant ward one scat However it is more than a little disappointing to study the platforms of candidates Dave Whiting and Terry Grubbe as explained in last weeks Herald Both candidates are quick to say there are no issues this by election sounding very much like candidates in a student council campaign they tell us personalities and approach will be the deciding factor when Acton residents go to the polls next month We hope not At the very ieast it is ex naive to say that at this juncture in Actons history there are no issues facing the com munity In fact Actonians must make some very critical decisions in the immediate future Probably the biggest question facing the town is whether or not residents want to see the Landawn plaza and a subdivision built in the community Certainly if either a major new shopping plaza or a subdivision are constructed in the community the character of the town will be deeply affected Do Actonians want to see their town grow or would they rather sec the small town community maintained Are they in favor of development but only in the downtown business core or would they rather see Acton com base broadened Do Actonians want the region and the town to spend the money necessary to expand the capacity of the sewage treatment plant to allow further expansion of the town These are just some of the issueb that do exist at a crossroads serious answers to serious questions are needed and it seems neither candidate in the upcoming byelection is prepared to address him or herself to them Based on her statements in last week Herald Mrs Grubbe seems to be planning a Jimmy Carter type campaign She says issues arc negative and would rattier dedicate herself to accentuating the positive aspects of Acton U S president Carter ran his election campaign this way discussing the spirit of the American people But the Americans have woken up recently and realized that once the cam paign smiles of their president disappeared the problems remained Dave Whiting says the election is a question of personalities We think voters are more concerned about concrete policies rather than whether or not a candidate pets his dog or sends Christmas cards to his mother Let hope that as the by election campaign heats up our ward one candidates will direct themselves to the issues that do exist and Acton residents will have a real choice on October 9 Contact Centre worthy of support The North Halton Contact Centre is trouble It seems that because of its necessarily anonymous nature potential volunteers and funding donors have forgotten or are unaware of this areas crisis and information phone service Volunteers at the centre handled 9 phone calls last year a whopping increase over the 1 they handled dunng their first year of operation six years ago Volunteers at the centre handle calls 24 hours a day and their service can range anywhere from counselling a potential suicide to phoning to ensure their good health The centre requires at least volunteers to function around the clock but unfortunately their numbers have dwindled to a figure which may spell the end of 24 hour service unless new volunteers come forward At the same time the centre is short of funding necessary to meet operating expenses such as rent Because contact centre volunteers must remain anonymous it is difficult for the organization to hold fundraising activities such as dances sales and the like The contact centre counts on the Halton Hills community to come forward voluntarily with financial donations to help maintain their vital service Certainly based on the volume of phone calls handled by the centre it seems theirs is a very valuable service If you would like to help out either by volunteering or making a financial donation the centre can be reached Post Office Box Georgetown or by calling 1211 Refugee sponsors appear determined Youve got to hand it to the Hills members of Operation Lifeline theyre a determined crew Operation Lifeline groups in Georgetown and Acton have existed since shortly after the plight of the Vietnamese refugees first made world headlines and local residents are now prepared to help at least 1 families settle in a new life in this area fortunately the federal government has given local group members only sketchy information as to the status of their refugee resettlement efforts Members of the Halton Hills groups still do not know the type of families they will help settle nor do they know when will rnve Although delays are derstandabfe in a project the scale the Vietnamese refugee reset tlement it would seem the federal government could be more helpful to the local sponsors While families have been resettled in other Ontario areas in plenty of time for children to begin their school vear at the same time as local students refugee children settling here will now have the additional difficulty of starting the school year later than their new Canadian mates It would also seem that if the refugits could be in their new homes before the bitter Canadian winter sets in their adjustment process wouli be a little easier The local lifeline members are to be commended for their staying power and we hope the Canadian government will reward them shortly by at least providing some information for Hills refugee sponsors A Indian outburst was just tip of the iceberg Am MP who I im of jour sire i Inaki indipindtnci Ik also 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trend towards oblivion evident ally 1 tin Hurt I lb il Iht party is lid more united than has often in and knows whin is In short tin sunt power inil hit at long tin iktloratL is rtidv In turf out Ihe PnitrcssiieConsirvativis In be end lint may prove wishful linking sinet the have never known lo roll our and play diad when all signposts pi t I ward graveyard lis Ihi ia75 While the I made any Impact with issues in lost two of House they haven lost any ground They are not only lion have like official One historical of Ihe prov in hat while they usually hod more than Ihe the loner made Ihe most noise One can 1 thai now Since the premium hikes In 1978 the Liberals have led attack on little thin to Ihi mood retold if Ontario I snt siv il hi sh ukl rt a of their is a result looking mon itive Ihan tin Inmost of list few vi ri lonal on market line assissnitnt land frceies such is tin Istirptnint and brim lil lnl education ilnralshavi the rifhl win position Smith is a mtervmlionist kind of liberal much of his is jnd hi is aware of the public sentiment As a result provincial Liberal pronus and policies of the pflit few years stressed to problem rather than more eommon federal for example ibcral remedy of just spending more money And a more imagination than show is also something people appear lo be seeking factor that helped maintain Tory nasty in power here is History From our files THIltn vrARS AGO telephone subscribers will find more than changes in the October issue of the telephone directory which will be dilivcr next week Vi Mlsener Bell Tele phone manager for this region said today Most of the changes which become with the delivery of Ihe new direttory art due to the recent extension of tlit local switchboard and extensive construction of outside coble and wire facilities A change in ownership of a local restaurant business was announced last when Whildon took over ownership of the former Caldwell Restaurant on Main Street Tins weeks summary records our first frost of the an even degrees but only some things felt the effects of it There was a little drink every day but one aid the whole total hardly equal lo one real good shower PAKISTAN TO VtAllS AGO Release of 1 163 building lots all of the remaining zoned properly in subdivisions under the per lot plan recently added the town budding bylaw was Monday in a letter read to council by general mmagcr Harold During question period Hyde argued that was turning its bock on an original agreement which calls for a per cent industrial commercial ratio before further house building Is permit ted said the company has that the ratio can t be up lo in this foreseeable future Mr and Mrs Jim Warren Edith Street left by plane Friday for England for the first lap of a journey which will take them to Pakistan Mr Warren whose design of a plabtic laundry basket won Smith and Stone an entry In the Interna Plastics Exhibition in London last spring has been in the design department of General Steel Wares since leaving local company He has a leaching position on the staff of the university al Lahore Pakistan where he will teach product design On Sept 11 Georgetown council ordered preparation of a bylaw which will establish a Committee of Adjustment to deal with rcquists for minor infractions of the town new inning bylaw recently adopted The bylaw will name council members of he present planning board to constitute the new committee Any application from a rule- payer who wishes to take action contrary to the zoning bylaw will require a payment for his hearing Committee members will receive each for each meeting Most parents assume their children arc the best but Mr and Mrs Peter Glen Williams proved their point when they entered son Andrew in the 12 18 month class at the Andrew fifth in a class of 175 baby boys His proud parents have one other fine son Michael who is four years old TIUIM- Tt MIS ICO A CNR freight train developed air brake trouble early Sunday travelling over a level crossing in Acton scene of a fatal accident that the life of a 13 yearold Toronto boy and injured his Acton uncle Russell of Street Toronto died in the wrLckagi of his car which was wrapped like crumpled cardboard around the signal standard The victim body v is pinned in the wreckage and could not be removed until a tow line freed the debris from the signal standard A year s supply of hay valued at over went up in flames in a fire early Mondiy at Mushroom Growers I Firemen saved a nearby mushroom building by climbing on the roof and flooding the tar roof which was bubbling from the intense heat Remark Mould and Tool Company has turned out such high quality plastic products in its two years at Nerval that it has made a big reputation in the industry Big enough that more orders are coming in th in the company can handle so they be moving lo a bigger building closer lo Toronto Seventeen cars proved unfit for he roid and wire stripped of Iheir plates during a five day safety at the Georgetown Market The check the second this year was operated by the Department of Trans porta I Ion in co operation with the Georgetown Police Department safety officer Constable Vane lief A film about County won an international award at festival in New York last year and county council last Tuesday received the framed award and silver medal for display in the county building The film entitled The Man and the Boy produced by Robert Myers of Toronto is a minute promotion of County with a message that is a great place to live work and play MOTION ONI- AGO A resolution lo call for the end of the Niagara Escarp ment Commission I NEC was defeated at a meeting of the Credit Valley Conserve lion Authority CVCA Thursday The call originated with the Region Conser vation Authority who sent out the tion to the nine conservation authorities that have land on the escarpment Erosion control work on the Metcalfe Court ravine Is expected to get underway November 1 members of the Credit Volley Conservation Authority learned Thursday The authority accepted a water and related land management advisory board budget for totalling G97 of which approximately tea will be allocated to the Metcalfe Ravine A factfinder should be appointed this week to look over issues that bogged down talks between elementary school teachers and the board of education last week Teachers demands for a lower pupil teacher ratio has created the impasse Bill chief nego tiator for the Halton board Lowering the ratio becomes Increasingly appealing to teachers as dropping enrolment threaten their job security more and more