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The piper tt AWARD CUSTOMER a Home Newspaper of Halt on Hills bit read a first Reaching mora thin I home in Hills I All towns request honored NEC plan a victory for Halton Hills FLOWER GIRL AT THE FAYR The rush has started with many Chrl decorations and Ideas Aexe Downey has picked a local organizations holding sales of Christmas gilts and bouquet of flowers from among the displays decorations St Hauls Church In held Its Christmas layr Saturday many handcrafted Herald Taylor This Week boycott groups ore urging people to boycott Nestle products because the company encourages Third World mothers feed their bibles with Infant formulas instead of the safer method of breastfeeding Oliver reviewed The performance of Oliver by at Georgetown District High School was of very high calibre according to reviewer Paul Sargent He sow the play on the first night of Its run and recorded his views for The Herald Halton minister There are a few reasons to enter the ministry and millions of reasons not to according to Rev Peter Barrow who went ahead and became a minister anyway and he glad he did To read about what being a minister Is like see thii week people Page Focal blackmail angers resident seeking support Herald staff writer Blackmail coercion and big stick ore some of the Harrison Wood of Georgetown this week in describing the of Fo col Properties I united Mr Wood made Hie lions at the towns general committee Monday where he represented himself some of his Bur stow Crescent neighbors con i drainage problem but emphasized he was only for himself when commenting on the Focal de issue I can I understand how the town can deal with a company at threatens the town with a million lawsuit an Incre dulous Mr Wood told the com Mr Wood suggested the town should take harder line with Focal and parent company It Mclaughlin As As a ru ex plained I eel Ihai if Focal like what the doing there are four ways out of town north south cast and west and I be glad to show Mr McLaughlin the way INDUSTRY PROBLEMS The only response to Mr Wood comments came from Mayor Pete who described Properties as part of a long range industrial program Mr Wood said that the drainage problem on has existed since the houses were built despite approach to the town prior to Ihit the town ship shout the problem In W3 and 1954 and from I complained to the local governments about the drainage problems he lold committee and mg been done to date In a letter Inst March to town engineer Bob Austin last March Mr Wood wife told how the witer level on her property hod risen within one half inch of the bock door There is water on my pro of the year Mr Wood added The municipal response to the letter according to Mr Wood was an acknowledge ment of receipt from the tow a few iflcr the initial posting Mr Wood said he finally decided to bring the matter directly to committee after reading that Norton Crescent situated west and directly a bote his property Crescent had been slated for road improvement Mr Wood felt lhat If Bair a is upgraded lie and his neighbors might have their drainage problem bothers me he told was tint both these had been built lonf ours and yet re citing higher priority Deputy Ted 1 it Id Mr Wood that Norton Crescent hod been given a high priority because it had very ilelinile water problem on while it was staff opinion Mr Wood Icm was strictly on private properly and therefore not the lawn s responsibility Mr Wood threatened to take out an Iniunction against furth work on Norton and Stevens Crescent if a complete review of the road building program is not instituted The that re views roads must be either blind or incompetent he lold when he was in formed that was not listed In the five year capital cost program Commiltec voted lo ask staff to prepare a report on the Cres drainage prob lem and to suggest lo council it merits passing lo the budget committee for next year Mr Wood said that he was satisfied with that arrange- By LOW TAYLOR Herald Staff Writer Hills spokesmen got virtually everything we ask r in the Niagara Fscarp- Commissions proposed plm according to Hoy Booth representative on the Coun Booth explained lhat a special committee chaired by Coun Mini Scrjcmtsun prepared drew up and ted the town submission the commission and this sub mission was included almost in Thursday final draft I can I sec anybody In Hills being unhappy with this Coun Booth said At least hope not Flic proposed plan fo mile covers an area pe smaller than t out by the province in Booth said he ivt the exact figures on the sue the reduction in rcpion but estimated it to be about to per cent Areas such is Acton and len Williams were out of Ihe plan entirely as was the greater part of Terra A strip was off each side of the planning urea Coun Booth said cutting it back to the old control area and in cases beyond The plan covers land use policies creation of a system for 11G parks the adoption of development control system to the plan the slab zing of the Bruce Trail and compensation or outright pur ha of land where a permit has been refused bee use the proposal conflicts with the plan PITS AND The plan also tains recommendations on the rotlunofpilsandquarrlcs The is recommending to the province no new pits and quarries be permitted in the most environmentally live areas along the escarp ment would preclude the opening of new pits and in about per cent of the escarpment planning urea The plan also recommends that exist In licensed pits and quarries should be permitted Concerns voiced about BIA plans By PAUL Herald Complaints from some downtown Georgetown shop pers about the decorative curb extensions installed this year ha created reluctance among many merchants to endorse the installation of five more Islands along Main Street While praising architect Paul for the work he has done thus for on the downtown core several merchints expressed concern at last Wednesday Business Area BIA meeting the addition of more landscaped sidewalk ex tens islands might be carry ng things too far construction of file more bulges com w benches and plant era was one of several arch le Is recommendations pre sented at the meeting last vcek which will be referred lo the 1980 board of directors for Nominations due December 15 ire now being collected for membership on the new board through a ballot being distn among the merchants and professionals in the down town core Also being is a list of the for I960 improve ments which supporters will be asked to re arrange In order their preferred prior The BIA about in 1979 Along with the additional islands Mr has more directional signs pointing motorists and pedes trians toward the downtown core decorative bases for existing signs ornamental banners to be hung from streetlights or walls in the downtown area rcorgonlia of entrances to the large parking lot east of Main Street the development or of up lo six onto Main and Church Streets ind visual improve ments lo the weed ridden cm bank at the north end of the large parking lot descend ing Cross Street Virtually all the recom received a ally favourable reaction from the merchants and in attendance but concerns were voic cd about the proposal to add Mr Mnrtcl pointed out that few parking spaces would be sacrificed for the new proposed for the curbs in front of the store at Street and three other locations Several businessmen main tamed however that addition il islands would drive many shoppers away from the down town core since there have already been complaints from those who dislike parking be hind the stores and prefer quick in and out parking at Sandy Mackenzie of J Mackenie and Son Ltd build supplies added that any parking spaces lost on Main Street decreases revenue from parking meters which is used by merchints to pay for snow removal Mr Martel had already Iran Barnes that he anticipates no snow al problems in the immediate of the islands Lawyer Monty noted that the board hid con selected sites for the existing islands where they would have least Impact on shopper parking Bud of Pharmacy reported however that one angry shopper told him she would boycott any stores whose proprietors lowed the Islands to proceed Terry con tended til at the proposed Is lands like any new Innovation will take some time to win public support IMPACT It just takes a while for people to used to it and appreciate the downtown he said As far as I m concerned it great it the first time jecn downtown Georgetown get its ass and do anything in yea of North Sports Ltd agreed It s just the one block chit shoppers will have to walk In Calgary they vc got no parking down town for four blocks Current problems with the existing islands were cussed at the meeting Ing drainage problems with the extensions In front of Robert Household Furnish and Silver de partment store both of which were revamped last week and proliferating from pedes Irian use of the benches 11 Mr Martcl suggested that the Individual merchants arc largely responsible for sweep ing up litter around islands in front of their stores all that the Juniper bushes planted in the wooden frames will eventually provide enough ground coverage to discourage Continued on Page Planning boss for Halton 1 pi ptinncr for Hilton hi been by council as lie new pi inntiif director un llij if Hall phnmng in member of il si kill The Mr Mo Inuimed had been of ilely We short in ipplitanls who wen queried reduced losix pie who were views Mr explained While ill MX fimhsls wen tipable could have Ihe hi iddiil we fell lhat Mr was the choice she showed most enthusiasm ilrndy work mg knowledge of Ihe regit it phi mug Mr Mohammed replaces Ihe rtfi ns first dirccl or drumming wlo retired in He is of Queens University and Ihe University of He joined Ihe Hal I in dcpirtmenl in 107j working with Durham rtLMii planning de Mr Mohammed has ilsi worked with the pro vincnlgovcrnmtnt indtnughl Ihephnn it Ryerson Pol technical Institute operations until their licences expire at which time if necessary the opera tors would be asked to amend their site plans to reduce the s effects on the in order to qualify for licence Wayside pits would be permitted only in certain designated areas of the planning area If the plan be would effectively block the opening of Ihe proposed quarrying operation Stand Industries lid on a 600- tile south of The plan assists to a very great extent the Hills on pits and quarries in that it recognizes only areas which are now licenced Booth said It also makes provision for the operation of smalt sand stone quarries Only four of the land use designations in the plan are found alone the Fscarpment In Hills escarpment escarpment protection areas i rural area and mineral resource Of the ureas designated for mineral resource extraction the largest it at the corner of Hilton Road and the Fifth Line are other smaller around Including one on the Fourth Line of the hamlet Another small is located on between the Seventh and Eighth Lines and a larger area is located on the west side of Highway 7 at Silver Creek SCENIC AREAS The escarpment natural areas arc the most significant natural and scenic a re is of the and they would be subject to the most rigid land use restrictions in order to preserve the environmental balance Among permitted uses are singlefamily dwel lings where a vacant lot exists provided the deve lopment is compatible the goals of preserving the area recreation related to trail vltics nature viewing and public parks and essential transportation and ulllity foci titles The plon would restrict the creation of new lots to those needed for tlie purpose of enlarging existing lots to create conveyances or those purchased by a public body in the natural areas In the escarpment protection areas the land Is frequently more developed with residen lal dwellings Agriculture collages or other uses The goal of the plan Is to maintain the remaining natural features of the land and encourage use oriented to agriculture forestry and recreation con with land rather than uses connected with buildings The policies for these areas would permit the uses allowed In escarpment natural areas and would also include recrca uses such as golf picnic sites and day use sites Institutional uses and the opening of wayside pits subject lo provincial leg is la lion regulating these pils The plan would allow ihe creation of one new lot per 100 acres or original township lot to be used only In those ways permitted in the land designa lion A new lot may be created Continued on page three ACTON LOVES A PARADE The Acton CI liiens Band with leaner George Elliot here rtot part In Ihe Acton Men I annual Santa parade For thoa wbo ta he be visiting Georgetown this Saturday to part la the Clob parade tarts at I Moore Park plain For more picture of the Acton parade page II