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5213- I EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 BRIAN GOODLET Mutual Life of Canada 4513460 or 4515 fail Controversial sewer rates due for 1982 The on longawailcd I 32 sewer and water rates expected last week will prob ably be ready sometime week treasurer Gerry told the regions administration and finance committee Wednesday Controversial and divisive the rates Issue has rema unstable ever since the rcg on switched to an equalized system among the four area municipalities in January 1980 South has long claim that rates for its rcsi dents were artificially raised when the equalized system was introduced helping to pay for sewer and water facility construction in north This year decided to petition the province for funds to I balance out the inequities before the 1982 rates were set Mr explain that the delay In presenting this year a figures stems from the province which has agreed to share the rates and is working out an acceptable grant or the region the Hills SS situation beyond control An early Christmas return work for Smith and Stone employees laid about two weeks ago Isn I likely a spokesman for the company said Monday Harry Wakefield vice president and secretary for the firm which manufact use told I Herald at the company continuing to monitor the nation economy looking for an upswing In currently declining new homing market to perk up orders at the Georgetown plant Two hundred and sixteen worker Including staff were laid off Dec 3 The speed with which employees can return is not In our hands Mr Wakefield said noting that the remaining employees approximate ISO are maintaining firm a inventory Face the nation CHOI TV New Faces program features a number of Hills entertainers on Its Christmas show Dec Chartered buses earned dosensof local residents many senior alliens to the station Hamilton studios last month for the taping New Faces chooses a different community each week to be represented through music dancing and acting Appearing on the Dee will be Dale Wood Singers a choir of young women from Georgetown who U reada poem as the Georgetown Little Theatre representn live singer guitarist Edgar Thatcher and Phil regulars Lynn Welton and John and the vocal guitar duo of Mike ne and Peter Clark both regulars at the Rib Cage restaurant Holiday happenings Attention all five to year olds Plan to attend the Christmas Holiday Happenings Dec 23 and Join the for a day of activities or Tor four days Pre- register at Mountain view S in Georgetown Couldnt wait til Dec 25 A Christmas parcel was opened and taken by thief who broke Into a home on James Street The resident who had peeked a look under the wrapping said the thief had taken an air As well stereo equipment and tools worth were taken by the thief who gained entry lo the Georgetown residence through an unsecured front door Acton boundary stud decision 3000 more acres Herald Special Acton can odd res dents and develop acres more of non residential land In the next years while still remaining Inside restrictions net by the ministry of Ken Taylor presented the findings of a Proctor and Ltd study to about and developers gathered at Acton high school last Tuesday to find out what development options will exist within a proposed new urban boundary The proposed new include squaring off the northern town limit to cover all the land around Commerce Court and West Alteo lands west of Highway to Highway 7 along the Lot boundary as part or the new residential Three new residential par eels were proposed for acres east of the separate school property on Mill Street West acres north of Highway along Churchill Road North and acres south also along Churchill Road Using the ministry figure of occupants per the proposed population growth roughly new homes can be constructed over the In the three areas The new eastern boundary which is roughly 1 feet east of the homes along Churchill Road would permit four or five streets to be constructed to the east of the present town limit The study includes Acton high school and the new separate school inside the town limits and sees no future Institutional growth needs Tor the town at present A strip of highway development would be included along Highway to the new eastern limits of the town This highway zone la projected as being sufficient extra commercial land to meet the needs of existing and future population in the town Mr Taylor said the business Improvement area study as well a market study should be used In determining new commercial development He said more than acres of lard already within the boundary may not be suitable for Industrial use because of poor so 1 or drainage Pic population growth limit was set by the MOE based the capacity the Black Creek to carry effluent from the town a sewage treatment plant and on the availability of water to the town Town planner Mario Veatfitti said part of the residential land east of Churchill development proposals on It and part does not A number of proposals have been eliminated from the area in which services will be available and Ontario pal board hearings are poss ible If agreements cant be reached between the own and these property owners An urban area review steer committee Is asking con cerned citizens to submit comments In writing to regional planning staff by Dae The committee will sift the submissions and make chang as members feci appro priate during January Committee chairman Mike Armstrong said the menda lions would be detailed and the public advised of the final form by late January that Hills and region councils can both deal with the study and incorporate It into official plan FLAPPERS ON ICE Last Wednesday night the Georgetown Figure Skating Clubs girls Interpretive competitor look many admiring onlooker back to days when the Char lei Ion was latest dance erase and feathered headbands were commonplace In the annual club competition held at Gordon arena boys and girls skated In II different cslegodes In their efforts to represent the February In competition Winning the girls interpretive routine was Kathy goal middle who a bo will the club In the Junior Ladies right was second while Tammy Morrow left More riders funds for Acti Van service Van finished third See page Hi IM for complete results and pictures transit service for physically which began In May of the skating dub competition Herald photo by Dave FULL REPOR IN WEEK disabled residents shows little sign of letting up as more riders subscribe to the service and fund raising efforts cont inue more successfully than anticipated Croatians unswayed on cemetery bid Proponents of a new cry on the 160ncre Croatian Centre at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Five near have not given up on the idea despite opposition Tram neighbors and the Agricultural Advisory ittec William the law yer representing the Croatian proponents told The Herald that Just because some people HAYSEED HOEDOWN AT HIGH NOON Come on Silly Ann lei promenade About dents billed and twirled have protested the plan before Hills council and at the his clients have not given up There s a tremendous amount of goodwill throughout the town of Hills he said and they ro not going to let a vocal minority stop Two weeks ago the region a planning department asked the HAAC to explain Its the plan for the eight acre I cemetery ex pressed at an earlier meeting of farm reps Opposing the plon largely because it feels a cemetery is not good use of viable farmland may adverse ly affect farming operations surrounding It the en planning depart concerns that the In the area does not conform with official In addition farm and farm residents living near the site have expressed concern about traffic which may coll eel on the roadsides during a funeral although Croatian representatives have assured town council there Is adequate parking available on the prop erty letter I the farm advisory committee Mr pointed out that 130 acres of the Croatian Centre Is rented For agricultural use while the rest of the property serves the large Torontoarea Croatian population as a weekend recreation facility with swimming pool and or pitches 1 think the vast majority of people In Hills have no complaint against my clients merely because they are Croa he said There ore a few who do but I don think this vocal minority should be allowed to have their way and I am not going to stand aside The town planning staff Is preparing report on the Croatian proposal following council meetings last month at which the subject was exhaust discussed That report is expected lo bo presented to planning board early in the informed Monday night the Ac Van Advisory Committee had already passed lis estimated yearend fund- raising goal by about And while the number of riders dropped in August dur ing the vacation season use of the van increased dramatical ly In the autumn The number of daily trips which the vnn makes averages eleven at most half of them for shopping or social and recreational functions Before the service began the Van committee mated that operations would cost during trial period half coming from the provincial government An goal fee public funds was set over same length of time but support for the project has already netted the committee over twothirds the amount Public funds are helping to pay the capital costs of the van and the per ride red has raised over well Most of the van ately registered users live m Georgetown reside in Ac ton and 15 live in the area Almost per cent of riders arc senior but the operating hours of the service were flexed a llttlf In September to accomodate school age passenger In Georgetown There were trips made by the van in its first month operation seven months aft In November trips www recorded and while most of the trips serve individual needs the van gets plenty of use Sunday mornings as resi dents participate In the Friends InDeed Club swim lessons at the communitys Indoor pool in Middle School A final report on the ActlVan service Is expected In Febru ary at which point chairman Marilyn Serjeant said council will whether to continue the serv ice after April MP McDermid on committee studying Polish crackdown music The noonhour dance was organised by education teacher Alice to supplement dance lessons students are getting In their regular gym classes More photos Inside Herald photo By GERRY TIMBERS Herald Special A special committee of par including Brampton Georgetown MP John McDermid met Monday afternoon to discuss the Polish governments surprise week end crackdown on the inde pendent trade union The Polish Committee of Concerned Parliamentarians an eight member group form In oned together by chairman Sieve MP for Ed monton North We arc quite worried for the Polish people Mr Mc Derm id said from his Ottawa office The news coming out of Poland is not the greatest Mr McDermid stressed that the weekend s events are still an Internal matter for the people of Poland and that the federal government can do little more than continue to monitor the news coming out of Western Europe The Polish committee has been active over the past months lobbying the federal government for more than 100 In aid which has already been delivered the European nation In the form of food clothing and medicine it was also mental In per sua ding Immigration Minister IJoyd Axworthy to allow an increased number of Polish refugees to come into Canada Brampton Mayor James Archdekln commented this morning that situation In Poland appears very grave with danger of trouble break ing out between United States and Russia I would hope the situation remains an Internal one mayor said I hope the Poles can work things out There really much we can do In Canada other than listen for new events We are on Ihe outskirts of the sltuat GDHS campaign ends dog torture over Having collected 1 natures and from fellow Georgetown District High School students a week long campaign proles ting the in humane way dogs are taken market In southeast Asia where dog meat Is consider a delicacy has ended for tho Grade 10 English stud ents In Judith The students organized the campaign to make their peers aware of the cruel manner in which dogs are being treated and to get some financial support for the International Fluid for iho Welfare of Animals The money raised by the students will be sent to and signatures are being sent to Filipino embassy In Ottawa The Philippines Is country where practice exists Teacher Miss said the palters students hung in the school halls are all down but that the camp aign started young people thinking about how animals are slaughtered in Canada for food and about children starving in other countries WHY ME on your Christmas lights tonight Kinsmen Clubs third annual tour for local senior citizens tonight 715 to 830 pm see page A3 Georgetown Utile Theatres John Roe seems to be himself in this scene from Once Upon a Time the ronaatg amalgamation of nursery rhymes modern gaga that delighted hundreds at the John Elliott Theatre over the week A veteran of theGLTs perennial Christmas pantomimes wall their dramatic presentations through the season Mr portrayed Robin Hood in this year offering RoMn food Jack and Jill and Red Riding Hood Joined series of M characters for the engaging farce about a professor a atoaafc popcorn making machine Review and more photos Inside Herald photo by An