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Ted Tyler roast has a serious side Herald Editor It was a refreshing change from the jokes and roasts which often high light a Citizen of the Year dinner To a hushed audience Pel it is explained why Ted Tyler has contributed more Acton than just helping to renovate a town hall or promote local events At the Acton Curling Club Saturday Mr told of the kind ness and friendship Actons Citizen of the Year Ted Tyler had provided when he ed from Greece to work In Canada Mr came to this country In at the of where he began work in Acton as a mechanic for Tyler Transport With little money in his pocket Mr felt the warmth and support or the Tyler family The first night he stayed In Acton the Tylers gave him a bottle of wine a roast chicken and a welcome to Canada smile His first day on the job Mr ed two vehicles He went to Mr Tyler and said lire me Instead Mr Tyler replied You said you can fix it well go fix it There are not many good people In this world like the Tylers Mr sold For the two years he worked for the Tylers Mr said they taught him how to become a good on citizen OPPORTUNITY No one can novo the type of feelings that I have for this man He gave me the opportunity to come to Canada Everyone sees what he has done for the town hall but not the perso nality of the man Thanks to the Tylers in spreading the word that he was a good mechanic he was able tart his own business In Acton repairing cars Mr Pelltis said in an interview of Mr is now the owner of Achilles Motors a Mazda dealer ship In Acton Cathy Sanford started the a Her dinner speak era off with an extreme ly humorous talk about Ted Tyler Where could I find a roasting pan large enough to roast Ted she said She outlined Mr ler s driving habits pack rat Imago and the trouble he once had In dressing for on Import ant meeting Mayor Pete Pomeroy Councillor Dove Whit and MP Otto all offered their tulotions to Mr Tyler On behalf of the Chamber of Commerce who sponsored the even president Steve Daw kins presented Mr Tyler with a Leather town pi a qua to comme morate the dinner Television and radio personality Jack Car ended the dinner with a hilarious mono logue about Ted Tyler Dressed as an aging ex principal Carpenter entertained everyone with his oneliners One example t bet no realized Ted s name was Thursday His family decided to call him that because niter he was born his mother sold 1 11 think 1 11 call it Mr Tyler said his family Is very fortunate to live in a place llko Acton What we done is Just pay rent for living here he sold 877 5213 MM Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 Exporting dumped as trash solution potential Opposition to land deal grows citizens group spokesmen say By CHRIS Herald Opposition to town council recent pur chose of land on Maple Avenue in Georgetown la growing spokesmen for a Halton Hills group maintain Last week the group begancirculatlngapetl urging council to stop considering a muni complex and to sell the Stevens property it bought a couple of weeks ago for The petition located In businesses in Acton Georgetown and the rounding rural area also maintains that if the town needs more administrative space it should expand the Tra falgar Road clerk office By buying the land council that it could sell off a large portion of It for housing development and raise money for a new muni complex The plan would also provide an additional access route for Georgetown and District Hospital and could solve sewer main problems in the ores Town offices are currently scattered throughout town The job of council is to govern and not spe culate on land develop ment Alex Georgetown s representative of the citizens group opposing the land purchase told The Herald Monday PUBLIC FORUMS The group expressed dissatisfaction with the way council has handled the land purchase Issue and complains that council never held a formal public meeting before deciding to go ahead with a purchase arrangement with the owners of the Stevens Mayor Pete has argued that the need Fisher new chairman Georgetown trustee Betty Fisher has been elected chairman of the Board of Education replacing Auger who retired recently Mrs Fisher current office will last for the balance of the year but new elections will be held Dec a to fill the post on a long term basis Mrs Fisher is into her third term as a Georgetown trustee on the board and following school board and municipal elections November 1963 was chosen by fellow trustees to be the boards vicechairman Mrs Fisher told The Herald Monday night that shell seek the chairman post again Dec Hitchhikers complain A year old Georgetown man faces two assault related charges and one charge of Impaired driving following a number of Incidents lost Thursday night Tie Prince Charles Drive resident apparently scuffled with two hitchhikers he picked up Complaining that he was driving the hi tchhikere later phoned police who Ihen called on the driver at his home The police report says that he refused to give a breath sample and then fled with one of the two officers checking out the hitchhikers complaint The man appears in court Nov charged with one case of assault another of assaulting police and a third of impaired driving for secrecy in land pur chose are as important In the sector they are in the private He described ell interest in the pro ject at a September special meeting of council in which the public was invited to comment before council voted to proceed with land purchase Mayor Pomeroy has said that the renewed Interest In a municipal complex and council exploration of a number of possible sites has been public knowledge for over a year and that the public is invited to present their comments as delegations to any council meeting This Is an import issue far Halton Hills said But Its been discussed behind closed doors The only public meeting September special council meet was an absolute farce Councillors already had their minds made up Despite council s plans to raise money from selling lots for residential develop the citizens group la worried that taxpayers in Hills will have to bear the brunt of the muni cipal complex cost if it ever built They estimate the cost of the building alone may escalate to million Acton representative and a rounder the group Norm Elliott said the committee has selected a four man sub committee to review leading to the Ste When the citizens group meets this Satur day the subcommittee is expected to make a presentation Mr sold at which time the citizens group may decide to hold public meetings of its own Response to the pctl tions was a little slow getting started Mr Elliott acknowledged because people don sec any point in signing It believing council will proceed it feels fit We are getting over to the public more and more of what involved In the issue he said He noted that is particularly upset about the municipal complex and land pur chase Issue Residents there Mr Elliott said arc dls appointed their newly elected representative Jake Kuikcn given a chance to vote on the land purchase Into his new council position until week after the vote was taken said he has talked to about 100 people about issue and almost everyone is opposed By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer has shelved a proposal to ship gar bagc to New York stole at least for the mo ment By on 1B4 recorded vote last Wednesday regional councillors said they wonted the current Burlington land fill site expanded and used until the region opens a new landfill site as part of a compre hensive solid waste management program expected to get under way by the late 1980s Although disposing of trash at steam producing energy from waste Incinerator In Niagara Falls NY is the op tion most favored by a Burlington association it would add an extra per household to the regional tax bill works out to about cents a week By choosing the expansion of the Bur lington site council is hoping that the province environment ministry will waive hearings on the issue agreeing that an interim solution is urgently needed Council resolution asked that environment minister Andrew Brandt reply by Dec in time for the Dec council meeting Council has deferred other solid waste committee re commendations until he minister has ded One of the suggests exporting trash to New York if Mr Brandt turns down the region request to expand the landfill site LOCAL CONCERN Combined with the fact that an Apportion ment Guarantee Grant from the province which subsidizes Hal ton Hills share of the regional tax levy may be completely phased out next year exporting garbage would be par costly lo Halt on Hills taxpayers Capperauld on TV Mans 100th donation A Georgetown man Dove seen on national television Friday as part of Ottawa Remembrance Day ceremony As the Dominion president or Ihe Royal Canadian Legion the McGllvray Crea resident laid a wreath to remember those who died In previous wars He Is In his final year of a twoyear term as president Features Community At Mill numery school the children learning about computer Sports Rebel Cord Phil Section C The Kinetics are celebrating their anniversary la Georgetown In They been active with a variety of service and community oriented events including a recent workshop The Jumping Jills are active at ever Real Estate and Page C1C8 At the Red Cross blood donor clinic at Holy Cross Church in Georgetown Monday Edward Green reached a milestone by donating for the 100th lime If he had attended a clinic four times a year It would have taken Mr Green years to attain his 100 yoar pin David Has lam and George Moore gave blood Tor the time while Harry and Hank Visscr donated far the time Wayne George Hall Gordon Keorsoy Thomas Womaar and Walter Boudreau donated for the time Clarence Lester Thorns Garry Linda White Stewart Rowntrcc Gerald Klcswetter Phil Grovelie Pierre La voile and David donated for the 10th time Grits elect president Brampton Rick Weller has been elected president of BramptonGeorgetown Federal Liberal Riding Association Bob Callahan was named vicepresident fallowing voting at last Wednesday night annual meeting of the tion in Brampton Brampton residents Tom Carey and Ed Smith were named secretary and treasurer respectively Meanwhile three area vicepresidents were also named to Ihe association executive Rud Whiting will represent Georgetown Linda Reld Brampton and Bramalea Mayor Pete He told councillors he increases much as 30 to per cent In the regional mill rote for Hills under the export option Money Mayor added will soon be needed to correct pro blems with such region us the Acton Georgetown water supply and Georgetown sewage plant which the mayor says needs a new sewage digester Only three of Bur lington nine regional representatives voted against expanding the Burlington dump A fourth negative vote was recorded when Burl Coun Steve Tolh abstained from votng LIMITED EXPANSION If per cent of Halt on waste is exported The West Burlington Ratepayers Associati on said It would support two phases of the proposed four phase ex of the Burling ton te to dispose of per cent of the unburn able trash Several ratepayers living near the land fill site told council they were fed up with living next to s trash and pointed out that the 11 site has already been expanded twice They questioned the safety of waste being disposed at the site arguing that the worth of landfill site monitoring the region carries out each year check for some toxic materials The association noted that liquid residue which through trash poses as much of a disposal problem as sewage the size of Acton DANGER The leachatc Is treat at a Burlington sew age treatment plant but residents fear that some of it is seeping into streams flowing into nearby Lake Ontario Oakv lie and Burlington draw their water supply from the lake le research done on the site by sclentl fie consultants council acknowledged that there is no way or being absolutely sure all the leachatc is getting Into the disposal system or harmlessly collecting elsewhere underground That measure of inse is a major reason why landfilling should be discontinued the Burlington site one res dent said But councillors hat everything has been done lo make the landfill site safe Of more risk Burling ton 5 Pat McLaughlin argued is the chance that trash might be halted at the border by angry Ameri cans unwilling to accept a waste pp waste to the US would undermine efforts to get the Amcri cans lo clean up the Niagara River and dally join Canada con about acid rain councillors added Burlington Walter Mulkewich along with colleagues Rob Forbes and Mayor Holy Bird strongly opposed expand ng the landfill St Nick arrives in Halton Hills Old Saint Nicholas is making his rounds throughout the province this month collecting gift Ideas from hundreds of youngsters Hell be Hills twice this year there II be a Santa Claus parade In Georgetown Nov and another in Acton Nov Both parades are set to begin at 1 SO The Georgetown event is sponsored by the local Lions Parade partlc Is will assemble at the George town A and plaza on Sinclair Ave marching to downtown George town along Highway Maple Avenue and Main Street Sponsored by the Acton Mens Club the Acton parade will assemble at Middle School and will also terminate on Main Street In the downtown core Housing post for local woman Herald Special Mrs Barbara Johns on of has been appointed to the Halton Housing Author Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Bennett ced today Mrs Johnson will serve as a federal re presentative on the seven member author which manages Ontario Housing Corpo ration 1 assisted housing units In Burling ton Hills ding Acton and George town Milton and Oak The day to day management of all of OHCs 94 000 housing units is carried out by local housing although the prima ry responsibility for assisted housing remains with OHC The Housing Authority manages senior citizen assisted housing units and units for low Income families The authority also provides housing Tor physicallydisabled and mentally retarded persons who are cap able of living on their BIZARRE BAZAAR It was a baiaar moment for mothers left to right Dnnne Allen and Trudy Edward as their sons Mike Allen and Marc Edwards dressed up with Items for sale al the Holy Crass Church annual Saturday The crowded hall attracted many visitors seeking shopping bargains from a variety of booths