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Cuts and freezes See News Everybody can relate If youve got one in your neigh borhood the play Busybody will be easy to relate to GLT opened Friday with this comedy thriller at John Elliott Theatre See page Swim crown denied Official meet protest Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1985 See Sports CI MORNING COMPUTER Snow budget piling up for town Fire causes damage An Acton woman end Ihree children were driven from Iheir home on McDonald Boulevard alter a ire started In the basement Saturday morning The cause of the fire has not yet been determined which left approximately In damages and took Ihc life or the family doe Money to hire students The federal government has a Summer Employment Experience Program which contributes to liie hiring of young people The government is willing to pay private sector employers per cent of students wages up to an hour For municipalities SEED will pay up to per cent of the provincial wage and for non profit groups ft will pay Up to per cent of the provincial wage March 15 is the deadline for SEED applications For more Information call Jo Anne at or the Employment Develop ment Branch at Children at birth Children at Birth is a topic members of the Brampton If Alternatives Coallllon will be discussing March when they meet at 48 Square The meeting begins at and Is welcome For more Information call Susan at or Andrea at Premier costsharing Ontario premier Frank Miller and his Minister of the Environment Morley are being invited to Halton to talk about money and Regional councillors extended the invitation last week asking the two men to meet with the solid waste management committee regional chairman Peter and the four area mayors to work out a cost sharing agreement for a regional dump and the accompanying environ mental assessment and hearing I m deadly serious about this event coming Burlington Mayor Bird said Already the region has spent nearly million to name a suitable site for holding garbage New chapter The Georgetown Kiwanis Club is one of four area clubs that helped start up a Kiwanis Club The charter night for the new club Is April 2 and members of the Georgetown Flower City Brampton Humber Valley Toronto and Kings way clubs will be present ve been actively working on putting it together for over a year now Georgetown president Tom Heed said To start a club members are needed Already the Meadowvale Kiwanis have 30 members Georgetown Grant Isaac chaired the program lo rustle membership Busybody continues Georgetown Little Theatres production Busybody continues Wednesday through Satur day Feb March Come and join in for some laughter and suspense as you try to unravel the clues The play the ACTCO Festival entry will be adjudicated following ho March performance by Sandy Black the audience is invited remain for the public adjudication call Please note all Promenade All tickets will be honoured for Busybody New business man Donald Eastwood has been hired as Regions business development officer it was announced lost week Mr Eastwood spent two years as an economic development officer with a major urban municipality said Brent Kenrse director of business development Mr Eastwood has a Bachelor s and Master in economic geography from the University of Waterloo He will be responsible for assisting prospective and existing regional firms with their physical space and facility requirements As member of the business development department he will assist regional businesses to assess senior government programs and services said Mr Kcarse Herald Stair That flaky white stuff cost the town to plow off the roads last year That more thai the ing budget allowed As for sidewalks the town budgeted lo keep hem clear In 19B4 and ended up spending more than twice as much 199 Already this year the town h is spent for towing town Bob Austin told The Herald We budget he reassured declining however to name the budget Tor Its currently being set by the budget committee and II soon come before until for appro- Mr Austin I able to say how much had been spent for clearing the town dewalks in the last two months Although January and February may appear to be heavy snowfall months hey re nothing like record breaking month of December Mr Austin said the ic works department spent for snow plowing roads and side walks thai month up pretty good Mr Austin said However the last week of January very kind the snow budget Mr Austin said town racked up hours of overtime in thai Like early last week snow plows go out not just when there fresh snow but also when road conditions become poor because of blowing snow budget on storms a year the own and not by what wus spent the year he According Environ Canada Din Pa quelle Ihe town rect 133 centimeters of snow In 1984 So this year it has recti lily centimeters People we got a lot of snow this year Mr said We haven Wc just haven had any thaw He said usually there j haw after snowfalls This year Ihere I been breaks of weather warm enough to melt the and Instead It been accumulating It s Ihe same amount of snow it just in our heads that we ve had a lot of snow Mr quelle said with February is shaping chuckle Patching potholes isnt cheap job Herald Staff asphalt roads Patching potholes t Asphalt roads are cheap although its easier to take care of the cheaper building a Awn engineer said new road The maintenance Last year the town costs are doled out to less but the capital costs mend axlebusters are tremendous he on its kilometers of said roadway To help the town Town engineer Bob convert gravel roads to Austin said only a mino- asphalt the Ministry of of the town roads Transportation and are In bad shape and most of them are grovel per cent subsidy Credit flowing smoothly Breakup has peaked Water levels on the Credit River peaked early Monday morning and worst That according Credit Valley at Ion Authority general manager Glen Schnarr man taring the breakup of Ice and spring runoff Blasting crews will be made available but to date there been a need for their use Mr Schnarr said However he Honed Mother nature can always makcallarout of you Across Ihe Credit River system the water flow has been coming down steadily without nn J major problems he said One area in Glen Willi is causing flooding over the Credit River banks On backyards border the river between the Barber Mill dam and north or the Glen Willi ams Main Street bridge ice blocks have caused a Jam The water level Isn threatening any of the houses Monday morning the river hadn flooded any homes in Terra Or the Willow Trailer Park in Nerval although some buildings were close the raging river The river system peak ed Monday between 3 a and Mr Schnarr said he pleas ed with how the breakup has been going in Glen Williams and Halton Hills Parent are being The Credit River rote to near dangerous levels Monday morning after a tew days of spring like weather This picture taken at about 8 warned lo keep their children away from the Credit River and other water bodies In Halton Hills by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Water resources manager Don Tcfft said children I be playing tho water which has been rising with the weekend rain and warmer res Keep a close eye on your youngsters and help avoid a tragedy Glen Williams come through wilh flying colors over Ihe week end town public works director Frank proclaimed Tuesday morning Despite fears Hooding would be a problem In the village the rainfall and melting snow Satur day and Sunday caused very little problems in the Glen Mr Morelte attributed it develop ed by the Credit River Dam by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority They allow water to flow more The situation was same in both Acton and Gcorgelown urban areas Mr Morette said a was the time the river had reached Its peak level according to a Credit Valley Conservation Authority spokesman Herald photo We were quite for- There was one Inch or lunate There were very 1 millimeters of rain few complaints he fall Saturday Line A culvert tone deepen Sid StoifES lh Is SfT S A RECORD Short but not sweet roads Although number of asphalt roads has been steadily increasing gravel roads still make up more than half the roads in Hills Mr Austin said town a working at making more and more of those gravel roads into Patching up ruta on gravel roads cost Ihe town last year Patching asphalt roads cosl In 1984 Last year there was construction on George town McNabb Albert Mike Armstrong sold and Streels and drive down for a 15- llerald Staff Monday night 15 minute council meeting had lo be a record If there s no dclegali for council deal wilh why don wo call off Ihc council meeting Coun minute meeting It could weeks finance commit been done by a ice chairman Coun Rots conference call Kncchlel warned of tough meetings ahead Last week general 1985 ooms committee meeting was cancelled because Ihere March long budget meeting A lot of hard work I assure you We got Although council a had problem easy last couple of Cou warned Hundreds call about flooding with problems The regions phones A lot of calls had to do were ringing nonstop ground water and the weekend as con- storm sewer problems cerncd homeowners called about flooding problems Public works director Bob Moore said several hundred calls were received from through out the region A people person customizes his jokes What do the critics soy about banquet he says laughing Steamer The former mayor of Georgetown Actually it pretty hard to find is characterized as optimistic very up front type of guy about this year a Citizen of the Year two friends usually meet on Mr Coun Mike Armstrong who has street where Steamer known Steamer most his lfo says walks his dog every day find a better guy When The citizen of the year still likes to he walked Into room he lit It up talk local politics and keep a keen eye It would be hard to find someone on what going on In the community in his town who would say something Mr MacKenzle says bad about him Armstrong Former Herald editor and er Walter Blehn remembers him as a Steamer had the ability while on pretty dam good mayor council to put a number of people you meet him once you logelherandtogctthemtocollcctively forgel him hesays He s a million put their Ideas together There dollar personality factions with Steamer Mr recalls Steamer Initial as mayor Coun Armstrong says a mayor clean up day in the Steamer could see humor in spring where service clubs and scouts everyone he Boys took pari Thai exactly what happened at a Bill Hunter of Terra Cotta worked banquet In his honor Saturday held by wilh Steamer on town council He was Lions Club of Georgetown a good mayor great at meeting the A former councillor who public says application to develop which are problems looked after by local municipalities he said Mr Moore had three of advice for owners worried about flooding He suggests you check that your property is graded away from your house If the fall of the land is away from the home the melt water will flow away too Make sure weeping til es around your house feeding Into the sanitary sewers but Into the storm sewers As well make sure the down spouts from your roof aren pouring into the sanitary sewer eith er but into the storm If you ve got water trickling into your base ment or wet walls Mr Moore suggests it may be a structural fault and you should contact a private contractor to check It out Housing proposal deferred Steamer centre was the guest of honor Saturday night as the Lions Club held their annual of the Year dinner lo Georgetown Celebrating with Mr Em men on were Hills Mayor Russ Miller left and Lions Club president Carl Hansen ted the town the time as Steamer Mr Hunter Emmerson MacKcmlc attend As a member of Ihe Cancer Society the banquet In Georgetown Steamer known for Steamer likes lo a lot of keeping everyone going and up says jokes Mr MacKcnxle says He president Barb Johnson He a full of good customizing jokes to suit energy and full of ideas bo exactly look a strip off of he type of person you need the I etc John at cancer society she says land northwest of Fairy Lake was deferred from April to possibly lale May The land is west of Subdivision in Acton to the First Line and acres large