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High fecal matter in wells Region to test Glen water again Herald SU Glen Williams doesnt want municipal water or at not at the high price Halton region want to claimed last week Because one In three houses In the hamlet community are having water quality quantity problems a solution la needed for the Glen A regional Department of Health study In December 1983 found of IIS water samples from area wells 33 were unsafe for drinking because of high and fecal matter Another 14 wells had water with poor taste because of iron and sails content and 22 had a limited supply of water Well water testing Is to be conduct ed by the health department In the next three weeks when again samples will be collected Regional staff have suggested the municipal services currently enjoyed by residents south of Preston grocery store be extended to the IB homes north To bring water services to these homes would cost each homeowner several thousand dollars According to Mr Minns for the typical 125 foot lot in IBM homeowners were told it would cost The people in the Glen thought that was too expensive and not fair considering the fact when they were proposing this they said the cost would be million whereas it only cost to bring water to the 100 homes south of Preston store Why should it cost us four times as much Mr Minns demanded Its not fair Last Wednesday regional council at the planning and public works committee heard Mr Minns and gave their formal approval lo a Ministry of the Environment study the town had requested to determine the cause of the Glen water problems and how Ihey can be solved The Ministry has a program where they will pay 60 per cent of the study with the additional funds coming 25 per cent from the region and 15 per cent from the town Estimated to cost th regions share of this Glen water study will bo financed from the Emergency Water Fund Instead of piping Georgetowns water to Glen residents Mr Minns prefers to sec communal wells serving the Glen If the Ministry recommends this be the way to go the region can t say no to it he said MAN ABOUT TOWN travelled In style through attraction and as always last In he Ac Ion In a cutler driven by a man parade Herald photo as a dog They were the star Our mistake In the Nov edition of The Herald a cut in underneath a picture on Page incorrectly identified the members of a Christmas concert choir The four men are all members of the Georgetown Choral Society who are holding a Christmas concert Nov 30 and Dec For more Information call Incorrect number In a underneath a picture from The Heralds Nov edition Page there were two Incorrect pieces of Information A group of ladies were identified as members of the George town Little Theatre However the cast members are from Globe Productions promoting their latest play LIl An incorrect phone number was print for men to use if they wished to Join the play The correct number is 877 The Herald regrets the errors Ministry study on the horizon To cope with the quality problem some residents are pulling down their wells regularly to chlorinate their water Others have purchased that drip chlorine into the well lines Some are balling their drinking water have a distillery system or buy bottled water for consumption Glen Williams resident John Minns said It was last May that the town passed a resolution asking the Ministry to undertake a study the situation They asked the region to please confirm their resolution and the region sal on it Mr Minns claimed Because the Ministry program requires regional funding It couldnt go ahead until the region gave Its okay to II which Is expected this week when council meets today Wednesday The regions engineering services manager George Wood burn said he had the Impression the Glen community Isnt keen on the expense Involved in Improving their water quality Although their water Is not the best they don I want the expenditure that would be resulting from piping in an extension of Georgetowns water system which would be the most obvious solution Mr Wood burn said He thinks the W0 estimate for the Ministry study Into how to remedy the water quality problem Is not enough He anticipates the study will cost more than that As well Mr Wood hum said the region has a policy not to establish new communal well systems The region prefers to go with municipal water system to communal wells and said there would be difficulties II the Ministry proposed communal wells Happy Marie Several people attended the birthday of Mrs Frank Marie Connor on Nov at College Marie was the former Marie Black who lived on the farm located at later owned by the Castle family and kept house for her two brothers Charlie and Jim Check out the gifts If you re planning on giving Santa a hand filling those stockings it might be a good Idea to turn up Saturday at the fourth annua Christmas craft show and put on by the Rotary Iks ides a bake tabic there are gifts for everyone on your stocking list ceramics is watercolors porcelain dolls pine cone wreaths pressed flower pictures silk flower arrangements quilting as decorations Cabbage Patch dull clothes and much more The show runs from 10 a to pin in the Hills Library and Cultural Centre gallery Admission is free Jims two children Teresa now Meredith of San Diego USA and Jim of London both attended Also attending were her brother and two sisters Joe Nellie and slater Margaret Maries three daughters and Anne of Mary of Winnipeg and son Frank of Sidney Nova Scotia and several grandchildren also attended Home for gran Until a granny suite can be built for a yearold mother jn law shes got town permission to live in a mobile home on her son property on Side- road 17 between Sixth and Seventh Lines Councillors granted the old woman permission to live in a mobile home until an addition can be built onto the son home Santa parade terrific Thanks to some extra last minute support from the community the Acton Santa Clous parade had entries Saturday Fears that Actons Santa Claus parade was doomed because of a lack of participation did not materialize as eight to ten new attractions Joined the parade in the two weeks before Santa arrived There were seven fire trucks one band and total attractions In the parade It turned out not too bad Ten days ago I wouldnt have said that organizer of the parade Scotty McCristaU said We had almost as good a crowd as last year he added Prizes were awarded to the best floats based on the theme A Fairy Tale Christmas The beat service dub float award was won by Actons Men Speyalde Public School won best school float The Evangel Tabernacle won best other float and St Josephs Separate School won beat overall float It went terrific thanks to all the who participated the floats and iness support Mr said No tears Coo United from page time I leave with mixed feelings Im going to miss the business the fun and the companionship which every one you have given me over the years the councillor said Therell be no piore weekend spent studying the council agenda for the Monday night meetings and no more Monday night meetings taking large slice out of the life hes lead over past 17 years Levy said In his parting words he warned councillors on the budget committee to not be parochial and to act for the good of the wholo town rather than for Just their ward His Coun Sheldon thanked Levy for all he taught her including how to be tight fisted with the budget Nobody can sit next to Levy and be a spender He just wouldnt allow it she said Turning across the chamber Sheldon said she was going to miss discussions with Coun Mike Armstrong The councillor was defeat ed in his bid for mayor Michael I don t know what I ra going to do without a sparring partner Im going to miss having you here across the table Coun Sheldon said Coun Finn Poulstrup said his three years on council helped him develop a lot of respect for councillors and what each of them must know to be able to do a good Job I very much going to miss council one Coun Mike Armstrong said wrapping up his years experience as councillor He said running an election campaign had helped him acquire some notoriety so that a couple of youngsters even stopped him and said Hi can we have your Mayor Russ Miller said the even ing was one of mixed emotions where he was seeing a lot of friends departing Weve had a good council a progressive council and weve worked hard for the benefit of the town with committed people devoting a lot of their time Mayor Miller said Competition for Pomeroy Continued from page Al Currently the majority are in favor of the Status quo Coun Bird said Iguesslheresalotofrumblings going on but I guess no champion has materialized yet for the dissenting vote He said hed received a letter by courier Monday night from Chairman which states the chairmans commitment to the Job full time and three year I I pledge my continued fulltime service the tenure of this council In asking for your support for my candidacy I offer a full time commitment over the full term of this council Coun Bird read from the chairmans letter It suggests he wouldnt take time off to campaign for another position Bird said The last time he made a similar commitment to Joan Little and I was taken aback that within a short period of time he was letting his name stand for another position The regional chairman created a lot of bad feelings among councillors when he won the Burlington Progressive Conservative candidacy and ran In the May provincial elect I ana the Liberal Don Knight Councillors felt he had on his promise to serve the region for the three year term of office Coun Bird said he d found Chair man Pomeroy had a slight majority in his favor and unless those figures changed he wasn planning to run Hills Coun Mike Armstr said he had been asked to run by some councillors in the south who didn want to vote for he present chairman but that he planning to do so There no substance to the rumor Im running but I m rather complimented that I was asked Armstrong said He said one or the main reasons he wasn going to make a bid for the position was that he hadnt had much time to put together a campaign for himself the councillor said He just finished running for town mayor a task that was hefty MILLIERE TV SPECIALS BUY NOW AND SAVE 26 RCA COLOR CONSOLE Automatic fine tuning Super accufilter picture tube Unitized life chassis Automatic picture central systems Sharpness control OTHER RCA COLOR MODELS mom BUY NOW AND SAVE 20 RCA COMPACT TABLE MODEL WITH REMOTE CONTROL AND BUILTIN CABLE CONVERTER Remote control of power onoff volume updown mute and channels Walnut finish 1 22channel multiband tuning Automatic color control and correction