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THE HERALD June 1M 30 years young lions Club president Joe JoI Mayor last week The and past president Tim Price were acknowledged the anniversary of the Lions Club presented with certificates or appreciation from he in Acton Herald photo town of Halton Hills and the province of Ontario by Acton invites people back for celebration Actons residents business peo ple and sports and service clubs are inviting all of Halton Hills to travel along Highway this Satur day Back to Acton Days gives peo ple a chance to experience the satisfying sense of belonging to a community the warmth of being welcomed home and the small town hospitality for visitors to the community the organizer of the event says The only thing missing during the day at Prospect Park will be the smell of the tannery the Halton Hills Chamber of Com merce says Pishing enthusiasts will be able to participate in the Fletcher Tackle sponsored fishing derb which gets underway bright and early at a m The event finishes at p m at which time will be awarded to the successful fishing folk There will also be a for a fuur hour fishing trip on a Lake On salmon charter Registration for the event will be held at am Registrants will be greeted by the Acton firefighters association Studebaker fire truck the Dingy the inflatable raft and a pumper To help raise funds for its yearly rodeo the Acton Optimists will be hosting a horseshoe pitching nament Registration runs from 9 am to p and the event starts an hour later The local soccer club will be sponsoring a dunk tank And no less than coaches have volunteered to be the This event starts at Any aspiring Wayne Grelzky s will be able to participate in the goal scoring contest which starts at 10 a and runs through to 6 pm Contestants will be eligible to win one week it the Sport Opera hockey school famous gun Black Bart and Tom Destry will be ready will ing and able to take on any would be challengers starting at 1 p m There will also be hot air balloon tethered rides sponsored by the Halton Hills Weed Man from 10 am to p Other events include The Acton Social service In formation Centre draw the first prize being a quilt All proceeds go to the proposed Acton senior cen tre A minnow racing tank The Acton Citizen s Marching Band which will march from the Old Town Hall to the park starting at m The town councillors will also go head to head against the Acton Minors in the duel at the baseball diamond As well the chamber and the Lions Club will be serving up a barbecue lunch and there will be se booths clowns and pony rides to round off the day Thedavwnpsuparoundflp Hydro bill to increase by 15 in Halton Hills Hydro users in Halton Hills should expect an iiicrcise of almost per cent in their hydro bill for 1991 the gencril Halton Hills hydro Gerrv Trudell siid at the utility s hydro commissioners meeting Friday The increase will result from an expected 7 per cent increase in the wholesale cost to the utility to buy power from Ontario Hydro and the expected seven per cent Goods and Services tax said Mr The general mRnogir t translate the increisc into doll figures But he told will it inform it on tor their 11 Ontario is before Ihc On to the per cent mere Mr Trudtll predicted th it it will i no opposition increase is in guideline Mid Mr I intmst mounts for tht nun f pro power Mr e If the increase is approved arid the GST is introduced in 1991 all utilities the province will be forced to pass the additional cost to their customers siid the mamger Recreation department gets new computers A recent provincial grant to the Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department to help it the office will hundreds of hours in stiff time enabling the smite more of the town residents nu ins the reirn turn mi lonLfr h lo schedule pools is irks i omnium cm hind mid the dint of rein Thompson Whin si iff In i iiiept It hi be minis i groups ti Hit in link ihur I humps his dime i sn lhi overs the cost of the svslem s price tig The town is piing the other half Ms Thompson predicted thit the new system will also the depirtment to the expected popul growth in the ire without Hiding schedul ill stiff In Hist i lot if dip irdiunt ilencnl duties will ited Hilton Hills isn t onh lo this com putt r Brampton Pitki in three other ir Tin will hi f town siid Ms Thompson GTA population report will need action Church By ROB SAVAGE Toronto Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO A report outlining possible solutions to an impending population explosion will soon be presented to the 35 municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area The report which is being presented by the Greater Toronto CoOrdinating Committee is to be presented to mayors and regional chairmen before the end of the month The report looks at a number of potential solutions although it doesn t endorse a specific one said Gardner Church the deputy minister of the Office of the Greater Toronto Area Mr Church said Friday it s like ly municipal officials will see a need to take some action We will have to get a consensus of some sort The population in the Greater Toronto Area an area covering the regions of Durhah Halton Peel York and Metro is expected to increase by about two million people in the next years Some estimates say the population could grow by six million Mr Church said he believes residential areas in the municipalities must become more compact However he said municipal officials will be left to reach their own conclusions Its expected public meetings will soon be called in the various municipalities A consensus from the different areas is to be reached before the end of this year Mr Church said After a consensus reached a more detailed report will be writ ten Three options are being con sidered in the current report The options include focusing growth in one large area or concentrating development in a number of large urban areas It s a very detailed evaluation of what the implications of various forms of development would be Mr Church said PIONEER DATS 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