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Larry WEDNESDAY MAY II 1111 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills TWENTY SIX PAGES The fullsize paper reaching more than 12700 homes In Hills Picked Up In Passing Ontario Hydro warning Ontario Hydro has Issued a warning against allowing persons to enter area homes to Inspect Insulation after claiming to represent Ontario Hydro or local utilities Hydro stresses that It does not carry out such surveys nor does any contractor working with It Residents are en to request identification of such persons claiming to be associated with utilities before allowing them to enter their homes All Ontario Hydro and utilities personnel have a pictured identification card In their possession which Includes an employee number The request for entry usually comes In the form of a telephone call prior to the person visiting the home June Credit Valley Artisans will hold its Second Annual Art in at Park June IS The event will include a sale of crafts by area artisans bath members and nonmembers of the CVA Judging will be done for the best of show following a Judging by qualified Judges Pioneer Days flower show Pioneer Days celebrations in downtown Georgetown will be held June 17 and IB Among the festivities planned is a flower snow sponsored by the Georgetown Hor tlcultural Society at Knox Church with public viewing on both days Entry forms are available from Webb and Pauline Florist Shops Grants for two projects An adventure Day Camp and the development of a town master plan are two Young Canada Works Projects approved for the federal constituency of Halton The day camp at Acton will receive til while the master plan project will receive employing a total of students Both projects arc funded from allocated to from the Ontario total of 111 The country wide program Is funded by million from manpower and immigration ministry to alleviate high unemployment in communities students ore expected to be employed through the program Cable reps attend President Art and operations manager John Ollivier of Cable Systems will be attending the annual convention or the Canadian Cable Television Association May in Calgary Harry J Boyle chairman of the Canadian RadioTe levision and Telecommunications Commission will be guest speaker for the expected delegates Also to speak will be John Roberts secretary of state responsible for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Federal grants for programs Liberal MP Dr Frank has announced the granting of for two programs this summer in North sponsored by the Student Community Service Program of the department of the secretary of state The Georgetown YM will receive for a Day Camp dete a on intermit urml program of the service club for English and French children in the area The second grant to the North Contact Centre for for a community outreach program to update and expand Information on the centre Into areas not familiar with its services The programs wilt run for 12 to is weeks grant awarded Region Conservation Authority has been awarded provincial grant of to further develop Conservation Area will carry out the work which includes the improvement of lands Installation of heavy service gates renovations to Chapman McDonald and King Houses drive shed and main bam including painting and staining the exterior Wlntarlo grant The Fifth Georgetown Scouts and Venturers will receive a Si grant from to help finance the coats of transportation to the Scout Jamboree in Prince Edward Island this summer Smoking withdrawal course Lung Association will be conducting a Smoking Withdrawal Clinic at Stewart town school for five days May 30 to June 3 The clinic is open to everyone and will be held In he school library each evening during the week from to 30 Registration is by calling in the evenings Volunteers needed Blood donor convenor Henry Kroes says the Acton Red Cross needs volunteers Volunteers play an important role In helping families through minor disasters supplying clothing and finding places for the family to sleep Volunteers are always needed in the blood clinics The next blood donor clinic will be held June 8 at Acton high school Mr can be reached at Choirs take honors Harrison public school took part in the Halton Music The Junior Choir of voices or over won five other competitors The Primary Choir of under voices won over four competitors in its class Page Pupils should have safer school buses elementary teachers feel Page The validity of 25year planning is questioned by local residents at regional meeting Pago 10 Coun Marilyn Serjeantson believes there should be a local bus service and is lobbying for one Page 11 Our middle age bulge starts early a fitness expert tells the University Worn ens Club By GEORGE EVASHUK Herald writer Georgetown may soon have almost 1000 new jobs possibly In three to four weeks says George Gray About jobs would be light manufacturing in the Papers Ltd plant which would be expanded Mr Gray the ProgressiveConservative candidate said Monday add rcssing the Georgetown Rot Club But for the actual sale of the vacant plant to the buyer which Mr Gray declined to negotiations are com Mr Gray an id have been lenient In negotiating the sale of the plant which closed early in April Until the actual sale takes place Mr Gray said he could not reveal what exact would be manufactured mere may be new Jobs at Beaumont Knitting Mills for Georgetown yam mill which closed shortly before Christmas last year Again Mr Gray was unable to give specific details other than it is a processing industry but not food processing He said the committee of YOURE SAFE Reveal NEC study for Site F location Left fielder Darren Kuchmash of the Midgets went down loan 1 18 loss at the hands of Midgets slides safely into home plate during thi in their first 1977 encounter The Midgets next home game opener for the community entry in llnllon County will be played at the Fairgrounds May when they host Midget League which began it tor Ihe season opening game see The But despite the good luck of Up Ik raid sports pages Cedarvale library site rejected Bowing to public pressure and a petition containing 3 names of residents opposed to the development of Park for a new library HI lis council Monday withdrew its support for the location Council a rcprcicntutlon from the group opposed to the site and library board are expected to meet shortly to discuss the impasse No date has been set School trustee Don Long pn petition or three prior to the council meeting He argued that council was remiss in approving the use of parkland for such a futility Two resolutions approved two hour debate on the pitltion resulted in council I think councils first mot inn said it is opposed to that site and the second motion means that library board plus five mem of the group will meet to come to grips finding a suitable location Mr Long following the prcscnta Mr Long said the petition me in response to the March approval of Iho Cedarvale i council for the OPERATION RED BALL More than stickers like those held above by Jayccttc Susan Barrow have been distributed to nursery public and separate school children in Georgetown us part of Operation Red Ball The program designed to show firefighters the location of sleeping children under the age of 12 years in event of a fire has been taken on by the Georgetown as community project Reception to the program has been good the ladies remind parents that should be applied on the inside of windows in rooms children Bleep If two children steep In the room two stickers should applied An attempt Saturday to distribute slickers to shoppers at Georgetown Market proved disappointing Mrs Barrow ri ported and on attempt will be made again project and the confusion In status of the project which has left the public concerned over where it wilt be located at the park Initially he said propo sals placed the library In the alley but later it was located on a popular toboggan hill The pi called for Wen based on the use of parkland for a library and the loss of a toboggan hill the Isolation of the and the hazardous conditions In the ana Mr Long called the per cent response to the expansion the present Church Street location as a representative sampling of public opinion In Wards 3 and Respondents were evenly spill on whether to locate a new library at Chapel Street school or the George town Market or arena Hi said the principle of use of parkland for a cost free municipal project whether for a library or municipal office must be averted Mr Long could not provide figures on who opposed the project solely on the basis of cost Open parkland benefits the entire community Mr Long said that disposition of open parkland for any worthy cause is to be avoided and Die temptation to use this land have an cost must be resisted Mr Long cautioned against selling a precedent and urged to reconsider its policy of five per cent cash In lieu of parkland for new develop We do not have a record In creating new parkland he told recognize argument of taking five per cent cash but there are a lot of people concerned about the principle of giving parkland away for any other purposes Coun Mike Armstrong call for a delay in action until the library board is informed of council action and urged council to call the shots on capital expenditures since the library board Is an autono mous body Acton Peter Marks said he had to support the position 1 took a month and a half ago not because Its printed in granite in stone be cause some of the wi have do not meet the best criteria for financing social needs or traffic Roy Booth said council was in Its decision In March by a smooth talking lawyer member of Ihe and urged council not to procrastinate in working to select a new site The people hive spoken and Its a voice we have to listen to he said Council later defeated a pro posal by Councillors Marilyn Serjeantson and Waller for engineer Zecgan to Investigate and report on an updated cost for the existing Church Street facl llty Opponents of Site as a regional garbage dump aired their beefs to the Niagara Escarpment Commission NEC last Wednesday in Milton Although they got a pathetic hearing they learned that the Road site which is over looked by Rattlesnake Point Is outside the NEC develop ment control area Bill Johnson New Democratic Party candidate in Burlington and an avowed environmentalist surprised the commission and about persons by leaking the news that the NEC own planners had prepared a report on Site Gerald Colfln NEC director said report was prepared to brief the commission members to receive that day presentation and would be made public after commission got a first hand look at the proposed garbage dump David and Anne Katz of the Citizens Group showed commission slides of the area taken at different seasons Saying that he garbage dump would be an eyesore from the Rattlesnake Point lookout and also take prime farm land out of production Mr Katz urged NEC to take a firm stand against Site Brian Grady a director of Milton and District Hospital said the garbage dump would be only a mile away from the hospital and Its presence would affect the ability to treat the sick 61 seek seniors homes Ontario Housing Corporation has approved the Installation of an elevator in the proposed Acton senior citizens apart The approval follows removal and objections from the planning board Due to the number of for accommodation off idols of said they wish to build the apartment project in one step rather than in two phases as originally planned Chris Hale told planning board that names have been gathered from individuals i eating they wish to live In rtiiu said die project must still receive approval from a number of government agencies council sought the inclusion of the elevator after plans were modified removing it from the original design OHC architect Glen said the plans for the building show a second level entrance into the building either a one flight walk up or walk down This design he said would mean no need for an elevator but council led by Coun Pat McKenzic said the elevator was part of the original design and should be constructed The site would present problems of flies vermin noise and traffic he said Harold president of the Federation of Agriculture said classes 1 2 and lands such as are at Site must be preserved for food production Run off from Ihe dump could contaminate creeks and wells in the area he said Bonnie Newton of Women In said that if the acre dump comes into being the three right R recycling resource recovery will disappear Into limbo to be replaced by the three wrong of delays and dumps She said the Issue of pollution Is In the forefront of the concerns of the Women a Institutes of Ontario The NEC prepared for lbs meeting a paper outlining the problems and Issues it wants public Input on which he is chairman that formed after Domtar announ ced its closing now to with a West Toronto fabricator who wants to ex pand That plant would have about Jobs A further jobs may be come available In Milton Mr Gray said Identifying the company only as a major Canadian one with popular products on many retail ves Mr Gray said it was uncertain when the plant would be built There was not enough land for construction of the plant in Georgetown or Acton Mr Gray said the plant is light manufacturing but labor intensive he said He said the prospective plant owners were prompted Into building and expanding by the recent drop In the prime lend ing rate by the Bank of Canada to per cent from per cent Mr Gray obviously delight to announce the possible Job openings during an election campaign took even more de light in setting straight a made about him the week before when MPP David Peterson a Liberal from don was guest speaker at the Rotary Club He said that rather than being appointed chairman of the Ontario Producers Turkey Marketing Board he has been elected to that position by Ontario turkey farmers He enjoyed his 12th consecutive victory May And for being chairman of the regional board of health Mr Gray said he was one of two citizens on the ninemem board and the one to be chairman The other seven members are regional council Jim Snow minister of trans porta lion and communication was guest speaker at the din Optimists honor police citizens Nine yearold Jimmy Mullen of Acton was the victim of a bad traffic accident Aug His body covered with a blanket was in the ditch There were no vital signs when an off duty police constable Brian came upon the scene Constable began applying mouth tomouth rcsusciatatlon and revived the boy who was taken to the Hospital for Sick Children In Toronto suffering from a fractured skull Last Tuesday Jimmy now 10ycarsold and in ap parent good health met Constable for the second time since the near fatal accident The meeting took place at a dinner sponsored by the Optimist Club of Georgetown during Respect for Law Week when six persons were honored for their activities In assisting police Constable received an engraved plaque from the Optimist Club and a present from Jimmy who Is a student at public school Jimmy met Constable Farrell for the fiat time shortly after leaving the hospital He a nice Jimmy said of the constable who breathed life back into his body Asked If he would like to be a policeman when he grows up Jimmy answered I guess so Bob Meade and Dave mechanics at Silvercreek Service Centre received plaques for their part in Interrupting a break and entry at the station Oct They caught one thler recovered the money and and later identified another who was convicted The optimists honored Jim Jones now of Acton but formerly of Georgetown where he was a police officer He Joined the five man force under former Chief Roy Haley in 1M5 Mr Jones Is an Insurance now and also an auxiliary police officer the only one on the Force As an auxiliary police officer he serves without pay On July 1976 a tornado swept along Georgetown Main Street knocking down trees hydro and telephone lines breaking windows and creating an emergency situation In the town David Alexander of Milton was in Georgetown to return a borrowed book to a friend as well us attend a few other chores He came upon the aftermath of the tornado and for live hours directed traffic away from live hydro lines in the vicinity of Edith and Park Streets Optimist McQueen a police detective and head of the youth bureau said Mr Alexander con was unique Although not a resident of the community he came upon an emergency situation and he did something about it Mr McQueen said A Toronto resident Brian McKillop was also honored by the club but he was unable to attend the ceremonies because he had to work Mr McKillop witnessed robbery on 14 1970 and his description of the suspects and their get away car led police to catch the thieves within minutes Mr McKillop sent a letter in which he urged citizens to get involved In assisting police