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YOUR MORNING SMILE Time when you consult ed your family doctor about or not to have child- Now you oak your landlord WEDNESDAY OCTOBER Home Newspaper of Halton Hills THIRTY that in OMB splits hydro hearings Minister says By BOB BUTTER Herald ft writer A spokesman for Homing Minister John Rhodes con- finned Monday that the Ont ario Municipal Board OMB baa called separate hearings Into applications by Ontario Hydro for construction of two power corridors through Hal ton Hills Linda Stevens an assistant to the minister said the decision to bold separate meet ings for the and Bradley lo-Georgo- high voltage power trans mission corridors was made at the request of Hydro solicitors 1 believe it is within the jurisdiction of the board to do it whenever wherever or however Miss Stevens said No notification of the split In hearings was made to Hills council which Monday affirmed its position seeking a single hearing for both Ontario Hydro Is seeking an amendment to the Esquesing official plan which would allow construction of power cor ridors in the rural area of Hills Also required is a for Miss Stevens stressed that Mr Rhodes passed the June Hydro application to the OMB with a request for a single hearing The OMB began pub lic notice of hearings last week on the eastwest Nantlcoke route but did not advertise a hearing for the Bradley-north- south route Ontario Hydro spokesman Peter Webster commented Monday that its up o the OMB to decide on separate hearings I could not give you any reply to thai he added when told of the information re ceived from the ministers office That Interesting he said The original Ontario Hydro application placed before the minister says In pan the lands In lots 133 Inclusive Con and In lot Cons 13 inclusive meaning bolh the north south and east- west path varying feet to feet according to the ap plication for the northern route to allow of variances In location of the towers in Hills He denied that any further development of the corridor alter construction of the Brad ley Is completed Is contem plated at this time But he stressed that priorities may charge through time Mr Webster in an interview Friday said the Milton switch ing station will be a junction point for at least seven and possibly power corridors These will Include the pre sent east- wet corridor a se cond east- west corridor sche duled for sometime In be early 1990s from the west the Bradley route from the north and as many as eight other corridors running east to the Trafalgar trans former station In and the Clalrvllle station near The corridors leaving Milton will travel through the park way bells where Hydro has received ultimate maximum approval he said The corridor cast from the Milton station will be about 1 090 feet wide to allow for the eight possible corridor lines and will narrow to about feet when half the corridors turn south to Trafalgar Approved for eastward con struction from the Milton sta tion are two corridors south to Trafalgar and two 500 lines east to CUirvtUe Approved but without commit ment now are four additional KV lines two to Trafalgar and two to Clalrvllle How many corridors By GEORGE Herald staff writer Exactly bow many tran smission corridors does On tario Hydro want to build through Hills or Milton That question was before Hills council which Monday reaffirmed its op position to an amendment to toe official plan proposed by Ontario Hydro allow con struction operation and maintenance of transmission lines The town will appeal tbe amendment before the Ontario Municipal Board Oct at the town hall on Trafalgar Road There la confusion as to be Dumber of tower lines required John Schneider vicechairman of the In terested CiUxens Group ICG said Ontario Hydras systems planners indicated that five tower widths would be required by 1981 and seven by but since Sept ttatfi Mr Schneider said a Hydro spokesman has stated that six seven tower widths will be needed by 1963 plus two Kilovolt towers out of the Hilton switching station for a total of eight or nine By 1993 to 13 tower lines will be required and we still havent discussed tbe possibility of two total to 19 tbe report of the Com mission Mr Schneider said there may be 17 towers by mid This wide dlffcrnce of figures means it is essential council know how many corridors are being planned He said Hydros current plans Indicate that nine to ten lines will cross Highway At the expropriation hearings held recently in Acton and now awaiting the report of hearing officer Donald Meyrick On tario Hydro requested only feet on both a northsouth and east west line through Halton Us only enough for a single row of lowers he said Yet Hydros own maps In two widths of towers Mr Schneider said Hydros own documents are confused He said the ICG believes that no rezoning of lands should take place until we learn how many lines are to be and whether they are in the best Interests of Hills The danger of giving any approval to Ontario Hydro either for a north south line which the town opposes or an east west line Is that precedent exists for the government to give approval to other corridors when one is ap proved he said It has been difficult to discern whether the provincial government or Hydro is king or pawn in Ibis mixed up chess game of transmission towers he said Tower council is told Norval water project debate if Ontario Hydro builds amission towers perhaps si many as 17 through Hills a timebomb wlil be created which will force a Fifth Line farmer out of business council was told Monday Dave Moffat who operates a pickyourown farm with bis family near Stedes Avenue UU council that Ontario Hydro had told bim bis farm would be crossed by only one tran smission corridor running northsouth and two running Yet in two years Hydros demands for land to ac commodate corridor feet per tower- have escalated from feet to 1730 feet In Hills he said and more feet In Mr Moffat wondered bow much more Hydros land demands would escalate In the next two years He said Ontario Hydros engineer at its demonstration site at the Essa electric station about six miles west of Carrie had been unable to demonstrate how would not charge electrically the irrigation pipes necessary to the operation of his form At Mr Moffat said Hydro had lengths of aluminum irrigation pipe Insulated from the ground under the line That pipe delivered a shock of volts per length he said have 14 To the question of what If the pipes ore on dry crusty soil and thus partly insulated from ground he has received no answer from Hydro Mr Moffat said He said he already carries public liability but would be forced to gel out He advised council to purchase more public liability for itself Its a hazardous situation Mr Moffat said A break at that point In the line would Involve thousands of megawatts He noted that nine air craft fly overhead dolly and that he government has made no reference to the aircraft at a small nearby airport Its a real FALL FAIR CANCELLED One youngster walks through the muddy rain- soaked midway Saturday morning at the Georgetown Fairgrounds Continued rain protection of baseball diamonds and safety for animals forced the Geonietown Fair Board to cancel the fair for what Is believed the first time in history of the annual event For more pictures and story ace page 17 region will be naked today to approve Interim fin anting of the water supply project until provincial funds are released April 1 1978 Environment Minister George Kerr announced Mon- one day ahead or a meeting with Hal tonBurling ton MPP Julian Reed Halton regional officials and Community Associa tion that subsidies totaling will be allocated in the 197B79 provincial budget Approval of the funding comes more than five years after residents of the village began seeking municipal wat er services to overcome pollu tion and low water levels in area wells Under the provincial funding the subsidy will represent per cent of the projected cost of Hal ton region will be responsible for the remainder Engineering studies on the projects were started this year with a provincial grant of Region chairman Morrow who asked for tbe matter to be brought before council today says tendering for project could be called shortly with construction start ing before the end of year Its certainly been a long lime coming Art Rdnhardt association water com mittee chairman remarked But at least its reached a stage lis not reached before and Mr Kerr has approved the project He he remains optimis tic about the region financing the project until provincial funds are available He will appear before council today to plead the villages case S surprised that they There ore some In the south port of who are not lookVsoon what excited about getting wilhonopposltlonMPPsitting in this riding he said Should a referendum he la lbs led for in the village to support not ana a Hi the project cost theres financing until the money is enough people for it he says the bank Mr amid Instil would not be a be thought approval of tbe block project would have taker Coun Miller since politicians play is optimistic that support will games too be shown at council IT we Provincial subsidies are de- signed to reduce the burden on other municipality I would individual water users Under support It he said the agreed formula residents But area Coun Peter Pom- in the village will pay between expressed surprise lhat 110 and per year for the project was approved nor water services Without tbe does he believe Interim flnanc- provincial subsidy the coat will be made available would be excessive Glen water supply shut off today Glen Williams residents with dry or low wells and who have been hooked to municipal water for some time will loose that supply beginning today to test whether Ihe damaged uafer baa recovered says residents lawyer Water has returned to the wells In the past few days but no one can say if the heavy rains have recharged ater or the water is simply surface seepage Cutting off the municipal water should tell the tale Mr Zwelg says and thus the ministry of environ ment has given the developers permission to shut off the connection for a trial period Dug wells on Karen Drive began to go dry in early July while Develop ments was pumping a site for sewer trenches they were con structing on Mullen Place Tests turned up evidence that the construction may have pierced the and thus allowed the water table to drop Repairs were attempted but until now there has been no evidence of the water return ing to the wells The Glen Williams residents hired a lawyer to handle the legal end or their battle to get a safe dependable supply of water for their homes He was held back on legal proceedings because be Is more interested In seeing the home owners get their water than in fighting a court battle He has been giving tbe develo pers lime to try different solu tions to the problem Support to destroy dogs in livestock kills Picked Up In P Peter Branch has asked Hilts council seek an amendment to the Dog Tax and Livestock and Poultry Protection Act lo make muni cipalities responsible for ihe destruction of a dog which has Injured or killed livestock Mr Branch and his wife a sheep farm on Cone 10 Mr Branch reported council that their farm was suffering an Increasing of damage because of attacks by dogs their sheep He said that the dogs not only cause Injury and death but they disrupt breed ing schedule and cause the sheep to become restive It should be the responsi bility of the municipality lo pay compensation to the owner which it already does and to see lhat the dog is destroyed Mr Branch said Mr Branch said that he was requesting maximum enforce ment of the law use of munici pal employees and police with the police communications PARKED CARS COLLIDE Two parked cars collided In Acton Both were parked on Mill Street East at Willow Street A car owned by Reliable Taxi of Acton was parked on the south side of MM St with the engine running The sec ond car was parked on the north side of Mill Street facing the opposite direction to the first car The second car Is owned by Donald Mclissc Acton The car owned by Mr slipped out of gear into reverie and moved ac ross Mill Street colliding with the car owned by Reli able Taxi Damage to first vehicle was ISO Damage the second vehicle was stem o track down stray dogs who have been a Hacking ve- and lo have the munici pality Inform new residents of the necessity to control their The problem of dogs at tacking our sheep has been going on for about three years Mr Branch said The sheepkilling started last fall We have been gelling up in the nigh I and chasing the dogs away and we have driven some off we cant keep it up forever Russell Miller sug gested that the best way to handle the situation is to find out what and cant do Pattersons If youll pardon the word a hell of a situation when a farm owner has to charge his neighbour when it should be the municipalitys responsi bility As the law stand it is up to livestock owner to take the dog owner to court to sec that dog Is destroyed If Mr Branchs neighbor came up and punched him In the nose It would be up to Mr Branch initiate action Peter Marks said I dont know If it should be a separate law for dogs and Council passed a resolution refer Mr Branchs request to the administrative com mittee for discussion Reject hockey teams review some help A review of Ihe financial status of three hockey clubs In town at tbe end of the current season was rejected by Hills council Monday on a recorded vote Coun Garnet Pat proposed May 1S7S review of tbe Acton Sabres who owe the town Georgetown Gemini wbo are in debt and George town Raiders wbo are break- tog even lie substantial portion of tbe debts are not paid by May 1S7S dubs should be doiled use of tbe arenas for the next season ba said But Coun mo tion was rejected by of councillors some of whom said that if tbe clubs fold tbe town will never get tbe money back Council approved tbe reclas sification of Geminis and the Raiders to adult sport groups which will save the club about and re spectively In ice rental rates As well council approved reducing the rent on- the boos ter rooms the two Georgetown clubs used from a night to but with the stipulation that the Geminis apply a week over and above the rent toward their outstanding debt The Acton Sabres had asked lhat be reclassified from local adult group down to minor spots group In order to save about in Ice fees Council wasnt prepared to go this far and Instead tossed the booster room renl in free with the Ice rental rate a saving of per night for the club Each of Ihe hockey clubs ore responsible for cleaning up the booster rooms But giving hockey clubs a financial break has put coun cil in Ihe position of going against its stated policy of making recreation pay for It self Mayor Tom Hill said he is concerned with the recreation department budget If the rales arc reduced how will the budgcl already set be kept In line he asked Coun Peter Murks sug gested that as half the arenas budget for the hockey season will be in 197B Ihe next budget could pick up the slack Coun Itoy Booth Is opposed to reducing the rent without rescinding policy of mak ing recreation break even II council supports the rent cut and recreation director Glen Gray comes back with extra coils we wont have a leg to stand on he said Were top heavy in the Offices expansion resurrected Plans for an addition to Hills administration building on Trafalgar Road will be unveiled at a special meeting of council Oct IB At Lhat time council with all Its department heads will view a presentation from arch itect Don Hallford whose firm designed Ihe former Esques town hall Council Monday decided to put ISO ceiling on cost of the presentation and have an 30 m meeting lhat day for the building committee to set an agenda Peter charged however that council Is two or three steps ahead of In wanting to view plans expand the building I dont Ihlnk were ready lo It yet Coun said We dont know If we need the plans We havent even decided If therell be a build ing Mayor Tom Hill told council thai the unveiling and present- Roy Booth said the meeting Is on endeavour to get whole council Involved and reach a consensus If there is a need for expansion and if bo If It is for the building on Trafal gar Road Garnet Pat If were going the roles should cut staff too Coun Walter said that without booster rooms for the clubs they would have no revenue at all Eventually theyll be so far in the hole they wont recover If it goes on could lose one or two hockey clubs and some local Peter said clubs are not gelling a different rate from other local adult groups And the booster room were put In at minimal cost as pari of to tot rental fee so that groups would have a source of revenue he said The booster rooms have al most no facilities such as chairs tables and coolers which the provide ihcm- Coun Booth said he could support reducing the ion lei ihe if they would say have no more demands on prime lime Fridays and Saturday at the arenas than do groups Tbe reason theyre paying is for prime lime Coun Marks said tbe snack bar at the arenas earned In excess of profit last year mostly from Ihe crowds attracted by Ihe hockey clubs behooves us continue supporting those clubs he laid If council would put the out business it would losu lie profit on the snack bar he said Voting In favor of Coun McKemies motion for a finan cial review were Mayor Tom Hill Couns Peter Marks George Mallby Marilyn Ser- and Mr McKenxle Opposed were councillors Les Roy Booth Miller Peter Morris Peter Mike Armstrong and Walter Thanksgiving service The Credit Valley Conservation Authority CVCA will be celebrating Thanksgiving in the traditional manner at the historic While Church on Sunday Oct at m The Church which was built In 1837 is located on the Fourth Line West in north of 34 about three miles south of The service will be conducted by the Very Rev David W Hay Past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church In Canada and Minister of Knox Church Caledon East and Claude Presbyterian Church Successful drive The Georgetown Venturers Bottle Drive last week- end was pronounced a success by Jim Fleming one of The Venturers leaders Mr Fleming estimated that they had collected tons of bottles and 3 worth of returnable bottles That will leave approximately SO to raise to pay for Ihe canoe used on the trip to Prince Edward Island this summer The Venturers intend to continue with a bottle drive on the first Saturday of each month Fire prevention of Oct 9 to 17 be Fire Preventions grants grants have been approved for a number of projects in Hills including two In Georgetown Kinsmen Girls Softball League Is to receive a grant of 977 to assist with the purchase of Softball equipment and awards for teams Credit Valley Artisans will receive a grant of share in the purchase of a kiln a pottery wheel able looms and other equipment Santa arrives OMB hearing Ontario Municipal Board has set aside tbe month of November starting Nov 7 for a full bearing on the subdivision application of Focal Properties Land south of Silvercreek The meeting will be bold at municipal offices on Trafalgar Road Focal wants to build about homes in the area which Is now farmland The town Is opposed to subdivision Contract award Canada was awarded a 10431 contract Monday by Hilton Hills council for reconstruction of the tennis courts at Gordon AlcoU Arena