Haltons latest of establishing the county as a unit of regional government were dashed again by Municipal Affairs Minliter McKeough In a letter received by Halton County Council last week said he was not convinced that the course this proposal suggests represents reform that Is sufficient to the challenges Halton County Council on March had called for establishing a regional municipality of on a restructured five municipality basis with representation to be decided later The unit would include all seven present towns and townships in including Burlington The Minister said he didnt think we should settle for the kinds of solutions that only appear to get us by for the moment I am convinced this kind of approach would have to be substantially altered almost immediately and I would prefer to keep major disruptions in administration to a minimum McKeough hinted Hal ion and Peel Counties future destiny may he within the pages of the TorontoCentred Region Plan that was on May 5 by Premier John He hoped it would help bung belter perspective to the reforms necessary achieve effective local government in tin be ween Toronto and Hamilton impossible legislation this year Meanwhile the county of be simply to proceed in time to take effect added he complimented and the CO group in tin very by to a future region lor It Will be of oncludcd NinetyFifth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 1970 6Ttn -ry- Twenty Four Panes Fifteen Cents Parks board authorizes 4000 grading expenditure After discussing the mallei IS minute closed session Thursday night of Parks Ma a gem STEEP BANK along the north arm of Fairy Lake and then drops suddenly from to 15 feet deep has been the subject of much controversy but the Residents in have raised about 1 Board of Parks Management has decided to go for improvements in the subdivision and are also along with plans to reduce the sudden drop The receiving donations from other parts town and shoreline has two or three feet of shallow water as fat away as Rock wood Staff Photo Recreation Committee motion to proceed with the grading of the north shoreline of I airy Lake at a cost not to exceed of the press were requested in leave for the I minute session after a controversy arose between chairman Peter Marks and board members Art Gordon an I Orval Chapman about whether views on improvements on the north shoreline of Fairy Lake should be aired publicly Mr Gordon and Mr Chapman said lliey thought the meeting had been called as a caucus discuss grading on the shoreline airman Marks said the meeting was to be a general meeting The people of Acton have a right to know what s going on II the press chooses to report it it just oik of those things he commented Starr work on shore Grading started Wednesday morning on the steep bank along the north shore of Fairy Lake Parks Board authorized a 000 expenditure for the project half of which raiidenti of Lokeviow subdivision hope to raise The canvass to date has raised over lingo the Branktawicr family who own property along the to the till from grading operation to the area around the A meeting of the board on the site Monday settled details of the operation president Actons newly formed Pirks Development Association told iiiiinbeis i the Ins group has collected close SI which has been deposited in J lurid expect between SOU all of winch will be handed over to parks bond spttilicallv for the W Mr il the board wen satisfied they were doing the proper thing in irks lined had discussed the situation at length lint I la had also been endorsed by the redit V Con Authority rep tin Assoeiilnn In local industries re the aippoil is Three breakins car theft found Moratorium pink listing lifted Police are still investigating early Sunday morning at Mackenzie Lumber Ivan Hams smoke shop and Dills Stationery store William Titus car was stolen the same night First indication of the came when a citizen heard the smashing of the lock of the door of Dills Stationery and saw two men in the store He called the local police discovered via recording the officer was out on patrol so lie called the emergency Zenith number and the cruiser was radioed However when Cons arrived the men had run up John Street Stoic manager Hilt Elliott reported possibly a pen and pencil set A pen and pencil set was later found and reported to police At the smoke shop Ivan Hants reported cigarettes and lighters missing to the value of Later two cartons of cigarettes were found by a on Main St N Mackenzie Lumber reported about 3 in silver missing from the counter drawer William Titus 12 Victoria Ave reported his Chcv sports car is still and a provincial message has been sen I out A fingerprint expert from Burlington came up Sunday afternoon The investigation is continuing MJ Whiting was in town Wednesday to talk on the White Paper at the Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting in the new Acton Meadows golf course dining room He also had tome words about the emancipation of women a Mrs Bill Pendleton speaks to him about Turn to page 3 A break in the power struggle between Ontario Secondary School Teacher Federation and he Ontario Trustees Council came Thursday when Ontario Minister of Education William Davis agreed to extend the date for hiring teachers until June 0 Now any teacher in can resign once they have a job with another Board The boards moratorium on hiring and the teachers pink listing on the Metro board were both lifted last week Halton County Hoard of Director Jim Singleton explained the Minister said the m would be lilted by an order from the cabinet While the pink listing and moratorium on hiring both have been lifted the Board has vet to strike a 197071 contract with the secondary school teachers I lenient iry teachers settled for a hike last week but turns with the high school teachers are at a stalemate Speaking ibout the many hours ol negotiant and discussions underline by Board members idlers ti in out the dispute Douglas Wot said it has been a long ho spring The Haiti i began luring PAVING OF the Golden Horseshoe east of Acton Is Hearing completion and light standard polos are being installed In preparation for opening of the strip expected to take place Saturday June For story end more pictures see Inside Staff Photo approves race frock bylaw squesing Council ycslcrdiy gave Innl to passed by law to authorize the licensing of racing of motor vehicles in the township Licence fees will be SI per ye ir for drag strips licence will be good for tin dilution of one calendar year December lamping placing of house trailers in race track properties will be prohibited at any time fimcs for rice meets at the Golden Horseshoe Dragway cast of Acton during June July and August will be restricted to three days a week excluding from 2 until II p m During September and October racing will be allowed on I and Saturdays from until 11 pin from 1 until pin on Sundays and holidays Elementary teachers given raises inly will a wipe iiiernsc per tent trustee liberty told Hoard of I Thursday at the ir hoard meeting in I he hikes will sec teachers lining from for a bet lining teacher with no experience to 000 tor a r highest level with IS years of experience The igrccmcnl provides average wagi increase or SHOO and the highest raise in any one level is SI some new teachers on Acini High school s staff for next year is just about complete following successful interviews in Toronto last Friday and lines will be published si on when everything is finalized There were six vacancies on the staff heic New principal David who is at tin school already was present lor the teacher hiring Oilier teachers allowance OMSK On lino benefits will see a 500 for post graduate thirds of the basic I and half of the basic Hospital Services paid by the Board salaries will range Irom to 10 while vice principals will get plus then placement on the or 12 is two years for maternity leaves should they have a child through or adoption Bell asks increase Dell Canada has applied to the Canadian Tnnsport Commission tor approval of an increase in rates for local telephone service Under ihc proposed new rale structure the rate for individual residence service in Acton would increase from per month lecordlng to Bell manager for this district Kates for individual business service would rise from 10 per month The application also proposes increases for a wide range of business and residence services and equipment Bylaw bans power boats Expand show from swimming area All Acton clubs and with their radio controlled ship the Clumber of Commerce are del to water operating with Acton to the Hying Other events are Hi in running an also being planned tied of the model The Men Rotary and contest on Labor Li have ill agreed Day weekend participate lo make the show an area year event id was lee film the drew Irom tin Maine this States and many parts A by law passed Thursday night by Acton Board of Parks Management and Recreation Committee ha placed a ban on power boats on the south arm of Fairy Lake east of the painted barrels to the dam Fishing dogs and cats will also be prohibited In this area which is reserved for swimming addition the by taw states that dogs and cats must be on a leash in all other areas of the park at alt times The board also authorized the spending of a maximum of tor re roiling the swimming area J f The Ontario Department of Education School project which links Ontario students with those ihc Commonwealth Caribbean came alive for students at both Acton schools last Thursday Visiting the Robert Little and Z Bennett schools Thursdav were Albert Nathaniel principal of a school in St Lucia which twins with Robert Utile and Lionel Joseph of a school in They charmed students at both schools with descriptions of life in he Caribbean Arriving in the midst of an Ontario heat wave the pair of educators were warmly received both by students and the weather which they found hot in comparison to weather at home The humidity here is higher said Mr Nathaniel who admitted to being homesick for the islands The pair enjoyed their tour of the province which will culminate at Kingston a principals coune They were selected by the Caribbean Teachers Federation to make the trip from among the hundreds of island teachers where schools arc modelled after those in Great Mr Nathaniel said courses lead to tile Plus exam where students arc streamed different courses like the British system He admired facilities and the modern buddings in Ontario schools Our schools are open concept with many students one large room he said Teachers have class sizes which average about students Mt Joseph quiet studious man fascinated students at both schools with his descriptions of life at home in Trinidad Both obligingly joined dancing with students to from steel drum bands which teacher Mrs June played on a record play at the Robert Little Mis is in charge of the twinning program at the Robert Lit lie school Three classes at the Bennett are twinned with schools in the Caribbean and students found Mr Joseph had a tenuous link with their Muslim counterparts in Trinidad He came from the town and knows the teacher Mr Bateman class twinned with on the island Mrs Bruce class is twinned with one from the Virgin Islands and Mr Wheeler has the same link with a school in Jamaica The program which Mr Nathaniel explains stands to benefit relations between the Caribbean islands and Canada has had a effect and will be intensilied in coming Speaking at a piess conference to mark the end of the conference in Toronto which brought together of the program the Cayman Island delegate said if Canadian and Caribbean students can see each other as children only then later in life they will sec each other as adults regard to the color of their skin Recent antiCanada demonstrations in the Caribbean would not have occurred if the program has been m existence for the past 15 or said the delegate from Trinidad and Tobago Coordrnators also agreed the project helped Caribbean children learn more about w n turc Project School to School twins classrooms of Ontario students IB I with their counterparts in the Caribbean Through the exchange letters tapes and class projects moie than students learning cadi oilier s way life history and culture Mi Nathaniel tied he never expected to see let alone in lesson little Mrs Doberthcn as delighted with the response students The program originated with tin Minister of for Ontario tin Hon ilium G Daws who also insohed and post secondary schools Stevens Minister of Health and for Dominica said recently that Mi Davis little has been kindled by a spark of grace and School loSehool its very humble beginning is likely to develop into an international base for the purifying and healing of the nations He called on the United Nations to adopt the program Certainly the warmth and of the Acton reception was indicative of the warm friendship which Canadians hold for the islanders CARIBBEAN VISITORS Lionel Joseph and Nathaniel school twinned th Robert Albert Nathaniel were presented with a scrap book Lt1l Mrs right Suzanne by students at the Robert Little school Thursday D made the of their to Acton Mr presentation Staft Photo