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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 24, 1986, p. 1

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t Lifetime Service Guarantee III the hills UnitedAid Oct 17 at Georgetown District School lilt Hills United Way is presenting United Aid a rock roll concert dance Three local bands arc donating their time and talents lo raise funds for the United Way City Tempest and Blue Steele are the featured bands that will performing When tickets no on Bale they will cost only At this price it is expected a large crowd will be in to support this worthy cause All proceeds are to be locally lo support the many social services of the United Way Pilot crashes A Georgetown native Dean Scar- row walked away from a helicopter crash Thursday after noon He was piloting a Sikorsky helicopter testing spray pat terns near Charing Cross outside of Chatham The helicopter plum meted from an altitude of feet and damage was caused to the helicopter Remarkably Dean suffered only minor cuts in the crash Investigators from the Canadian Aviation Safe Board spent Friday examining the wreckage later said lo be mechanical failure Dean Is the son of Gerry and Shirley Scarrow of Hew son Cres cent Hostess queen Georgetowns Welcome Wagon Hostess Marleno Forbes has been named runner up Hostess of the year in the 10000 to ooo lion category for most nil round service to her community Welcome Wagon now has three active In Georgetown of Baby visits to the new mothers in their home Bridal Shower and the Community Welcome Anyone wishing any information garding the abov programs should cat Mar lone at Also Fines for noise A Georgetown man received in fines Sept for disobcv local noise bylaws The laws were broken at a parly in early August which the police visited four times twice before midnight and twice after The man received a GOO fine for the first time a fine the second a fine the third and fine the fourth time police visited the home said Caller traced A 19yearold Hills man found out the hard way that police can trace people who call the number The man was charged with public mischief after he made false reports to the Halton and police forces He was also charged with having a prohibited weapon an oriental marshal arts weapon Zoning approval B Shaughnessy application tc amend toning on his property so tie can do car repair and used car sales there has been approved by town councillors Monday night In general councillors approved the toning amendment subject to site plan control being established The town is asking the Escarpment Commission to remove its development control regulations on the lands on Part Lot23Con At a recent public meeting no comments were made on the ap plication and no written si received B currently operates an automotive body shop and repair operation on Avenue in Milton Public meeting Councillors agreed to hold a public meeting Into the application by Insurance limited to convert a home on Highway 7 into their office Dunlop Insurance wants to move across the street and down the road from Its current location in The new location is direct opposite the Presbyterian Church and would give the firm square feet of of lice space An amendment to the zoning bylaw Is required in order to per mil the proposed use Awards evening Applications are now available for the municipal awards evening Jan If you know of someone who has brought honor to our com through their achievements In sport or culture in nominate Ihem before Dec Call til photo workshop Oct between and the Region Museum located near Milton in Kelso Conservation Area will be sponsoring a nature photography workshop The leader will be Harold long time member of the National Asocialion of Photographic Art and president of an Ottawa area camera club Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER Leather Slur the OPEN lHtdeHoust SUNDAYS rth lo Chambers team up to lobby for development By Herald add power to their punch Elation Region Acton and Georgetown Chambers of Com merce set up joint committee Thursdaj The new liaison committee was set up members of the two lunched together for the Vie should be combining to com pete against our big brother lo the It not Georgetown versus Acton but the north against the soulh Acton Chamber prsident said in his welcome to about members of both Chambers Georgetown Chamber president Tanas said the liaison commit tec will keep the two communities distinct and unique while at the time get cooperation shared Chamber objectives The liaison committee will have a minimum of two members from each Chamber and will report quarterly to subsequent Joint meetings of both Acton and Chambers Were hoping we con work us the community of Hills for our prosperity Mr said Through this new committee the two Chambers will work together on matters of mutual interest such as encouraging development and tourism My feeling Is the people have a feeling about Acton and Hills thats not good Aclon Chamber member Ted Tyler said They refer to us as the northern Region what the hell ore we a polar bear He said Hills has been part of the government for years now and although the business development department may be working in Oak lie Burl mgton and Milton Its not working In Hills If somethings not working after years time to make a change Mr Tylersaid He made reference to a recent issue of the Police magazine which had a cartoon In which an of ficer said instead of a transfer to Acton can I please give 20 to the choir fund Theres a Regional feeling about the top end I dont know how were going to change it but I say that feel day i do all kinds of things is there Mr Acton Chamber president Mr Dicola said theres no reason why there shouldnt be development in Hills He noted residential commercial and Industrial permits are down yet communities around Halton Hills experiencing the mosldynamie boom In history I feel It would have happened in Hills if they lust left us alone Mr said They re intentionally holding Hills back through water and sewer limitations Those are perceived problems he said Hell we can fly to the With the closure of the Tannery this month Hills lost its second largest source of assessment next to the William Company When you lose that kind of assessment where will the taxes go he bemoaned I always thought Acton was in its pro blems but its Georgetown too Georgetown Chamber member Ken Norman pointed out the latest issue of the Halton Report a put out by Halton eglons business development of flee had only stories on Burlington and Milton Theres not a damn thing about Halton Hills in the report Mr Nor man said I think there should be at minimum something about Hills in every report Members of both Chambers agreed to write the business development department and ask that future issues of the Report Include news about Ha ton Hills Although there is a Regional Its all going to and Burlington Mr complained Theyre certainly not concen trating on development in Hills as far as can The only were going to have development all Is to have our own development officer he said Actons David Chapman agreed Hed like the town to have a full time development officer We need someone to go after so meone like Magna International and say were Hills he said Hills Mayor Miller said he had personally written to Magna and hadnt received any rep ly from the company He said he had considered having someone with business connections doing this business development parttime for the town The Mayor pointed out it was his initiative which started up the business development committee two years ago Ill admit perhaps we havent done a lot but this is a long way from where we were before he said This isnt something you Just snap your fingers and tomorrow you re in full swing Chamber will watch council Tough tow in pasture dint In this ruck accident on Highway at Trnlalgnr Road Monday morning The Winnipeg driver was turning the truck Into private driveway when Ihc rear wheel hit the shoulder and the truck fell on side Milton said Damage to the truck wat Two metre of fence a gate two rente pott and Bell Telephone box were alto damaged Damage to the telephone box was Milton I laid Herald photo Hide House is granted Sunday opening rights Therell be more eyes watching councillors at their weekly meetings and Georgetown Chambers of Commerce will have their members there not only to keep the Chambers informed of current Issues but also lo remind coun cillors that they re a concerned and interested body Actons Dave Whiting said having Chamber members at the meetings will also give support to develop ment and growth for the lown All you hear are the minority thats against growth Mr Whiting said naming the Mountoinview Area Ratepayers Association MARA as an example should get into the picture and stand up collectively and say damn it we need it its going to help the community Its time we sat in on them and gave them our support and let them know our feelings Mr Whiling said The Georgetown Chamber already has six volunteers and Mayor Miller said he would like to sec Ac ton Chamber members there as well Mayor Miller said its been a hard battle to get additional land for development which is what the Georgetown Secondary Plan Every time were bucking a bunch of people who dont want to sec Georgetown expand Weve been battling to people at council over the last two years because thev dont want it he said We don t need your criticism we need your help If we have 100 people coming to council I would hope wed have 10 or people there to represent the business people Chamber members applauded In response The Mayor noted the coun cil was prodevelopment two yeas ago then the public elected coun cillors who dont want development got to have people on there who want lo see the town develop he said IK llerjlit staff Despite i Idler questioning the granting of a tourist exemption to tin Hide Hide House in Acton Hilton Region granted further twDveir extension or the lourit ex whiih wjll illow the Hide House to In opt on rlte came from exetutiti- director of lie ion of anaila His had jetted in 1ifM is well equally amount object to Mr Forbes said II would show the Region to be having i fair hind between business ind the people opposed il tourist exemption he added Keith noted tlut other than the 1coph for Sun dav Association there were no abject i to the Hide House having He noted the Hide House has changed the amount spoct allocated to the Artisans village reducing from what it was two Tin ret nurse that is av is opposition to a tourist exemption is the initialing of aetiein in the motions court of Supreme ourt or Ontario to have a livliw quashed reads Mr s to he Region This is not construed as a threat bill on the rtvitw procedure that is available with repet i to a tourist exemption thai hi questionable No court action was taken Iwo ago the Assoc 11I on again1 Region over the tourist ex given the Hide House Burlington Hob Forbes warned the Regional poluv amend so that when a exemption is due to be extended be re He nor it this way the public I notified any renewals of exemption and don have a dunce to have their Only new for Hie exemption arc advertised the Region Il cols advertise that the is under consideration an Market is right for sale The housing market is good now and a Mam Street South Georgetown man wants to take ad vantage of it to sell off part of his told Monday night general committee meeting he wants to sever a lot from his half- acre property with 125 foot However Mr has a problem Town road work created an foot wall on the front of his pro perty seven sears ago He wants a portion of that wall about feel removed so the lot to be severed can have access to Maui ago I don sit anv merit in nig Region wide for something in Acton Burlington James neve said calling it ludicrous Does it affect the Hills Sheldon pointed out the Region has tourism study which supports Acton leather heritage and has identified it Instead of charging for his kind of advertising should be supporting a tourism mdustrv that is of benefit to all of and not just Acton chastised Sheldon The spinoffs from Hide Roust are tremendous sheaid Forbes asked him is to know whether a business given a tourist two tears ago still qualifies tin le public input is sought nut Its reallv getting ridiculous Hills Rick Runnel said just asking fur trou Who knows what other group- well getting It like opening the With Ihe gont the Hide is probata v Ac ton s biggest now he said Forbes to quire advertising on renewal- of tourist exemption- lost Compulsory needles for pets impossible Compulsory of cats and dogs against rabies would be possible Peter Arch said that was one of the reasons why Regions and social services committee go lor it Arch pointed out in of rabies is low in the Region and most people do have their animals immunized To enforce it would be almost possible because cats are not in the councillor said We have quite a large number of vets and the majority of people are their animals immunized A bylaw that can be enforced means nothing he said It wasn I just the fact that vets say they can handle it We felt that there just t a great need Arch said Rurhngton Rob said he would not contemplate owning an that against rahier don particular reason why we should not be participating he program even though we would not intend to gel into intense enforcement Coun A lawyer he pointed nut W per cent of laws arcn enforced the police and that the of peo ple obey them having a bylaw making mumzntion compulsory then people would obey it as the responsible thing He said if an animal didn t have its shots and bit a ntighbor that animals owner would be to considerable in case of high animal rabies will the Regions medical of of apply to the Ministry of Health have immuniza for cats and dogs last week Acton Fall Fair Milk thats fresher than In the store By SANDY CAMPBELL Staff Despite the threat of rain the Ac ton Fall Fair was a success and not just because it made money said Bill president of the Acton Agricultural Society Nothing was cancelled during the three days of fair this past weekend Only cloudy skies and fog may have cancelled some peoples plans lo go to the fair Mr said Mr Lasby believes the fair made money but he wouldnt know how much for a few weeks There were many successes at the fair and other than the cloudy weather only minor disappoint ments Mr said Ive been with the fair for to 12 years and the last five I have spent on the executive I have not seen co operation with the town as good as this year Mr said The biggest part of our success is getting thelowninvolved The livestock show was the big gest has had in years Mr said The tractor and truck pulls attracted a record 97 entries The ATV pull continued to grow as well he said Seeing kids run up lo cows pel them and realize milk doesnt come from Jug City makes all Ihe effort worthwhile Having a Monte Carlo night was the gamble for the fair board By p m you couldnt find a seat at a black jack table Mr said Monte Carlo Is just one of the events the fair board plans to enlarge next year Seeing fair end for another year was one of the disappointments for Mr It is a lot of work for fair board members but when the fair is on they have a good feeling Mr said at Ihe Mis Acton rail Fair with lMil her prirs and I here being fpllow congratulated by fellow

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