Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 21, 1989, p. 2

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i on Halton Hills Building to start soon Funding approved for coop Tripping Away GenU Harald Schmidt won trip for two to Lai Vegas in the Travel draw last week The Schmidts were drawn from a list of all people vacation through Beelme in IMS The trip four days and three nights at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel MeUtta right president of Travel presented the trip Herald Photo Lights switched on residents turned off Halton Hills councillors are baffled by attempts to light a walkway between Dawson and Ir win Crescents in Georgetown Discussions on bow to light the walkway have been going on since last summer and Monday coun cillors voted to disconnect two lights on the walkway leaving just one light working for a onemonth trial period to see if that satisfies residents concerns Local residents approached the town last year asking councillors to da something about undesirable activities such as vandalism on the walkway The town decided not to dose toe walkway and sell or lease it to ad jacent residents as proposed but to light it instead At a cost of three lights were placed on the walkway Town engineers consulted lighting experts asking for low- intensity lights which would il luminate the walkway Late last year residents asked for just one light instead of three fearing the whole neighborhood would be illuminated They were assured the three lights would light up just the walkway Jan the lights were turned on After a visit by Al Cook last week he said I swear we had to have sunglasses in order not to hurt our eyes Its just un fortunate that we have gotten car ried away Coun Norm Elliott compared the walkway to a supernova Coun cillors were baffled by con sultants he said Residents are extremely unhap py with the lights said Cook In a recorded vote councillors voted 84 to disconnect the two lights for a onemonth trial period The measure is viewed as tem porary until other solutions such as possibly replacing the glowing light bulbs with lower wattage bulbs and placing a housing on the lights to point the light away from the backyards of the residents can be found Jr rangers called Walt Elliot MPP for North has announced that the Ministry of Natural Resources will again be offering its highly popular Junior Ranger Program for youths interested in outdoor work in resource management The pro gram is open to Ontario secondary school students born between Aug and Dec Under the supervision of Ministry staff the participants will work on projects designed to pro tect and conserve public lands waters and associated resources The Junior Ranger receives free board and lodging as well as a day while working in one of the many staffed camps across the Province A number of teenagers from the North Halton area have par tidpated in the program Mr Elliot said It is a good way for the partidpants to earn some money and learn about Ontarios natural resource heritage Interested teenagers are en couraged to apply as soon as possi ble since each studnet is selected on a first come first served basis The deadline for applications is March 1989 Applications and additional information are available by telephoning 416 or writing to Ministry of Natural Resources Human Resources Branch Junior Ranger Program Whitney Block Queens Park Toronto Ontario M7A 1W3 The federal government has ap proved million in funding for the 40unit Carruthers Road Co operative and owners hope to start building within a month Nonprofit Homes Corp will build the cooperative on Car Road In Georgetown thanks to a 30year indexlinked mortgage from Canada Life Mor tgage Service Ltd The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corpora is insuring the loan which will be paid in amounts of about 155000 a year said Bill Beatty the acting manager at the Under the financing scheme all the units will be subsidized because the mortgage is subsidiz ed but 30 per cent or 12 units will be subsidized even further to a maximum of 25 per cent of the tenants income said Lantana development coordinator Adam Czerechowicz Currently provincial regula tions allow only 30 per cent of such a cooperative to be subsidized to tie the rent to income Mr Czerechowicz said However he expects to increase that number to per cent or 20 units In Georgetown once a provincial bill raising the maximum unit number is passed in the summer Lantana had hoped to begin con struction last November for a 39- unlt project which had been pro jected to cost about million However the company had trouble meeting the funding guidelines The firm approached the town of Halton Hills about the Vehicles collide A Georgetown woman 23 was charged with making an im proper turn after her Chevrolet Btruck a Pontiac driven by a Georgetown woman Tuesday night Police say the Chevrolet was eastbound on Guelph Street near Delrex Boulevard when it changed lanes suddenly and struck the Grand Am Both cars were light ly damaged Police report no in juries in the collision Minor injuries A Limehouse man received minor Injuries in a twocar colli sion at Sideroad 22 and Sixth Line Monday afternoon Police say a Ford driven by the man was west bound on Sideroad 22 when it was struck by a 1981 Ford that went through the stop sign The 1981 Ford was moderately damaged the 1969 Ford was severely damaged Police are charging a Georgetown man with failing to stop NONDENOMINATIONAL PENTECOSTAL ALL PEOPLES CHURCH DELIVERANCE CENTRE Flnchgat Boutanrd BramalM Bible Study Worship Deliverance Sunday 10 30 a 700pm Wednesday 8 pm WaPrwIdK CMUran a Church Nursery Service translation d DR KATHLEEN J BA MD FRCPC ANNOUNCES the reestablishment of her PRACTICE for PHYSICAL MEDICINE REHABILITATION including SPORTS MEDICINE 31 Centre St S BRAMPTON L6W 2X7 CONSULTATION BY REFERRAL 4554 possibility of waiving lot levies and the cost of road construction but no action was ever taken on the pro posal by the town Since that time the cost of the project has risen more than mainly due to increased construction costs and an increase in Regional lot levies said Mr Czerechowicz And an extra unit has been added to the project Rents for the apartments for the year 1990 have already been set The nine onebedroom apartments will rent for a month the possible for Acton A non profit housing organiza tion is attempting to build townhouse units in Acton profit Housing Corporation the same firm which is setting up a co operative on Carruthers Road in Georgetown is now actively look ing for land for the townhouse project said Adam the development coordinator with Lantana No specifics including the number of units have been set for the proposed project said Mr Czerechowicz Although rents will be slightly higher than the Georgetown co operative they will be set at what we consider the market rate said Mr Czerechowicz twobedroom apartments will rent for a month and the seven threebedroom apartments will cost I860 a month said Mr Czerechowicz Twelve of those units until tana is given permission to raise the amount to 20 units will be fur subsidized to per cent of the tenants gross income Mr Czerechowicz hopes to have the first tenants in the building by Dec Lantana is a nonprofit group which specializes in setting up af fordable homes The firm which has been In business since 1977 has set up about 60 bousing projects in the Toronto area said Mr Czerechowicz Lantana is allowed to take two per cent of the shelter costs in this case two per cent of 8 million as its fees That means Lantana will get approximately from the Georgetown pro ject said Mr Czerechowicz Once the sod is turned for con a sign will be placed out side the development with a phone number for people to call if they want to be placed on a waiting list Tenants will be accepted on a first comefirstserved basis Local residents will be given priority said Mr Czerechowicz Prospective tenants will have to demonstrate financial respon sibility and the willingness to share in a cooperative organization be Learn to Dritoe and Survive Young Drivers of I Training 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