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Curwood receives honor By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald Staff Curwood longterm commitment to the community and its industryleading innova tions played a major role in its be ing chosen Georgetown Business of the Year Curwood President Barry Kedwell says Were very pleased to have the award We didnt expect it Mr Kedwell said Monday was voted Business of the Year by the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce Thursday for its longtime contribution to the town of Halton Hills chamber secretary Doug Penrice said Packaging makes packaging- for protection of perishable foods for companies nationwide Its clients include Schneider Black Diamond Kraft Hostess Food Products Fletchers Fine Foods and Old Dutch Foods does all of its business in Canada with its parent firm ser ving the United States The Georgetown plant also serves some firm in the Caribbean Curwood opened for business in Georgetown in 1969 After four ex pansions a fifth is coming with plans for the addition of an extra ft in rental space Cur wood now employs 165 people in its 115000sq ft plant on Armstrong Avenue Mr Kedwell joined the firm in 1971 and In became president of the company Mr acknowledged the firm had labor problems The Graphics Communications Inter national Union struck for six weeks but the Chamber pro bably looked at our longterm com mitment to Georgetown he said Several innovations now used throughout the industry were developed at the Georgetown plant One of the most notable was the development of a new material used for potato chips in 1981 Previously potato chips came in Continued on Page Packaging was chosen and operations manager Wayne as the Georgetown Business of the Miller inspect a machine which Year last week Here Curwood makes bags for potato chips President Barry Kedwell left Herald photo OPEN 7 DAYS A EASTERN AVE ACTON Its Worth the Drive to Acton ltd Chock out our frae Lifetime IxJ Service Guarantee mmi Lifetime Service Sgarantee FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY MARCH 1980 PAGES POWER upset over councils stand on grant Hills councillors are de nying natural justice by not allowing groups whose grant re quests have been recommended for refusal an appeal before the budget is finalized POWER member John Minns says That is denial of natural justice It is not an appropriate manner for the town to be con ducting business Mr Minns said following last Thursdays decision by the budget committee The citizens group POWER Protect Our Water and En vironmental Resources is fighting a proposal by a private firm to build a landfill in the Acton quarry POWER had requested a grant for a public awareness pro gram from the town during its re cent deliberations on grant re quests for the budget year But the towns budget committee which consists of all town coun cillors turned down POWERS re quests along with several other groups that had put in requests for money How could the mayor stand on the steps of Queens Park during a protest last year and say the town was going to lead the fight against the dump and then turn down our request asked Mr Minns Budget committee chairman said the town is In a financial bind this year because of plans to set aside at least to fight the dump The committee has recommended about in grant requests said Bon But the budget committee decid ed not to hear any delegations or appeals before council votes on the budget possibly April said Coun Bonnette Nothing is final even the grant recommendations until council approves the budget he said I just feel that Mr Minns is be ing a little bit premature on his comments We felt this year was an ex traordinary year for grant re quests said noting the town received about 90000 In grant requests Listening to appeals and delega tions during the budget process would turn the whole thing into a threering circus he said POWER says it will be difficult to appeal once council has approv ed the budget Groups whose grant requests were turned down can appeal after councils vote on the budget he said But even the recommendations of the budget committee are not carved in stone until council votes on it he said Some councillors could change their minds or the town could find some mdpe money between now and early April he added And the decision not to listen to appeals until after council votes on the budget does not reflect a change in policy because no one has appealed in the past few years said Coun Bonnette Council merely established a policy In an area where it previous ly didnt have one he said The budget committee will vote on its recommendations on the special grant requests March 20 Following that the decision goes to council Honoring a great Robert Rob Tost the acknowledged Mr Jr of Georgetown became the recipient of the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Award at the annual dinner on Monday night at Holy Cross Auditorium Tost spent 20 years as a volunteer la the Georgetown minor hockey system before signing on as the first- ever general manager of the Georgetown Jr Gemini in 1 feel as If Im accepting this award on behalf of all those whove helped me said Over 300 people attended the 1989 GHHC dinner in cluding guest speakers Morrison and Darryl Slttler Photo by J H Fiahback Photography