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Call for help answered Police blocked off Main St North In Georgetown Tuesday for two hours after a woman was seen sit ting on the ledge of one the high retaining walls of the train track overpass by a passing motorist Police say the drama unfolded when a year old woman described as depressed and distraught left Georgetown District Memorial Hospital at a m while the hospital was In the process of ad her The hospital called police to report the At 12 30pm a passing motorist who saw a woman sitting on the bridge wall Police arrived and with the help of a social worker from the hospital as requested by the woman were able to persuade her to return to the Police say there was no indication she was In possession of a weapon The overpass on Guelph St was blocked to traffic until the woman was safely out of harms way Herald Photo Chamber stands firm on candidates nights YEAR NO 75 PAGES SINGLE COPY 232 GST 25 HALTON HILLS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Hills Chamber of torn has reconfirmed the dates for its two upcoming ailcandidates meetings rejecting claims the dates are biased in favor of in cumbents At a special Chamber of Com meeting Monday the Board of Directors voted unanimously that the dates remain as first an nounced three weeks ago said Dave Page Chamber President following the meeting The meetings are scheduled for Nov at Acton High School and Nov at Georgetown District High School Both all candidates meetings start at 8 Mr Page said the Chamber had been approached last week by two non incumbent municipal can claiming the dates favored the incumbents The complaint centred on the fact the allcandidates meetings are scheduled after the advance polls Nov and Nov Advance polling stations will be at the Hills Civic Centre and the Acton Com muruty Centre The stations will be open from am to 8 Mr Page wouldn t release the names of those who raised the con cerns The dates were chosen on the basis of when the two schools would be available said Mr Page After the concerns were raised two previously available dates opened up but they were rejected said Mr Page Since 85 per cent of the can didates had confirmed their at tendance at the originally scheduled meetings Mr Page said the majority of candidates wouldn t be able to change their schedules on such short notice Mr Page said he hopes all can will attend the all candidates meetings Contacted Monday Ward 2 Regional councillor candidate Bill Robson acknowledged he contacted the Chamber last week about the dates Some people came to me saying they had difficulty with the dates said Mr Robson They felt the dates tilted the playing field towards the in cumbents he continued People using the advance polls should have the right to hear from all candidates before voting he said Mr Robson said he was only ac ting as a messenger and it doesn make any difference to him when the meetings are held because I m going to win However ethically it makes sense to give everyone a fair chance he added Asked why those who approached him did so only recently and not three weeks ago when the dates were first announced Mr said people must have only recently realized when the advance polls were being held During the meeting the board of directors also voted unanimously to support Chamber VicePresident and Herald Publisher Bob Malcolmson and Chamber General Manager Doug as the moderators for the Acton and Georgetown meetings respectively Both Mr and Mr Pennce had moderated similar debates for the Chamber in the past and they have done a good job for us said Mr Page Since sponsoring municipal allcandidate meetings this is the first time complaints have been lodged against the Chamber about the choice of dates confirmed Mr Page Seniors centre not a priority ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Not surprisingly local non incumbent candidates attending a recent Georgetown Seniors Association meeting expressed sup port for the establishment of a Georgetown seniors centre However during interviews after the meeting several candidates t necessarily support the type of senior centre advocated by the seniors association Association President told candidates his organization believes Georgetown seniors need a million dollar 10 square foot building The seniors association would contribute approximately towards the building start up costs through the province would contribute and 000 would be provided by the Town Mr points out part of the facility would be used by both seniors and the general public The million price tag isn that expensive compared to the cost of other facilities such as an arena he said Candidates agreed Georgetown needs a senior centre since surrounding communites such as Milton and have cen However most questioned or balked at the Town contribution of I don t think we would have to spend said Ward Regional councillor candidate Bill Hyde predicts the Town could con an empty building such as a school into a centre for 000 As the population ages schools will begin to close due to said Mr Hyde He would like to see con begin by Like Mr Hyde Ward Regional councillor candidate sup ports the conversion of an existing empty building into a permanent centre within the next two years Mr Mellish told his audience the association is close to securing a space which to establish a tern porary facility The yearly operating costs would be ap proximately 000 with the Town being responsbile for 20 of that total said Mr Hedidntof any other specifics about the temporary facility since the deal isn t concluded Both Mr and Mr Pilutti agreed seniors should focus their attention on establishing a per centre since that the association ultimate goal While Ward 2 Town Councillor candidate Kathy says seniors need some sort of facility she is unconvinced the seniors need a 000 square foot building iks KHH f imi j aJj it f Week of the Child Acton released the officially Child the Georgeto Childhood E Elliot Band leader George Elliot left Region Police Service Chris Hartley Kim Arte ribbon Sunday at Acton High School to Teresa Fisher and Lucy from the off the International Week of the Association for Early Childhood Education and e Kids on Cloud Nine event hosted by Barb Wood and Grace Borges from the Halton Hills Branch of the Association for Early Child Care Centre Herald Photo by Steven From left to right George Sergeant Marty Power of the Halton shop hie LIVING LIGHTING GEORGETOWN 2GuelphSt 4168732996 Rowdy Council meeting Request made to call police See Council Briefs Page For Meat That Does More Than Compete