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continued from p.1 "We're pleased with the outcome and I think it is a good example where the community got involved, the local councillor got involved, the MP got involved and the landowner got educated and realized this wasn't the best thing to do for the neighbourhood," said Clegg. "I always worry because they still need to put coverage there and I hope the cure won't be worse than the disease. We'll have to see what Bell comes back with as a solution." Ward 1 Town Councillor Ralph Robinson said he worked with the owner of the property for which the cell tower was proposed to resolve the matter. The veteran councillor said the Town agreed to consider a proposal to build two single-family homes on the site, which swayed the property owner. Cell tower plan is second one to fall in Bronte "This is extremely pleasing," said Robinson. "I and many others are very excited and grateful that this worked out the way it did. I think we have to recognize the fact that Michael Dimitrovski (Drago's owner) played a big part in this. If he had said, `No way, I'm not going to do anything different,' we probably wouldn't have accomplished this." In an email to the Oakville Beaver in mid-December, Dimitrovski said that due to the overwhelmingly negative response of local residents, he had contacted Bell and asked if it would consider terminating the contract and not erecting the cell tower. When reached for comment on Wednesday, Dimitrovski said he had yet to hear from Bell on the matter. This is the second cell tower that has been scrapped in Bronte in recent months. Last August, DH Westview Properties Ltd., which owns Bronte Estates at 128 Bronte Rd., sent a memo to its tenants stating plans to install Rogers Communications cell towers on the property's roof were being put on hold. "Industry Canada has determined that RF (radiofrequency) fields emitted by wireless communications networks fall well below what they consider a danger to human health. However, DH Westview would prefer to wait for even lower frequency emissions than their standard level -- Safety Code 6," the memo stated. "At this time, the installation of the cell towers 5 | Friday, January 17, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com has been put on hold and we hope the Canadian government will enforce lower RF field guidelines and follow the example of some other countries. In future, we will keep you informed of all updates along the way." Halton Region's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Bob Nosal, has said there is no convincing evidence weak radio frequency signals from cell towers cause adverse health effects. However, Nosal has also acknowledged the agreement between Health Canada, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer that additional research is warranted. inside today's Editorial Sports Beaver www.insideHALTON.com Dell Computers Home Hardware Ruth Anne Winter Group Starsky Fine Foods 6 24 Artscene Classified 22 31 January 14, 2014 *All flyers not necessarily delivered to all homes The December Ice Storm - Oakville Hydro Thanks Customers for their Patience and Understanding, and the Employees, Town and Others for their Support The devastating ice storm events that hit the GTA late in the afternoon of December 21 and continued into nd December 22 had a significant impact in the Town of Oakville and on Oakville Hydro's electricity distribution system supplying power to our 65,000 customers. This storm inflicted significant damage to trees which, in turn, caused broad scale outages due to downed trees and limbs. At one point on Sunday, December 22 , 29,000 customers were without power and throughout that day, a total of 45,000 customers had experienced some form of outage ­ over two thirds of our customers! As of early evening, we had restored power to everyone except for 4,500 customers. Our goal had been to restore power to as many as possible by end of day Christmas Eve ­ and we reduced the number of customers still without power, to approximately 30 ­ with those customers requiring assistance by electricians for damaged service stacks and meter bases. We understand and empathize with our customers, who were frustrated with the loss of service ­ especially at this time of year. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I would also like to acknowledge and thank our Oakville Hydro employees who put their personal lives on hold, and in many cases, worked through extremely treacherous conditions in order to restore service to our community. I also extend my sincere appreciation to the staff at the Town of Oakville who provided tremendous collaboration and support to our powerline crews in order to expedite repairs to the system, with special recognition to the Town's Forestry team. We had called for external assistance when the extent of damage became apparent. Most notably, thanks go out to London Hydro, Goderich Hydro and contractors, K-Line Maintenance & Construction and El-Con Construction, who responded to our request and provided valuable assistance. With this concentrated and focused effort, Oakville Hydro was able to quickly revert to a near-normal state th by Christmas Day ­ December 25 . By Thursday, December 26 , we were able to re-deploy some of our powerline crews to assist other hard hit municipalities such as Burlington, Milton and Halton Hills. Thank you, Oakville, for your patience and support. Responding to weather events to maintain and restore power is part of our core business. Every event is an opportunity to learn and improve ­ we gained some key insights from this major storm event and will be making enhancements to our operations to ensure that we continue to improve our service to you ­ our valued customers. th nd st For home delivery & customer service call 905-631-6095, 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington New subscriptions call 905-631-6095 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com Joseph Sardella Henderson Partners, LLP is delighted to announce the admission of Joseph Sardella, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois) as Partner effective January 1, 2014. Joseph joined Henderson Partners, LLP in 2012 as Principal, U.S. Tax Services and has more than 20 years practical experience in U.S. and Canadian taxation. He has expertise in U.S. tax return preparation and planning; U.S. tax amnesty filings and foreign reporting. Joseph advises on cross border tax issues including investing in U.S. real estate and assisting Canadian corporations expanding into the U.S. At Henderson Partners, our unwavering focus on exceptional client service is the foundation of our business. We listen to our clients, understand their needs, and work closely with them to help them grow, prosper and succeed. Joseph's extensive U.S. personal and corporate tax expertise, collaborative approach and excellent rapport with clients make him an excellent addition to our leadership team. ExcEptional SErvicE by ExcEptional pEoplE 1405 North Service Road East - Unit 1, Oakville, ON L6H 1A7 T: 905.829.3701 | F: 905.829.1454 | www.hendersonpartnersllp.ca Rob Lister President and CEO Oakville Hydro