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Oakville's Millennium Clock Tower has had a facelift â€" thanks to a Milton company After 15 years, the Towne Square's tower clock was looking a little haggard so a paint- ing contracting company gave it a make- oven “The Canadian weather and sun exposure, and all the other elements, faded the clock over the past 15 years,” said Ed Forte, presi- dent of GP industrial/commercial painting contractors of Milton. ”All the gold accents were worn off over the years," he said.”All the lettering had basically dis- appeared. There really wasn’t much gold left." Earlier this summer, Forte's workers got to work on the refurbishing project with the Local company gives Oakville clock a striking facelift Bowling Centre 0 Sports Grille 0 Playdium Lite 0 Billiards By Bob Mltchell SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION final touch-up applied in early August. "There was also some corrosion that was starting to happen and that wasn’t good,” Forte said. “We basically got rid of all the white rust and corrosion, grinded it and sanded it. "It was very worn-down and tired looking.” Forte’s company has done work for the Town At left, Ed Forte, president of family-run CIP painting contractors in Milton smiles in front of the Oakville Towne Square clock that his company recently refurbished. Graham Painc/ Mmkmd WestMedia Group (Followon MuerQhaItonjhotog) 905-636-8001 0 450 Bronte St. 8. Unit 113 www.inroadsinsurance.com Proudly Serving Milton Come by our office for a quote on Home, Auto 8t Business Insurance _ M9“.‘.‘°Y : Friday 9 f- 7 Ins‘LfiWa‘nce Brokers Inc. Extended hon-1's for your c6nvenience of Oakville for the past 25 years. When it beâ€"‘E came known the Town wanted the clock to '5, be spruced up, Forte submitted a proposal M and his bid was accepted. ”The Town wanted it done before the long0 H weekend so we fortunately had great weath-U1 er and we managed to do thejob," he said. 3 Forte has so far received a lot of positive feedback. “Some people actually thought it was a comâ€" pletely new clock," he said. ”One person said: they thought they liked the old one better ' OZ‘O IGVN NVO N011!