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Thursday Milton Canadian Champion insidehalton.com _ HAVE YOUR SAY on important planning projects happening in the community. Your feedback and ideas will help shape the future of Milton. Join us at Town Hall for an informative and interactive evening of presentations, demonstrations and workshops. has been translated into a preliminary land-use plan. Check out the Milton Education Village (MEV) Innovation Centre's interactive booth featuring information about local smart initiatives, as well as the MEV Secondary Plan booth where you can see how the community's input MILTON EDUCATION VILLAGE Details: | | Drop-in: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Tuesday, June 26, 2018 5 yop:in pw P Town Hall 150 Mary Street, = Milton, ON For more infermation visit, www. milton.ca/Engage MOBILITY HUB AGERTON EMPLOYMENT AREA TRAFALGAR CORRIDOR Two workshop sessions are / planned for: Agerton/Trafalgar Secondary Pans: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Milton Mobility Hub Study: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PD-PP18-005 COMMINITY . Milton Historical Society renames its archives New name reflects two local residents' lifetime dedication to preserving local "history Milton Historical Soci- ety's Alex Cooke Memorial Archives has been renamed the Alex Cooke-Jim Dills Ar- chives. This is in recognition of the considerable contribu- tions by both men in helping to found the society in 1977, authoring several impor- tant books of local history and donating their collec- tions of electronic and/or published local historical re- search to the society. The archives were re- cently bolstered by Dill's considerable donation of the Jim Dills Database of Milton History, a searchable data- base of local history between 1805 and 2018 that he Had compiled over the last 30 years. "This renaming reflects the unparalleled contribu- tions by Alex and Jim to- ward the establishment of an archives at Milton Histor- ical Society, a resource that is founded on a solid base of electronic and published re- search for public use," said Milton Historical Society president John Challinor II. Dills is one of the co- founders of the society, a prolific author of more than a dozen local books of hiSto- ry and the community's most accomplished histori- an. He has been recognized locally, provincially and na- tionally for his business and community leadership. He is a member of the Town of Milton's Walk of Fame, a Milton Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achieve- ment Award winner, an On- tario Heritage Foundation Achievement Award win- ner, a Queen Elizabeth Gold- en Jubilee Award winner and a Canadian Community Newspaper Association Gold Quill award winner. Cooke was a lifelong resi- dent of Milton who had great interest in local history and genealogy and was also a founding member of the so- ciety. He spent countless hours researching history on local area families. Cooke diligently re- searched biographies of Mil- ton's early leaders for more than four years. His research was pub- lished by the society in two 'volumes and provides an im- portant record for the future generations. He was also a volunteer with the Friends of Halton Region Museum and an active member of the Halton/Peel Branch, Onta- rio Genealogical Society. The Alex Cooke-Jim Dills Archives is open on Wednes- days and Saturdays between 9:30 a.m. and noon. The soci- ety can provide more com- prehensive research service to those interested in using the archives if they call or email the society. with full details of their require- ments in advance. Use ofthe archives at oth- er times is by appointment - only. For further information, Please call 905-875-4156 or email info@miltonhistori- ERlsocioty. ca. ON NOW AT THE BRICK! I BRICK LY CANADIAN SINCE 197) LT J MARAT hi T N SALE HO SAVING YOU Tle: For more details go instore or online @thebrick.com.