TheCaadanChmponTuesday, September 16, 2003--13 ' New hotel to include conference centre and meeting rooms weeks. what issues they feel need to be addressed. Hotel "(Another potenssal hotel) rounds out the coin- into us three or four months and wsll evcntually He said representatives fromn the hotel chain accommodation is always near the top, hie said. munity. It's juit another piece of the puzzle generate important property taxes for the Town. have been in regular contact with the Town "We've been working for the past four or five we're trying to put together," MW. Krantz îaid. A majonsty of the homes currently being con- regardmng the project and "they want to get it years to get a hotel," Mr. Krantz said, noting hie Meanwhile, the building permit activity report structed are in two main areas, south and north of samted sooner than laser." He said a shovel could understands plans for the hotel include a confer- shows that residential applications in Milton Derry Road, eaat of Thompion Road South. hit the ground somte time thii year before the tirst ence centre and meeting rooi. nearly doubled this quarter versus lait, generat- 1I don't see it (housing construction) slowing frost, for the start of thse hotel's construction. "Some of your bigger businesses use those ing a little more than $1 million in revenue. down," said Mn. Druxnmond. Mayor Gord Knantz said construction of the conference roms quise often." Even better news, said Mr. Drumsnond, is that Jason Misner can be reached atjmisner@mil- Holiday Inn hotel iî excitsmg news. He said a possible location near Hwy. 401 tait month 324 permis were issued, which toncanadianchampion.com. Survey shows public getting the message e ram WEST NILE on page 1 transportation (like traffie gnidlock and transit). Survey results were gîven to the Region us June and a report documentmng the find- mngs was released at lait week's regional administration and finance commîttee meeting. Envîronîci vice-presîdent Jane Armstrong suid us an interview she wasn'tA U M O P T IO "too surpnised" by the response gîven ail of 1J T ' Y m the media attention West Nîle receîved par- E E X 11 n o u e ticularly when the survey waî done. "There wai a lot of publicity around the threat of West Nile in thai exact time peri- E U - T :U od," shte said. By the time the Environici survey stars- cd, Halton had already approved a $800,000 baffle plan to proteet residents frous contracting the posentialiy-fatal virus. The prograus includes larviciding - the D g U ,a m dropping of pesticide pellets - into thou- sandi of catch basins and hundredi ofA standing pools of water, the monitoring of the virus in birds, mosquitoei and humans, * and public education. The Region's health departusent was A% #tbt o mn t encouraged the public has taken the thneat of West Nile seriouily. "I think if people have identified West Nile virus ai a top priority in seis of health issues, I think it says they've lis- OS W M M M S:ArIr w g CtleO te q -nr tened to our reports, our media releaies and 0fa 14 paid due diligence to theus," said Mary4 er*Snç Q Anne Carton, manager of Halton'i cous-* mumecable disease programn. "They've gotten the message that West Nile can be a serious ilneis and they need to be proactive." Oakvilie resident Michelle Dubiel wai visising Crawford Lake in Milton Thuriday * aftemnoon, enjoying the beautiful outdoors aniid the sunihine. She said West Nule is certainly an important issue to hier, but said addressing poverty is her number one issue. -l tbink tisat (West Nile) isould be one of the prioritiei but not the top priorisy," she saud, nosing tse wears repellent with DEET and gets nid of standing water on hier home property to safegaurd againit mosquito bites. Ms Anrmstrong, from. Environici, said the virus doesn't appear to have proven ai problemnatie ii year versus lait year. She wonders if the top priority designation i West Nile receîved in the spning sunvey would change if the samne question was asked in Sepsember. "(Reiponses) sometimes refleet theIII issues of the day." Despite it being late in the summrrer sea- son, Ms Carton said residents continue to cail te Region to itport dead birda and aik pisysiciani West Nide questions. ,,People are stiil attentive to West Nile,"- I a tse said. Jaona snr a oneahe tMsner cannlg bet ecobi reachedrspcallas rte.OA.Se daerfraitls.Ejmis-ieelmins ne0%fnacîami foih omind iliFD r puii asemias AC Ssdenirfo dtli. XhIOsdesl nins