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, INLIVE STYLE for a 20% OFF all in stock Lighting Upto 40% OFF assorted Wallpaper Book Orders 211 Guelph Street, Georgetown Northview Centre (Beside Police Station) 905-873-4410 HOURS: Monday-Wednesday 9:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Thursday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sunday 11 am - 4 pm 211 G l h St t G N h i C t Sale Dates: Wed. Oct. 15th - Sat. Oct. 25th Buy any 2 Floor Puzzles or Peg Puzzles get 1 FREE* 15% Off all Calico Critters** (**Excludes Cloverleaf Manor #CC2043) (*of Equal or Lesser value) Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5 Plans are slowly but surely moving ahead for a large water reservoir possibly located in Halton Hills to serve the new area of Milton. An environmental assessment (EA) for the 20,000-cubic-metre facility was endorsed by regional council at its meeting last Wednesday. While the Region had origi- nally hoped to construct the reservoir on No. 14 Sideroad, east of Bell School Line, the loca- tion drew considerable opposi- tion from both the Niagara Escarpment Commission and the public. Now, the recommended site is in Halton Hills on the east side of Third Line, north of 10 Sideroad. The reservoir would provide water for new and existing devel- opment in the newer parts of Milton and in the Halton Hills 401 Corridor. A staff report on the topic said without the reservoir, further servicing allocations for new homes in Milton cant be made. The new reservoir needs to be in service by next year at the 20,000-cubic-metre capacity, with a provision to expand to 40,000 cubic metres in the future. Its expected to cost $30 mil- lion, of which $20 million has already been approved by council in previous budgets. The remain- ing $10 million will be in the upcoming 2009 budget. Council directed staff to place the EA on the public record for a 30-day review period. If the Minister of the Environment doesnt receive any requests to bump up, or elevate the EA to a level that requires more thorough environmental study, the project will soon pro- ceed to the financing plan stage, followed by detailed design and construction. New reservoir could be located in Halton Hills Regional council recently approved an initiative to expand the Regions GreenCart program into all elementary schools. The plan is to gradually implement the program, which diverts food scraps from the landfill and composts them instead. Blue Boxes have been in Halton schools since 2003. Six elementary schools in the region took part in a GreenCart pilot project and will continue using the bins, while another eight have already expressed interest in taking part, Region staff reports. Its estimated that about 1,000 GreenCarts and 1,500 Kitchen Catcher bins will be needed to service all of the elementary schools in the publicly-funded school system. The containers would cost about $18,000 and be accommodated in the Regions budget. The annual cost to collect Blue Box and GreenCart material from elementary schools is esti- mated at $52,000. It s also expected to cost $12,000 to process and transfer the materi- als. Both figures were incorporat- ed in the approved 2008 budget. A pilot project to be launched at a Burlington high school will help the Region determine the operational logistics and resource requirements to have GreenCarts in high schools, since they pro- duce more organic material than elementary schools. GreenCart program expanded to elementary schools A Georgetown man is $68,261 richer thanks to a win- ning LOTTO 6/49 ticket. Gary Gilchrist won second prize in the Sept. 27 draw. He was in disbelief when he checked the winning numbers in the paper. I fell off my chair, an excit- ed Gilchrist told Prize Centre staff in Toronto recently. I ran to the computer to verify the numbers. Gilchrist, 63, has two chil- dren and five grandchildren. He bought the winning ticket at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville. Georgetown man wins $68,000 in 6/49