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33 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-6944 GEORGETOWN CHEVROLETwww.georgetownchev.com 2009 UPLANDER CLEAROUT! $16,995.* Cash Purchase Price $336.71** $0 48 Month Lease Down 2009 Uplander LS SWB *$16,995.00 Cash Purchase Price plus $1350. Frt., $100 Air Tax + GST, PST, Admin. & Lic Fees. **48 mo lease. 0 Down, plus GST & PST P/Mo=$380.48. Total cash due at lease signing is $780.48 plus lic. fees. Guaranteed Buyback $6,290.00 at lease end. 25,000 km allowance per year. Lease based on 6.95% per annum. Georgetown Chevrolet Leasing. GEORGETOWN CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 905-877-7818 or 905-877-8375 0% financing on all 2008 models. See us for details. i i ll . f t il . Realty Specialists Inc. Brokerage Top Producer since 1985 www.mariabritto.com MARIA BRITTO Local: 905-873-9255 50 cents (+GST) Circulation 22,500 Wednesday, October 29, 2008 44 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Local youths form Jr. Board of Hope to aid Cancer Assistance Services Page 15 Home, Lawn & Energy special section 8-Pages Artisans Attic opens new show Saturday Page 20 High school sports roundup Page 14 Editorial 6 Ted Arnott 7 Calendar 10 Sports 14, 16, 18 Classifieds 21-23 INSIDE The clocks have to be turned back this Satur- day night and the fire department also has a reminder for residents. See details Friday. FRIDAY... With the withdrawal of the property owners appeal, Halton Hills council moved quickly at Monday nights meeting to designate the Barber Mill property under the Ontario Heritage Act. The River Dr. property is considered to be of cultural heritage value due to being an example of a late 19th century industrial complex and the first in North America to use hydroelectric power. It also represents the papermaking heritage that defined Georgetown in the 19th and 20th cen- turies. However, property owner Everlast Restorations Inc. had appealed the Towns desig- nation attempt to the Ontario Conservation Review Board. A two-day hearing had been scheduled to start this week, but earlier this month the CRB informed the Town the appeal had been withdrawn. Victor Boutin of Everlast Restoration Inc. had intended to restore the Barber Mill property by incorporating the heritage components within his development plans to build a 44-unit hotel, 50,000 sq. ft. in commercial uses and a 14-storey 240-unit condominium. But in September, Boutin wrote a bitter letter to the Town of Halton Hills describing how years of delays and roadblocks put up by the Town, Region and Credit Valley Conservation staff and by local residents, has led to the continued deteri- oration of the site, despite his efforts and money to save them. Designation of the site gives the Town only the right to disallow an application for a demoli- tion permit. Essentially, by focusing on the desig- nation of the site, the Town is indirectly control- ling the effective demolition by decay of the buildings on the site, tying my hands as the one who planned to save and preserve the centuries- old architectural wonders, from saving Georgetowns heritage, Boutin wrote. This is the first time the Town of Halton Hills moved forward with a designation without the consent of the property owner, said former Heritage Halton Hills (HHH) member, Ward 3 Councillor Moya Johnson. But she called the situ- ation demolition by neglect. For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Candy capers Crumbling Mill designated a Heritage site CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer See DETERIORATING, pg. 3 Two-year-old El la Doucher (Minnie Mouse) shares some treats with sister Maya, 1, who attended the Masquerade on Main Halloween event in down- town Georgetown dressed as a jack-o-lantern. Dozens of young- sters, dressed in a wide variety of outfits, paid visits to local merchants as part of the annu- al Downtown Georgetown BIA event. For more photos see page 8. Photo by Calvin Dyke