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Swan songs for Chris These goodbyes are never easy SECTION B THF HERALD Wednesday March IS Page Staff Comment Goodbyes are never In fact I hate them Thursday going to be one Our editorial team Is losing the man with the moustache Reporter Chris Aagaard is going on to greener pastures at the Cambridge Reporter Forgive me gel mushy at limes but I a real mush ball and it times like this that you catch me with balls of Kleenex stuffed up my shirtsleeves and lots of trips to the bathroom for secret Staff Comment ANIPEDERIAN Dear he hates to be called that has been my friend and cowork for two and a half years may not sound like a very long time but with the long hours and type of team work wo do you really get to know your coworker well Chris Is a generous kindhearted fellow He the kind of guy you can always run to for help whether it be a stalling car or 11 calls later and the town administrator you want to talk to Ian answering your cell He a the kind of guy who 11 leave his laundry buggy on the sidewalk to helppushyououtofasnowdrtft and he won t curse you too loudly for the mud stains your dirty car left on his coat and gloves When I first started at The Herald Chris was the one to run to for directions City girls have never heard of Lines and and someone Who gels lost In department stores Is certainty not going know which way Is north south east or west Pulling out his felt tipped black pen Chris would quickly sketch me a creative map highlights to watch for along the route quite good with the pen and once drew a million dollar cow to go article I wrote about a local farmers purchase Cuddly beast huh hah get the pun 1 A hard worker Chris is always ready to lake on another assignment I always wonder how his wife Anno feels about that I knew how felt about longdistance calls at a m from former Georgetown residents who missed the town But Chris rarely got angry This is starting to read like a eulogy I must remember Chris is not dead Hesslttingacrossfrommenow poring over another one of those long council reports Okay admit It I m going to miss his teasing and spontaneous comedy sketches but I m sure Gerry and Dave will pick up the slack Even though Chris won I be here every morning we re still going to talk about him at The Herald kindly of course and we 11 still keep in touch with him hell still be a friend the worst thing about goodbyes tip You always feel and act as if you re never going to see each other again Although selfishly I wish Chris going to be working in another office I also very happy for him The Cambridge Reporter is one lucky paper By Mrs Correspondent The agricultural and Canadian Industries Wl Was held March at HUlereat Church with Mrs Hector Bird as hostess President Mrs John Bird opened with an amusing poem on memory organization Mn Peggy Kfcjpp gave a full account of the County Spring Board meeting held In Milton The district annua will be May 17 In St David Presbyter an Church In Campbell ville Mrs Pat Stark intro duced the speaker Mr John Butler an agricul tural specialist in North County Ha showed a film about the maple syrup process Mrs Milton Bird had The last column Swan song time In the pages of this edition you find the last items 1 likely write for the Hills Herald Monday morning will find me behind a desk at the Cambridge Dally Reporter covering general assignments I vc often wondered what I would write in a farewell column It certainly templing to launch few Cruise missiles at some of the more miserable news contacts I verun into over the last four years Fortunately the real wheels on which this town rollslhe people who run the schools the people who work in the public works department engineering and parks and the businessmen who will launch the BIG Celebration who hold Pioneer Days the talented citizens who act and sing who overcome handicaps- physical and mental to achieve some amazing feats the people who fight fires and rush the injured to hospital who coach the people wllh vision who sec libraries as more than Just a place for books and reading the people who help others worship people who find others jobs people who protest and people who keep town budgets in line they make up for all the big fish small pond types that can put a real crimp in my day No farewell would be complete without some mention of the McGibbon Hotel I was led to its bar the very first lunch hour I had at The Herald following a timehonored tradition which the paper has with new recruits When we talk about going for an after work drink there no question of location If he tables could talk and after several beers I believe do what talcs they would tell of cranky grumbling Herald employees who have stumbled In after rough Tuesdays I hope that my new job has as many fine peoplepeople that have sense of humor and a great deal of respect for each The Herald enjoys There arc some sharp edges In this job and it s nice know that your fellow workers support you and listen when you want lo sit down and get something off your chest had some real clashes at limes but the sense that we re a business family has remained Intact Some of us have been criticised for not slaying In town not becoming a genuine part of the community as if we have to pass some five or year period of initiation We re not a big impersonal newspaper I think our spirit shows in our coverage of events and he way we deal with people 1 know 1 owe people at The Herald and In the community a lot of thanks for the help they vc given me I think whoever comes in to fill the vacant reporter desk Anl taking over my town and regional council beats will find Hills worth writing about at some time too And that when he or she leaves it a with just as much regret but just as much excitement for the future as I feel now Editors PROUD AND PROFICIENT Cant find a babysitter The Georgetown VMCA has a program which trains young people properly care for kids while their parents are away One clais graduated Saturday at the MotmUbivlew Road Baptist Church The coarse Is about eight weeks long and special guest speakers Include members The graduates are Debra Welling Debbie Lawrence Susan Welsh Alexandra Joelene Pratt Michelle Smith ford Scboli Graham David dikes John Reel Nefl Karen Marshall Mclntyre Michelle Andrea Sommer Jennifer Tracy May Kathy Dawson and Erin They were Instructed by Marion Knthwaroon Par Information about the babysitting program call the at Herald photo Scrambled words spell maple syrup at WI a contest on scrambled words relating to maple syrup which was won by Mrs Bob Alexander and Mrs Bob Cunningham Mrs James McPhall told of different people around these parts who are producing maple syrup A nominating committee to elect next year a officers are Mrs C Hunter and Mrs Courtesies given by Mrs J Hunter Dont get the wrong idea Dear Chris Sniff Idontwant you to get the wrong Idea but I don think ve felt so sad since the time I broke up with my high school sweetheart I broke out in a rash back then By accepting a promotion lo work for a big time dally The Herald just won be Ihe some You made your mark on Ihe community after nearly four years here as senior reporter We know the Cambridge Dally Reporter can readily use the experienced ways of a veteran journalist but can we survive your loss The memories just flow on and on and Ironically I and others won t be remembering your scoop stories your unselfish dedication to your profession or the extra hours you spent on the job It the personality of Chris that won t be easily forgotten here My first day The Herald I remember vividly being reassured by you after a threaten soul shattering blast from my editor That little to carry on Its refreshing to know someone who pursuesexccllenceanddemandsperfectlon but at the same time gloat over their successes or triumphs You were The Herald man behind the curtain the one who at some point always supported the editor the sports editor or the Junior reporter Onepubllshcrcalledyou the workhorse of the paper Who could greet Your sense of humor Impersonations of local personalities and your uncanny way of lightening our loads with an unexpected remark in a newspaper crisis was always appreciated Sitting across the desk from you been easy over the past three years We ve hurled Insults and bad jokes the redneck conservative versus the bleeding heart liberal but my comments about your Mod Squad Pete Cochrane leather vest always seemed to cool your verbal jets Still afraid to wear that vest back lo There was misery and comforting misery as we compared car repair bills over tho winters Thank you for all those boosts from my Stewart town hovel You were paid back this winter when I rescued you on Highway near the Sllvercreek Shell a scant two hours before paste up deadline If Id only brought a camera lo that one I needed a good car stuck In the ditch picture that week too Your slag will go down in history It was the first one I ve been to where the bridegroom never showed up no one told me I was the one pick you up I Back at the of Ice there was our great fight against monopolies and trusts Office manage ment did finally buckle after wo fought a price increase with our own scab coffee machine Freedom fighters Indeed And we re journalists that care It shown by the endless hours spent talking about newspaper philosophy ethics ideas and problems Nick and George at the will find it hard to cope managing our press club without the likes of you there But anyhow thanks for your special part In contributing to The Herald place as a recorder of our town history Wo re all that much richer for you being here GROWTH Owners pursue enclosed plaza for Georgetown Marketplace By CHRIS Herald Imagine shopping In an enclosed mall while a winter storm rages outside at the George town Marketplace of Hills oldest off street shopping centre is a possibility which the Marketplace s owners and property managers Four Season Realty group ore actively dis cussing I don want to give anyone any false hopes cautioned Four Scisons Cliff Levy In interview lost week It something we arc pursuing but we still have to sit down and look at the possibilities and the costs The Marketplace currently has two large retail anchors a Lob- laws at the western end and a to the cast Built in the mid the Marketplace is not enclosed and shoppers move from store tostore on an open promenade with signs or recovery in the economy expan sion at the centre is being considered Mr Levy ex pi lined One of the criteria on which expansion plans hinge Mr Levy said Is securing another major retailer for the Market place The expansion would likely take place towards the rear of shopping centre with the what are now the backs of the existing stores opening Into on enclosed A new retailer may take as much as SO to square feet or the expansion would also Include square feet for a number of smaller stores When its cold out side people often don thoroughly shop the open air centre Mr Levy said They come strictly for what they need and then leave GOAL Our goal is to create on attractive environ in which to shop Four Seasons and the centre owners already know that the Marketplace draws pcoplo from George town as well as smaller outlying communities Mr Levy said more detailed assessment of the possible market will be needed before ex pan plans can proceed There s a capital expense In building malls he commented It comes down to business unless the numbers are good we con proceed Falling an expansion Mr Levy said a face lift for the Market place is another possi bility Expansion Is a major priority ho said If It materialize we d still like to do something with the shopping centre Police input sought for new subdivisions By Herald Staff When It comes to development and town building plans council lors keeping regional police In the dark Inspector Matt Mac Pherson said police are asked for Input the town has plans for a subdivision The planning and research section at police headquarters looks the town Is planning he said Like many other forces the crime prevention officers have input Into the plans for community expansion I think a lot of forces like ours are trying to move to a position where crime prevention officers have input MacPherson said He said the public is becoming more aware that they have a part to play in preventing crime in the Planning nowadays Is so vastly advanced to what it was years ago and for all the communities In growth Is being planned years and years ahead and they redolngagood job of it Insp Mac Pherson said The Inspector for the Georgetown Acton and Milton divisions Mr MacPherson I anticipate there will be many problems if the Halton Hills population grows in single dwell ings rather than In and single apartments which con a lot of people in a small area CROSSWORD CORNER YOUR VOLVO SPECIALIST USED VOLVO PARTS CLUE letter word for travel ANSWER R00S Travel Agency YOU CAN BE A WINNER JUST COMPLETE THE PUZZLE TO ADVERTISE FEATURE JUST CALL 87722D1 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