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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 24, 1984, p. 6

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ANNOUNCEMENT Mrs Maureen Ritchie of Scarborough wishes to announce the coming marriage of ber daughter Christina to Peter son of Mr and Mrs lot Georgetown on Saturday October at 12 noon at Hoi Spirit Church 3526 Ave Aglncourt Ontario Photo submitted More lighting An addition to the Building Products Canada Ltd facility on Actons Highway industrial area was approved by the Hal ton Hills Site Plan Review Committee Oct The application was approved provided adequate lighting be added to illuminate the north east and west sides of the addition and en additional an site fire hydrant be installed to the satisfaction of tho fire department Heart volunteers needed The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario needs volunteers to help form a Hills Chapter If you can spare a little time call evenings or Show goes on The show goes Come see Noel Cowards Blithe Spirit being performed at the Hills Cultural Centre tonight Wednesday through Saturday Members of Georgetown Little Theatre are putting on comedy that features ghosts and crystal balls Tickets can be picked up at the box office starting at m or ordered by telephone Fresh Holly to help fight lung disease As days of October stretch to on end talk of Christmas and the fest ive season begins Monday night the Ha ton Lung Association proclaimed Holly Days Tor Dec 7 and Through the sale of fresh holly to the public on these days the Asso ciation hopes raise money to fight respira tory disease Wilhils volunteers the Association battles against lung disease Christmas Seal kickoff time The Helton Lung Association will kickoff Its Christmas Seal Campaign this week by inviting volunteers and dignitaries to a reception at the Region of Municipal Building Guest Speakers include Mr Robert Watt President of the Ontario Lung Association and Mr CL Mcrndden Hal tons Campaign Chairman who will outline the objectives of the campaign The Lung Association approaches the people of for financial support once during the year to provide the lung care programs necessary for the health of the community Mrs Anne President of the Lung Association will officially kickoff event Approximately 15000 Christmas Seal letters will be mailed out this week to former contribut ors in order arrive in their homes by Nov 1 Later letters In every home in This year It Is hoped the Christmas Seal Campaign will per cent Increase in order contain expanding costs The financial goal is TAP WATER- safe is it If your the least bit unsure about the quality of your drinking water you II want to know about how the removes unpleasant color odor taste chlorine and more than harmful chemicals including known can cer causing substances like THMs and PCBs FREE DEMONSTRATION 8775664 Farming film videos latest product for Country Lane Orchards With Region Sandblasting firm reaches compromise By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Special While rock videos may be the newest thing in music agricultural videos are the latest product at Country Lane Orchards Bruce Wood owner or the Orchards has set up Productions to make agricultural vide os as a sideline to his fruit farm operation His past experience as a news producer for Television coupled with his long Involvement with agriculture give him expertise to tackle a brand new ven In what he considers is a wide open field As a farmer I reallz ed the rural community wasnt doing a good job of getting its message across to the consuming public said Mr Wood As a communicator I knew what had to be The result was a major investment in audio and video recording equip ment and the construc tion of a studio at his home near Campbell- vine His first production The Invisible Giant was prepared for the Halton Federation of Agricult ure last year and used during Food Week It has also been used by the Halton Agricul tural Advisory Commit Wood is a member for showing to regional councillors and other urban people to illustrate agricult ures place in Heltons economy KEEPS BUSY Mr Wood said he only started looking for work a few months ago and has already undertaken half a dozen projects lis most ambitious project to dale Is a 13- minute video document lug four types of farming representative of the Industry across the province The show sponsored by the Ontario Federation of featured well known Halton television figure and emphasized dairy pork fruit and vegetable and cash crop farming The production was aimed at urban people and shows that farmers arc not hayseeds Mr Wood said Its first show was at the interna tional Plowing Match at Mr Wood was bom and raised In Oakville then moved to the orchard with his family which his father pur chased In He work as a night operator at a Toronto radio station to pay for his film and fine arts studies at York Uni versity After he went to as a current affairs program director for the CBC The Reglno technici ans may have consider ed me strictly a city slicker Mr Wood said But I never was culture was always there I got to see a lot at Canada but I also saw a lot of wheat fields PROBLEMS Repurchased tho farm from his father In and returned to selling apples full time Tight economic times and need improve his cash flow prompted him to pull out an old idea and revise It Back in the 1970s I was trying to sell the studio on Idea of rock videos said Mr Wood But they wanted no partofit Now theyre all thing I always was a little ahead the times I guess lure and the idea has proven successful enough hat he feels he has paid off his invest m the studio already There not too many producers out there who know as much about film as I do who also know agriculture he said The agricultural field Is totally open and there is need for good commu nication about it The market is wide open Six month extension on agreement Herald Staff A compromise in which 50 feel of properly three meters deep is to be dedicated to the region was reached last week by Hold ings Ltd and the regions planning and public works com mil lee The owner of the sand blasting business located on the north side of Avenue midway between Ninth and Tenth Lines was told he must dedicate frontage when he applied to construct a new building at the rear of the company 3acre properly Objecting to regions demand Doug claimed land dedication and its potential damage exceed value of the building he intends to construct Early this month Mr PI burns Stephen Saxe a real estate consultant told regional councillors that Mr has spent lo build a foot high slope between his property and Steelcs Avenue On the other side of Ihe Mr has built a pond which is used in operation Dedicating frontage would destroy the and make access across the pond difficult Mr SaXO said In the compromise only feet of the com total frontage will be dedicated to the region Holdings has agreed to keep three meters of this property free from physical encumbrances and improvements until the region requires the land or determines it doesnt need it MonitAdjuitfal More than of now hue Federal cntract Ottawa Bureau and services has announced A Georgetown Varian Canada has won a federal electron tub- contract worth over defence depart the department mC The dco Is worth J A draft plan to develop six single family homes on a 1 acre parcel of land at Georgetowns Main and Ontario Streets expires Thursday to morrow Monday night council lore gave the Norman Mitchell Developments project a six month extension conditional on the owner entering into a subdivision agreement with Ihe town Other wise further extensions will not be granted after the six month period is Up extension because draft approval has been conti nual ly extended from April In 1982 a subdivision agreement was prepared but not finalized with the The town is reluctant to maintain the sewage allocation of persons or gallons for this project when sewage treatment plant capacity at the Georgetown plant is limited Maintaining allocations constrains other active develop ments in the town through prevention detection and treatment Lung disease is one of the largest cause of absenteeism according to the Association For the fourth annual Holly Days leers will be stationed in malls and hospitals In the region offering fresh holly for contributions to the Association Last year over was raised and helped the Association extend its health programs Into Halton Hills

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