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wlWWl Lifetime Service Guarantee Dont miss em Donl miss no special edition Inside The Hero Id thin week Weve got Money Management tabloid giving you all the latest Information on how to better save and invest your bardearned dollars Also recognition of the Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year dinner tonight an edition on the winner Canada Inc has been prepared Dinner with Walter secretary manager April Mr Mired from the position In January and has moved to Si Catharines to his retirement His plans include rclaxat end travel Mr earned nickname Mr Georgetown Chamber at Commerce or his commitment the Chamber II you would like to Jam Mr on this very special I cull during business hours to reserve ticket Sealing la minted socaliearJy Budget paring Nearly million was pored from the tax levy last week at I towns first budget commit meeting or Ihe year Chalrod by Coun McDonald the committee which made up at all council members cut from the 1907 capital and operating budgets These were preliminary adjustments more to follow Theres still iota of reviewing do Town Treasurer Ray King The committee flat from 9am to G Feb One item thai received much at again by councillors was what to do with Wlldwood Road Mr King said go for councillors bave decided to put aside up to I for improvements to thel road Last year in the towns capital forecast fur 1967 was set The budget committees next meeting will consider requests or grants and capital for Conserva tion Authority projects Know a hero The Halton Region Safely Coun cil year at this time pays tribute to citizens who their courage assist in the saving of lives hers receive recognition through their efforts in working towards a safer environment be it Block Parent child traffic safety or tire Hon programs Should you know of an courage that took place in your community in 1986 please submit the persons name address and description Ihe incident to the Council Should you also know of a person group which contributed la safe- over and above their dally work requirement their names ad dressee and Ihe reason you believe they deserve an award merit should also bo sent to the Council before March 10 For more in formal ion call Woods to ve fire A poorly installed chimney was the cause of a fire resulting in damage to a Georgetown home Sunday Fire Prevention Of ficer Bob Meads said The lire when the wail around the wood stove pipe ignited Firefighters were tailed at to Itaylnwn res by home when the fire began Had nobody been around the house would have been lost to fire it wai burning so fast Mr Meads said The wall behind the stove the telling the flour J obi floor boards above were damaged in the Dried out decaying material around the stove pipe caught fire tint Mr Meads said The stove was poorly installed Ninetynine per cent of calls for fires where sloves lure involved are caused because stoves are installed poorly or are maintained Mr Meads said The best way to prevent a lire IS to have the installation In spected he said Did you attend Did you ever Georgetown District High School Have you received your registration form for reunion Do you know someone who has not received hisher form jet Give us a call and well sec that you get one Contact one of the below for the decade Grade year if possible Hazel Arnold f038 pre 19 Doug Sargent I June Tina Sell 103 Joan Beau mont 877 1810 Kim Georgetown High School An oversight The Heralds money manage ment tabloid published week Inadvertently omitted to credit author of two articles Jack byline should have an man it work or money t work and easy to mutual funds the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18 1987 OPEN 1010 DAYS A WEEK Its Worth the Dm to Actoni Halton Hills down in the dumps Acton quarry proposal for potential landfill By Herald Staff Acton may end up the recipient of the Regions garbage or even the garbage of other regions or countries A Toronto merchant banking company is interested in developing about acres of United Aggregates quarry lands at Acton into a dump Shieldings vicepresident Terry told The Herald his firm is interested in the collection of methane which is a gas produced naturally is garbage decomposes wants to convert the methane into electrical energy to be sold to Ontario Hydro Mr said Already some studies have been fret from the possibility of having done on the site evaluating die iu landfill in its borders under its essential characteristics our he tins process past 10 months he said The United Aggregates quarry Wed characterize ourselves is had Ixin considered early on in he threequarters of he si lit lion process along with sis the technical evaluation Mr pits and quarries Walker sail said Our early findings haw rejected it on the been extremely encouraging in basis of its and of the characteristics News of the private s in teres l in the quarry broke it lust Wednesdays preliminary hearing into Regions application fi a new Regional landfill The Region must get provincial approv al through an Assess ment hearing before it can establish named the preferred for a dump above its iieik neck contender in Milton flit Region consultants looked at sites in tolil narrowing to seven two and earlier this month named Burlington the preferred site Well be studying the process to see why he Region rejected It ton quarry and if it was rigid to re it and whether it be given more consideration Mr told The Herald The Region seems it lie said Burlington t don mv studies of Acton quarry site il ill and I know if the silt is as good is others seem to think is Its j new plaver and what Hie gome people will do almost anything to forget about chilling winds of winter Here and races held he Intercut for some of the people who attended the Terra Cot to Conservation Area Sweetheart Carnival Sunday Also featured at the carnival were ski races tobogganing and broom ball Photos by Simon Wilson iilly municipalities to share At the preliminary hearing i Burlington solicitor Me said learned the Aggregates property in At ton being considered lor divelopmuit into a dump The news took Hills from its sidelines position on this controversial and sensitive subject Until Ihen the fight over who to get the Regional dump was mimlv between Burlington and Mill Ihe two finalists in lengthv mil pensive evaluation process enn Id Last week the Region lung search for a new landfill took a new twist embroiling s northern most municipality The question in everyone mind was wuuld In Ac ton site be brought into the en assessment hearings as a serious third site for landfill As the Regions planning director said Friday it means Hills isnt cut of it yet No mumcipalitv is What is a Shieldings lakes how I irgt i Qua id said sludie ugh about tinier ii is t the We Mr only learned of it last wetk he sun has asked the for its doc ion tensive drilling and been done the School board wants town to pay more toward pools Hoard of card Us a five came with their hands open Monday In uei of the site he night Maintaining lie towns two or and hey II be pools has become loo expensive anil application sav hr the Board wants out of the agree nude with the town a dozen ihe ore and president Jerry s nected either sill otirselvc Lcpl Mr said Four sites for coops but plans lack funds Hills shouldn get involved dirtttlv in the provision profit housing reenmmeded the Region housing Stan I pro ha I I v wouldn recom mend lor a town the sin- of Hills Mr said night Id councillors Although there were applications last from groups in Region who wanted to establish housing the province I givcthtmany funding Mr said he I seen my from Hills forlhetomlngyear Ram Sheldon wanted to know what the town can do to assist Region to provide affordable housing The own can help by providing enough housing sites for the con struct ion of non profit housing and the proper approvals Mr Town Planning Director Ian Keith said last year his department iden Idled four- for op groups however none of the sites were taken up because of the lack of provincial funding years ago The agreement was that the Hoard would provide the site and maintain the poo but the town would for lis construction It didnt take too long for on im balance to show up in this type of agreement Hoard trustee Hob Clarke of Milton said We re here to and correct this im balance in the tost sharing Over the past four years he Hoard has spent close to million to keep the Georgetown District High School and since restoration and equipment replacement at the two pools are forecast to be next year Thisyearlhey reSlHOOO Just operating the pools cost at Smith and 125 at In 1980 Hoard statistics show This is storv in Burlington and too Mr larke said These municipalities ore also being broached to help share pool maintenance costs In fact new pools such as the one in Burlington are being maintained on a cos I sharing program between the town and the Board be little Georgetown for long We re going to need more facilities for schools and your recreation department Mr said It behooves us in the to share more of these facilities Wevc got to coordinate and cooperate w other Councillors agreed with Bel Fishers motion to establish a committee composed Ihe School Administration Com mitlce the Mayor the its budget hi doll ir of the- public or our portion budget The question was not any administrator clerk and the recrea lion director This committee is to discuss eapttal and maintenance costs mr pools with Board If nothing else Ihere should be more dialogue between the Board the town Joe Hewitt Coun Norman Elliott wanted more information on operating costs which Board Chairman Arlene Bruce said would be made available at the new committee meeting As a taxpayer its distressing to see facilities that were built 12 years ago falling apart Obviously something doesnt get built right when we have this kind of ion he said wanting to know If they were built on the cheap Coun Fisher said the town budget is too small to be able to handle such Sheldon asked if the town were to contribute towards pooLs upkeep would that mean the Board would show a corresponding The Board assistant business 1 said pools are run l high temperatures hours a stop and the chlorine promotes rol ting and corrosion in the It s a 10 year cycle where corrosion comes to a point where is virtually the answer cicl ihe town s pools ore at thai point now he I don I see how we can sit full day of budget Italksl like we did lasl week and say theres any way we take on extra costs Hie Major admonished Sheldon said she couldnt see the town taking on one tenth of the costs ever in its budget Id rather be up front and say we cant afford it she concluded Bowman and Gerald said the town should have as much information as it can on it soil can make a fair decision When I hear people talk about gelling more information it reallj scan mc Johnston warned Look at what happened with Wlldwood Road Id prefer to see dialogue just with staff rather than get involved Principals on the move Many Hills will be finding a different person at the end of long walk to the pnn 1987 The Board of Education has transferred many vice principals and principals Greg Anderson will be the new principal at Public School He is replacing Dave Woodward who is going to in Burlington McKcnziebmlih principal Carl Is also leaving Hills He will be the new principal of Lillian Moore will take her first job as principal at Hon the principal at and Ray Morrison the principal at Harrison will be exchanging places in September TRUCK EXPLOSION was Injured In this fire which started with an ex- rirc plosion In the garage Propane gas was Ignited by a kerosene heater In die garage where a man was work- propane fueled truck Th lire Flamingo I eurgelown started at Monday Photo by Jim HySAMn I Herald Staff A man repairing a propane fuel ruck in a garage on Flamingo Court escaped injury when an ex blew open the garage door londay Firefighters were called In Flamingo at 12 p in to resulting fire which caused an estimated rhey contained the lire and prevented it from spreading to he house which wasattaclied to garage The son of man who owned the Georgetown house was doing minor repairs on the truck fueled by propane He caused a leak in the fuel system when replacing filler Fire Prove Officer Bob Meads said When he went I turn off the pro pane there was an explosion Tho propane was ignited by a kerosene heater In the garage The force of explosion blew the garage door off ils rollers on Causes house fire one side forced it open on that side A door the garage and kitchen was also blown open Mr Meads said If the garage was well ventilated and if the garage door was open there would not have been an ex plosion Mr Meads said The truck was parked frontend first in the garage The man was at the back the truck turning fuel supply off He was squatted dnwn behind truck and was saved from Injury There were no scorching or singe marks on him when I talked to him Mr Meads a problem to firefighter point the tank began to whistle Thr means lank is empty or about to explode Mr Meads said 11 was a tense moment The men stajd the fire The lank was miring empty The guys did a good job Mr Meads said Pad of the good Job preventing the fire from entering the home Crews contained it at Ihe doorway to the garage and on the second floor where there was deck on top of the garage The heat was so intense In the kitchen that the phone melted Mr Meads said The kit did not receive any fire damage Damage to home was mainly from smoke The truck garage and its contents were destroyed The man is lucky he didnt bum Mcadssuid Firefighters remained at the home for about three hours i