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Two killed in accident Two local men were killed ear Sunday morning after the vehi cle they were in went out of con trol on Main Street just south of Maple Avenue in Georgetown and struck a tree Dead are Charles E Clark 31 of and Frank Keatings of Guelph Street The deaths mark the first traf fic fatalities for Region in 1989 Halton Regional Police say a Chevrolet Impala driven by Mr Clark was northbound on Main Street when it left the road way and glanced off a pole and a cement retaining wail and then struck a tree on a residential pro perty The accident occurred shortly after and emergen cy crews worked for close to two hours with the Jaws of Life to free the two occupants of the vehicle Donna Calne a nearby resident was the first to discover the acci dent ter being awakened by what she originally thought was the crash of a smallengine plane It was a terrible experience opening the door and seeing that there she said Ms Calne said police were on the scene a few minutes after her daughter had called the emergency phone number Members of the police and fire departments as well as am bulance personnel and the tew truck crew joined in attempts to save the men according to Ms Caine Everything that could possibly be done was done she said Police say weather conditions did not play a factor In the acci dent They are continuing their investigation Hospital on target The Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital expects to run up a 9600000 deficit by the time the 1988 financial statement is com Figures released by the hospital at a recent open meeting of the board of directors show the hospital is on target for the 000 deficit budgeted at the beginning of the year The Bennett Health Care Centre has run a deficit of about up until the end of November That compares favorably with the budgeted deficit of for the end of November Any deficits incurred by the hospital or by the Bennett Health Care Centre will be covered by the Ministry of Health which has already given the hospital a cash advance of 2 million said hospital executive director Mark Rochon The Bennett Centre actually runs a breakeven budget said Mr The deficit comes from in terest on the million cost of building the centre which has yet to be paid off The hospital is still working on ways to pay off that debt Previously the hospital has said it would sell off some excess lands to raise some of the money Occupancy at the Bennett Centre is running at 95 per cent compared to 91 per cent last year the hospital boards finance report says OPEN 7 DAYS A Its Worth the Drive to Check out our free Lifetime Service Guarantee SPS 3 ft WaitpltJ1lH FREE DISTRIBUTION FEBRUARY 15 198t PAGES Sunday shopping issue remains contentious Scout Guide Week Local members of Scouting and Guiding groups will take part in the festivities of ScoutGuide Week which runs Feb 1926 Seen here In full uniform colors are front row from left Brownie Sarah Williams Spark Carolyn Glatt and Beaver Robert Wagner Rack row Venturer Kevin Pathfinder Guide Elizabeth Crawford Cub John Scout Stephen Clark Heratdpboto Halton Region will have to tackle the Sunday shopping issue this spr whether it likes not The provincial government pass ed two pieces of legislation last week which effectively puts the decision of whether or not to allow Sunday shopping in the hands of Regional municipalities Halton Region will have to come up with some sort of bylaw govern ing Sunday shopping Halton Chairman Pete Pomeroy said yesterday But he doesnt think the issue will be a contentious one at the Region I dont anticipate a great rush of businesses in coming and asking for the privilege of opening on Sundays he said Currently only two Sunday shop ping exemptions have been issued by the Region The Olde Hide House may open on Sundays as a tourist attraction as can Oakvilles Bronte Harbour area Chairman Pomeroy figures the new legislation may actually make it harder for businesses to open on Sundays because local politicians will be afraid of a rush of applica tions to open on Sundays if they permit even one business to open Halton Hills Mayor Miller wants the Region to hand over jurisdiction on Sunday shopping to the four area municipalities Mayor Miller doesnt want a Region wide policy imposed on all munidpalifies A policy which would benefit areas of Burlington and Oakville may not be ap propriate for areas such as Halton Hills he said And if Halton does pass the Sun day shopping decision on to area municipalities Mayor Miller wants to leave it up to the in dividual businesses to decide whether they want to open on Sun days If it was my decision Id give them a free hand to be open when they want to be Mayor Miller said of local businesses But he is disgusted with the provinces decision to pass Sunday shopping jurisdiction on the the regions Mayor Miller said he favored the current laws which allows a municipality to ask for tourist designations for certain areas or stores but severely restricts Sunday shopping Halton North Liberal MPP Walt Elliot said the new legislation gives the politicians most closely associated with their areas the final say on Sunday shopping The muchfeared domino ef fect of the new legislation shouldnt affect Halton Hills because it will likely rely on Metro Torontos decision on whether or not to allow Sunday shopping said Mr Elliot And Metro Is likely to turn Sunday shopping down he laid Under the concept Of the domino effect some say If Metro Toronto were to allow stores to open on Sun days surrounding areas such as Peel Region would have to follow suit to allow local businesses to compete with Metro Halton in turn would have to follow the same path Mr Elliot also responded to a re cent statement by Ontario Pro gressive Conservative Leader An dy Brandt which claims he never once spoke on the Sunday shopping issue in the legislature Mr Elliot admitted he never spoke on the issue in the legislature but be said he did speak to his colleagues many times during closed caucus meetings