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Run for Terry Terry Pox mother Belly chatted It up with public school trustee Bruce during a visit to Hills last Friday Terry box runs are being organized In Georgetown beginning Gordon Memorial Arena and al Acton at the high school this Sunday In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services si Florists Send Flowers TODAY Georgetown NORTHVIEW CENTRE 8776901 Now you can add books magazines to blue boxes Halton Region is now accepting magazines books and catalogues formerly banned from the blue boxes waste technician Jake Westerhof said the Region pur chased a book binding cutter that is now in operation Books with glossy pages and glued seams can be used for recycling We were accepting staple backed magazines previous to this Now we can accept all types of magazines he said Phonebooks are also allowed In the blue boxes The material is being picked up on part of the regular blue box route along with newspapers cor rugated cardboard glass jars and bottles metal food and beverage cans and plastic soft drink- con tainers Savings derived from the of the new materials has not been determined Mr said But he said there are no add ed costs associated with picking up the extra paper The Region asks that residents separate heir books magazines and catalogues from the rest of their recyclable goods Although the Region prefers residents to wrap paper in string to keep the paper apart from the glass and cans a shortage of string in to days home means more people are using plastic bags Mr Westerhof said The key he said is to separate the newspaper and books from the other recyclables Regional waste recycling staff are now discussing with the municipalities tn Halton how to get going en masse There is a market for glossy material otherwise we wouldn be collecting it Mr said Fires kept sirens wailing this week Halton looks at funds for hospital Region could decide to pay 6 million for the reconstruc lion project of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital and The Bennett Health Care Centre recently approved by the Ministry of Health The Ministry of approved a 2 million expansion or chronic cart beds and to pay for a rt roofing project at Iht Georgetown hospital The Regional mandate is to pay for one third or tht while the province pays two thirds Region share of 1 million for is not available to Georgttown sent time to Regional finance commissioner Joe Rinaldo but there is 1 million in the Region s operating and capital budgets that can be allocated to Georgetown hospital The Bennett Health Care Centre and Georgetown hospital will as one corporation ex ttutivt director Mark Rochon said The bed health care facili will converted into a 36bed chronic care centre The hospital will thtn build a bed nursing home Residents of the nursing home and the chronic care will not be asked to leave their facilities Beds at the chronic care centre will be reduced over time Those at the nursing home will get increas ed services Mr said The hospital executive will plan for the reconstruction of the hospital and health care facility by the end of this year he said The combined facility could be in operation in as soon as two years Halton Regional council will vote on its health service committees decision to give the hospital the funding at a meeting this day Sept 20 If from the Region earmarked for other pro jects is not used by the Regions other hospitals in the next year the funds could go to Georgetown a staff report says Twocar collision This is one of the vehicles demolished In a twocar collision which occurred at the Eighth Line and SIderoud 10 In Halton Hills Tuesdav afternoon A yearold Milton woman suffered severe internal In juries Lois Marion Swan was taken b air am bulance to Sunnybrook Medical Centre and Is cur rently listed in critical condition Sergeant Bonham of the police Regional Traffic Bureau said Ms Swan travelling southbound on the Eighth Line In a 1985 Bulck when the car failed to stop at a slop sign When the Bulck entered the intersection a Bulck collided with the car Both vehicles landed in a nearby field John of was the other driver Volunteer positions open The sirens of the Hills Fire Department have been loud and clear these past few days Firefighters responded to six calls on Tuesday and Wednesday alone Late Tuesday morning they doused a grass fire on Lot Concession In Halton Hills There were no damages Shortly after that firefighters were called to a rubbish fire at the Meadowglen Mushroom Growers Limited on Mountalnview Road North The cause of the fire is unknown Once again on Tues day firefighters also helped remove someone from a vehicle involved in a collision at Lot Concession 8 in Halton Hills The next day the department responded to a small grease fire at a Mill Street Georgetown catering service The fire broke out in an oven when some grease ignited officials say A staff member had put out the fire by the time firefighters arrived Less than an hour later firefighters extinguished a car fire that caused 000 damage on Sideroad 10 east of the Eighth Line in Georgetown The cause of the fire was an electrical mechanical failure Later that afternoon part of a large bonfire on the Watch Tower property on Highway 7 was extinguished by the fire department The following volunteer op portunities are presently available in Hills Work in an exciting TV environment as an interviewer camera operator typist or editing assistant Drivers are needed by a local agency to transport clients most ly seniors to out of town medical appointments Give support and encourage ment to a frail elderly shut in Do some shopping or run some rands Enjoy the rewarding ex penence of assisting in I he development of an innovative program designed to help seniors or disabled persons to contact assistance in an emergency Be a public awareness pro moter for an organization work toward the prevention of child abduction Work as a typist one or two davs each month and be trained in using a computer For more information on these or on the many other volunteer opportunities in our community call or visit the Halton Hills Volunteer Centre Guelph Street in Georgetown telephone number 8773219 Open Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays Fall training at Distress Centre Fall training program for new volunteers for the North Distress and Information Centre will begin on Tuesday evening Oct at 30 For more information and ap plication forms please call The cutoff date for ap plications is Saturday Sept 30 If you can spare four hours per week and are a good listener please help us to help others and maintain this 24hour service raspers C L A S S I C BANQUET HALL CORNER OF ST HWV MOUNTAINWEWRO GEORGETOWN 8772418 21 Realty Distinction Realtor MEMBER BROKER 112 Main St S Georgetown Comer Church ft Main 8731881