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Residents get a shot at dousing flames In Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial 8772282 Home Newspaper of Hills Established FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1989 PAGES Attempt to halt deer hunt shot down A move to end deer hunting in Haltons governmentowned agreement forests was shot down at a Regional committee meeting last week Councillor Janet Mit chell opposed the annual fourday i- twomonth ar chery season in the Regions 14 agreement forests The hunts are held under Ontario ministry of natural resources guidelines that call for a Nov to 9 shotgun hunt and an archery season that begins Oct 15 and ends Dec 31 this year The hunts are designed to control deer population Region staff say deer caused a total damage to farmers crops last year in cluding damage to field crops and to orchard and nursery stock Mrs Mitchell was joined in her opposition to the annual hunts on Regional land by Milton Coun Bill Johnson The majority of Haltons agreement forests are located in Milton It should be referred to as a deer slaughter not a deer hunt Coun Mitchell Told the Regions planning and public works com mittee Wednesday I dont think this Region should have hunting on its property Hunting at specified times in the Regions forests was approved in A total ban on hunting impos ed in 1985 was lifted from all agree ment forests except the Tract in Hornby which remains huntfree A Regional staff report said the hunt has stabilized the deer population over the last three years but Johnson said the deer population has not stabilized He said the deer are being into smaller areas by and by outdoor sports as snowmobiling hiking and skiing Regional planning commissioner Ri Mohammed said the 37 steps proved by the Region in to the deer population are working he said the number of complaints made against hunters has decreased by 75 per cent since 1986 At that time there were 20 hunting complaints when hunters participated in the season In there were 585 hunters par ticipating in the deer season and five complaints launched The number of deer killed by hunters and by motorists has changed little since 1986 There were 69 deerrelated vehicle ac cidents in 1986 and 65 in the Region in Onethird of those deer kill ed on roads last year were killed in Hills Another 21 deer were killed in Milton The deer harvest the number of deer killed and gathered by hunters has hovered around the 150 mark for the past three years although the number of hunters participating in the annual hunt in- One third of the harvested deer were killed the archery season Although opposed to both shotgun and bow and arrow hun ting Johnson said archery is more dangerous than guns Continued on Page Single mom scratches a 50000 winner An apple a day North Halloa Scouts were oat in full force apple in of the scouts collecting donations Scouts were hand around town this past weekend collecting dona- Honed outside shopping plains as well as going from for the various North Halton Scout groups Brad At press time Ike total amount raised Crane of toe Fourth- Georgetown Seoul left and was unknown The amount will- be released Brad toe And the winner isSusan Allan of Georgetown Ms Allan a construction worker recently won in the Ontario Lottery Corporation Scratch and Win game Right on is how Ms Allan summed up her feelings about the cash windfall It came at the right time I am a single parent and I always wanted to buy a house for my family she said excitedly But the new house is going to be put on bold for a while Im in no hurry to spend the money she said Im just go ing to let it sit in the bank and col lect Interest Ms Allan who has been playing the scratch and win game for the seven or eight years was carry around the lucky ticket in her purse for three weeks before she pulled it out one day and realised she was carrying around I found the ticket at the bot tom of my purse when I was cleaning it out I scratched the ticket and there was three matches This Is the first time Ms Allan has ever won a lottery At first I thought there would be a catch but I just went down to the corporation office and it I dont think its hit me yet But Im sure It will one day when I go to the bank and see how much money I have Acton man killed in auto accident A 20yearold Acton man died and another Acton man was seriously injured when the vehi cle they were travelling in left the Fourth Line north of Steetos Avenue in Milton and struck a hydro pole early Friday morning Regional Police declared Michael John of Acton dead at the scene of the am accident Harvey Thome was first taken by to Milton District Hospital and then transferred to Trafalgar Hospital where he is currently listed In serious condition Milton Hydro repairman discovered the accident at about 215 am when they arrived at the scene to repair a power shor tage police say The driver is still unkown police say An investigation la