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takes over at Acton High Page In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services QUELPH ST GEORGETOWN 8772282 the Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established lIHM Supermarkets push for Sunday shopping By DONNA KELL Herald Staff Three top executives from na tionat food store chains met with Region s acting Rob Forbes last week in an at tempt to persuade the Region to support Sunday shopping A and and Dominion vice- president Wayne Miracle Food Mart director of marketing projects Bob and Oshawa Group vice president Jonathan Wolfe met privately with Mr Forbes last Wednesday to ask the Region to favor Sunday open ings for grocery stores The grocers are members of an ad hoc coalition of those opposed to provincial government Bill 113 which will limit number of stores open Sunday The grocer group which calls itself the Committee for Fair Shop ping also includes Super markets Ltd president David Stewart The committee met with Peel Region recently and will meet with Metro Toronto this week Under a new provincial legislation amending the Retail Business Holidays Act municipalities can make exceptions to Sunday shopp ing laws The legislation passed in February and scheduled to be 1m plemented next February will mean that fewer drug stores will be allowed to stay open and fruit markets will close Sundays from December to March Mr Luedtke acting as a spokesman for the fair shopping committee said there is a market for Sunday shopping in Halton lose millions of dollars each Sunday stores are closed he said And retailers are selling all kinds of things Mr Luedtke told a group of reporters outside the Regional chairman s office We re just saving give us the right to compete The fair shopping committee savs it has visited fruit markets in Get out of my face GDIIS Rebels ball carrier Jeff found the going tough against MHton Mustangs in this junior football game played at GDIIS The Illegal face mask tactic dldn help Delurey quest for yardage Milton- Mustangs opened a lead at he half and ty- the in the second half however and Milton was fortunate to escape with a 1614 win The GDIIS Rebels will try and get back on the winning track today Wednesday when the team journeys to to challenge School photo Dum WW tin the Region Reports from the grocers say stores are selling more than present laws allow But we re not asking for anvone to be closed down Mr Luedtke said We believe that the con sumer demand is there Burlington Counnllor and acting Regional chairman Forbes told reporters Halton would likelv not support Sunda shopping The first problem that council has to get oi er is to set rules for other Regions Mr Forbes said The Region is presenth preparing a report on Sundav shopping and has received about letters of in terest The legislation ought to be dealt with on a province wide basis the acting chairman said think the press conference was map propnate because were starting a process The Regional report on Sundav shopping should be complete the next month milium ion Page Developers threat could freeze 21 projects A bid to send all development ap plications requiring water service for appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board could leave applicants for Hills water high and dry Halton Hills Village Homes Inc project manager Toby sent a letter to Halton Region recently saying his company would oppose any allocations for water granted by the town The town recommends water servicing to Region for approval has water allocation for houses in Georgetown South near Road but another houses await water allocation before they can be ap proved for construction The homes are currently undcjr con struction Requests to send applicants to the OMB for a hearing are made in good faith and not only for the purpose of delay Mr Barwick writes Our primary concern Is that the development of our land proceed in an orderly fashion as re quired by the official plan and that financial commitment which form ed the basis of our frontending is respected Mr Barwick referred to the million paid by HHVHI to provide water and sewage services for Georgetown South Initial services for the newlydeveloped area were paid for by HHVHI with a plan for re imbursement from new developers But an appeal for any water Continued on I