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the WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18th 1989 PAGES Local grocers dont want Sunday shopping People These are Just some of the 250 protestors from Area committee as undemocratic unaccountable Hills Peel Vaughan and as far away as St and unnecessary during a demonstration at Queens Catharines who joined forces to denounce the Toronto Park Saturday afternoon For story see Page By DONNA KELL Herald Staff Local grocery retailers are op posed to national food chains in Halton Hills opening on Sunday The Acton and Georgetown grocers reacted to reports that four top executives from A and and Dominion Super markets Ltd Miracle Food Mart and the Group Ltd recent ly asked Halton Region to grant the national food store chains an ex emption allowing them to open Sunday The food stores say they want a piece of what they say is a lucrative market in Halton Region Halton Region can grant Sunday exemptions under an amendment to the Retail Business Holidays Act that takeseffect next February However if the large grocery chains open Sundays it could damage smaller businesses some retailers say Emil owner of the Mn- aMart franchise on Street in Georgetown said large chains would Mil his business which relies on Sunday sales for one third of its gross sales Here in Georgetown if they open Sundays better close the Towns libraries are substandard report says The Halton Hills Library Board Monday asked the Town of Halton Hills to fund a project to rescue substandard library services at a price that could reach million Chief Librarian Betsy Cornwell said the library system needs almost 16000 books immediately and will need 19000 square feet of increased space by the year 2001 Mrs said the average square foot will cost to build and supply furniture The average book costs to buy and process The town agreed to set up a com mittee to review the needs of Acton and Georgetown libraries Town councillors library board members and the chief librarian will form this committee Both libraries are currently below standard in all categories Library Board member Steve Foster told councillors He said service in the libraries is down for that reason the MinaMart owner said It would- be a catastrophe The small stores would close Sales that normally take place over six days will not expand if stores open Sunday Acton A and B Foodland owner Don Lindsay said Mr Lindsay insists that there are only a few dollars out there He says large grocery chains are reacting to drug stores and fruit markets that carry an increasing amount of grocery items If it wasnt for that the chains wouldnt want to be part of Sunday open ing he said Mr Lindsay says his grocery store is closed Sunday and will re main closed Sunday I already work too many hours in a week I wouldnt open Sunday even if I had to Continued on Page Rural areas may get waste pickup Halton Hills rural areas could get municipal garbage collection and could begin to pay a share of urban service tax charges as early as October of next year Town manager of engineering operations Ted said Mon day rural residents and commer cial businesses could get garbage collection if a scheme to be review ed next year is approved The earliest rural garbage collection could be implemented is October 1990 he said Urban service charges in Halton Hills totalled million this year The charges were levied on all ur ban residents at an average cost of a year Urban residents paid an average annual tax of- in 1989 while rural residents paid an average 381 in 1989 Urban service charges cover mostly garbage collection but also provide funds for street lighting and crossing guards Those charges increased by per cent from to 1989 jumping from million to million Mr Drewlo said urban service charges would be removed in favor of a townwide levy If the town does decide eliminate urban service charge the costs will be spread out over the whole taxbase be said We pretty consider garbage collettfdnTor the whole town