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Page 2 YEAR END REVIEW Thursday December Serving You Since 1857 EXCHANGE TAVERN 37 Sinclair Ave Georgetown 8773541 Serving You Since I 1861 79 Main St S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8773388 Serving You Since L THE HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Street Georgetown 8772201 Vitos takes over Post Office A month of speculation on how Canada Post planned to service the postal needs of residents in the area was ended when an offer was put forward to Vitos Fruit Market Rural post office representative Hawke ar rived unannounced at Vitos situated two kilometres from the former facilities offer ing the a contract to receive several hundred dollars to provide postal services said Marion Vito Road to the landfill site at the Acton quarry on the Third Line POWER members are not pleas ed with a new transportation study which would bring trucks destined for the proposed Acton landfill from the north straight through downtown Acton The study prepared by Marshall Monaghan Ltd for dump pro ponents Reclamation Systems reroutes all proposed truck traffic going north or south on Highway then east on Regional A Steeles Avenue barn fire killed over animals and caused over damage on Jan 7 Fire of ficials from both Milton and Halton Hills responded to the 320 pm blaze that charred a 125yearold barn killing the animals inside at a sixacre livestock farm on Steeles Avenue West near the James Snow Parkway Farm owner Umberto Giangrande said the fire killed 700 to 1000 chickens 75 lambs and goats an undeter mined number of rabbits three horses and one cow The Hope Womens Place Treat ment Centre was given the green light to serve the Regions of Halton and Peel The centre received in funding from Queens Park The Halton Board of Education considered closing Smith Pool in Acton and all other pools in Halton to reduce the million spent annually on main taining the pools A faulty hydro tower at Guelph Street near Road left part of the town in darkness as hydro officials worked on repairs for almost five hours on Jan 26 Town council voted to ask the Niagara Escarpment Commission to turn down a pair of Georgetown residents attempts to open an adventurewar games opera tion The decision came after a 22- name petition asking for the war games operation to be stopped was submitted to the council A recommendation to effectively impose mandatory recycling was passed by Haltons planning and public works committee by a vote The motion was later approv- ed by town council Under the pro posal recyclable glass jars and bottles metal cans and clear plastic pop bottles will not be ac cepted at Haltons waste disposal facilities Residents of Halton Hills rallied around Matthew Fleet a cham pionship athlete from Acton High School who underwent a fourth spinal operation in Torontos Sick Childrens Hospital Matthew who won every event in the Halton junior boys swimming champion ships last year sustained serious back injuries while swimming in the ocean during a family vacation to the Dominican Republic Justin Ray was the first baby born at the Georgetown hospital after midnight Jan 1 He was bom at 122 am Jan earn ing him New Years Baby honors Here proud parents Steve ckton and Conway are greeted by Welcome Wagon Debbie B littler Herald photo After 30 years of involvement with every level of hockey in Georgetown Robert Bob Tost will be honored for his outstanding contributions to the local puck scene Serving You Since Barber Henley Ltd 72 Main St S Downtown Georgetown 8772214 Serving You Since 1926 UAP GEORGETOWN INC 136A Guelph Street Georgetown 8776969 Tom Ramautarsingh Citizen of the Year Former Georgetown District High School teacher Tom has been chosen Georgetowns 1983 Citizen of the Year by the Lions Club I was very surprised and as tounded to learn of their decision Mr Ramautarsingh said of the honor Monday I had no knowledge of being nominated or much less being chosen for this signal honor Halton taxpayers face a in crease in their tax bill for The taxsupported budget presented to Halton Region in February con tained a 716 per cent increase Halton taxpayers will pay for all Regional services this Serving You Since 1928 Hwy Maple Georgetown 8777802 Serving You Since 1937 G00DLEFS HOMELAND FURNITURE 86 Main St S Downtown Gaorgetow 8772551 Serving You Since 1953 14 Wesleyan Street Downtown Georgetown 8773405 Serving You Since Ashgrove Welding Ltd RR 2 Georgetown 8779334 8772034 J February it by almost three times the amount tallying in at The proposal to build a landfill site in the Acton quarry by Reclamation Systems Inc RSI has been officially designated under the Environmental Assess ment Act by the province The designation means RSI submitted all the necessary documents to for malize its application Halton Hills councillors voted to muzzle themselves Feb from talking publicly about the Halton Board of Educations proposal to close all six school pools in Halton Councillors voted not to discuss the pools issue in an open session on the advice of their lawyer because legal action could be in volved Haltons Land Division Commit tee decisions have become the best lottery game in town in which winners can end up with a possible jackpot of 150000 and up a Halton Agricultural Advisory Committee member said Murray Harris added applicants to the are abusing a clause in Haltons official plan which allows farmers to sever land from their farms for retirement purposes Fembrook Homes has submitted a redrafted subdivision plan to the town of Hills in an attempt to saye the homes of people in Halton Hills Village Halton Hills deputy planner Bruce Maclean said has submitted a plan of a subdivision which pro poses three clusters of houses on the west side of Road totalling 101 houses After officially closing down in late January the United Way of Halton Hills has met its 1988 cam paign goal of The success of the campaign was mostly due to the unprecedented success of their specialevents fundraising The United Way set their special- events target at after 1987s collection of They not only reached their target but surpassed The Consolidated Hearings Board has approved the Milton site for Haltons next Regional landfill site The approved Milton site located on Highway just below Britannia Road is a surprise to many people The Hearings Board did not approve Haltons prefer red site at in Burl ington Dont be surprised if marathon swimmer Keith takes on an even bigger challenge in the future Drew McGowen co ordinator of Keiths Great Lakes Swims said Mr McGowen a resi dent of Georgetown talked to a full house at the Hills Municipal Awards Night Feb Serving You Since VARIAN CANADA INC River Dr Georgetown 8770161 Guelph St Georgetown