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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 28, 1989, p. 32

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1M9 GEORGETOWN FRUIT MARKET Home of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 140 Guelph St Georgetown 8778882 HALTON HILLS COLLISION 1 AtCrewson Corners ACTON 8532860 A Russian playing for our Raiders The Herald reported April that the NHL s Calgary Flames may not be the only North American Hockev team to have a Russian in the lineup this season One day after the NHL Flames announced the signing of veteran Soviet star Sergei the Herald learn ed that the Georgetown Raiders were close to signing Russian bom Ivan Mikeloff Raider team president Dave Kentner was unavailable for com although it was possible he would make a statement after April Fool s Day There were mixed reactions Monday to proposed additions to the 172 acre Bible and Tract Society property in Georgetown Several residents near the Highway Trafalgar Road property said is a good neighbor while others at tnbuted noise and odor problems to the site Regional councillors reacted strongly to an announcement in council that the Acton quarry site at Third Line and Sideroad 22 could be considered as a for Metro Toronto s garbage Regional Chairman Peter said that a fiveregion committee to review the landfill situation in Metro could receive an application from i Systems The Refugee was awarded the prize for the craziest boat to cross the finish line at the 23rd annual Lions Club Crazy Boat Race Almost crazy boats and canoes made their way down the frigid waters to raise more than for multiple sclerosis Georgetown United has called it quits Just a few months after an incredible Cinderella season in which the team came to within two goals of winning an underdog On tano Cup senior mens soccer championship in the soccer team folded Club officials poor finances and a lack of support as reasons for the team s demise Serving Vou Since 1974 SOCIAL CATERING LTD WE CATER ANYTIME ANYWHERE Mill Street Georgetown Georgetown 877 Toronto Serving You Sirtco 1973 CADILLAC 320 QUEEN ST BRAMPTON r Serving You Since I 1973 Georgetown Market Place 8772477 You Since GEORGETOWN HONDA 203 Guelph St Hwy 7 Georgetown POWER group is chosen Actons Citizen of the Year Over 50 workers at the G Bell steel factory in Georgetown walk off the job April 16 after con tract negotiations broke down the previous week Plant workers at the P G Bell Division of Steel Fabricating Co on Sinclair and Armstrong Avenues are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAM The owners of the Dominion Seed House in Georgetown announced a plan to construct a tourist village to rival the Hide House in Ac ton Dominion Seed House ex ecutives held a press conference in the North Golf and Country Club to quell rumors that their lands located in a triangular acre chunk between Maple Avenue Road and Highway 7 were up for sale Protests against a high volume well at Eighth Line in Stewarttown could delay new construction in Georgetown Regional Chairman Peter sain in April New homes require more water and Georgetown has ex hausted its water capacity the chairman said POWER the local group fighting a proposed landfill site at the Acton Quarry has been named Acton Citizen of the Year by the Acton branch of the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce The Acton branch chose the 300- POWER Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources group laM week because of all the hours they ve put in and the work they done to help Acton keep the dump out of this community said former Ac on Chamber of Commerce presi dent Mike Manes Mr Manes said POWER had done a good job fighting for the citizens of the community We feel very honored that they have recognized us and what we ve been doing over the past few years said POWER president Ruth French Thursday POWER was formed two years ago to keep Reclamation Systems Incorporated a local consortium from getting approval for a landfill site in the Acton Quarry located at Third Line and Sideroad 22 This award should give us a boost in general public awareness said Mrs French She said sheioped the Citizen of the Year award would mean an in creased membership POWER presently has almost one per cent of the local population POWER s concern is that the Ac ton Quarry site sits on land that slopes into Georgetown If ground waters are contaminated by gar bage in the site local water will also be contaminated POWER say If they RSI get this dumpsite that is supposed to pollute the water no one will want to live around here said Mr Manes POWER is aided in its fight against RSI who recently put in a proposal to the provincial govern to turn the quarry into a land fill site by the Town of Halton Hills The town has reserved of its 1989 budget for the RSI battle Mrs French said POWER ap preciates the town s support but feels the provincial government should also be helping It s a shame that small towns like Halton Hills have to bear the all this she said Next year the town will pro bably have to allow more money But POWER is optimistic that a battle with RSI can be won Mrs French said that information from a report on the Milton and Burl ington sites recently reviewed as hosts of Halton landfill site showed that the Milton site was chosen partially because it con tains clay and not the shale found in Burlington s site Shale isnt always impermeable said Mrs French She added that the Acton site also contains shale which would let contaminated water leak through the site into the soil Meadowglen Growers Ltd in Georgetown sign ed a deal April 14 to sell the com s 20acre property to Olisco Holdings for just under million The canning facility on Mountamview Road will be moved in three to five years company president Ernie Skrow said But plans to continue operations were hampered by a serious blaze with an undetermined amount of damage The Refugee II was awarded the prize for craziest Williams Almost boats and 12 canoes sailed boat to cross the finish line at the annual Lions scrambled or sank in the frigid waters to raise more Club Crazy Boat Race down the Credit River to 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