Fitzgerald Canadas finest By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald Georgetown resident Joanne Fit an illustrator of children s books has won Canada s top literary award in her field In a ceremony held yesterday Tuesday at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto she was honored as the winner among five illustrators nominated for the award in the Children Literary Illustration category at the annual Governor Generals Awards for English Literature ceremonies In an interview Sunday before she found out she had won the soft spoken wife and mother who has lived in Georgetown for almost seven years said she felt amazed and shocked when I found out I was on the short list When asked how she d feel if she won she said I d feel even more shocked and amazed It such an honor Ms Fitzgerald won for her work on the book Doctor Kiss Says a fairy tale written by Teddy Jam in which a little girl has a medieval adventure It took her eight months to com the illustrations for the book which Ms Fitzgerald admits she just loved As soon as I read this book I identified with the character she said It was one of those rare Continued on age 6 Cooperation the key for new council ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Cooperation between Hills residents and their newly elected representatives is necessary to meet the challenges ahead Mayor Russ Miller told approximately too people during his inaugural address Monday at the Civic Centre Mayor Miller along with the newly elected Town Council and local Hydro Commissioners were officially sworn Monday As the Town s leader Mayor Miller told the audience two im portant issues facing the new Coun include development and the en vironment I appeal to the public to work closely with this Council as we proceed into the next decade said Mayor Miller He explained a working relation ship between Council members and the public is necessary if a balance Continued on Page McCauley Chairs Catholic board For the first time the Halton Roman Catholic School Boards chair is a woman and a trustee from North Irene of Georgetown the board North Halton English trustee was installed as Chair at the Inaugural Meeting and IRENE MCCAULEY AN INSIDE LOOK SECTION A Police Beat 2 Agriculture 7 Community Focus Political Forum 9 Editorial 10 10 People Forum 10 Peoples Forum 11 Community Forum 10 BenOummett 11 Carta Testa 11 Poets Comer 11 NorvalNews Ballinafad News 14 Sports 15 Classified 19 23 SECTION Seniors Steamer 3B JacieB Palmer Religion Community Service Bulletin Acton Legion News Entertainment Hilton Hills 10B Arts and Ideas Community Focus 1IB Legion Lines 13B School Hews 14B Youth Page 1SB Ceremony held last night Tuesday at the Board ad ministrative centre on Drury Lane in Burlington Hills French trustee Ken Norman was inaugurated as the ViceChair of the rench section of the board and as Chair of the budget committee I m really excited about this said Ms McCauley Monday night The Georgetown businesswoman she owns Pet Value has been a trustee with the Roman Catholic Board for the past 11 years She has served as Vice Chair of the Board for six of those years Trustee Gerild nominated Ms for the position and said her strong Catholic faith is reflected in her giving rather than taking ap proach He believes her giving will en courage all the trustees to be even better trustees Ms said she plans to assess the Board and look at its needs 1 11 like beirtg a Chair because this is an exciting time for the board she continued It s one of the fastest growing boards in On tano and I want the board to look at more innovative ways to make education mort exciting for the children the sHff Ms is an Early Childhood Education teacher and the mother of three teenagers Wesley Bridget and Blaine Other new executive officers in elude trustee Alice Anne as ViceChair of the Board Burlington trustee Troy as Chair of the English section Burlington trustee Krys Binkley as ViceChatr of the English section and trustee Gilbert Craw as Chair of the French sec tion THE VOICE OF HALTON HILLS SINCE IrfilKMB 125TH YEAR NO 81 PAGES SINGLE COPY GST HALTON HILLS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4TH 1991 Sounds of Christmas Framea by poinsettias the Georgetown Choral Christopher Dawes and soloists Eleanor Long and Society blossomed into song at Knox Presbyterian Lou Darcle who along with the rest of choir sang Church In Georgetown Saturday night The renditions of Christmas classics to the capacity society concert the Sounds of Christmas crowd Herald Lisa Boonstoppel Pot featured conductor A Dale Wood accompanlest The plight of our seniors How can we help See Lifestyles Section B SEE INSIDE FOR THE HERALD S 1 CAROL BOOK