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the HERALD Page 2 1 991 The Year in Review Sunday December 1991 Multicultural policy queried School trustees clashed over the new multicultural policy for public schools a directive handed down by the Ontario Ministry of Education trustees Dick Howitt Arlene Bruce and Judy Watson said they were not convinced main taming ethnic cultures should be the responsibility of the school Ms Watson said she supported equity but wanted everyone to con sider themselves as Canadian and not something hyphen Canadian An Acton youth was arrested December after police discovered he was carrying a calibre handgun which was loaded and ready to fire Police decided not to lay charges until they talked to the youths parents who were away A controversy hung over the Georgetown Royal Ascot Apart ment complex after a freeze was put on the complexs work order The freeze was issued because the Town had not received the proper engineering documents and there was no engineer or architect super vising the construction of the building The centre had been under construction for more than a year Family Coalition Party Executive Vice President and resident Guiseppi called the new provincial policy recognizing gay and lesbian companions of civil servants a blow to the special status the traditional family holds in society The policy which came into feet New Years Day gave com of gay and lesbian civil ser vants medical dental and life in surance benefits to which heterosexual spouses had always been entitled too Noel Duignan Hills said people must be treated fairly regardless of the family unit He also commented that Mr Gori was imposing his morals onto others All three GDHS Rebel volleyball teams won their games ending the regular season in first place The senior Rebels trounced Bishop Reding 154 8 and 155 Jan at Georgetown Figure Skaters collected five gold four silver and seven bronze medals at a com petition in the Great Lakes Winter Skating Festival in London Jan 18- 1 1 injured In traffic mishap A vehicle accident oc curred on Feb 3 at m in jurmg 11 people A van travelling east on ran a red light and collided with a Peel Region roads truck travelling south on Mississauga Road The truck was forced into another car which had stopped to make a left turn on Hwy 7 The drivers and passengers of the vehicles were treated for injuries Seven people were treated and released while four others stayed for further observation Passengers of the van were from Clinton and Godench while the driver of the car was from Toronto and the truck driver was from Brampton Commissioned for duty Georgetown resident Ron Piers was chosen as the Deputy Com missloner of the Ontario Provincial Police Force In February As deputy commissioner he heads all OPP investigations In Ontario Herald Photo G Ltd owner of Barber Mills property on River Drive in Georgetown was charged the maximum fine of for failure to obey a Town issued property standards order G Ltd refused to clean the site on River Drive which was described by Town Property Stan Bylaw Officer Ron Stein as a hazard to the general public The buildings were boarded up late last year by the Town to ensure safety on the site Standard Products was forced to layoff 205 workers because of the decrease in demand for auto parts Workers were expected to be laid off for th next two weeks but Per sonnel Manager said she wouldnt rule out the possibility of the layoff period being longer Employees were told in January about the possible closure of the Georgetown company and many in dicated they were not surprised Region Police arrested a Toronto man after he overdosed on heroin in an Acton restaurant on Feb 24 An ambulance was called after the man went into respiratory arrest Police arrested the man a short time after he was released from Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital because he was found to have a quantity of heroin and drug paraphernalia The Canada Games saw three local residents defend their title in Prince ward Island Feb March 2 Kato from Georgetown en in the judo competition and came back with a silver medial in the 52 class f Terra Cotta and Angela Stiles from Glen Williams competed in women s fencing and artistic gym nasties HELP US HELP KIDS VARIETY TELETHON KB ON GLOBAL VARIETY First born of the year Julie and Charlie first born was also the first baby born at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital in Colton William Jan Herald Photo Citizen Siena Siena Van a long time Georgetown resident Involved in everything from Good Neighbors to the Catholic Womens League was chosen as the citizen of the Year by the Georgetown Lions Club Herald Photo