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"I thought I would just give them the paintings and they would hang them on a wall somewhere and that would be the end of it," said Helson, to laughter from the crowd. "But I've had so much enjoyment out of what's happened." Helson said neither he nor his late wife Marg knew much about collecting art-- but they made a good pair because while he is colour blind, Marg had good colour vision. Helson said it was friends of theirs that got them started in collecting about 50 years ago when they gave them a gift of an A.Y. Jackson paint- ing. "That really started it," he said. "An A.Y. Jackson original, we couldn't be- lieve it." They talked to artists and dealers for about a year before they began buying art, and they learned a lot, he said. "The end result of that is we ended up with what I think is not a bad collection of paintings. "We had a lot of fun with them and I couldn't think of anything better to do with them than give them to the municipality so that everybody can enjoy them," said Helson. He gave the painting to the Town "without any restrictions, they can do with them what they like," he said. "What they've done, putting them in a gallery, I think that is just tremendous," he said. "I hope everyone that comes here enjoys the paintings as much as I have over the years. It's been a great pleasure and I hope it lasts an eternity." Chong thanked Helson for the gift and announced an investment of $350,000 from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage for upgrades to the Halton Hills Cultural Centre to support Canadian arts and culture. The investment has contributed to the renovation of the Helson Gallery. "The Government of Canada strongly believes in Canadian arts and culture," said Chong. 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Fogal said "the Town of Halton Hills has been truly blessed by the generosity of Mr. Fred Helson." Helson was presented with a framed poster ad- vertising the Collection and the key to the Town. Helson said he was overwhelmed by the number of people who came out for the event and thanked everyone who "had a part to play in all this, partic- ularly members of Council and members of Town staff." Helson given key to town for 'generous' art donation continued from pg. 1 Fred Helson receives the key to the Town of Halton Hills from Mayor Rick Bon- nette Friday. Photo by Jon Borgstrom