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THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1996 NEWS TIPS? GIVE THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI A CALL AT 877-1113 r PERSONAL SECRETARIAL SERVICES To meet your Industrial, Commercial & Personal Needs Letters ¢ Mail Merges Resumes ¢ Reports Proposals ¢ Personal Typing Forms ¢ Invoicing Correspondence PAT HATCH, 360 Guelph St., Georgetown Phone: 873-8240 Fax: 873-8239 Toy library easy on the pocketbook BY JAMIE HARRISON The Georgetown Gemini Any parent can tell you the cost of children's toys are outrageous, with money spent on fads that will fall by the wayside faster than Cup dreams at Maple Leaf Gar- dens. To combat this, some en- terprising parents decided to re-launch a concept that has been growing in Georgetown. The Halton Hills Toy Library has been a force in Georget- own for 15 years, though it has been hampered by a se- ries of moves, and by the fact that many are not even aware of its existence. The Toy Library works the same as a book library, with toys checked out for a two- week period, allowing par- ents to see if the toy is well made, and whether it will be well loved by the child using it. Every parent knows the frustration of plunking down good money for a toy only to see it left unused after the novelty has worn off. ROLLING ALONG: Thomas Keating, 16-months-old, rolls along at the Halton Hills Toy Library's Grand Opening Thursday. The library, open Tuesdays and Thursdays, offers toys for a two week loan to parents for their children. (Jamie Harrison photo) After a decade-and-a-half in a variety of locations, the Toy Library has foundahome REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALTON PLANNING & PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE - SUNDAY WORK MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD SOUTH (REGIONAL ROAD NO.13) TOWN OF HALTON HILLS (GEORGETOWN) The reconstruction of Mountainview Road South is well under way to completion. However, due to the recent wet weather conditions and in order to keep this project on schedule, our contractor, Mardave Construction (1990) Ltd., has asked that they be allowed to work on Sundays, commencing October 6, 1996 and continuing for the next four weekends (weather permitting). This request has been reviewed and approved by both the Regional Municipality of Halton and the Town of Halton Hills. We have been assured by Mardave Construction that they will make every effort to minimise inconvenience to our citizens. For further information, please contact Leonard Verwey, CET, Construction Supervisor, extension 7616 at one of the following numbers: From Milton/Toronto From Georgetown From Acton JOAN A. EAGLESHAM REGIONAL CLERK (905) 825-6030 (905) 878-8113 (519) 853-0501 Region of Halton, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ont., Canada L6M 3L1 Ph: (905) 878-8113 Fax: (905) 825-8839 E-mail: accesshalton @region.halton.on.ca Dy RH ee He em Hy OE HES EE ag Pe eg ng RP NEG NG gy Ag TG On og ny 8-9 14 HP On ORR DG UE BG ty ay PR AERP RPT; prgtgt ph et pe? pe pr 7h in the basement on the old United Church on Main Street. A six-member executive chose the site after scouring a number of venues through- out Georgetown after being bounced from the old Howard Wrigglesworth School (Sacre Coeur North Campus), even enlisting the help of Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson and vari- ous service clubs. All of the toys at the li- brary were bought through the membership, and divided into a variety of categories suitable for infants to six years of age. eng For further information or for membership call Kim Smith at 843-3369. Speed and volume concerns on Mountainview Road BY FRANCES NIBLOCK The Georgetown Gemini "Tt's pretty scary." That's how Mountainview Road resident Marilyn Pil- grim describes the traffic out- side her door and she is con- vinced it will get worse with the opening of the four-lane bridge on Mountainview to Georgetown South if some traffic calming measures are not implemented. Pilgrim and other mem- bers of the recently formed Mountainview Road Public Liaison committee (PLC) are currently trying to come up with solutions to the traffic problems. They met on the street last week and walked from St. Andrews Church downto the bridge to get a feel for the traffic volume and speed. "There are 88 homes along this area with 83 private drive- ways onto Mountainview. For me, where my driveway is, I feel that it's unsafe be- cause there is a portion, look- ing across the bridge, that I can'tsee," Pilgrim explained on Friday. "We have noise, we have air pollution, but the speed is a major problem and it all affects the quality of life. "T hope we can come up with some traffic calming measures that will help," Pil- grim said, stressing that al- though she is a member of the PLC, she was speaking for herself. A regional traffic speed study done before bridge con- struction began found the average speed on Mountainview just north of Eden Place was 63 km an hour with just 1.6 per cent of traffic moving at the posted speed of 50 km an hour and 85 per cent of traffic travel- ling at 69 km an hour. "T think those figures are low -- the police stopped one motorists at 103 km an hour-- that's pretty scary," Pilgrim said. Pilgrim said that they hope to have suggestions for traf- fic calming: in place before the bridge opens before Christmas. Purse stolen from hospital worker A Georgetown District Me- morial Hospital employee had her purse stolen some- time between 10 am and noon, Sept.-25. Policereportthe purse con- tained identification and credit cards.