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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007 9THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 20078 Old home comes down PRESENTATION: Always good for our community! Lo- cal Rotarians Emrys Jenkins and Ed Lawson presented St. Joseph Grade Three Classes with new dictionaries recently. Grateful recipients are Erica English and Curtis Bee. submitted photo New house on schedule by Matthew Reid One day it was there and the next it was com- pletely gone, said one Acton woman after she passed the site at the north-east corner of Church and Elgin Sts. where a century old home was demolished to provide a new parish house for St. Josephs Catholic parish in Acton. The older red brick home was torn down by Sand- erson Construction Ltd. Construction on the new green house is well under- way, says project supervisor Albert Cote of St. Josephs Knights of Columbus, which has made it a 25th anniver- sary project. Cote said Glenn Sanderson demolished the old home with the accuracy of a surgeon during a delicate operation. All the scrap metal was removed and placed in a pile to be recycled. A local resi- dent was given permission to remove the metal but he was shown on a time-lapse camera system also remov- ing the builders extension cord. It was retrieved. The structural insulated panels for the new house, known as SIPs, supplied by Mur-Pan Industries are being added to the foun- dation, which was poured there weeks ago. Windows and doors in the panels are already cut out. Rockhaven Homes, added the panels this week. When the roof is finished the building will be completely enclosed. The new parish home is unique in the use of the Structural Insulated Panels. They consist of orient-strand board (OSB) structurally laminated to a core of ex- panded polystyrene (EPS) insulation. The system is touted to provide long term energy cost savings and add value to the house, as well as costing nearly the same as other building materials. When the house is com- pleted, St. Josephs old rectory on John St. will be demolished as part of the parishs plans for the future. It was built around 1900. APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES The Council for the Corporation of the Town of Halton Hills invites applications from members of the public who are interested in serving on the following committees due to vacancies: INTERESTED all positions are for a term to expire December 2010 must be 18 years of age and resident of the Town of Halton Hiills must not be a Town of Halton Hills employee unless otherwise specified, all positions are volunteer meetings generally occur in the evenings THE COMMITTEES Committee of Adjustment meets once or twice per month remuneration of $80 for member per meeting to act as a decision-making body which considers applications for minor variances to the Towns Zoning By-laws and the applications to sever parcels of land Heritage Halton Hills regular monthly meetings to act as an advisory body respecting the designation of buildings of historical and architectural interest under the Ontario Heritage Act. Litter Free Task Force Committee to act as an advisory committee in respect to the implementation of a comprehensive town-wide strategy for reducing litter and vandalism Town Environmental Advisory Committee to be composed of both individuals who have a professional interest in the field of environmental management and of individuals who have a personal interest in environmental protection regular monthly meetings and sub-commitee meetings as needed to act as an advisory body seeking ways to protect, restore and enhance the Towns natural environment Trails Advisory Committee to act as an advisory committee to provide advice and input to the Town of Halton Hills on matters relating to the design, construction and funding of a trails system identify issues that impact trails development in Halton Hills bring forward ideas for developing and maintaining trail systems act as a sounding board in response to issues and initiatives determine appropriate action to deal with issues and initiatives Halton Hills Accessibility Advisory Committee regular monthly meetings act as an advisory comittee to rpovide advise and input to the Town of Halton Hills to fulfill obligations under the Accessibilities for Ontarians with Disabilities Act APPLICATION PROCESS submit an application form which can be obtained on the Town of Halton Hills website at http://www.haltonhills.ca/calendars list the Committee(s) in which you are interested, and in order of priority forward to Leesa Emmerson, Council and Committee Services Coordinator, Clerks Department, Civic Centre. deadline is 4:30 p.m.on Friday November 30,2007 If you have an inquires or if you wish to receive additional information regar- ding a committee please contact Leesa Emmerson at 905-873-2601 ext 2333 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, ON L7G 5G2