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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009 3 WOW! You havent aged at all! Happy 50th Birthday - Fay Love your family Luv Mom, Taylor, Kiara, Dad & Alison xxoo Happy Birthday TYARA! With winter weather here, the Halton District School Board reminds parents/guardians of the numerous ways to check for school bus transpor- tation cancellations and school closures. In add i t i on to t he traditional notification methods of radio and television stations listed below, the Halton District School Board has added the use of the Home Noti- fication System to inform parents/guardians of trans- portation cancellations and school closures. The Home Notification System is an automated system that telephones and/or emails parents to inform them of cancellations and closures. Due to the volume of calls being made, the Home Notification Sys- tem could be delayed and we therefore strongly recommend parents also check radio or television stations, the Board web- site or switchboard. The Home Notification Sys- tem is a supplementary method of notification. Parents may check with their childs school to en- sure they receive messages through the Home Noti- fication System. Newly registered families will automatically be included in this notification system based on information pro- vided at registration. The Halton District School Boards primary method of informing par- ents of school closures will be the following methods of communication: (Note: The decision to cancel transportation and/ or close schools before the start of a school day will be made prior to 6:00 a.m., and radio/television stations will be informed by 6:30 a.m.). A M R a d i o : C F R B (1010 AM), CJOY (1460 AM), CHML (900 AM), C K O C ( 11 5 0 A M ) , CHWO (740 AM) and CHFI (680 AM). F M R a d i o : C H F I (98.1 FM), WAVE (94.7 FM), Y108 (107.9 FM), CING (95.3 FM), CKFM (99.9 FM), KLITE (102.9 FM), CBC (99.1 FM), and CIMJ (106.1 FM). Television Stations: CHTV Morning Show and CITY TV. Websites: www.halton- bus.ca and www.hdsb.ca. For more information about school bus transpor- tation cancellations and school closures, refer to the Halton District School Board website (search for inclement weather information under Poli- cies). Bad weather bus news Draft firearm bylaw a dud By Frances Niblock Like a dud bullet, the Towns plans to rewrite its fire- arms discharge bylaw mis-fired. When more than 70 per cent of respondents urged the Town not to proceed with changes to the bylaw that governs where firearms and bows can be discharged within Halton Hills, staff took heed and at a recent council meeting, politicians followed suit. Among other things, the proposed changes to the bylaw enlarged the area where guns and bows could not be discharged and enlarged the size of rural prop- erty needed before firearms could be discharged. One rural resident with less than two acres said under the proposed legislation he would not have been able to practice shooting his bow and arrows. One of the contentious changes proposed making a property owner legally responsible if anyone entered his property and shot a firearm even a pellet gun. The property owner could have been fined as much as $100,000. Georgetown Councillor Joan Robson who chairs the Community Affairs Committee where the proposed bylaw was first rejected, said when they looked closely at the changes they determined there were a number of things better in the original bylaw. She noted that the Province controls hunting and the Town control dis- charging things like pellet guns. Georgetown Councillor John Duncan said it sounded like the proposed changes would cause more problems than they solved, including putting an impossible onus on a landowner to know who was discharging a firearm on his property. You cant control who is on your landwithout barbwire fences, Duncan said, adding the bylaw was better the way it was. A public meeting to discuss the proposed changes to the bylaw was cancelled and 2,000 letters explaining the Towns position were delivered to affected land- owners. Cold Case murder Who killed Wayne Greavette? By Frances Niblock Thirteen years ago, Wayne Greavette was murdered in front of his family by a mail bomb now his family have renewed their calls for justice and closure. The cold case was highlighted in a CBC documentary on the week- end, along with a plea for anyone with any informa- tion to come forward to try to solve the callus and cowardly murder. Greavette, 42, who had been a partner at S.E.R.G.E. Beverage and Equipment Ltd., west of Acton, had a falling out with his business partner and opened a business in rural Acton before mov- ing to Moffat in Puslinch Township and opening a similar business. On December 12, 1996, Greavette opened a par- cel that was delivered through the Acton Post Office to his house. In it was a floatable flashlight and a note that contained several names known to Greavette and a suggested business deal. Several times Greavette tried to turn the flashlight on and on his final at- tempt it blew up. He took the brunt of the blast, protecting his wife, son and brother who were in the room. Greavette was killed instantly. Despite a long and thor- ough investigation by the OPP, and a $50,000 re- ward for information, the case remains unsolved. At the t ime, police released a composite drawing of two men who, a month before the mur- der, had asked at the Acton Post Office for Greavettes new address. Police also asked any- one in the bottling and packaging equipment business to check cor- respondence in their files because the note with the bomb was typed on a faulty typewriter that left a distinctive slash after each period. Anyone with infor- mation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-8477 or the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. BOOK SALE DONATIONS: Proceeds from a used book sale at St. Joseph Catholic School were donated to the Canadian Cancer Society by students Olivia, Nicole and Olivia last week. Society president Cathy Gerrow gratefully accepted the$101.35 cheque. Submitted photo