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AUDITIONS FOR THE YOUTH COMPANY SPRING PRODUCTION of The Georgetown Boys Project Please call 9058773422 for more information and to book an audition time Performances May 1 - 4, 7 - 10 and 14 Auditions are 1/2 hr. time slots on Jan. 9th, 7:00 to 9:00 and Jan. 12th 10:00 to 3:00 and will be held at the GLT Studio 33 Stewarttown Rd., Georgetown Note: If your child is currently attending one of our schools for Junior Kindergarten, you do not need to register for Senior Kindergarten. To determine your designated home school, access our website www.hdsb.ca and review our on-line boundary maps or use School Locator (click on School Information, then Find a School). Call your designated school to find out which dates have been established for Kindergarten registration. Parents/guardians must be public school supporters. Please bring the following original documents with you*: HALTON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Its time to register for JUNIOR or SENIOR KINDERGARTEN Program We look forward to welcoming your child to school! Junior Kindergarten 2008-2009: Children must be 4 years old by December 31, 2008. Senior Kindergarten 2008-2009: Children must be 5 years old by December 31, 2008. *If you are not the childs parent, please bring proof of custody (court order). Please ensure that your child is registered by February 8, 2008. For further information contact 905-335-3663, ext. 3271 (Milton and Halton Hills and West Burlington), or ext. 3294 (East Burlington and Oakville). your childs immunization record your childs Ontario Health Card proof of address proof of your childs age (birth certificate or passport) Wayne Joudrie Director of Education Gillian Tuck Kutarna Chair of the Board Georgetown Dial a Bottle 905-873-4565 www.ipikup4u.com 10 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, January 11, 2008 Halton Hills council has given family members associated with Beecham House, a mid-19th Century farmhouse located on 27 Sideroad, six months to find a way to salvage the homestead. Credit Valley Conservation wants to deconstruct the house saying it is a target for vandals and a safety hazard. Relatives of the homes previous owners contend the CVC let it fall into disrepair. Photo by Ted Brown Family members associated with Beecham House have been given six months to come up with a plan to save the old farmhouse, listed on the Towns Heritage Register, from deconstruction. John and Irene (Keir) Carroll pre- sented their case to Halton Hills council, which had to decide whether to allow Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) to go ahead with deconstruction of the mid-19th Century farmhouse, located with the Silver Creek Outdoor Education Centre on 27 Sideroad. Irene Carrolls father was a farm manager on the property in the past. Listed on the Towns Heritage Register (but not designated), Beecham House is also sometimes referred to as Falling Brook Farm. It was sold to CVC in 1973, Irene Carroll said, on the condition that it be preserved. The Carrolls accused the CVC, owner of the building, of allowing it to deteriorate to an inhabitable state. We feel its due to neglect and lack of vision by the CVC that the house isnt worth saving, at the moment. Its disturbing to think that a valuable piece of Halton history is going to end up as a pile of logs some- where or in a landfill site, instead of being included as an education tool. The CVC had rented the building to tenants but it has been unoccupied since 2001. The CVC intends to remove the building and restore the area to its natural habitat. The agency contends the empty building is a tar- get for vandals, partying youths and is a potential safety hazard to the thousands of children who visit the Outdoor Education Centre each year. The CVC has estimated it would cost more than $100,000 to bring the deteriorated farmhouse up to Municipal Code standards. The CVC initially requested a demolition permit, but Heritage Halton Hills instead ordered a meticulously recorded deconstruc- tion of the log cabin structure to be sold or reused elsewhere. The CVC is prepared to work with the Friends of the Devereaux House, which is restoring a home on Trafalgar Rd. for community use, for possible re- use of materials. John Carroll told council mem- bers that the square log cabin is the only significant one of its kind in Halton Hills. There are a number of people 20 families and growing con- cerned about the deconstruction and are now speaking up as the Friends of Falling Brook Farm. CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer See HISTORIC, pg. 12 Beecham House gets 6-month reprieve, but historic home is still in jeopardy