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GEORGETOWN LIONS CLUB is seeking GEORGETOWN CITIZEN OF THE YEAR The Lions Club is accepting applications for the Georgetown Citizen of the Year for the year 2007. Please forward an application or resume to the selection committee before February 25, 2008. Send to Georgetown Lions Club P.O. Box 73 Georgetown, ON L7G 4T1 or Fax to 905-873-4487 For information or sample applications please contact Lion Doug Penrice at 416-991-7233 or 905-873-8469 Dont let that special volunteer go unrecognized. Award dinner to be held March 25, 2008. A community project of the Georgetown Lions Club.1 Halton Hills Dr., Halton Hills, ON L7G 5G2 Tel.: 905-873-2600 Fax: 905-873-2347 MUNICIPAL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 18, 2008 STATUTORY HOLIDAY PUBLIC LIBRARIES Acton Branch 519-853-0301 Georgetown Branch 905-873-2681 The Halton Hills Public Library will be closed on Monday, February 18th, 2008. Note: The Halton Hills Public Library will be open on Saturday, February 16, 2008. RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT Regularly scheduled programs will be cancelled (i.e. registered swimming, fitness). Holiday programming schedule: Gellert Community Centre Leisure Swim 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Family Swim 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Acton Indoor Pool Leisure Swim 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Family Swim 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Acton Arena & Community Centre Public Skate 2:30 to 3:50 p.m. Mold-Masters SportsPlex Public Skate 3:00 to 4:20 p.m. Please note that regular admission fees apply for all swims and public skates. FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS 905-877-1133 Halton Hills Fire Protection & Prevention Services will remain open with the exception of Administration. ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS Engineering and Public Works will be closed on Monday, February 18th, 2008. CIVIC CENTRE The Civic Centre will be closed on February 18, 2008. CANINE CONTROL 905-877-6235 Halton Hills Canine Control Services is open for emergency calls. ACTIVAN 905-873-2601 Ext. 2617 Halton Hills ActiVan Service will remain open on February 18, 2008. FOR EMERGENCIES FIRE/POLICE/AMBULANCE: DIAL 9-1-1 14 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11 The Region is asking the Province to give it, and all other Ontario municipalities, a tax break. At its meeting last Wednesday, regional council passed a motion that calls on those at Queens Park to fully exempt municipalities from paying PST, with the under- standing that the savings would fund infrastructure requirements. If the Province was to grant this wish, it would mean about $2 million would be freed up in Haltons coffers each year. Halton Hills Council lor Clark Somervil le and Burlington councillors John Taylor and Peter Thoem all spoke out in favour of the motion. Theres something absurd about one level of govern- ment levying tax on another, Thoem noted. The Canadian government has already exempted all municipalities from paying GST. The motion was put forward in support of a similar resolution recently passed by the City of Waterloo. It will now be forwarded to both the provincial and federal governments, Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Federation of Canadian Municipalities and all Halton-area MPs and MPPs for consideration and appro- priate action. Sign left crippled Georgetown resident and Independent & Free Press reader John Vandermeer sent us this amusing photo of a street sign left slightly handicapped after a snow- plow passed by on Trafalgar Road last week. If you have an interesting or unusual photo youd like to share e- mail it to jmcghie@indepen- dentfreepress.com with as much detail about the photo as possible. Please include a daytime phone number and the name of the photog- rapher. Photo by John Vandermeer Region urges Province to exempt municipalities from paying PST