Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 16, 1981, p. 2

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rage THE Wednesday September IB This female deer circan round he George town District High School Thursday morning after It had been it ruck by motor vehicle and hung from the school a football hi tochers Thought be a cruel practical Joke there are no clue Id who for the Incident The ministry of natural resource collected the liter that day Herald photo Deer accident reveals disposal problems A disembowelled deer greeted Georgetown and District High School students walking to class past the football field bleachers Thursday morning The deer which had been hit by a car was found hanging from the stands at about lain A trull of blood Indicated that it was dragged from the Maple Avenue entrance to the school yard While some students at the scene speculated that the slung carcass was meant as an initiation prank for newly arrived Grade pupils school officials do not know is responsible for what one spokesman described as a sick joke A veterinarian who later examined the animal that it was a female yearling and had been disembowelled when it was struck by a motor vehicle Shortly after the animal was discovered it was taken down from the stands covered wilh tarpaulin while school officials waited for conservation officers from the province ministry or natural resources office in Cambridge to come and collect the carcass The school had earlier called the police department and the town animal control service but was referred to the ministry Contacted by The Herald later in the day school vice principal Dick Scott express disappointment in delays which meant the deer t removed from the school grounds until Thursday evening II covered by the bleachers as football and cross country practice that afternoon A ministry spokesman said he MNR has no mandate o remove dead wild animals from private or municipal properly but often does way However carcass disposal is given a low prio rity among the daily tics of the area officers which are now busy preparing for upcoming deer hunts in the Cambridge district including region The bow and arrow season for deer Is scheduled to run from Oct 19 to Dec 13 pausing briefly for the controlled hunt early in November Over raised in Terry Fox run Local runners carry torch There were 198 runners in Acton and runners in Georgetown Sunday morning participating in the first Terry Fox run Together they raised over including appro ximately by Kills councillors As many as 100 ran in the ten kilometre marathon and between three and five mill on pledged money Hi chard spec projects manager Willi the Canadian Track and Field Association said the Run should raise a total of at least million for research The run was held In memory of Terry the young lggcd runner who raised almost CM million for cancer research and became a national hero for Canadians Terry died of cancer last June Seven members of town council and several rccrea lion department staffers got together for a relay race in Geo rgt town that eventually linked up with the Fairgrounds run Mayor Mrs Pete led a contingent that Included councillors Terry Rosa Harry Lev Mike Armstrong Marl Scrjeantson Sheldon and John McDonald An eight member team from The Herald completed about laps of the Georgetown I air grounds track collecting about for the Cancer Society The Herald Angels team featured editorial staff era Paul Chris Dave and Ha raid circulation manager Marie advertising consult Brown and Michelle Roy and composing room staffers Annie Olsen and Marilyn Dale of Georgetown made a special effort for the Terry Fox Run leaving home before Tarn Sunday morning running and walking to Squire One Shopping Centre from and back a dlilance of about 34 Mr Turn bull works DUG Stationery In Georgetown in lKas Following are lists of runners walkers and Joggers who participated In the Hills Terry Fox Runs Acton It van Margaret Scarlett Shields re E Michelle end Model shannon Snyder Sparta Thlbudi Vorgel Wilier Wollbrldgr Anita and War ncr I lad Wood Tin my Young KmGi J MeAdan William Taylor David John I Joan McDonald llgsliu lav Id Bo vie Marie lam Kim Tracy Ha gin Ktrtn Hi I aula Choi Vic try Darren Llnduy Shannon Gallant Sandra Greg Ed Broun Patricia TnHtir na ink is Jnnii Tina Walker Keren Troy Nolan Tommy Mirkualch Jama Sale Sale Margarat Sate Chrlt KuUlitnaai Sated Mutt liana Jennller Bruce Joey Maria Rerula Woodbum Family Parian tone Tammy Elaine Nancy Norton Kelly Hunt Calhy Itmlathej PI lllijunj rfofge Met hall II u I Kill live Movie MallSpllnlrr Winn Family Jake flam Ann Ulnar Karen I Tim I ism McDoiwugh dunes Cram black Keith No ark Ian Kelly Jockmn Darren Michelle Handy Arum by Derek Georgeto bit Robert David Smith Robert Fa Drawn drnr Adrian Beer I and Susan Joe and Derek Tarn oerVrtdlli Guelph Delrex lights Thr lleratd were among hundreds of runner who went tie distance at the Georgetown I- and Acton High School track Sunday for the first Terry Fox Day Run Cancer Society Barb and Groielle seated behind table recorded the lapiforitafferblclockwlselrom lop left Michelle Roy and Marie Also running were Donna Drown Of prime to the was Gride II student Bransch who regularly helps out the editorial department and to be one of Georgetown high school top Herald photo Oldneighborsreunite warranted over court conviction A precedent setting court decision involving a former man and a Horn by resident who happens to bo Ontario minister of trans portation and communications was the subject of national news coverage Saturday Provincial court in New market convicted transport minister Jim Snow and deputy minister Harold Gilbert day the two men pleaded guilty to breaking the prov s Environmental Assess Act in connection with last spring extension of High way north at Toronto Mr Gilbert claiming full responslbilily for what Mr Snow called a slipup plead guilty on behalf of himself and the minster They will be sentenced Oct and could be lined as much as Bringing the charges against the two men was Ron Held staff environmentalist for the Federation of Ontario Ists and until recently a Georgetown resident He now lives in Toronto Mr filed the charges under the Environmental Assessment Act last June Mr Snow and Premier Bill Davis publicly that the net had been contra Mr Snow and Mr Gilbert allowed work to begin an eight kilometre si on of Highway before a 30day waiting period elapsed The waiting period Is required under the Act to give citizens time to request an environ mental hearing Expressing doubt that the conviction will result In his resignation Mr Snow an MPP since who once represented north told the Globe and Mail Friday that the crime was Mr Gilbert told the court he advis ed the minister to construction after local mun icipalities began pressing for rapid completion of the pro ject Legislative clerk Roderick Smith said it was the first conviction of an Ontario Cab inet minister since former treasurer Peter Smith of the United of Ontario party was found guilty of breach of trust in 103 His government had been defeated by the time Mr Smith was convicted Coming GEORGETOWN FAIR Mr Gilbert had already been warned that authorize tion of the highway extension would contravene provincial law by environment minister Graham Scott the court leam Soon after construction began the Cabinet exempted the project from the assess menl Act a move that has saved of some trans porta projects from on mental scrutiny since the Act was passed Although their case wos partially based on he environ mental sensitivity of a group of locally rare orchids which proved to be safe from the project after all Mr Held and Crown attorney Larry Owen maintain the need to preserve Ontario wetlands Crucial to plant and animal ecology the wetlands ore disappearing at a rate of acres per year In Ontario according to Mr He called the conviction a message to ministers and senior public servants that provincial legislation cannot be ignored If It seems to their needs Harboring lingering con cerns that traffic at the Street inter section in Georgetown may increase further the towns general committee Monday night decided not to install traffic signals at the crossing Funds for the project were included in the town budget anticipating in subsidies from the province transport ministry However when traffic counts were conducted earlier this year at the Intersection the results collected Indicated that there t enough pedestrian traffic and left turn users to warrant the lights and the ministry has declined to support the project But some councillors while rejecting the proposal to install lights at the pointed out that traffic flow all along Guelph Street has been disrupted by ongoing road widening Mike Armstrong called on the engineering department to keep a very very close eye on the traffic situation at the The traffic count could go up Coun Marilyn said once drivers stop using alternative routes around the construction on Strecl In the recommendation passed by the committee the traffic flow will be perio dically reviewed and the traffic lights proposal may yet find Its way back Into the 1982 budget Meanwhile deputy town engineer Ted Bollinger said phase one of the Guelph Street widening project which ed the Intersection and was completed last year appears to have cut down on the number of accidents at the Intersection HAIR SHOPPE Styes for ALL the family A Main St Facing Main SI Parking Lot Downtown Georgelown 8775845 APPOINTMENT NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY OWNED AND MANAGED BY PAULINE ft BUD BUCKWALD Terry Lane Introduces INTERIOR ACCESSORIES NORDIC CANDLE HOLDERS Your One Stop Decorating Shop Beautiful flat finish Scrubs clean stays Easy water dean up Inflation fighter SAVE GALLON REG 99 bounder lor not WHEN YOU MAKE ft VERY GOOD HINT IT DA YSI St I Guelphview Square If 8463331 Georgetown GEORGETOWN DECORATING CENTRE tnr Sup

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