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it tat at Martin NHMU ft Haw Mi int Mhv- THE HERALD Thursday December Page I Town gives award fans on council Coun l agreed Monday in in lournamenL The trophy to give fas to the rfm J get own Minor MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our relatives friends and may your New Year be merry and to my buddies at darts an extra special Merry Christmas Monica Rick Kids CONGRATULATIONS Brian Theresa on the arrival of their son The Reeds TO Merry Christmas Happy New Year What s a deadline Guess who MERRY CHRISTMAS to the Johnston family and a Happy New Year GLAEDELIGJUL Godt til far Love Annie and family JOIN US FOR THE MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR BRING THIS GET YOUR OFF OVER S10 FOR EAT INon TAKE OUT FROM 1 TO DEC ID AWifVERSARY SPECIALS CNaUnCtawM Municipal centre No attempt to short circuit issue By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Special The decision to app oint rather than elect a new mayor for the town was not an attempt to prevent purchase of the controversial Stevens property becoming an election issue town politicians say Councillors who favored holding an elec tion to replace Mayor Peter denied there was any concerted effort by council as whole or by the six members who favored appointment to vent public scrutiny of the purchase The Stevens property is located on Maple Avenue Georgetown about two kilometers from the present Trafal gar Road town offices Jake Kulken said he was not lobbied to change his mind about favoring election and he Is sure he would have been had there been any desire keep the Issue away from the public Finn Poulstrup said the Stevens properly had nothing to do with the Issue We bought property as far as 1 ra concerned It sever and done with We alt know what still has to be done and were prepared to go ahead and do It By the time an rolls around It will all be completed be said No one person on council whether it be mayor or councillor can stop that because the rest of council knows It a good plan and they overrule him Dave Whiting and Marilyn Serjeantson both fell the vote on election or appointment was strictly an indlvl dual thing I knew I voted for Ihe purchase and I wain I afraid to go to the public in an election Coun Whiting said There was no con spiracy on council part Coun Serjeant son said Obviously those who stood for election believed in It The fact that Ruts Miller was appointed mayor will probably do more to allay fears of avoiding the issue because Mayor Miller is against the purchase and the Idea of a new municipal office complex she said No one would predict how citizens opposing the new complex and the land purchase of it will react to the appoint rather than an election Rick saw finances as the choice in choosing between elec tion and appointment To him the Stevens property purchase might have been in some councillors minds but not with unpor MERRY CHRISTMAS Ellen wish all their friends in the campers club a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year HAPPINESS tn RESTAURANT We help you with your Insurance claims MOUNTAINVIEW COLLISION RD 8778384 Holiday Parties are easy when you order JWWkrWUWrWWWWWWWWUV BUCKET ANY SIZE CHICKEN N CHIPS BARREL INDIVIDUAL 3PC COMPLETE DINNERS THRIFT BOX SNACK and tor 15 to ask about our Just call your nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken store up to two hours before your guests arnve Then come in and take home our finger llckin good chicken salads and Grecian bread Its fast Its easy Its delicious The Colonel Sanders Do It Yourself Buffet There nothing like it STREET GEORGETOWN Kentucky fried