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JB MacKenzie Business of the Year Presentation Feb J MacKenxie and Son Ltd has been en as Georgetown b Business of the Year In keeping with the Bicentennial spirit it is fitting J and Son Ltd are being honored the business Is years old As the fifth recipient of the award the firm displayed good business ethics and played a significant impact on the social and economic well being of the area according to a press release from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce who or the award A dinner and presen tallon will be held Feb at the North Golf and Country Club Founder of the company John Boyd MacKcnzie was born on a farm Just south of Acton In 1900 he opened a carpentry and con trading business In According to John McDonald Sketches J MacKon lie and Son lumber com have played a role over years of adding to or remodelling almost every building on the main streets at Acton and Georgetown FAMILY BUSINESS The business has always been in the hands of family mem J four Daughters Jean and en had an interest with Major helped with Ken MncKenzie manng bookkeeping and home log the Acton branch of chores while Sam ago the company until today is the current in 1950 president of the firm Ills son Sandy Is the general manager of the business J B Mac Ken and Son Ltd has been affiliated with and Building supplies since 1060 Over the years the company has led their operation and learned to bend with the and downs or the industry Sandy MncKemle said The firm used to deal more contractors but today almost per cent of their trade comes from stnal buyers he said With high interest rates in 1982 the cum pany had a bad year as did the entire construe Ion Industry but was complete turn around he said Sandy cousin Jack MacKenzle works out of their Ac I on store Previous recipients of the Business of the Year award an McNal Construction 11902 Lynn Barnard of Dominion Seed House Smith and Stone Inc The member Georgetown Chamber of Commerce represents business concerns and acts as public re la lions depart in for local businesses Region pays owner for flooded basement Hal Ion region will pay to a Burlington homeowner whoso base mcnl backed up with sewage iwice in a year Unlike sewage back ups which angered rest in Hilts and after a storm last summer sewage flawed into Brian I home after sticks clogged the outside their property staff sugge sted that not honor the damage claims which Mr Lower and his felt were due because sewer maintenance Is a regio nal responsibility In a report to the region finance and ad ministration com nit lee chief Ivo officer Dennis Per In argued that the region insurers have Incd the region not at fault for the blockages which flooded the Lower home in December and November For both Incidenls Mr Lower paid over to clean up the damage left by the backed up sewers The administration committee disagreed with the staff mendation not to com pensate the Lowers In stead they endorsed regional chairman Pete suggestion that Mr Lower be paid for each flooding Romantic evening If romance is on your mind these days a Valentine Moonlight Ski might be Just tho thing At Wildlife Centre near Campbellville Friday Feb lo from 0pm there will be sleigh crackling fires hot cider plus a moonlight guided ski hike For more information call Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1084 Schools below capacity enrollment declining SPACE MAN Sunday snowfall and mild tempera tares tent people In drove lo the North Golf and Country Clob for winter exercise Eleven year old Kris March and several friends found a mogul In the middle of a toboggan run hard to miss and they seemed to enjoy the aerobatics Town weighs thrift policy vs increasing budget demands By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Is the town being too thrifty As Kills bud get committee tails work on towns annual budget over the next month Coun Sheldon wondered Mon day night If it Ian being locked into a bare bows way of thinking at the expense of I wonder If were really doing tin right Ihing by thinking about the tax increase when we really should be looking at our level of service she told members of the town general committee While they still have a long way to go through the budget committee the town operating and capital budgets should be ready lor council review by mid March Guidelines for this years fiscal document have been set at about five per cent for any departmental increas es slightly lower than the nation REDUCTIONS Cutbacks in pro vine 1 subsidies will also reduce the spending power of the town public works depart Commit lee members agreed that it could take a second look at some Hems which are sera I ched from the budget In an effort to meet the fire per cent guideline But they fully endorse Coun Sheldon s proposal to start prio- rizing department not just single items when decisions are made Continued on page A3 Herald StafT Writer Schools in Halton Hills are currently operating under their capacity levels and that situation expected to change over the next five years Centennial Middle School has been rated to have capacity for students It currently has students and in 1988 Is projected to have George Kennedy Public School has room for pupils but only has now In its projected to have 928 Glen Williams Public School Is Intended for students Class rooms hold 158 now and will be dropping down to pupils In five years Harrison Public School can hold 565 dents present here are pupils enrolled By that figure may drop to 181 At Howard Wriggles worth Public School enrolment capacity if There are dents now and in 1988 it expected to be 224 Joseph Gibbons Publ Ic School has room for pupils Enrolment is currently and Is expected to drop further to 124 by 1988 Public School can hold youngsters It has 147 now and that number Is expected to stay stable by 1988 MZ Bennett School In Acton has the to educate dents Right now Its educating 282 and is projected to be educat lag 199 by Public School In Acton has room for but its enrolment Is only 378 this year By 198a it projected to be Construction up in There were a lot of nails driven In in 1983 in Halton Hills Figures released by the town building department last week show that to the end of December 7 million of new construction had been erected or was underway in town Last year the town building department issued 433 building permits over half of which went additions and alterations to homes The 1983 construction picture wasn I as boom as tho one two years ago In 1981 per mils were issued and million of new construction took shape The amount of reno vations on homes was down slightly per mits from the figure but there was more new home build lng that year 109 permits compared to in 1983 In the midst of economic slump con at ruction was not a lucrative field in 1982 when only 8 million of new construe Ion was recorded for the entire year No official support VISITOR Playschool Instructor Jenny Constant hi surrounded by her class they welcome a visitor Monday The school la located la an unused classroom at Public School on Highway and Is run by the Georgetown and District VMCA photo Support the Prime Ministers peace inllla live Privately maybe but regional councillors may not be willing to put I la I Ion seal of appro Members of the administration and finance committee last Wednesday decided that the region should stay out of the federal government business Burlington Jim Grieve said the peace plan Is Tor Pari in men and ho added thai he felt Prime Mini Trudeau has his own politico ambitions In mind In the peace campaign Fellow Coun Walter maintained that the region Is responsible for a number of programs Supporting the peace Initiative should be one of them he said Park School enrolment could be as as At present it s and in 1988 Is projected to increase to 221 Public School enrolment capa city is Then an now pupils at Iho school By 1988 projec lions show a further decrease in enrolment 10 In Acton Robert Little Public School can hold up to 605 young At present It has 378 pupils in its class rooms By 1988 its expected to have students at Spcy side Public School could be as high as At present it pupils and five years later has been projected to be 122 If enrolment at Ste wart town Senior Public School were the school would be opera meat capacity level As It is now enrolment is and expected to decline to At the high schools enrolment drops will also be seen Acton High School has capacity for 850 pupils Currently there students at lending the school Projections for 1988 show a decline to pupils Georgetown District Kindergarten classes decline in Halton region pupils make up one per cent of the population in region In they made up 1 per cent of the population In 1988 It s expected they make up only per cent of ihc popu The figures come from a board of education study re lias this week projecting school enrolments for the next five years The elementary hold per cent of the region popu In on In they held per cent and in 1988 they re expected to hold per cent The percentage of the population in secondary schools In Halton is percenl In 19n it was per cent and In 1988 it expected to be per cent Hilton birthrate is declining steadily In 1970 it was 17 7 per cent and In per cent High School has room for 1 985 students and currently has students In that figure Is expected to drop to 1 ABOUT THE HILI Brother duo robbery spree There were six Georgetown residences broken Into by from A shotgun unclaimed so far was also stolen by the pair who did their deeds In a stolen car The 18 and leyear old brothers arc being held for a bail hearing They re charged with six counts of break and overnight Friday regional police said residences on Dale Gate Nor ton Crescent Stevens Crescent and Dawson Crescent and Prince Charles Drive were Women injured A 15year old Acton woman was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital Thursday at 35 a m fallowing a car accident on Mam Street South In Acton A northbound vehicle was turning Into a driveway when it was rearended by a second car unable to pull around it because of the slippery road conditions The driver of the second car was charged There was 100 damage Pole hit A light standard at Alcott Drive and Guelph Street was knocked over by a hit and run driver Saturday at I 50 a m Damage was A 29year old Brampton man was charged with falling to remain at the scene of an accident and with careless driving There was damage to the man a 1980 Honda Accord Ramp requested for disabled boy There a work to be done on the town side walks but little money to doit One problem the own budget commit tec will be asked to consider is ramping sidewalks at Intersec tions to make them easier to use for disabled resl dents In wheelchairs In letter to town engineer Bab Austin Weber Drive residents Mr and Mrs Harry Ellis say hat their son Todd Is limited as to where he can go alone In his neighborhood because of the raised sidewalks Todd is physically dis a bled and gets about using an electric wheel chair or electric cycle To ramp the inter sections around the Ell home Mr Austin replies in a report to general committee would cost about Delrex Boulevard ding Court inter section would cost about to Duncan Drive and Weber Intersections would cost about 400 LIONS WINTER Prince Geoffrey Ian Mac la rent Is one of three sons to succeed King Henry II as King of Fngland in Lion In Winter In the background Is the aging King mistress played by Karen The play written by James Goldman and performed lulcr this month by Georgetown Theatre Is set In century or Henry s court In France tor ticket Information call SIT Herald photo Entertainment A newcomer Georgetown wailed no liml getting involved local theatre works behind scenes and on stage In Globe Productions Community In for a room Sports five Georgetown bowler captured the provincial high school team bowling champion hip in Brampton on the weekend Bee Sporta Page for Us