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Dont be depressed Santa letters depleted Santa Claus is getting ready to come to town Hes relayed a message telling us his sleigh is being carefully and outfitted for even the worst of our December storms Letters from Santa are on pages AS A6 B6andB6 Gemini hockey Can t stop those goals the HERALD Newspaper of Halton Established 1866 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19 Teen dies in crash Teaching changes Peter Vldler of McKenziemilh Middle School has been appointed elementary at Gladys Speers Public School He takes on the new position Jan 1 McKenzieSmlth Is also losing Phillips fromitsteachlngstafflnlhenewyear The Hallon board of education accepted her resignation last week New street lights Now street lights are being erected on Acton Mills Street as part of the Business Improvement Area and town project Town engineer Bob Austin said the work Is being done by an contractor who is now almost weeks behind The lights which were to have arrived Aug 30 were delivered just last week The project cost of Is being shared between the and the town similar those In downtown Georgetown The Kali I family celebrate Christmas despite being Sikh faith Sikh family celebrate Canadian tradition Kau has been in Cana da years now and although Christmas is not a religious holiday far her family she cele brates It In the tional Canadian fashion Of he Sikh faith the Kalsi nevertheless decorale a Christmas tree and put up colorful lights don t go to church Mrs Kalsi said We do everything else Taking up Ihe Cana dlan way cclebrat ink Christmas totally foreign merit for Mrs Kalsi When she lived in India a New Delhi she had Christian friends with whom her family would celebrate Christ mas hire are many faiths in India and the whole enjoys the days each religion she said Mrs called Jean by her George town friends prepares Christmas dinner for htr large family which be turkey or perhaps chicken There the usual salad potatoes and mixed vegetables with il She and her husband Rattan Singh have six grown up children two of them marr and living not far from home Their three sons and three daughters make sure they re with hi family Dec and J5 Especially since Dec is Mr Kolii Lent 1 soup always pnecdes the main ursc for Chr dinner It not modi of red or green lentils you find in food stores but a black lint I only found in Indi an food specialty stores In Indi you can sec seven or eight of lentils Mrs said No tike here She mixes he lenlils red is it u lb paprika curry powdtr g and of hoi chill The children d I like the peppers loo much Mrs Kalsi said For dessert there the traditional Chr lit mas cake but there Continued on page By ROBIN BAKE WELL Herald SUIT A Georgetown teenager lost his life after the vehicle in which he was a passenger ended up in the creek below Road In Glen Williams The vehicle apparently hit a concrete abutment on the side of the road rolled over and trapped Kenneth Morrow under the car by the creek Firefighters ambulance attend ants and the regional police were called to the scene at appro 1 a Sunday and Mr Morrow was freed by firefighters equipment Another passenger in the vehicle Susan Hocks 16 was treated and released from George town District Memorial Hospital KEN The driver Keith 17 Line escaped with minor and has been charged with impaired driving and driving over the legal limit Georgetown District High School had its lag at half mast and observed a school silence in respect for Mr Morrow a recent Grade 12 graduate Friends from GDHS who delivered a poem in memory of Mr Morrow for The Herald said he always put friends and family before himself In one instance outlined Mr Morrow was remembered as saying he wished it could have been him with cancer rather than one of his two elder brothers Aequinngthe me of Face from his fellow students he was said to have been always making faces Students said ha was always happy and had ability to cheer anybody up They said you could always relate him and tell him your problems Mr Morrow enjoyed the shop courses when he attended school and was apprenticing to become an clan at Plan Electric In Mississauga He was also taking a Chemistry course at Nelson High School evenings a week A hockey player to the Georgetown house league Mr Morrow won the most improved player in the juvenile on last year The team he played for this year Twin Windows had a moment of silence for him and wore blue banners around their arms at Sunday game His hockey shirt will be sent to his family A poem for Ken see Pg A3 Students who talked to The Herald said Mr Morrow always wore a seat belt and would make others wear one If they drove in his A memorial service was held Tuesday Dec Presbyterian Church in Georgetown at 3 p Its a baby girl but moms shocked By ROBIN BAKEWELL Herald Staff Relief was the word Lois Webb used to describe her reaction on giving birth to a baby girl she didnt realize was there Mrs Webb woke with severe abdominal pains Tuesday Dec 11 and asked her husband Bill to stay with her until the pain subsided The pain got worse the family doctor was called and in turn an ambulance arrived shortly after In a matter of minutes Mrs Webb gave birth to Elizabeth Webb I was relieved that there was nothing more seriously wrong with me That giving birth lean handle she said Fowl issue Mrs Webb said her husband is extremely happy that nothing was wrong with her and thrilled to pieces about the new arrival I always wanted a girl Mrs Webb sa The year old mother of three said she was unaware of her 1 I suspect I was pregnant after this number of years and there were no symptoms to indicate was she said Mrs Webb reportedly gained no more than five pounds during the pregnancy at which time she had no contact with her doctor A shipping supervisor with Georgetown Term Warehouse Mrs Webb worked at the warehouse until the day before the birth The at work reacted with absolute chaos from what I under stand It threw them into turmoil Mrs Webb said adding she would be taking some lime off 1 m coping well but it going to take a bit of adjusting she said was a name Mrs Webb said she had on the shelf after her first child was a boy IB years ago Her second pregnancy also resulted in a boy and Mrs Webb said she is now able to use the name Mrs Webb is currently sorting through maun tains of gifts from friends far and wide including four bunting bags 20 stretch suits undershirts and diapers new baby needs from the skin outward she said Home needed for swans By Rick Bonnet of Acton would like to see a good ending to what he colls a fowl issue Monday night the plight of Acton 16 swans an Fairy Lake came up at the council meeting Acton resident Esther Taylor expressed oppo sition to moving he swans from Fairy Lake to the town sewage trcitment plant for the winter Recreation director wants the swans moved because he sovs keeping the lake from freezing over through the use of a donated bubbler creates a hazard for the rest of the community I don I want to wall for another accident happen so we look the attitude let move the swans Mr Shepard said The bubbler keeps the water from freezing over so the swans can stay safe from dogs and wildlife in the water However it creates thin ice around the open water making It danger for who I to use the lake As well the open water attracts youngsters and creates a danger for Mr said that although the lake the towns it belongs to Tanneries because the town has created this hazard of open water in the winter it would be legally held responsible for any drownings or accidents in the lake The swans were on only two and were a gift to the town Their wings are clipped so they cannot fly away MUDPIES FOR SUPPER The Henry and Main Streets Intersection In Georgetown yielded fine mud for playing In i discovered left to right Richard Matthew Edwards and Heather Miss Taylor said she and others feed them daily along with the Acton Arena staff If the bubbler comes out and the swans are moved she said the water will freeze and ducks will have to find someplace to winter The problem with the ducks is they dan fly away because they re fed well Mr Shepard said referring to people with good intentions who feed them Ducks arc entertaining to look at but they re really meant to fly He said at the sew age treatment plant the swans are Ted daily by regional staff who work Jean Hawthorne of said that when Ihe swans were moved three years ago to the plant snow around their pond was built up so high they tel out to gel food When they threw the corn down into the water the ducks were so quick that the swans the corn she said Mr was instructed to find a conservation authority where the swans can be accommodated through the winter by council Mr Carney said If thai can be arranged the town will come up with the money for their feed If no conservation authority will take the birds they II have to spend the winter at he plant council agreed SPIRIT OF GIVING There are a lot Good Neighbors at Centennial Public School Student and teacher met with Good Neighbor Siena Van Monday to deliver a cheque for that will be used to buy food for the needy during Christmas Seen here are Front row left right Anna principal At tin Vlckl Hughes middle row Siena Van Lynn Rogers who raised at the school charity rock a than back row teacher Chris Logan and teacher Peter Gardiner Students were dressed In western garb became the school was celebrating a western day Herald photo Town to monitor Peel dump site selection closely Peel selection process for Its new dump should bo monitored very close ly town councillors agreed last week Peel has Identified four preferred location north of the CNR tracks to Sideroad 15 and 17 and east of Winston Churchill Boulevard to Mississauga Rood It adjacent to Halton Hills A recent meeting between staff representatives of Hills Halton region reported on by the town s planning director Ian Keith He noted Peel site selection process has been concentrating on Brampton rlghl from the start They said they made a commit ment when they settled the site for the last landfill that the next one would be In the north Mr Keith said Former landfills were In the existing regional dump is on Britannia Rood In Regional and local Official Plans exclude and from providing the next However the provincial Environ mental Assessment requires the whole of the region be fully studied to find a new landfill site which is what is doing In its search for a new dump Peel staff believe their single municipality approach Is defensible since the agreements limiting the next dump site to Brampton were made prior to the province Environmental Assessment legislation They re hanging their hat i that Town Clerk administrator Ken Richardson said They ve never gone lo the Ministry of the Environment to ask it that commitment made to he people would hold Mr Keith said he believed the region of Peel has a long way to go before they have a landfill site He noted ground testing has yet to be done It may turn out they 11 go with another site he sold Peel has a good deal to go before they have a site Tor a sanitary landfill lhat will stand up to the examination requirements Coun Sheldon who was at the meeting said she came away feeling that it too early to be against site although she opposes It It so much at this point that wehavetobeagalnst that site we have to monitor very closely the process she said It seems lo be a onesided process or lack of process in my opinion She said the town would do more good by pointing out Peel isn t covering oil Its bases If they continue with this one sided process a good environmental lawyer would have a field day Coun Sheldon said Peter Norton said he was also at the meeting and came away with the opinion that the people of Peel think this is the ideal site Mr Richardson said the neighbor region is at a very preliminary stage and agreed with Sheldon that premature for Halton Hills to speak out against the candidate silo