Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 30, 1985, p. 3

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Election candidates Sacrifice long hours awaitjhopefuls MY SLAVE MR LEGS Wednesday at Georgetown DULrtcl High School It was about as blurre at It likely to get on a given day Student were participating in Slave Day your choice or a day Here Rob and ham it up in the hallway Photo by Monlque GLT want to buy hall for a home base The Georgetown Little Theatre put in an otter last week to buy the Stewarttown Community Centre Town council had to pass a bylaw to approve the purchase If nil goes well for the theatre company the purchase will be finalited Jan 2 1966 said Ken Richardson Clerk Administrator for Halton Hills The company plans to use the centre for rehearsals set construction and storage said David Clifton chair man of the GLT building committee The whole group has been work ing toward this for years Mr Clifton said It will make a fantastic difference It added The 1N0 widening Widening Road to six lanes of traffic won t be required in the year 2001 nor is it required now a regional public works report says The report says the current four lanes are sufficient for current and future traffic needs on Mountainview However as traffc volumes Increase the report states it may be necessary to introduce a centre left turn lanes at the major Intersections to reduce delays to through traffic between Highway and Summit Lane for props a warehouse on Armstrong Avenue for set construction and a cafeteria on Armstrong Avenue for rehearsing Money the town gets from the purchase of the centre will go to building a community centre or Halton Hills Mr Clifton said By BRIAN MacLLOO Herald Special With the municipal elections com up the town council will soon feature a host of new faces Many prominent public servants have dec id to leave politics for a variety of reasons If you are thinking of tossing your hat Into the political arena one day you may wish to know Just what you will be getting into The Herald talked to several prominent councillors and got their opinions on what it takes to be a public servant Acton retiring councillor far Wardl left no room for doubt that some sacrifices had to be made I had to give up two things curling and church choir he said Mr said that a new councillor faces quite a load or readlnR Close to end of long winding road Peter Woolgar and his group of Mountainview Road and arts residents appear to be close to the end of a long road Monday night the gentleman said his group was quite happy with the outcome of negotiations with town representatives and the clerk admin I Council made four modification to the text of its Official Plan Amendment No which is currently under the scrutiny of the Minister of Municipal Affairs The modifications had to do mainly with the concept of Road serving as the entranceway Into Georgetown Mr group objected strongly to this and wanted a deem of Ninth Line tain view Road as the main route into town Children and art Inspirations of Modern Art A Child Con Do It will be presented by retch en Day at the Nov meeting of the Georgetown University Women Club The business meeting begins at 7 p m at Centennial Public School followed by the presentation at The general public as well as new members to the club are welcome For more information please call club president Diane Deruchie at In order to f out about the of the position The tint year is a learning experience It takes a lot of time to learn the municipal act and the planning process if you go Into without doing your homework you fnd yourself making unintelligent decisions he said Mr had to give up some time he would normally spend with his family In order to fulfill his obligations as a councillor I regret some of the sacrifices I had to make but I glad I a councillor he said Word I town Coun Finn was looking forward to a second term but eventually decided hat he had spread himself too thin Along with his position on the town council Mr it also President of the Georgetown holds a fulltime job which requires that he be available 12hoursodayslxdaysaweek and has a wife and two very active sons to keep him lie withdrew his candidacy for years elections in order to have more time in his other capacities completely strung out I don t get to sit with my feet up and for a half an hour he said Like Ross Mr found that councillors responsibilities rcqu re between six to to hours a week I had to be a very effective time manager he sold Mr will now use h extra time to do something he has not been able to do for the past few years coach a minor league hockey team He gives aspiring politicians some advice and read it You will only see people who are dissatisfied you must remember that It is a public service and not take it personally he said Waller was a Georgetown councillor for Ward for six years The ex publisher of The Herald sat on the council from 1976 to 1982 Mr became a councillor because I had time on my hands he INN KNFCHTE1 was semi retired and I had seen politics from afar and wanted to see the other side He spent six to eight hours a week including council meetings working on town business Mr estimated Other councillors thought that the approximately a year salary was only a token payment but Mr thought that the pay was more than is needed He thought that some people did make many sacrifices In order to perform well on council but added that no one should let a council position interfere with a full time job The former councillor advised any successful candidates that the Job is a little frightening at first you have to make major decisions like planning the All of the former coundllon greed that an effective public servant would be required to make sacrifices but one common element was present that seemed to make up for missing a part of their lives the personal satisfaction of serving the community well and the chance to meet and help a variety of interesting taxpayers ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY YEAR OLD ON SELECTED IN STORE ITEMS SALE BEGINS TUES OCT 29 AND RUNS TO SAT NOV 02 LOOK FOR OUR 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