Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 24, 1988, p. 5

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Civic centre has it all under one roof Town into the new town hall We will last have a civic presence to be pro ud of and identify with There are some very obvious uses for the building such as a central home for the planning recreation and parks treasury public works and engineering and building departments which are now located In four buildings on James Street Trafalgar Road Main Street and Street The Council Chambers will be a main feature too with room to seal members of the public if they wish to follow he municipal politics scene A special feature of the building is that the Committee Room Council Chambers and Councillors lounge have been designed and wired to function as an emergency head quarters during a disaster Although no definite policy has been establish to deal with municipal uses of the building Councillor Gerald Ren has suggested that the Council Chambers could double as a chapel for Town Hall weddings and that the grounds could be used for photographs It might be the only time two people agree on anything In the Council Chambers We expect the grounds to provide an excellent location for a stroll or a place to sit and relax In future the town hopes to build a walkway to the fairgrounds The town road to the Civic Centre Hills Drive wHI eventually be extended to provide an additional more direct route to the hospital It will intersect with Princess Anne Drive As can be Imagined It is quite a project The Civic Centre Donations Com mil lee has targeted the grounds as their first priority since It will be what visitors and most or us see first when we use the centre or just drive by We want to make a great first impression If you would like more information on making a tax deductible donation to our new Civic Centre please call Fred Kelson at or Gary Brand at MICTION A jut Wednesday IMS Pages Public input sought on future with EFW Thats the ticket Tickets are now on sale for a special evening being planned by the Georgetown Chinese Cultural Association In conjunction with lie Canadian Vietnam Veterans The event on Sept at the Georgetown Armories will feature a Monte Carlo nigh I dancing and other tractions Tickets are alio being sold for draws various pieces Chinese art Ed Cochrane left a Vietnam veteran Is selling the tickets at the Miracle Food Mart on Thursday and Friday evenings p and Saturdays a to Here he sella a ticket to Ted Helmut food manager for Miracle Herald photo Systems project management In September the Toronto Chapter of the Association for Systems Management will present an educational program for area In formation terns profess Is The Systems Project Management program will be at the Sheraton Cen tre Queen Street Toronto Sept Systems Project Management provides participants with an proved knowledge of skills and techniques that must be considered when undertaking a project For registration Information or a detailed brochure contact Henry at or Charles Black ASM International at Concerted effort to obtain more funds Education boards form liaison The Regional Municipality of has commissioned a study to examine options for energy from waste facilities The study is a step towards achieving the Regions commitment to reduce dependence on by diver ling at least per cent of the municipal waste stream which re mains after reduction and recycling facilities The study which Is being carried out to the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act will analyse the options available to and the environmental ef feet social natural cultural economic technical and ad vantages and disadvantages of the available EFW technologies Alter native candidate areas for potential facilities as well as preferred options will be dentil led in the study A public Information and consul lion program being conducted along with the technical study The program will provide the public and Interested groups with Information about and will obtain public comment on the study Information and opportunities for participation will be available from information displays set up in prominent places throughout the Region open nouses newsletters and workshops A of residents from the Region will asked to participate in a survey this fall which will help to determine general public opinion on key Issues related to from the Region consultants Involved in available to talk to In tercstcd community groups and organizations An important part of the public consultation program is the creation of a Communities Information Group that will serve in an advisory capacity to the public participation consultant The group of 12 representatives from the four area municipalities will ensure that the public is effectively involved in the lldpating In the group The Com muni ties Information Group will hold Its first meeting in September MacLaren Engineers has been hired to conduct the technical study The public consultation program Is being carried out by the Institute of Environmental Research Joyce Young and Associates and viromes Research Group who will undertake the survey of residents The study began in July 1988 following confirmation of receipt of per cent funding from the Ministry of the Environment The study is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1689 Anyone interested in learning more about the study or submitting their name for the Communities In formation Group should contact Ms Linda Regional Municipal of Halton PO Box Bronlc Road Oakvllle Ontario LSJ from Hills from or 416 from s two boards of education will form a liaison committee to lob by the provincial government for creased school funding In a press conference Wednesday Roman Catholic Separate School Board chairman Bill and Board of Education chairwoman Pat Hillhouse the boards intention to work as a joint committee What we are saying Is the time has come or combined efforts said Mrs Hillhouse The liaison committee met Aug to discuss approaching the Ministry of Education to fund new schools in particularly in the Oakville and Burlington areas The public system t received funding In the last two years said Hills Halton Board of Education trustee Arlene Bruce Mrs Bruce sits on the liaison com formed by the two regional boards of education That commit tee served as a role model for the ad hoc committee lobbying for and Burlington and represented by Pat BUI MPPs Barbara Sullivan and Doug Carrulhers and Mayor Bill Mrs Sullivan said the liaison committee would approach the government with aggressive advocacy involving phone calls letters and visits The from the area sup porting the position of the Board of education should carry some weight with the government said Mrs Bruce The original liaison committee wilh Its approximately 15 members contacted the provincial Ministry of Education June is make a plea for funding Minister Chris Ward responded by letter telling that the ministry made Its selection on the basis of need Oakvllle is In desperate need of a new school said Mrs Bruce She added that the numbers will in dicate we need space now Mrs Bruce said Bill 30 passed two years ago and giving Ihe Catholic school board government funding impacted on the public board fun ding There were millions and millions of dollars required across the system once Bill was passed she said And Mrs Bruce stressed the im of government response to the school boards The Ministry has ignored our requests Ihey handed dollars out as they see it but our concern is that vou re asked to plan you re asked to look ahead and yet our hands are tied We con do a thing unless we have the Minister agreement she said Catholic Board chairman Bill agreed When the Ministry makes its allocations In the spring we can start preparing for the new school tic said adding It takes two to three years to plan for the construction of a new school But Hills is not the same school space shortage as Its sou them Halton neighbors said Halton Board of Education trustee Dick Our projections ore such that even with the increase in population ve should be able to handle the growth within our own schools he said Halton awards scholarships District Women Institute Driving committee Tnra has com is pleased to announce the winners of their scholarships and bursary for As no winners were declared In two Dr the Chapman Scholarships valued at each were awarded I his year daughter of Ed ward and Diane Segsworth of Milton was one winner Tara has completed 18 project awards in and was Princess In 198687 She Is a member of the Youth Group and Youth Choir At school she has been in the band for five years and has helped with school plays student auxiliary and the SADD Students Against Drunk pitted Grade at Lester B Pearson High School and plans to take Agri Business at the University of Wilson daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Wilson of Georgetown the other scholarship winner She has received project awards the Klwanls Award and has attended the Regional Con and the delegate pro gram at the CNE Brenda has also been active in church youth group and In teaching Sunday school She graduated from Milton District High School and will be attending Brock Kinsmen elect national president University In the Child Studies Pro- Sandra daughter of Walter and Gertrude of Milton is this years winner of the Halton District Women s Institute Bursary of She loo Is active as a 4H member having completed nine Lifestyles and 14 Agricultural Pro jects Sandra was Halton Dairy Princess for Ihe past two years She enjoys outdoor sports sewing clothes and travelling A graduate of Milton District High School she plans to attend McMastcr in the Social Science Course and eventually hopes to own a clothing store Congratulations to all three win DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC AW TRENTON DT CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE 8772359 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Ward 2Tenth Line Council for the Town of Halton Hills will conduct a Public Matting to mine and discus a proposed to Zoning Bylaw 7461 and an application for plan of subdivision to permit 315 tingle family residential lots The subject property Is located wast of the Tenth Line and south of Sliver Craek In the community of Georgetown The property It described as being Part Lot 12 Town of Further Inlormatlon Is ml la bio In the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME Time p Data Monday September Location Council Chamers Town Ad mini trail on Building Line Trafalgar Road File No Bill of senior medical laboratory technologist at Brockville General Hospital has been elected the national president of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs The election took place at Kinsmen national convention in Calgary where It was announced that during the past year the more than 1 Kinsmen and Kinette clubs across Canada donated in service funds to their communities This year the Association was again the largest single contributor to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Kinsmen and Kinettes donated a record more than million to help find a control or cure for cystic fibrosis which is second only to cancer in claiming the lives of young Canadians This past year marked a milestone in Kinsmen support of the CCFF with total donations surpassing the million mark Since Kinsmen began contributing to the fight against In the clubs have donated nearly million In addition the Association members supported many other organizations Including Ihe Cana dian Diabetes Association the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada the Unitarian Service Com of Canada and the March of Dimes Mr Fayle who Is a member of the Kinsmen Club of Prescott has been a Kinsman since 1977 He has earned a wide variety of awards and held many club offices in eluding president of the Kinsmen Good service good coverage good price Thats State Farm insurance ROBERT TAIT INS AGENCY LTD Like a good neighbor Slate Farm is there STATE FARM INSURANCE

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