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Store owner wants farmers market The owner of the Campbell House Gallery in Georgetown would like to see a Farmers Market on Main Street to attract tourism to what he calls a strip plaza town appeared before town councillors Monday night saying a Farmers Market throughout the summer would in an influx of people Georgetown is becoming a strip plaza town he told councillors People driving through Georgetown dont even realize there is a downtown Ive been in Georgetown just two years myself and I would like to see things happening here he said Councillors agreed with Mr Rickevicius idea but said it would be a project for Georgetowns Business Improvement Area Mr Rickevicius said he had not approached the BIA But the Campbell House owner said because the street is a public street it does become a council issue Georgetown Coun Pat thy who is a BIA member said he would welcome Mr Rickevicius to the group s next meeting And Acton Coun Gerald Rennie said the BIA would jump at the idea of a Farmers Market Hills Mayor Russ Miller said he was glad to see Mr Rickevicius involved with Georgetowns downtown September is special September will be a special month in Halton Hills when the town designates Sept as Literacy Day and the week of Sept to as Square Dance Week The North Literacy Guild says it would like more awareness of illiteracy One in five adults in the Region cannot read or write the Guild says North Club moves driving range A Georgetown man who says be spent the last seven or eight years dodging golf balls in his backyard will get some respite from the North Golf and Country Club Maple Avenue resident Robert Harris told Halton Hills town coun cillors in April that he and his wife who have lived in their bouse 36 years were afraid to sit in their backyard for a cup of tea for fear of being struck by errant balls from a nearby driving range What the town referred to as a friendly neighbor call to the Maple Avenue golf course resulted in an agreement to relocate the driving range The golf club told the town in a recent letter that the Board of Directors are pleased to advise you the decision has been made to relocate the driving range to an area of the Club away from the perimeter of the property Mr Hams had said that he has repaired many broken windows in the past and has seen neighbors car windshields smashed with golf balls But Mr Hams sense of humor didnt fad him when he appeared in front of town councillors in April He said he was tempted to sell the balls in a garage sale or hit them back to the driving range with his own golf clubs In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771 Florists A TASTY GIFT IDEA Try Our Gourmet Fruit Baskets 8776901 211 St QMrgtfown NORTHVIEW CENTRE FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY AUGUST PAGES Acton woman loses battle over trailer park Georgetown resident Pleter Nam ink died following this two- vehicle collision on Trafalgar Road south of Sideroad 10 in Hills Thursday afternoon His wife who was a passenger In the J Chrysler is currently listed in stable condition at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The drher of the 1985 Mack Tractor Trailer dump truck Andre was treated and released from Georgetown hospital The mans 5yearold son walked away from- the accident uninjured police Georgetown man dies in Trafalgar Road collision A 74yearold Georgetown man died following a twovehicle colli sion on Trafalgar Road south of in Halton Hills Thursday afternoon Halton Regional Police say Namink was travelling northbound on Trafalgar in a 1979 Chrysler when the vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a 1986 Mack Tractor Trailer dump truck that was transporting 300 lbs of manufactured sand Mr wife who was a passenger in the car was taken to Georgetown and District Hospital where she is currently listed in stable condi tion police say The truck overturned blocking both the northbound and south bound lanes police say The trucks driver 31 yearold Andre Patchett of Mississauga was treated at Georgetown hospital and later released Mr fiveyearold son who was a passenger in the truck was uninjured police say Witnesses at the scene told police both vehicles appeared to be travelling within the 80km per hour speed zone An investigation is ongoing In a lastditch attempt to halt ap proval of 30 trailer residences at Nor Park in Acton a near by resident pleaded with town councillors Monday night to recon their decision Christine who lives near the Regional Road 12 site said the heaven of her home will be destroyed by a permanent trailer site on the property owned by and Doris Barber Nor Halton Park is presently home to seasonal camp sites The site was recently approved by Hills town council en ding the search for a new location for evicted Willow Park families The Credit Valley Con servation Authority will evict the trailer owners this fall from the trader park on Highway 7 in val The CVCA says the park lies in a flood plain But homeowners near Nor- Park say they should not be responsible for relocating the trailer park residents What I want to do is finish my life as Ive always lived it Mrs Davies told councillors We thought this is heaven Its a beautiful home Mrs Davies said she and her husband survived the depression without any help I think people think I dont care about people Back in May Mrs Davies told councillors she feared for her pedigree dogs if the trailer park was approved and 30 families edtoNorHalton She should not have to suffer she said and her poodles cant be frightened because if they were I wouldnt be able to show them at dog shows she said Councillors voted to approve the permanent trailer park at a lengthy council meeting two weeks ago At that time Norm Elliott opposed the plan and said Monday that he remains opposed He said the mobilehome park should be treated as a 30howe subdivision and subjected to ttw ontlnued on Page KflSPERS CLASSIC LIVE DJ EVERY FRIDAY ft00PJH1MAW NO 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