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Page THE HERALD Wednesday October 1989 Town orders woman to lay husbands headstone flat A woman whose father died in March will not be allowed to put an upright headstone on his grave Kavanaugh was told by town councillors Monday night to comply with a rule that will not allow an upright headstone in Green wood Cemetery on Maple Avenue in Georgetown Mrs Kavanaugh was told to lay the inch stone on its side and use it as a pillow marker They told me to put it flat on the ground like a marker The thing is it a 300 headstone It s not meant to la flat on he ground Mrs Kavanaugh said Her father Bernard Postlethwaite died in March of this vear and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery Mrs Kawnaugh ordered headstone from a Milton company Creative Memorials Ltd contacted the Town of Halton Hills in Jul to request a foundation for in upright monument Councillors discussed the headstone night and decided thai it could set a precedent for other upright headstones if Mr s grave is allowed an upright marker The marker would reach a height of 32 inches with a base Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller said the pillow marker would repre sent a compromise between the upright headstone and the flat marker Town staff told Mrs she would us ing the headstone as a pillow marker I think this solution would some of her concerns and reduce some of her costs and would not compromise town council in the future Mayor Miller said Although councillors voted for the pillow marker Georgetown Ann Currie and rural Coun Joe Hewitt said they would like to see Mrs Kavanaugh get her upright headstone After driving by the cemetery this week and reading Mrs s letter to the town can that we wouldn just allow the upright marker Coun Hewittsaid Man struck by Police break up possible youth fight passing car Acton resident Kevin Gagnon is currently listed in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on Sideroad 32 east of the Third Line in Acton early Satur day evening Mr was first taken to Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital from where he was air lifted to Toronto General Hospital Halton Regional Police say a 30yearold Brampton man was travelling eastbound in a 1978 Monte Carlo when the vehicle struck Mr Gagnon who was stan ding beside a parked car About damage was caus to the Monte Carlo Police laid charges of impaired driving causing harm following the incident and a Dec court date was scheduled Telephone damaged Police say someone ripped out a pay telephone from a telephone booth located at Main Street and Confederation Street in Georgetown causing 200 damage earlier this week Bell Canada says the phone will be replaced in the spring Halton Regional Police may have averted a potential violent confrontation between a group of Georgetown and Orangeville youths outside Club in Nor Sunday night Police found two baseball bats a sword and some steel bars after stopping four youths during a spot check Later police searched another vehicle con taming four Georgetown youths and found several baseball bats and steel bars Police charged an 18yearold Toronto man who attends an high school with possession of weapons dangerous to the bublic peace and with possession of dangerous weapons A Dec 11 court date has been scheduled in connection with the incident Via to be cut back Mississauga approved asphalt plant Corners residents who lost a battle to keep a temporary asphalt plant out of their neighborhood recently asked the City of to go to bat for them councillors reacted against the Hills approval of Holdings for a threeyear asphalt plant at the cor ner of Steeles Avenue and Winston Churchill Boulevard Residents who said the approval of the asphalt plant was steamrolled through Halton Hills town council took their case to which lies south of the Halton Hills boundary I guess they thought they should have our voice Councillor Ted Southorn said Monday He said he was approached by angry neighbors who wanted to know about asphalt plants and if that municipality had ex penenced problems with asphalt plants The City of Mississauga endors ed the Bluecliff Holdings asphalt plant for a twoyear permit instead of three years of operation decided by Hills council The concern was that the site could be permanent and would not fit in with the prestige in buildings planned for the Highway area I would encourage Hills to look at the Highway corridor as prestige commercial area Mr Southorn said A neighbor living across from the approved asphalt site on Steeles Avenue said there was no proper research before Halton Hills council approved the asphalt plant Fred Hachman told coun cillors there would be excessive noise and increased truck traffic from the site He said a road study used by councillors and Halton Hills staff to determine if Steeles Avenue and Winston Churchill Boulevard could sustain the in creased traffic is one and a half years old and does not address todays road conditions outturn from Page I serve Georgetown commuters All trains will begin and end their trips in Sarma Mr said We have to tailor our schedule to catch the biggest share of the market That departure time in Sar- won be moved up to 3 a m Nobody would use the train The present Georgetown Via ser vice into Toronto arrives from don at 7 am and reaches Toronto at a The new vice from Sarma will leave that station at 6 or 7 a m A second London to Toronto train will also be affected by federal government cuts to Via Rail The train route Reaving London and stopping in In Bradford and Burlington before reaching Toronto will be reduced from eastbound and westbound trains a week to 30 east bound and westbound trains This reduced train line will meet connections from Amtrak the United States national rail service that runs a line from Chicago to Toronto Mr said Halton Ppel MP Garth Turner said he regrets losses to Via vices but constituents in this riding want cuts in government spending You can have it both ways We cant have all the services weve had in the past and yet have fiscal restraint Bonnette said the respon sibility for commuter service will fall into the lap of the provincial government And GO Government of On Transit doesnt have the equipment to replace Vias vice The councillor said Via has a mandate from the government to dismantle the service I hope the people from Georgetown and surrounding areas will respond flit effects Gallery Framing Centre Limited Edition Prints PETER ROtiSON COMING SD0N J 416877 7491 348 Guelph Street NEXT TO BELL GLASS ID THE CENTRE Georgetown Want To COMPLAIN don t know what to say or who to send it to Let me write a A formal complaint for A you PUT IT IN WRITING Writing Services Specializing in letters com plaint protest resumes forms and applications inn A itwrt SAVAGE Lottery funds help people with disabilities lost a leg to cancer when she was six years old With the help of a prosthetic leg is able to skip and swim with her friends Helping people with disabilities is one way lottery funds are used Lottery funds 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