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Cancer society kicks off April campaign Page 5 In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Geoigetown Secretarial Service ST 8772282 LIGHTS LIVING LIGHTING Hwy 7 Georgetown Man iof QTt Sold day J Aug J Home Newspaper of Ha I ton Hills Established FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY APRIL 11th 1990 PAGES Tourist application delayed Acton wants to be a tourist town By BEN the Herald The Acton Business Improve ment Area group has decided to delay applying to Region for a tourist designation allowing its membership to open Sundays says BIA chairman Dan Dolliver Those businesses granted a tourist designation are allowed to be open Sundays under the pro vinces Retail Business Holidays Act Before the applies for a designation members want to know the outcome of the Burl BIA application to the Region for a similar designation said Mr Dolhver recently The Region has scheduled a public hearing on the application for ear ly May to get public input on whether the Burlington should be granted a designation Were not sure how to pro ceed said Mr He said the Regions director for business development Brent Kearse recently told the member ship executive it had two options Members could apply for a tourist designation allowing all BIA members to open their businesses Sundays or it could apply for a designation that applies only to tourist oriented businesses said Mr Mr Kearse said a third option would be not to make any applica tion Most of the businesses in the Acton BIA are small enough in size that they can currently be open Sundays under the legislation he said But Mr said the BIA in tends to make some sort of A lot of business owners are concerned about being charged if they open their stores Sundays he said The Burlington BIA wants a designation that would apply to its Modern day barnstormers The Just Plane Crazy won the best presented boat award in the annual Boat Race on the Credit Rlter on Saturday Entrants this year dropped from 100 to 55 but the amount raised jumped to thanks to McDonalds and Mold Masters donations here the crew of the Plane Craiy mm to try The crew is Steve Dance George Chris Dean Same Kern and Daniel The first canoe over the finish line was guided by Andre and Tim For more photos see page ID Herald Photo by Brian MacLeod entire membership said Mr The Region recently granted Ac ton leather specialty stores Flight- Line and Leathertown West tourist designations Both businesses are divisions of the Hide House which also has a designation allowing it to be open Sundays The president of the Olde Hide House Steve DawHns had argued for the designations for FlightLine and Leathertown West Wearhouse on the basis they catered to tourists- Continued on Page Town approves 99 per cent tax hike Halton Hills town councillor Pat McCarthy literally stood alone at Monday nights council meeting in opposition to a 9 per cent tax hike for urban area residents in In a recorded vote Couir Mc Carthy was the only councillor who opposed the 1990 operating budget Besides the tax hike for urban residents the budget calls for an 8 per cent tax increase for rural area residents Those who live in the rural areas dont have to pay for Regional services such as garbage disposal so their tax hike is lower In response to budget committee chairman Rick claim the 1990 operating budget is realistic reasonable and respon sible McCarthy said the budget isnt an example of restraint The tax increase could have been lower without reducing the level of town services said the councillor arguing the towns total budget ex penditures have increased by per cent over the past two years The voters are saying enough is enough and I dont think per cent tax hike is responsible to them The 1990 operating budget con tains just under million in ex penditures with a total tax bill of for the average urban area resident and for rural area residents Marilyn Serjeanston told Coun McCarthy he was being un fair to council members for leading the public to think council is acting irresponsibly The tax hike is 9 per cent because of several costs incurred by the town that are beyond its control said Continued 8