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Pages THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday August When You Get On Youre all wet Despite a little wet weather a benefit car wash behind Guelph Street Wendy restaurant raised for the local Cancer Society branch Saturday However It seemed some of the Wendy employees were more soaked than the car they were washing Herald photo Ontario Municipal Board plant The Town of Halton Hills may have to reassess its official plan because of the Ontario Municipal Board s recent decision de nying Ontario Paving Company Limited the right to establish an asphalt plant at Steeles Avenue and Winston Churchill Boulevard said Glen Wellings a planner with the town We 11 haye to look at the Official Plan because of the issues raised in the OMB decision he said Mr was referring to the temporary use bylaw that Halton Hills council had passed that in ltially gave the paving company approval to establish an asphalt plant for three years at s Comers without first amending the town s Official Plan The site is designated rural meaning under normal cumstances the Official Plan would have to be amended designating the area industrial But the town used a notwithstan ding clause in the Official Plan to issue the temporary use permit and therefore avoid amending the Official Plan Chairman Ted ruled in his decision the toun could only use the notwithstanding clause if all other aspects of the Official Plan were excluded But Mr wrote it is clear it the town did not act as if the rest of the plan for exam pie the policies on separation of in dustnal and residential areas site plan control and holding bylaws were to be ignored He also said A development proposal should not escape all scrutiny simply because it is tern Mr Wellings said previous deci sions made by the town using the notwithstanding clause will not be affected by the OMB decision because the related bylaws are now in place He com further on the OMB decision saying the town s solicitor is reviewing the case But Mayor Miller considers the asphalt plant a dead issue Mayor Miller said of the deci sion he not really supnsed The residents too were not surprised at the outcome We the resident group v re confident we win said association member Teggart We are going to throw a party and we won t be inviting Mayor Miller or the area Regional representative Joe Hewitt said Ms Their short sightedness on the issue of ing cosl the group a lot of work and money she said The local cillor for the area Robert Heaton was the only town councillor who gave us support said Ms Teggart The residents said Ms Teggar agree s Corners is an area in transition That means the area is suited to gradually change from rural to prestige industrial she said There is no way an asphalt plant comes under this category said Ms We don agree with heavy industry in the rural area she emphasized The President of the Ontario Paving Company Alfano said of the issue we re not finished yet The company s lawyer is cur rently reviewing the decision said Mr to determine if there is a legal aspect of the decision that can be challenged He said the decision was disap pointing especially since it was based on a technicality and not on the issue of land use Mr called the decision Hogwash The company proved that the asphalt plant was compatible with the surrounding land uses said Mr Mr agreed in his decision We are satisfied that the use is fully compatible with this rapidly developing mixed com residential and small scale industrial area When you get on and you ve lived a long time And the walk up the stairs is a mighty high climb Though your eyes are dimmer than what they were And the page of a book has a mis blur Strange as the case may seem to be Then is the time you will clearly You 11 see yourself as you really are When you ve lived a lot and travelled far When your strength gives out and your muscles tire You see the folly of ambition s desire You 11 see what now to your sight is hid The numberless trivial things you did Often the blindest are youthful eyes For age must come ere a man grows wise And youth makes much of the peaks And the strife for fame and the goal it seeks But age sits down with the set ting sun And smiles at the boastful deeds it s done You 11 sigh for the fnends that GEORGETOWN CUSTOM CAR SOUND THE CAR STEREO EXPERTS SINCLAIR AVE 877 were turned aside By a hasty word or a show of pride You laugh at medals that now you prize For you look at them now through clearer eyes And see how little they really meant For which so much of your strength was spent You 11 see as always an old man That the waves die down with the fading breeze That the pomps of life never last for long And the great sink back to the common throng And you understand when the struggle ends That the finest gifts of this life are friends Author unknown Quoted from page VIII of a fif tieth anniversary history book call Rolling Hills in Retrospect SEE BACK PAGE DAYS NEXT MON AUG 20 21 GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE Street NORTH END NISSAN 610 MARTIN STREET MILTON 8784137