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Thursday, M arch 19, 2015 - The IFP - H alton H ills - w w w .theifp.ca Page 7 Furnace Air Conditioning Gaslines Boilers Water Heaters Radiant Heating 905-877-3100 proud local dealer of Canadian made products .ca • your window & door professionals • 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca • awarded readers choice 22 times • Visit our showroom • Truck Accessories • Upholstery • Heavy Equipment Glass •Window Tinting 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown 905-873-1655 We handle all insurance work. COMMENT The way we were The muddy intersection of Mill and Main Sts. looking east in about 1900. W.M. Cooper, merchant tailor occupies the premises on the corner, now the parkette. Text by John Mark Benbow Rowe, Acton: The History of Leathertown; photo courtesy of Esquesing Historical Society Four corners in Acton Photographer George Thomas took this view of the Toronto CN Tower and the Big Smoke's skyline one morning. He was standing at the top of The Gallery on Princess Anne Dr. in Georgetown. Got a photo you want to share? Email cgamble@theifp.ca T.O. SKYLINE SUNRISE From our readers Town is fighting proposed pit plan How would you like to have an addi- tional 21,213 gravel trucks a year come through The Town of Halton Hills for the next 20 years with zero benefit to the Town? Acton will take the brunt of this grav- el truck procession. James Dick is hop- ing for a rezoning to operate a quarry on 39.4 hectare site just outside of the Halton Hills boundary. This is called the 'Hid- den Quarry.' The Guelph Eramosa council will be considering a rezoning from Agriculture/Hazard to Industrial/Excavate. The Concerned Residents Coalition has been active in fighting this proposal. They have already signed up 750 members. If you want more in- formation or want to be a member, contact the CRC at CRCRockwood.org. Halton Hills, Halton Re- gion and Milton have serious concerns with this proposal. Your council will be treating this Quarry proposal as if it was in our Town. **** The Town has revamped the active development page on its website to pro- vide more detailed and valuable infor- mation to the community. The webpage tracks and provides an up-to date status for all active development applications within the Town of Halton Hills. This is a real value add to our community and will provide a comprehensive list of all of the different development applications on which the Town is currently partner- ing. Please visit: http://haltonhills.ca/Development/ ActiveDevelopments.php **** Happy retirement to my wife Josey. After 15 years as the Acton Business Im- provement Manager (BIA), Josey will be retiring March 31. I know I am preju- diced, but you did a great job! I would like to wish the new BIA man- ager, Beth Paisley all the success in her new position. **** Congratulations to Fred Helson on being selected as the Georgetown Citi- zen of the Year. Fred, this is well deserved as you con- tinue to give back to your community. **** Wastewise, located at 12 Armstrong Ave. in Georgetown, has been serving our community since 1991. This volunteer organization has diverted more than 2,157 tons of waste for re-use and over 3,076 tons of material for recycling which includes over 150 metric tons of e- waste (not garbage). **** Congratulations to: • Community Living North Halton, 10th Anniversary of the Tuesday Night Troopers **** Keeping it real! I can be reached by telephone at 905-873-2601, ext. 2342 or by email at mayor@haltonhills.ca or read my blog at www.rickbonnette. blogspot.com. You can also follow me on twitter at: @RickBonnette1 Rick Bonnette is the Mayor of Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette