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Thursday, Septem ber 3, 2015 - The IFP - H alton H ills - w w w .theifp.ca Page 7 EFFIE DIMOU Sales Representative www.georgetownrealty.ca edimou@georgetownrealty.ca Thinking of buying or selling? Call Effie Dimou for all your real estate needs. 905-873-6111 Dir: 416-991-4247 • Truck Accessories • Upholstery • Heavy Equipment Glass •Window Tinting 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown 905-873-1655 We handleall insurance work. Furnace Air Conditioning Gaslines Boilers Water Heaters Radiant Heating 905-877-3100 proud local dealer of Canadian made products .ca COMMENT Then and Now Cindy McKellar sent in this photo of how her family uses old seats from the George- town Memorial Arena. The legendary arena opened in 1922 and was demolished in 2013. Have a photo you want to share? Email -- with details -- to cgamble@theifp.ca A LAKE SEAT From our readers Get out there and enjoy the area's fall fairs Now that summer is over, it is fall fair time again. Where else can you see farm animals up close, experience our agriculture past, present and future? Georgetown Fall Fair runs Sept. 11-13 and the Acton Fall Fair is on Sept. 18- 20. **** The Town was pleased to recently announce that it is installing new, ef- ficient LED streetlights throughout our community. The benefits of these new lights are many and support the Mayor's Community Ener- gy Plan that was approved by Council earlier this year. One of the main ob- jectives of the plan is to reduce our overall energy consumption. Converting the Town's streetlights to LED tech- nology will make a signifi- cant contribution to meet- ing this objective. The Town's exist- ing streetlight system is charged based on kilowatt consumption used. Once the Town converts the exist- ing streetlight lights to LEDs the overall energy consumption will be reduced by approximately 55 per cent. The ad- vanced quality design for LED lumi- naires has reduced the capital costs significantly. In addition, these lights deliver lon- ger life expectancy and coupled with the energy savings, make the conver- sion of existing streetlights to LED fi- nancially feasible and is good for the environment. To maximize the overall savings, including incentives offered through the provincial government, the project will be completed as quickly as pos- sible. We expect the conversion will take nine months to complete and the payback period will be approximately five years. **** Last year we unearthed our time capsule which was buried 25 years ago when the Civic Centre was built. On Aug. 27 we will be re-burying the time capsule. News of the day, special projects as well as the original items will be placed back in the time capsule for another 25 years. **** Remember the Terry Fox Run on Sept. 20 at Ac- ton High School and the Gellert Centre. **** The 2015 byelection for Ward 1 will be offer- ing advance voting loca- tions at the following lo- cations: • Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Acton Legion or Acton Arena • Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Acton Legion or Acton Arena. Don't forget byelection day is Mon- day, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. at either of the locations above. **** Keeping it real-- I can be reached by telephone at 905-873-2601, ext. 2342 or by email at mayor@halton- hills.ca or read my blog at www.rick- bonnette.blogspot.com. You can also follow me on twitter at: @RickBonnette1 RICK BONNETTE Knox Presbyterian Church, corner of Main and Church Sts. in Georgetown. Top right, the original church built in 1867, and dismantled in 1887 and rebuilt as a house at the entrance to the Fairgrounds Park. Top left the present day church, erected in 1887; this photo was taken in 1908. Note the gas lamp in front of the church. Bottom right, the church as it is today. --Heritage Halton Hills