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Children back to school: watch for crossing guards It’s that time of year again. Schoolchildren everywhere head back to classes and crossing guards hope fervently that traffic will pay attention to them as they help the kids get safely to school. “They see us standing there but it’s like we’re not there,” said crossing guard Elaine Frei, who mans the busy intersection at Mountainview Road and Delrex Blvd. Frei and the 22 other full-time Halton Hills crossing guards only request that drivers slow down and obey their signs, which are legal stop signs. “You can get a ticket,” cautioned Frei, seeking driver cooperation. “We have a job to do. We only want to get the kids to school safe- ly.’ Under the Highway Traffic Act, crossing guards have the “authority to control traffic for the purpose of assisting children in crossing the road, Sergeant Joe Martin, media relation officer for Halton Regional Police said. “There have been instances where vehicles brush the guards as they stand in the intersection or nar- rowly miss the crossing children,” Sgt. Martin said. “Some are obvi- ously deliberate acts.” But physical danger is not the only threat to the who “are also frequently subjected to tal insults from impatient and abusive Continued on page 3 A Vol. 1, No. 12 Wednesday, September 9, 1992 32 pages MICHAEL (MIKE) ADAMS ‘Award Winning Sales Rep ee wi ss RE/MAX SUBURBAN (91) INC. 877-5211 874-3051 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 town’s eorge! Gerry and Maxine Presseault hold a copy of their ae ee cheque ae ee last Wednesday’s Lotto 649. To date the couple’s only plan is to purchase w home al Couple wins $1.1-million By Wendy Long A young Georgetown couple are amazed that they hit the lottery Jackpot last week. “We still.can’t believe it,” Maxine Presseault said Friday morning, 24 hours after she and her husband Gerry learned they had won over $1-million in last Wednesday’s Lotto 649. “We were all just shaking - we couldn’t believe it. We didn’t sleep last night.” The news was that much sweeter for Gerry, who has been unem- ployed since last September when he was laid off from his position as an assistant plant manager at a graphics company. Gerry spent $5 late Wednesday afternoon, purchasing five quick picks from the Quick Pik Variety Thursday morning, job hunting, he cut a want ad out of a Toronto daily and asked Maxine if she’d type a cover letter for it. “Have you checked the numbers yet?” Maxine asked. Lo and behold, there was the winning number — the fifth of the five quick picks. Maxine and Gerry ran downstairs to wake Gerry’s parents, who live beneath them. Maxine, who is a systems admin- istrator at a local company, called work to say she wouldn’t be in. The Presseaults then drove into Toronto to aim their $1,181,581.40. “Gerry was getting | pretty depressed there,” said Maxit actually just got a fica — this morning, which is pretty funny. ry would be like winning the lottery - but I don’t know, this is a bit bet- tex.F: They banked the money and spent the rest of the day fielding a storm of phone calls from well wishers and the media. “We're not going to make any ai decisions right away,” Maxine 3 Pre Presseaults are going to con- tact financial advisors and figure out what they’re going to do with the money. “We haven't spent a lot of time discussing it yet,” said Gerry. “But we're not going to change our lifestyle.” “I still have to do housework,” laughed Maxine. “All I ever want- ed was a little house with a little pool and a fireplace. Gerry needs a ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills" Residents By Dianne Cornish possible heading—Residents question Prospect Park arena loca- tion By Dianne Cornish Acton residents showed their concern over the possibility that a new arena could be built at Prospect Park during a meeting last Wednesday. Most people who spoke at the meeting were concerned about fur- ther growth of recreational facilities at the Park, decreased access to the shoreline of, Fairy Lake and increased traffic on nearby streets. urrent arena, @67-year- old building that needs continual upgrading because of structural problems, is located in Prospect k. ee in a report on arena site choices presented to town council two weeks ago, Parks and Recreation Director Tom Shepard suggested that among sites under considera- tion was Prospect Park, with the new sports complex being built just feet away from the present arena but closer to the lake’s edge. Other locations being considered are a 12.5 acre-parcel of land in north Acton, situated north of McDonald Boulevard and west of Wallace Street, and an eight-acre parcel near the town’s eastern boundary, just east of Churchill Road and north of Highway 7. The northern site lands have been donated by Frank Heller and Company Ltd. and F.C. Dawkins Ltd., while the eastern location is owned by an Acton developer and must be Lente , the town, if oe as the aren: A Knox hapeaine faniactil, after citing traffic concerns arising from increased use of the park if the arena complex is built at Prospect 50 cents includes G.S.T. question Prospect Park arena location of the area as a park. “We’re losing sight of the park side of this land and getting more into (establishing) recreational facilities,” he charged. People attending the meeting were upset and frustrated by the requirements of public agencies in preparing sites for construction and by unavoidable delays associated with re-zoning the lands at the east- ern and northern candidate sites. Others spoke in favor of retaining the aesthetics of Prospect Park and keeping the green space rather than cena it with recreational build- iny ‘When Shepard told the group that need for re-zoning lands at the east- ern and northern locations could mean a six to eight month delay, a man in the audience commented: “We’ve been talking about this (arena construction) for six years and it’s going to take six to eight months to re-zone?” Shepard said re-zoning has to go through “the public process” and it would take, at the least five months. “That’s with no objections (from residents living near the proposed building),” he warned. During his preliminary com- ments, the recreation director said that a delay of four or five months means the project would be held up for a year. As it stands now, a new arena could be open by the fall of 1994 if everything proceeds smoothly and a site is chosen by town council later this month. However, there’s a possible road- block looming in the future and Shepard cautioned those attending the meeting that “because council passed the arena, doesn’t mean we're going to get it.” He prefaced his comment with concerns about impending large expenditures fac- Store on Guelph Street. He used to tell me getting a job new car - he wants a tru Park, also alluded to the importance Continued on page 3 fi 16" aN 17"ARISTOCRAT 16" TIFFANY FIXTURI LAMPS Sale Sale Let Us Help You with All Your Lighting Concerns ® —s Save on these QUALITY Canadian made 245 GUELPH ST. (HWY. 7), GEORGETOWN cee Values in effect unt Svar: 673-2996 quantties last. Bubs extra