Halton Hills Newspapers

Halton Hills This Week (Georgetown, ON), 30 June 1993, p. 1

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Hollywood gutted Halton Hills fire fighters inspect the remains of the Hollywood Tavern on Guelph St. in Norval, which was gutted by photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW. flames Sunday evening. 4g Vol. 2, No. 53 Wednesday, June 30, 1993 Suspicious fire guts Hollywood By the time Halton Hills fire fighters responded to Sunday’s 9:15 p.m. fire call at the Hollywood Tavern on Guelph St. in Norval, flames had completely engulfed the building. Fire fighters battled the blaze for four hours before it was under control. According to a police Pia all patrons had left by7 and employees left an hour later, securing all exits behind them. During this time only the bar was operat- ing, since a permit had not yet been issued to. operate the kitchen. The tavern had come under we ownership four months a; ue Bie! Marshall’s Office ing the incident, Homemakers cash Halton Region will receive $779,000 this year to estab- lish an integrated homemaker program, MPP Noel Duignan has announced on behalf of Minister of Health, Ruth Grier. Halton is one of 18 sites in the province that will receive funding for the establishment of an integrated homemaker gram, making this service available across the province. Twenty-one areas currently programs. “Extension of the integrat- ed homemaker program to new sites means more Ontarians will now have access to services that enable people to live with dignity and independence in their own homes and communi- ties,” Mrs. Grier said. “The reforms will result in a coor- dinated and integrated sy: built on the strength of our existing programs and ser- have integrated homemaker _ vices.” ICHAEL (MIKE) ADAMS: ‘Award Winning Sales Rep 874-3051 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ ‘OMB to decide Acton’s future development By Oksana Buhel Development in Acton will be discussed for several months before its fate-is final- ly decided upon ree the Ontario Municipal Board. this important. Acton issue, at the Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre, was attended by solicitors for the three major Acton East developers; Rinarin Ltd., Coscan Development Corporation and BondArch Development; solicitors for various other developers in the Acton area; representa- tives of the Town of Halton Hills, Region of Halton, Ministry of Natural Resources Wrong date In Saturday’s Halton Hills This Weekend, the story on the Leathertown Festival gave the date of | the event as Aug. 3. The Leathertown Festival in fact, is sched- uled for Sunday Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Halton Hills This Week Tegrets the error. ae; Ministry of Energy the Environment (MOEE) ti members of the general 2 iblic. Town of Halton Hills solici- tor, Roger Beaman, began proceedings by outlining the development issue. Following an agreement © with the MOEE regarding the number of permitted housing units, the question of water allocation became a concern and the capabilities of Black Creek to pump the requested additional 250,000 gallons of water had to be examined. “Fish habitat has become a major ingredient,” aeean R ane MOEE ra must decide on this i: soe Another problem regarding water servicing was the Department of Fisheries and Oceans refusal to approve the pumping until an agreement was reached with the region regarding monitoring increased water pumping effects, ae liability. At the time of the first OMB session, details of Soh proposals had not yet been isst On Monday, a | biologist from the DFO had: to be sub- poenaed for the afternoon ses- sion to answer concerns from » the region and the various solicitors. Edwin De Bruyn, senior fish habitat een with the DFO, admitted during exten- sive Questcai from regional solicitor Stan Floras, that a large portion of the DFO’s stand was based on only one consultant’s report, one report from the MNR and only ver- Smoking by-law passed The smoki ition, defeated at the June 28 Town e et Hey general committee meeting, was by-law introduced again at Mi ommendati nday evening’s council meeting. After much deliberation Ae Councillors, the by-law was passed, with the exception of the section dealing with restaurants, pubs, taverns and lounges s. This section was deferred indefi- nitely until legal eoneitason Tegarding the definitions of these establishments is obtained. The by-law will be imple. mented September 1 bal legal counsel. He further admitted no field studies had been conducted of the Black Creek cold-water fish habitat (which the DFO was particu- larly concerned about). De Bruyn reported the DFO was concerned about the increase of effluent discharge, ionized = ature of Black Creek (by one degree Celsius) and residual chlorine from the water treat- ment plant. He also mentioned the “potential lowering of Fairy Lake water levels (which) would eee result in loss of fish habitat Other Plains were side- stepped by De Bruyn, who explained he was awaiting direction from ministry staff Ottawa. Py The statements of Wes Lammers, also subpoenaed, suggested the MOEE was. more inclined to okay the Sede ean but still required an agreement with the DFO. Lammers, special projects co-ordinator for the ministry, was to be called back to the OMB hearing July 8 to pro- vide an update, and De Bruyn will be called back the follow- ing day. Me, joy Your aa Bs 7 i Best wishes Jonathan Holland (middle) was among the Wednesday evening con’ at the Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre to wish hi retiring town Dan conv a fond farewell. Costea bragged to his send- off crowd he will be a “k ‘kept man” until his wife, Marg (left), retires. Until then, he will “golf, fish, golf, garden, golf some more, do some housework... and golf.” - this despite accusations of being a “less than accomplished” golfer. Congratulations Dan! photo by Oksana Buhe/HHTW Saturday 9-6 pe with ALL your Lighting corcerns/ Classic Ribbed Glass & Brass Dining Fixture hb ye phtig s CLEARANCE PRICE 873-2996 CLEARANCE EVE ~Lae 7 ; Values in effect until Jt Absolutely Every In Stock Lamp and Fixture Reduced Ste : Diamond Lucite Dining Room Fixture 17" DIA, 6 x 60 WATTS) CLEARANCE PRICE 2Tie 4 Diamond Lucite Close-Up Fixture (9" DIA, 60 WATT) (CLEARANCE PRICE

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