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THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996 Dedicated to ° Fair play Past presidents, secretar- ies and treasurers of the Georgetown Fall Fair gathered for the unveil- ing ofa plaque honouring the 150th anniversary of the Georgetown Fall Fair. The plaque was originally supposed to be unveiled at the Fair in September but was beset by prob- lems. (Jamie Harrison photo) Start Making Your Christmas List. Check it twice. And Shop NOW! In order to divert more grass clippings and yard waste from regular garbage and make the public happy, the Town will almost quadruple the number of yard and garden waste col- lections to 15 next year, a move opposed by Ward 2 Councillor Kevin Kuiack who complained that the Town was "spoon feeding" urbanresidents at the expense of rural residents. When Halton Region took over waste management the number of yard waste pickups dropped to eight from 14 and staff and some councillors had a "dramatic" increase in the number of calls from resi- dents who missed the new pick-up days. Staff's sugges- tion was to go to a bi-weekly yard waste collection system running from Aprilto the end of November at a cost of $119,000, $40,000 more than this year. After some debate councillors decided that yard waste pickup every two weeks during July and Au- CHRISTMAS PLATE COLLECTION This Sandra Kuck Award winning Beauty is one of several to choose from. You are invited to attend our "CHRISTMAS GALA OPEN HOUSE" Saturday October 19, 1996 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Visit our Specialized Christmas Room For All Your Christmas Decorating or Gift Giving Needs. ! he Final Souch Beaulifil Clegant Gif 43 Main St. South in Downtown Georgetown 877-1659 Both are light, powerful and have the capacity to charge instantly l For the Canadian National Rowing team, Panasonic's new Sport phone is the only cellular phone that qualifies. Be- cause they know what it means to get maximum power - on command - from the least amount of weight. ; Built-in Fast Charger The Sport phone features a built-in (2 hour) fast charger that i gives you power to spare at your fingertips. Lightest.in Its Class It's a small wonder how it packs so many features into amere 8.5 ounces, making it he lightest phone in its class. Private Handfree Accessory other phone is even in the running. When you ad the optional Private Hansfree accessory, no More yard waste collections gust is not necessary, but did support the bi-weekly sched- ule for the remainder of the period. Kuiack said that he couldn't support spending the additional $40,000 and that it" "irks" him that there is so much inequity between ur- ban and rural people when it comes to garbage collection. "The rural people have had to be creative when it comes to getting rid of their gar- bage, but what we're doing with the urban people is we are spoon feeding them," Kuiack said, suggesting that if urban people don't want to use their clippings as natural fertilizer they should get rid of it themselves. Staff noted that the ton- nage of yard waste improp- erly being disposed of at the landfill site would be greatly reduced and the subsequent reduction in the tipping fee charged to the Town should more than offset the costs required to expand the yard waste collection program. Ward 3 Councillor Moya Johnson noted that it costs $74.50 to collect and dispose of one ton of yard waste, sig- nificantly less than the $174 per ton charge for regular household waste. "If we don't collect it (grass clippings) as yard waste, some people are go- ing to hide it in their garbage and we' Il be paying the higher fee to landfill it," Johnson said. NEWSSHORTS Youth hit by car No charges have been laid after an 11-year-old Georgetown youth was hit by acaron Mountainview Road. Joel Larocque, 11, of Mull Gate in Georgetown South, was struck by a car driven by a Prince Charles Drive woman, Oct. 5. According to police, Larocque darted out be- tween cars on Mountainview Road near Summit Lane. Larocque suffered a fractured skull and other injuries as a result of the accident. He was trans- ferred from Georgetown Memorial Hospital to The Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, where he is listed in critical condition. Arrest in assault at mall Halton Regional Police have laid charges against a 19-year-old man following an assault Oct. 1 at Georgetown Marketplace. The man had been undergoing psychiatric as- sessment at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital following an alleged assault Oct. 1 at the mall against a 48-year-old woman. The man was arrested following his release from the hospital and taken for a bail hearing. Narcotics charge laid A 27-year-old Trenton man faces possession of narcotics charges following an arrest during the early morning hours of Oct. 10. is Officers from Halton Regional Police observed the man on Durham Street near McNabb Road, stopped and spoke to him. Further investigation revealed he had three bags containing asmall amount of what appeared to be marijuana in his pocket. A court date of Dec. 9 has been set. Construction trailer entered Police are investigating a break and enter at a construction site in Georgetown South. Halton detectives were summoned when it was discovered that someone had entered a trailer situ- | ated on Eaton Street, near Miller Drive. Further investigation revealed that thieves had removed two phones, some refillable bottles ofnatural spring water and a quantity of utility knives, sometime between Oct. 5 and 7. The value of the missing goods is about $400. DID YOU KNOW? Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin Look- Alike Contest in Monte Carlo. He came in third. Firearms transport procedure changed in Halton Halton Regional Police Serv- ice has announced changes to the procedure which per- mits bearers of restricted weapons the right to trans- port them from site to site. Effective immediately members of the public re- quiring a Permit to Transport must apply to the Firearms Registration Co-ordinator, Firearms Office, at Halton Regional Police Headquar- ters, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, (905) 878-4711. See your Cantel Dealer for Panasonis's new Sport cellularphone. 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