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www.independentfreepress.com Municipal election candidate profiles 50 cents (+GST) ACTON FREE PRESS FRE Cooking For A Cure raises over $22,000 Pages 10-13 Vol. 129 No. 32 Page 4 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 44 Pages Circulation 21,220 Voted Ontario's best newspaper INSIDE Homeowner's plight draws large response Page 3 Raiders top Caps, fall to Wings Page 21 Editorial 6 Joyce Savoline 9 Calendar 19, 20 Sports 21, 22 Classifieds 28-31 Building fund gets hefty boost The Acton Agricultural Society Building Fund received a $100,000 boost last week as David and Elyse Chapman and Purity Life, honoured their pledge to the building fund. On hand to accept the cheque at the company's 6 Commerce Crescent location were (from left) Acton Agricultural Society Building Fund members Peter Pomeroy, Brent Marshall (co-chair), David Chapman of Purity Life Health Products, Norm Elliott (co-chair) and Ward 1 Councillor Michael O'Leary. Photo by Ted Brown To accommodate future growth Water system requires $30M in upgrades CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer Millions of dollars will have to be spent on water and wastewater systems before more industrial and residential growth can occur in Acton and Georgetown. Peter Crockett, Halton Region's Commissioner of Planning and Public Works told Halton Hills council at a meeting earlier this month, that at least $30 million will be needed to upgrade the water supply and wastewater treatment plants in both communities. There is currently no extra water in Halton Hills' well system to support future development (beyond what has already been draft approved). Acton and Georgetown urban areas both rely on well-based water supply and stream-based (Black Creek and Silver Creek) wastewater treatment systems, and over-extenuating of both can lead more readily to environmental impacts than the usage of Lake Ontario-based systems. There is no extra water supply pumping from Acton's five wells to support any additional growth. But there is some capacity left in the Churchill Rd. wastewater treatment plant equivalent to 112 single detached homes (SDE). The currently serviced population is 10,041 and 100 hectares of employment lands. Halton Region staff started work on a water master plan for Acton in 2003, and this year began work on a wastewater master plan. The water master plan is looking at whether more water can be pumped from the Prospect Park well field, but this is contingent on pumping tests and environmental study reports under an Environmental Assessment (EA). A public meeting is expected in early 2007. If the EA is successful, Halton Region will apply to the Ministry of Environment (MOE) for a permit to take more water that could be issued by summer 2007. See AREA, pg. 7 LIST WITH A PROVEN PERFORMER ·Same Great Community Website ·Brand New Technology FRIDAY... The Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce will hold a debate for mayoral and regional chair candidates Thursday. To see how the hopefuls fared check out Friday's edition. For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com GEORGETOWN 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO SEDAN 1.6 Litre DOHC, 5 Speed Transmission, AM/FM/CD/MPS, P185 14", Front & Rear Floor Mats. Stk #065260 $ 12995* yes $19700** yes 46 MPG excludes frt per month No Money Down per gallon 314 Guelph St, Georgetown On *Frt., admin., taxes & license fee extra ** Lease based upon 48 mo., 80,000 free km, frt., 1st, admin., taxes, lic. fee due on signing 1-866-364-0697 WE SERVICE ALL MAKES AND MODELS www.sandrabrianceau.com 905877-5165 GEORGETOWN CHEVROLET 33 MOUNTAINVIEW, GEORGETOWN (JUST NORTH OF HWY. #7 ON MOUNTAINVIEW) 905-877-6944