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whats inside Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 12 No. 22 Thursday, June 4, 2009 T?? NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST ????????????????????? ??????????????????? ??????????????????????? ????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Sales Service Leasing Parts T HE NEW www.georgetownchrysler.ca 336 Guelph St., Georgetown 905-877-0149 email: cwiddess@georgetownchrysler.ca TO ITS WORTH THE DRIVE ACTON MOTORS 8531280 2006 SUBARU IMPREZA - AWD T & A Automotive 108 Station St. 519-856-1531 Fat Cat Dog & Car Wash Rockwood Partners in preventative maintenance OIL CHANGE $36.99 CAR WASH Station St. Guelph #7 Main St .** Commemorative plaque for wartime housing Council puts teeth in fair trade talk Issue to be on agenda at Whistler, BC MARTIAL ARTS WINNERS: Winners at the Super Shiai martial arts tournament in Georgetown were these students from the Absolute Martial Arts. Left to right are Andrew Kearney, Matthew Haverstock, Ben Davis and Samantha Walker. They all took 5th place in Sparring and Katta, Ben only in Katta. - Traci Gardner photo By Frances Niblock From playground equip- ment to road paving to installing storm sewers, if companies want to do busi- ness in Halton Hills they cant come from any coun- try that imposes local trade restrictions on Canadians. A free trade procurement policy approved by Town Council last Monday puts some teeth in the free trade political talk that has gar- nered North America-wide press coverage for Halton Hills and its politicians who are standing up against buy American provisions in the United States stimulus package. In order to ensure open, fair and competitive prac- tices across the globe the new policy says all Town infrastructure projects shall only use goods, materi- als, supplies and services made and/or assembled in countries of origin which do not impose local trade restrictions against goods, materials, supplies and ser- vices and and/or assembled in Canada. As well, any Town infra- A commemorative plaque and garden will be installed in the Mason and Mc- Donald Boulevards neighbourhoods to recognize the importance of the so-called wartime housing that was built almost 60 years ago for returning WWII veterans. Along with the Acton location, Victory Homes were also built on Normandy and Churchill Boulevards in Georgetown, and on June 6 to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day, there will be a ceremony at the Maple Avenue end of Normandy Boule- vard to open a commemorative garden and story board that explains their history. Under the Victory Homes program, the federal government built low cost, no frills housing and made them available to veterans at a good price. Many of the people who grew up in the Georgetown wartime housing have been invited to the ceremony. No word when the commemorative gar- den and story board will be constructed in Acton. Continued on Page 2 Its Seniors Month and Julie Conroy has a biog- raphy. Page 16 David Suzuki says we must fight alien invasion. Page 15 Two Acton black belts get promoted. See Page 15.