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5213 I I EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN No need to roam right hero al homel I pi FREE Friday July Halton Hills gravel u for grabs Escarpment hearings critical to us Booth Helping Hands hanked lis dedicated volunteer at the towns municipal offices last Tuesday afternoon Mayor Pete presented each volunteer with the appreciation scroll and a button Volunteers who helped make Helping Hands tick are I front to right Jessie Jacobs Rita Zorgc Ml Chapman back Doug Lillian Ifugbilon Stephens Dan Tttnmons executive director Val I eggy Shannon and Krlsll Champ Ms liar a also presented Major with for til from 1 ell Straus to pay for the vehicle Herald photo Concerned and quietly active citizens thanked for lending Helping Hands For the first time ever last week Helping Hands presented its volunteers with appreciation awards and pins thanking them for the work they the past years At a short ceremony in the lis municipal off Ices Tuesday afternoon supervisor for Helping Hands in Georgetown Barb Stephens said it the best example she s seen of a community that really cares about working together For the first time in It history she said Helping Hands has had representatives of the government service clubs Mayor Pete each volunteer the plaque and pins thanking them personally for the assistance they have provided Georgetown Lionesses Rita Chapman and received thelr awards as thanks for the aid and support they ve given Helping Hands Me has also worked with two Individuals In their homes as a volunteer visiting them and helping out shop ping and chores Jessie Jacobs and Dan from Fobert Real Estate were thanked for their assistance with photo copying as well as Lillian and Douglas from the Conada Employment Centre Georgetown high school student Champ also received a note of Hunks She has been work part time with Mrs Stephens in her home for a few months now doing office work and maintaining con tact with the organizer Volunteer Peggy Shannon was recognized for her work with one women specifically with whom she has been maintain contact for over Mayor accepted a cheque for from Helping Hands ex vc d rector The funds had been through Helping lands from Levi Strauss to the town The cheque has been matched by the provincial government to pay for the vehicle After the presentations Barb Stephens thanked the group for their services and pressed hope they will keep up the good work Ms said hat Helping Hands is fortunate to have Mrs Stephens since she has been tireless In her efforts within the community Just as it may be years before planning policies for the Niagara Escarpment are final engraved In stone there appear to be no immediate winners In Standard Limited to part of the escarpment allowing it to haul rock from a site south of Despite three days discuss ion during the recent round of hearings on the Niagara carpment plan held for two in Burlington hearing officers Standard aggregate officials and opponents to the company a rezonlng Ion will likely have to cross examine each other again In supplementary hearings antic In about a year LAND UNCHANGED If last month hearings are as Hills town councillor and Niagara Escarpment Commissioner Roy Booth des in a recent Interview he most important so far for area residents and he ate industry they also have considerable Impact on ipalllics which lie against the Ice Age old of land stretching from the nort hern United States to below Lake Huron And as Conn Booth and at least one witness remarked there was certainly far more electricity crackling through the Standard Aggrea session than there were in subsequent discussions about other proposals from the Highway IS intersect Ion remains relot mam 19 seasons 1st drown A 19yearold Misslssauga youth drowned while swim in the quarry lake at Waterfalls Park Wednesday Tony and his two friends Charlie Chlrcop and Tim Johnston also of Missls were swimming In the lake day afternoon when Mr experienced problems and started to flounder His friends attempted to aid him but didn t succeed They sum help and scuba diver Robert Guiio of Oakville later found the victim In 10 metres of water The victim was taken to Georgetown and District Me morial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival Collision claims life A 25year old Ontar man died in a twocar collision Tuesday afternoon at he intersection of he Ninth Lino and he Tenth Sideroad in Halton Hills Allen Weldcnaar was kilted instantly as his car collided with a cement truck driven by David of Alton MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR EDWIN H MITCHELL ALL SUMMER LONG EVERY SUNDAY i am Family bio School Preach ng weekly Youth Ad v t Baseball Vlillof always HALTON HILLS SHOPPING PLAZA TRAVELOGUES to make your holiday planning Hawaii September Barbados September 29 Bahamas October 13 Jamaica October Club Mod November Skiing vet NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED LADIES KNITTED SPORTSWEAR ALL HALF SUGGESTED REG RETAIL HALF PRICE SHOP LOWER LEVEL unchanged from Its natural state Plans to start quarrying on the largely fores led property remains hi limbo while the escarpment plan Is prepared Although during lis hearings June 16 17 and 18 Standard Aggregates only indicated that it may want to use the property for mineral pur poecs if asked the hearing of iciers to consider redeslgna ting about acres of their property to escarpment rural from escarpment natural In addition they hope to secure an agreement whereby they can takeout an amount of rock during a year long period without having to come back before the Niagara Escarpment Commission NEC for permission to open new areas of their property for quarrying While the plan cur rcntly would allow extracting aggregates from land design escarpment rural it has limited the amount to tons of material per year But nearby residents as as the towns of Milton and Hills have long since expressed concern that quar tying in the area would have a drastic effect on well water supplies and the amount of water in the aquifer which provides much of Milton with drinking water THOROUGH STUDY The bulk of Standard cvid ence was presented in a one- Inch thick study completed at an estimated and the company team of experts which Included botanists and insisted that quarrying would not likely affect the groundwater flow beyond the property However ministry of a I resources Sib ill told the hearing officers that it almost impossible without a detailed study to examine just what effects the quarry would have on sur rounding water supplies Another witness suggested hat quarrying would affect the areas water table causing a change in the type of vegetation now growing on the property Ecoplans Researchers the major contributor to Stand study also maintained that the vegetation on the properly was not of an extra ordinarily rare variety In the area which would be worth preserving from extinction But Paul Maycock a botanical expert called as a witness by the NEC claimed lhat his own investigation of the property revealed a number of plant species particularly rare to the area In fact he said the quarry lies In an area where the escarpment shifts from an east west direction a a north south orientation creating a Continued on Page HOW TO FEED A BUNG WITHOUT PAYING A BUNDLE WITH THE COLONEL SANDERS DO IT YOURSELF FROM KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN When you re making pi ins for sports banquet social or club plan to serve the Colonel Sanders Do It Yourself BufTel Kentucky fried Just oil your nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken store up to two hours id of time Then come and pick up our filler chicken bread for only PER PERSON your bunch the Sin lets Do It horn Kentucky 1 1 Chicken It won cost you bundle An there nothing like il Also includes porks serving poons chicken 1I6A STREET GEORGETOWN 877