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SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday 17 IMS 1 tie Citizens forum Donations welcome for Centre Dear Sir In a few short months the Hills Civic Centre will be opening its doors to the community The the contractors workmen and town staff will have succeeded in turning blueprints into Council Chambers offices and meeting rooms In addition the Civic Centre has public areas to be shared by oil of us the citizens of Hills Makln the Civic Centre the heart r community and a think you might like to share There arc opportunities to donate Items or money to provide the extras which arc not essential and therefore arc not covered by con struction budget The Civic Centre Donations Com mittee Invites Individuals com groups and local businesses participate In furnishing the public spaces Inside and out iKroush commemorative gifts that will pur chase landscaping materials art lor income lax purposes The committee has prepared a gif tlist with lunations for your consideration We will be hap py to discuss any of these items with you or any additional ideas you might have Wont you join us In making our Civic Centre a beautiful as well as useful place Please call Fred at or Gary Brand at Sincerely Lois Publicity Civic Centre Donations Committee Papers keep us in touch ends we as a community are very fortunate have Iwo fine weekly newspapers Among other things they keep us up to dale on the activities of our municipal political people and us the means of expressing our own views Imagine now we would hear first hand without these publlca tlons Interestingly this past week both papers did service a The Independent under the contributed heading Is a Sailor Centre Dead earnings tide at odds over Civic Ire reportcdf lo us on the verbal barbs at the council chambers and a vast amount of detail on dollars and Items going into this new building Doth of these topics are of sincere interest me and I believe to many of you For Ihis fort Many of us have spent a con number of years of our life making our homes here and have good of our savings brought the subject to the front management of the community in again with a line of thought and the form of taxes reason that makes sense We elected a mayor and The sizeable news councillors pay thorn They work getting satisfaction for our contributions Are we getting things done the way we want them The senior centre has been close lo my heart for some time now But whal is happening More than K million dollars and rising for a new civic building for which I have very little enthusiasm The most important Item in any community are the people We are entitled to the best in responsible management and priori ty consideration for us as we age Thank you Lew Ward Many stand to suffer from changes Dear health wifely and well being of this community Is at Unless proposed provincial legislation Is Changed the people of our may experience great dilflcuty getting a prescrip tion filled nonprescription products on or holidays 1H now in commit lee form reach third reading time f his fall The bills which amend the Retail Business Holidays Act and tic Employment Standards Act will the closing of all modes win more than 5 square feet of space on Sundays and public hoi Hays Allhougn everyone wishing to have a prescription filled or buy cold or pain remedies will inconvenienced seniors and the handicapped will be among those such as cough and cold remedies most affected by the proposed first aid supplies and birth control legislation Pharmacies with less materials are often bought only than square feet of selling after discussion with a pharmacist space are few and far between in That counsel will be denied Ihe and public on Sundays and holidays neighborhoods People who arc fortunate enough to find a pharmacy open on Sundays or holidays may still be at risk Many will not realize that the phar macist with whom they regularly deal keeps a record on each patient so that potentially harmful drug In can be averted A new pharmacy will not have those records available to check Even greater numbers of the public will be seriously inconve nienced by the proposed legislation Over the counter health products The simple answer lo the problem Is for the On la no government to amend its proposed legislation to permit pharmacies of up to square feet to remain open on Sun days and holidays 1 sec this as a sensible compromise between wide- open shopping and the dangerous and restrictive limit of square feet Then and only then can phar macists continue provide the com munity health care services the public needs Yours truly Shoppers Drug Mart Questions on food being put forward the plot Dear Sir We an article In food to ioniiing radiation docs lionnl chocolate chip cookies that in response to an not induce radioactivity in the food ey can hardly give away Toronto Globe and Mail June That Is not the issue We can think of Star May p One of the Canadian all kinds of things that arent the first things our mothers tell us is Nuclear Associations annual con- radioactive that we wouldnt want to not to accept food from ferencc Inclosing skepticism ex- eat The public has far broader con All people who share our concern ists among the public regarding to do with technology should write letters opposing food Its mentioned radiation plants containing large radiation Send them to Prime the Energy Control amounts of radioactive elements arc Minister Brian Mulroney your own of Canada has likely be located In populated MP and Hon Jake National received an unusually large number areas near agricultural areas and Minister of Health and Welfare all of letters pressing opposition lo watersheds More nuclear cargo will the House of Commons Ottawa the use of fed irradiation An pass through our cities and No postage is required spokesman quoted as saying In irysidc The choice whether or not lo And for good measure why not such a it is understandable cat irradiated food does not take spread this newspapers good name that the plblic demands that the these factors around by clipping this article and regulatory agency increase its showing It to a friend or your local vigilance sensationalism of the media that has turned a lot of people large matter of taste NaturallJ the public wants more against nuclear technology but the Canadians ought to trust their In- vigilance the part of the atomic record of the nuclear industry Itself regulator f accompanied by less The publics bound to suspect that nuclear Durham Nuclear somethings up when Ihe nuclear Awareness Joins with citizens all industry is so reluctant lo use the across who are opposed to word irradiated on food labels the introduction of food irradiation The public Is bound to suspect that This involves the use of a somethings up when private in- very radioactive companies the risk assess- cobalt CO produced by experts the nuclear industry Yours truly Jeff Bracket Anne Hansen touch unwlllingto set a nuclear industry at their table when Atomic Energy There isclcarly no consumer de- Canada Limited refuses to name if mand forhadlated food bakery who theyve contracted I people know that expos se irradiated flour for proim Well water high in bacteria Hooking into Peel water supply The Creation Social and Cultural Centre will soon be hooked up to Peel Regions water supply because the well water on the site Is polluted Citing the Health Protection mid Promotion Act Hal tons medical fleer of health Graham is preparing lo order the Croat Ion trc lo immediately lake the necessary steps to acqurle an alter nate supply of potable water Creation Centre officials received permission from Peel Region to June 16 to hook up to the municipal water supply on the condition Halton approves tne plan Planning and public works committee approved the hook up Aug 10 and Regional council will vole on the request today The 160 acre site which Is located on Winston Churchill Boulevard north of Slderoad serves as home to seven people year round but it also draws between and people a week for Sunday services could Intestinal pro blems such as vomit ling nausea and diarrhea he said Although its not known how the well became contaminated feces has been known to penetrate wells when the water table Is low said Dr Surface runoff be another source of the contaminant he added Father said he and other ale living at the centre have bene their water since he moved there one year ago The hook up to Peel gion would also solve a water short problem on the property he said He would not say If anyone has Tests on the well indicated a high become sick from consuming the bacteria count which means Ihe well water I he did say if I drink the is contaminated with either human water I dont feelgood Last year the Creation Centre have not traced the employed a professional water source of the but there vice company to drill a well 150 feet Squealers are in trouble at Prospect Park lot People with lead feet will no longer have Actons Prospect Park to practise t Ire squealing The town wants to stop tire squeal Ing and speeding in Park so measures have been taken lo curb drivers bad habits The speed limit Park is only io so signs will now be posted letting drivers know theyre breaking ihe law when they Playground signs will also be posted at the entrance to the park are no known cases of severe deep In order to tap into another sickness due to consumption of Ihe water source but that dldnl lh water because the people who run e problem Ihe centre are aware of the problem Attempts to chlorinate the water said also failed to solve the problem he Because so many people use the said centre if the water were to be used When crowds of people visit the for consumption it would cause a centre water is brought in serious problem said Dr neighboring private wells In Bramp- consuming the water ton using palls said Father Krasic Id suiter gastro- Intestinal pro- Haltons lawyer Mark Mentray urged councillors lo approve the hookup to Brampton water on a temporary basic until an official plan amendment can be approved In the circumstances this request does not appear unreasonable lie said An official plan amendment will be needed for a permanent because connection lo Peels Meneray Once the centre is hooked up to Pee water the Ministry of the vironment will monitor the water quality said Mr Meneray The MOE approval process would appear to ensure that Hn lions concerns visavis any potential problems will be protected he said The Croat ion Centre will pay all the costs Tor the hookup to Peel water Meanwhile Pollett is urging owners of private wells in the area to have them tested on a regular basis Legion Auxiliary By Herald Special Our deepest sympathy goes to the family of Green who passed away recently The Branch Is hosting a friendship Dinner and Dance on Aug 19 to welcome Post from Plymouth Mass Refreshments are at 30 p m and dinner at p m Tickets can be purchased the bar Our Birthday Supper and Honors and Awards evening Is Sept 10 Refreshments arc at 30 p with dinner p Tickets can be purchased from our executive com Sept 11 we will be welcoming our veterans for their annual visit for entertainment have been made by Ruby and her commuted Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Glad Held who is in Georgetown Hospital Recently McLean Marshall and Ethel Anthony hospital Hope you ore all feeling better now A cheery hello lo all our sick and shut Ins In the hope Ihut people will respect the fact tnat children use the park and due cautinn should be shown said on Director Tom The town will also Install concrete curbs to define the parking spaces and parking areas The curbs will be painted fluorescent orange to make them visible at all times and they will be placed in such a way that they will cause motorists lo weave their way through the parking lot and therefore not provide an op portunity to speed or squeal tires said Mr Anyone who docs will run of damaging their vehicle The concrete curbs will be remov ed in the fall so snow removal equip ment can clean the parking lot A SONS LTD HYUNDAI OWNERS For Service Call 8731818 N ELLS DRIVING SCHOOL Approved Of Ontario Safety tamyim NEXT COURSE STARTS SEPTEMBER to SEPTEMBER Monday Wednesday Nights 630 to 930 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 ntre plans discussed Over in additions to the civic has been approved by the towr since the original contract was in October of 1987 A rep by the towns treasurer Ray KJg shows five change orders have fen issued by the towns building committee since the con tract wp awarded all the money needed to pay changes is available the report The i changes include additional road for the extension of Anne Drive costing more than restoration for water service to a neighbor tag costing the town millwork totalling almost a unisex washroom at a and a trellis for the bulling at Til report details how everything will paid for additional road costs and the temprnry water service work will be for by lot levies A hardware allowance of and a of 10 together with unolocated capital of will pajt for the millwork The washrooms will be covered by interest generated from town fuiis and the trellis will be funded by donations raised by the ad hoc cltlens committee working to make io the new centre lie report was requested by Ward Sheldon last week after a our of the civic centre in which were told a rdectlng pool which was originally for the centre then cancel will be hull the reflecting pool will be built thanks to the efforts of ad hoc citizens committee which lints raise money for the pool The citizens committee wants to lor changes to the ex of the centre and there arc tans to raise money for to the Interior said Dan the towns administrator- So far the committee has raised for improvements to the centre But everything approved by citizens committee must also be ap proved by the towns building com mittee said Ward I Norm Elliott The building committee In the end has final control over everything and it reports lo he said Coun Sheldon said week she was worried the building was approving extra expenses without getting formal approval from council I dont question the validity of any of the items In the report said Sheldon Monday Betty Fisher suggested the building committee send Its minutes through the council agendo from Coun Elliott who sits on the building committee explained each change order to his colleagues Mori Im very happy with Ihe progress and the state of the budget he said Theres- certainly nothing for the public lo be concerned about Building expands Flans are in the works lo expand the Watch Tower building on Highway north of Georgetown The town has received an appllca tlon for site plan permit changes that would Include expansion of the area appropriate ly zoned by 20 acres expansion of an existing residence of units lo include new recep tion area dining room area construction of a second res I den tial building Tor additional units with a total floor area of 158900 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