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Page THE HERALD Wednesday October 18 1989 Sunday shopping opposed Continued from Page 1 Knechtel Georgetown Pood Market opened last year to a rage of public outcry Store owner Bob Creasy said his business was new and he wanted to pick up some of the sales that go to local fruit markets But people threatened to boycott his store if he opened Sun day Public reaction was im mediate Mr Creasy said The primary reason I closed Sunday is because of the reaction I got Both Mr Creasy and his wife Pat oppose Sunday opening on a more personal level Mrs Creasy said Sunday openings are going to create just another business day Allowing chain stores to open would cause a chain reaction she said It takes away a distinc tive day off Local grocery chain managers say they have heard no news from their head offices to confirm the Sunday opening Guelph Street assistant manager Lome said there was a letter from the companys president that the stores might open Sunday but nothing is definite Guelph Street Miracle Food Mart manager Chris said he personally dislikes Sunday opening but says in the Mississauga store where he work ed before employees were willing to work Sunday shifts Sunday would cost the company which is unionized doubletime Mr said Grocery stores in rural areas will not feel the direct blow of large grocery chain competition if the Regional government grants the chains an exemption under the Retail Business Holidays Act Margaret Webster owner of the Ballinafad Farm Market on Trafalgar Road said Sunday open ings would hurt us yes But you cant do much about it if you have a majority of people who want it But Mrs Webster said many people will not want to go to large stores and travel across five or six aisles to find two or three grocery items They grab their milk they grab their bread Its right at hand here she said People can get out of here in two minutes The Limehouse General Store in that hamlet will not feel the crunch of competition as strongly as Highway retailers will owner Delia GaskillCadwallader said The nature of this community is that they dont want to go into town On Sunday people just want to stick around home The last thing they want is a hustle and bustle But Ms GaskillCadwallader said the final decision will be made by shoppers The people that want it will go for it The people who dont want it will stay home Halton Region is scheduled to file a report on Sunday shopping that will include public reaction to Sunday shopping and a report on stores presently open under pro vincial exemptions But Burlington Coun Rob Forbes said recently that this Region does not want to set a precedent for regions across Ontario by exempting grocery chains from the Sunday closing law The committee for fair shopping is scheduled to go before several Regional councils in the metro area and will lobby Halton Region for Sunday opening members say Libraries need 16000 books Continued from Page I A report presented to town coun cillors says the libraries one located at the Hills Cultural Centre in Georgetown the other near Main Street in Acton are per cent below spacing needs ac cording to standards outlined by the Ontario ministry of culture and communications for an area of between 30000 and people Four sources averaged in the library board report say Halton Hills population will increase from its present to in 2001 By 2001 the library board predicts a significant shortfall in services The report says that library space in Acton should be twice that currently held Space in the Georgetown library should be per cent larger to meet present needs The library board says visitors get turned off or turned away by the shortage of user stations Only 28 user stations currently exist in the Acton Library and a minimum of is required to serve the current Acton and area popula tion of people the report says Georgetown and its outlying areas is short user stations to service its population of peo ple The library would need about 10 fulltime staff to meet projected re quirements for when Acton is expected to grow to people using the average of four popula tion projections in the library board report Georgetown is ex pected to reach a population of by Halton councillors dispute survey Regional councillors said last week that a survey presented by four top food store chain ex ecutives to support their claim that Halton Region wants Sunday shop ping is invalid A survey produced by Consultants for the committee for fair shopping which includes representation from A and P and Dominion Miracle Food Mart Supermarkets Ltd and the Group Ltd says per cent of residents say stores should be allowed to open Sunday Threequarters of the people surveyed over the telephone said they would like the option of shopp ing Sunday The survey says per cent of residents now shop on Sunday Burlington Coun Tony Whit- worth said there is no solid basis for the interview procedure This is only based on 304 Inter- views I havent in any scan of this Survey report seen where these people were interviewed and at what time Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale said a fair representative sample for a survey include 11 per cent of the population and should survey at least people Quite frankly Im surprised at this sampling the Oakville mayor said Is there any will ingness to accept he who pays the piper plays the tune she asked president David Stewart and A and and Dominion ex ecutive vice president Wayne Luedtke Mr Stewart said he cant see any way these numbers in the survey could have been manipulated He said Goldfarb Consultants has 30 years ex perience in the industry and the survey is at a level of competence Mr Stewart argued that even if the survey results were slightly wrong a 5050 split between those who want Sunday shopping and those who dont should pro duce some Regional research 186 Mill St AUTO SERVICE ACTON 2w Rot CHANGE IN LEGISLATION AFFECTING PENSIONS ACT Dependants or survivors widow or widower children or others who have had pensions terminated upon marriage or remarriage may be eligible for resumption of benefits For information contact the Branch Service Officer at Branch 1 20 Buster Hale 877441 3 or The Department of Veterans Affairs Canada 37 George St North Brampton 4514630 JTHAYES Branch 120 PR0 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NIGHT For parents of students applying to University for September 1990 OCT 25th at pm GDHS Cafetorium GEORGETOWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS Craft Antique Show Featuring Over 100 Vendors Saturday October 28th and Sunday October 29th am to pm Admission 100 AMProcoedsTo Georgetown District High School The library board is willing to look at several expansion options for the library facilities A new site could be built for Acton or Georgetown the present site in Ac ton could be expanded or the library could enter into a joint venture with another community service Town councillors heard that the area study for Halton Hills is soon to be released Mrs said the library board would consider being housed with a new arena if a study that includes space for a library is approved The town funds about per cent of the librarys costs The provin cial government provides about 10 per cent Acton Coun Norm Elliott said Mr Elliott himself a represen tative on the library board said a report to be written by the commit tee to review library needs should be completed in three months It would cost about to fund the librarys present space needs at the cost of per square foot It would cost million to fund the towns space needs for a projected population of 30406 peo ple in The library report says that the town will need an additional books by and another books in At todays prices books would cost to buy and process The bookB needed for 1995 would cost THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Halton Hills 1 Hills Drive PO Box HILLS Georgetown Ontario NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WARD 2STEELES JAMES SNOW PARKWAY Council or the Town ol Hills win conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss an industrial plan of subdivision and proposal for a variety of uses relating to the trucking industry The subject properly Is located an the south side of Steeles Avenue east of the James Snow ParkwayHighway interchange with the properly being described as Part Lot 15 Concession Town of Hills Oakville Further information Is available In the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CfTTZENS ARE WELCOME Time 700 PM Date MondayNovember1319B9 Location Council Chambers Halton HlDs Civic Centre 1 Halton Kills Drixe Georgetown Hills Ho 1165 Ffle Ho THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of HaHon Hills Halton Hill PO Box HALTON HILLS Gorgtown Ontario L7G NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WARD 1M0UNTAINVIEW ROAD N0RTHT0DD ROAD Council tot log Town of Halton win conduct a Public Meeting lo examine and discuss a amendment to Bylaw to a from M2 to General Commercial to provide tor a road range commercial uses The subject property Is located on the southeast comer at the Intersection of Todd Road and Mountalnvlew Road North with the property being described as Part Lot Registered Plan Town Georgetown Further Information Is available In the Planning Department AIL INTERESTED CITIZENS ABE WELCOME Time Date Monday November 13 Location Hills Civic Centre Helton Drive Georgetown Halton Hits File No HS916