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If hydro strikes Town set for 2 power cuts a day The majority of Georgetown Ac ton and rural area residents should expect to lose electrical power twice a day for two hours at a time starting Sunday if the provinces 000 Ontario Hydro employees vote to go on strike at a m Sunday And the general manager of Halton Hills Hydro Jerry expects the hydro employees to strike They the employees and management are quite far apart with only two days of negotiations to go But the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital power supply would be unaffected by a strike said Mr Mr urges anybody in Hills on a life support system to contact Halton Hills Hydro at immediately if a strike is called People on life sup port systems t assume that Hills Hydro knows of their condition Mr ad vises people on life support systems to make arrangements to obtain a generator in case of a The employees are asking for a twoyear contract with 11 per cent wage increase in the first year and a 95 per cent increase in the second year The employees also want a cost of living clause during the second year of the contract said Mr Ontario Hydro management is offering wage increases of 5 2 per cent in the first year and five per cent in the second year he said Hours of work and pensions are other major issues still separating the two sides said Mr Trudell Michael Wilson is coming to talk tax Canada finance minister Michael Wilson is coming to town for a discussion on the federal budget and the goods and services tax May 23 Mr Wilson and Halton Peel MP Garth Turner will hold a barbecue at the Gordon Memorial Arena in Georgetown the Hills Chamber of Com The chamber will host the barbecue Mr Wilson will field questions but they must be submitted in ad vance to the chamber office at arena before May The barbecue begins at 7 30 running until with cocktails beginning at p m Tickets are each Proceeds from the evening will be presented to Mr Wilson at the end of the night to be put towards the Canadian deficit For more information contact the chamber office at 7119 Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services 877228 8721 Florists the glorious return of spring EASTER IS APRIL ORDER TODAY 211 St CENTRE I FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY MARCH 31st PAGES Supreme Court denies Milton dump site appeal Joining the fight against cancer The Georgetown Cancer Society kicked oil cancer month with a flag raising ceremony at the Hills Civic Centre Wednesday The cancer society hope to raise In Georgetown in April The campaign will officially get under way April with a kickoff breakfast at the North Halton Golf and Country Club Here cancer society president AI left Mayor Rugs Miller and fundraistng chairman Paul Armstrong help raise the flag The cancer society hopes to raise million nationwide Herald photo By BEN the Herald Halton Region is one step closer to getting a garbage dump in Milton on Highway near Britan Road The divisional court of the Supreme Court of Ontario released its decision Monday upholding a previous decision by the Con Hearings Board to locate Halton s dump in Milton instead of Burlington The divisional court heard four days of arguments for and against the Milton site In February after the town of Milton the Milton Area Citizens Coalition and National Sewer Pipe challenged the joint board decision Any individual or group in cluding these three has until April 10 to ask the Ontario Supreme Court of Appeal to hear an appeal of the divisional court decision Miltons Mayor GordKrantz said Wednesday Milton council will decide by next Monday whether the town will ask for an appeal But the Regions lawyer Mark Meneray said Wednesday its unlikely the court of appeal will allow another hearing The court would only allow a further appeal if an applicant could prove the sional court decision entire ly based on a point of fact or law he said And this is unlikely Mr Meneray said because the divi court decision was very strong in upholding the Regions position All three judges who heard the case unanimously sup ported the Region be added If the Milton site is finally ap proved it will open in Halton residents could then ex pect their Regional tax bill to decrease said Haltons treasurer Joe Rinaldo Regional councillors passed an overall budget earlier this year calling for taxes to in crease by per cent in And the skyrocketing of the Regions tipping fees the price Halton pays per tonne for waste disposal that Is Continued on Page 3 CORNER OF ST HWV HO GEORGETOWN Enjoy The DJ Sounds of the Ever FrL Sat Dont Forget Spring your clocks ahead hour at Sunday Ki0SfKM9SjS8lS is mL Really Distinction Inc MEMBER BROKER mill Rsaltor 112 Main St S Georgetown Comer Church Main