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In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771485 J Florists WOW HER WITH A CORSAGE COME AND SEE US TODAY 211 Guelph St Georgetown NORTHVIEW CENTRE 8776901 FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY JUNE 1990 36 PAGES from demolished house Councillor took windows floorboards Over the Stephanie Cameron or St Josephs elementary school inches over the bar In 8yearold girls high jump competition Wednesday after noon at the Acton and area track and field meet for junior elementary students staged at Acton High School The meet attracted over 100 competitors from St Josephs Z Bennett Robert Little and Brook elementary schools Stephanie tied for first place in the high jump event in her age group with St Josephs team- male Ellen Krlsly Goy of Bennett placed third For more pictures of the track and field meet see pages 9 10 and 11 Herald photo Colin Gibson By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Hills councillor Pat Mc Carthy took three windows and about 240 feet of floor boards from the house at Maple Avenue in Georgetown the day before the house was demolished May 21 June 11 Coun McCarthy in troduced a motion directing town staff to determine if applications for demolition permits should have to be subjected to a town review before being granted Council passed the motion Coun McCarthy said Wednes day that the real estate agents for the house Millie Adams and Fred Harrison gave him permission to take the floor boards and windows Coun McCarthy said he con tacted the two to find out if any of the contents in the house were for sale after hearing from neighbors in February or March that the house was scheduled to be demolished But Mr McCarthy couldnt provide the names of the people who had contacted him Other councillors contacted in cluding Mayor Miller claim they didnt know about the demoli tion before it happened The coun cillors include Rick Bonnette Norm Elliott Gerald Joe Hewitt Johnston Al Cook and Marilyn Sergeanston Coun cillors Anne Currie LH Bowman Spence and Rob Heaton couldnt be reached before press time Coun McCarthy wanted the floor boards and windows because I live in an old house that I want to restore to its original state Coun McCarthy said he didnt try to stop the demolition of the house when he first heard about it earlier this year because the towns building and planning departments said the applicant and Associates were operating within their legal rights Neither the towns building director Ron Sheftell nor planner Ian Keith could definitely confirm having conversations in February or with the councillor about preventing the demolition But both men said if they did have a conversation with the councillor at that time they would have told him the town could take no action I may have made an error in judgement but I dont believe Ive done anything wrong Coun Mc Carthy said And I dont believe my actions inhibit my ability to represent the people in the neighborhood But the councillor recently decided to sell the floor boards and windows instead of keeping them He plans to donate the money to the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The cheque was to be presented yesterday Friday Press time constraints Continued on Page 2