footnotes office supplies furniture Supply locations serve you better BOLTON Holey GEORGETOWN Sire LIVING Guetph SI 7 Goorgatown ABOA Saturday In v Of fatten Hills Established 1866 Officer faces charges A Regional police officer has been charged with two counts of obstructing justice and theft under after a traffic of fense notice went missing from Milton police division Thirtyfiveyearold Constable David Lowe a 15year member of the force who serves out of Milton was charged Sept 7 and has been suspended from duty He is scheduled to appear in Milton Provincial Court on Oct The Halton Police Professional Standard Bureau will be con ducting an internal discipline in vestigation Pursesnatcher sought by local police Police require the publics assistance in locating a male in volved in a pursesnatching inci dent Saturday at approximately pm near Church and Edith Streets Police say a Georgetown woman was walking home from the Georgetown Fall Fairgrounds nor thbound on Edith Street when she was approached by a man who ask ed for her purse When the woman refused to hand over the purse to the man he demanded to know the amount of money contained in the purse A struggle ensued and the mate grabbed the purse from the woman and ran to a vehicle containing at least three males The purse was recovered in a ditch on the Ninth Line Monday morning by a Georgetown man police picked up the purse at the womans request Only 15 dollars was removed from the purse Police are looking for a white man about 19 years of age ft ll in pounds with midlength curling blonde hair The male fled in the fourdoor light colored vehi cle Anyone with Information leading to the arrest or the individuals in volved is asked to contact Del Sgt at Halton Regional Police exl or contact Crime Stoppers at 18006685151 An Inside Look Turner voices opinion on provincial election Pg Mayor suggests growm tor Halton Hub 3 Fat Fair Is picture perfect MektMasters looks to future 1 S RtkterstieEknira Presumed Innocent Ike movie Ms start Fall Fair strides along A team of Commercial Horses shown by Jim McKay of Dobblnton and driven by Scott Cummins accompanied by Neil McKay the owners son attempt to put their best hoofs forward during competi tion at the Georgetown Fall Fair staged Friday Saturday and Sunday at the Georgetown Fairgrounds Blessed with fair weather the Georgetown autumn fest attracted people in record numbers For more pictures on the 1990 edition of the Georgetown Fall Fair please urn to pages 10 and 1 1 Herald photo by Bob Hills Council overturns project By BEN The Herald In a surprise turnaround Halton Hills council Monday overturned a Sept 4 decision by town general committee and voted eighttofive in favor of a 20 estate lot rural housing development proposed by Beechbrook Development for the rural area in Ballinafad The general committee is com prised of town councillors Mayor Miller and town councillor Al Cook made the dif ference this time around when they switched their positions from the general committee meeting and voted support the development Mayor Miller told council he spent eight hours pouring over the town staff report on the develop ment proposal in which staff recommended council approve the development and there was a positive comment on each of the pages of the report Every concern raised about the development was answered by the town planning staff the mayor told about residents who showed up in opposition to the proposal In response to the Niagara Escarpment Commission NEC and its opposition to the proposal as a commenting agency the Mayor said the NEC was bowing to special interest groups rather than acting responsibly to the public at large Some of the NEC commissioners opposed the development proposal without first visiting the site said Mayor Miller The commission originally sup ported the development applica tion but subsequently objected to it after several residents living in the area presented letters to the com mission arguing against the development and a representative of the residents spoke before the commission against the proposal Coun Cook said he changed his mind Monday night because after talking with the various com menting agencies and the town staff about the validity of the pro posal he couldnt find any justification that the proposal didnt comply with the towns development criteria The NEC was the only commenting agency to oppose the development Coun Cook originally voted against the proposal In order to obtain more in formation The councillor suggested that if council didnt want any develop ment in the rural area it should pass the appropriate bylaw But it is unfair to the developer and the public to oppose a development on ly because council may not like it argued Coun Cook Joining the mayor and Coun Cook in support of the application were Councillors Ann Currie Johnston Rick Bonnette Gerald Rennie Joe Hewitt and Lit Bowman Councillors opposing the application included Norm Elliott Pat McCarthy Marilyn Ser- Spence and Robert Heaton Region still must approve the development and the NEC must agree to issue development permits before construction can actually go ahead Bruce Summers who spoke against the development Monday argued Ken thread a planner with the NEC told him the com mission opposed the development because 20 houses does not comply with the Niagara Escarpment Plan definition of low density Mr Sum mers told council before the com mission would issue development permits for the houses it would ask the Ontario Municipal Board to oppose the development Coun Joe Hewitt who also sits on the commission said he was upset and surprised that an NEC staff member would suggest the NEC would be appealing the application without first clearing it with the commissioners The opposing residents representative at Mondays coun cil meeting Andre Levesque argued that Council didnt have enough information concerning the impact the proposal would have on well water supply and the sur rounding farmland to support the application He also argued against the proposal saying the NEC opposes the application Rick suggested Mr was contradicting himself after he agreed that while the NEC is a legitimate agency the Agriculture Advisory Com mittee is also another legitimate agency HAAC acting as a commenting agency con- tradlcated the residents and said the proposed property isnt good enough farmland to prevent the building of a development