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Page OUTLOOK ha turd ay November 1990 Minor injuries A Brampton couple were treated for minor injuries Wednesday after their car slid out of control at about m on the bridge of River Drive in Georgetown The car was ging approximately 30 kilometres an hour No charges were laid The bad driving conditions were blamed by police Deer hit An Acton woman ran into a deer on the 5th Line near Highway 25 in Hills on Monday She was unhurt and the accident which happened at l m caused only minor damage to her vehicle No charges were laid Lost control In swerving to miss a squirrel and subsequently a mailbox a Georgetown woman lost control of car and ended up hitting a ditch and rolling her car over The incident happened at about Saturday afternoon and there were damages to a fance on a nearby property The woman was unhurt No charges were laid Hydro pole hit A Georgetown man was treated for minor injuries at Georgetown hospital last Saturday after he lost control of his car while travelling north on Winston chill Boulevard at m near 17th Sideroad in Halton Hills Ac cording to police he was trying to get something out of the back seat travelling along gravel crossed over the south bound lane and hit a pole No charges were laid Fire calls Bus shelter blaze Halton Hills Fire Department quickly extinguished a homemade bus shelter fire the Sideroad and Line in Hills on Tues day There was no damage to the shelter and the owner is unknown Fire officials don t know the cause of fire but it is suspicious in nature it was reported Alarm activations Two alarm actuations at seniors apartment complex on Park Dne had Hills firemen hopping on Wednesday The firsl went off at am and the second went off at 30 due to malfunctioning equipment sa officials Police to stage blood donor clinic Halton Regional Police in con junction with all Regional employees and the Canadian Red Cross will be sponsoring their annual blood donor clime on Tuesday Nov at Oakville Town Hall from am to m This clinic is a special one for Halton Police They have decided to dedicate it to the memoury of Wayne Olmstead a constable who passed away on May 1990 after a lengthy bat tie with cancer At noon Regional Chairman Peter and Police Chief WI Harding will be present as well as long time donor SInspector Kent Laidlaw who has made over 100 donations and his daughter Andrea a first time donor Cost escalating over sewage issue The Herald must pa an additional to to its invesligition of how best a sewage for the of GeorLetou tst Halton Region told the Region Planning and Public Works Com mittee the extra money was needed to address concerns raised at a recent public information meeting on the sewage system issue at the Halton Hills Civic Centre During that meeting the Region s consultants Marshall of Thornhdl J Associates of Pickering outlined that their preferred sewage system would be the twinning of the existing Silver Creek Trunk sewer runn ing through the Silver Creek valley Many nearby residents oppose this idea because the valley contains sensitive wetlands and digging up the valley could end up in the con tamination of Georgetown s water supply They are concerned that if the Region approved the twinning project two dormant landfills in the valley would have to be dug up If the contents were toxic and entered the creek Georgetown s drinking water would be con laminated Mr told commit tee members an investigation of the landfills as well as some other concerns necessitated increased spending In response to a committee members the landfills Mr said the Region the landfills this past Burlington Region Pot asked if istence of the landfill jeopardize consultants preferred route noting it is the cheapest option Mr Robertshaw explained it had been suggested the pipe could be twinned up to the land fills and then built out to Main Sti and around the dumps Regional chairman Peter instructed staff to in form the residents living in the area of the valley that staff need extra funding During the public information meeting residents had asked to be informed of any further report concerning the trunk sewer and that copies of the reports be for warded to them Mr said this report sent to the residents because it was only an information item The chairman also told com members that he will meet with North Halton Noel next week to discuss if the trunk sewer sewage system should go through 1 full environmental assessment Only a Class Environmental Assess is being conducted now This type of assessment is less in depth than a full assessment The MPP be reached for comment it press time about wh he may want a full assess ment to be out Post office aids food bank Hills are hopeful those more for tunale will help fill this food drop off box located In the of the Georgetown Postal Pictured local postmaster Olto Klrhmayr and the direc tor of the Georgetown and Christ Laura Ellison introduced the box Friday All food collected will be donated to the I and Christ Food bank at Baptist Church The Georgetown post office is part of Canada Post York in which all of the membership offices will be collecting food for area foodbanks The 1 ove and Christ to open from a m to 1 p m Herald photo Pioneer Days expansion planned By BEN DUMMETT The Herald A plan for a new and expanded Pioneer Days next summer and the establishment of a new office for the Georgetown Business Im Area were the two major announcements made Tuesday night the group s annual general meeting at the McGibbon Hotel The general consensus of those approximate 20 business owners who attended the meeting was that the BIA sponsored Pioneer Days this past summer was successful for instance manager Margaret Vint said following the meeting the event was reduced from the normal three days to two days In March Ms Vint sent around worded memo to the membership w if more people volunteer their help the have to be cancel Pioneer t incelled but a lack of response to Vint rtquest meant it had to be reduced to Pioneer Days the biggest event of the year George the of the McGibbon and a member said success next year will require better organization and more help He heads a com mittee that has already started laying the ground work for next year event Plans call for the street festival to be once again three days and the events of each day will centre on one of three themes seniors day family day and children day The overall theme for next year will be Let s Return to the Good Old Days As well there will be the Great Balloon Race from Acton to Georgetown and a big name musical act Mr wants to see between and 1 peo ple on Mam Street for the con cert The BIAs aggressive approach is also reflected in their decision to establish an office to be located on Mill Street announced BIA chairman Liz McNeilly The manager can t be working off then table anymore said the chairman following the meeting The office will open al the start of next year It will be located in a per month office on Mill Street Ms McNeilly t reveal the address because the deal is still being worked out The has grown con and it no longer a small operation said Ms McNeilly in defense of the office space Pat McCarthy a town representative on the BIA was the only member to oppose new office at the meeting On ly Coun McCarthy voted against the budget and when questioned after the meeting said ihe budget could have been kept lower if the expense of the new of had been excluded from the budget Given the tough economic times ahead argued Coun Mc Carthy businesses want to keep their expenses as low as possible The establishment of an office may have been better left to another time he said The of fice lute every BIA expense is paid for out of the group membership fees Ms McNeilly said the office is necessary if the BIA is going to grow in conjunction with the town Learn to Drive and Survive Young Drivers of Canada GEORGETOWN CLASSROOM 16 MOUNTAIN VIEW S DAY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL DEC 26 28 29 am 338 pm Give the gift that mill last a lifetime 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