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Halton Hilts Recreation and Parks summer campers took a day off from their camp to use their energy to washing cars at Centennial Middle School on Delrex Boulevard Ca m who ca re day in support of Child Find Campers left to right Richard Hyde Angie Norton Stapleton and John Howell were among campers cleaning cars Herald photo THE VOICE OF HALTON HILLS SINCE 1866 1 YEAR No 6 PAGES SINGLE COPY GST- 25 HALTON HILLS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 4th 1 991 Deficit expected to dip before election By ROB SAVAGE Toronto Bureau Thomson News Service Toronto The federal govern hopes to cut the deficit to billion onethird of its cur rent size within the next two years Halton Peel Tory MP Garth Turner said Thursday In an interview at the vative national convention in Toronto Turner former chair man of the consumer and cor affairs committee and an outspoken advocate of deficit reduction cited deficit figures much lower than those projected earlier by other Conservatives projected federal deficit for the current fiscal year is 5 billion The total debt is billion When then finance minister Wilson brought down his budget in the spring he said he remained confident the deficit in 1992 would fall below billion for the first time in a decade Now says Turner the Tones hope to have the deficit for down to billion The tion is we will get down into the lOrange for the election Turner made his comments following a vote at the convention in which more than per cent the delegates who cast ballots en dbrsed the goods and services tax Turner said delegates are sup porting the tax as a tool of c5eficit reduction The general public will also support the tax if the deficit is significantly reduc ed he said You can have pain without gain And we ve had a hell of enough pain The Conservative government must show that it can actually reduce the deficit Town readies for battle with Region By BEN The Herald Hills council has likely positioned itself for a head on col lision with Halton Region over local business Country Lane located on the Tenth Lane north of Regional Road 23 in Georgetown Council approved Monday the company s owner David well be permitted to continue operating the video store part of his business Other parts of the business include a mini golf course and dnving range Town Council made its decision despite objections from Halton Regional staff Since the video operation conform to location s designation in the Regional Of Plan Regional staff states the business can only continue operation if the video store is eliminated If Regional Council supports its staff position concerning the video store operation when Town Council s decision goes before Council for final approval then the Region could direct its staff to appeal the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board Town Planner Bruce told local councillors Monday In support of the operation Council approved an amendment to its Official Plan and the area zoning bylaw If the issue does end up before the OMB this tribunal will decide whethet the Town s Official Plan amendment does or t con form with the Regional Official Plan For Town Official Plan amend ments to stand they must be found in conformity with the Regional Official Plan Council followed the lead of Town Councillor Joe Hewitt in support of the continued opera of the video store Coun Hewitt said the operation is in a location that is in transition That means it s not clear what zoning the area should have he said Since the area is in a trans tional phase and the video store services a significant number of people in the area the business should be permitted to continue said Mr Hewitt Relying on the claim by Mr Tarzwell lawyer Steven Foster that if the video business was shut down the entire operation would collapse Hewitt said opposing the video store would benefit neither the owner nor the public Town Coun Cook was the on ly councillor to voice his Circus comes to town Entertainment and excitement will fill Georgetown s Arena tomorrow Thursday when the Kelly Miller Circus hits town aerial acts such as Miss walking upside down high in the dome of the Big Top and the Kiss trio unusual balancing and con acts will thrill audiences during each hour and a half per formance Show tunes are 30 and Founded in one of North Amsnca s old three circuses goes on the road in mid and ends its travels in October It will visit some 210 cities reaching from Oklahoma home base to Ontario Thursday performances are sponsored by the Optimist Club of Georgetown which will receive a portion of the proceeds to benefit the community Tickets are available at The Arcade Cross Way Target Store ana King Submarines Advance ticket prices are 4 25 for children ages 2 11 and 50 for adults Tickets will be higher at the circus box office Farm accident victim still listed as critical Carl Robertson the Acton man who was pinned between a bulldozer and flat bed trailer Aug is still reported in critical condition in the surgical intensive care unit at Toronto Sun Hospital as the Herald went to press Mr Robertson was airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital Aug after the accident took place at hisRR 2 Acton farm Mr Robertson had been rever sing a bulldozer up metal ramps to a flat bed trailer when the seat of the bulldozer broke and Mr Robertson fell backwards off the back of the machine The right track of the bulldozer caught Mr Robertson and push him against the frame of the trailer temporarily pinning him as the bulldozer which had con to reverse drove off the trailer and tipped over to the continued operation of the video store He opposed the idea on the basis it would sent a message to the general public that council supports members of the public breaking Town bylaws when they feel like it Coun Cook was referring to Mr having full knowledge that he would be breaking the Town bylaw when he established his business the late 80s Mr Tarzwell only applied to the Town for the proper Plan and zoning changes a year after starting up his business Coun Cook reminded his fellow councillors It seems council is telling the public owners can put whatever they want in their buildings and then go to council for approval he said While acknowledging Mr Tarz well knew he was contravening the Town s bylaw and Official Plan Mr Foster said the owner needed to do so to obtain necessary cash immediately Mr Tarzwell owned the previous operation on the site CCP Liquidators It burned down in Its Snap To buy quality Name Brand Furnishings at Wholesale Pnces Chesterfield Wholesalers on 7614477 Volunteer firefighters in training Performing hazardous community service For details see Page 20 the HERALD SERVING HALTON HILLS SINCE Pan Am heroine Hills resident Shannon Crawford returned home Tues day after winning a gold and silver medal in rowing at the Pan American Games held in Cuba On Saturday Crawford finished first in women s coxtess fours and on Sunday took a second in women s pairs J National champion Georgetown District High School student Holly Sones helped the volleyball team win the National Team Challenge Cup in Montreal on the weekend giving the province its first title in four years Sones the middle blocker on the team said the squad played extremely well finishing first in its pool before defeating British Columbia in the final and then winning the championship in five sets over Saskatchewan Also a member of the Peel Selects Juvenile volleyball team Sones 17 said she will be on the GDHS senior girls volleyball team again while she completes her final year at the school An Inside Look SECTION A 2 BensBinur FrreCiks Poetical Forum Forum Money Milters Council Briefs Business Environment 8 Praties Community Service Entertainmeirt 9 ArtsAneas Editorial Peoples Forum 10 Mews Features 10 Palmer 21 Legion lines 10412 Heme el Week 1 Sports ClasslMs Hilton B6B11 B12 LIVING LIGHTING GEORGETOWN 4168732996