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As a result of his placing first in the year and under high jump during the Royal Canadian Legion Track and Field Meet held in Windsor July 28 1091 Matt Brain from Georgetown represented Ontario at the Royal Canadian Legions Annual National Dominion Command Athletic Camp held at York University from August 8 to August 15 s camp attended by athletes from all across Canada During the track meet which was held August and 11 Matt won a gold medal in the 15 year and under relay with team mates Jason Knst from Perry Sound Rouse from Picker and Chris Robinson from Scarborough Their winning time was seconds Matt Brain also received a bronze medal in the high jump and placed in the javelin Dont shoot the clowns Lindsay Norris of Georgetown covers her ears In anticipation of a gun shot report during one of the comedy acts of the Kelly Miller which set up the big top at the Arena in Georgetown Thurs day As soon as the clowns with their toy guns stepped out of the ring she other children In oohing and aahing at the trapeze balance and elephant acts at the circus which was sponsored by the Optimist Club of Georgetown The Herald has changed The Hills Herald is changing to meet the changing needs and changing concerns of both our readers and our adver tisers It goes without saying that for a community newspaper to sur vive it must meet and address both the concerns of its readers and its advertisers A community newspaper cannot survive without addressing these con cerns Realizing this Halton Hills Herald Publisher Bob is ready to meet the challenge headon while continu to provide the scope in news coverage our readers demand and warrant while also satisfy ing our advertising clients desires To this end the look of the Herald has been changed Our Wednesday edition will be a blockbuster chock full of news and sports with entertaining and informative features and it will include our special columns that normally would appear in our weekend edition Our weekend edition for the most part will be geared more towards the Halton Hills con sumers with special advertising eatures which we are sure our moneyconscious readers will ap preciate The changes have been made to ensure the Herald is and always will be in tune with the Halton Hills community s desires We are after all your newspaper and have been so in this community since We intend to continue with this ty and com 125th YEAR No 66 36 PAGES SINGLE COPY GST 25P HILLS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21st 1991 Joe Hewitt rates a 9 on council attendance Results of a recent survey of Halton Hills councillors dance at town council meetings since elected November 1988 shows that Halton Regional coun cillor Joe Hewitt has missed the most meetings with nine while councillors Ann Currie Spence and Norm Elliot have missed the least with two absences Since the last municipal elec tion in there have been town council meetings Coun cillor Hewitt also missed the most Regional Council meetings of any Halton Hills Regional Councillor Getting involved in the is what is important ex plained Hewitt in a recent interview Attending every single council meeting means ab solutely nothing to me My dance has been pretty tent he added Mr Hewitt who also sits on the Regional Planning and Public Works Committee as well as subcommittees such as the Regional Niagara Escarpment Commission and the Regional Building Expansion Committee stated his absences were due to his attending site plan committee meetings and other seminars as well as holidays He explained that while attendance for town council meetings is good there is more to being a town councillor than just attending meetings With attending council meetings reading necessary materials and all of the calls I receive I spend at least 15 hours a week on town council business said Coun Hewitt a full time firefighter with the fire department Mr Hewitt explained that before being elected to town Joe Hewitt council three years ago he spent six straight months attending meetings along with reading the accompanying reports He feels it is important for people running in the upcoming municipal tion slated for November 12 to realize being councillor is more work than just attending the meetings 1 was on vacation at the time of my absences said Cur who has missed two meetings since the last municipal election I understand that some coun have to miss more meetings because they have more responsibilities elsewhere Personally I would like to attend every meeting Coun Spence who also missed two meetings since the last municipal election is retired He said some degree of leniency has to be given for councillors miss ing town meetings Cunningham behind bars Victor Cunningham the Georgetown man who robbed Mac Milk in Georgetown with a knife pleaded guilty to robbery in Milton Court criminal division Aug 12 and was sentenced to two years in ail He II appear in Milton Court again December on three charges of break enter and theft in relation to a series of break ms at The Smoke Shop in Acton where over worth of cigarettes were stolen Mr Cunningham 30 was rested July at his Prince Charles Drive home in Georgetown after Regional Police Tactical Rescue Team had sur rounded the home for over an hour Pol investigators had to only search the house for clues to the July 26 Mac s Milk robbery when Mr Cunningham opened and door and darted back inside he could be arm ed the team was called in Mr Cunningham surrendered just over an hour later In the house police found a car ton of milk and a carton of cigarettes that had been stolen from Mac as well as a T shirt which a store clerk said the rob ber had worn Its n Snap To buy quality Name Brand Furnishings at Wholesale Prices Ontario Chesterfield Wholesalers The circus comes to town Big Top performers superb See Community Focus pictures on Page 4 It s kind of circumstantial Coun Spence commented on a survey of councillors atten dance Councillors may be at tending seminars or courses that will benefit town council You also have to allow for holidays 1 have no problem with councillors missing a few meetings Attendance for town council meetings since the last term by other councillors is as follows three absences by Johnston lil Bowman and Pat McCarthy Rick missed four meetings along with Gerald Rennie Rick had five absences Al Cook missed six and Marilyn Serjeantson missed eight meetings Mayor Russ Miller missed eight town council meetings and nine regional council meetings since last term As of January 1991 the Mayor of Halton Hills receives an annual salary of 208 while town councillors make an annual average salary of 277 I think it s very important for councillors to attend all meetings so they can speak up for their area said Halton Hills resident Grant who will be running for a town councillor position in Ward in the municipal election If elected the only situations where I would miss town meetings would be an illness or funeral Mr has been semi retired for a year and a half since a jobrelated injury He worked as a for Con struction in He said one of the reasons he decided to run for town councillor is because he has a great amount of free time An Inside Look Police Beat Fire Calls Municipal Election 3 Town Gardener 5 Environment 9 Editorial Totteri Peoples Forum 10 As I See It 11 Bens Banter 11 Carlo Testa 11 Focus Money Matters Business Jaded Palmer Political Forum Entertainment Steamer Seniors Legion Lines Nora al News Arts ft Ideal SECTION B Sports News History 6B Classifieds 7B9B Halton Hill Hotline 10B Home the Week 11B SHOP THE LIVING GEORGETOWN j 41687329