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-rfieWMBAlD- Wednesday February 1992 Seniors Special fundraising dinner upcoming ByLESMELLISH Herald Special The Seniors Fund Raising Din ner Is being held pm at Holy Cross Parish Hall on Sunday February open to all at per ticket for children The Georgetown and District Seniors Association has a surprise for all diners this year The Harmony Express Barbershop Chorus will give a performance immediately following the din ner For tickets please call Mrs Fern at On Long Term Care in Halton a consultation meeting will be held on Thursday February from 7 pm to pm in the Gallery of the Cultural Centre on Church Street Georgetown This will also be held on Tuesday February nth in Acton at the Royal Canadian Legion Wright Avenue at the same time 7pm to pm These meetings are to provide for seniors disabled care givers service providers and any others who may have an interest to participate in planning for better Long Term Care and Support Services in Ontario and specifically When a major change such as this is conceived it incurs tremen dous effort and will lead to a significant impact on those who provide services and those who benefit for them It is vital that we have a say in something that is so important to us and taking a large slice of our taxes For any who wish to have fur ther information please phone the Community Health and Support Services Division for HaltonPeel 18005654213 You will be inform ed of the results of this consulta tion and local planning groups will be part of the implementa tion process X The first Seniors Advisory Committee meeting of and the first since the new council assumed office was held on Jan This is a committee appointed by Mayor Miller to act in an ad visory capacity to Halton Hills Council with respect to matters that have an impact on senior citizens within the town The committee all matters referred to it by council or brought forward by members of the committee The committee also has a liaison with the Services Advisory Committee ESAC of the Region of Halton Membership of the committee comprises The Mayor Four members of council represen tative of seniors organizations in Acton and Georgetown one member of Regional Social Ser vices Dept and one member of Halton Hills staff Councillor Gerald Rennie is chairman and Administrative Assistant Stephen Thompson is secretary One issue discussed at this meeting was snow clearance on sidewalks Mr Ted Drewlo Manager of Operations Engineering Department was in attendance to answer questions We learned that there are two sidewalk ploughs in use and that it takes about 12 hours to clear all those scheduled for clearance I believe there wil be more discus sion on this topic The Georgetown Transporta tion Pool was reported on by Councillor Rennie This is slowly getting underway with three or four calls per month and three drivers available More are re quired and volunteers will be very welcome This service is in tended to help those who do not qualify for and who are seniors on supplementary pen sions or young families on social assistance To request help or offer help please call North Halton Distress Centre The fare is one way in Georgetown Car seat available Councillor Rennie represen ting Acton Seniors expressed the Setttivut- for intention that in some way the seniors would occupy part of the old Fire Hall this year in advance of anticipated renovations Their bank balance is presently at In subsequent conver sations the proposal was express ed to join with Georgetown in another fund raising this year Georgetown and District Seniors Association reported on its ongoing search for a tem porary location for a centre and reported a bank balance of CANADAS BEST PAINT MP VALUE OUR GUARANTEE OF QUAUTY All product Color Your World arc sold with an unconditional guarantee of quality if you are not completely satisfied your purchase we will replace products or you full refund This guarantee does not include labour for explication or indention OUR LOW PRICE GUARANTEE you find comparable paint or ihe same at a lower advertised pnee 30 days purchase with a proof of purchase of our product well gtocty refund difference Color Your World Sale effective February 5 to March 3 1993 Not ail items available all store For franchise opportunities call 416 214 Guelph St Georgetown 8731363 STORE HOURS MONTUES AM600 PM WEOFRI PM SATURDAY 900 AM600 PM