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Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 5559) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: rjerred@haltonsearch.com W i ll )N H Sl >AY. Jl 1V 2 4 . 2< X)J · I \ i^><* ( IH M O TE IT WAS MUSIC TO THEIR EARS: Thousands of O akville residents and visitors packed the downtown Friday night to enjoy an evening o f good food and enter tainm ent. Far left, Stephanie Piper o f the Barbara Goggin School o f Irish D ancing dazzled M idnight M adness crowds with her fancy footw ork, while O akville piper Janies Sawyer played to appreciative audience. Above, Jim m y and The Jets perform ed at Towne Square and the South Am erican (Central) Band played som e toe-tapping m usic. W atching and taping the entertainm ent were Basil and Lumi Som cutean. Peter C.McCusker · Oakville Beaver Regional Museum preserves Halton's heritage By Richard Vivian S P E C IA L T O T H E B E A V E R Twenty years after improvements were first discussed, Halton Region Museum cele brated the grand opening o f its phase one ren ovations. "This has been a long haul. I can remem ber the first time I visited the bam and all these beautiful artifacts were up in the rafters and the snow was com ing it," Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline said at the launch ceremony. "That's not the way to pre serve Halton County artifacts, but I think w e're on track now." Over the past year, sections of the muse um have been temporarily closed off and arti facts have been shipped throughout the region to make way for renovation crews. But with additional storage capacity now in place -- and climate controlled to boot -- as part of the $ 1.8 million phase one project, many artifacts have returned to the museum and are now on display. Also included in the completed renova tions is increased exhibit space, new wheel chair accessible washrooms, a kitchen and added education space. With the first leg of the work complete, fundraising for phase two is now getting " It's very easy to lose track of where you come from... and if you do that, you sure don't know where you're going from this point on." · Halton Region Museum fundraising chair Walt Elliot under way. No initiatives are planned just yet though donations are always accepted - but the ball will get rolling in the coming 18 months. A further $2 million will be needed to complete the renovation project, bringing the final price tag to $3.8 million. "I think it's absolutely imperative to have that we get this facility so that we can have thousands o f kids coming through here to show them where we came from," said museum fundraising chair Walt Elliot. "It's very easy to lose track of where you came from... and if you do that, you sure don't know where you're going from this point on." Phase two -- which w on't be completed for at least three years -- will include more climate controlled storage space, added com mittee rooms and refurbished display areas. The museum is located in the Kelso Conservation Area in Milton. Admission to museum is free with entrance to Kelso Conservation Area. Park fees are $3.25 for adults, $2.75 for students and $2.25 for chil dren. 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