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CLOSE TO HOME FAR FROM ORDINARY Awarded Readers Choice For 14 Straight Years Exquisite Gold, Silver & Diamond Jewellry Wedding Rings & Bands • Precious & Semi-precious Stones and Pearls Custom Orders Welcome. Let us design & create your unique piece. Proudly Serving Halton Hills for over 22 Years with Quality Workmanship Superior Customer Service and Outstanding Selection ~ No matter what your needs. October 1992 October 2013 Authorized Dealers Police • Puma • Citizen and Orlean • Elle • Movado • Bering 310 GUELPH ST., GEORGETOWN 905-873-4405 a 1991...in the news • Whether they like or not, George- town's retailers are learning to live in the 7 per cent GST that went into ef- fect January 1. • Local businesses and organizations re- act to the Gulf War. The Paper Factory sent big yellow bows to every school in the area, Halton Cable Systems added CNN to the value packages, and debate on the war was encouraged in local schools. Tom Gale, left with his squad to serve in Bahrain. He returned in March and his first stop was McDonalds. • In February, 16-year-old Cara Kato struck silver at the Canada Winter Games in the 56-kilo judo class. • Provincial Papers closed on March 31, leaving 49 people out of work. The 85- year plant was no longer competitive said owner Abitibi-Price. • Georgetown's wastewater treatment plant underwent a facelift that uses technology that is a first in Ontario. It treats the wastewater with ultraviolet light before the effluent is discharged into Silver Creek. • A well known landmark in Glen Wil- liams for 50 years, Preston's celebrated its golden anniversary. 1991...in the news • Georgetown's David Deere, a pilot who fought in the Gulf War, has edited a book about the Armed Forces's experiences there. Oxbow bookseller Norm Holt said lots of people have enquired about the book since it went on sale in his Main St. S. store. Deere returned in September to sign copies. • A man who enjoys dropping photographs of parts of his anatomy on local sidewalks was at it again in July. Police say they aren't sure what charges can be laid against a man for dropping the photographs on the sidewalk, other than possibly, littering. • In July the OMB gave the go-ahead to the construction of 175 Kingsmill on the Credit townhouses. The townhouses will sell for $130,000 each. • The Halton Hills Cultural Centre & Library celebrated its 10th anniversary and Chief Librarian Betsy Cornwell says it's a symbol of a community's coming of age. Total cost of the building was $1.7 million and draws 100,000 people a year. • In November, Halton Hills young gym- nastics sensations Angela Stiles and Katie Rowland are back from an international meet with second place win for Angela in the senior final and a first place win for Ka- tie in the junior meet. Centennial P.S. cheerleaders were all-Ontario champsJoanne Bodnar of the Town's recreation department canoes in Fairy Lake The Men Without Hairs vaudeville act performs An ultra-lite plane crashed on Mayfield Road in July Performing Tai Chi at Ecole Sacre Coeur The Independent's 40th Anniversary Special Section, Thursday October 17, 2013 • 21