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Georgetown's Favourite Auto Body Repair Shop No Appointment Required GEORGETOWN'S MOST PROGRESSIVE SHOP • Service for all makes & models • We accept all insurance claims • Lifetime warranty on all workmanship • I-Car Gold Class Professionals Since 1979 311 Armstrong Ave., Georgetown 905-877-8685 THE CONSUMERS CHOICE SINCE 1973 All Employees I-Car Trained Bill McKeown** Janet McKeown* Norm Paget* Rychard McKeown* Don Campbell* Sarah Appleby* * Salesperson **Broker email: info@mcqwinteam.com Office: 905.877.5211 Direct: 905.873.2437 Fax: 905.873.4863 Your "MC Q WIN" Team Happy 40 Year Anniversary to the Independent - There has been a LOT of changes in that time span. There have been a lot of changes since Bill started advertising in 1986 to the present day and the inception of the MC-Q-WIN Team Sarah 2013Don 2012 Bill 1986 Janet 1995 Rychard 2003 Norm 1989 1994...in the news • The Woolco Department Store at Georgetown Market Place will soon be converted into a Wal-Mart Store it was announced in January. • In January, Equity Waste Management applied for site plan approval to build a $10 million compost facility on the south side of Steeles Ave. (east of Trafalgar Rd. and west of Eighth Line-- currently the site of Toronto Premium Outlets). • The Georgetown BIA seeks approval for a farmer's market in downtown George- town this summer in February. The market opened in June with a variety of vendors selling homegrown produce, fresh meat and cheeses. • The Georgetown Rebel wrestling team captured the Halton Junior Championship title in Burlington in February. The team also took gold in the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference later that month. • In March Karen Harrison became the first woman honoured by the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Council as she joined a select group of hockey volunteers. • A five-month old Siberian husky named Kaiya saved the lives of the McConaghie family when a fire broke out in their Sixth Line home in April. 1994...in the news • A former Georgetown man and his wife-- Geoff and Sherelle Ann Barnes- were found dead on a beach in Trinidad in May. • Funding is announced for a new Catho- lic school in Georgetown South in June. • Georgetown Hospital received $1.3 million in funding from the Ministry of Health for redevelopment and expansion of the Bennett Centre in June. • A judge sent Regional Chair Peter Pomeroy to trial on two counts each of breach of trust and accepting secret commissions in July. The first of two trials is set for Jan. 17, 1995. • Bagpiper Judith Irwin of Georgetown placed second at the North American Championship in August. • Equity Waste Management, proposing a composting facility in Hornby, slapped the Town and all 12 Halton Hills council- lors with a $6 million lawsuit in October. • In a field of eight candidates longtime councilor Marilyn Serjeantson is elected Mayor in November. • Joyce Savoline was elected Halton Re- gion Chair in December. Officially opening the Todd Road Armoury Taking part in a stained glass workshop Celebrating Pioneer Days at George Kennedy Public School Brian Butler of Colonial Tree Service rescues a stranded cat The Tachman Car Club swaps the Activan motor 28 • The Independent's 40th Anniversary Special Section, Thursday October 17, 2013