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Ao) Fal Py Cor] Saturday, January 23, 1993 24 pages SUNDAY BRUNCH line dancing nights see page 20. By Dianne Cornish Acton IGA has been selected as the Chamber of Commerce 1992 Business of the Year. The store has gained a reputation over the years for its community-minded approach to business. A large measure of its success can be attributed to owner and manager Dave Manes, who has learned the business from the ground up and encouraged the store’s active in community and activi- ties. Line danetng instructor, Judy MacLeod, and her star pupil, Steve Hayward, had some fied ies hoot- ing, and hollering good times at the Hollywood Tavern in Norval on Tuesday night. Compared to clogging, line dancing is catching on quickly as a new form of local entertainment. For more about the Hollywood's *hoto by Laura Salverda Acton IGA is Business of the Year Dave began working for local grocer J.B. Ledger in February, 1955, as a carry-out and delivery boy. He later moved to the produce department and, after train- ing by Jim Higgins of Acton, moved up to become store manager at just 19 years of age. He bought the store in March, 1963. Business increased over the next two decades, the store was remodelled five times and a large extension, including a deli, was added in 1985. Two years later, Continued on page 9 ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ 50 cents includes G.S.T. Anti-racism effort sparked by Klan By Laura Salverda Halton Regional Police say that last Saturdays appearance by mem- bers of the Ku Klux Klan was not the first time the white supremist group has targeted Halton Region. According to Detective Sergeant, Mike Kingston, members of the an appearance “On Aug. 12, 1992, we received numerous reports of pamphlets being distributed in Oakville,” the head of One District Criminal Investigation said. “Tt was a very tion so much with the rhetorical question. It’s all within the law. They prey on the dissatisfaction in the current economic and employ- ment situation. It’s a better environ- ment for this type of activity.” Kingston said police were sur- prised when Klan members showed up here and he dismissed sugges- tions that the Klan had any reason to target Halton Hills. “We hope it’s an ‘isolated inci- dent. It goes counter to everything we’re trying to support. We sit with the school board. We’re on the Multicultural Council. We have no history of this type of activity in this area. We can’t say we’ve never had any incidents, only sporadic, unconnected incidents in the past, “ Kingston said. But Halton Hills resident and Burlington Rape Crisis Centre vol- unteer, Elizabeth Carmichael, said she is not alah the Ku Klux Klan chose Georgeto' “I was shocked, pit not sur- prised. I knew that somewhere down the road it would happen. You can feel it growing. Georgetown is still insular. “T am a new Canadian, and I am new in this community. I have felt a lot of racism in Georgetown,” Continued on page 10 Region supports call for Grier’s resignation By Dianne Cornish Following a short but heated debate Wednesday, Halton regional council endorsed a City of Brampton resolution roundly criti- cizing the Interim Waste Authority’s (IWA’s) landfill site selection process and calling for the resignation of Ontario Environment Minister Ruth Grier. “This is not a responsible motion; I would say it’s frivolous,” Burlington mayor Walter Mulkewich said at the outset of the debate. Council was debating a recom- mendation from the region’s plan- ning and public works committee that it support the Brampton resolu- tion, which has been sent to all municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The resolu- tion charges that the IWA in its selection of candidate landfill sites for Peel Region “has shown a com- plete disregard for all environmen- tal and agricultural concerns...” It also states that Environment Minister Ruth Grier “has eliminated other methods of waste disposal such as our (Peel’s) state of the art and environmentally-sensitive Energy From Waste (EFW) facility (Peel Resource Recovery Inc.) that are all less damaging to the envi- ronment than eae ‘garbage in rural areas in the GTA. The resolution closes by noting that the City of Brampton request Grier’s resignation and ask all GTA municipalities to support the pro- al. posal. Calling the resolution “simplis- tic” and “frivolous,” Mulkewich expressed his doubt about the truth of the charges in the Brampton otion.. “Frivolous, it is not,” regional councillor Bob Brechin of Burlington responded. It was “friv- olous” for Grier to dismiss the pos- sibility of disposing of Toronto garbage in Kirkland Lake and it was “cavalier” of the Environment Ministry to drop the St. Lawrence Cement Company’s proposal for an EFW facility, he contended. Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller and regional councillor Marilyn Serjeanson of Halton Hills urged council to support the Brampton Coninued on page 9 o— & Guaranteed Lowest Prices of the Year! IN-STOCK AND CUSTOM ORDERS ¢ UNTIL JAN. 31 © OPEN 10-9 DAILY * 853-1031 A Division of the olde Hide House J