Halton Hills This Week (Georgetown, ON), 21 August 1993, p. 1

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We Nagel We Georgetown residents, friends and neighbors Dennis Norton (left) and Ear! Seltzer have a firm grip on the cheque for $1,133,151.30 the pair won in the Aug. 11 Lotto 649 draw. Ontario Lottery Corporation photo A $million$ pizza party By Colin Gibson What do you do when you’ve just won slightly over $1 million? Why, order a few pizzas, maybe sip back a few cold ones in the back- yard and most of all...just relax. That’s what Georgetown residents, friends and neigh- bors Earl Seltzer, 31 and Dennis Norton 38, had planned for last Thursday evening after returning from Ontario. Lottery Corporation offices in Toronto where they were presented with a cheque for $1,133,151.30. The windfall was the pay- out the two’men will share for holding the winning tick- et in the Aug. 11 Lotto 649 draw bought in Georgetown at Mac’s Milk located at 360 Guelph St. In a conference call tele- phone interview from the Toronto Ontario Lottery Corporation offices Thursday, both Seltzer and Norton seemed as laid back as...well...a pizza. Both plan on buying new vehicles - Seltzer hints at a van - paying off their respec- tive mortgages and investing the balance. Although they wouldn’t divulge where they worked (Norton is a Sales Manager and Seltzer is a Sales Representative) neither seemed either inclined - or the type, for that matter - to go on.a spending binge with their new found wealth. Norton is a member of the Glen Williams clan of the same name and was raised here. Although he left hearth and home for a few years, he returned eight years ago. He and his wife Heather, from Oakville, have three chil- dren, aged 10, 8 and 4. It was requested their names not be printed. Seltzer, born in Montreal, moved to Georgetown from Toronto five years ago and he and his wife Cesira have one child. The luck of the Aug. 11 draw wasn’t realized until last Wednesday. But until the cheque was safely in their possession, both admit- Continued on page 13 di» W EEEN Vv Vol. 2, No. 7 Saturday, August 21, 1993 Call Brenda 877-5165 ~ 24 hr. pager ~ JGfinson s_ BRENDA ASSOCIATES Sales Representaive PAYTON 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 Acton development - Money, ye By Oksana Buhel decided Wednesday to set Halton Regional councillors aside $100, 000 for a process Province retains escarpment controls by Johanna Powell special to Halton council has. won a small battle, but appears to have lost the war in the fight for development control over Niagara greater municipal control over land use in some areas of the escarpment. Those include areas designated Minor Urban Centre, Urban Area and some parts within the Escarpment Recreation Area. “The NEC and the province have been implementing a pro- gram to replace the development permit system with zoning in the Urban Area and Minor Urban Centre designations in order that growth within these-areas reflect the official plan or sec- ‘ondary plan policy of the municipality,” Wildman said. “The system of development control is then replaced by zon- ing by-laws within the Urban and Minor Urban Centre areas.” i said an example of a Minor Urban Centre would be Campbellville, which-is located in Milton, one of the four Halton monicipalities. The minister said he had given the same response to a similar request from Hamilton-Wentworth Tegion. The Niagara Escarpment stretches from the Niagara River, through parts of Burlington, Milton and Halton Hills to the Bruce Peninsula and Lake Huron. ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ audit of the Acton Wastewater Treatment Plant, but refused to accept full liability for any possible alteration of fish habitat which may result from Acton development. The decision was made in light of a verbal report by »- regional solicitor ’Stan Floras* and manager of special studies and research, Benson Leung, regarding current positions of commenting agencies at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearings held at the Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre. Councillors decided to set aside $100,000 for a short term audit of the sewage treat- ment plant (STP) and to estab- lish terms of reference for fish habitat study, both required by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Once the terms of reference and audit DXxQayini “| FONMNI EIR. ws The government is a group who can do no4 thing individually and jecide collectively study parameters are agreed to by all agencies, and the full cost ‘of both studies are known, Rash Mohammed, regional commissioner of Public Works will report to ncil. Halton Hills and regional councillor, and chair of the region’s Planning and Public Works committee, Marilyn Serjeantson admitted there is not enough money in the region budget to allow for “| to congratulate Betty-Ann. more than the $100,000, which she did not feel was enough. “Personally, I don’t think this is enough,” Serjeantson id. sai Councillors further decreased chances of the Ministry of Energy and Environment (MOEE) granti- a permit to take water, by refusing to accept full accountability for any nega- tive impacts of the STP. 50 cents includes G.S.T. s! Responsibility no! “That stream (Black Creek) was a mess when the Beardmore property was there,” Serjeantson said.“It was the region that cleaned it up - and now we’re being penalized for it.” She explained the plant was already performin the. standards of the nothing can be done ‘Trillium’ 9 hole, par 3 course: EARLYBIRDS SAVE 1/3, tee-off before noon and ‘Mid-Summer Specials! ‘Turtle Lake’ championship course: $20 Twilight rate now applicable from 4 pm, Mondays through Fridays; from 3 pm on Weekends! BLUE SPRINGS pay just $8 (daily, except on 2 for 1 Tuesdays when each of two players pay only-$6!!) GOLF CLUB \ 853-0904

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