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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Just a Countertop SELL-INSTALL-DELIVERY Ready to leave Oakville in stitches Artscene FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010 905-569-8900 3375 Laird Rd. Unit 2, Mississauga. PRINTER EMPTY? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 44 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 64 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Historical society fears Palermo threatened by development By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A first for Oakville By Jill Kwasniak SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER The Trafalgar Township Historical Society is calling on all residents to attend Monday's open house and council meeting where the future of Palermo Village will be decided. A Town staff "Palermo boasted, at one report recommends the creation of the time, 300 residents and a Palermo Village foundry that rivaled the North Urban Core Massey Ferguson Plant. Area, which will feaIt was part of the ture mixed-use Underground Railroad, development capable of accommodathad one of the first ing 700-1,000 peogrammar schools in the ple when completprovince and had one of ed. the first public schools to Gordon Kaitting include music as part of and other members of the Trafalgar its curriculum." Township Historical Society, however, Gordon Kaitting, Trafalgar want council to desTownship Historical Society ignate the community a heritage district. This would place restrictions on what could be built in Palermo. Kaitting said a heritage district designation is more than warranted due to the unique history that has taken place in Palermo over the years and the history that is still intact there. "Palermo boasted, at one time, 300 residents and a foundry that rivaled the Massey Ferguson Plant. It was part of the Underground Railroad, had one of the first grammar schools in the province and had one of See Village page 3 GRAHAM PAINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER DIG IN: An excited Sierra Gerrior, 8, with her mother Tianna (left), fellow homeowner Stephanie Chiu (centre, behind Sierra) and Laila Eiriksson (right) of the Halton Multicultural Association get ready to break ground on Wednesday for the first Habitat for Humanity Halton homes to be built in Oakville on Elmwood Road. Ground has been broken for the first two Habitat for Humanity Halton homes in Oakville. The two houses will be located at 262 and 266 Elmwood Road in Oakville. One house will be home to Stephanie Chiu and her three children, Jaysun, 10, Jayden, 7, and Jazsmine, 6. The other house will be home to Tianna Gerrior and her eight-year-old daughter Sierra. "Habitat for Humanity Halton has given me a stronger faith in humanity," said Tianna. Mayor Rob Burton welcomed Habitat for Humanity Halton to Oakville at the groundbreaking ceremony. "You're starting today by building two homes for two more families to live the Oakville life and we wish you all success in doing more and thank you very much for finally coming to Oakville," he said. "We're very pleased that we were finally able to make that happen." Burton thanked everyone who made the project possible. "Habitat Halton has long been wanted here, even longer been needed here," he said. "We're very grateful to the leadership seen from Anne Swarbrick, but also from the local residents who are members of the habitat board." See Habitat page 5 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT LS WITH AIR CONDITIONING CASH SALE PRICE $ IF YOU'RE DRIVING A GM VEHICLE TAKE UP TO $1500 OFF COUPE or SEDAN 2 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU · 410 SOUTH SERVICE RD. W. 905.845.1681 · 547 TRAFALGAR ROAD, 905.844.2320 Disclosure - Prices include Freight $1350, Admin Fee ($199) Etching Package ($299) Environmental Fee ($29.20) OMVIC Fee ($5.00) and are plus GST and PST and License. Cash Sale PriceOnly. Some Vehicles may not be exactly as shown SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS Cobalt SS Model Shown 15,127 JUST ADD TAXES & LIC STK#CB0003