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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, February 7, 2014 | 8 continued from p.1 for compensation under the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP). Despite that, the Region is pursuing other avenues to recover the costs. It is also supporting Halton's local municipalities in their ODRAP applications. Halton Hills Councillor Jane Fogal outlined how hard-hit Halton Hills was by the storm. She said of the 16,475 hydro customers in Debris clean-up from ice storm may go into summer: Region Halton, who lost power for more than 48 hours, 14,000 of them were in Halton Hills. A hydro customer or household also translates into double that number of residents. "Just imagine what it is like for your own municipality, to find yourself 100 per cent without power. Think of Oakville completely down. That was the situation we found ourselves in. Even the civic centre was down -- there was nowhere to go, you couldn't hide." Fogal said virtually all Halton Hills roads were choked with downed trees and debris and venturing outside the day after the storm was dangerous as branches and trees continued to fall. Restoring power proved an overwhelming challenge for Halton Hills Hydro, which had 11 employees for the job. Getting outside hydro workers to lend a hand took time as most were busy at home. "Gradually they came and they came every day, more and more, until we were up and running eight days later," said Fogal. "We started out with 11 guys and, on the last day, we ended up with 132. They all worked 16-hour shifts, 16 hours on, eight hours off, through really challenging weather conditions." Fogal said community groups delivered meals to the hydro workers as they toiled. The storm is Clarification In clarification of the story, Breathing freely: a `bonus round' for Childerhose, in the Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 edition of the Oakville Beaver, Keith Childerhose and Sarah Taylor have a family that includes five children -- Sarah has three from a previous marriage and Keith has two. The Beaver regrets any misunderstanding that may have occurred. expected to cost Halton Hills $4 million. The report noted Oakville Transit supplied buses to evacuate seniors from a Halton Community Housing Corporation complex in Georgetown to a warming centre in Milton. Throughout the storm, the Region maintained all core services, including paramedic, Access Halton, and water/wastewater services, the report said. Access Halton received more than 1,600 calls related to the storm Dec. 22, 2013 and more than 600 on Dec. 23, 2013. The Region's Social and Community Services department set up warming and evacuation centres in collaboration with the Red Cross, St. John Ambulance and Salvation Army. Regional staff said brush and debris clean up is underway, but noted it is going to take time and could go well into the spring or even summer. Learn outside. Build a community. Make a difference. Celebrating Over 30 Years! 5 4 20 1 months credits Apply Today! new friends awesome experience Some limitations apply. Cannot be combined with other offer applies to kitchen cabinets only. Valid only on purchases after January 1, 2014. Offer expires Mar. 31/14 Halton's Community Environmental Leadership Program Wed., Feb. 12th, 2014 6:30pm Camp Sidrabene 5100 Appleby Line OPEN HOUSE www.brontecreekproject.org www.oakville.ca Public Information Meeting Bronte Athletic Park and Donovan Bailey Park Preferred Concept Revealed Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:30 ­ 8:30 p.m. (presentation at 6:30 p.m.) Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre 2302 Bridge Road ­ (Multi-Purpose Room #1) You're invited to review the recommended concept for Bronte Athletic Park and Donovan Bailey Park. At our previous public meetings, we offered residents the opportunity to review design concepts and provide feedback on potential improvements to Bronte Athletic Park and Donovan Bailey Park. Based on your collective input and comments received, we have developed a preferred park concept that we are excited to share with you! Want to learn more? Come out to this public information meeting for a chance to review and provide feedback on the preferred park concept. Presentation materials will be posted on oakville.ca following the meeting. For more information visit oakville.ca, contact ServiceOakville at 905-845-6601, email serviceoakville@oakville.ca, or fax 905-815-2025.