A Final Look at 2007
September

The group MUSCLE (McArthur Unger Simmons Creating Loud Entertainment) played classic rock music inside Caledon Village Place at Caledon Fall Fair in September. Michael McArthur and Jake Unger are both playing guitar, Scott Simmons is playing bass and David McArthur is playing the drums. The boys are all 14 years old from Bolton and attend The Humberview school. They won the Bolton Idol contest earlier in the year.

Bill Matthews was to take the helm as the new principal at Mayfield Secondary School. He had been the at West Credit Secondary School in Mississauga.

Peel Public Health confirmed a human case of West Nile Virus in a young Mississauga woman.

St. Patrick School in Wildfield started the new academic year by marking its 100th anniversary.

The Caledon Environmental Advisory Committee named John Gilbert its Environmentalist of the Year.

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Mayor Morrison was on hand to drop the puck to officially open the new Caledon East Arena.

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Caledon East resident Daphne Lingwood was honoured with her stone on the Caledon Walk of Fame during a ceremony Sunday afternoon.

The innovative sculptor and painter of leather art and jewelry, is an internationally known artist who taught across Canada. She created her business, known as Daphne of Canada, in 1950, and from her studio, she taught professional artists and local children interested in working in leather.

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The grand opening of the Bolton Rotary Youth Centre took place in September at the Caledon Centre for Recreation and Wellness in Bolton.

The 21,000 square foot addition houses a gymnasium and meeting space for community youth groups, which now have a place to call home.

"What an exciting evening to have this facility opened," said Mayor Marolyn Morrison during the opening ceremonies. She expressed her thanks to Ross Gray from the Rotary Club of Bolton and to Eriks Eglite, director of recreation and property services with the Town of Caledon, for their work in getting the addition built.

"This is one of the best built facilities in the Town of Caledon," she added.

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Businesses in Alton got together late in the month to mark the village's 185th anniversary.

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Peel Region Chair Emil Kolb and Mississauga Councillor Carolyn Parrish held a press conference to outline the state of underfunding of human services in the Region.

This was seen as part of a non-partisan initiative to change the way human services such as child care, social housing, health services and social services are funded in the municipality.

"We need to work together with the provincial government to find a solution within a fixed time frame," said Kolb. "The Region of Peel has one of the fastest growing populations in the country, gaining 34,000 new residents every year. Without a new funding formula, the Region's ability to provide high-quality services will be compromised."

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Ian Millar threepeated at the Tournament of Champions in Palgrave, winning both the John Deere Canada Cup Championship, as well as the $100,000 World Cup Qualifier. It was the third year in a row he had won at the prestigious event.

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Doug Barnes was named new CAO of the Town of Caledon.

He came to the post with an extensive background with the Province, most recently as an assistant deputy minister for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

"I'm looking forward to joining the Caledon team and working in a great community," he said.

* * * * * * * Tests done by the Ministry of the Environment's environmental monitoring and reporting branch found the air quality in Bolton and Caledon is very similar to that in Brampton and Newmarket.

That report was delivered to Town councillors late in September, and was based on a four-week regional airshed characterization survey conducted from June 20 to July 20, 2006.

Dan Orr, supervisor of the Air Quality Monitoring Unit with the Ministry of the Environment, explained the study was to determine if sources such as vehicular traffic, aggregate operations or other local sources contributed significantly to the regional levels of the key pollutants.

The ministry didn't issue any smog advisories during last summer's study period. It also concluded there's no need to establish an Air Quality Index monitoring station in Caledon.

Councillor Nick deBoer said this report was good news and bad news, noting Caledon's air isn't worse than other but it isn't better either.

Councillor Richard Paterak pointed out 2,000 people live close to gravel pits in Caledon and there are days when the air is yellow.

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Mayor Morrison was obliged to walk with the aid of two canes after having bilateral knee replacement surgery late in September.

"I'm walking just fine," Morrison said, although she wasn't able to chair the council meetings in October.