Way back in 2005 we started planning the 150th anniversary celebrations for Milton. Hours and hours and hours of planning went into making this year one to remember. Lots of ideas were thrown around…thrown out…and made into a reality.

Milly the Millstone was one of those concepts that turned into reality. Through many of our discussions and meetings, an idea was put out there to honour and acknowledge the best of the best in Milton and create a Milton Walk of Fame.

The Town Hall is getting a new addition and what better place to put this Walk of Fame is at Town Hall. Plans are being made to build in a Walk of Fame section of the new addition, scheduled to be completed sometime in 2008.

How do we come up with our first list of inductees? We can go back to the hours and hours (and did I mention hours?) of planning again. Lots of help came from John Challinor and Jim Dills who came up with a preliminary list of candidates for the WOF.

Long story short the names are ready to be announced. We hope that there will be a lot of interest generated by Milton residents, new and long time, and I have a feeling there will be a lot of “AH HAAAA’s” from many people when they realize “THEY lived in Milton?”

The 150th group made their presentation last night to council and we’ll be announcing the list very soon. We were quite impressed with those who made the inaugural list and those that didnt make it THIS time, will get in the future.

Speaking of the council meeting there was quite a bit of discussion about the Trans Canada Power Plant, whos representatives made a information presentation to council. The power plant is located in Halton Hills, and Milton is what is called a “commenting” municipality.

Basically, we have a right to say things, they just dont have to listen to us really.

Rick started off the night with an emotional accounting of what happened to his family home recently and he publicly wanted to thank all members of the Milton Fire Department for their quick response and hard work and doing their best to try to save his father.

They talked about the Thompson Road reconstruction and lane widening (north of Derry to south of Main Street) and its apparent time frames. The underpass at the train line should be ready to go by the time James Snow Parkway is ready to go. Ya, me too. Im not holding my breath on that one .

So the list of inductees will be up soon. We at the 150th anniversary master committee will be contacting the winners and their family representatives to invite them to our more formal announcement on Canada Day at the Milton Fairgrounds.

We have a great day we are planning as well, so if you were ever to go to a Canada Day celebrations in Milton… its this year.

This has been a very busy weekend.

I was out knocking on doors along Bennett Road and Armstrong for the good part of the morning. In the afternoon Anthony had one of his birthday parties. Yes I said parties. Ever since the last one, he’s wanted to have his party at Chuck E Cheese and have a soccer party. So we did both. His soccer and school friends had one yesterday and tonight was family / cousins at Chuck’s. Fun times were had by all, but now I’m feeling a bit of pizza overload.

Again early this morning out visiting some more Ward One residents and later in the afternoon there was a special BBQ for the 150th anniversary committee out in a beautiful area of Milton. As you are aware, I am the Chairperson of the Master Committee and we have been hard at work planning the 2007 celebrations for the past 2 years.

The chair of our Promotions sub committee Kevin and his lovely wife hosted 20 or so of the 150th committee members and special guests. They have a beautiful home and backyard and a great time was had by all. (A BIG thank you goes to our hosts!)

The plans for Milton’s 150th are well underway and some very BIG things will be coming shortly. You will NOT believe it when you hear it. I can’t say anything just yet but it IS huge. I will leave it at that. (How’s that for suspense eh?)

We were also introducing to everyone the winners of our 150th contest that was held earlier this year. The contest was open to all residents of Milton to choose the mascot and Theme for the 150th Celebrations. Rose Brooks and Michelle Job were our lucky winners and they get to join the Mayor of Milton and ring the bell on New Years Eve. There is a long list of names that have had the honour of ringing the bell and now we can add two more.

If you are interested in helping out in the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Milton, you can contact me or visit our webpage. You will be seeing and hearing more about the committee soon as we get closer to the start of the celebrations. The more help the easier the task becomes so if you can afford some time to attend a few meetings and plan some events, drop me a line.

Tomorrow evening is a very important Administration and Planning meeting at council chambers. I will have some information on this meeting and more tomorrow.

Until then, I’ll see you at the doors.