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.