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Page THFfltmiD Wednesday Aprils ISM Clean up your act resident tells Hern Id Stuff Writer Glen lliams resident Grace House says the flood tig In the Glen could have been prevented by blasting the channel but Credit Valley on Authority manager Glenn says the only mod cations to the paper mill dam and dredg ing of the river channel II make any fference Mrs House whose family is at cleaning up after the flood two weeks ago Bald Monday the authority could have prevented the flooding by Misting on Tuesday in Mead of on Saturday morn As a matter of fact I spoke the men who the and the tied proposal two years ago to all on author I In Ontario to do all the blasting preventive but the conservation authorities go for It Mrs House mil No sir we have to have rivers overflow and a mil Hon dollars people out of their homes Mr Schnarr said that the only way of preve ting a re currence of th year flooding Is to dredge the channel and either remove or mod fy the Paper Mill Dam He know what happened this year we knew what was happen ng at the me he said The froze solid from the Ma Street Bridge to the Paper Mill Dam It possible practi or to the Mr said We dr lied the before the flood and t rangedfrom to three feet deep It s not a matter of passing water through the channel necessary to get the ice through he continued It be enough to have a channel down ver It would have tobe clear and that would take about two weeks of blast MINED Mr Schnarr sad the munlci pal along the river were warntdearlylnlhespr that the unusual weather conditions night cause problems and Hilton Hills hid been warned particularly We had a river watch for a week up and down the full length of the rl be said We knew where the ice jama were and when they were coming down and we were able to tell the Glen residents when It was coming and warn them that they had better start stindbagg ng in some places Mr Schnarr said the author Intends to have the dredg and the cations to the dam completed by the end of this year The dam modifi cat which are still In the design stage have been slowed somewhat by the addition of a second to permit fish to migrate There are also a number of approvals which still have to be given for arrangements and for the des of the second before he work can be done Once the approvals are en and design is complete the work can go to tender Mr Schnarr said Mrs House said she Is still feeling bitter about the flood and the damage to her I 11 very bitter ally but as long as they fix It up so doesn happen again it just that I have the feeling l won get done she said Mrs House said she and her family have been working hard to get heir home cleaned up the flood FIRST We got the first layer off she We certainly have had no assistance from our friendly local conservation Mrs House said be town had prisoners from Maple- hurst Correctional Centre come In to help with the clean up but they only come to chop up the ice and they ddnt finish that She said the town paid for he renting of a heater for I house until hey were able to get the furnace started again Mrs House said they lost about nine trees the when ice Jams uprooted them or damaged Ihc trunks Outs dc we lost about four trees th a 20year growth and another file th ten to 15 years growth from the force of the ice she said If those trees t been there to take the impact of the ice the house would have had a lot more damage I think if vatlon authority would like to conserve a Utile bit they could replace those trees and with saplings at least not with seedlings A staff member of he orlty said last fall that the dredging and dam t would be done In time lo prevent the flooding this spring Mrs House said but he work for be author y anymore As long as they don let It happen aga hat sail we can ask for she continued I really think that if we re going to pay these on hordes better clean up their act hey d better start to conserve They have to stand around like a hunch of little boys to sec what the river is going to do this year she added They complain about someone who bu Ids a garage in he r pre cious but when it comes to a crisis they Just stand around and watch The thing to do is to fix it next me so you don have the problem again A smiling Legion crew formed by Harold left Norm Ward and Frank far right present a cheque Mike Evans of the North of the Mentally Retarded The cheque provided per cent of the cost for a heat sealing machine needed by ARC industries The pro tnclal government will pay he rest photo Legion presents cheque for ARC Industries machine A cheque was donated lo the Norlh Halton Assocla on for the Mentally Retarded by Norm Ward of the Royal Carta an Legion s Branch 120 for a heat sealing machine worth The remaining will be provided by the provincial go vernment In the form of a special capital grant The grants are made available to provided they can raise per cent of the project We saw an opportunity to prov the with 000 by simply vlng them Mr Ward told The Herald The heat sealing machine used for packaging by ARC Industries and w go in newly expanded facilities In Hornby The new expansion is nearly completed and cost ISO The Legion has worked closely with ARC for more than 10 years and donated many very useful items Association Representative Mike Evans said The fund raising is done by the Legion mental retardation fund committee headed by Norm Ward Th June there will be an NHL golf meat at the Golf and Country Club The tourna ment played in d fferent local ties wilh the proceeds being to charities of he sponsoring group This year he tournament is being sponsored by Legion hanks to the efforts of Legion President Harold Badham The Association will receive proceeds from the tournament which will be raised by selling lees and holes to service groups and organizations Arbitration accepted UN THIS WEEKS HERALD Georgetown Rotary Anniversary supplement ROTARY OFFICERS 197980 President Rev Peter Barrow 8771252 Vice president Bob Simpson 8779204 Secretary Bob Fosketl 8774943 treasurer Bob Knllmeyer 8777873 Immediate pant president Fred Long DIRECTORS Norm Bigg Youth and Vocational Service Richard Community Service He slop International Service Jim Programs Barry Timleck Fund raising and Special Projects Ralph Club Service Continued from page one to Mr Tcpl tsky and board w II submit its reply Mr art the me rits of a two year agreement he said and t was through his work thai a second year to he was arrived at Mr Ness said 1 147 teachers per cent of those eligible voted Of those favored acceptance of offer and rejected Mr Ness refused what had brought about the change of heart on behalf of so that they recommended media lion arbitral on something they had adamantly refused In the past We re prepared take a chance on the process his time to see if it w meet the teachers needs he com men ted I guess only lime w tell If it will be effective Mr Ness became disturbed when a reporter suggested that the teachers had received some type of assurance 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