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upset Region debates purchase of sludge tester READY SET re off Sunday soap box derby sponsored by he GT Motor Club of Georgetown was an exciting crowd and spectator pleader despite an especially chilly bite to he weather The event was well between Delrex Boulevard and Main Street South on Maple Avenue and trophies were handed out to the winners Herald photo Acting treasurer sees no hefty tax hike for Halton in 1981 sludge use program or farmers could go down the drain today Wednesday if regional council falls to buy a badly needed atomic on emission The regions Public Works department recommended last Wednesday that the public works committee accept a of Toronto tender and buy the equipment for 273 almost over the department s budgeted price The equipment is used to test sludge for heavy metals However councillors waded a lengthy debate about whether the decision lo buy should be made by the present regional council or the new council expected to sit at its Inaugural meeting in Decern ber Anticipating a backlash because of the- delay from regional farmers who have made use of the region invitation to have sewage sludge- residue left over after sewage has been treated spread over fields some councillors insisted that the should be dealt immediately We hive to gel off our butts and get moving Milton Bill Johnson said We owe something the farmers in RESULTS The region wishes to purchase the meter in order to process samples in hours Farmers need to know the results of testing which checks the levels of mercury it three days in to slop he truck loads of from overly their fields Tcstlm results from private labs are costly and can take as long Oh three I cannot support putting this off for another council lis Coun Miller said If It go through the Ontario Federation of Agriculture wilt not support this the sludge program and we be hack where we started throwing it on deve lopers land and having it pollute streams Coun Laurie Mannell argued the extra over the department budget t be allowed to screw something like this up COMMITMENT We vi made a firm commitment to the farmers he said Wo be faced with one hill of a sludge problem if this falls through Hills Mike Armstrong said he dldn think the purchase request would be supported at today council meeting and recommended until the first sitting of the new council in December The moved to order the new machinery before December Council will discuss the pure lias e today and if accepted delivery will take about six lo seven weeks CRAFT DAY so often Public School Its Minimis nerd a break from the routine of books figures and leather Instruction so hey hold days Students try their at a variety of era lis ballet and sport lo name a few Hem Here parent helper Sharon Morgan left a hand to some crafts being whipped up left to rhJit Denny Kim Martin Bundle and lori Hook HELP YOUR RED CROSS IN GEORGETOWN AND DIRECT YOUR DONATIONS made payable the UNITED WAY In Toronto Peel County payroll contribution TO THE GEORGETOWN or ACTON RED CROSS COMMUTERS PLEASE DO IT NOW FREE servicoa as Loan or Sickroom Supplies RED CROSS CORPS patient drivers Individual Emergency Disaster AID and several others A major tax hike will not be necessary next year but ratepayers may yet to recover Ihe deficit remaining in the region operating budget Acling regional treasurer Jim Stewart told the region administration and finance committee last Wednesday that all but of the original 600 deficit Varian celebrates twentyfive good years Varum Canada is its 25th anniversary Octo ber with a luncheon at the North Golf and Country Club The luncheon will begin at noon and will be followed by a tour of the Varian plant and a short rlbboncultlng ceremo ny Representatives from all levels of government will be attending the function The company has also arranged a for employees and their partners at the Holiday Inn on Airport Road October and an open house at the facilities on River Drive and at Guelph Street October from l to Russell Varian officiated at he dedication ceremony or the first Klystron manufacturing and develop ment facility in Canada Octo ber The plant has grown since then from square feet to a facility of 112 square feet of owned and leased space The company employs people and exports more than per cent of its products around the world discovered last summer had been recovered from cutbacks and other savings In other departments But an additional 191a miscalculated difference in subdivision inspection charges has yet to be dealt with and will likely be earned over next year along with the as a shortfall in he 19B0 budget The deficit revealed in July steadily climbed to and saw the on of former chief administra live officer Ernie Reid and regional treasurer Don Farmer The region has annual budget of million Meanwhile treasury department has tickled an deficit in the capital works budget The finance committee learned three necks ago thai capital funding for at least four projects including George town sewage treatment would be short 750 Over expenditures on two projects totalling added lo the deficit Mr Stewart explained that the overspending wilt be recovered from existing budgets Debentures loan agreements- will be issued lo pay for the incomplete financ ing on the other projects He said there would be no effect on Ihe mill rate next cheated residents over Pilutti gravel pit neighbors charge PC federal exec Herald Special Progressive Conservative Federal Riding Association reelected Dorothy Chamberlain as president at ils annual meeting Wednesday evening in Other executive members are vicepresident John Ford vicepresident finance Paul Thlbault vice- president EdVlana vicepresident membership Wendy secretary Ann treasurer Terry Regan Area presidents include Roy Wood in and Brian Cargill Acton Delegates to attend the association annual meeting in Ottawa include Mrs Chamberlain Mr Cargill Will and John Ford along with two members of ihe Young Progressive Conservatives Festival may die Herald Special Indications are that North may have had its losl school Music Festival Doug Magwood principal of Acton M Z Bennett Public School received is negative responses and only a dozen favorable ones on a recent survey of area schoola interested in participating in a festival If it were to be resumed The festival was discontinued last year trial basis after continuous years of operation When the project set aside for a year there was some suggestion that the Georgetown Club might be interested in helping to set it up again as a Klwanls Music Festival Mr says he has heard nothing more from the club since that time Mr Magwood has called a meeting of interested parties at his school on Oct and expects to move for discontinuance of the festival at that time OCTOBER SPECIAL ALL FABRICS offer expires November 1st Wide Range of fabrics Shop at home Service Complete Repairs Recovering Phone 8777231 Georgetown A residents committee Is upset with a string of broken promises from the ministry of transportation and com muni cations to close a sixth line gravel pit between the and Wc feel cheated a spokes man for the group of area residents living near the Pit excavation said He said that earlier lions between town council and the ministry had made leant concessions towards closing the pit which residents say Is too close to residential property But now the mini seems to be ignoring their part or the bargain he said Among ihe siring of broken promises is a written commit from the ministry to be out of the pit in August the spokesman said adding that the group feels the mini slry Is using the pit to make up for road contracts from pits that have been exhausted He said that If the group was not satisfied with the outcome of meeting next Monday the ministry and Ihe