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on Halton Hills Art Opening The Hills Palette and Pencil Club opened Us annual exhibition at the Hills Cultural Centre Gallery Feb 1 There are artists from town displaying pieces of work at the Gallery The ex will run until Feb Here Mayor Miller left artist and club dent Shirley Brambtey admire one of Mr oil paintings entitled Mountain Lake Herald photo Legislation protects environment Proposed provincial legislation governing the aggregate industry should help protect the environ ment surrounding the 25 pits and quarries in Regional plan ner Rash Mohammed vs The Aggregate Resources Act which received first reading in the legislature last summer will replace the fragmented legislation currently regulating the aggregate industry said Mohammed The bill attempts to place more emphasis on environmental con cerns and rehabilitation he said But the proposed royalties ag producers must pay to help pay for rehabilitation protec tion of surrounding environment and road repairs Is not enough Mr Mohammed says He wants the proposed six cents a tonne royalty increased to nine cents When a tonne of aggregate Is mined under the proposed legisla tion aggregate companies would pay four cents to the local municipality one cent to the pro vince and a half a cent each to the Region and the pit and quarry rehabilitation fund Halton would get only from the aggregate mined in from the pits and quarries Police probe tire slashings Tires slashed around town Satur day night have police looking for suspects Regional Police report four Incidents of fire slashings with a total value of some in both Acton and Georgetown Two slashing incidents occurred on Weber Drive sometime Feb or Feb Police say two tires were punctured on a Ford Capri causing several hundred dollars damage Two tires on a 1963 Nissan were slashed while the car was parked in the roadway in front of a residence causing damage If you currently have an or are thinking about opening one do you know what the limitations and benefits are for income tax purposes Find out from the income tax specialists at HSR Block We could save you time and money on your tax return Let us show you how the could benefit you in your tax situation ir THUI TIMI FOR HR BLOCK in how Main St North Moore Park Plaza GEORGETOWN Mill St East ACTON 8531771 police say In Acton Kingpin Road residents went out to their cars Sunday to find flattended tires The right rear tire of a 1987 Mazda was slashed causing damage The rear tire of a park ed on the same street overnight Feb 4 was also slashed at an estimated damage Halton police continue to in vestigate the incidents throughout the Region said Mr Mohammed That is enough to resurface only one kilometre of the roads which are heavily damaged by aggregate trucks each year he said The ma jor provisions of the act are greater consideration of the en vironment through assessment of the impact of the pits and quarries with annual reviews financial compensation for municipalities from active pits and quarries increased rehabilitation Ag gregate producers would be re quired to rehabilitate sections of quarries as they finish mining them an abandoned pit and fund will be established rehabilitate derelict pits and quar ries on private land and in designated areas immediate suspension of licences and permits if companies are seriously abusing the act better administration and en forcement capabilities to control il legal operations and contraven tions of the act and better site plans showing greater detail of existing natural features methods of operation and rehabilitation NEW AT TIDY CAR A Full Line of Truck and Car Custom Accessories RUNNING BOARDS installation 8734570 285 St Georgetown ore MMnm in FfWay Sun s THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February 11 Mayor Miller alters committee alignments When Hills Mayor Miller appointed members to the towns committees last week be left 13 committees in limbo Some have been disbanded others will be reformed if they Ye needed The arena feasibility study com mittee has been disbanded The committee was examining the need for building new arenas in Ac ton and Georgetown Although the need for a second arena in Acton is welldocumented the committee did not conclude 100 per cent that the Acton facility will have priori ty said Mayor Miller The sidewalk snow clearing com mittee is disbanded in favor of handling it through the budget The performance review com mittee will set up again later this year after the new administrator clerk Dan Costea has been in the position for a year The Halton Hills housing task force has been disbanded because there is nothing for it to do said Mayor Miller Mayor Miller said he has submitted a proposal to the province along with local real estate agent Phil Carney but be has had no response The Acton urban boundaries study committee was examining development in Acton lias also been disbanded The arts council policy commit tee has been disbanded because there was nothing for it to do said Mayor Miller The towns development review committee win be reestablished in a different form later this term he said The North Halton Social Plann ing Council has been disbanded in favor of Halton Regions social planning council The towns Highland Games association has been disbanded because council doesnt set up such a committee for any other group said Mayor Miller The municipallyowned proper ties committee has been disbanded because work on the property the town was dealing with on Princess Anne Drive and in Georgetown West has been settled said Mayor Miller Business from the pits and ries committee will be bandied through council from now on he said The energy from waste commit tee is not needed because that lies in the jurisdiction of Halton Region said Mayor Miller Finally the business advisory committee will be reestablished in a different form later this term Lane Court residents want roads repaired Lane Court residents are getting fed up with waiting for repairs to their road They want an en 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