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THE HERALD Wednesday November IS 1989 Page To control waterfowl Oakville committee considers shooting Canada Geese destroying eggs Some Halton Hills councillors are willing to shake up geese eggs to destroy birds but they refuse to shoot Canada Geese to control pollution this Region s waters Councillors responded Monday night to a letter from the Town of Oakville asking for a represen tative from Halton Hills to sit on a committee to consider controlling the Canada Goose population Halton Region by either addling shaking up geese eggs or by harvesting the water fowl Shaking the eggs would destroy the young The committee that meets with the Canada Wildlife Service aims to control the amount of fecal chlonform excrement dropped into Lake Ontario Kelso Lake and Fairy Lake in Acton mostly by birds causing a high pollution count Acton Coun Norm Elliott told councillors he had a strong tion to harvesting the geese It s nothing more than a euphemism for the hunt of dian Geese the councillor said We have an ongoing situation where the Canada Geese are fed by our own citizens on a regular basis To be quite blunt we ve created part of the problem ourselves Newcomers meet The Georgetown Newcomers Club s next meeting will be held at p m on Nov at St An drew s United Church Moun tainview The topic this week will be Christmas crafts and Joanne McDonald will be the guest speaker For more information contact Etta at 7816 or Lori at Mr Elliott said there is a pro blem with geese excrement polluting beaches in and Acton but he said there is a more humane method of reducing the geese population than a shotgun hunt We want to deal with this pro blem but I honestly believe that another method instead of a con trolled harvest is the way to do it Mr Elliott said he might ap prove of addling the eggs shaking them to prevent newborn geese from hatching but he asked for more information on that que of species control Acton Coun Gerald Renme said the goose committee s ap proach to geese population is fine to me if it only ad Hills Mayor Miller said it would be premature to put a Halton Us councillor on the geese control committee until a report on Fairy Lake is presented to 1 in the next few weeks The 60page report outlines the cause of high pollution counts recorded at the man made lake owned by Canada Packers Fairy Lake beaches registered high fecal counts for about onethird of the summer The old beach was safe for swimm ing 74 days and warnings were posted for 15 days The new beach was closed for per cent of the summer registering safe fecal levels a total the eggs days New road is named McFarlane Drive New condominium owners at the Sands condominium project on Guelph Street near Norval will have a place to call home After some debate at Halton Hills town council Monday night councillors rejected the name McFarlane Drive intended for the street but then were told by town staff that the people buying the condominiums would move into the building during the next mon ths The deliberation in naming the road allowance near the Sands began when Councillor Cook from Georgetown suggested nam ing the road after Upper Canada College who owns the land behind the property The Esquesing Histoncal Socie ty suggested the name McFarlane Drive or a name after the Alex anders who used to live on the Up per Canada property but it was re jected by councillors There are people moving into the Sands at the end of the month and they re desperate for an ad dress town assistant ad ministrator Stephen Thomson told councillors Councillors then this time in favor of McFarlane That street name was said by the histoncal society to reflect an ac tive family who owned property beside the Sands con dominium RECYCLING in da Please Remember to Recycle This Newspaper 26 Guelph St Georgetown 877 9896 FURNITURE CUSTOM OESIGNED FURNITURE ReUpholsteryl 8531359 38 Mill St E ACTON DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TH METTLER Denture Therapist 72 Mill St Georgetown 8778974 102 East Dr Bramalea 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are sponsoring a public meeting next Thursday night at the YMCA in Ac ton to see if the rest of the com munity shares their view Sandra Snyder a member of the women s group said she knows several people and has heard of others who have run out of money near the end of the month to buy food The would serve people who have been laid off and have children to feed and clothe A lot of people especially low income earners what with rent and kids sometimes run into food shor she said Ms Snyder said if the group started a foodbank it would include goods not normally found at the Acton Social Services Information Centre or the Salvation Army in Acton and Georgetown Fresh fruits and vegetables fresh dairy products and household items in eluding disposible diapers washing detergent and tooth paste would be available she said ASSIC executive director Peggy Balkind said she know whether Acton needs a food bank ASSIC has never run out of the food it keeps for families facing a temporary food shortage she said But ASoIC doesn t publicize the food it offers so there might be many people who would use the service but are unaware of it said Ms Balkind She said ASSIC gives out two- or threeday supplies of dried and canned food at a time If the family still needs more food ASSIC can give more out she said But unlike a foodbank it t have enough supplies to help out families mon with their food needs The Salvation Army in Acton and Georgetown also offers twoday emergency food supplies A spokesperson for the Acton church said a lot of people use the foodbank but she didn t have specific numbers The spokesper son was unwilling to comment on whether Acton needed a full foodbank Those invited to the meeting in elude Mayor Miller Coun Rick Bonnette and Gerald the managers of the IGA and in Acton and Ted Tyler of Tyler Transport For more information about the meeting call Sandra Snyder at 3618 Authors visit for book week Celebrate children s book week by meet local artist Joanne Fitzgerald illustrator of Betty s Pla Noodles children s book at Oxbow Books downtown Georgetown Ms F Izgerald will be on hand for read book sigmngs and demonstrations on Saturday Nov 18from2pm to4pm Godfrey will appear at the Georgetown Library on Nov 16 at 30 in honor of children book week Mr Godfrey is the author of several children books in eluding Plan B is Total Panic and Here she is Ms Teeny Wonderful Typically Robert K k smith positions 133WyndhamSt Downtown Guelph 821 7490