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Weekend SERVING HALTON HILLS SINCE 1866 1 25th YEAR NO 28 PAGES SINGLE COPY GST HALTON HILLS ONTARIO FRIDAY JULY Sth 1 991 Visitors at Cedarvale Silver Creek is teeming with life much to the other stream organisms The trip spent the day at delight of left to right Tiffany Brittany and with their aunt Judy Boychuk of of Wisstssauga who spent who they were visiting photo Wednesday afternoon trying to catch minnows and by Lisa Boonstoppel Pot Environmentalists question development Environmental concerns over the proposed reconstruction design for Georgetown s Maple Avenue in the area of River Driver have yet to be resolved In response to concerns over the design by Georgetown residents John Minns Paul Robinson and Ashley Ranson the Hills Engineering Depart ment produced an addendum to its original Teport on the effects the design would have on the sur environment The residents have bad the last week to review the addendum Contacted Wednesday Mr Minns said the addendum lacks necessary information to assess whether the environmental con cems the three have regarding the design would properly be ad Only when the Town carries out the studies outlined in the and the results prove accep table will the three drop their ob jections to the road reconstruc tion design he said By finding the addendum un satisfactory the possibility exists for the three to request at some later date the reconstruction project be subjected to a full en vironmental assessment under the province s Environmental Assessment Act If a full assessment is earned out then the project would be delayed from going ahead beyond the scheduled start up time later this summer The residents have concerns over the impact the road con could have on the dor landfill site located in the area Other concerns include stormwater management and water quality discharge in the Credit River erosion and sedimentation control and ade quate protection for fish in the Credit River and the extra trees The addendum report calls for various consultants to be hired to investigate these concerns and make recommendations on how the road reconstruction design should be changed Mr Minns described the dum as premature because the studies have yet to be completed Town Engineer Peter Linn said he surprised at Mr Minns description of the addendum report Asked if he thought the dum report should have been published only after the studies have been done Mr Linn said no The Ministry of Environment told the Town exactly what to in elude in the addendum said Mr Linn The MOE more or less wrote the addendum he added Mr Linn said the studies will be completed at the very latest by early August but he is hopeful they will be completed by an earlier date Inexperienced drivers death on wheels By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald Inexperienced drivers are kill ing themselves and their passengers say members of two police oriented association which are calling for the govern ment to restrict licensing privileges The Police Services Board of the Halton Regional Police and the Traffic Enforcement Management Group a sub committee of Ontario Chiefs of Police Association stated the recent deaths of teenagers in car crashes has to light the fact that new drivers need more experience before they should be allowed to drive with full privileges There should be a leash on young driver s until they gam ex penence said James Grieve a Burlington realtor and councillor for Halton Region who sits on the Police Services Board a five member board made up of elected councillors and provin cial government appointees New drivers shouldn be allow ed to get their license and take off the next day on a trip with a bunch of people in the car Sergeant Carey Smith the media relations officer for Halton Regional Police Service was at the June 25 meeting when Mr Grieves suggested the board should urge the Ministry of Transport to place more restne tions on learning drivers The government has to do something he said Something has to be done to prevent this ter loss of life He explained the board is restrictions such as no driving at night no driving with passengers in the car no driving on highways and no driving unless there is a licensed adult in the car be placed on a new driver for a oneyear Then as the driver ex progresses the tions would be dropped he said So far the board is only urging change The Traffic Enforcement Management Group made up of police officials and representatives from across On tano has outlined a new concept for change which will be presented to the Ontario Chiefs of Police association within the next two weeks If accepted by the association it will be sent to the Ministry of Transport Their suggestion involves levels of learning which each new driver young or old must pass before they receive an uncondi bona drivers licence Passing all the levels could take up to a year anda half Group member Sergeant Ken Bonham of the Regional Police Service explain ed Level One is for everyone at tempting to get their license not just the teenager To enter Level One a person have to be years of age or older and pass visual and medical standards along with a written test At this level he said would always have to be accompanied by a fully licensed adult and t be permitted to have passengers in the car driver over 90 km on the highway or have a blood alcohol content over zero If for a 12 month period the trainee remained accident and conviction free he could pass into Level Two said Sergeant Bonham New driver s could shorten the Level One time penod to six months with proof of driver education Level Two would consist of a provisional license where drivers would again have to pass visual MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Perfect For Fleet Under Veh COST EFFICIENT INNOVATIVE UP TO DATE TECHNIQUES CORPORATE MOM INC MM 1 Harrys coffee hit the spot according to Steamer Sue Pago Tor HERALD SERVING SINCE James Grieve and medical standards take a road test and have unconditional dnving privileges while they were accompanied by a licensed dnver If they aren accompanied by a licensed driver said Sergeant they wouldn be allowed to have passengers in the vehicle have a blood alcohol con tent over zero or driver between midnight and 5 00 a m To pass Level Two dnvers would again have to be driving 12 months accident and conviction free If after this they passed a road test they would progress to the present system where a earns an unconditional probationary driver s license Our proposal means teenage dnvers may be and aJialf before they can drive condition free in a car but it s better than not being able to earn a license until they re said Sergeant Bonham We feel this is a very fair system He said there were two impor aspects of the proposal Number one this system takes away the idea that when so meone gets their license they can do whatever they want If this were in place they d have to realize they re a learner for a year and a half said Sergeant Bonham Secondly it allows students to be able to drive to work without allowing them to carry passengers Sergeant Smith said the graduated license system is in place in Australia and in the American states of Maryland and California where police services have seen drastic reductions in fatalities Cont on Page 2 An Inside Look Ponce Deal 2 Steamer Features 3 Halton History Seniors 6 Community Environment Focus 16 Editorial 10 Tow6ardener 17 Poet a Comer 10 NorvalNews 17 Weirs World 10 Sports 1B20 Peoples Forum 10 Youth Page 21 Carlo Testa Classified 22 Religion 13 Quote of the Week There are two miracles in Canadian history The first is he survival of French Canada and die second is the survival of Canada FJt Scotl Aloe Vera Medicine Plant