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RUN FOR VANESSA Fundraiser set for Saturday for Lyme disease sufferer PAGE 2 WIN LEAFS TICKETS Find out how to win in our new online What & Where contest PAGE 4 www.theIFP.ca Thursday, March 29, 2012 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 56 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Public raises concerns about quarry extension chair and NEC Senior Strategic Advisor Nancy Mott-Allen, but simply reviews and assesses the complex issues and Well water, speeding trucks and en- concerns such as hydrogeology, natural dangered species topped the list of con- resources, transportation, impact on the cerns at a public meeting about the pro- Niagara Escarpment, and agriculture. posed extension of the Acton Quarry. Once JART completes its evaluations, Organized by JART (Joint Agency Re- its work is then passed on to the various view Team), the meeting updated the two agencies, such as the Town and the NEC dozen residents in to form part of View the video at attendance about their decisions www.theifp.ca/news/concernsJART's concluon the expanraised-about-quarry-extension/ sions to date. The sion. process began in In January, 2009. Dufferin Aggregates' consultants Dufferin submitted a new plan, reducand representatives were also on hand ing the expansion footprint, eliminating to provide information about its recently many provincial significant areas. revised proposal. "The reason for the revision to the JART is comprised of experts from the footprint was largely in response to Town, Region and provincial agencies comments raised by the public and by such as the Niagara Escarpment Com- agencies... particularly related to natumission (NEC) to look about the techni- ral environment features (wetlands and cal aspects of the proposed expansion. It significant habitats of the Jefferson saladoes not make any decisions, said JART mander)," said Andrea Bourrie, Dufferin Property and Resource Manager. JART will consider the new plan before submitting is final report, and then the process moves into the decisionmaking phase of the various agencies. For JART, there are still questions to be answered in the coming months on: water resources, natural environment, Adaptive Management Plan (AMP), visual impact, and final rehabilitation. These include key issues such as: · The ability of Dufferin or the afteruse owner to manage the ground and See SALAMANDERS' pg. 3 By CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer Living outside the box Safe School Ambassadors (a.k.a. the "A-Team") Caitlin Gallacher (left) and Natalie Pundsack weren't really disposing of their iPads and smart phones, but they intend to put them on the shelf for a week, as the Grades 6-8 students at Holy Cross School decided to organize a "Live Outside the Box Challenge", in which the 180 students will attempt to decrease their `screen-time' using various devices and promote active living. In the program, students chart their activity for a week and measure how much time they are spending doing physical activities as opposed to sedentary ones. The challenge started March 23, and ends tomorrow (Friday). The A Team kicked off the event with an assembly featuring various physical games like the mini-sled race Katie Harthen took part in (right). Photos by Ted Brown REFINANCING? PURCHASING? 3 YR. FIXED CALL FOR DETAILS. BOB WOODS, Broker 2.79% 40% OFF FSCO #10259 Division of 1490845 Ont. Ltd. SPRING CLEARANCE SALE · FURNITURE · LIGHTING · ACCESSORIES PA I N T · WA L L PA P E R · L I G H T I N G · H O M E D E C O R GEORGETOWN MARKETPLACE MALL 905-877-4193 (905) 877-1490 360 Guelph St., Georgetown