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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 THE NEW TANNER 9 'PEP POWER: Wearing school athletic uniforms from past decades, Acton High school students staged'a pep rally last Thursday to boost school spirit. Shown are: front, left to right: Ruth Eddolls and Jeff Birrell. Second row: Jay Christopher, Ryan Gallagher and Daryn McIntyre. Third row: Andrea Adams, Jenn Shultz, Emma Douglas, Kate Locke, Sandy Chapman and Graham McClure. Back: Jillian Jahn, Rebecca Austin, Freyja Forsythe, Steph McKay, Ryan Turpin and Adam Ahearn. -- Frances Niblock photo UAL back in court Dida former Tory cabinet minister tell the CEO of an Acton quarry to continue operating without a neces- sary development permit? That's the question Acton area environmentalist Rita Landry expects to have an- | swered following her win in the latest round of a court battle against United Agpre- | gates Ltd, (UAL, and now Blue Circle Aggregates) for alleged illegal quarrying at its | operation south of Acton. "I won!" I knew I was right," a happy, but not sur- prised Landry, said following a ruling last Thursday by the | Hon. Judge Jean-Marc | Labrosse of the Ontario Court of Appeal. He denied UAL leave to appeal a July ruling that ordered a new trial for | UAL and found a Justice of the Peace erred when she quashed a subpoena for then-environment minister Brenda Elliott's testify at _UAL's 1998 trail. At that trial, UAL CEOBill | Burkart testified Elliott told him to continue quarrying without a necessary Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) development permit, despite two court rulings to the contrary. UAL success- . fully argued the defence of officially induced error -- the quarrying wasn't illegal be- cause Elliott said it was okay -- and the charges were dis- missed. Landry, backed by the Si- erra Legal Defence Fund, ap- pealed that decisionandwon, --_ sue which require in the pub- and now the highest court _ lic interest or for due admin- has denied UAL the right to _ istration of justice that leave seek leave to appeal that rul- _be granted." ing. In his judgement, Judge Both sides will be back in Labrosse said UAL had a Burlington court on Octo- "failed to raise any legal is- _ ber 18. United Way of Halton Hills INFORMATION BULLETIN The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Halton/Peel District The Canadian National Institute for the Blind is a private, voluntary, not- for-profit organization providing rehabilitation and library services to blind, visually impaired and deafblind persons across Canada. The CNIB is celebrat- ing its 82nd Anniversary. CNIB's service strategy has one primary goal: to empower people who are blind and visually impaired to participate fully in a sighted world. CNIB services are designed to meet the changing needs of three major client groups: children, working age adults, and seniors. : The CNIB provides seven core services: Counselling and Referral which provides support and consultation to blind, visually impaired or deafblind per- sons and their families to assist in their adjustment to vision loss in addition ~ to ensuring the client accesses the necessary services through appropriate referrals; Library Services which ensures that blind and print disabled Cana- dians have equal access to alternative formats for culture, education and lifelong learning; Orientation and Mobility which assists persons to (re)establish safe, independent travel skills; Rehabilitation Teaching which assists visually impaired people maximize the use of their residual vision and promote the prevention of vision loss; Career Counselling provides a wide Tange of vocational, employment and business related services and programs; and Technical Aids provides consultants and demonstrations of a variety of high and low tech devices. These devices vary from simple needle threaders to computers with voice output, etc. These services work together in a delicate balance to ensure the client is offered services that meet their needs and allow the individual to be inde- pendent and integrate into their own communities. As of March 1999, the CNIB is currently serving 1056 clients in the region of Halton. Of this total 87. clients live in Halton Hills. For more informa- tion on this group please call (905)275-5332 or toll-free (888) 275-5332. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Halton/Peel District is one of 19 agencies funded in part by the United Way of Halton Hills. Please look for our fundraising campaign in the fall and give generously. The cost of the above information bulletin was kindly donated hy: ye ACTON PHARMACY LTD. 2 Main Street North, Acton 853-1620 Groups oppose Escarpment change Community groups, indi- vidual residents and organi- zations withprovince-wide memberships are rallying be- hind protection of the Niagara Escarpment from the threat of creeping urbanization in Milton. They reject propos- als to turn some Escarpment slopes into another built-up part of western Milton. They say the Escarpment should be fully recognized for what itis -a United Nations World Biosphere Reserve. Four developer-landown- ers are seeking approvals from the provincial govern- ment either to have their lands removed from the Niagara Escarpment Plan Area or to keep their lands within the Plan but to designate them Urban Area. The lands are currently called Escarpment Protection Area and Escarp- ment Rural Area, neither of which permits any significant scale of housing develop- ment. On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Halton Regional Council adopted a compromise posi- tion which does not find fa- vour with Escarpment protec- tion advocates - allowing the Escarpment Rural Area lands to be designated Urban Area within the Niagara Escarp- ment Plan and keeping the other lands as is. Groups such as Protect Our Water and Environmen- tal Resources (POWER), the Halton/North Peel Naturalists and the Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment (CONE) maintain their position of op- position to any change in the land use designations for these lands. They say the is- sue is simple: To amend the Niagara Escarpment Plan, a solid justification must be provided. Since these lands have not been identified by anyone or any agency except the four landowners as being required for the proposed ex- pansion of Milton's urban area, they say there is no ra- POWER and the Halton/ North Peel naturalists are based in: the Milton/Halton Hills area. 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