Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 31, 1979, p. 2

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The Acton Free Wednesday Oct 31 Dump closes without transfer unit A head and a art thai left at lamb after this wolf attached It Sunday The lamb belonged Dour who has a form on Fifth north of In Hilton Mr Gardbouir laid he hoped his would there Is a problem with predators attacking livestock Wolf downed proves point The problem of predators attacking live stock has surfaced again but this time its not a of someone crying There a real wolf Doug be lieves maybe now people will believe there is a real problem in His larm located on Fourth Line just north of Five in Hills the scene Sunday night of a wolf attack To prove it ho lias one wolf and one lamb Maybe this will make councillors realize is problem said Mr hear of wolves mil they think Nah it conl be Not here in Hal I tin is southern Ontario not northern Ontario Well what s that then he asks pointing to Hie consumed lamb We don I shoot Ihe predators whether be dogs or wolves for the hell of it they really arc a problem he said Mr Gardhouse said he knew of other farmers who had suffered attacks this year though he him self had not had one for a couple of years The lamb attacked by the wolf was worth be tween SIM and but he said it could have been worse He said he has ewes worth between and that could hove easily become canine fodder Grade I pupil Angela shows her mother Mary Ann exercise books during last weeks Meet the Teacher night at Robert Little School Angela Is taught by Jeannetle Paquette news The Georgetown dump closes tomorrow and it is still not 100 per cent certain if Hills and Milton residents will have a place to dispose of Iheir garbage Even though has ordered staff lo have some type of waste transfer station in place it has to be decided if Ihe proper type of garbage bins can be obtained if the site can be properly supervised if a fence 1 be needed and most importantly if Ihe owners of the land Standard Industries will allow the region to rent part of the former dump for a waste transfer station Regional council meets next Wednesday to vote on a series of four recommendations from the public works com mittee and public works director Bob Moore said he is certain an interim station can be set up until council has a chance to look at a more perm ancnl the problem In his proposal for a transfer station made to committee Mr Moore estimated a ramp would be needed an eightfoot fence would have lo be erected there would be an Initial capital cost of and an annual estimated operating cost of On top of that Mr Moore had suggested the transfer station be on a charge back basis Hills which prompted one regional councillor de clare Mr Moores scheme most unfair ihtng in the history of regional government Councillor Miller said asking Hills pay for transfer station with costs charged back to his municipality was just another knife in regional government Weve been good neighbors for years we accepted Miltons garbage and now this comes along I really can support any of this He blasted the Bob Moore plan as grandiose I was very dis appointed with this re port Ive already hod by Jean swift and Natalie llusslanl Last Thursday the McKcniicSmith Girls Field Hockey learn played against Brook- vltlc and won by a score of 2 The two winning goals were scored by Sally Mr Mr lcalherland and loach of team rcferecd the game The magazine cam sold oyer worth of magazines The student council made a profit of Three classes collected more than and Class bold Hie most magazines and re ceived a pizza party Top salesmen were David Ruse and Susan Every day the campaign look place 10 re warded randomly to people who sold two or more subscriptions These winners were Rosen qui si Natalie and tackle On November 15 students will have the privilege of going to see Following dismissal on Ihe King Tut exhibit The Oct Ihere was a name were drawn dance from 306 randomly lo select these Grade and students people Congratulations of hi Josephs and to people who were McKenzieSmith danced picked lo the music Frontier Florist Carden Centre Ont 8222381 Floral Designs Weddings Funerals D0NTUTTHE THOUGHTS GET DO En previa of with Amaryllis Crocus Tulips available now or indoor forcing Its not too late to winterize your lawn We carry C I products FIREPLACES WOOD BURNING STOVES PILOT LIGHTS CAMP STOVES LANTERNS A great accessory for any dwelling A Charge MONEY BACK IN DAYS IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED TRIPLE B MANUFACTURING CO LTD BOX CONCORD ONT my blow out with Mr Moore on this so wont go into that now 1 feel this is a Cadillac system thought we would just lease some land put in a container and hire a security guard I thought it make shift he said Another surprise in the Moore report was a recommendation for Monarch Disposal Services lo get Ihe waste transfer station contract although councillors had decided at the lost solid waste management committee had decided at Ihe last solid waste management committee meeting to go with Disposals It has been accepted the waste transfer station would have the smaller cubic yard containers on site This allows a person lo lift a bag of garbage up and over the side Mr Moore reported docs not have this size bin only yard containers which are compatible with the company large fork truck Monarch does have he smaller bins In terms of the yard containers Monarchs submission was lower in price than Monarch wanted a week rental each for two con tamers and a trans portal ion cost of per load was asking each per month rental and per load transportation costs Councillor Mike Armstrong fought for a change in Ihe re commendation to saying is the best in his opinion to do the job I dont want this to look like Im supporting but if it does well then am he said He pointed out had included the cost of constructing a ramp in its overall rental and transportation cost The Monarch proposal assumed the region would supply the ramp This ramp was part or Ihe 23000 capital cost sub- milted by Mr Moore The issue was further clouded when public works committee chair man Hon tried to sidestep the four Bob Moore and put forward his own motion thai six six yard containers be put on sile Pimp closes Mr motion was shot down and committee moved on to the Tour re commendations before it The first recommend ation was Thai Ihe region make arrange ments for a temporary facility at the existing regional landfill site in Hills George town to serve the needs of private citizens only an estimated capital cost of 23000 an esti mated annual operating cost of After much debate the recommendation was terminated at Halton Hills Georgetown By amendment the recommendation was extended to include to serve the needs of private citizens only and this was further amended lo citizens only with bogged garbage The second recom mcndation read That region into an agreement with Standard Industries Ltd for the lease of the required lands Mr Ihis part of Ihe recom mentations he had put forward was ready lo go He responded I havent been in touch with yel but 1 11 phone Ihem the minute the meeting is over You mean lo sit there and tell me said Oak ville Councillor Laurie thai we are approving this thing and we dont even know if theyre going to allow us to use the land Admitting he had re ceived no response on whether the firm would allow the land to be used Mr Moore said he was confident an arrange- Can bring garbage but must be in bags When Georgetown land fill site closes Oct today residents will still be able to bring garbage other than the normal pickup the site but it must be in bags Until November 14 Ihe site will be open the same hours it is now and works staff will be on hand but after that date the landfill site will be open from noon until m Tuesday from noon until Thursday and from and until Saturday The garbage will be put in bins and trucked to Oakville by Monarch Councillor emphasized the garbage must be In bags and pointed out this is a temporary measure while arrangements can be made for the sotting up of a station for garbage men I Could be reached No mention was made on Ihe cost of renting the land or for how long it will be needed It is known company docs intend to take over he use of former dump for its own purposes and that was he reason the life of he could not be extended past Oct The third re commendation was changed to read Disposal supply the serv ice with ihe region to supply the ramp came the hotly debated Issue of charging back the use of transfer station Hills The councillors said the site was ihe problem Only when garbage is physically picked up and moved Mr Mannell said does it become the responsibility of the region Mr Miller repeated his feeling about Hill being treated fairly Itejilonal solicitor Dennis ended de- bale on Ihe charge back issue swiftly illegal I don I think charge back wouldbeseenasfalr he said Mr said the region holds the re- for of even if is disposed at a Iron station Regional consultants M M Dillon ill be asked to investigate legality for region and have an answer by Nov LAKEVIEW 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