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Page SECTION A THE HERALD June 1B85 300 dogs compete the excitement of golden retriever June and 23 when the Golden Retriever Club of Canada hosts Its National Specialty Show and Obedience Trials at Cold Creek Conservation Area near Iiollcn Almost 300 dogs from across Canada including British Columbia and the Marltimes and from Hie northeastern United States have entered the trials Between am and3pm on Saturday the retrievers will compete in field and water rttricving events as part of the working certificate and excellence tests For information phone 6616W0 Filtration cleanup Regional councillors are expected approve 500 today Wednesday to put clean pea gravel for filtration at the Water Pollution Control Plant in Originally was estimated to replace the entire filter bed at the plant However its only going to cost 000 now thanks to Investigation of per ways of upgrading what the region had Water is purified through a three step process at the Acton plant which is a unique system In North America The three treatment refining Is required by the Ministry of the Environment because of the sue of Black Creek Open air service By WINIFRED SMITH Herald Correspondent The children enjoyed their slory at the church service Sunday told by The Junior choir delighted all with an anthem before going down to join classes at Sunday School Mr assisted the minister by reading part of the scripture lesson Next Sunday June will be the open air service and picnic at the home on The service will be at 11 Scotsdale open house Your comments are invited July 3 at an open house at Farm In Scars and Russell Consultants are going to present the options they re seriously considering for use of the acres bequeathed to the Ontario Foundation three years ago when Stewart and Bennett died The open house begins at 7 m Musical charity A band called Convention is doing their part to help aid homeless families hit by a killer tornado The Georgetown group is holding a concert June at the John Elliott Theatre starting at 8 in A portion of the ticket price will be donated to the May 31 tornado victims The Convention plays a variety of music Including songs from Elvis Presley April Wine and the Beatles For ticket information call or Childs fort burns A children fort made of skids and plywood behind the Community Centre burned on June IS Children are suspected of starting the fire Protect Your Child mens Against Violent released a pamphlet warning parents about children being sexually abused The pamphlet is called Protect Your Child and is available at the Georgetown Library the Parks and Recreational Office and at local merchants Included in the pamphlet are facts about sexually abused children facts telling how children become involved In such abuse and how to avoid such involvement It also addresses where concerned parents can write for more information or to protest Help on the way for leaking Acton dump JOE KOOL This miles Owned by Paul Brenner or Kitchener this meteor Niagara was one of the 100 cars taking part In the competition by the Hills Street Machines Mr Brenner he spent four years working on the vehicle with a plush off white Interior and a cruller skirt which covers Its back the Canadian made car has dice for door lock Schools jump for Heart fund sponsors Herald staff Public school students jumped for prizes and charity In a Tun Inter school competition to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontar Students collected pledges for a two hour jump event held during the past six weeks The event organized by the Jump for Heart committee combines the opportunity to exercise and win prizes Depending upon how much money Is raised students may receive prizes ranging from speed skipping ropes to warm In addition flvepercent all money raised goes to the school On the day of the Jump Event skip for two hours and collect money for each minule of skipping The Informal competition between schools ended with Stcwarltown Senior Public School on top raising Howard Wrlgglesworth finished sec and raising by St Joseph of Acton with J Park Public School with Glen Wil Hams Public School with S3 313 Centennial Public School with The total amount raised was Acton students plan their own newspaper Herald Special Residents will be greeted with a new approach to news in the near future when the Acton Voice comes off the presses The new newspaper is being established and manned by university students Paul Nolan Bob Little and Dahlia Gibson and sports editor Tony Saxon are all Acton Right now The Voice is expected to be on the street next week but Mr Nolan is not certain whether it will appear on Wednesday or Friday It Is lo be a tabloid and will have an Acton per spcctlve to Its coverage although it will look at the surrounding area too Mr Nolan said he came up with the idea Inst summer but too late to tackle such a project He researched the pro spects with some advice from his professors last year and determined to start the paper this year An English and poll tical science student at the University of West cm Ontario Mr Nolan said he would like to complete his university degree but is planning stay with the paper if it goes as well as he cipatcs Community and ess support for the plan has been good Mr Nolan said Mr Nolan said he sees the paper as a big Acton has not had even an attempt to a new paper in 100 years Mr Nolan worked for the local weekly as a high school student and during his first summer after entering universi although Mr Nolan quickly admits they want to make money too He feels Acton is still a small enough town to be able to support a truly community newspaper While Mr Nolan would like to the paper printed In town It will not be possible since there are no facilities to meet their needs Herald What the old Acton dump Is burping up the region wants to collect and treat at its nearby water pollution control plant A study under taken over he past year of the former sanitary landfill site notes a number of seeps have developed on the southerly part of the dump some of them going Into the marshy area between the landfill and Black Creek is snow or rain water that has percolated through the ground to become part of the water table In a landfill site the water goes down through the garbage and picks up the characteristics of the decomposing matter However because there often some kind or liner below the gar usually clay the docsn gel through In Actons case same of that Is coming up the sides of the landfill into the marshy area about a half kilometer south or the dump The dump Is west of Churchill Road between the CP railway and the region water pollution plant It hasn t been used for 10 years having been closed shortly after re giona ligation in 1974 Regional staff ore con about the leach ate that spilling into the marshy area to the south that leads Into Creek Black Creek is a cold water fishery that in the Credit River watershed They d like to collect the and have it treated at the water pollution control plant Regional staff have recommended be spent to build an earth and surface drain age channels to collect the for treat menl The money Is in the region 1985 capital budget for this With approval the berm s to go up this are expected to give the okay today day As well he ending the be studied this year and the gas and water level on site monitored and the monitoring pro gram The region will be applying for provincial grants to help pay for these studies The berm is to be at the crest of the landfill to redirect runoff It II cut down on erosion and reduce Infiltration of the As for the noted water being burp ed up ltfltobestudiedin detail by the province before being treated at the water pollution control plant Methane gas buildup researched by region Herald SUN There could be accu mutations of methane gas under the Churchill Road apartment build northwest of the former Acton dump What s dangerous about methane when it collects underground Is that it could concentrate a point where the pressure becomes explo- region waste dls manager George Wood burn told The Herald the region a concerned about the migration or methane gas from the old land fill used In the 1960s and early 1970s for tlal commercial and Industrial solid waste Wefearll gas could concentrate itself under the apartment Mr Woodburn said That why gas monl taring is already taking place in the vicinity of the apartment buildings he said Already garbage has been found burled to the cast and northwest of the landfill in areas the region believed to be offsite Mr Woodburn said he didn t know if the Road apartments were built on the land fill That general area had refuse placed In it In the past he said We re not certain that they re not built on the landfill The waste disposal manager said there were no engineering drawings indicating the exact site to his knowledge Considering the proxl mity of buildings to the former landfill regional staff are recommending gas be monitored by Gartner Lee Associates Limited for You don want It to accumulate and tratc to a point where it could become ive Mr Woodburn Money left over Cleaning out Its pockets the region public works department has found money left over after it put up signals at the MounlainvEcw Road and Campbell Gate lion two years ago It discovered an extra left over after intersection Improvements were made at the same Georgetown location Today Wednesday the region Is asking these monies be used for traffic signals at the Trafalgar Road and Sheridan College entrance in AFTER DEATH You are invited to a talk on Alter Death by it of 8 Out Wo WIN TO SPEND AT ONE OF THESE RESTAURANTS Just unscramble the name and Identify Ihe picture then send your entry to the Herald S A draw will take place Monday at OO The first correct answer drawn will win Judge a decision final JENNIFER SKINNER COUNTRY RESTAURANT Weakly Special Sunday Dinner pd WU Si Sunday 517 MAIN ST GLEN WILLIAMS 877 3989 BANQUET HALL FOR ALL OCCASIONS 7811 HUB 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