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No mans land among farmers raindrenched fields Herald Special Although the weather hos noticeably Improved over the last two weeks Tanners continue to poor crop yields because of heavy rains this fall Norm chairman or the Hnlton Agricultural Advisory Com said many farmers in Hal tun cannot get their crop off the fields although special machinery such as four wheel drive combines has enabled them to wade through much of the mud and water on the ground It could have been worse Mr said but there are still an awful lot of crops out there walling to be harvested The winter wheat and soybean crops were in the greatest danger this fall Mr Biggar noted he has managed to harvest so per cent of his soybean crop with another ZOO acres waiting to come off the fields The gravity of this situation has led Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Pood Jack Riddel to tour the province assessing the extent of crop damage His report should be available by the beginning of February Lee Allison a communications director at the MAF said the report might lead to some form of emergency retribution for Ontario farmers out only If the losses are Georgetown livestock farmer has approximately BOO acres of corn lor feed sitting in his fields The government will not be mak ing any emergency payments un the amount of damage Is fully assessed Mr Allison said Livestock farmers who harvest com crops for have also been feeling severe losses Lee Wilkinson Also See Page A3 Tht weather has just about made it impossible to get the crops off Mr Wilkinson said We even rented a four wheel drive combine but there s only so much mud you can go through Mr Wilkinson who does not have trap insurance estimates he will lose between Things are very grim Mr Wilkinson said The crops are pret good if could Just get them Crippling losses across the pro vince have also led to review of On torios crop insurance plan which guarantees farmers a crop even if they can be harvested The crop in commission operated by the MAF is reviewing Information released by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and will release its recommendations changes early in the new year A crop Insurance agent for the region of and Hamilton said only about one- third of fanners have crop in surance The farmers must be panicking right now I can understand how some farmers do without crop In when the weathers been so terrible 8532030 BE Service Guarantee Win a trip to Bahamas Tired of wearing galoshes all the time having to carry an umbrella and a scarf Just to go out or a walk II the wet weather getting you down think think lags The Herald Golligcr Travel and participating merchant are a dream trip vacation the Bahamas A free trip for a week at the Beach Resort In Is up for grabs J cut by filling out a special ballot form The draw will be made In early December and the lucky winner an head south for January 1987 For contest details see Inside Simple scooping The mystery of effective and simple stooping and scooping was revealed at town council Monday night answer to this problem was ilained by Coun Pom Johnston All that Is needed is a plastic bag about the of a lunch bag They are available at health food stores 100 for Coun Johnston said By putting ones hand in the plastic bag one is able to pick up what has fallen Then the bag Just has to be turned Inside out tied and thrown away Johnston said Top coop students It hard to be modest but A Georgetown firm trained two students who tied for the 1S66 coop award Tobln in English media and Jeff In a business pro gram tied with a mark of per cent Their mark was the highest of the 120 students taking part In the program The The Herald Face painters Georgetown Globe Productions will once again be painting faces of children for Halloween Between 3 and p Oct 31 In the lobby of the cultural centre on Church St plain ace will be changed Into those of clown and Seen here arc face painters left Linda Parker and Karen Mulligan Painted facet are safer masks and are perfect tor children having difficulty deciding on a cost said Herald photo Ms Parker Learn to skate Have you ever wanted to learn how to fee skate or improve your skating skills but never took the time or found the right opportunity to give it a try Well here your chance The recreation and parks dept Is offering an eight week Adult Learn to Skate program on Wednesday evenings from to beginning tonight Oct Call in students The reunion committee of the Georgetown District High School is looking for former students they toil track of If you know the whereabouts of the following people call The Centennial Reunion Celebration called Back For Is a threeday event beginning July 3 Eileen Jackson Joan E McKlnnon Rob I Cork G Morgan L Morgan 1 M Beswlck DD Schoan Burnell Isabel Eva Eileen Doris Green Doris Deforest Irene Evans Clarence Floyd Campbell Kenneth Wilson Dorothy Kyre Gar don Sharp Malsle Fountain Rupert Bell the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hilts Established 1 866 WEDNESDAY Canada r St re the OPEN Houbt SUNDAYS It let Bused voters help Norman top the polls French trustee elections Stretching their imaginations How many limes do you see eight while stretch part of a Bell Canada cor rally and The Copper Kettle limousines In the quiet village of Glen Williams Hell was j rally point where had to make a pur Friday afternoon the silence was broken with the hum of chase Looking In to see If they can spot a millionaire are engines as the limousines idled In front of The Copper from ten Jonathan Norton Jamie Jen Kettle on Main Street In the Glen The limousines were iiilerNorton lOandElliabelhBriggs 11 Heraldpholo Acton plant fined for polluting Black By SANDY CAMPBELL Herald Staff For polluting Acton s Black Creek with a liquid showing traces of cury and other chemicals Canada Packers Inc was fined SIS Oct Court The source of the pollutant was a pipe on the pro perty That pipe was discovered on Beardmore property Dec 5 1985 by an officer from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment George Nelson He was taking samples of waste In the lagoons and ground water around landfill sites when he discovered the pipe The orangecolored liquid ap peared to be discharging under con siderable pressure said Linda Mc Caffrey lawyer for the Ministry of the Environment Tests of the liquid showed it contained chromium am phosphorous and mercury Ms McCaffrey said The pipe from which the liquid flowed had a valve on which was open Charges of polluting were from between Dec 2 and 1365 The Ministry proved the liquid flowed from at least Dec when the last snow fall was because the snow was undisturbed around the pipe The Ministry tested the liquid in two places It came from the ripe and where It entered Block Creek about feet away The con centra lions of chromium and increased from the pipe to the creek The effluent picked up more mer and chromium Ms McCaf trey said Amounts or chromium phosphorous ammonia and taken from the pipe and by the creek exceeded acceptable levels Ms McCaffrey said No amount mercury In wate Is permitted she said The source of the orange liquid was a sludge pump and ground water that had picked up things Ms McCaffrey said The pipe was not connected to anything The pipe was once used to carry block water from the tanning pro cess across the creek Black water is the waste water from the vegetable tanning process said Peter Takaoka manager of energy con and environmental engineering for Canada Packers The pipe was cut about IS years ago It was removed by Canada A heros welcome for Rick Hansen Georgetown Kinsmen service The Kinsmen of Georgetown will be In Toronto Nov when Rick Is scheduled to appear at Nathan Phillips Square Mr Hansen also plans to travel through the south end of region around Nov 12 and the Georgetown Kinsmen plan to be there to help collect donations The Georgetown Kinsmen are helping to coordinate the col lee Hon of funds in this area There are plans for a central donation point At this time Rick Hansen won t be travelling through Hills but he will be seen In Guelph and on the road to Arthur The Kinsmen members have hopes be may change his mind and reroute his marathon journey through Georgetown Packers shortly after it was discovered Dec The pipe was not in clear view but was at the bast of an embankment in a heavily wooded area Mr Takaoka said he had never seen it Officials from the Ministry of En asked the plant foreman if he ever checked for discharges In to Black Creek He had checked for discharges fur years Ms McFaffreysaid The employees who cut the pipe off 15 years ago made a mistake by leaving it in the ground said Phillip Sanford the lawyer for Canada Packers The company had no legal aims he said The lawyer for the Ministry of the Environment asked Canada Packers be fined per day for the three days they proved Black Creek was being polluted Ms Mc Caffrey also pointed out that Canada Packers had been fined before for polluting She wanted a fine large enough to have an effect on the million dollar company Ms McCaffrey could not prove the polluting was in tentlonal but she did prove the com puny saved money by not having to treat the effluent The lawyer from Canada Packers Phillip Sanford stressed that Canada Packers is a large company and was bound to be charged at some time for polluting The com did not have Illegal alms he said Publicity from the court case is worse than a fine he said In making his decision on the amount of the fine Judge Robinson said other companies must be alerted standards of the Ministry of the Environment must be met The standards at the tannery were less than what they should be but It was not proven that the polluting was intentional he said By SANDY CAMPBELL Herald Staff With the help of two busloads of Halton Hills supporters Ken Nor man was elected as a French trustee for the Roman Catholic School Board Oct The other two trustees elected are Gilbert of and An Paradls of Burlington An estimated 375 voters attended the election Ecole Ste Marie In Ookville Trustee Norman received 159 votes Trustee McCraw votes and Trustee Paradls received 113 Three others were in the election of Burlington received Si votes Marguerite of Ookville gained voles and Louise Moores of Oakvllle received votes Each voter was allowed to cast as many as three votes for different candidates Not everyone voted three times Trustee Norman said And there were two spoiled ballots About people GO In buses and 30 in cars made the minute drive from Hilts to Oakville to vote for Trustee be said It was excellent said Trustee Irene McCauley of the turnout in Tbe French community has always been very committed to education and language since I have been a trustee six years Trustee said Trustee Norman estimated about of the 2 eligible voters are from Halton Hills Trustee Norman was overwhelmed by the support he received he said He attributed his success to the hard working volunteers who helped with the campaign Volunteers worked long hours and campaign chairman Marcel did a fan tastic Job Trustee Norman said Were a fairly close group here in Hills After the election over of the Halton Hills voters returned to Trustee Norman s home to celebrate the victory The three trustees elected will serve at large The Catholic Board wanted to have elections for each of the three areas where there is a French school Oakville Burl and Halton Hills but the Ministry denied this Trustee Nor man said The trustees will serve at large until the 1968 elections Of having another trustee from Halton Hills on the Catholic Board Trustee McCauley said I m look ing forward to It It will help give us a stronger voice at the Board Norman One of Trustee Norman concerns is there is no Catholic French high school in Halton Students are bused to Hamilton and He would like to see the Halton and Peel boards cooperate to solve this pro blem Firm protests short list Town council will acknowledge a letter from a local architectural firm not included in the short list of firms to be Interviewed for design ing the new town hall but it won t add the firm list Councillors sold other firms from the 39 which expressed Interest In the project met the town criteria but did not get on the short list to be interviewed Although they were sorry did not state its experience in building two town halls members were not prepared to change the short list now when interviews are set for Nov Three councillors complained that two of the eight firms on the list did not meet the criteria of project management capability and ex in designing a town hall to it Municipally Owned Property Committee chairman Sheldon pointed out that no criteria was decided upon until the committee met to examine the firms submis sions Then members were free to use any criteria they decided upon including picking names from a hat If two firms were included because members wished it council had every right to make that decision Councillors also refused to extend the interview deadline to one of the shortlisted firms whose principle would be unavailable on the Nov Interview day Either Ihe firm does what it can without the Individual or it must withdraw from the Inter view More sidewalks will be plowed The town will probably spend an extra 000 to on cleaning sidewalks this winter as a result of additions to the sidewalk program The proposal adds nine kilometres of sidewalk to the the town Is the proposed additions also looked at a bylaw requiring residents to keep walks adjacent to their residences cleared It was rejected because of prohibitive administration costs en forcernent difficulties for staff en forcement costs and because having the bylaw would not exonerate the town from liability in case of ac cidents on snowy sidewalks In addition to the present Acton sidewalks the town will clear the northwest aide of Queen Street from ChurchUl Road to Young Street the full length of Young Street on the north sloe Main Street North on the no iiiuiic mi aunt and the west side Wilber Street from Church to Mill Once a sidewalk is installed on the north side of Elizabeth Drive It will be cleared from the seniors residence to Main Street In Ward the town has added plowing the south tide of Highway from Silver Creek to Casely Drive in NorvaltoitsUst In Georgetown the new walks are Maple Avenue west of Parkview Boulevard to the end of the sidewalk the entire north side of Boulevard and the east side from Maple to Edward Streets the north side of Street from Moun talnview Road to Drive the west side of Mountainvlew Road from Sargent Road to Campbell Gate Ontario Street from Main to Ann Streets Main Street North from Kennedy to Ontario Streets both the east side of Main from Park Streets The committee also established criteria for deciding on additions to the sidewalk snow clearing pro gram These include monolithic sidewalks high traffic volumes senior citizen buildings and apart menu private apartments with heavy senior concentrations high pedestrian traffic volumes iary schools hamlets with high volume highways commercial areas dangerous areas nursing homes areas high density development and width of sidewalk The town did not consider the potential to have staff clear walks for seniors and add the bill to their property taxes Town engineer Bob Austin said that could not be done with present works department staffing Acton Arts and held its annual Christmas sale Saturday at Anglican Church Here Judy Shan nan left displays her work along with Carol Carol specializes In ceramics and Judy expertise Is in toteanddecorallveollpalaUag Herald photo