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Crazy boats poised to set sail Saturday Time to batten down the hat ches roll out the empty barrels and set sail for the annual Crazy Boat Race on the Credit River The boat race sponsored by the Georgetown Lions Club takes place this Saturday starting up in Cheltenham and rolling down the river to Glen Williams Last year 77 crazy boats floated away from the starting point And not all of them passed the bridge near Preston s at the Glen Some of them came down in bits and pieces But Its all crazy fun and for a good cause Proceeds from the day will go toward Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada MS is a disorder of the nervous system which affects more than 35 Canadians Crazy boat entrants last year helped raise over This year organizers are hoping for more The entry fee for crazy boat racers is which includes a dance in the evening The amount will be waived if a donation is made And there are four categories to enter You can come sailing down the Credit in a twoman canoe a comic boat any other sort of vessel including a rubber boat There is also a category for community service club boats with the prize going to the best looking boat to cross the finish line Registrations will be accepted the day of the event starting at 30 a m in Cheltenham for the canoes All other boats can register at Peel Fifth Line All contestants and their crafts must be registered at least one hour before their class is due to start Registration costs are Results of the day s judging will be officially announced at a Victory Dance held at Acton Legion Saturday night at 8 30 p m Tickets are a person and dress is casual Tickets can be purchased by calling 877 or 8778909 Tickets may also be found in the registration area Saturday Award presentations for the Crazy Boat Race will begin at the Legion at 10 Halton Hills ambulance officials work to free an Injured woman from her car following a threecar collision on Highway Friday afternoon Halton Regional Police charged an Acton man 52 with careless driving In connection with the Incident He is In satisfactory condition at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The woman from Mississauga was held overnight at Georgetown hospital OPEN 7 DAYS A EASTERN AVE ACTON Its Worth the Drive to Acton Main St N r ACTON Ontario LTJ1W3 Tela Parte Terwit flTEASTNG the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hit Is Established 186IL FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY APRIL 5th 1989 PAGES Acton quarry could become Torontos dump By DONNA KELL Herald Staff Councillors reacted strongly to an announcement last week in Regional Council that the Acton Quarry site at Third Line and 22 could be considered as dumpsite for Metro Toronto s On Broadway musical On Broadway will be performed and Bradley Klvell strut their staff to practise for by Public School students at the John next weeks curtain call Contact Stewarttown Elliott Theatre April 11 12 and 13 Here Adele school for tickets Herald photo by Donna Kell Campbell Danyelle Orton Jill Alison Gee Halton Regional Chairman Peter said that a fiveregion committee to review the landfill situation in Metropolitan Toronto could receive an application from Reclamation Systems In corporated RSI has already sent an application to the provincial government asking that the Acton Quarry be considered for a landfill rite despite opposition from the citizens group POWER Protect Our Water and Environment Resources I think people should be aware the site is under discussion Im not trying to hide it said Mr at Wednesdays Regional Council meeting But Halton Hills Councillor Marilyn Serjeantson said she was shocked and distressed that the Acton Quarry is being con sidered I don think we should have two sites in this Region Especially a Region that has preserved the rural character said Coun Ser She referred to the site in rural Milton which has recently been approved to host the Regions garbage Metro Toronto will soon reach a crisis stage in waste disposal Its current landfill facilities will reach capacity In Politicians say there is no way Toronto can get another landfill site approved within its own boundaries under the Environmental Assessment Act by then Although Mr Pomeroy insisted the Acton Quarry would fail an en vironmental assessment and doesnt have any possibility of ever being approved councillors are fearful York Peel Durham and Metropolitan Toronto could Continued on Page 3 Spills team Pages Teachers rally See Page 9 head east See Page