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Page THE HERALD Wednesday April POWER hauls in over 8000 from gigantic garage sale POWER the local group oppos ed to putting a landfill site in the Acton quarry held a garage sale Saturday that organizers are call tag one of the biggest and best in Haltoa Hills history Protect Our Water and En vironmental Resources was given access to the Town of Halton Hills public works garage where they held a giant garage sale that raised over cepted until the end of May said POWER public realtions spokesman John Minns The extension has been given by the Environmental Assessment Branch of the Ministry of the En vironment comments by the end of May The responses will come back and they will be rewritten and recirculated by the ministry he said The only thing that could stop the process is if the proponent RSI backed out And Mrs French said it is unlikely RSI who has invested money into promoting the Acton quarry as a landfill site will back out now POWER will hold a twoday workshop in June during Environ ment Week to host all over the Niagara Escarpment And Mrs French says the group has already started plans for booths at both the Acton and Georgetown fairs The fairs are held annually in the fall But Mrs French said the allday garage sale Saturday demonstrated public support for POWERS attempts to fight the proposed dump in Acton The throngs of people who came out to the garage sale were just overwhelming One account puts the total attendence in the thousands Mrs French said the group was excited by the turnout the towns generosity in lending the public works site and the- local donations received But she added it was also great to see POWER on the oclock news Saturday after the event was attended toy Channel and Channel news POWER members raised to help in the fight against the pro posed Acton quarry landfill site at a giant garage sate at the Trafalgar Road public works building Saturday Here Ruth French Landry and Linda Noble or POWER help out an effigy of Environment Minister Jim Bradley Herald photo The garage sale was a fun to help fight a landfill site proposed by Reclamation Systems Incorporated RSI The local business consortium put a proposal in to the Ministry of the Environ ment last February to receive government approval to turn the Third 22 quarry into adumpsite An organizer of Saturdays garage sale and president of the POWER group Ruth French was proud of the groups f achievements We virtually took a mountain of what might have been garbage and recycled it into for our cause Local residents bought and con tributed assorted items to help POWER raise money to fight RSI Any leftover items were given to local chanties said Mrs French RSI is in the first stages of seek ing governmental approval for a landfill site in the Acton quarry The Ministry of the Environment has sent out documents inviting public comment Groups such as the Niagara Escarpment Commis sion and the Town of Hills have already responded but the ministry granted an extension to those who are late with comments Originally given an April 15 deadline comments will be POWER has applied to the pro vincial government for funding funding that will allow the citizens group to fight RSIs Ac ton quarry proposal consolidated hearings The hearings could begin as early as February said Mrs French The hearings could cost POWER up to Mrs French said POWER is unsure of much money will come from the provin cial governments allocation The Acton quarry will continue to be considered as a landfill site SAM JONES WELDING NEW tu Steel and Aluminum Welding General Repair Work Box Repairs for Urge Trucks and Trailers Safeties and Dump Stickers WNTBI 225 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN TOWN OF HALTON HILLS MAIN ST SOUTH HILLS GEORGETOWN 8775185 TENDER P89M3 Road Building Material Sealed tenders clearly marked as to contents will be received by Mr Costea AdministratorClerk until 1 2 Noon Local Time Tuesday May 989 to supply deliver and apply approximately 26475 tonries of Granular A and 000 tonnes of Granular B and 2500 tonnes crusher run to various loc ations Tender forms may be obtained from Mr H Patterson Purchasing Agent 36 Main Street South Halton Hills Georgetown Ontano Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted Mr D Costea AdministratorClerk Town of Halton Hills Box 128 Halton Hills Georgetown Ontario L7G I Tourist village will put Georgetown on the map A proposed tourist village for the 55acre Dominion Seed House lot will put Georgetown on the map for tourism said Chamber of Com general manager Doug Mr comments follow last weeks announcement that the Harding and MacLean families who own and operate the Dominion Seed House would not be selling the property on Guelph Street between Mountalnview Road and Maple Avenue but would lease it to mer chants It will put Georgetown on the map but I dont think it will take anything away from the Olde Hide House in Acton said Mr Penrice He said the Acton and Georgetown tourist attractions would complement each other The seed house owners will review the property and decide what buildings including shops and a hotel are suitable for the property The use of to 30 acres planned for development will not be determined for four to five years Mr said that the Har ding family could be better than a developer would be with the large chunk of land in its urban setting Sometimes a developer might not have looked at it as creatively as the family is doing he said The Dominion Seed House has been in Georgetown for years It Is a successful retail plant and seed sale Centre thatnttracts many peo ple into the urban area TOWN OF HALTON HILLS 3 MAIN ST SOUTH HALTON HILLS GEORGETOWN NOTICE The Corporation of the Town Hills at the request of the Canadian National Railway hat passed a by law to close John Street at the N R underpass The road closure is necessary to carry out railway rehabilitation works at the underpass The road closure will be in effect from April to June 23 and will be closed to vehicular traffic A copy of Hie by law will be available for viewing during normal business hours at the Engineering office Any Inquiries should be directed to Ted Manager of Operations Engineering Department 877 Ex tension 238 or John Bond Structural Engineer CNR TOWN OF HALTON HILLS MAIN ST SOUTH HALTON GEORGETOWN Culvert Construction Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections and 301 of the Municipal Act being Chapter 302 of the revised Statutes of Ontario 1 980 that the Council of the Town of Hills at Its meeting to be held In the Administration Building Trafalgar Road at 00 p Monday May 8 1 989 will con the passing of bylaws for he culvert construction as set out below Contract P 89 C 2 Box Culvert Construction 32Sideroad 300 East 6th Concession The public Is advised that 32 between the 6thTJne and Sandalwood will be closed to through traffic during the construction period Plans detailing this project and the proposed bylaws are available for viewing during normal business hours at the Engineering Department office Any inquiries should be direc ted to the Engineering Department at 877 51 85 The Council will hear in person or by his Counsel any person who claims that his lands will be prejudicially affected by the said by laws and who applies to be heard Persons wishing to be heard should notify the office of the undersigned no later than Thursday May 1989 C Austin P Eng Town Engineer The Cororpoatlon of the Town of Hills P O Box 1 Georgetown Ontario