Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 2, 1989, p. 1

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Lynda Thompson isDairy Queen By KAV WIION Norval Correspondent llalton Hills resident Lynda Thompson won the Ontario Dairy County Princess at the Canadian National Exhibition Tuesday Lynda advanced to the finals along with four other princesses from the counties of Renfrew and Addmgton York and The five finalists gave a prepared speech and answered an impromptu question to the milk industry They were also interviewed earlier in the nay The finalists off the by milking a cow Each of the five finalists were presented with a heifer among other prize Lynda will be taking a year off from University of Guelph to pro- In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services Georgetown 877 Fendley Florists A TASTY GIFT IDEA Try Our Gourmet Fruit Baskets 8776901 Qutfph fit GMTMlown CENTRE Canadian singer musician James Gordon was at the Acton branch of the 1111b Library entertaining aboat children with mags Jake and some pretty fancy fiddling last night Herald photo by Ben Dnmmett mote the dairy industry for the On Milk Marketing Board Among her many prizes are a car for a year a trip for two people to Britain for two weeks a silver tea service luggage and a heifer Lynda is the daughter of Roy and Heather Thompson or Georgetown Judges for the contest were Halton agricultural representative Art Bennett former assistant agricultural representative for Hallon and Ross Fair recently retired agricultural manager for theCNE Water tests okay at Milton Hospital The water at Milton District Hospital has tested clear and there is a green light for drink ing again Halton Regional public works commissioner Bob Moore said Wednesday Miltons water supply showed contamination last week with high levels of fecal cloriform at an area near the hospital at Derry Road West Bottled water was being shipped in for hospital use But the news is all good now Mr Moore told councillors The bacteria level is now safe for water consumption Blocked pipes connected to the hospital were said to be the cause of the water contamination Milton Coun Bill Johnson asked why the pipe lines are not regular ly cleaned You dont clean the line just for the sake of cleaning it the public works commissioner said The line is a relief valve and is subject to fluctuations and pressure Tampering with the water lines can disturb the water flowing to area residents SEPTEMBER 24 PAGES Haltons recycling efforts wasted unless market arises IU DOW KM I Halton would be wasting its time recycling 50 per cent of its waste by the year if there is no market for recycled goods Regional waste management director John MacKay said last week The Regions mandate as a member of the Greater Toronto Area initiative which includes Halton Peel Durham and York Regions as well as the municipali of Metropolitan Toronto is to in crease waste diversion to 25 per cent by 1992 and by 50 per cent in the year The 25percent reduction target is reasonable and Halton has the experience to meet this goal Mr MacKay said But he added without an adequate market the 50percent goal cannot be achiev ed Environmentalist and Milton Regional Councillor Bill Johnson said recycled goods need a stable market The present market fluc tuates like a stock market be said Governments at all levels must set a recycling trend be add ed I agree with Coun Johnson Al this point in time no we do not have the market Mr MacKay said You cannot isolate the marketing side of it from the col lection side A number of projects have run Into serious trouble ignor ing marketing There was a glut in the newsprint market after boy scouts and girl guides collected newspapers in the early years of recycling Coun Johnson said A lot of the newspapers ended up in the landfill sites Newspaper was recycled for use m the shingle market But when that market slumped there was no use for the extra newsprint Governments should use only recycled paper the councillor add First of all you say for the newspaper and paper all govern ment agencies after a certain date should only purchase paper with a 40percent recycled con tent Coun Johnson said That will create a market and will allow large businesses to follow suit if the government takes the lead he said And the Milton councillor said there should be no returnable bottles They should be outlaw ed a beer bottle can be used on the average of at least 10 times Mr MacKay said the 50percent goal for diverting garbage in cannot be reached without composting garbage There is a project under way in Oakville to test that recycling method There should be a good percen tage of compost growing with the topsoil Johnson said Composting will not succeed unless the governments at all levels help us with composting as they should with recycled paper began a waste recycling system in Georgetown as early as 1978 Recycling spread to Burl ington in the late 70s and to Oakville and Milton in and 1985 The Region took over the entire program in Police to hire new staff The Halton Regional force will hire new officers to patrol the courtrooms starting this Januan 1990 The force has budgeted from the Region of ilton to pay for provisions Bill an act that gives courtroom protection responsibility to local police forces in Ontario A report detailing how man of ficers will be hired and the exact cost to implement courtroom pro tection will go before the Halton Regional Police Board of Commis sioner Sept Dtp Chief Bob said last week that the report is drafted but no details could be revealed We have reviewed the courts in Region the ones that we are responsible for and we have tned to determine the level of security we need be said It is diificull for us because we have never provided this service before Chief Middaugh said there could be a change in level of pro tection when the courtroom securi ty becomes a Regional instead of provincial responsibility Halton police have consulted with surrounding crown attorneys administrative staff in urts and judges to determine the level of protection required Halton police will be responsible for protecting the Mitton Provin cial Court Provincial Court Burlington Provincial Court Milton District Court and small claims courts in each of those municipalities Chief Middaugh said is a ball park figure for staffing costs Last December a police spokesman said Bill could cost the force and the Region up to million to imple ment in 1990 The announcement of a proposed 960000 cut to next year Regional budget will not affect the police report to the Board of Commis sioners at this time Chief Middaugh said The first step in gaming ap proval for the courtroom protec tion strategy will be to get agree ment from the Board of Commis sioners RASPERS A S S I C FRK HALL CORNER OF ST HWY7 MOUNTAIAVKW GEORGETOWN Teens visit the Canadas on HiemaoPg6 Blue Fins are ML Realty Distinction Inc Realtor MEMBER BOOKER 112 Main St S Georgetown Corner Churcli Main 8731881

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