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Ministry Critiques RSI proposal Government must cut Coninued from Page 1 road from the current quarry the ministry says The proposed land fill site is still being quarried and plans call for another huge quarry immediately to the south The says RSI hasnt correlated its own field data with its conclu sions The ministry calls that a critical deficiency The ministry has also found defi ciencies in the analyses of dust and odor impacts on nearby residents The ministry says RSI has failed to consider several important poten tial odors But the ministry held back its most damaging criticisms for the socioeconomic impact The study prepared by consultants for RSI contains numerous deficien cies and fails to adequately ad dress ministry concerns The socioeconomic assessment was poorly organized and very difficult to review the MOE says The ministry says the literature review aspect of the study is existant telephone surveys con ducted in the area are inadequate and statistical results from the surveys are often inappropriately calculated And the ministry is not convinc ed that property values will decline by only per cent with most of that recovered in a period of five years Finally the ministry questions RSIs conclusions about the psychological aspects of the land fill site RSI says community stress will automatically ease once a decision on the licence has been reached But actual research shows op posite conclusions the says spending MP Turner says Ronnie comes to town Sunday night Jan the legendary Ronnie Hawkins will be playing at Club in Norval A fixture on the southern Ontario club scene since 1958 Hawkins is currently enjoying a new vogue with the release of a set of albums on Silver Eagle Records and the publication of his extremely entertaining biography The Last of the Good 01 Boys writ ten with Peter Goddard Still playing his brand of rockabilly and country the Hawk turned this month Despite a good stash of cash hes reported ly worth million Hawkins still performs on the club circuit because he loves to A Ronnie Hawkins concert is a rocking affair always unpredic table and a little wild Hawk is well known for his colorful com ments too many of which cannot be published here A few choice ones Q Hawk how long have you been playing rockabilly A Since the Dead Sea was only sick Since Moby Dick was only a minnow Do you believe in God Asked by a preacher when rock was the devils music A Hell I believe in God as much as the next man but Im a little leery of his ground crew And so on His book is full of wonderful stones brilliant players fascinating history Sunday is the perfect time to see the Legend in his Spare Time in action hear the music and catch the com ments as they fly Karen Smith heads Ballinafad hall board By BETTY SOJKA Ballinafad Correspondent A small turnout of concerned residents attended the Annual Hall Board meeting The outgoing hall board gave the minutes of their Jan 3 hall board meeting Jim Bailey recounted last years development of the ball diamond He noted that although the field was playable for the season some more work was needed There was discussion over the pre sent player bench fourfoot screen ing be replaced with a sixfoot fence according to the recommen dations passed by Erin Township council The discussion mainly questioned whether the change was necessary Copies of the financial report were handed out Questions were raised as to how the figures were arrived at Many went away un satisfied with the answers given The new hall board was elected in two stages Five members of the audience were nominated and then elected to the board From there the new hall board deterred from the present constitution which would have them assign positions themselves Instead the election for positions available was brought up from the floor The new hall board consists of Karen Smith chairman Betty Sojka vice chair man Sue Attard treasurer Betty Andrews secretary and Gloria Buckley as recreation chairper son Doris Erin Township rep and Alf Spence Hills council rep also sits on the board to form a total of seven members as per the quirements of the current tion The outgoing hall board members were thanked for the work they had done over the past two years Several that attended the meeting volunteered to serve on committees which will greatly help the new board The meeting was adjourned and then the new hall board held an Informal meeting An agenda was outlined for their first official meeting to be held on Thursday Jan Items included establishing procedures for members to abide by ob jectives and amendments to the constitution More news to follow after this first meeting The womens institute met on Wednesday Jan at Mrs Margaret For the roll call the ladies cited a place of in terest in Halton or Wellington Counties with a short description Mrs Grace McEnery gave the motto of Most of us miss out on lifes big prizes but we are all eligible for lifes small pleasures Mrs Eleanor McLean brought the Tweedsmuir book and discussed how she would like to have it up dated Every chapter of the womens institute has a OFFICE MAGIC FOR ALL YOUR OFFICE STATIONERY NEEDS 136C Gualph St Georgetown book which is history book of their chapter and their community This year all womens institutes will be working on biographies for past and present members As part of the program members brought along a photo of their mother or grandmother at the age the members presently were It was interesting to note the significant resemblance to parents as one got older Instead of the an nual euchre that was run to pro mote community awareness three groups of four members have been set up to organize three activities which will replace the annual euchre Members of the pastoral com mittee are visiting different con gregations to hear sermons in the search for a full time minister Currently there is a supply minister giving the services at the United Church Mens Wear I AVAILABLE 211 Street Georgetown 8777361 CENTRE Wedgwood Fine Bone China A BRIDAL TRADITION Inquire About Our Bridal Registry Campbell House Gallery 115 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8730674 the Herald If the federal government ex pects the public to accept the Goods and Services Tax GST as a reasonable means of cutting the countrys billion deficit it will have to start being fair with the Canadian people says HaltonPeel MP Garth Turner Its this message Mr Turner will take back to Ottawa he said after listening to 100 people strong say that the government must cut its own spending significantly if It ex pects the Canadian people to pay higher taxes at a Town Hall meeting in Glen Williams Wednes day night I dont think the government is being fair now said Mr Turner It has to explain its actions and then maybe it will get a consen sus for action We have to be a unified people if the three major problems of the 1990s will be solved The problems Mr Turner cited are the possibility of the country splitting the environment and the debt But the audience seemed to agree that it Is unwilling to accept the GST and to be more tolerant of Quebec unless the government starts listening to the people The government keeps telling us to tighten our belts but mines running out of notches shouted one frustrated audience member The biggest problem is that the government is tiptoeing around spending cuts said another per son There is far too much duplicity of programs If you have ever tried to phone the government and gotten passed from person to person you know what I mean Mr Turner agreed saying we have to get tough with the civil ser vants He suggested that some departments be eliminated through privatization But he pointed out that the cuts to VTA Rail is an example of the government doing the job followed by the public outcry The cuts had to be made because the rail service was costing too much he said And this is only the first of several cuts in spending the government will make Mr Turner told the audience to expect the government to outline two major rounds of spending cuts in its upcoming budget to be an nounced in late February or early March But there will be no tax in creases in the next budget he said Not only will the public have to ac cept spending cuts but it will also have to do its part and accept GST The current debt situation is unacceptable he said The government owes billion In terest on the 320 billion debt alone said Mr Turner He called the GST an equitable tax It taxes spending and therefore hits those who have more money Mr Turner also explained that increasing income tax instead of using the GST would act as a disincentive for people to spend One gentleman feared the government will eventually raise the GST as the provincial govern ment did with the provincial sales tax But Mr Turner said Finance Minister Michael Wilson has said the tax wont be increased The GST wont work because it didnt work in England said another man But Mr Turner said the tax was clumsily implemented by the 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