The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Municipal board addresses environmental concerns A decision of the Ontario Municipal Board has ensured that environmental concerns will now be more rigorously considered before gravel operations throughout the province are per to proceed The precedent setting decision forces aggregate developers to thoroughly investigate potential environmental damage should a host order such an in vestlgation It came about as a result of a month hearing in Puslinch Township near Guelph where four gravel extraction proposals were stalled by council after con cerns were aired about potential environmental damage to local significant wetlands and fisheries resources An invaluable cold water trout stream and an adjacent Class One wetland were threatened by the developments The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters argued at the hearings that the province consistently places the values of Ontario natural en vironment a distant second to the needs of the aggregate industry said Chris Horwath of the OFAH But the OMB decision will force developers to consider the ramifications of projects on local environments before expec ting approval from a municipality he said The decision sets one precedent because aggregate developers across Ontario will have to answer to tougher environmental question as they try to sell their pro posals to muncipahties Hor warth said It sets another because the province as a whole will have to see this as a trend en vironmental issues are increasing ly becoming the first and primary concern regarding land use issues The board complemented the OFAH for its participation at the hearings In its decision the board said the clarified and ad vanced Issues relating to the of the natural environ Several battles have raged in re cent years across Township where a rich vein of gravel coveted by the aggregate industry has caused a rift with local residents and farmers said that although the OFAH is still expecting two more decisions from the lengthy bear ings one relating to a University of Guelph gravel proposal its satisfied that the fight was wor I think the and anyone concerned about Ontario s natural environment has gained ground he said The OMB has demonstrated a strong en vironmental stand that the gregate industry will have to respect in the future Hopefully significant amounts of fragile habitat will be saved as a result In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771485 Florists Say Happy Birthday withanFTD Birthday Bouquet 211 Qiwlph St Georgetown CENTRE 8776901 J FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY JULY 14 28 PAGES Government to build armoury in Georgetown No one with ComDanv could be By BEN the Herald Company The Lome Scots militia based in Georgetown at the armoury in the Fairgrounds the Royal Canadian Army Cadet corps who also use the Georgetown Armoury and the con industry in Halton Hills are all expected to benefit from the planned construction of a new ar moury on Sinclair Avenue in Georgetown The federal government an nounced Wednesday it has pur chased hectres of land beside Nellson s field for 1 million to build the new armoury The government will call for bids from contractors to build the new armoury in early 1992 with comple tion set for said the Minister of State John McDermid Mr MP for the of Brampton was speaking on behalf of BUI the Minister of Defence No one with C Company could be reached before press time to com ment on the new building C Com is currently on training exer cises in The government bought the pro from the Georgetown con company McNally Con struction The firm s vice dent David McNally and the sale had been in the works for about six months but comment further Peel MP Garth Turner said Wednesday he s hopeful that local contractors will get first dibs on the contract Hopefully we get some local investment out of this he added Calling the project a big sucker in terms of size he said the complex is a million dollar project Mr Turner also anticipates that the building once completed will provide local businesses the likes of maintenance and landscaping companies financial benefits The Core Commander of the 676 Army Cadets Alex Roth said the new building will provide the necessary increase in floor space to teach the cadets marksmanship and safety He called the current armoury in Georgetown small and cramped for the cadets themselves As well he only has a small room as an administrative office The new building will allow for more classroom space so that a variety of activities can go on at the same time he said The new building will also mean the cadets will be ble to meet twice a week in stead of once as they do now The existing armoury is recognized as a heritage building It was constructed between 1858 and i860 as a centre for militia recruiting and training said Mr But it no longer meets the operational training and overall area requirements of Company he explained Mr Turner said the government will probably sell the current mourv building once the new building is complete The new armoury is one of several armouries across the try the defense department is building to update its facilities said the department Lieutenant Commander Ian Thompson The new armoury will be com pnsed of administration and supp ly areas lecture rooms a drill hall a four bay garage an indoor firing range showers lockers of a compound for eight military vehicles and a 50space parking lot Lt Cdr Thompson said in ing the Sinclair Avenue location the Department of Defense wanted to build the armoury in an in area Calling the armoury an in dustrial type building he explain ed that the chosen location will reduce any chance of conflict aris ing between the defense depart and local residents When contacted Arvin Prasad of the town Planning Department said the department was unaware of the project Volkswagens vandalized Five Volkswagen vehicles in Georgetown were vandalized by culprits who cut small holes above car door locks stealing and damaging close to 300 worth of car radios and personal property All thefts were reported to have occurred late July or in the early morning hours of July Police say a blue Volkswagen Golf at 3 Irwin Crt was broken into between July 9 at and July 10 at 5 a after a small hole was made in the top of the driver s door handle Suspects tried to remove the car I it a led reports However a bag containing a a lei and were tar was stolen from grey Volkswagen at Jrw Crt between July 7 at p m and Julv at m after suspects found the car unlocked No damages or other contents were reported missing to police Between 30 and a m July 10 in car stereo equipment was stolen from a green Volkswagen Rabbit at 135 Moun tainview Rd South home after a hole was cut just above the driver door handle Police say the thieves unlocked the vehicle and removed an Alpine stereo and speaker cabinets After suspects made a hole above the passenger door of a 1986 told Volkswagen Golf at Sargent ihey unlocked the car and removed 160 worth of tapes and personal items The theft was reported to have occurred between 1 and a Juh 10 Eigh teen tapes a pink sunglasses and win were reported t UK Jttta parked in front of a 18 home bet and 7 a on July was scratched around the car s door locks and unlocked however no contents were reported stolen Police believe the same culprits are responsible for the thefts Summer camp hijinks Several youngsters got piggyback rides at the playground of Sacre School on Wednesday afternoon from Georgetown summer camp leaden They were outside enjoying the sun and getting some exercise before setting up their swimming pool From left are camp leader Joy Tnrton with Kralg Anderson Ryan Brain with Jason Richardson and Karen RMdall with Jessica Herald Photo Juveniles thumped by Burlington Page 7 FREE SALT AND WATER OEUVEMY Water Softeners Iron Filters and More FOR WATER ANALYSIS CALL St Junior sparks controversy Pagfli