Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 3, 1990, p. 2

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Page 2 THF HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November 1W0 Cowhides stolen Seven cowhides were stolen from the Meat Packers plant on Winston Churchill Boulevard north of Highway 7 sometime between last Friday and am the follow Monday The hides were stolen from an area readily ac to the public No charges have been laid Goods lifted About worth of goods were stolen from a vehicle park ed on King Street in Georgetown on Monday between 2am and a m Three coats including a dark blue suit jacket a leather bomber jacket and a black ski coat all size were reported missing as well as a brass card holder and a Legion Pin Water pump A water pump was stolen from the bush area north of a Hills home sometime bet ween and ll 30 a m on Monday The theft has been reported to the insurance company and no suspects have been found Ornament stolen An irreplaceable hood worth about was stolen from a 1974 Chrysler Imperial on October at an unknown time The silver ornament on the col lectible car was taken while the car was parked in the of the s Chui ch Street home in Acton Window smashed The rear window of a pick up truck cab parked on Delrex Boulevard was sometime between p and a on Damage was estimated at and nothing else in the truck appeared to be disturbed including some tools that were in plain view Rock tossed An Acton resident was ed to have a rock come crashing through his rear window as he was sitting in his living room on Tuesday The incident happened at about m and caused damage to the window which looks onto the Acton fairgrounds Vehicle vandalized A vehicle parked at Mill Street and Willow in Acton was spray painted with grey paint on Tues day between 4 and pm in the afternoon Windows damaged Three thermal windows at Har nson Public School were damag ed with what is assumed to be pellet shots sometime between nightfall on Oct 30 and the next day causing damage No suspects have been found High School incidents Approximately holes were found in six glass doors in the southwest corner of Georgetown District High School on Monday damage was estimated at The incident occurred between 20 am and am Over the lunch hour the same at GDHS shots were fired from inside the school causing damage Car entered A briefcase and its contents were stolen from a vehicle park on Dale Gate in Georgetown on Oct 1st between pm and a on Oct The vehicle was unlocked when the items worth about were stolen No suspects have been found Duignan to serve on rural council North Duignan pi ins to bring a host concerns lo the table as a member of a formed Rural Council Some of the issues Mr plans raise include the price structure for crops the pro s farm insurance program and the issue of problems fac farms The province s Minister of hood Elmer Buchanan invited Mr Duignan to on the council whose other members include other and rural activists letording to a press issued b the provincial govern is to established the council will be meeting within the next two weeks to set one said Mr The MPP is concerned about formers in Hills throughout the pr not receiving i fair price for their crops He suggested that a sub sidv could be introduced to establish a more price system But at this time issue is still unclear Mr pointed out under the in trade agreement the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade iGATT subsidies on agricultural products is discouraged With respect to farm in Mr said it is too little and too costly Some farmers can t afford enough in Noel Duignan crops of their here art i number of solve this problem said Mr but he prep to offer this time On the issue of the farm Mr said policies must be put in place prevent the family f from disappearing Hi attributed the problems fated the family farm to debts and high interest rates The government should look to Manitoba Farm Protection Act as an example lo help solve the problem He didn t expand much on the topic except to say under this farmers can obtain loan guarantees For All Your Fine China Silver Crystal Glltware MAIN ST MILTON 8780050 Clothing ALTERATIONS REPAIRS J TOWN COUNTRY CLOTHIERS Robbms Columbia Run Bike Swim Fitness 8788622 THE It Mill SI E MILTON Halloween treats left aged was showing her devilish side on Halloween as she tried to take a cookie from the leopard during a parly at the Acton ParentsChild Resource Centre Herald photo Landfill contents still a mystery The public agencies for landfills are still unsure of the exact contents of two dor mant landfill sites in the Silver Creek Vallej in Georgetown Several residents suggested week during a public in formation session that the fills contained among other items old hdro transforemrs Thcv expressed concern that if sites were dug up and poisonous material was located in either of the landfills drinking water could be contaminated The landfills have be dug up if the Region approves plan to twin the Silver Creek trunk Sewer from Main Street just east of Mounlimvievv Road to service the sewer needs of Georgetown West from the trunk sewer project Region is also proposing to a well from landfill sites and residents fear that if the eon tents of landfills are poisonius leak into the creek which would feed the well Georgetown s drinking water The two public agencies responsible for landfill bites in are the provinces if Environment and Hilton Region But represen l ilivts Iron Ihe agencies could 1 definite contents MOP District Officer Hud said I the innislrv s irds show the land fills induslri il waste But is included in these general descriptions ht I say Despite clams made local residinls Mr Bud s land fills art mil much of a concern In ministry there ire no plans dig up to find ex have irire serious problems to deal with said Mr Bud further his argument Mr noted landfills are relatively small One was open for four years and the other for two he said The landfills were open from 1959 to 1963 and 19 VI respec lively But local environmentalist Vanity I John Minns said that material was being dumped into the foimer landfill up to 1972 to a I9IM report con ducted by local consulting Engineers Chpshnm Limited the landfills were in vestigaled and materials found included glass metal tires and some ash he report doesn specif he tvpe of ash The wis done in connection with housing proposal submitted to the low at the time Region Engineer Vince Suf said he was unaware of he Chpsham report explaining he only became aware of the landfill sites earlier this sum mer Although he didn know the landfills contents he said the public should rest assured that hey landfills will be looked in to When questioned further about his unawareness of this issue Mr Suffolella said the consult ints working for he Region on trunk sewer proposal should hive investigated the landfills I am discussing the whj this I picked up Ihe consultants are Thornhill Mar ill Macklm J E Associates of Picker ing The Regional engineer predicted if the Silver Creek Sewer project goes ahead the sewers design would be such that the pipe would go around the landfills In this way the dumps wouldn have to be affected fie said Learn to Drive and Survive Young Drivers of Canada 50 CLEARANCE TOBY PILLOWS 4168764244 Main Sweet East Ontario GEORGETOWN CLASSROOM S NEXT 4 WEEK PROGRAM WEDNESDAY NOV 7th 630938 pm DAY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL DEC 9 a 3 38 IF BUSY CALL 350000 GRADUATES RECOMMEND- YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANADA

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