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footnotes office supplies furniture lormrtltl tiller Turn locations to you better GEORGETOWN BOLTON Bolton The Halton Hills HERALD Florists Santas arrived with Christmas Supplies Ribbons Dried Rowers Christmas Trim Morel 1 ST CENTRE 8776901 150O DISTRIBUTION- 40 PAGES Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 SATURDAY DECEMBER 1st 1990 Cultural Centre show Acton artist Mark Kalous referred to In some quarters as the Robert Bateman of Halton HUIb premiered his exhibition and sale of works Tuesday the Art Gallery at the Halton HUIb Cultural Centre Church Street Georgetown Mr Kalous is concentrating mainly on acrylic painting and the splendour of the outdoors His love of nature is self evident In bis words Nobody could nobody did and nobody ever will be able to Improve on Mother Nature Mr Kalous exhibition and sale at the Cultural Centre Art Gallery will run until Dec nightly from p m In the photo above Mr Kaloits discusses a painting of wolves with an art admirer Il ka of Herald photo by Colin Gib son Home buyers market By BEN The Herald Although some people don t realize it this is a home buyer s market say local real estate agents I can t think of a better time to buy a house it s a classic move- up market said Gary Brand broker for National Real Estate Service in Georgetown during an Inside Look Price Environment 16 Outdoor 17 Features 3 Cash Carry 20 Town Gardener Letters To Santa Health a Fitness 6 Entertainment 22 Food Sports 27 Editorial 10 Young Outlook Peoples Forum Births Opinion Deaths 29 Seniors Apartments 29 Lift In My Lam Classifieds 29 31 Steamer 15 Pre 31 interview Tuesday Mr Brand describes the cur rent real estate market as a move up market because those people who wanted to buy a bigger house a year or two ago but couldnt afford it have a bet chance to buy that house to day He attributes this to today s low housing prices When asked why the housing market is slow Mr Brand said some potential home buyers are waiting for prices to drop further While saying it s impossible for anyone to know for sure what will happen to house prices in the future those waiting for prices to continue to drop may miss the boat Prices are low now he said According to Damian Nikic BrokerOwner of Royal City Limited in Acton house prices have dropped between 10 and pel- cent from two vears ago That means a small bungalow on Prince Charles which could have been sold for over 200 two years ago is now going for between and depending on the particular house he explained While Mr said house prices are close bottoming out he acknowledged the hous ing market is slow The broker at the market to some peo ple s misconception about the market and Canada Homes Development in Georgetown South Some people are living in a dream world if they think they can sell their house at the price it would have gone for two years ago said Mr People must realize houses can only be sold at a price the market will bear he continued As well people must unders land while the price they get for their house today will be lower than it would have been two years ago they will have to spend less to buy a similar house today com pared to he said In this way there is no difference between prices today and two years ago explained Mr Nikic The significant drop in the prices of the houses located in the Canada Homes Development has meant a loss of potential home buyers said Mr Nikic Few peo ple would buy a yearold bungalow in Acton or Georgetown when they could buy a brand new similar type house at with a threeyear per cent mortage he explained Fortunately all of these houses have been sold David Soal Broker for ReMax in Georgetown said the slowdown in the housing market is a reflection of people lack of confidence in the econom across the I think peo ple are afraid to buy a house because they are afraid they might lose their job said Mr Soal He also blamed high interest rates but acknowledged they have started to come down NRS Real Estate agent Doug said there is a lot of money around but people feet apprehensive about the economy Mr said part of this ap prehension is due to a perception problem News stones describing the economy as being bad dominate the newspapers today and that means people automatically think the economy is bad hesaid The housing market however may be improving Region invites private sector waste proposals By BEN DUMMETT The Herald The Region will soon accept private sector proposals on how Halton can develop an integrated waste management system Council decided Wednesday to accept these pro posals despite warnings this could be the wrong approach to take Council heard from a represen for Halton North Noel a Halton Hills resi dent and some council members who maintained no action should be taken until the province has provided specifics on its en vironmental policy and until the Region has done all it can on its own concerning the 3R reduce reuse and recycle To help find ways of diverting 50 per cent of Halton a waste stream by the year 2000 the Region has invited six internationally based waste management firms to provide proposals that would ensure cer tain materials would not end up a dump The materials in elude newspaper clear glass colored glass metal cans aluminum cans metal cans rigid plastics film plastics and com post from source separated waste Compost is fertilizer derived from such waste materials as peels The six companies are Waste Management of Canada Browning Ferris Industries Waste Systems Limited Niagara Waste Systems Limited Hal tons Recycled Resources Limited and Stinnes Enerco In Regional Chairman Peter defended s con sidenng private sector waste management proposals explain Halton will have final say over what if any waste manage ment proposals are accepted The chairman was responding to concerns raised by some Regional councillors that the issue of waste should remain a public rather than private sector concern councillor Kevin lynn who sided with the minon ty of Regional councillors ing the resolution said private companies are only interested in making money mes at the expense of the public good The councillor called putting waste management in the hands of the private sector a dangerous supports the idea Regional council vote to defer the resolution until the provincial government has detailed its en vironmental policy Norma Peterson a tative for Halton North MPP Noel also questioned private sector involvement when she ap peared before council Wednesday to oppose adoption of the resolu On behalf of Mr she expressed concern the private sector would submit proposals advocating Energy from Waste ideas EFW is a system in which waste is burned to create energy Ms Peterson said correspond with the province goal to promote reuse reduction and recycling programs that order Although the provinces Minister of Environment say she opposed in her general statement about the pro vinces environment policy last week said Ms Peterson the minister opposes EFW Mb Grier came out against EFW din ing the election campaign she told council A lot of council members seem unimpressed not so much with her request but with the fact that Mr wasnt at the meeting himself Several councillors along with the Regional Chairman said Mr should have made the request in person Ms Peterson said the wanted to attend council but he had to be at Queens Park Hills Regional Marilyn Serjeanston was one of several councillors who question ed if Ms Peterson realized the Region was obligated under law to investigate the possibility of establishing and plant Serjeanston asked Ms Peterson If she wanted the Region to knowingly disobey the law That is not so replied Ms Sergeanston suggested if the province wants the Region not to consider it should in traduce the necessary legislation Hills resident Diane Vandevalk also appeared before council in opposition to private companies contributing to Haltons waste management system Ms Vandevalk said the Region Director of Waste Management John Mackay told her EFW would be a part of the proposals submitted to the Region That shows the Region is not putting enough effort into fur ther developing reduction reuse and recycling techniques she said To further prove her claims Ms Vandevalk asked council why it t established the Municipal Regional Waste Management Committee In receiving approval for its landfill in Milton almost two years ago Halton was ordered to establish this committee The committee s mandate is to develop reuse reduction and recycling programs but it been two years since the order and the committee has yet to meet said Ms Vandeval Serjeanston responded by saying the commit tee is in the process of being established Ms Vandevalk also suggested some of the companies being in vited to submit proposals may not be that reputable Using newspaper documenta tion from American publication USA Today Ms Vandevalk claimed charges have been laid against some of the companies for such wrongdoing as price fix in connection with work the companies are doing in the United States Chairman responded by saying companies should be allowed to make proposals without being subject to slander