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the HERALD Wednesday January 1992 Community in Focus Page Dump proponents may hurt towns By BEN DUMMETT The Herald It turns out Reclamations Systems Incorporated proponents of the Acton dump proposal may have undercut the towns legal strategy to fight the dump ap plication During a press conference Mon- Hills Mayor fuller announced the towns legal strategy involves a threepronged attack irst the town has requested On tano Minister of Environment Ruth either reject the dump proposal outright or send it back to RSI to do further work on the proposal According to a town solicitor let sent to Ms Gner the request is based on several planning and technical concerns the municipality has with the RSI proposal We think we the Town has a very good case for the minister to reject it the proposal or send it back Mayor Miller told reporters Hopefully the minister will ap preciate the the town has spent to show it is a poor proposal with many holes in it continued Mayor Miller If the minister ignores this request the town wants an En Assessment Board hearing to be held to deter mine the proposals validity The town favors an hearing because subjected to this process the proposals weaknesses will be revealed and it will subsequently be rejected predicted Mayor Miller There is also another reason the town supports an hearing said Town Administrator Dan Costea He explained the RSI proposal would still need a Halton Hills Of ficial Plan Amendment and Regional approval even if the board approved the proposal Therefore the town and Region which also opposes the proposal could use their respective powers to Ml the application However he acknowledged the P A Fun Day Join in the A Day fun January 31 1992 2 p at your Branch Library This program for schoolaged children Senior Kindergarten and up is based on a Valentines Day theme for So meone Special We will be making tissue paper valentines and flowers to keep or for someone special Registration begins on January 1992 in person at either Branch Library or by phone Georgetown Branch 873 Acton Branch8530301 strategy stance town may have lost this option sin RSI has applied to have the proposal heard by a Consolidated Board While an Board hearing would only consider the proposal under the Environmental Assesement Act the Consolidated Board would consider it with respect to all acts pertaining to the application In other words under a Con solidated Board hearing the town and Region would lose their respec powers to kill the proposal said Mr The administrator explained RSI applied to the Consolidated Board in December but the town only learned of the application late last week Mr Costea was also quick to point out RSI filed the application unbeknownst to Ms and her senior staff Mr Costea conceded in all likelihood the proposal will be heard by the Consolidated Board since this board takes precedence over an EA Board The third prong of the towns legal strategy involves a letter writ ten to John Federal Minister of and Oceans Under the Fisheries and Oceans Act the minister can reject a proposal if it negatively impacts aquatic life Calling this act very powerful Mr said he is optimistic the minister will reject the proposal because of the danger the dump presents to fish habitat in Black Creek Multicultural meeting Curling champions The public is invited to The Multicultural Business Associations monthly Breakfast meeting on Thursday January from to 9am at the Burlington Holiday Inn 3063 South Service Road Burl ington The speaker at the Breakfast meeting will be Hani Director General Race Relations of The Ministry of and Citizenship who will be speaking on The Changing f ace of Canada The Business Association is open to anyone who is interested in networking opportunities with other business associates and members of various ethnocultural communities Monthly meetings are such areas as the how tos of doing business in the various communities pro per advertising to those com munities export opportunities the changing marketplace due to heavy immigration the little known skilled labour pool up-to- date information on government programmes and how race rela tions can be good for business Regional Chairman Peter said Region was one of if not the first official member of the organization This one more step toward integration of the many new Canadians that we have said According to H B A Acting Chairman Joe Miller business has become more conscious of the multicultural community Hani Mokhtar is the Director General Race Relations and Cross Cultural Understanding in the Multiculturalism Sector He has joined the Department on August Hani Mokhtar joined the Public Service in and holds a B A in Economics from McGill and a Masters of Engineer ing from the University of Toron to He was previously the Director of Indian moneys with the Department of Indian and Nor thern Affairs and prior to that he was a Senior Analyst with the Programs Branch of the Treasury Board Secretariat for six years Throughout his career Hani has had extensive experience in policy analysis and developments in the areas of social and development native affairs comprehensive claims immigration transport and energy He has also undertaken a number of international assignments for the World Bank and United Nations organizations in Africa Directors elected Delegates elected three Directors to the Board of the Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation at their nth Annual Meeting held January in Toronto Chris a dairy producer form Brownsville begins his se cond term as Director for Zone 2 which encompasses the counties of Oxford Brant and Norfolk as well as the regional municipalities of Niagara Waterloo and Peel Zone will now be represented by Colbourg area producer Doug This Zone includes the counties of Victoria Peterborough Hastings Northumberland Pnnce Edward Lennox and Addington Renfrew Lanark and Leeds Munllo area producer Allan Vis was returned as Director Zone 6 to begin his fourth term in that position This area encompasses all districts of Northern Ontario Georgetown hospital shows it cares Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital shows it cares about the communitv by offering different programs and seminars Carolyn Harding Director Assurance Educational Services said the hospital hosts many on going programs the hospital for Hills Every Monday the local chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous meet in the Bpnnelt Recreation Room at 7 p m to talk and lend support to all members Prenatal classes are offered every Tuesday and Thursday evenings between 7pm and 10 p Three courses are offered for different stages of pregnancy The course is held through the Public Health Office and deals with natural childbirth methods exer cises for mother and child baby care and nutrition for further m formation please call the Public Health Office at January 22 GDMH is holding a new course which teaches about healthy lifestyles Heartbeat is an educational program which ad dresses healthy lifestyles nutrition proper exercise and stress management Ms Harding described the course as a straight education course for those with coronary concerns Hospital dieticians teach the course and can be contacted at 8730111 ex tension The Alzheimers Support Group had its first meeting Jan The group meets every Tuesday evening and offers support and ad vice for family members and fnen on how to deal with situations and understand the nature of the illness The organizer Kelly Her bert can be reached at 8730111 ex tension he week of Feb 37 is set aside to recognize efforts of food service workers at Ms Harding said displays will be exhibited in front of the cafeteria and will show what food service workers do for the hospital and Its patients Residents can learn how to per form Cardiopulmmary Resuscitation on Feb 17 and 19 This new two day course offers handson learning on how to per form on adults children and infants There is a fee and registration is a must because of limits on class size For further Information contact Ms Harding at Winners of the Mixed Invitational Curling Bonspiel held Saturday at North Halton and Golf and Country Club were presented with a trophy by Bob Creasy standing left owner of Food Market In Georgetown which sponsored the The winning team consisted of left to right Bonnie Henderson Jim Henderson Mitchell Jewell and Jane Jewell Six teams competed In the Herald Photo