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Page 2 — Halton Hills This Week; Wednesday, December'8, 1993 Halton Hills Toastmasters welcomed into the club seven new members last Saturday at the Georgetown Optimist Club Hall during the “10th Anniversary and Christmas Celebration”. New members include, at. front, from left, Pierre Brianceau, Andrew Crane and Adrian Wiekenkamp. At back, from left, Julie Holmes, Linda Gilmore, Ann Fraas and Arline Coultrup. To be inducted at next club meeting are Byron Conrad, Loretta Ducas, Glenda Hansen and M: n. photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW Varian Canada, Inc. announced Friday it has acquired the assets of Quality Hermetics Company (1990) Inc. of Toronto. The terms of the agreement were not dis- closed. Quality. Hermetics, a pri- vately-owned company, designs and manufactures glass-to-metal hermetic seals for a variety of applications. The seals provide a liquid or gas-tight interface typically required in solid state ampli- fiers, high-vacuum systems, pressurized vessels, avionics equipment and semiconduc- tor manufacturing systems. Varian Canada manufac- turés microwave tubes for various purposes, as well as electronic equipment for medical applications world- wide. According to President Joe Caldarelli, the company has streamlined its production processes over the last sever- al years, freeing factory space to accommodate addi- tional product lines. He said Quality Hermetics’ technolo- gy is complementary to Varian’s activities and its purchase represents a good growth opportunity. tocutt “Here’s the way Trying to find real value these days can be like picking vars way help. through-a maze. Allow us to Just follow the arrows. Start here. Head down to First Choice Haireutters. 1 Mountainview Rd. N. Georgetown 873-1339 You see, FIRST CHOICE Haircutters means value, always has. Fair price, service, convenience, and giving that little b it extra to our customers. And our services are_ guaranteed. Cuts. Styles. Perms. Kidscuts. Colors. Great looks that don’t cost “arm and leg” salon prices. You have a choice. HOURS: monday - Friday 9-9 Saturday 8-5 Sunday 12-5 “The acquisition of Quality Hermetics allows us to better utilize our facilities and make broader use of our engineering capabilities and distribution network,” said Caldarelli. “With Varian’s resources behind the hermiet- ics line, we believe that busi- ness can broaden its markets pie in the next sev- years. Caldarelli added that the Quality Hermetics space will be relocated to Vari Georgetown site at 45 River Drive. The property currently occupied by Quality Hermetics at 45 Hollinger Varian, acquires Toronto company assets Road is not involved in the purchase. Employees willing to relocate will be offered positions at Varian. Varian Canada is a whol- ly-owned subsidiary of California-based Varian Associates, Inc. Varian is a diversified, international, high-technology company with annual sales in excess of $1.3 billion. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., it pro- duces systems and compo- nents for medical, communi- cations, scientific, industrial and defense markets world- wide. Credit River bacteria arousing provincial concern By Oksana Buhel Just north of Halton Hills, the Ministry of Energy and the Environment (MOEE) and Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVCA) are working togeth- er to lower hazardous bacte- ria levels in the Credit River. Alon: (which Hillsburgh and Belfountain), a water quality study — part of the MOEE’s Clean Up Rural Beaches (CURB) Program — determined conta- mination levels of the bacte- tia E-Coli were up consider- ably this summer from the same time last year. “Levels continually exceeded the Ministry of Environment guidelines at most stations,” said CURB coordinator Marta Soucek of the CVCA. Soucek said the bacteria is most commonly found in animal feces. If run- who drinks the water may become susceptible to ear, eye and stomach ailments. CURB will provide finan- BEELINE TRAVEL 112 Main St. S. Georgetown (416) 873-2900 or (416) 874-3063 presents... CANCUN ..the resort is the gateway to the Mayan world. a its lustrous beaches, lined spend the day kayaking, deep-sea fishing, sailing, wind surfing or diving. Sign up for snorkeling cruise to Punta Nizuc just offshore, or a trip to Garrafon at Isla Mujeres, a few miles away. Thanks to ideal conditions Cancun has produced sev- eral world champion board sailors - and competitions, including the National Windsurfing Tournament, are staged there on a regu- lar basis. Out of the water, there’s bicycling, 18-hole golf at the Cancun Golf Course, nee and horseback rid- ee possibilities include spontaneous sight-seeing, guide tours to the ruins on the peninsula and day trips to fabulous places like Xcaret and Tulum. For more. information please call Beeline Travel. cial assistance to landowners in the West Credit to imple- ment remedial measures such as cattle fencing, better manure storage, improve- ments to septic systems and milkhouse washwater dispos- al systems, Although Soucek admitted E Coli is found “all over the alsa: ” only the West specifically Belfountain Conservation Area beach, will be cleaned up. An application was made to have Fairy Lake in Acton cleaned up, but because the area surrounding the lake is rot using a Mn septic sys- m, the application was not cig for Y covincil fund- g 3 Soucek admitted bacteria from the West Credit will flow through Halton Hills, Brampton, Mississauga and eventually into, Lake Ontario, but was puree residents of the mui not in asses situation. “Some of it (E Coli) will settle in the sediment, some will die off, and some will flow into Lake Ontario,” she said. 1 Seer! Hockey Continued from pa; the Metropolitan ee Hockey League) and out of province and out of country — including European tour- ing — teams. Both the Georgetown annual midget tournament the annual Georgetown International Hockey Tournament would have been adversely affect- ea? So would tournaments in Acton hoping to attract Toronto-area teams, and so. cross-border, hockey treks a number of Acton teams make through- out the hockey season. On Nov. *30, Ontario Culture Minister Ann Swarbuck appointed media- tor John Berger to help resolve the problems and amazingly, those involved ci i deal shortly afterwards. : Part of the deal is that every OMHA player will pay $6 for CAHA insurance this season and next season, on top of the $14 each play- er already pays for OMHA coverage. The insurance bugaboo will be re-exam- ined after next season. Also, the OMHA has all lawsuits to once more gain shelter under the CAHA umbrella. re will provide local to. these revelations in nits weekend edition.