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www.independentfreepress.com Food For Thought program gets help from local restaurant 50 cents (+GST) Vol. 130 No. 14 THE INDEPENDENT Home, Lawn & Garden special section Page 8 4-pages Wednesday, June 20, 2007 44 Pages Circulation 21,220 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper INSIDE Karaoke singers give it their all Page 15 Council likely to say no to energy-fromwaste facility MELANIE HENNESSEY Special to The IFP Local environmentalists were all smiles last week after a regional committee unanimously supported taking the controversial energyfrom-waste (EFW) proposal off the table-- at least for now. After hearing from the residents largely concerned with the negative health and environmental impacts the facility could have, the planning and public works committee endorsed a motion that says the Region won't become the proponent for EFW now, but rather five years down the road. It also calls for staff to work with other area municipalities and the Province to develop and implement effective waste reduction and diversion initiatives that promote environmental sustainability. Regional council will BARBARA consider the recommendaHALSALL tion today (Wednesday) at its regular meeting. The resolution is along the same lines as one suggested by Halton Hills-based Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources (POWER), which appeared before the committee to urge councillors to rethink going ahead with the EFW concept. Barbara Halsall, past president of POWER, emphasized incinerators destroy materials that must then be replaced, in turn producing more waste. "If I burn a piece of paper instead of recycling it, someone has to manufacture a new piece of paper from raw materials," she said. "This is tremendously wasteful because manufacturing one tonne of paper creates 98 tonnes of waste products." See TIME, pg. 4 REFINANCING? PURCHASING? St. Brigid shines at Catholic schools meet Page 21 Editorial 6 Rick Bonnette 7 Calendar 18, 20 Sports 21-24 Classifieds 25-27 FRIDAY... The supervisor of a local nursery school is retiring Friday after 38 years of looking after thousands of local children. For details see Friday's paper. For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Pretty as a picture C.J. Geissler of Rockwood takes a snapshot of a souped up Mercedes Benz at the annual Classics Against Cancer car show held Sunday at Cedarvale Park. The 20th anniversary of the show drew 229 cars and more than 2,000 car fans. The event raised more than $14,000 with all proceeds going to Cancer Assistance Services-Halton Hills. Photo by Yves Desjardins GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2007 CHEVROLET AVEO SEDAN 2007 KIA SPECTRA CALL THE GEORGETOWN 1-866-364-0697 or HEADQUARTERS 905-877-7818 0 % FINANCE 1.6 Litre DOHC, 5 Speed Transmission, AM/FM/CD/MPS, P185 14", Front & Rear Floor Mats. Stk #065260 *Frt., admin., taxes & license fee extra ** Lease based upon 48 mo., 80,000 free km, frt., 1st, admin., taxes, lic. fee due on signing $ 12995* yes $19700** yes 46 MPG excludes frt per month No Money Down per gallon 0.9% Variable BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist *Rate subject to change GEORGETOWN CHEVROLET 33 MOUNTAINVIEW, GEORGETOWN (JUST NORTH OF HWY. #7 ON MOUNTAINVIEW) 905-877-6944 (905) 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 877-1490