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Area parttime farmer challenges Halton official plans definitions The Acton Press Wednesday Nov 3 challenge to definition of bona fide farmer coming from a lime farmer and the slakes are new lots tIard Ninth I is appealing a Land Division Committee I denial of his separation application i part lime I his daughter a wedding present of land land he hoped to split off from his holdings turned down the I ip- plication it i to a line of houses on the Ninth Line houses is called development wlch is something I DC discourages Also the proposed use of the new lot would have been residential not agricultural However as member Joe WiJImott pointed out during the committee Halton Hills meeting November if Lanlk was a bona fide farmer the separation would be granted A farmer can get a retirement lot If been an active farmer for ID years La acquired his land in 1967 A bona fide farmer according to the definition Is Halton s official plan a person who whose principal occupation is tin operation of and whose principal income is from a commercial farm in Halton For the purpose of this definition principal income not Include investment in come agreed at the meeting he is not a full time farmer He said he sells an animal now and then plus enough honey to pay taxes His main occupation is com architecture Hills planning department classes the land as rural The region a planner and the Niagara Escarpment Commission opposed granting the severance property is the east half of Lot 30 Concession The Lanlk application opened up the question regarding what is a bona fide former in and the other question on the prac of the definition member Sheldon termed Ihe official plan definition as ambiguous We still have many excellent farmers however I really think farming is changing rhcre is the part time the hobby farmer Whal they are doing is keeping land in agriculture Speaking or the Lanik application Mrs Sheldon said Whether he is making all us money off it is not important are keeping land in agricultural use neighbor of the Stevens appeared at the LDC meeting to back up the application The Department of Agriculture Milton says BO per cent of the farmers in ore part timers according to Stevens Part lime farming is County know very few larmers he said Two severances were granted to the nearby Martin farm according to Stevens well as a neighboring application for lot feel wide by feet deep Stevens and pointed out what they considered poor use of land by neighbor Milne on Manor Though the IWacre Milne property wa3 bought outright with no separation needed the pair seem to think the contrast between application and the Milne land use demonstrated an injustice Stevens indicated it was remarkable to him that what he called a commercial operation with horses buildings parking and overnight parking is approved by council and yet a private holding is turned down An LDC member com mented the Milne property use is recreational an activity allowed under the official plan indicated the rulings were in consistent It people like me Mr Stevens who are conserving the land he said Not like the neighbor across the road who has a com mereial operation She is using the land and mining the land Twice chairman Brian Fletcher directed Lamk objections to higher authorities Your arguments lie with those who make the official plan 1 don understand the restrictions Lunik replied If we grant this severance we it have six more las in here member Chisholm said On the With Helen The stones of the train derailment and mass evacuation will be heard for there are talcs to x told Many in Acton also have their stories although some are too modest to tell The following people volunteered help at the International Centre Mai ion through the Red Cross T Jens Laustsen John Ken Alice Schrelber and era dine Lewis Bruce Haywood was organizer In Ihe wake of the disaster Regional Police were called to the scene to I evacuate and patrol the empty streets leaving a staff In SF lend to duties here Local constables wit did not go worked round the clock in Acton to assure ice protection Many worked through vacations and days off ihe unsung heroes must be men tioned and thanked for doing their bit w mder hat the green are on various trees around town I these trees have been stricken with one descase or another are slated to be chopped town by Ihe town of Hills DUTCH ELM Dutch Elm Disease Is spread from infected trees to healthy trees by the elm beetle causing wilting of leaves and death to the tree within a few years A cure for Dutch Elm Disease is still being sought by Environ Canada scientists Theres gold in that garbage lit lim Ho hi son is definite mirkel for pin of garbage production according to preliminary report pre pared by Kilborn I for Hit Region Si Lawrence Cement and the Ontario Paper Company have already t interest in eombusliblc waste Irom landfill site to augment boilers as fuel source cement firm in I is prepared to take ill the fuel fraction II tan produce right up the year and I lie waste basically paper would be used to bring kilns up the degree needed lo pro duce ccmenl paper firm is pre pared to take tons of waste per day to old steam production in the piper mill I hi regional Solid Management Study was earlier this year when councillors became concerned at the lack at available landfill sites and the problems of finding enough land for sludge disposal Ihe region went on record as supporting the concept of resource re covery and this was followed by lie luring of Limited to pre pare a master plan on what the region Is to do with mounting garbage as the population e limbs past the 400 mark in the year Hie consultants have found however that a number reports the region has received in Ihe past contained a number inconsistencies which must now be resolved quantities of waste its characteristics ind population estimates form the basis of much of the investigation it is critical that such inform at ion be as accurate as possible the report stoics 1 the marked increase in generation in North America during Ihe s the consultants assume source separation taking out items which can be recycled will form a part of the regions waste recovery legem Kilborn predicts per cent of the new sprint will be recoverable by 1986 and per cent of lerrous metals ill be re covered by 1933 1J500 to 1 J BOO tons of newsprint will be retovered Tins will amount to a gross value or to the report slates By Ihc year firm predicts Halton will be able to recover 350 Ions of metal to tons or gloss and lo ions of newsprint would bring based on current market values 3 total gross revenue of between and St yearly regional Ireasurv Planning Bd critical of proposed pits St is first winner if tlir Mi nil nils Mr wus prisenled with lonelier lumber of Nielsen II tin lime won mil III lug Iftilquitclkklnl Mr Hostel has meeting All members of building Funding and public relations committees If Hilton s Women Place will be meeting Thursday night tomorrow Intheproposedhoslel Milton Any one wishing lo serve omnv of theihon torn welcome to Hills planning board is critical of sec tions of the proposed revisions to the Pits and tjuarnes Control Act known in The Provincial House as Bill One would see the new Pits and Act overrule regional and local official Plans as well as Niagara Escarpment Commission plans Planning board con tends the Official Plan Zoning bylaw should permit the use before Ihe Pits and Quarries Act applies Planning board also endirsed a resolution I rom urging the time for comment on the proposed amendment be from 45 days to days and also urged any further changes in future lo be made to the Aet should also have days notice lie fore implement at ion Councillor Miller termed the proposed Act dictatorship Mario VendUti said it meant the municipality would have no control and would not even be able to put a site plan n the properly Planning board decided six cent per tonne fee suggested in the proposed amendment was not enough and suggested a higher fee lied lo a cost index Planning board found some things favorable in the new Act and were generally in agreement with mist particularly the rehabilitation fund or pits and quarries PRE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Oil Filter Lube Good Uni I F day COMPLETE SERVICE FOR ALL YOUR AUTOMOTIVE NEEDS BRAKES SHOCKS GENERA REPAIRS Government Approved Safety Inspection Station Acton Transmission Ltd 5198532301 387 QUEEN STREET EAST ACTON Rear of Queen Tire Independent Owned and Operated by Acton Transmission Ltd Rev Beaton edits book in i effort to preserve I is past for his Rev Chuck United Acton in the midst of hook lluraee adventures and mis adventures sailing the real ikes for 44 years the senior sailed the lakes 1 many times being captain of brand new ships out f shipyards He sailed for years altogether and his tales lire recorded In From the Rev Itcaton hod intended in write the book himself but after an attempt to get is father lo tell his tales into a tape recorder I ailed It was decided it Farmers are compensated attack lamb lit longing to local I qualifies him for under new provincial regulations Agricultural Representative Henry said Doug house whose farm on mirth Line near five the scene of the attack on a lamb ihe wolf Under new regulations in noun by Lome Henderson Minister of Ihe com for a Iamb killed a has been from 1o200 It higher than before said Mr Mauley but it still ml a fraction of the value of that animal to a farmer It s possible it could be sold for more than that And if it s breeding stock it snot replaceable at all All lhat genetic lineage is gone A farmer may have years trying lo get right sire and dame combination have to have more control of running loose dogs in and in the case of coyotes trapping the answer would be best the form wrote every out hand Conversations with the publisher Boston Mills Press Cheltenham re sulted In the book being a personal account by Mr Beaton and edited by who also wrote a preface and ep ilogue The book has already I ad several delays in printing but should de finitely be off the presses this or next week Acton residents will have a chance to meet the nut and editor a parly at Trinity United Church It was Free Press writ er Jennifer who urged Rev Beaton to get some of his father down in print A grant of WOO from the Ontario Arts helped the two Beat oris with out of pocket ex Hie cider Beaton is years old and has retired His grew up in THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Postal Number0515 LAKEVIEW CENTRE Carpet Smarts Inslallsrs On Stat lit f RICHMOND CORONET VENTURE OZITE CALLAWAY lies HAIR PLACE 21 Mill Street West LORRAINE GOLDEN Proprietor For Christmas New Year Appointments call Lorraine at 85331B6 WHEN THE MERCURY DROPS SO DO OUR PRICES Gibson get nxxe out of life GC541 Gibson portable dish washer A superbly efficient dish washer at a superbly low price Three pushbutton programs Rinse Hold Normal Wali Pots and Pans Hose and power cord storage compart ment 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