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Give us a Christmas present Miller pleads Town reps fight lonely battle for Region grant by Pool It was the kind of scene that cuts to the heart of s wrong with Regional government Hills councillors standing firm against overwhelming con votes from the rest of The scene was repeated four times last Wednesday afternoon as Burlington Oak vitle and Milton councillors offered little or no support to Hills efforts on three fronts cancellation of plans to hire a fulltime en rerun en inspector for landfill lotions deferral of an interim waste disposal plan so that transfer station system can be examined in detail including the financial woes of Leferink and other gar bagc haulers restriction of the number of waste disposal options can offer the Province in the belief that the fewer alternatives available the more falls on Provincial shoulders Despite feisty efforts by the four Hills councillors present Mayor Miller Dave Whiting Jake and Mike Armstrong council launched its interim plan earmarking BOO in its 1305 waste disposal budget in the event that a Regional landfill site is still not ready by 19B7 Chief precaution will be the trucking of garbage to the Occidental Energy From Waste plant in Niagara Falls New York A portion of the solid waste produced here will be incinerated in a power production plant to reduce the amount of garbage being burled at Halton only remaining landfill in Burlington But any progress Regional council makes on the waste management problem con to be fraught with controversy Admitting he and other Hills representali were simply still trying to obtain a 12390 Regional subsidy for the Towns transfer station operation Mayor Miller told council he was struggling to keep his composure pleaded with colleagues to us a Christmas present t think you people are being fair at all he complained again and again Im really upset about this Armstrong just as upset if not more so The people Hills are getting a little and tired of having to pay twice Tor waste disposal If you think the mayors mad I am also he said so start changing jour tune or else we will We re supposed to be here in a spirit of co operation but 1 am rapidly losing my spirit of cooperation The Hills reps were Still smarting two weeks after Regional council vetoed a recommendation by its planning and public works commit that would have granted the Town to offset rising operational costs at the transfer station on Armstrong Ave Higher expenses have forced haulage companies such as Disposals to raise tipping fes for rural residents and industries bringing loads of garbage to the Station As a result theyre losing customers and suffering financial losses The Town s Regional councillors hoped to gain support for reconsideration of the grant by trying to stall progress on other waste management efforts long enough for specific problems to be reconsidered Their losing battle started with the first in a series of recorded votes when council decided 174 against deferring recruitment of a environmental inspector as Miller suggested Armstrong went with the majority on that Issue leaving Miller Kuikcn and Whiting with the support of only Burlington Barry Miller next sought to postpone the Interim waste disposal plan Armstrong again left hut Halton Hills colleagues to stand alone this time without a help Council voted 183 to launch the interim plan with a BOO budget share and to hire Equipment Incorporated of Streetsville to truck tonnes of waste a day to the Occidental EFW In Falls Feb through April and again i December and 100 tonnes a day the balance of the year The same motion will see Regional staff explore a proposal by Leferink to truck about tonnes of Hills garbage per day directly to Occidental bypassing the Burlington landfill genera imager John G Wesson told this newspaper that his tractor trailers need a New York State transport permit before they can Join Jarsno a fleet on the roads Armstrong next tried a short cut iiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiil REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD REALTOR GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8774173 One Hundred and Tenth Year Issue 24 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26 GEORGETOWN romuc TRUCKS 8770149 1 Twenty Two Pages Thirty Cents Winning bakeoff recipe She takes the cake Jim Thompson of Acton entered his mother Irene in the Christmas Cake Bakeoff and much to her surprise she won It recipe that been in her family for years and years Mrs Thompson told the Free Press My mother used this recipe when I was a little girl The Mount Forest resident won a Portable Gas Grill from Acton Second place winner Pat Hatch won a food voucher and third place winner Dorothy Roach won a fruit basket Mrs Thompson agreed to share her prize winning recipe with Free Press readers The night before combine pounds pounds currants although Mrs Thompson said she used Very 11 1 tie currents 1 pound nuts walnuts and pecans fruit redandgreen glazed cherries 1 cup flour In the morning mix to 1 cup flour tip cinnamon l tap cloves 1 mace cup cherry juice 1 pound butter cup strong black coffee 1 dozen eggs 1 whole lemon grated use peel and juice Combined the above with the fruit and bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 24 hours Mayor Miller judged the finalists and found Mrs Thompson s recipe to be irresistible Good luck in Norway See page Car sideswiped A 1975 Oldsmoblle Cutlass was side- swiped and forced onto the shoulder by a hit and run driver on near the Town Line last Wednesday The car drivtn by yearold Robert Davidson of Acton received TOO damage when an oncoming car attempting to pass another vehicle hit the Cutlass and con tlnued on There was no description of the hit and run car Blood clinic Thursday the season to be giving Blood The gift of life r u Christmas is traditionally a troublesome time for Toronto area hospitals struggling to meet higher than usual demand for blood The Acton unit of the Red Cross Society urges you to share your Christmas spirit and help the situation by donating blood at a local clinic tomorrow Thursday Dec at the Acton Legion Please take the time to help save someone life to 30 For more information please phone Alice Schreiber at fatality Corrosion found under catwalk Or tan Bant la It My goodbye to the that taw him honored aa In com unitys most noteworthy cltlian when ha and ring In iho Now Year at old Town Hall Monday night Rick Bonnetta who wiped fallow Town Councillor John McDonald traditional Yaar a Eva calftbrttlona taking place In Acton and will also on hand lor a round of nalghboriy good cheer and hotchocotata Undetected corrosion on the underside of a catwalk was the reason for its collapse according to PJ Raleigh chief engineer with Ltd who testified at the inquest into the death of Donald Colbert at Ltd October The five person coroner a jury Tuesday evening recommended extensive of all catwalks by qualified personnel and repairs replacement cleaning and painting with special attention to corrosion when necessary The jury consisting of William Sad dington Lance Wagner Beryl Carter John and Stefan Macdonald suggested the conveyor belt system be redesigned to prevent accumulations of rock spilling over on to the catwalks Witnesses had testified the rock or stone frequently piled up on the catwalks to a depth of six to eight Inches The jury also urged regular inspection reports on all safety aspects regarding catwalks be logged and action taken 1m mediately by the safety committee Safety barriers should be available to employees to restrict access to hazardous areas and the Ministry of Labor inspectors should enforce the Occupational Health and Safety Aspects of the regulations more diligently said the coroner a jury BIA opposed anyway Wood Confusion on parking meter vote clears to find proposal forgotten MOVE OVER LASSIE Winston and Lucy two champion Springer Spentts by Bring ol Acton toon In hundreds of homes on ths front naw Dog Food package Brigs was took does to Toronto for tt photo a low tore naw bo out mm Him In January Mra has bean showing dog lor Contrary to what the Free Press reported last week the Town will not be consulting Acton Business Improvement Area directors about a proposal to Install parking meters downtown It wasn all that clear Councillor Dave Whiting acknowledged after being asked by the Free Press about the confusion More than one reporter at the Dec 11 council meeting was misled and other observers also drew the wrong conclusion when the vote was taken said What happened mfact was that Ward three councillors Whiting Rick Bonnctte and Ross Knechtel recruited enough sup port among colleagues to kill the parking meter proposal outright Town staff had recommended checking with the merchants and professionals first before making a decision Whiting introduced a motion to delete the anditcarriedWwtththehelpof Jake Kinken and Peter Norton of Ward and Phil Carney of Ward 3 There was thus no motion on the floor pertaining to Acton and the Ward l made It clear that they re not about to support any Town Initiative to install meters on Mill and Main Sis Saying Town bylaw enforcement officer Jack Lusty visited him the week previous to suggest meters might be a good Idea for told the Free Press he sure whether the would endorse the of installing them or Join councillors AS Cause of death was found to be massive Internal injuries and bleeding from a large laceration in the aorta according to testimony by Robert Longfleld He pointed out could have been done for Colbert At the inquest conducted by Coroner Macintosh Assistant Crown Attorney Jack Belleghem described Steve Levellle of Acton as the brave young man who risked his life trying to save Colbert Levellle explained he Colbert and Fred Newell were cleaning atone off the con veyor belt while standing on the catwalk when he felt the catwalk give way Colbert was hanging on to the bottom rail and Newell was about five feet away Don said he hold on any longer since he had a weak arm from an operation so I moved over and wrapped my legs around his chest while holding on the the rails behind me Newell tried to reach him but pull him up so he told Newell to go for help Don said he couldn t hold on and I t hold him much longer so he let go and we both went down Levellle said he landed on his left aide with Don beside him Receiving no answer from Don checked his pulse and put his ear to his chest but found no response Levellle received multiple bruises and cracked ribs in Lie foot fall Forensic toxicologlst Joel Mayer of the Centre of Forensic Sciences testified there and no alcohol In the urine but said he found traces of cannabis commonly known aa marijuana in the urine He said the marijuana would have no effect on Judge or balance since It had been taken three to seven days before the accident Witnesses one after the other said they did not feel the section of catwalk that Continued on page A3