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rtheRERALDl WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1975 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Norval group wants lease Not willing to give up and determined to fight to tic end the Community Association is presently drafting another proposal to be presented to the County Board of Education concerning the leasing of the closed Public School The town of Hills could not agree with the terms In the original lease drawn up by the board and with much regret told the Norval association that the lease could not bo accepted However Norval residents are not going to let this stop them Julian Reed a member of the Community Association in charge of negotiations concerning the closed school explained that hopefully the board of education will agree to lease the school and the grounds to the community association Needless to say said Mr Reed the Community Association and tbe residents of Norval experienced great disappointment when the lease was rejected by the town However he explained that he could understand why the town was forced not to accept the proposed leasing arrangements Im convinced that the board wants every pound of flesh in terms of getting the full retail price for the school and tbe grounds and that the town can t see fit to pay that price I sympathize with the town on that point The appraised value of the property was baaed on the fact that the zoning would be changed however the zoning was not changed so the value appraised is not cmate Weve been trying to tell the board that the property was already paid for by the tax payers before regional government was f Til the tax payers would pay twice for the property I do understand that there has to be same type of i money transaction but not the amount that has been set further Mr Reed He expressed disappointment with the decisions made and with the Board of Education I very disappointed for the soke of the people in Novol We had a program set up for the summer we sent Randy Fin Hey to a leadership training our expense- and all this evaporated because of the of a few people It b tbe same type of garbage we ve been dealing with for the past four years We thought we had it In the bag But this has been a continuous happening we think we are getting somewhere then someone stomps on us ft Mr Reed s main with the board was that the members are only thinking of themselves and neglecting the needs of the residents think that the board has forgotten that there are people down here I have lost oil faith In that type of remote control govern ment The thing which the school board has to realize is that hey can keep imposing policies on people without some elasticity There is no compassion or thought of the people affected by these policies he con eluded Georgetown welcomes Mexican visitors Nothing like good Canadian pizza GOOD OLD FASHIONED CANADIAN POOD After the reception was over Lorraine Boll an tine Wm Bill Margot and Lewis Humphries enjoyed the great Canadian custom of takeout food with their guest Ellas Morcado Town considers selling Reservoir to CVCA The Reservoir unique parcel of Ontario fauna and natural life located In the Silver Creek area could become prominent provincial wildlife area if the town should decide to soli the property to the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Two years ago the town attempted to sell the acres to the for per acre Petition to have dam removed A petition calling for the removal of the Paper Mill Dam from the Credit River Is now being circulated Herald outdoors writer Bob in todays Ontario Outdoors column located elsewhere in this paper reports that he has begun to circulate the petition throughout Georgetown One hundred of those people voicing on opinion will go a long way to showing the feeling of the people in general in regards to the Credit River dams Rivers are owned by the people dams by Individuals or companies Sometimes a dam is owned or maintained by a town or city council If this Is the case then a letter or word to those In authority could do the Job Mr Ollivicr stated Copies of the petition calling for the removal of the dam will be located In the Herald office at Main Street South North Sports or by calling Mr The venerable art but the province through the ministry of natural resources thought the price too high and turned down the offer S then however there have been changes in attitudes on both sides The ministry of natural resources with some behind the scenes pushing from the Garden Club of Hamilton who would like to see the area preserved might be willing to reconsider the price Now the town would like to take a second look at the property and possibly the price it has set on the land The general ad ministration committee will be taking a tour of the land in the near future to see what they have on their minds and what they feel It now worth Councillor Len Coxe admitted that In all honesty I don think that land has gained a great deal of value strictly because it on the escarpment If it any indication the Region Conservation Authority has just closed a deal on a piece of escarpment property for per acre Indications are that the ministry of natural resources might be itTa Councillor Ernie noted that the town was hopeful that the property could be sold to the CVCA complete freeing Halton Hills from any of being the Georgetown the garbage centre of north benefitting municipality That way we would have nothing to do with it whatsoever Mayor Tom Hill chairman of the CVCA parks and recreation advisory committee explained that if the ministry accepts the offer on the town terms the authority would be eligible for a percent grant He cautioned that people were still drawing water from the reservoir and would have to be considered in the negotiation To that Councillor Ernie replied that when the suggestion of developing The Rescr voir as a wildlife area was first proposed two years ago a study showed that the water supplies from it would not be affected Until the general administration com mlttcc tours site however the fate of The Reservoir will remain up in the air Your Morning Smile Can you describe the man who hit you Sure officer thats what I was doing when he hit me Food stores open on Sunday The personnel and finance committee will recommend to council next week that all food stores in Hills be allowed to stay open seven days week The committees decision however is not so much their final decision but perhaps their only method to solve the problem of what stores should be allowed to stay open in town on Sunday That question has been plaguing the committee for the past three weeks Councillor Pat McKcraie in recom mending the idea to council noted that he was doing it basically to get the matter before council where a possible alternative solution to the problem might be found Committee chairman Harry Levy sup ported the suggestion This would then be permissive tlon and not prohl bltlve If stores like IGA or wanted to open on Sunday they could If they dicta t want to they t have to The committee members bad noted that several other businesses such as car dealerships and barber and beauty shops could legally open under present municipal legislation but because of agreements among owners of such businesses they chose not to open their doors on Sundays Food stores would be Included in that list of businesses permitted to operate In Halton Hills seven days a week This list also In eludes drug stores confectionery stores dcltcatessans form Implement stores gas and service stations and milk stores Defining exactly what a milk or con venience store is created Monday nights lengthy discussion According to a report from the town solicitors a milk store Is legally one In which TO percent of the business consists of the sale of either milk or milk by products A lot of stores have been hiding under the title convenience stores said Councillor Ernie noting specifically the Mac Milk store in Georgetown Moore Park Plata That a now a general supermarket not just a milk store he said It was because of such stores as that he added some of the larger supermarkets la Georgetown have decided to try to open on Sunday also Two weeks ago the supermarket on Street was charged by regional police for staying open on Sundays Georgetown bylaws are being adapted to apply throughout the entire town creating over the question of what Is the difference between a convenience or milk store and a general store such as those serving smaller villages such as Speyside and Hornby It s simply a matter of not having an exact definition of what convenience stores are said Councillor Sykes I would be in favor of it being more restrictive If we could spell out what stores could remain open and what those stores could sell The entire matter will now come before town council next Monday night com mlttcc members noted that Input from merchants groups had so far been minimal GETTING AN EARLY START Is Bill early morning commuters at the Go Station Johnson candidate In the up- Tuesday while Archie Brown former federal Coming election candidate looked on Georgetown s going to be the garbage centre for north Halton and while en vlronmentalists are not particularly con with the growing problem politicians from Milton Acton and Georgetown definitely are Municipal representatives from those centres have all expressed their concerns about plans formulated by the region of to use Georgetown s landfill site to dump garbage from north Halton three urban centres Already Milton annually dumps 3 ZOO tons of garbage in the Georgetown site and as of September 1 Acton will begin shipping its garbage here also The possible overuse of the Georgetown dump has spurred some local officials to call for a waste management study for Kills The study according to those of would be aimed at avoiding the premature filling of the Georgetown site as well as fin ding more economical and environmentally acceptable methods of disposing of north waste It is hoped that before the Acton dump Is officially closed that we will hove set the wheels In motion explained Councillor Len Coxe Cost for the study into proper waste management will be paid for by the ministry of environment with the actual pi omenta tlon of the plan being the rcspon slbillty of the region One of the main objections to sporting the garbage to the Armstrong Avenue site Is the high cost No official estimates have been released although predictions based upon figures of the Burlington operation Indicate costs con be as high as per ton compared to the to costs Incurred when local landfill sites are available The recent McLaren report vetoed by regional council due to the lack of fill for the proposed Milton quarry site will be followed shortly by a second report outlining further probable sites in the area that could serve the needs of Milton and perhaps north Halton We can release the locations indicated In the report yet but there will be public meetings before any action is taken ex plained Councillor Coxe Councillor Coxe lives in Ashgrove one of the sites suggested in an earlier report as being suitable for a landfill operation While serving the people of prior to regional government Councillor Coxe would have not been In favour of using the quarry site as a landfill operation but now that the boundaries have been redefined It Is now within the town of Milton and Councillor Coxe would be in favour of such a move You should keep your garbage at home furthered Councillor Coxe I am opposed to central processing due to the costs of handling the garbage Land and people plus the equipment to provide efficient waste disposal are ex pensive no matter where the location is but there is no need to add to the problem with undue distance The high cost of the lengthy Journey that must be paid for by the taxpayer Is one of the concerns of Joe Hurst representative of Acton and chairman of the towns works committee We must dump where the region says to dump explained Councillor Hurst The present site Is filled to capacity but we must put the garbage somewhere Until region begins recycling all garbage produced within Its boundaries there must be sanitary landfill sites Without centralization there can be no economical and successful recycling program stated John Mitchell of Pollution Probe Pollution Probe while concerned about the increased volume of waste being handled at the Georgetown site are more concerned with the location of the new dump and the methods by which the existing and future dumps will be operated When the Georgetown site was selected according to Mr Mitchell It was expected to serve the needs of the community for ten years With the added load of Milton and Acton plus the growth of Georgetown itself Mr Mitchell foresees three years before Georgetown site will be full Perhaps then Georgetown will be in the same situation as Milton No matter where you put the dump no one wants it near them concluded Coun 111 or Coxe There is no such thing as a sanitary landfill operation but until we can recycle everything there must be some way of handling waste of shaking hands MAIN STREET CAMPAIGNING Is part of Conservative candidate for getting elected Gary Dawkina Progressive Burlington greets Bob