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ESCAPE PRACTICE Last week was but week and practised but evacuation safety drill were practising Friday morning at Senior Public School Hie are designed to give the practise at getting out of the bus In a hurry should they be Involved In an accident or If he bus were to catch tire or tall on the train track The drill are to student how to evacuate the bus without panic In an emergency Herald photo by Taylor ICG continues battle against corridor Continued from page Its taken them three months to decide that they going to make a deci sion he added courts certainly havent helped the people The ICG will continue to oppose the corridor Mr Minns said As well as seeking a meeting with Mr group plans to take at least one of Die legal routes open to them although Mr Minns wouldnt specify which one The group has until October to appeal this latest decision Other avenues of appeal still open are an appeal of the OMB decision and taking Ontario Hydro to court to seek to require them to stale their Intentions At the meeting of the land owners Monday Mr Minns said the group voted to take the mayor his word regard ing Ihe grant from the town Mr Minns said in a discus sion with tho ICG executive about the grant Mayor Pete Pomeroy assured him that the money would be used to fight the corridor Mr Minns said the ICO doesnt expect to get any more money from the town but he said the group expects lown to stand behind its com mittment or the The ICG spent about during Its seven year fight for an independent study of the corridor much of it out of the members pockets Mr Minns said Mr Minns said it appears by the Judgement of the court that you have to spend to gel justice He said the court talked about avenues of appeal which the ICG had abandoned seemingly disregarding the fact that some of these slons on the part of the ICG reflected the groups limited resources I dont want to be defeatist but whatever happens to this hydro corridor Ontario Hydro will be to litigation ever their of the land for next 10 to IS years Minns said Liberal energy critic Julian Reed MP for lon Is also seeking meeting with Hydro chairman Hugh who was appointed carry in July GOOD Ifeel this Is one area where I can walk in and go the new chairman who must be very politically sensitive and test his good will Mr Reed said Im going to appeal to him to once again open his mind The only other avenue is the political avenue in other words to change the govern ment he said Our party made a committment for an Independent study as where the lino should go and It wont bo built until then We 11 start with the new chairman and the new mini ster but I think any change will have to come from the new chairman Mr Heed said Ive come lo the conclusion that the energy minister is a paper tiger The Minister of Energy Is totally impotent when it comes to Hydro ho continued only control is through an order In council There is nothing in he Power Corpora tion Act that obliges hydro to enact government policies Mr is a state within a state and the sooner people realize its an empire the better Mayor said the council will listen to what the ICG wants to do and weigh It in the balance with other fac tors and make a decision He said he hasnt seen a copy of the court decision but if the decision soys what Im led to believe It says he would expect a resolution will be brought to council to direct the clerk administrator and the mayor to make the amend ments necessary to permit the construction of the corridor NO ALTERNATIVE There doesnt appear to be any other alternative he sold Regional planning board chairman Roy Booth said be would be disgusted disap pointed and surprised if the town supports the ICG In a further appeal We fought the good fight ho said I was In full support of tho ICG and I really thought they should have a proper hearing The town has Its bylaws and theres no way a corporation should walk all to the OMB but no further I believe in due process of the law but once youve had your day in court you take your licking and go home and forget about it Booth said Thats the process of democracy John Mr Minns said the landowners continue to be re solved to fight the corridor to get their proper day In court He said they dont regard this as a proper hearing because the judges refused to make a decision Were not totally optimistic and blind to the fact that there may be a hydro line Mr Minns said The people rea lize that while theyre not going down with the ship they intend to go on fighting Council gallery is packed as town dumps gravel pits from page 1 Mayor read akud to a packed gallery Monday night also assures the town that regular vehicle inspections will be made that loading time will be restricted to the hours between Sam and and stone crushing operations to between Noting that Construction Ltd which won the new con tract Involving the pit baa been most cooperative accepting MTC directions the letter also pointed out there will be severe penalties Imposed upon any contra cor found bo contravening town bylaws or ministry regula tions Sixth Line residents In attendance at the meeting groaned loudly when one mini stry official announced that between now and some million additional tons of aggregate could be mined at wayside pits In Hills CONFLICTING REPORTS Much of the twohour debate on the Issue centered on con reports of the amount of aggregate remaining in the and other wayside pits with the and officials maintaining that town council was made aware of the extent of resources here as early as last January King Paving and Materials Ltd the contractor which hauled gravel from the area pits for the Trafal gar Road reconstruction pro ject came under Indirect fire because council members recalled hearing the firms representative tell them that lite Odorlco pit was virtually exhausted Last week councillors reel ed upon learning that another tons of gravel Is to be extracted from the wayside pit Some felt betrayed by the province and misled by con tractors and other spokesmen Nevertheless enough ell members balked at a motion by Coun George Maltby aimed at withdrawing approval for the Odorlco application that one of the residents spokesmen urged them to consider a more prac resolution which all could support Even If its rejection of the pit licence is eventually over ruled by the MNR Tony of told members councils firm opposition to the proposed extraction would force the MNRandMTCtocomcoutin the open and define poaitloos Mr Harborow and neighbor Ron Johnson bearing a peti tion signed by all S3 adult residents of Sixth Line between the pit and Sideroad outlined concerns ranging from the operations effects Upon groundwater tables to the noise of crushing and hauling activities PEACE QUIET Mr Johnson told council he moved to the Line more than six years ago in search of pence and quiet and a close ness with nature all features of the rural countryside that have disappeared since the opening of wayside pits along the road Displaying enlarged color photos depicting the visual contrast between untouched areas of the Sixth Line and the wayside pit areas Mr John son quoted from the June edition of Tho Herald in which council members were report ed as assuring rural residents their troubles would soon bo once the limited amount of aggregate in the pits had been removed With estimates of the amount of available gravel being continually revised he said those for endorsing the operations are no longer valid Informed by Coun Miller that the MTC expects another tons of aggregate to be removed from lite Odorlco pit and one other wayside pit nearby during coming months Mr Johnson commented It going to leave my house look ing like Sudbury The petition circulated by Mr Johnson and others sought councils support for a per cent tax reduction for affected homeowners an effective noise control bylaw and another bylaw to allocate general revenue funds for the extension of municipal water services lo the area LOWER WATER Pit operations will continue to lower the area water table reducing or completely stop ping flow of existing wells the petition stated The residents also asked council to have damaged street signs and guard posts replaced to have a geologist appraise amount of avail able aggregate In the area and to use an audio recording device to gather 34hour legal proof of noise levels and duration for use In enforc ing in en I bylaws We have done our shore for the community in pulling up with the noise Inconvenience and exploitation from the pit operations the petition continued Wc strongly urge you Mr Mayor to take Immediate and positive action to close the pit operations forthwith and to take a stand against granting permission for further pit operations on Sixth Line Councils failure to openly oppose the use of local pits for provincial projects regardless of any reluctance which might be shown will always be con as consent by the MNR Mr pointed out Without council endorsement to back them private citizens will never be able to fight such operations In the courts or he said There Is no reason Hills shouldnt follow the example of 30 other Ontario muni ties in forcing the MNR or the ministry of lnvi- ronment to provide a special Inspector Mr Harborow said Such an official could do what municipal enforcement of ft and local police might be unable to do he said by fines for first- time offenders and fines applicable to repeaters REAL POSSIBILITY There is a very real posslbi that mining operations will affect the areas water table Mr Harborow continu ed an accident for which only the contractor and not the province is liable Water flows should be monitored he advo cated and if affected the should be held respons ible Once the realizes that it will save no money by mining on he Sixth Line because additional policing is needed reserve and time limits must be adhered to and any damages must be recovered it will quickly deem the opera lion uneconomical and look elsewhere for aggregate Mr contended Despite Ihe stated belief of official Don Thrasher that local mining operations have yet to strike the water able Mr Johnsons photos showed clear spring water at the bottom of drilled holes on the Sixth Line no roin had fallen In weeks Mr Thrasher assured the residents that any water supplies deleted by the opera lions would be restored by the ministry Mr Thrasher also told Miller that it la within regio nal councils authority to Impose lower speed limits along the road and where grave trucks have reportedly been observed speeding passing on upgrades and hauling uncovered loads PRO VTNCES REACTION Asked what the provinces reaction would be if the town withdrew its support for the use of the wayside pits Dale Scott of the conceded that such a confrontation has never before occurred His ministry would appraise all pertinent aspects of the mat ter be said Including the reasons behind the towns opposition and then decide whether to accept the towns stance or overrule its deel Mr Scott admitted that the MNR Itself if disappointed with the way used handle things Licensing applies tions were processed and approved without any consul tation with the affected muni cipality he recalled largely because It was felt the Niagara Escarpment Commission con trolled the aggregate areas We always do contact the municipalities now and always will ho said So will the We hope there wont be problems like this in the Much of he problems disturbing Sixth Line residents stemmed from the fact that two different ministries were approving operations at the same wayside pit Mr Scott explained Some of he opera tions were subject to no time limitations he added BOOKS LIMITED CMHSrtAH book ACCORDS GIFTS George St 5 Brampton Ont Thieves rob local homes Neighboring houses were Into last week and two motorcycles stolen Both houses arc located on Georgetown A mobll motor assisted bicycle known as a moped from one of the houses Value of the vehicle was estimated valued at 650 was stolen from the other Tw men have been arrestee in connection with a break at he Silver Creek Shell Hon A too box various tools valued at 2000 were stolen as well as in cash A tool box valued at was stolen from the Texaco gas station in in what police believe was a related break In An estimated worth of tools and equipment was taken during a break in in a drive- shed on a farm on Steele Avenue A quantity of drugs was stolen during a break In at Young Pharmacy on Ihe weekend The kind of drugs taken is not known Their Is placed A car parked at the GO train station was broken Into and a cassette stereo and two speak era stolen A car parked George town Golf and Country Club Vandals punctured two five- gallon drums of paint in a bam Concession Damage was estimated at Tho finest In VHFUHF FM Rotors TOWERS Channel Color Heads Aerial Converters Amplifier PROVEN DELHI CHANNEL MASTER BRAND NAMES si mejoChurch ST GEORGES CHURCH Sunday October TRINITY IS Worn HOLY EUCHARIST EUCHARIST CHURCH NURSERY 11 Matins 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