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BEST AVAILABLE COPY February is key month for Acton dump proposal Halton Hills residents will have jto wait until the end of February to get a better idea whether or not Ac ton will get a landfill when provincial govern ministry of environment will release an outline of its con cerns about the Reclamation Systems Incorporated s proposal to build a dump just south of Acton near a plainer told an audience of about 50 Wednesday night The full report is expected to be released by the end of March Mr Tim Sharp told those attending the general meeting of Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources a citizens group fighting the dump The minister of environment James Bradley will use the report to decide one of three things accept the proposal send the proposal to an En vironmental Assessment Board public hearing at which time POWER and the rest of the public can argue the proposal ask the proponent to conduct fur research on the proposal This third option means the minister finds key points of the proposal inadequate said Mr Sharp He expects the proposal to go In Business For Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services I St Georgetown 8771 RIDAL Florists 877e901 Canadian finalist The project calf Allan Dynasty Twinkle shown with Georgetown teenager Michael Large 15 is being considered for the All Canadian champion in the Heifer calf class Number one is how Michael describes the calf chances at taking the title Allan Dynasty Twinkle is one of six nominated There are calves representing the provinces of Ontario Quebec and Alberta The winning calf will be announced Feb 15 Refer to Page for story RASPERS CORNER OF ST Join Us Super Bowl Sunday for Some Great Fun from Noon On before a public hearing and so does RSI said Mr Sharp The board has taken a very tough line on garbage disposal pro posals in making sure they abide by all parts of the Environmental Assessment Act said Mr Sharp The beauty of the act is that it considers not only the technical aspects of a proposal but also all others however remote said Mr Sharp If the dump potentially affects the water supply 20 miles away this will be taken into account he said Mr Sharp will decide if criteria RSI used to select the Acton site over others was rational reasonable and logical He has to decide whether the chosen hard rock quarry site is the best of other alternative sites such as a heavy soil landfill site or a sand and gravel site About 30 reports from related review agencies including the re cent technical report will be used to assess the proposal under theEAA said Mr Sharp The 68page technical report is highly critical of seven areas of the RSI proposal including surface water impacts ground water site design land use socioeconomic impacts blastingand air quality Audience members expressed concern that if the RSI proposal is rejected another proponent could make a proposal for the Acton site and start the process all over again This possibility would depend on how much damaging evidence is in the report There is no legal way of stopping another group from ing a proposal but if the RSI pro posal is rejected its unlikely this would happen RSI has conducted extensive research so if it can t prove it is a viable site it s unlikely another proponent could he said FREE DISTRIBUTION Regional Police SATURDAY JANUARY 27th 1990 28 PAGES District One surpasses its crime solving goals B the Herald The per cent goal for solving crimes in District One of the Halton Regional Police was not on reached but surpassed Staff Sergeant Mike Eacrett said The goal was set by the police of ficers early last year and at the end of the year per cent of all of Hills and Milton s crimes were solved Staff Sgt said statistics Another category possession of stolen property was also affected in a similar way he said Forty cases were cleared although only 42 cases were reported last year The excess clearances were probably cases from he ex plained although this year statistics show over per cent solved Seventy five per cent of the rob beries in the district were solved Staff Sgt said nine of the cases were cleared Auto thefts were solved half of the time There were 67 clearances from cases Theft over produced 34 clearances from cases Staff Sgt Eacrett said the goal for this offence was only 20 per cent and Cont don Paget ISA SUH Sergeant Police Com mi Oder MIKE EACRETT RICHARD While there were no murders last year both of the attempted murders were cleared through the offices of District One which includes Hills and Milton Staff Sgt said Almost per cent of the sexual offences that occurred In the area were cleared he noted This means of the 39 sexual offences were solved or suspects have been apprehended There were assault cases last year of which were cleared for almost a per cent figure All but one of the 103 domestic assault cases were cleared said Staff Sgt Eacrett He noted the one that was not cleared probably hap pened in late December and was or will be cleared in the new year and therefore did not make the 1989 Catholic teachers board settle contract dispute The Halton Roman Catholic School Board will be voting on a twoyear contract that was ratified by the Halton English Teachers Catholic Association Jan 23 The school board will have their negotiators recommendation to ratify the agreement when they vote on Jan Steve Balough the board senior administrator for human resources said The teachers ratified the agree ment by a vote of per cent in favor and 32 per cent opposed to the contract the association chief negotiator Jerry Keyes said Mr Keyes said the Halton catholic teachers will now be paid the same as their public school counterparts The agreement states a new teacher with only a university degree and no experience will make a starting salary of Mr Keyes said There are also salary ranges reaching up to a teacher having 12 years of experience and an upper salary limit of 286 Mr Keyes said The contract also states that per cent of the job benefits will be paid for by the board he added Specifically in the second year of the contract class sizes will be altered to a limit of 30 students in an advanced level class 26 students in a general level class and 24 students in a basic level class Mr Keyes said The teachers will also receive an increase in pay similar to the Consumer Price Index Mr According to Mr anothercreated several commit tees to took at the organization of the school day The twoyear agreement is retro active to the beginning of this school year Sept 1 Mr said Both negotiating teams appear to be satisfied with the contract Mr noted there is viously a large group of teachers who are not happy with it but a majority of our teachers are hap py with it Both negotiators noted that the board still has to approve the agreement before it goes into feet few grin In Horn JiBRMm Roily Distinction Inc Realtor MEMBER BROKER 112 Main St S Georgetown Corner Church Main 8731881