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Page THE HERALD Wednesday a 1M0 Lake Ontario Cement given reprieve by town Pending the results of negotia tions between Lake Ontario Ce ment officials and Halton Region over the reconstruction of Regional Road 9 the Town of Halton Hills has not yet laid charges of building without a town permit against the Halton Hills ce ment block plant The towns building inspector Ron Shettel said the town was to have laid charges under the On tario Building Code against the plant located at Regional Road and Highway 25 on Aug 2 and issue a stop work order The town has decided to wait until negotia tions between the Region and the cement plant end before issuing a stop work permit He said it ap peared the company and Halton Region were not going to settle a disagreement as to whether the company or the region would reconstruct the strip of Regional Road which runs adjacent to the plant site However Regional Commis of Public Works Robert Moore said negotiations with the current plant officials are pro and said an agreement is expected to be reached by today Wednesday Regional Road must be reconstructed in conjunction with the plant being built said Mr Shet tel because of the expected in crease in truck traffic that will result upon completion of the plant The roads current state is inadequate to handle more traffic than the existing amount he said Halton Hill Council approved the cement block construction on the condition that Halton Region was satisfied Regional Road was reconstructed in accordance with the Regions standards Mr Shettel said he was set to lay charges Tuesday as early as day morning until officials from the Region Public Works Depart menl called him Friday afternoon and told him a deal between the Region and the company was pen ding Lake Ontano Cement originally had a tentative agreement with Region that the Region public works department would reconstruct the road at the com Halton Hills farmers getting tax rebate The province s 1190 farm tax rebate program is more equitable to Halton Hills farmers than it was last said the president of the Halton Federation of Agriculture Hirr Brander Unlike the version of the program which pitted area farm owners against each other this year s program fulfills the original intent of the program when it was started in said Mr Brander The rebate program was design to reimburse that portion of the farm owners proper taxes not applicable to town In other words farm land need schools police protection or fire service explained Mr This year as was the cabe in previous except 1989 all farm owners whose land produces a minimum of worth of pro duce will receive 75 per cent rebate for applicable municipal tax land and farm buildings said Mr Branuer This system is more equitable he said because the pro gram doesn t discriminate against farm land owners who have cant outside incomes Last year the amount of rebate farmers received depended on how much thev earned in outside in come per That meant those farmers whose land grosses at least in produce and made less than in outside income would be eligible for the full rebate If a farm owner made between and S60 in farm income were ehgi hie to receive the rebate minus five per cent Those farmers who made more than in farm in come were iniligibk for the rebate Mr Brander irgues this change in the program altered the whole intent of the program It wasn a it was then to an injustice m the tax he Mr also predicted if the 1989 version was allowed to con some farm owners would have become discouraged and sold their land At the time the government in the version of the program the provinces Mimstrv of Agriculture and Food argued that some farm ow ners w ho ere receiv the rebate w ere not bona fide farmers But in a recent statement the Minister of Agriculture and Food David said that all owners of farm proper in agriculture production should be treated equalh The program s focus is on land in agriculture pro duction he said Although satisfied with the cur rent program Mr Brander said the would be completeh equitable if farmers received a per cent rebate But he predicted this wouldn happen expense said Halton Region Commissioner of Public Works Robert Moore The com pany at that time thought the cost of the road would be approximate ly he said That figure was the initial estimate of only the reconstruction costs of the road itself It didnt account for the cost of relocating utilities and buying some property all of which must first happen in order that the road may be reconstructed explained Mr Moore When these additional costs were factored into the equation Halton Region told the company it would need If the road cost less would reimburse the ce ment company the difference said Mr Moore Keith George a Project manager for the cement company said the company believed the figure was too high so it backed out of the tentative agree ment it had with the Region We wanted to try it ucting the road ourselves said Mr George Mr Moore said the Region was open to Lake Ontario Cement reconstructing the road as long as it met the Region s standards Mr George believes the com panv can do the reconstruction cheaper than the Region estimate because We re the in the business of building roads he He acknowledged utilities might have to be relocated and property to reconstruct the road but tic was still optimistic the could do the reconstruction cheaper lie plan for the cement block plant calls for the plant and office facilities on 23 acres of DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TH Denture Therapist Mill St Georgetown 8778974 East Dr Bramalea Comer ft East Or 7912314 Bring The Family Play Mini Golf in a Scenic Gordon Setting MiniGolf Holes Gift Shop Garden Cafe 519 8532480 TUITMANS GARDEN CENTRE fJwy2SKm South at ACTON 00 SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE FASHION EYEWEAR AT AFFORDABLE PRICES OF Off 25 OFF 2nd Pal Eye Examinations Arranged Call FAMILY OPTICAL 232 Guelph St Unit 8 it MounUinvtew GEORGETOWN Behind the Royal Bank atP J S S O Jim Dandies continue with winning streak By BETTY SOJKA The Jim Dandies continued with their winning streak this week by beating both the Marauders and ReMax The two games were similar in the way the Dandies got a good lead early in the game which protected the wins when they had a couple of bad innings later on June Longstreet was unanimous ly voted Most Valuble Player on Thursday nights game when she blasted ball after ball into the out field sending in those needed runs June also excelled in right field where she speedily retrieved the balls coming her way Elaine Bowman was another one whose powerful hits made it for both Marauders and ReMax to grapple and achieved doubles for herself Deep outfield was where Martin hit to earn herself a that knick- ed other runners in also made a spectacular running catch while playing centre field Thursdays game against ReMax was particularly exciting for the large group of spectators Many outs were made with infield plays to first base and a few at se cond when players tried to steal The ladies are entered in two tour naments with the first being on Aug 10 in Georgetown The following weekend the Dan dies will be in It is hoped that their winning streak and IBallinafad News strong hitting will carry through these tournaments Maureen Halpenny will dress in a Jim Dan dies uniform to join her former teammates for the Georgetown tournament when she is up for a visit from her home in Smith Palls Just a reminder for folks to buy their tickets for the Beach Party Dance on August Prizes will be given out for the best beach out fits At a cost of per person tickets can be purchased at the Ballinafad General Store Anyone wishing to receive the Ballinafad monthly newsletter should contact Betty Sojka at or leave your name and address at the Ballinafad General Store The Hall Board is currently evaluating quotes received to paint the community centre ft is hoped that the hall can be painted during the latter part of August Call Karen Smith at 2771 if 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