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For Meat That Does More Than Compete SEOURADONPAG LIVING LIGHTING Hwy 7 Georgetown Mon ATI OHM So day Guessing game winners Showing off the books they won Park Public open to all students and staff who were required School annual contest are left to guess the number of new books in the five boxes right Mark Mills from the Junior Division Laura behind the winners The exact number was 214 which Page and Lindsay Sproule from the primary division Laura and Lindsay guessed Herald by Lisa School librarian Rob Burnett said the contest was Boonstoppel Pot Comments from Snowmobilers raise community ire Snowmobilers travelling in Ac ton and Georgetown have raised the ire of many residents who been calling Regional Police and inquiring about laws governing the activities of the machines in the area It seems the extra snow this year is bringing the snowmobiles back into town said Staff Sergeant Mike Kingston Were getting a lot of calls asking us what snowmobiles can and can not do One of the most common ques tions asked is if snowmobiles can operate on sidewalks Sergeant Kingston said they absolutely cannot according to a Town of Hills by law stating no person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle on any sidewalk boulevard all parts of the highway park or median strip within the town boundaries Sergeant Kingston said they will allow to drive a short distance on the road if they need to reach a certain destination But once the driver has arrived there they cannot scoot down to the corner store or travel on roadways for fun This is called ingress and egress in the by law If there is a flagrant violation From the publisher Halton Hills Herald publisher Bob Malcolmson announced to day that The Herald available at stores and news dealers will now cost 25 effective Wednesday January 30 1991 The price adjustment will not affect home delivery of the Herald It will remain free to all residents of Halton Hills who have home delivery Mr Malcolmson felt it was time to give news dealers a return on their investment All the stores he stated have car ned the Herald as a convenience to their customers for many years With rapidly escalating costs in newsprint and other related sup plies such as ink The Herald has found it necessary to charge for single copies at it s dealers and He further stated this will assist the environment by allow The Herald tighter control of single copies at each location thereby cutting down on ing of paper Mr felt the 25t charge was not out of line and after completing a survey of the found that all local and area newspapers are charg ing over per copy of the by law we II give them a ticket but if it s done inadvertent ly well try to point them in the right direction said Sergeant Kingston Some of the other restrictions the by law include no snowmobiiing anywhere within the corporation of the town of Hills at any time except between 7 a m and Monday through Saturday and am to 11 p on Sun days As well snowmobile drivers must have fluorescent safety antennae not less than five feet on their sled if they dnve on a highway or public property Other rules not listed the by law include the machine must be insured the driver must have a valid driver s license or a snowmobile operator s license and war a helmet These are listed in the Ministry of Transportation Snowmobile regulations An Inside Look Poke Owl Opfnton PIT Monty Mitten Busmen P19 Legion Urns Spom PS Community Service Eirtertfnment P28 P9 Editorial Artstteas Forum P10 12 Tier Georgetown resident Captain David Deere 30 whose parents still reside in Hills is part of the multi national United Nations force involved in the Persian Gulf War against Iraq and its leader Saddam Hus Deere is piloting one of the contingent of Canadian CF 18 jet fighters now actively in in the actual air battles Monday morning as part of the CBC National News Radio net work broadcast at 8 a m Capt Deere was interviewed by Qatar based CBC reporter Mike Horn brook The Halton Hills Herald was able to obtain a tape of the inter view with Capt Deere and the following are comments made by Captain Deere to CBC reporter Mike Hornbrook didn t ask any specific questions but let Deere expand on a number of related subects Comments of Capt Deere Once you are actually in the jet doing your job all you do is spend 100 per cent of your concen tration trying to do your job to the best of your ability If they the Iraqis cross the line then we go ahead and get them out Either push them away by just scaring them or actually shooting them down CAPT DEERE You go up there the adrenalin is pumping you do your job and its not until you land on the ground when you have time to think about it that you actually look back and reflect on exactly what happened Then you bend down and kiss the ground I don t think it the war real ly actually affects you until you are back sitting on the ground If you are coming in for a gun shot type of thing you still want to shoot for the canopy cockpit That s just training You don think of a little pink body in there with a wife and kids That per sonal Council calls NEC change premature a By LISA BOONSTOPPEL POT The Herald After numerous delegations and lengthy discussion Halton Hills general council neither sup ported nor rejected Niagara Escarpment plan amendment but recommended that it was premature The recommendation included five reasons why Halton Hills council thought the amendment asking that an environmentally sensitive portion of the Niagara Escarpment be re designated from natural resource extraction to natural and protected was premature The first reason was a review of the extractive licence for United Aggregates Lands located on Concession 1 should be under taken before any final recom on the amendment could take place Council said the review should particularly ex amine the environmental plications of extraction and be done under the Aggregate Resources Act The region also recommended the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of the Environment clarify their relative roles in respect to the en vironment regarding the Ag gregate Resources Act the Niagara Escarpment Plan and existing extractive licences Lastly the region recommend ed the map for United Ltd be reviewed and also stated the amendment was premature because it would feet all extractive operations within the Niagara Escarpment This last point seemed to if the amendment was pass ed it would be precedent setting for all aggregate companies along the escarpment This con cerned many councillors and was one of the key arguments from United Aggregates themselves Brent a planning con sultant representing the com also explained the com pany stance is We have a licence and a right to extract and we will make use of that right This comment was criticized by Marilyn Sergeantson who said it seem unreasonable to at least preserve some acreage We all have a responsiblity towards the environment Barbara representing POWER Protect Our Water and Environment Resources also at tacked the consultants remark She said when United Aggregates got its licence back in the early 70s to extract it included a rehabilitation plan which was Continued on Page