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labor needs changing The Herald The permanent closure of Georgetown based Provincial Papers a Division of Abltibi Price earlier this year and the loss of 22 jobs is not only in dicative of the current recession It s also a sign of an ongoing shift in from a manufacturing to a servicetype industrial base s changing industrial base front labor intensive medium and heavy industry to service industries such as bank ing and various high tech com panics was one of the major points arising out of the Region sponsored Chairman Round Table Caucus meeting last Wednesday said Chair man Peter Pomeroy in an inter view following the meeting The meeting brought together local politicians from the three levels of government as well as Regional staff and tatives from the financial tions Dominion Securities and Continued on Page 5 Rockwell for sale Rockwell International on Sinclair Ave in Georgetown is up for sale but it s business as usual said company Personnel ManagerHelenReid Monday Rockwell International Cor announced Friday it would be selling its Network Transmission Systems Division of which the Georgetown plant is a part according to a company pressrelease The Georgetown plant manufactures telephone lightwave and microwave transmission products Ms said there are prospective buyers none of whom she would reveal However she predicts the sion would be sold by the end of the year Rockwell Chairman Donald Beall is quoted as saying in the press release that the division s earnings this year will be well below those achieved in When asked if layoffs would follow the sale Ms said at this stage she t anticipate any There should be no real change in operations Ms predicted The division has annual sales of close to million and employs a total of 3 600 people spread out among six plants The Georgetown plant is the only one located in Canada The other five are located in the United States Theyre off and splashing On your marks get set go And that exactly what wild and crazy boaters did Saturday during the Georgetown Lions Club- sponsored Annual Crazy Boat Race down the Credit River Besides providing hilarity for both spectators and participants the event also raised just over S3 for Multiple Sclerosis research For more pictures and race results please see Page Herald photo Natural Resources Ministry accused of shutting out Halton Hills ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Ontario s Ministry of Natural Resources appears to be shutting out Halton Hills officials and local residents from commenting on the site plan for the United Aggregates operated Acton quarry off Sideroad Under the province Ag gregate Resources Act United Aggregates submitted its most uptodate version of the quarry s site plan late last month for MNR approval Quarry operators must submit revised site plans for their opera as a result of the Aggregate Resources Act replacing the Pits and Quarries Act last January as the governing legislation Pat spokesperson for local environmental group En vironment Awareness Group Landscape and Environment EAGLE said during an inter view Monday EAGLE and the Town have both asked to com Bogus money Regional Police are warning consumers and businesses to watch out for counterfeit bills with serial number EHN8267642 Police say a counterfeit bill with that serial number up in Georgetown Friday when a local resident attempted to deposit 13 bills and two bills at a bank Only one of the bills wasn t ac Detective Sergeant Mike said four similar bills have turned up in Metro Toronto and asks if anyone has any information about the counterfeit money to call him at or Crime Stoppers at 1800685151 on the site plan A site plan outlines what shape a quarry will take once it is exhausted According to Ms the had repeatedly denied any request to view the plan as of April That s the last time Ms Woode talked with the MNR Contacted Monday Town of Halton Hills Mayor Miller said he had met with gregates President John Maudsley in February and was promised at that time he would get a copy of the site plan when it was handed into the MNR I can t even get a copy from the MNR said Mayor Miller Mayor Miller said the Town plan rung staff recently learned from the MNR the Town could com ment on the site plan before it is approved rut the problem is it can t have a copy of the plan How does the ministry expect the Town to review something it can have asked Mayor Miller I m concerned the quarry s future will be decided without our input said the Mayor Mayor Miller indicated he was told during the February meeting with United Aggregates the new site plan would include as previous site plans a proposal for a dump to be built on the quarry s north side Town planner Glen said Monday the MNR has bally informed the Town that the Aggregate Resource Act doesn t provide for municipalities to review site plans Mr called the MNR interpretation of the act narrow and ridiculous Ms said when she con the MNR to view the site plan a spokesperson told her the site plan is private prior to its ap proval and no one other than the quarry owner and the MNR have the right to see it Aside from the site plan issue EAGLE accuses the MNR of pro tecting the interests of the quarry s current and previous owner Aggregates and respectively According to Ms Woode when the property was owned by In in 1972 the province allowed the quarry to be expand ed from 150 acres to 575 acres without first seeking public input into the expansion Under provincial legislation at that tune the public had a right to offer input when the quarry operators applied for a new license expanded the operation or sold the quarry Ms states the public was unjustly treated when prevented from offering public input in at the tune United Aggregates took over the opera Ms said the justified its action by saying United Aggregates takeover of the quarry from Indusmin didnt represent an issuance of a new licence It only represented a transfer of a licence Therefore public input required once United Aggregate took over the MNR stated However Ms Woode points out the then governing the Pits and Quarries states a licence isn t transferable In the provincial govern ment then passed retroactive legislation permitting a licence to be transferrea MNR in its connection with United Aggregates is also comirig under the scrutiny of Ontario Ombudsman s Office That office is currently investigating the licence issue among other things The Ombudsman Office won t comment on the investigation A MNR spokesperson was con tacted Monday to answer the claims made by EAGLE The spokesperson said she would have to make some inquiries before providing any answers However no Information was pro vided to the Herald at press tune An Inside Look n n amaM Htm n Mb re umitn ha n Stav m Sffrfct MMn n no EmrtakaM J