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Weekend SERVING HALTON HILLS SINCE 1 YEAR NO 28 PAGES SINGLE COPY GST HILLS ONTARIO FRIDAY JULY 1 Erin Township town purchase by Real estate iMlkeAdomsof ls wife and two Had planned to move Into home Aug present homo In has solo The renovated home was empty of ami people when the blaze started Hilton do little to save the twine which flames when they rfvea motorists saw smoke and called the lire department They estimate damage at and are unsure what caused the fire WUsBUFoh firefighters are Investigating phafefty Lisa Recent rain welcomed by farmers The rain that fell on Hills and the rest of the Region last weekend was timely for area farmers said Mark Janiec Soil and Crop Supervisor with the province s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Branch during an interview Tuesday If the rain t fallen and dry weather had continued uninter for another two to three weeks then area farmers crops would have been harmed he ex plained As it is the hot weather com with timely rainfalls has meant crops are growing ahead of schedule said Mr Under normal circumstances the corn crop for example is at waist level height at this time of the summer But this year it is already at shoulder height he pointed out According to Mr Janiec there are approximately farmers in HaJton Region of which 200 de pend solely on farming for their livelihood The major crops grown in Halton include corn soyabeans spring grains such as oats and barley hay and alfalfa Mr said there has only been a half to twothirds the amount of rainfall this year com pared to year However soil in the area has been able to retain moisture very well hesaid If there is a crop that may from the relatively dry weather then it is the second cut ting of hay The hot weather has meant very little hay has grown between the first cut which hap pened during the first week of June said Mr Janiec That means there won t be much hay to cut come the second cut which is scheduled for mid July ex plained Mr Georgetown based farmer Ken da Nurse said Mr assessment of the situation is on target She predicted the second cut of hay on her farm will be a lot less than under normal ctr cu instances Great Lakes Science Centre in the works Halton Region Planning and Public Works Committee decided Wednesday should be spent in the pursuit of having a based Great Lakes Science Centre built The money if given final ap proval at next week s Regional Council meeting will be used by the Region to lobby the federal and provincial government s to fund the mega project Halton Regional Chairman Peter Pomeroy who has been a driving force behind the centres construction told committee if Halton shows its commitment then the federal and provincial governments will be more likely to follow suit Committee members agreed the project will only become a reality with substantial monies from the two other levels of government According to a staff report the 50 will be used to hire con sultants who will offer ongoing technical advice to the Region concerning the project The centre will act as a public resource and education centre focusing on the importance of the Great Lakes system and what can be done to clean it up Calling the project exciting Oakville Regional Councillor Janet Mitchell said the centre would be a great tourism tion Regional government has already spent on a Pete feasibility study concerning the project The federal government funded the remaining cost of the feasabllity study said Halton Planner Ho Wong following the meeting Unlike Chairman Pomeroy and Janet Mitchell not all com mittee members are as en thusiastic about Halton shelling out 000 for consultants Hills Regional Coun Joe Hewitt said he couldn sup port the 000 allocation until the federal and provincial governments had given assurances they would provide more money The councillor expressed con cern the Region would end up fun ding the project alone Garbage crisis is ongoing ByBENDLMMETT The Herald The province s strategy on how to solve the Greater Toronto Area garbage crisis shows politicians running the show are short on knowledge said Oakville Regional Councillor Janet Mitchell Wednesday Coun Mitchell made her com when the province waste management strategy was presented to the Regional Plann Public Works Committee The strategy calls for the fallowing an acceleration of waste reduction and diversion programs accelerating the search for long term landfills and emergency expansion of Peel s Britannia Road and Metropolitan Toronto s Keele Valley landfill sites The provincial report is short on action and long on monitor said Coun Mitchell The councillor expressed con the province will force in dividual municipalities to deal with the garbage situation because of the report s emphasis on the provincial monitoring of the garbage situation in the She went on to predict not only will the province force municipalities to solve the gar ensis it won provide them financial assistance Art Leitch of Halton Region Public Works Commission agreed with Coun Mitchell say the report lacks specifics and that s what we the Region are waiting for Regional Chairman Peter said the report offers no solution on how municipalities are to reduce their respective wastestreams by 25 per cent in 19 and per cent by the year 2000 both provmciaily mandated goals He predicted the 50 per cent goal will be almost impossible to reach for Halton or any other GTA municipality Acknowledging the unlikelihood of the per cent goal being attained by the end of the decade Halton Hills Regional Coun Joe Hewitt wanted to know the chance of Halton s landfill Milton being used by other municipalities Mr said the province has indicated Halton s dump which is scheduled to open in November will only be used for Halton generated garbage An Inside Look Police Beat Features Legion Lines Region Briefs Environment Religion Steamer Emmerson Editorial 10 Poets Corner 10 Rayalde 10 Weirs World Peoples Forum 10 Carlo Testa 11 Community Focus 12 Sports 13 15 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