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THE VOICE OF HALTON HILLS SINCE 1866 1 YEAR NO PAGES SINGLE COPY 23C2 GST 25 HALTON HILLS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 J Hk Ill 1 R J Mm fit Ik flr ilrVSrffir lsKKsaKHs HHkHE1 A special award At Monday Town Council meeting promotion of water safety Pictured above left to Joanne Bodnar the Town Recreation and Parks right are Ms Bodnar Town Mayor Russ Miller Supervisor of Aquatics and Special Events was and Susan Glover Takahashi President of the recognized by the Royal Life Saving Society of Royal Life Saving Society of Canada Herald Canada for the volunteer work she does in the Photo Halton Hills Hydro purchase Hills Hydro Commission decided to purchase the power transformer located on the Beardmore property in Acton for The substation and the property on which it is located is owned by Torontobased Maple Leaf Foods Inc Gerry Hills Hydro Commission General Manager reminded the com missioners the utility had budgeted a maximum of 40 to purchase this substation allowing the meeting Mr said the substation is required to meet expected in creases in demand for power in the Acton area over the next five years The purchase is on condition that current testing at the substation location proves the site is free of any PCB contamination Mr said testing has been completed however the results have yet to be released As part of the purchase il the commission will leise the piece of properly on which the sub station sits from I it a cost of year Mr explained the proper is to be converted into a road if and when Maple Leaf Foods receives Town approval to build a residential subdivision on the Bear dmore If the company does recene ap proval then the commission will be required to relocate the substation to another site on the property The commission would be given the new piece of free of charge However the comp would designate the substation location Landfill ban a step closer The Herald A Niagara Escarpment Com mission proposal banning landfills from being located on the escarp ment has moved one step closer to receiving final approval NEC Commissioners learned Thursday a provincial Hearing Of has come out in support of the proposal known as Amendment 52 Not surprisingly the Commission voted to endorse the Hearing Of s report The reports findings are based on several days of hearings during which the amendment s supporters and opponents presented their respective positions According to the Of ficer report evidence heard during the hearing senouslv questions the suitability of Escarp lands he Officer goes or to report the weight of this evidence was that despite careful engineering in the preparation and management of sites these Escarpment lands are generally unsuited for the siting of landfills due chiefly to the certainties for satisfactory con tammertt of contaminants The final decision on Amendment is approed lies with the Province based on a recommendation for or against the amendment by Ontario En Minister Ruth Contacted Senior Planner Marion Flaunt wouldn t predict what Ms s recom mendation will be did sa when both the NEC and the Officer have been in agreement regarding other amendments the En Minister and Cabinet have never rejected the amend Ms added she had no idea when Cabinet would make a final decision on the amendment The amendment if approved would require companies wanting to establish a landfill on the pment to first attain an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan Currently this type of amend isn required under the Niagara Escarpment Plan with respect to certain areas on the Escarpment After learning of the Of ficer support for Amendment a confident Barbara President of local environmental group Protect Our Water En Resources POWER said she expects Cabinet to approve the amendment Ms describes opposition to the amendment as a Asked to explain the term Ms said it makes no sense to use a protected natural area for a place to dump garbage Logic prevailed added Ms Acknowledging POWER spent approximately in legal fees during the public heanng on Amen Ms said the ap proval process has been ven cum bersome However Ms said if the amendment is finallv approved the fight will hae been worth the ef fort Amendment will force landfill companies to think again before the consider challenging the NEC to establish a dump on the Escarp ment Ms predicted Pomeroy to remain Being a resident and a past Hills Mayor it seems fitting Regional Chairman Peter publiclv announced Monday at a local Council meeting he ill be seeking re election to the chairman s position The Regional Chairman Will be elected Dec during the Regional Council inaugural meeting kicking off the new three vear political term The chairman is elected b Regional Council members Joking that Town Serjeantson had previously com on his indecisiveness Mr Pomeroy said he hopes to be elected to work with Regional Council for the next three Pete Young female assaulted A Georgetown girl who police say has been harrassed bv a group of girls was knocked un conscious by female assailants last Wednesday Halton Regional Police in vestigators sav the victim is a student at Georgetown District High School and had been having problems at school with a group of girls On the day she was assaulted the girls verbally assaulted her at school and on the school bus When the victim departed the bus she was surrounded by four girls who kicked her in the legs and pushed her around Then some of the girls started sinking her in the head with a school bag Police say the victim at tempted to shield her head with her arms but one of the female suspects held back the victims arms while another struck the vie the head w ith the bag The victim was knocked un conscious and was taken to hospital an unknown adult Police are continuing their in vestigation AN INSIDE LOOK StuTION A 27 Police Beat SECTION B Council Briefs 3 Ideas 28 Agriculture Seniors Political Forum Community Service Editorial 10 Bulletin School News 5B Community Forum 10 Community People Forum 10 Environment People Forum 11 Home of the Week 10B Carlo 11 Entertainment lie Money Matters 12 Youth Page Hills Hews Hotline Sports 19 23 JacieB Palmer 16B Knechtels For Meat That Does More Than Compete Oscar is no grouch A special seniors friend See Lifestyles Section SHOP THE Jf2feST LIVING LIGHTING GEORGETOWN