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two HERALD Community Wednesday December Credit River pollution can be prevented The future water quality of the Credit River rests with those municipalities including Halton Hills bordering this watershed warns Charlie Worte Credit Valley Conservation Authority Watershed Planning Manager A major Credit River pollutant is sediment caused by erosion due to development along the waterway To combat this problem the CA approached Halton Hills Coun cil and the other municipal coun whose jurisdiction includes a portion of the requesting the municipalities implement topsoil control bylaws However only has the appropriate bylaw The staffs of Brampton and Orangeville are currently drafting an appropriate bylaw said Mr As for Halton Mr said he has received no information on the status of its bylaw Sediment is a pollutant because it contains heavy metals that are har mful to the water quality said Mr This type of material also endangers the rivers trout population he explained because it settles on the spawning beds research showed municipal topsoil control bylaws are the most effective ways to prevent sediment from entering the Mr Worte said the bylaw forces developers to provide a sediment erosion control plan as condition to Centre helps students By LISA The Herald To provide students with uptodate career information the Industry Education Council is setting up a Career Information Centre The council is in the process of finalizing the details of the project but plans to open the centre in Oak 28 The centre will integrate resour ces from business education government labour and com munity organizations for the pur pose of helping students in Halton make effective transitions from school to the workplace explained David Executive Director of the newly formed In dustry Education Council He said students can begin to make use of the centre in Grade Every Grade 8 student in will be brought to the centre to ex plore career opportunities he said At the centre students will be exposed to career options through a computer program known as Choices Theyll also go through a process of discernment to help the student discover his or her terests and aptitudes Once they reach high school students will be able to make private appointments with career councillors to be hired by the cen tre When they come back we can help them relate their interests to their school curriculum he said Our objective is to have the students see the relevance between education and where they want to go in life In ebruary the centre will have a manager and two full time cillors on staff and as demand for the service increases more coun will be hired Mr admitted that public and school libraries also contain career information but said their information is often outdated and incomplete Because our centre will be a market driven community based facility it will have uptodate in formation on what careers are opening up and what careers are going out he said receiving a building permit The current provincial legislation related fo sediment erosion control only applies once construction on a project has been completed he said We prefer to operate in prevention mode said Mr te Contacted Friday Town Ad ministrative Assistant Stephen Thompson predicted a top soil con trol bylaw will go before Council sometime this spring The bylaw is a priority but other items have been more important Mr offered as ex planation as to why Town cillors haven already dealt with the bylaw Mr said sediment pollution th been much of a problem during last while due to the slowdown in construction activity caused by the recession However once the economy has recovered and development picks up the problem of sediment pollution will return if all Credit River watershed haven t already implemented top soil control bylaws predicted Mr than Georgetown music students par in the Annual Ontario Conservatory of Music Christmas concet Sunday at the Halton Hills Cultural Centre Georgetown Pictured above Georgetown based Ontario Conservatory of Music teacher Joanne Brown leads some local beginner piano students through the piece Jolly Old St Nick Herald Photo 31 JR SNOWMAN No 7323 R0QJ24J9 8 DECORATED STRAW WREATH 51 Rag 91 99 SOFT GLOW XMAS LIGHT REFLECTOR No 51 Rag 199 1 LIGHTED CHILDRENSNOWMAN J DECORATION TWK DOOR ti DECORATION Rag 199 MELODY BELL RINGER Rao- C49 ARTIFICIAL POINTSETTIA A WICKER BASKET LIGHTED SANTA GLAUS 9S DECORATION Na Hag STRAW BROOM DOOR DECORATION 7421 050 10 LIGHT TREETOP Na flag 099 URGE ARTIFICIAL POINTSETTIA 12 MM ARTIFICIAL POINSETTIAS MA BASKET RagJ1S9 99 LARGE WALL HANCME SANTA FACE 1 BRAIDED BEAD GARLAND AD items subject to prattle Quantities limited Georgetown location only IN CAR REG 249 CAR to CAR REG PORTABLE WAS REG 249 REG 199 Bell Cellular APPROVED AGENT