Oakville Beaver, 17 Feb 1993, p. 9

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February A fiveâ€"year financial projecâ€" tion prepared by an outside conâ€" sultant will be presented to authority members at the meeting. â€"_A date for the meeting has vyet The Halton Region ‘Conservation Authority (HRCA) will hold a special meeting in late February or early March to disâ€" cuss a proposal to transfer responâ€" sibility fort Bronte Creek Provincial Park from the Ministry of Natural Resources to the authority. By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff Talks on Bronte Creek Park transfer drag on ILEGION Cb l tS Victor Bannan, executive member of Branch 114 of The Royal Canadian Legion, hands over $1,000 cheque to Roma Macallum (right) president of Survivors Of Strokes (SOS) and to SOS memâ€" ber Audrey Evershed. 1992 was our best year ever! And we‘re celebrating NN Financial‘s new revolutionary IMS II Canâ€" Am Fund offers S&P 500 Index performance, and it is RRSP eligible. For further information, contact: MAZDA 323: THE FEATURES YOU WANT THE VALUE YOU NEED. 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Everyone will have an opportunity to look at it," Stephen said. The financial report will conâ€" tain recommendations regarding the types of programs and capital improvements which would be needed at the park. The authority still maintains that Bronte Creek Provincial Park has the potential to be a firstâ€"rate facility. At 687 hectares (1,697 acres), it‘s twice the size of the authority‘s largest park, Kelso Conservation Area in Milton. Both the province and the authority agree Bronte Creek Provincial Park , because of its recreational component, does not fit the definition of a provincial park. The five conservation areas operated by the HRCA have a high recreational component, as does Bronte Creek Provincial Park , making the transfer a natuâ€" ral one. 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The "Enviro House" was displayed at the Halton Board of Education for its Thursday board meeting and will soon be making the rounds in Halton‘s eleâ€" mentary schools. Thanks to the Junior League of Hamiltonâ€" Burlington, Enviro House a fiveâ€"foot by fiveâ€"foot portable model of an environmentally sound home will be touring Halton classrooms. The first of its kind in North America, the "green" house focuses on the kitchen and bathroom areas. It will be used to teach students how to build and insuâ€" late a wall, fix a leaky faucet, reduce household garbage, set up a home composter and measure hydro consumption. It targets themes of energy conservation, water conservation, waste management and environmental responsibility. Enviroâ€"House is a project of the Environment Committee of the Junior League of Hamiltonâ€" Grades 4 to 6 students in Halton schools will soon be getting a first hand look at the environmentally sound home of the future â€" Enviro House. the park transfer if it‘s going to come to the authority if it had to jeopardize the authority‘s existing sacrifice existing programs and park system. parks. We‘re trying to look for "There a lot of pressure on the answers. We want to make sure HRCA in terms of budgets. We‘ve â€" it‘s not going to be a hardship," made it clear the park would not he said. Knee braces stolen from sports clinic "There a lot of pressure on the HRCA in terms of budgets. We‘ve made it clear the park would not Halton students to get close look at ‘Enviro House‘ Two knee braces Wworth approximately $1,900 were stolen from the Wyecroft Road Sports Injury Clinic on the weekend.. 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Burlington, which raised more than $300,000 in funds from the private and business sectors over the past two years. Enviroâ€"House is being made available immediately to five school boards in the regions of Halton and Hamiltonâ€"Wentworth. Bea McDonough and Eva Riisâ€"Culver, coâ€"chairs of the Junior League‘s environment committee, were onâ€" hand Thursday to receive a certificate of appreciation from the board. McDonough said the partnerships among educators, private sectors and volunteers involved with the Enviroâ€"House is a model that could be used in future for similar initiatives. Along with the Enviroâ€"House, each school will receive a teacher manual and will bf: provided with a halfâ€"day inâ€"service at no expense to the board. n The transfer would most cerâ€" tainly have to involve provincial funding, Stephen said. "We want it to be a winâ€"win situation when the park is transâ€" ferred," he said. Financial schemes which will be looked at include introducing camping to the park, much of which is currently under utilized. Current activities such as tennis, swimming, picnicking, cycling and children‘s farm, would likely continue after the transfer.

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