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Landowners gear up for fight against landfill sites A group of landowners who live on or around a potential landfill site on Highway 7A just west of Blackstock is gearing up to fight the "We are working to get the sites off the long list. We have to con- vince the IWA (Interim Waste Authority) that the sites are just not acceptable," said Joyce Taylor fol- lowing a meeting Friday evening in Blackstock. Mrs, Taylor lives ly to the' west of the pro- posed site. The sites were identified by the IWA as YY2 and YY3 and are made up of about 300 acres.of bush and farmland on the south side of Highway 7A, immediately to the east of the Cartwright West Quarter Line. Working with the Zero Garbage group, Mrs. Taylor said © committees have been formed to prepare briefs for presentation to the IWA by early August. The IWA, an agency of the provincial government, identified 17 potential sites in Durham Region for a landfill that could take as much as 6.5 millions tonnes SCLGOG CHAMBER ot COMMERCE 20th ANNUAL EVENTS of trash over the 20-year life. The IWA will shorten the "long list" to five or six sites this September and by next spring will come up with one "preferred site." Mrs. Taylor said she committee briefs will be prepared on such As well as preparing briefs for presentation to the IWA, the group is also circulating a petition which will be forwarded to Ontario Environment Minister Ruth Grier. The petition states the choice of the sites is "illogical and imprac- issues as hydrogeology, economics, tical." heduled are Of the 17 potential sites on the Durham "long list," five are in The lo mee gai on July & 1800 PM in the Cartwright Hall in Black and anyone in this issue is welcome to ateehd. Mrs. Taylor said the group is hoping to attract support from peo- ple living in the hamlet of Blackstock. She noted that the east- em boundary of the potential site is only about 1,000 metres from homes in the hamlet. Scugog T¢ There are two on the south side of Highway 7A, two on the west side of Highway 12 between Concession Lines Three and Four and one on the east side of Highway 12. Landowners and adjacent prop- erty owners around these sites are also working to convince the IWA that these lands should not be included on the "short list" due in September. rr Scugoyg Chamber ot C ommerce 20th Annual CONTEST Ongoing near Queen St. Stage RAINBOW the CLOWN "MAGIC ACT y Queen Street Stage Latcham Saloon | 0 / 80 DANCE 7:30 PM to 1:00 AM Lakefront Festival Tent $5.00- Admission at Door. "7:30 PM 10 1:00 AM Lakefront Festival Tent" $5.00 Admission at Door DANCING to Warren 'Sutcliffe & Blue Steel Bang KARAOKE 730 FM io 100 AM ham Centre Admison $2.00 at the Door i FUN TOR VOL THE TANT THU RS., JULY 9th JULY 9th, 10th, 11th, 1992 OPENING FRI, JULY 10th CEREMONIES Sn FoLKA tt od Free Hot Dogs & Pop DOT DOOR y v (while quantites last Lakefront Festiva) Ton West's Best s érson KARAOKE | iris CONTEST 7:30 PM to 1:00 AM ront Festival Tent - Admission $2.00 at the Door You Still Have Time to . Irwin Smith Music Nominate Your Favourite PEPSI TASTING Wests Bost Contests SAT. , JULY 11th CONTEST This year's categories and current 7] - - - Ongoing near Queen St. Stage nominees (to June 29th) include: PET SHOW RAINBOW the CLOWN WEST'S BEST BABY 11:00 AM - Queen St. Stage - ' MAGIC ACT : Queen Street Stage ARMWRESTLING | opprELLOWS BINGO COMPETITION Ongoing - Queen Street Lakefront Festival Tent + - 'Weigh In / Registration 12 Noon AUCTION Competition 1:00 PM 7:30 PM - Queen St. Stage ODDFELLOWS BINGO \ WESTS BEST VILLAIN Ongoing - Queen Street & hierar 1128 Votes ENGIN KNOPP ceverserrerene 212 Votes PEPSI TASTING WEST'S BEST SENIOR Myrtle Sneigrove ...... -. 874 Votes MANN L00 corre 150 WEST'S BEST BUSINESSPERSON Mary Fines .............. 3576 Votes i