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The great garbage debate Landfill no solution Johnson What should be done with garbage all tons a year of if bach person In Halton pro duces about a ton And the population is due to double Two aspects of the problem were presented Monday to a group of people at the Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting in the Legion A reasoned review of stud and possibilities was given by Jack Corbett a profess engineer for the county who is chairman of the solid waste management since Its inception Mr lives in Oakville Two parts The first part of the study is completed the part con earned with landfill sites The second part of the study concerns the possibility of resource recovery This re port should be ready for presentation in two or three months His committee will report the region works committee headed by Jack Kadis who also attended the meeting and joined in an swering questions lie is from Burlington Existing landfill sites will all be out of business at the end of 1977 Mr Corbett said Milton and Acton sites are al ready closed and the garbage is trucked to Georgetown However the Georgetown location will be filled In two years The Nassagaweya dump is due to close in June or July Not here Int county was surveyed for sites and these have now been placed in order of prior ity There arc no new pro posed sites near Acton All are south of Milton Mr Corbett explained the reasoning behind the choice of locations and said his department has made an effort to inform everyone through newspaper inserts and mailings Next slip is lo examine wells drill test holes and approve designs Then the Ministry of the Environment must approve The county con rely on only one method of waste dis Mr Corbett stressed We can t make all the gar disappear There must be landfill sites Recovery It was on the urgency of planning for resource recovery that Mr Corbett and GUAHD group in agreed Several in the audience sided with Mr Johnsons strong feeling that alive methods of garbage disposal should be found Mr Johnson insisted that One Hundred and Year No landfill is not in the long term interest While Mr said the region is awaiting results from a new experimental re cycling plant being built in Mr Johnson in sis ted the technology for re cycling is already available In Europe heat from burn garbage has been used by factories and homes for many years he said Energy and garbage should be synonymous he said He Continued on page two ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRIL Twenty Pages Cents THIS IS THE LAST time these shelves will hold such delicious handmade sweets Rabbits ducks clowns and chickens wait patiently to be picked for some special boy or girl at Schneider is one of the last old fashioned candy factories left in Ontario See story and more pictures inside Police ConstahU Foduck praised in In order to prevent future accidents the coroner jury into Ihc deaths of seven Acton youths in a two car collision last month would make some changes except in the conduct of Halton Regional Police Constable Tom The jury commended officer for his very pro fessional conduct on March and stated it hoped the icnce would no deter him from acting in a similar manner in the future The jury also stated after its five that the force is extremely fortunate to have an officer of his integrity and capabilities Early in the inquest Ont ano deputy chief coroner C Bennett said to Con stable I imagine this has been a terrible lence for you Unjust I- or me and my family was the constable reply Bennett told the jury that Constable had received a great deal of unjust criticism following the crash and in my opinion he should be commended The jury recommended that the Regional Police form a policy on high speed pursuits after review ing the guidelines the and the Ontario and Quebec provincial forces This policy once formed would be conveyed to all off on the force In particular the jury wants a sergeant or senior officer to control the radio dispatch desk during emergencies and priority situations Jury members were fore man Hugh Bell Bradbury Stuart Donna Hay worth and Ken Grant The jury would have the force improve its io communications system by eliminating or reducing dead ones and static interference Also called for is an override feature on rad ios and a back up system The five member jury also called for provincial lation to forbid drivers leav ignition keys in tended venicles In its recommendations the jury reflected the guidelines which Dr Bennett gave prior to its three and a half hour deliberation Friday after Families Several members of the accident victims families attended the three day in quest the new court house at Milton Walter Sopinka represent ed the family of Scott Tavist Cornelius Snoek who owned the stolen car was Deputy Chief Coroner C represented by John Vertea Constable s attorney was Montgomery Hyde The jury determined that all seven victims died at 11 March at mile south of SideRoad on High way All died of multiple in juries by blunt force That night IB year old Eric James Couture sped south on Highway in a stolen car with Constable Roduck in pursuit The car Couture drove a late model Ford LTD belong Snoek Thecarwenl from its lane into the north bound lane and slammed into a car driven by John MeHugh The jury heard testimony that Couture owned a car but that it was not working The vehicle 19 of Moffat Lynn Marshall R Acton Scott Mc Tavish Lime- house Kevin 17 of Acton and Tim of Guelph formerly of Eden Mills The jury s recommend alions were based on est The call for a Reg lonal Police policy on high speed chases and for it to be transmitted to constables came mainly from the views of senior police officers Three senior officers from the Halton force Metro Tor ED WOOD CHAIRMAN of the Acton and Esquesing Recreation Ad visory Committee right presents John Toebes with the Charles Thomson Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to recreation in Acton The presentation was made at the Legion Day of Champions hockey tournament Saturday John Toebes receives Thomson award John Toebes was named the recipient of the Charles Thorn Memorial Award Saturday the Legion Day of Champions hockey ment The award presented I the person who has contributed unselfishly lo recreation to the town is given in memory of Charles Thomson a man who use to walk into town every night from Erin town ship to coach local sports Ed Wood chairman of the Aclon and Esquesing Recrea Advisory Committee made the presentation on behalf of his committee Public nominations had been sent into the group with them making the final decision Active Mr Toebes has been on the group committee of the Scouts has been with the 1 hockey for seven years and was on the Minor Soccer executive He has been president of the Minor Hockey executive for three years Mr said he was genuinely surprised at being chosen He did not expect It at all he told the Free Press John Cooper recreation co ordinate for Wards one and two said that the choice of John came for his dedicated service over the years The person who nominated him Mr Cooper said felt Mr Toebes was not receiving the recognition he deserved The award will be engraved and kept at the arena Alan Hall and Howard were the first reel of the award in 1973 for their contribution to lacrosse in the town 11 has not been presented since then II is up lo the Recreation Advisory Committee to decide whether the award will be presented annually from now on onto Police and the said that constable Roduck acted properly Regional Police chief Ken said that standing orders for Hie force arc prepared but that the terminology of chase does not appear Chief said that it is up to the officer in the field to startaehase This policy had not been transmitted to indiv idual officers he said Chief the authority lo decide on break off a ise or continuing it should remain with the field officer and not be transferred to senior officer who is not on the scene chief John Ackroyd who out lined Melros chase policy There a senior officer or makes the decision Computer Deputy chief said that even with Metro sophisticated computer radio network given the events of March there would have been no time to set up a road block Chief agreed that a back off system from a chase like Toronto s may prove use- ful On radio Chief described it as nol being adequate Constables and Alexander mentioned bad reception or static in the Swine flu vaccination for Halton residents If enough vaccine is avail able half the people in could receive shots to ward off swine flu Medical Officer of Health Joe Chamberlain said In an Inter view this week He said the federal govern has formulated a plan for immunizing Canadians susceptible to the virus and has given the job to the pro vinces who in turn have turned it over to the health units A priority system for those who will receive the shots has been worked out and the eventual number of people who receive them will depend on how much vaccine is avail able While vaccination mandatory people over and anyone wo suffers from chronic illnesses like heart disease bronchitis and disorders will be encouraged to take tagc of the free shots After everyone in those categories have had a chance to gel persons between years of age tally those in essential vices like police fire and health officials will be able to get them If there is enough vaccine available then half the people in could be offered the shots It will become avail able the end of September but we have no idea how much vaccine there will be Chamberlain explained Chamberlain noted those exposed to the swine flu during the years the World War I and Great Depression years have a I rcidy built up bodies and natural immunity to the so won t need the shots In addition another group which amounts to about per cent of the population can t receive the shot since the vaccine is developed in shells Those w ho are sensitive or react to eggs won be able to take he snots he explained 1 health units in will be in charge of giving the shots and many details of the program will hove to be ironed out In the months ahead before the program starts be said While he shots are free Canadians will still pay for the vaccine through taxes Chamberlain noted Device The jury would like to see cruisers with some kind of de vice which would permit an officer in an emergency to cut into a radio tnnsmission Police radios allow one person o speak at a time The back up fealure noted by the jury is for key radio equipment at the dispatch centre The jury heard test i moil that part of a age on tape on March because a was being cleaned and there was no other method of recording the transmission taw The final for a provincial law making it an offence for drivers to leave their keys in an un tended car or truck stemmed from the Jury finding the Acton bylaw inadequate Couture took Mr s Ford which had the ignition keys left in it parked behind the laundro mat on Miin St which he to lock up Staff who is in charge of the Acton pre cinct read the towns bylaw which forbids people from parking on public roadways and parking lots and leaving their keys in their vehicles The bylaw docs not cover private propcrlj such as the parking lot behind the laundromat Ward said that as he ion The staff sergeant also said that he believed the public in is unaware of he bylaw The bylaw was passed in 1J72 Sgt Ward told the jury that Continued on three 11th fatality within month The eleventh motor vehicle accident in a month to claim the life of an Acton or district resident occurred late Saturday morning in The victim was year old Lynn Irene Jones Road who had resided here for the year and a half Mrs Jones who was cm ployed as a secretary in the department of chemical engineering the University of was a passenger in a car driven by her husband Dale when was in collision with a school bus at the intersect in of Britannia Road and McLaughlin Road Mr Jones wis seriously injured but police had to work for minutes with acetylene torches and hammers to free Mrs Jones who was trapped in the wreckage and died five hours later in Toronto Western Hospital I he re were no passengers in the school bus which was driven by Joan Mutch of She was not seriously injured I- rom Toronto Mrs Jones was born in Montreal but spent most of her life in Toronto until moving to She attend Collegiate Institute and was active in number Valley United Church Rev Arthur Steed of and formerly of lumber Villcv United Church officiated at funeral services this ifternoon iWcdnesdiy it in Ihe Rumlc Shoemaker Funeral Home followed and her ashes will be interred in ilrvicw Mrs Jones is survived bj her husband and her mother Mrs R W Oliver of oronlo No chase comment OPP report said source Solicitor John comments that was no speed prior lo a crash which claimed Ihe lives of seven Acton youths was based on an Ontario Provincial Police inspector report The source of comments was Theodore Craig report Doug of the sol icitor s office old Ihc ree Press his morning He that Mr has not had an opportunity to read the inquest report The inquest into the two car crash south of Aclon on Highway finished Friday at Milton Inspector Craig during his testimony would comment as to the source of the solicitor general comments Mr ted list week the differences be tween testimony from the inquest and a provincial ice report There were two reports prepared by officers and another by Regional Police Three reports on distance of the chase During the inquest police officer Tom testified that he activated his cruisers roof lights near Kingham Road The Inspector s had the officer put ling on the lights near Speeds of the chase reached between and 100 Robert Nixon Brant Oxford Norfolk in the said Mr was questioned on the in and said then last week that the policeman chasing suspected thief did not exceed legal speeds the chase Mr Nixon said that as a result of Mr comments last month serious community concerns about high speed police chases were allayed If it had been made clear the time that a highspeed chase had resulted in this tragedy I m sure that the com munity response would have been much stronger than it was Cabinet switches Ombudsman off line The Ontario is re striding the office of the mbudsman an Interested Hiens roup official It was apparent lhat be of cabinet action of Mi 1J74 the mbuiismins office was restricted Bill Minn ICG president Mr inn mide Ins cum menls a six and a hour meeting between four ICC members Arthur iloncj ind staff mm Malcolm Rowan and others I he roup discussed the tot problem touching the ombudsman jurisdiction Mr Minn said C of C raps The KG his been soundinj ihe out on the of him looking into lo Georgetown corridor question Today major announcement on Ihe Bradley toGeorgelown livdro corridor will be made today Wednesday at 30 m by the Minister or the Hon Dennis A Free Press representative Is there The announcement Is being nude In he press theatre of legislature building I Kills youncj Tarmor A 20year old Aclon district man was crushed to death Wednesday when he lost con of a farm tractor which overturned in a roadside ditch pinning him under Milton OPP said Kenneth Charles Bouclair died instantly Police said he was driving along the north shoulder of Sideroad west of the Sixth Line in a rainstorm when accident occurred He lived at Acton with the family of his uncle Roland Height He attended Brisbane School College Heights in Guelph and General Brock school Pastor Woods of Alton Baptist church conducted the funeral service Saturday at the Shoemaker funeral home He is survived by his parents Henry and Violet R Erin brothers and sisters and their wives and husbands Ivan and Marie of Jane and George liner of Red Bertha Racket from Mississauga Jean and Bill Hamilton John and Bonnie Bouclair Acton Iris and Joe Tarani Brampton and Barb Ann Mississauga Jack and Joe Ann La Salle Gladys and Gary Gray Kitchener Theresa Bouclair Burlington Hamilton Marie and Don McPhersun Henry Mississauga Pearl and Annie home and also nieces and nephews one great nephew four uncles and four aunts Disappointment in the lack of response to the Chamber of Commerce membership drive was bluntly expressed Mon day by president Louis Chartcbois Speaking to a small attendance of the group dinner meeting in the Legion he reported the executive had sent out 187 letters asking for members Only eight replies were received The Chamber now has members he thinks there should be 100 at least I expected higher membership businesses are the first to complain when things go wrong He reported the Chambers latest success retaining parking on Mill after making presentations to council Why are these people here he asked And why will Ihe others not support the Chamber of Commerce Fiery weekend keeps volunteers on their toes Two house fires on the weekend resulted in thous ands of dollars In damages according to Acton Fire Chief Mick Holmes Between six and eight thousand dollars damage was sustained to the home of Corey Van 114 Mill St Saturday evening Mr Holmes estimate No one was home at when neighbours spotted smoke coming from the roof Mr Holmes believes the fire started in tho upstairs bed room spreading into the partitions burning both in side and outside walls Into the attic and through the roof There was extensive smoke and water damage to the house the chief said Vol firefighters were on the scene for two hours Mr Holmes believed the cause of the fire was elec trical The family has been forced to move to a motel for three to four weeks while repairs are being done Even once they are back at home Mrs Van Merkesteln says there will be an odor in the house from the fire for a possible six months Regional Police were forced to close a portion of Mill St to oncoming traffic as the fire truck and hoses blocked the road Second blue It Is not yet known how much damage was sustained after fire ripped through the homo of G Slater at Main SIN Sunday evening at 8 10 The house is owned by Mr Slater father In law B Terra Cotta and Is divided into four apartments Two of the apartments received minimal smoke damage Mr Holmes said but thai was all fire chief described the Safer apartment as being black with smoke and two rooms badly burned He believes the fire started In the sitting room by something electrical Traffic was tied up on Main St for a few minutes while the fire fighters fought the flames