Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 5, 1989, p. 1

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department summer programs begin Page In Business Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services ST GEORGETOWN I acton Ontario L7J 1W3 WW Ttlt TortOlo FORD v I 31 v t ft f eH eH eF mm eW I aw Ik mm Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY JULY 5th 32 PAGES Get out of town aggregate producer told The Halton Hills School of Dancing cinng to their miniature flags for a ride on this old fire engine In Glen Williams daring the Canada Day celebrations on Saturday The celebrations in Glen Williams and Ballinafad allowed on both sides of Halton Hills to share In the nationwide festivities Herald photo by Brian MacLeod New parking fines anger business owners By DONNA KELL Herald Staff When Paul McCartney of the Beatles got a parking ticket he was able to write a song about the meter maid Rita but business peo ple and shoppers on Georgetowns Main Street are finding nothing worth singing about when it comes to the new parking fines Parking fines in Halton Hills underwent a system change June that brought the immediate parking meter fine up from to Its not really an increase said the towns bylaw enforcement officer Bob In actual fact the fines have been reduced The new parking fine system under the ministry of the provln government does with the prefine warning and issues a ticket that becomes a summons after days if it isnt paid To the at ludicrous under the new system said Mr Ustrzycki What was formerly a fine for parking meter violations had to be paid within three days or it would increase About per cent of the 10000 Halton Hills drivers receiving tickets last year did not pay within three days said Mr The ticket prices increased to after three days and then to if they remained unpaid after days But those working and shopping downtown see only the apparent in crease of or over 150 per cent in their parking fines They say ft could be hurting shopping in downtown Georgetown Ive had people say the reason I dont hop in downtown Georgetown is because they have meters said Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce and By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald StaH An aggregate producer was told to get the hell out of town by one local man during a heated discus sion on a proposed quarry during a public meeting in Acton last week Taro Aggregates Inc President Al Isaac wants to open a quarry immediately south of the proposed expansion of the United Aggregates quarry between Highway 25 and the Fourth Line near The quarry would have an entrance off Highway 25 But an audience of about 100 peo ple including many members of the citizens group POWER Protect Our Water and En vironmental Resources the group fighting the proposed Acton landfill site alternately shouted and laughed at the proposal for the quarry during the meeting held at the Music Hall on Wallace Street At one point the debate heated up leading one man to shout I don t want you in this town I don want you as a neighbor Get the hell out of town That s what we re saying Ha e you got the message now Other audience members said Aggregates would be violating the Niagara Escarp ment and they demanded a guarantee in blood that the firm would never be associated with Reclamation Systems Inc the firm proposing the Acton landfill site Mr Isaac said he would give such a guarantee in writing examined six possible tiors for a quarry but the other five site- dont yield such a high quality of rock as the Acton site said Mr Isaac This happens to be where the best reck is If you want gold you go to Kirkland Lake If you want oil you go to Alberta And the site is located near the Niagara corridor where most of the future development is ex said Mr Isaac One half of the land proposed for the quarry lies in the protected area of the Niagara Escarpment he said But John an en vironmental with the con suiting firm of Gartner Lee hired by Taro said there are ways of altering the Niagara Escarpment Plan to allow the quarry Mr Isaac said wants to mine the quarry in parcels allow ing for progressive rehabilita tion While the parcels are being mined the town could use the re maining land for recreational facilities such as tennis courts or a baseball diamond said Mr Isaac How many people have been through property bordering the Third Line We want to open it up Isaac Contd on Page5T

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