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Slaugherhouse receives fine for discharging waste in creek iLSeb t a e2J A Metroland Community Newsi 177e."-- paper Vol. 143 No. 55 Tuesday, September 24, 2002 40 Pages Rotarians honour hockey great Bower with award -M.pae $1.00 (GST incladed) -/Construction begins on filtration system 40 aid water woes Town's brown water problern step c/oser to being alleviated Construction of a $63 million water filtration system to elimi- nate Milton's brown water prob- lem is underway. Cernent footings for the facility were poured Friday. with construction expected to take several months. The facility will be located directly beside the municipal wells at Kelso Conservation Area. -We are thrilled to sec this getting under- way.' said Bruce Kitchen of the Halton Region planning and public works depart- ment. -Weve been waiting f'or some time to get the solution in place and the funding in place to get the work donc." nUpon completion of the facility a gravi- ty filter process will be used to remove higb levels of manganese periodically _Barn gutted A large barn near the border of Milton and Burlington was gutted by fire Tbursday evening. Fire crews from botb communities arrived at the Walker's Line property at about 6 p.m. - shortly after a passing motorist alerted a resident in the'nearby bouse of the fire. Walker's Line was closed tbrough much of Tbursday evening while ftrefighters bat- tled back the flames. 'Me cause of the tire remains under investigation and a damage estimate wasn't available at press tune yesterday. Two horses eteaped the blaze. found in Milton water. Manganese can tumn drinking water brown and can somnetimes be found in large chunks suspended in the water. The filtration systemr is expected to be operational by next spring. Health officiais say there are no bealth risks associated ssîth the level of mani- ganese currently found in Milton water. Comme nt...6 Dateline........ 17 Classif ied..24-27 WIMM Wff eTueday, Septomber 24 e eCashway* e Forever Young* 0 Baileys Heating* e Future Sbop* eSears* *Selected areas: nly 100% Canadian - mined, cut, polished and even set in w 609Canada. The diamond 1: - ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ also engraved witb the 'WHERE EVERYDAY IS PAYDAY' ____ unique registration Mb CLL LCAL310.ASHnumber of the CAL LOAL30@C SHGovernnint CertficaUc, ,WILR-GMNOLCIBTlime. *vs Servang youfuy ance 1930 Delu, vC < Àpd 1 See page 19