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Perey Merry parents make final plea to committee Construction begins on new east-end school - e.ae 1 Canabian qia mpton Voted #1i for Besi Breakfac 40 Chisholm Dre 8ý A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 143 No. 63 Tuesday, October 22, 2002 40 Pages $1 .0 (GST included) PCommission backs rquarry expansion By LISA TALLYN Special ta The Champion Despite pleas from the public flot to sup- port an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan that would allow for an expansion of Dufferin Aggregates' Milton Quarry, the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) did just that Thursday. Commission members voted 11-5 in favour of the Dufferin application to change the designation on about 169.5 acres in the Niagara Escarpment Plan area from Escarpment Rural to MineraI Resource Extraction Area. The quarry lands straddle the Milton-Halton Hilis bor- der. More than 120 people, many wearing green Save the Escarpment badges, packed the Halton Hilis Civic Centre for the meet- ing. The vote came despite a recommenda- tion from NEC staff not ta support the arnendment. Is its report 10 the comtission however, staff alto included an alternative recommendation that the amendment could be supported with conditions, includ- ing the removal of wetlands from the licence and the identification of a buffer -ýChallenge postponed A challenge of Milton's smoking bylaw has been put on hold. 'Me issue - which was scheduled to go before the courts yesterday - was post- poned because town counicil has been asked to re-consider the issue at its meeting Monday. Whether or not the challenge will contin- ue depends on what action, if any, council takes at that time, said Doug Quirt, solici- tor representing the Hardball Cafe in the bylaw challenge. area. That recommendation, with some changes, was supported. Commissioner Robert Boraks ques- tioned the inclusion of the alternative rec- ommendation, saying "this is flot the norm" and asking if it was fair to future applica- tions. When commission planner David Johnston was questioned about the inclu- sion of an altemnative recommendation he said he was imstructed to include is by "higher ups' he laser identified as NEC Director Mark Frawley and Chairman Don Scott. On Monday, Mr. Frawley said while "its probably true it's unusual to have it (alter- native recommendation) built right in a report" it's flot unusual for NEC staff to have prepared conditions on hand if the commission doesnt support its recommen- dation to reject an application. Mr. Frawley said the alternative recom- mendation was included in the report due to the complexity of the application. Commissioners heard from approxi- * se. EXPANSION on page 16 Comment ........ 6 Dateine........ 13 Classified ..23-25 a Tuusday, October n e *Smlftlyu* eFM Industres* *RanalCashway'* eSporlchelC *Giflas Plsza*e Spartmai'* -Roma Homo and Gardon'*e Future Shop'*a Sears* *Solocted afeas only ,:~i î~ 9144 Twiss Road, Campbetlville, Ontario. OP I BO Phone (905)-854-1 008 Fax (905)-854-2707 Rates as low as $75/month, video surveillance, fully fenced facility, electronic card access, 24 bour access, only you bave the key, computerized gate system, security lighting. and ground level units! Photo by GRAHAM PAINE vBig winner Ben Wallace, local trainer and co-owner of Totally Western, winner of the 2002 Breeders Crown two-year-old colt pace, is alsmiles as he holds Up the trophy with daughter Jessica, 11, at Woodbine Racetrack Saturday night. The race carried a purse of $W4,809. Se. sports for full results and related photos of the Breeders Crown. 1'