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Champion Country, Tuesday, April 13, 2004-19 x-Clean Up Hornby Day An oppontunity is fast approaching for rural Milton residents to pull together as a community and do somne much-needed clean-up. 'Me Homnby Association of Rate Payers (HARP) will hold its fourth annual Clean Up Homby Day April 24. Participants are asked to meet at 9 ans. at the Homby Park parking lot for the event. A free barbecue will begin at noon, and ail] participants are invited to attend. Participants are reminded to wear old clothes and waterproof footwear. Gloves, safety vests and collection bags will be provided. Students helping with the dlean-up will qualify for the required community service hours. HARP will assign participants a section to cîcan or, if preferred, they can pick their areas. A supervised recreation ares for children might be available. For details, calI the below numbers. If residents can't or don't want to partici- pate in the organized dlean-up, they can simply dlean up the area in front of where they live. CalI Erik Kowal at the below number, and HARP will supply the bags and arrange for garbage collection. These participants are still invited to join in for thse barbecue. In case of hard rain, thse event will be- postponed until the following Saturday, May 1. To confirmi participation or for more information, caîl Erik Kowal at (905) 876- 1582 or Ken Lawday at (905) 876-2527. Issues notjustforfarmers - tram LANDOWNERS' on page 16 Another attendee was Gary Ellis, who's a founding member of the two-month-old Milton Rural Residents'Association. 'Wr have a lot of interests in common," he said, explaining why he wanted to attend the forum. He added the issues being discussed at the forum aren't just for farmers. "If's important that alI rural residents get involved, not just farmers." He said he becomes angry when he hears about restrictive land bylaws being enacted in otlser communities. "But what makes me angrier is that were paying them (enforcers)," said Mr. Ellis, who lives in the north end of Nassagaweya. Mr Hillier said rural landowners should- n't think il's poinlless to discuss their con- cems with their govemment representa- tives. In bis experience, councillors want to hear different perspectives and encourage landowners to, speak up, he said. In thse end, attendees were left with one message summued up by Mr. Fowler: "Wr need to get together. Unity and knowledge - thats strength." Stephanie Thiessen ran be reached at sthiessen@ntihtoncanadianchanpion.com. r