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sites &W Friser ai loi &le si E. ýE> The Canaehain Champion e. -ii Olv -ubiiher M tUaPuesta,, i JW111 e Mdl5 - Editor OifAL o. Pob. K*W.M asa@M Smith Normanw Nos Sti, Nmii OIver - >*fmsing M&aww. @PM.ha Brod, a-du" p0wrqy WanOM Waren iong B O tsr n.cuu coapotin Magmi Semiis: D"wi Poli. Andrea Doet«. JUanow"»W Q 1MWM.. - Dilarbubon Manager N'*Mar Bemtrnd. Ted Lidsy BUI« Jo Gilbert.k o faoia .~i~ t Tom M.. Came - office Manager =ilad: Sitoon ammt nOOs. Sihari, Ailes. e~ hom d 406 Oump oeu.- S7S-2~4¶ SUUNI55:SfsIrlY DYC, Boitda Omaaiy, LMsa Noton. mcum am Vaa.aa i O«rt mnsoc lhrt ~t9.11w Torono Lis 121CISIUlO : Karen l4uoman. ' k 'a 'i.a, « O»cai es fttW. but dmw Ofli ri teOvtaw.I So amair Lkmiu 821 COUPOUIO: Marks Dih. June C4bourne Ka»o 0"hra tuc eit n api amaaseiplsvnca a1e. o9 Boyle. LM"d Laort; Kimberley Walsh, MAcett HigoM.i Oa r~.Ek Spaq awq OJW sid ajtt kard a,~k J Bornagain or not? Loi bc 1 The view front the top of the Niagara Escarpement As espe- o k n b c cially pretty this week. Nature'5 panorama )%as been assg. - mented by the assurance from LAC Minerais that they wmll drop atiempis to expand their quarry oiperations ai Milton- Limestone, onSteelfs Avenue near Bell School Line. It's a major coup- for members of Keep the Escarpment En- vironmuent Protected (KEEP). And whiie KEEP candidly ad- muts thai they are far front out of the woods when icornes to fending off development. proposaIs. for ilieir rural neighbour- hood.along the roof of the escarpmenit, te complexion of the struggle bas changed, substantially. LAC Minerais bas collecied approximately $1 million worth of research indicating tIsai their recentlv abandoned oin proposai would 1~t to environmrental concerns wtlhat proeni cannot bea aqisely addressed. - To the companys credit, they have chosen, if ihey are to be laken ai iheir word, to abandon the projeci raiher than, press on in the face of nagging doubi.i lndeedt, we may b. accused of bitîng skepticism but we would go so far as to say LAC Minerais As a comtpatsy of bomn- again envlronmentalists. Now ihai iheir âata appears to b. gaihered, LAC Minerais has chocen to wiihdraw gracefully, stressing that ihe corral- lion has genuine envirenmental concernes and tIsai it we Ilfot seek to press the issue An the face of even a hini of doubt over poiential damage to rural Milton. 19 this the sanie companty thai sleamrolled int a land deal, by outbidding the H-alton Region Conservation Authorîty for the 390-odd acre quarry expansion tract LAC currentIy osens on the escarpement brow? [s ttiis the sainte company IýMa soughî to have the debat over land use put into the hatfids of a civil servant, a hearing officer for the Ontario Municipal Board, once LAC had been ihwarted in front 0felected offiçialr who are supposed to b. thse niosi poient line of defence againsi improper land use' Is this the samne environmenîally consciaus company thtl lowed iheir lawyer, Bent-Jetien (perhaps even insirucitd him?; 10 indignanîly walk out on proceedings ai boih Milton Four ibrorten ookof ofîg he niw W.L Blc echool Sany when M opened In Ape11 IM&4 TM yu municipal counecil and the Niagara Escarpmeni Commission? lOnedmla Im lfr t uth tol Kernghan Karen MelEchant, Sendra Doby and JOfutlf Poeuao., air -. reee [t would appear so. With perhaps jusi a touch of reservation @Ma". by the echool'. pehicipal ami lle Mii rtunhg th. netsfaclly. inseeaw-rm 000 bkon ot he ahelve. on we, must congratulate this'corporate giatnt which bas apparent- o itJgtM . Y. Now let's flot labor ai satire any longer We feel thse truîh of ~4~ wVhai happened vient something like ihis: S Pages . L th aUs LAC's studies bave exposed enough environmental con -______________________________________ ceints 10 make At risky for the company to confront citizens and theam Il titousands of unknown mlotorises on politicians already irate about the magnitude of quarrying An One Vear Ago provincial igiways, lis lte rural nnact hat îtie grtîîng Milton. Frie h Apri I$ leum more attention froir, Milton's municipal governimnt The trend ioward political opposition solidified wiîh the U Il Ivs Bl~ue Moa In MitnTaî's net 10 ti con- "dy. la response t0 police stahstcs, municipal counoil- rccenl announcement thai the United Nations has declred the fused wits Macle Tucsdy or any ollier occasion mcm- iors caicd for îtnproveil traffic control, possibly oiver- - c'carpment a nature reserve. If there's one thing tIse provincial beredt for thbiset newd citl brougitt. Blue Monday was a aoued stop signs. and road 'riblons', the ruttîng of lattes govemnment does wani, it's even a hint of embarrassmrrent cetebration as theMinistry ofîtheEnvlmminn honciuret approaching interections twarn drives u sow down. on tse orl stge.Milton. At à municipal counocl meeting ciected officiais There's a cyclical downtursi happening in the constrcion lcelefigoto Fhispraise from iete mlnistry ê oeoth -imem5cr of tenote famous 20u boax"Ag industry which As the quarry's bread and butter client. LAC program. Prs the April M. 1970 iasue. baIS admiited ihey may get oui of tIse conîroversial aggregate u Despite sone wiîtrulng cniticisi a&non& finition Parking miters andlprvision of off-strvs, parking sîrp mnin buin~alt~eier.regional counctiiors for hie, action, mlnmstry liste en, lots must go itand in hsand memnlers of lthe Milton Park- srpmnn uie logehr vlronment oflicier Lyle Parnons stuckito ha ua sayltlg ing Autlsortty Meienatod te memben of Milton counicil in We are flot about to believe LAC MitieraIs bas enjoyed an te wa Halton', faute thei houschoid =tzdu teaste a ltter piuwmted at tise talle cousicil morting. aThc overnight conversion ihat now sees its board rooni filled with dulnp In Milton rn in1 trouble. lThe facility teas situe Autitonty lues oncluded lthai il wîii faveur installation entiironmaental zealots. The company played hardball aIl the do"n lisse week after Mr. Parsons uerved various officiais of parking metent, as long as off-stres is provided as an way along until lasi Thursday. They are to b. respecied for i, t itia ntice of violation regarding te Storles Avenue alternative for citoppers. depot. U Altitougli Milton's Senior Citizens Club is unitappy r-although it wasn't always an ethical effort An our opinion. They U Wile driverst nay cninge at Toronto rsfflc and lied about tite dntarlo, Strert site fur tihe nete 36-unit senior are toi b. respected the way one respects talenicd adverýarîes. ciâssis, apavstssmsî building te appears tise site was tite only sultaluctoic. Tisaî's titi message ttsey got witcn Pud titcy caricd titck protesi en titi Council meeting. List P dby Steve Nease wee75ctir" c ,cu voter! unaninousiy against th£ie elt W tao10 fat ft the don narte. Ul Poatililite of a 10 miii tait rAse for Nassagaweya Trownsip resident, loomisi as mcmeso Nsap Q» (sEJAKiW LD~I 4( i BERD! ST(DB Council approvedcimat for 97,pend i il, WIT I-ls ~p~m ~ £pc4< wililbeformnally sa for apprivail at tise May meeting. ,~ AIN ~ HlM ~ MODFi/ 50 Vears Ago A GW NProu te Apl 18,1940 issueo fJ Hiiysf are ail dlean again and even lthe graýeI roads are frmhm ice and only htave mud as an in con- MasraeW.F Woodliffe on ec f1 rn hre 1 produce l rvrspri o 1940 j Mns. Geo Dorman and iwo daugitri, Laurenc and Burdette, spirit tise woekend in Windsor and Detroit, visiting Hunier Maude.