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COMMENT BO U824,191Main LE, T ..1 Milt L9T 4N9 à Fdé s 878-2U341w 3:casfe Aivemsing: 875-3300 ..~ iFi gIan Oliver Publisher «4%Tw ,J Neît Oilver AdL= .eco' at,Lee aesa I Ge-re.I M-asg- _w . o Jane.Muiler Eit- *' .' v",hé #M J Karen Huiman Ciwcaaae Masger q.a a - . TerI Casas OS-iCe use be an . .e . Tlm Cotes , ProdctIom M4awer fe W. » :ra :a t. %. W. s ee EI. .w %tewe A deserved IoW~ Milton residents should be breathing a sî efno tisat Reclarnation SystemU hIc. has been tur dbark mnI initial bîd to create a 20 million tonne landfill near Acton. The landfill, its opponents would argy~e, could potentially threaten Milton's underground watcr too linca good part of tisat supply originates in thse area. Citizen groups opposing tise RSJ propo>al caution tisat the battie against RSI is probably flot over. But ait least this prolonged skirmish is, and it has endcd witis RSI being mouted. 'Me companly, in a decision announced last weck, has effectively been sent back to the drawing board by a provincial hearing panel and told fb conte up- witis a more in-deptis analysis of its project. That analysis-will then be subjected to tough scniîiny by various boards and agencies, probably a lengtisy process. In tie meanie, Halton North MIPP Noci Duignan has vowcd to, rcnew his bid to ban landfills on Uic Niagara Es- carpmenî. The provincial govercuent would do well to fl- low Mr. Duignan's lead in this master. There are a two important issues involved herê: Should thc private sector even be involved in large-scale waste dis- posai? And what exactly are the long termn plans for Uic Niagara Escarpmnent? As far as the latter goes, we thougsi that was made abun- dandy clealr during Uie brief reign of David Peterson as On- tario, Premier. Amid much pomnp and circunistance, Mr. Peterson and dignitaries fromn the United Nations sanctified Uic cscarpmient as a world biosphere. We took that to lic symbolic of Uic fitct Uiat it would lie, front then on, cherished as à natul prSAerve. lnstead therc are those who continue tn contemplate tic rugged rock face as mainly a receptacle for refuse. The cscarpmcent ini north liaton lias been blasted b>'ex- plosives, pumnmelled by bulldozers, trekked over by count- Ics mruks ferrylng gravel from Uhc cliffs ta constrution sites hither and yoti. It lias been Uic subject of exploitation by quarry owners and more lalely would-be landfill oper- moars. It ia time for sonne of this exploitation to lic curbcd. If the provincial govcmmcnî's dlaim ta environientai in- tcgirity is go be credible: thon Queen's Park should move on S Mr. Duignan'a proposai. There can be no land use more diamectuically opposcd ta preservation than creating landfills in thc midst of existing natural reserves. Rcgarding thc cther mnalter, Uic activities of RSI do little to support any case put forward by private indusiry Uiat it should forro an integral part of large-scale waste disposai solutions. Simply put Whàle RSI is pewfeciy friec to mount a private sector proposai for a LMI, as it bas donc to, date, that pro- posalis a t in Uic bei ntereats of thc citizens of Halton. In fact in the legai ase it la cotitemptuous of Uiose interests. Hilton has a public-sector landflll site, in Milton, Uiat will serve regional needa for thc nexi 20Oyears, ai lcast, if ail goca according toan. This landfill was ôbtaned at gmat com, and will only operate with substantial taxpayer suli- sidies. There la o benefit ta Uic Hahtots taxpayer or Uic fia- mcdi ste envirooient ta lie gleancti by an additional private landffli. In that ense Uic RSI project fa contemrptuouis of 4bc Hal- ton taxpayera' position. It diaregards, dismisses Uic painful c hisiorY duat bougs dmc publcy operated Haien regionai landulul ta Miitoe That ta à telling argument for keeping suc Maa. In Uice public oeahm, and out of the. pSp of prill-drve emdties like RSI. An euirnalled crowd of 7,000 turnhd ouat for qlie 1141h annuat Milton Fall Fir In Sapiamber 1966, dampita cold waailer. Hiton UPP Geille Ka"e (rîght) oaflally opere th firi tal th Haillon County Agrtca.th.reI Sociy pt.sid.ru Gordon Raynor (lait> and Maurla .aety (centre) on. of the. Jersey cote exhlbliars Tii. 19»2 version of the avant atr thia FrIday et the fafrgrawida. PAGES 0F THE PAST One Year Ago From the, 94ptember 25,1991 issue tU flic 138&h annmal Milton Fait Fair was to frature maiY ncw attractions as wincl as aid favouriles but the highlight of dic wcckend was ID tic thne fairs rux muck Poil comtpetion which wu 10 foDlow dic opening S- amn- les. 11im wosld am bc a trator poil fcatiung village. acock-aM lihî pra-sock elutors lhelc wu dm a bc h appocunc <rom sanmy Scuccrow of the Poste Dlot Dom., Ronald NMcad d ic Spticre Cla4_u,à. W.. ai bn. Sîui b. aid favourites =bxlmgdie dxd" deby al peineszo 0 711te United Way bat! kicked off.a major martelons 6 bdalaies cunufln. At the cmt of tic campaigts dace wus la, h. a tinitcd Wtsy Robin Hood 0im Auctiion whes ait tho n m tsdan wceo invîteti Io dieu mn liat lions Robin Hodaà note t) flu Mâlesi Liase Coire pu"nc mm fimnd sUppo &nW bwiâreds of wlatia amund kW"i camc cean tisming Tocm Clcan. Satidents from E.C. Dnmy anti Milon Distrct Higft Schools combincd la iliinc wmn du"s in tenan for donations la Uic campeign la buM a McW leisurc Conne. 20 Years Ago PýrOm the 8eptesuler 27,1972 Ilasie U) A substantial rowd turnid out ai Uic Milton Fair 3coundl for dic 11tU anusi Mille Fait Fei. Baking mpculiona, prizcs for the boa tivcxStk, baun Mst flower exhibits #Mt bantou honte mmes mimd a notait- tic quhlty la Uic CvenL. 18-ycar-ald Jayce Wilson wu nmcd Quain of UMn Fair wbile Uie Princecu tille went k> 4-yen-old Kagos Wrkgm. PUD U Plans for Millon's third am"s Winter Camival wc stiùng la il 'nia place. Il was hopcd that dog- sied races, sky.tiiving exhibitions and smaw-niobilc macc woutti h. amont; Uic carnival's evesits. Il was plancti that a plastic snavinan tas would h. useti as dic key la dmn carnival. D) Mcsnbers of die Milo Qptimrn Club actueveti a qiccial d goal hUrey camict coogh m-iy Io replace tic fantis mn bcoun Uic club ai an anction sale in lue. The auciaim proces of SI.2M0 disoppesre and! an extensive matchi by police trmei op cnpty. Optimisa ucenhers ticcitiet inght away la toke on exta fonmtiris- i projeu la tomle ic sti moeicy go dihir coin- munity pojecls woalid coiute .lnpce, by Uic lacis of euit. Mombera of dec club mausicaltiUe fplc bath ai Stessn-Era MM MiltonimI Fair nid cusird more duw entouga moncy 10 reMth missimg mictioni fuils 50 Vears Ago Frn te. Septeilber 24,1943 issue t) Dkr C. H. Hl&on tic 2 28 DUor pace, wiLh his fax race hums Peternc, in Welland. Pcene was la h. onc of Uic main mwing tauractiogut t ic big Milton Fait Fait on Uic wecnd. t) D.A. Hewgill who hart aacoufully run Uic Redi ad White piocca Mure in ant for 20 yenrs hati tasmei dic business oves la John Robinson of Ottawa. MW. Hewgil tun Umico ably witi Uic hclp of bus wif<enmd daughtcr Alma antillUic famnily alwayi holt Ui respect of tic Mit- ton communlty. (J flihc aimer boliday extendei by twa weeks final- ly camne la an end for Miaim District Higa School stu- demis ulia retranit la ft urne seaff af touchans for Uic BY STEVE NEASE LOOKING BACK