Page HALTON HILLS OUTLOOK Saturday March 1 1K3 Outlook on Halton Hills r n J a a t0 pelmUllons more to Despite the province lack of program Svz not have to Sheldon By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald Staff Infuriated councillors almost derailed energy from waste program before it got rolling March Regional councillors decided to hire consultants to prepare for the first phase of their energy from waste program but not before a let from the Environment Minister angered some councillors Chairman Pete told councillors the Ministry is not prepared to make a commitment to Mr had written En vironment Minister James Bradley asking for a commitment to by the province but the response real didnt answer the question we ask of them The minister doesnt object to as a possible solution to waste management problems as West of The Moon By BR CORNWELL Halton Hills Public Libraries West of the Moon by Jonathan Oscar Wilde Is supposed to have said It takes a heart of stone to read tbe death of Little without laughing lachrymose deathbed scenes abounded In Victorian literature reflecting tbe frequency of early childhood death in the era before medical marvels Nowadays the death of a child is regarded as an unforgivable error someones possibly God part The literary world tends to provide nonfiction accounts of the courage and struggles of stricken children and their families While such counts may be heart wrenching or Inspirational they are rarely written with literary grace and unlike novels provide for no catharsis of the spirit In West of Moon Danny Dawson aged five and wearing a Giants baseball cap to disguise the baldness of his chemotherapied escapes with his mother Anne im the untender treatments of Protestant Mercy hospital With the assistance of their friend male nurse Tom Straw they head for hospice in California red wood country There the hospice staff help Danny and his mother leant bow todie Within a lyrical narrative Jonathan conveys the premise and possibilities of the hospice movement and in scene after scene carries the reader along the path of coping and acceptance In the chapter where the orderly Wally shows Danny tbe wondrous moment of being both east of the setting sun and west of the ris ing moon Danny gets down to basics Wally said Danny without preamble do all tbe patients who come here die Wally considered rummaging through bis homilies says nobody knows tbe future But mostly that a what a hospice is for says its like we were working in an airport and all the pa tients are Just passengers from Ibis country to that Danny asked If Wally knew what happened after you die I know what Wavy Gravy says said Wavy Gravy was a down who worked with dying children and ran a summer camp in Mendocino long as any applicants the environmental assessment pro cess said Mr Pomeroy The process is blamed for the lengthy delays and expensive search for a landfill site in Halton Councillors were prepared to delay the first phase of their search for an plant in Halton the evaluation of options and public con until the province In a dear commitment to the REGULAR 1 TIME CLEANING SILVEH POLISHING CLOSETS CUPBOARDS LAUNDRY WINDOWS ETC REFERENCES We TaOnr Our To Suit Your Needs FREE ESTIMATES BONDED Only after a stern warning from Administrative Clerk John Fleming that failure to follow through on EFW would seriously Jeopardize the consolidation hearings looking into the landfill issue did councillors the plans At the consolidation hearings has argued It Is looking at alternatives to landfill including a fullscale commitment to EFW The environmental assessment process demands investigation Into alter natives to landfill and s com to EFW helps fulfill that obligation if the Region backs off on EFW now said Mr Fleming of the proposed landfill site Burlington could claim is not serious about seeking alter natives now caught between go ing ahead with in tbe muddy Id jeopardize laid Poster winner Kevin Lamb received 3t piece pastel set and paper as boost to keep up hi talents Kevin was tbe winner of the Red Cross Poster Con test Initiated by Monaster the vice chairman of Red Cross In February Posters submitted by appmunately IS Grade three four five students were displayed at Georgetown Childrens Library the landfill bearings said Kevin Thats not much of a choice Were on the merry go round again said Burlingtons Joan tie The potential length and cost of bearings on energy from waste means Halton is being asked to sign a blank cheque she said Halton Hills Coun Sheldon objected to what she said were rules for private companies and municipalities The MOE said private applies lions seeking approval for a dump- site In Acton may not have to explore alternatives too deeply because they have constraints which municipalities dont have said Coun Sheldon What Is the rational for the tax SAME DAY TAX RETURNS 8772217 MILLIERE TV SALE TOSHIBA J ItCJlSr RCil il RSHOTE 1 1 fc 688 VCR A sr vtwtf With flipira tmiw no WATT MIDSIZE TOSHIBA tesnll Eli 348 RCA 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