T H B s JA K V ILLE W '- 's i't / ,// ^ > y t / ' I A S ' ' C tm fu m tty /O LAW N M OW ER TU N EU P S ; " . $ "T 4 *T d -p a rts Jnu (C p m ) Pickup and 1 D elivery Available CURRENTPOWER MACHINERY INC. 1661 LakesJiore Rd. W. Mississauga C ro w d e d w i t h C a ts ! O ly m p ic tr ia ls a t H e n d e rv a le S p o rts www.oakvillebeaver.com 52 Pages M ercedes-Benz 822-4211 Focus Vol. 38 No. 89 A Metroland Publicatl WEDNESDAY, JULY 26,2000 75 Cents (plus GST) Old dump far from inactive The Fourth Line landfill site hasn Yseen any new trash since 1982 but buried waste still generates nasty liquid stew By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF W T h e o ld F o u r th L in e la n d fill site (rig h t a n d ab o v e ) h a s a v e ry se re n e look to it, b u t u n d e r th e g r a s s a n d soil, w a te r m ixes w ith th e tr a s h to p ro d u c e le a c h a te th a t m u s t be ta k e n aw ay a n d tr e a te d a t th e sew ag e tr e a t m e n t fac ility . U n u su a lly h e a v y ra in s th is y e a r h a v e d ra m a tic a lly in c re a se d th e a m o u n t o f le a c h a te b e in g p r o d u ce d , a c c o rd in g to J o h n S m ith (in set) H a lto n R e g io n 's A ctin g M a n a g e r o f W a ste M a n a g e m e n t S ervices. Photos by Peter C. McCusker and hile m u ch h a s been m ad e, in som e m ed ia lately, a b o u t th e safety o f h a z a rd o u s w aste in H alto n , o n e th in g O ak v ille resid en ts w o n 't h av e to w o rry a b o u t is th e old F o u rth L ine landfill site. A ccording to John Sm ith, H alton R egion's A cting M anager o f Waste M anagem ent Services, leachate produced by the former dum p - capped in 1982 - remains well within all provincial regulations and is being m anaged according to established guidelines. Contrary to what som e might think, the site is far from sim ply sealed and abandoned but is constantly monitored and drained o f non-hazardous leachate which is, in turn, treated. "W e ensure there are no environm ental impacts because o f the site," said Smith. To appreciate how this is accomplished, it's best to under stand ju st how the site was constructed and exactly how it was used during its lifetime. Set on 90 acres north o f D undas Street (60 acres o f that actual landfill) the site consists o f a hole with a clay liner and a piped leachate collection system at the base o f the garbage. Leachate is caused by rainwater which "percolates" dow n through the site and interacts with the waste that is breaking down. On Fourth Line, this material is non-hazardous resi dential and small com mercial waste. Liquid w aste (paint etc.) and solid hazardous waste (batteries etc.) were not dum ped there. "We want to capture that material to keep it from going into the groundwater and streams," said Sm ith, w ho explained that monitoring wells were sunk around the perim eter o f the land fill to check for leachate. In 1982 the site was capped with clay and topsoil, then grass was planted to mitigate run-off. Sod also keeps the cap moist so the clay w on't crack and the soil stays in place. Depending on rainfall (this year is a real spike on the chart, says Smith) the site generates approximately 90 cubic metres o f leachate per day. This is pumped into tankers and trans ferred to water treatment plants where it is cleaned. Gas. namely methane from decom posing organics which is also generated by the site, does not require a formal collection system like much larger landfills, says Smith. On Fourth Line, a "passive" method allows methane to sim ply seep out o f the ground slowly and safely. "We monitor continually and send a m onitoring report to the Ministry each year," he added. To date, the Fourth Line site remains fenced and is not used for any secondary purpose. (Landfills in other m unicipalities baseball diamonds and even g olf courses.) Smith (See 'New' page A2) Oakville woman finds e-mail namesake related to her husband By Sandra Omand SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER T he odds o f finding som eone w ith the exact sam e nam e were so great that at first Beverley H eilbron thought som eone was either im personating her or play ing a hoax. Instead, after m onths o f email correspondence, she real ized she had com e upon a long lost side o f her husband's family. It first began back in April w hen the O akville resident received som e e-m ail from South Africa. "I got this e-m ail from South A frica w ith all these w edding pictures saying these are pictures from your A untie's garden but I didn't know anyone from there," said Heilbron. M eanw hile, in T oronto, I another Beverley H eilbron was ' e-m ailing South A frica insisting she had not received the photos and w anting to know w here they had been sent. `T h e person I e-m ailed said w e sent them to you at this address and that's w hen I real ized there w as som eone im per sonating m e," jo k ed the Toronto H eilbron. O nly a dot differentiated the said Bev. "I sent her a return e-mail say ing I don't believe this but my name is Beverley Heilbron as well," said Beverley. They began e-m ailing each other daily, exploring the strange coincidence further. They dis covered they not only shared a first and last name but also the sam e m iddle nam e, A nn, although Bev spells it with an "e". "I was aghast, I was quite flabbergasted that there could be som eone else with my name and once she responded with som e more details I began to think that not only do we have the same name but I'm related to her hus band," said Bev. "I e-m ailed asking when is her birthday and I was holding my breath to see if that would be the sam e as well," said Beverley. But, thankfully, said Beverley, they finally found a difference. T he 54-year-old Beverley has a birthday in March while 43-year-old B ev's is in May. Still the fact rem ained that B everley's husband, Bill, and Bev were definitely related. A lthough Bill Heilbron grew (See 'Connection' page A5) H o m e in v a s io n t h w a r t e d A 15-year-old North York youth is facing charges in co n nection w ith Friday's attem pted hom e invasion in O akville. A ccording to H alton Regional Police, the incident occurred around 11 a.m . w hen a Ross L ane resident answ ered his door and was confronted by a lone male. T he suspect was arm ed with a pellet pistol and attem pt ed to gain entry but the hom eow ner slam m ed the door and the intruder fled on foot. Police, how ever, located him a short distance aw ay and m ade the arrest w ithout incident. T he teenager, w ho cannot be nam ed under the Young Offenders Act, has been charged with pointing a firearm, w eapons dangerous and breach o f probation. B lo o d d o n o r INSIDE today's paper Fditnriak..................... ______ M E/v-uc c lin ic A b lo o d d o n o r c lin ic is b e in g h eld to d a y , J u ly 2 6 th , at th e C ro a tia n P arish H a ll, 2110 T ra f a lg a r Rd. N ,, fro m 1 to 7 p.m . E ach u n it o f b lo o d d o n a te d ca n h e lp sa v e th e liv e s o f fo u r p eo p le. A ll h e a lth y d o n o rs are e n c o u ra g e d to a tte n d - b rin g b lo o d donor c a rd o r p h o to ID . m Business,................. ______ B6 -C 1 Automotive............... ... .....,,C8 Photo by Barrie Erskine T h e tw o B everleys ch e ck o u t th e ir o w n e-m ail sites. e-m ail address o f the tw o bheilbron@ ... w om en. 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