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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-09-30, Page 6RURAL YOUTH JOB STRATEGY) Can you spot the jobs in your home town? If not, we can help. Ontario's Rural Youth lob Strategy is a program to help young men and women find jobs. -We'll help you gain the skills and experience it takes to find the right opportunity in your home town. And our services are free. Family harmonies Silence, also known as the Hussey family, originally of East Wawanosh Twp., not only entertained for the full house as the 50th anniversary of the Belgrave turkey supper was celebrated, Saturday night, they donated sound equipment and acted as stagehands for the night. 23 attend Swinging Seniors meeting YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES ONTARIO It you wont to work, we wont to help. t Ontario Min.stry or Actricultur., Food & Flurol Affairs C PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998. Morris residents say landfill not for . sale By Jim Brown Advance-Times Staff The people of Morris Twp. have spoken. Now it's up to council to abide by the wishes of the people. Morris Twp. residents oppose any expansion of their landfill site. They are against the municipality selling the site to Huron County or to any other municipality which hauls its waste to the facility on Morris's Centre Side Road. The residents also want the township to investigate alternatives such as incineration and the exporting of waste. At the public meeting held Sept. 23 at the Belgrave Women's Institute Hall, resident George Procter made a motion stating the people of the township are strongly opposed to the expansion of the site. The non-binding motion was seconded by Jim, Barnes and carried by the residents in attendance. The motion reads, "That this meeting goes on record that we are strongly opposed to expanding the Morris landfill site beyond its present use and we recommend that Huron County and its councillors contact people in the waste management business, such as Canadian Waste, for alternative proposals." Procter said people in the community know that any site which does not have a clay base and is bounded on three sides by water — as is the case in Morris — is not a suitable spot for a mega- dump. Bert Elliott, township reeve, said council will have to take a "good hard look" at all the facts before any final decision is made. He said when the township wanted to sell the landfill site earlier this year, it wanted to get some money, which could have been used for paving roads and other capital projects. Deputy-Reeve Keith Johnston said a lot of good points were made during the public meeting. He added that while the township doesn't really want to expand the landfill site, if the 10 municipalities of north Huron amalgamate, "We know where the garbage is going to go." Before opening the meeting to questions and comments from the floor, Elliott gave a situation update from council. Attendees also heard from engineer Art Clark of Maitland Engineering Services; Chris Hutt, senior environmental officer of the Sarnia District Office of the Ministry of the Environment; Huron County Waste Management Co-ordinator Craig Metzger and Morris Township legal counsel Roger Cotton, head of the environmental group Tory, Tory, DesLauriers and Binnington of Toronto. Elliott said the landfill is only to be used by Morris and the Village of Brussels under the terms of original certificate of approval in 1970. - Clark said the Morris site is licenced for a specific volume. If the site were to be used as a zone landfill, the rate of landfilling for the approval section will increase. To have the site serve a wider area, he added, additional hydrogeological studies would be required to ensure there would be no off-site impacts to the ground water system. Cotton said the township is faced with three options — do nothing, let the county manage the landfill or try to persuade the county to buy the site. Frank Procter said he opposes the expansion because the site is currently serving 3,000 people. This would increase to over 20,000 people. "The 700 per cent increase is quite an increase," he said. Procter claimed there arc a number of viable alternatives, stating that technology has improved over the years. Exporting the garbage is another alternative, he suggested. "Exporting is becoming cheaper, because of competition," he said. Ross Procter said incineration is being used more frequently. "It is legal now," he stated. "Incineration should not be eliminated (as an alternative)." As well, monitoring is improving because of technology, he added. Earlier, Procter said there should be a logical alternative because the Morris Landfill site is going to have to be closed some day. While the Greenlane site in St. Thomas receives garbage from all over Ontario, two additional sites have applied to accept waste from across the province. "They are in the process of getting approval," said Procter. Bill Rapson was concerned that if the county took over the landfill site it could amend the agreement and apply to import garbage from outside Huron County into the site. Hutt said the county could do that, but would have to meet conditions under the Environmental Protection Act. It would be a fairly involved process in order to get approval for expansion, he predicted. Before that can happen, the county would have to own or operate the landfill site. Klaas Jorritsma said it would be quite inconsiderate of the county to go ahead with the Morris Township site as a mega zone dump. If over 800,000 gallons of leachate are taken from the Holmesville location every year to the Goderich Sewage Treatment Plant, how much would be taken from the Morris site, Jorritsma wondered. He noted the Holmesville site has a clay base and also has pipes under the clay to help with the leachate. Turnberry Twp. Reeve Brian McBurney said exporting is a viable alternative. He added Turnberry was the first Huron County township to export its waste and has been doing so since 1989. "In September, Greenlane had its licence extended for another 20 - 25 years for all of Ontario," said McBumey. He claimed while Turnberry continues to export its waste, the cost has decreased due to the amount of competition. The Tumberry reeve said if the Morris Twp. landfill site becomes a zone dump, it would cost Turnberry more money to get rid of its waste. "I think we have the best deal right now," said McBurney. The Blyth Swinging Seniors met in the Memorial Hall on Sept. 23 for their usual potluck dinner. This was the first meeting since summer and about 23 attended. After dinner President Lawrence Plaetzer called the meeting to order. Happy Birthday was sung to Jim Walsh, Edgar Howatt and Jean Nethery. Happy Anniversary was sung to Jim and Elsie Walsh, Edgar and Ferne Howatt and June and Bob Peck. Brock Vodden accompanied at the piano. The usual reports were given. The next meeting will be Oct. 28 and it was decided to have a Halloween party, dress up and have some fun. Judges will be on hand and prizes awarded. Jean Plaetzer and Jean Nethery will decorate for this occasion. The Christmas dinner and meeting will be held in November and plans are underway for that. 1t was also decided to give a donation to the Wingham and Area Day Centre. An invitation was received from council asking members to attend the fall colour tour through the Blyth Community Greenway Trail. This is an opportunity to view the work that has been completed in 1998. The walk will start at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 3. Everyone is to meet at the parking lot on the east side of highway 4. A barbecue will follow later. An invitation was received from the Dungannon Seniors to join them on their "Fun Day" Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. The president also announced the Zone meeting to be held Oct. 21 at Goderich Township hall, Holmesville. Registration is from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., lunch and meeting to follow. The cost is $4 per person. Jean Nethery looked after the cards. Results were: Lost Heir — high lady, Vera Hesselwood; low lady, Elsie Walsh; high man, Graeme McDowell; low man, Erma Cook. Euchre — high pink card, Jean Plaetzer; low pink card, Effie McCall; high white card, Jim Walsh; low white card, Edgar Howatt.