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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-03-26, Page 2s-smit Nf osivta1t.MMakammL as, stow itataigrauingdfiluzir landfill lift will baveibeating on county eYJMVLDSCOTT Expiaitor Editor The possibility of extending the iito..expectaovy et. the . Mid -Huron Landfill Site (hildLS):ae Hohusavllle aa►3I1 :have.:a bearing on Huron County's future budget plaits fore management. .The -,MHLS board vats expecting an answersat its March 20 mooting framocon- suiting engineers Conmatogit- Rovers & ,Associates (ORA) about possibly extending the life of the site by building it higher. There.,are two %ways to increase the capacity of the landfill— by.sdding onto the top or diggingdecper into the ground:110u aaq_go up or go down". said .acting secretary slfam- Ismer, commissioner of :waits,for soderich. • .Do io prsviwis commit- ments. was .unahle .to report ,back to the ,MHLS board•prior.to its•March:20 meeting. "Fbe consulting engineers •wi11 send:a report -by April 7 which will seviewed.at the board's April T? -meeting. in.answer.to istonmilion'of how .the change it~twtdll affect the prese*h Se, sitc appenosor I nekh NII acid ihemoesss miidiahMaapp of the landf511 wi11-haste to he expanded:as the:heigbtot the hill increases. rbore.%svtre Woo :questions About 'erosion and _whether tithe slope of the hill, now at .4:1 (four feet out for every one toot up).. wouldeimnain the same if the ACight increased:14p p to..a.eeciain alevation;"saaid i uati1l. ''The old site is -4:i Band osesion is mot 'problem." "Oar's (site) is tiny com- 'pared to ones in dsitchener. And they don' thave .a'prob- lem with '•erosion," •said Hunter. sPeatill .satimated the site .:oouM:peobebly go:another>!0 feet !higher. Anda few board members joked aboat the :possibility of ;a future -ski hill iniinimcaville. - AWLS -board chair,. Laurie Cox, Reeve of Goderich Township, is.amember of the county's -planning and .devel- oprnent committee which 'handles vague management. It, is:.presentlyihepian ofrthe county to have two 'zone' landfills in the future -- one in Exeter and one in Moms Twp. to serve the north and south rasions of Huron. !; have estimated there, isnhosvoson :r2 -0o let years' tettintake' ke' life ref the Idolmestriie site. But if that • life is sithended it mould make calculation -a little difficult for cetttaty,waaste wanttge- 'meat. Right now number crunchers .are trying to figure out .when the eight member municipalities of MHLS board would start taking their avast to the two future none landfills :aid contributing financially:tDo their opera- tions. "If it's lt4vyaars (we have left) tkay.:nandplati, it. If,ettee :extend that, :mete :a znor+wa target," said Dox. "It's important to .get .an answer from GRA ea we can plan for it. Everybody.around this table wants to see the life of the landfill extended," addedilhe chair. It was estimated -by Hunter and Postill that if the site went :50 feet,highe,r, it:would likely _extend the life of the •aite•by.six or seven .yaars for :a acetal of :approximately 20 Benefits suspended ill-dimetottake .CONTINUED from page I month waiting period.and others are ineligible for other reasons such as being fami- ly's sole caregiver. "I would -hazard a guess that about 300 people are eligi- •ble," Mackinnon said. "But they haveto-be -on assistance for four months before it -becomes-mandatory." There are . also some more .technical and practical hur- dles for the program as--per- sonnet work to .get the perti- nent information into ,the computers at five sites across the county. Participation in the project began - strongly . among Goderich organizations and is now spreading to county agencies like the 'Huron ,.Adult Day Centre and the Children's Aid Society. `;Ptll,of ijs,are fairly upbeat abottt�.this," MacKinnon. said. "Just by the number=of peo- ple involved, to only have two express extreme-:tdiaplea- sure is promising." Consequences for refusing to take part in Ontario Works can mean the suspension of -benefits. • There-hasbeen criticism of ' the ;program that it is little more. than cheap labor, lead- ing to nothing better.and .offering no training incentive for thgsc.forcod to take:par't. in fact.. some vocal lobby Personal fn iftr INCOME TAX -RETURNS Reasonable and Confidentis) • CO now to arrange an appointment for tiling your 1806 income.tax return. TOTAL•`FARMURM DubUn 1112 .:groups have labelled work- fare .as .a human rights viola- tion. But that's -not ;the way Jim Ratner secs it. He's the .man- ager of Zurich's arena, parks and community centre ,and , will supervise the worker who comes here if their application is approved. ,The Zurich application calls for someone to help .paint outdoor structures and assist in other.general maintenance of recreation facilities. And while these tasks •may not seem the perfect 'resume - builder' as proponents of Ontario Works have suggest - ,ed, Ramer _feels there is a 'deeper issue. "I think anybody that can prove they can work at one job, that's definitely an asset to go and get another job," -he .reasoned. "Dependability is a big ;Wog when ,getting a job these.days." But -:make no mistake. there'sbenefit in theprogram . for Zurich as,well. you r .. secure a lifetime *Qom from ,flirt -1$P OI ale interested in other WISP i n veetrnents, at .very, compe ti b ve rates; call Arnold *741 0 McLaugh Choy -Diff Ltd. i$AMin St. Ssafeith. 527.1140 •SeMce •Selection •Savings •Salietaction *Leasing *Complete BODY SHOP Service MOVING Sale ,, .,.�,.,. irrumutrui.oi n,..u,..„u+..• ..uc: HOURS; MON-PRi 9:30AM-9P The tasks outlined in the Ontario Works :application are -not -budgeted :and likely would not get done without the •program. Part of the criteria for the program is that ,a workfare participant .not displace ,a worker frem.a'psyiggjob. "Through training .:and employment support, the pro- gram takes on various guis- es.” he said. while remaining convinced someone. could parlay the experience into a paying job and get off wel- fare. "It fills in their resume and gives them some experi- ence," he addend. ".They could say they did volunteer work, they don't have to, say it was assistance. it's ,up•-to-tthenempl.yer. to ;delve into it (irtl-ier." years troan DOW. Other tactors which coUtd :extend those figures are tate !increase in recycling and sab- lsequent decrease in waste being laradfitled, aad.tite increase in compaction of waste as the height increase:. Wage 6susaae Atter s0111e diaaauistaatltlk! around -the -tahlesarti►adf municipal wage iilstcraases, the members of lit&MHLSS board unanimously approval wage increase of two per .:cent tor both part and full- time landfill employees. second Phase Line Office manager Ben Munnings presented prelimi- nary research on the cost of :installing .an extra telephone 'line for the landfill office to meet -required RQeds. AhboigOIXOSIS WC= iftppoozimately Al1J1O irettbcatpproved! !19971ahiset, atftcr: initial invtsatiogatioo. Ikumoings has. fiattrrdakeatest for: the; instttllatiea,of; tett atealhoe . may -he .es inti Has 34500. Ilistotaittgs -received :approval :•front,eke+board to further inv aytaae Hand obtain radditiao&lquotes. 4 • Varicose vein '••Varicose veins .used to be treated with vein strippings. This was ,a . very invasive procedure :done in .the lumenal. requiring:an anestheticoaad the -patient had.many incisions.and stitches:and. usually had to.take extensive time off .work - anywhere from . one _to , six weeks. \Many times the scars were ,quite -disfiguring. Now strtippings .are done by a prouodure called .ambulatory phlebectomy.:By contrast. in this procedure veins are removed through tiny needle holes and there is no sear at all. No stitches. no anesthetic and no time off work: No soars and it is permanent. Now Dr. Ceu.ehi .at- the Loramar Centre for Cosmetic Medicine is able to offer his varieose vein patients a -prot`mlairre •,to tar, •.varic:osc chick Days sit 1111111110o J. Dietz Lid awn. itir Mew 111 May 11111 ��. 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