Farmhouse Potter Dream becomes a reality for two Erin twp potters THE FINISHED PRODUCTS are held proudly by BUI right and AI The pair hope to exhibit and sell their wares at a special show soon at the Farmhouse Pottery by John Biggest thrill for any craft person is to hold a completed project In his or her hands lhat was once no more than an idea For Bill and Pace owners and operators of the Farmhouse Pottery on Five Sldcroad Erin Town ship the Idea was to build their own kiln and produce their own pottery The idea became reality three weeks ago when they removed the fruits of six weeks of hard work from their own hand made kiln The stoneware and porcelain Bill and pro duce Is good by any standard but what makes it most satisfying for them is know they control the whole process There s no paycheck at the end of the week and no guarantee that their kiln won fall apart due to some defect they were unaware of but when things go right these factors only add to the feeling of accomplishment After building the kiln we spent six throwing pot fill it said AI When it came time to put every thing on the line and fire those pots we stayed up all night babysitting the kiln We t even know if the thing was going to work It was a very moving moment when we opened the door and took our first pots out AI from London and Bill from Toronto met when Ihey attended near Peterborough together They studied the art of pottery making for two years under Lakefield teacher Richard Hay man a former studio craftsman In June of this year when fellow students were busy selecting universities Bill and decided to take a couple of years away from their studies and open their own business Their first crack at achieving financial self sufficiency got off on the right foot when they sold worth of pottery to their classmates in an hour and half on the final day of school last June We ve been working under a good sign ever since said Bill It only been six weeks since we began this prflject and it looks 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some of their finer pieces in places like libraries In a few weeks time once they are well underway they would like to invite students to tour their premises and plan a show and sale for sometime In December The most difficult though sometimes amusing task for and Bill is putting a price tag on their work Currently the only system they ve been able to devise for pricing a pot is to charge the same as a comparable work for sale elsewhere How do you put a price on something you ve spent a lot of time on and an even longer time learning how to create asks Bill It gets to be a very arbitrary process Some times we find we don t even want to part with something after it made The only thing we can hope for Is that will please someone and find a good home Photos by Ian The Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec 7 1977 NEW STOrt HOURS Effective 11th Until Christ mat to thru Friday Saturday 9am m 316 Gudph StrMt EasGorgatown 877 2234 WE ACCEPT Charge Accounts Chargox Charge SURROUNDED by pottery Bill works at the wheel Bill and AI Pace spend six days a week throwing pottery to fill their kiln before each firing I Advocate MR AND MRS BEDRIC woke up morning to find their neigh tree had been blown over in Thursday s windstorm and had fallen into their lot Career action program Good help is hard to come by Is old proverb that is fast becoming extinct throughout the halls of dan College For the second year In a row Sheridan Is giving unemployed persons between the ages of 16 and who have left the educational system a chance lo develop practical marketable skills through on the- job training To qualify the trainees must not have worked full time at their chosen career The majority have never held a full time position of any kind OCAP gives them an opportunity lo try out a car and get some experience under their belli explains Cliff Noble coordinal or of the Sheridan program In re I urn the college gels weeks of labor from each trainee all paid for by tho province alone OCAP trainees at Sheridan have put in eight to 10 man years in labor They be involved in regular work tasks or in spe cial projects but all arc necessary jobs that need to be done This is not a make- work program stresses FRONTIER FLORIST GARDES CENTRE LTD RR2 FLORAL DESIGNS FOR ALL OCCASIONS WE CARRY A LARGE SELECTION OF CHRISTMAS PLANTS CYCLAMEN AZALEAS MIXED PLANTERS CHRISTMAS AND CEMETERY WREATHS TROPICAL AND FLOWERING PLANTS SPECIALISTS IN PERSONALIZED ARRANlEMENTS FFtfcSH SILK AND DRIED FLOWERS Experienced Designers To Serve You Dtvry In Quap Acton MM NOW OPEN CHRISTMAS HOUR Sit Sun 106 8222361 Noble These arc things that need to be done but aren I because just dont have the manpower or the funds Sheridan has put OCAP trainees lo work in a wide variety of positions at almost every campus from plant maintenance and general office work to statistical and social research Special projects hae in eluded a study on how college resources might be used to improve multicultural rela lions in community a re search study to determine the practicality of building a sports complex at the Oak Campus and a stalls survey of full lime students comparing their college academic performance to iheir high school marks During a 26week training program each trainee is paid a salary of a week and receives regular counselling and performance evaluation They arc also encouraged to actively seek permanent employment and are allowed time off work for Job inter views The results have been a decided success We had 12 trainees last year we have Ihis year and I don t know of any who are now ployed laid Noble The response from Sheri dan stair and faculty has been just as positive They re doing an excellent Job says one I don t know how we ever survive without claims another College personnel have been so pleased with the pro gram that they ve even hired on two trainees full time one now works In the Campus mail room and the other works In the office of the Burlington Campus ADAPT I The second annual meeting of the Halton Alcoholism Drug Addiction Program Adapt will be held on Monday Dec in the classroom at Milton District Hospital at The public Is welcome