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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Nov 8 GO bus link SNOW S CREEK WOODS is an environmentally sensitive area stretching north of Highway 7 from Sixth Line to Eighth POND is part of a string of small ponds north of Highway 7 near Third in a series of studies on environmentally sensitive areas in this district based on a report from Halton Region Unusual plants shelter in district swamps ponds pond Part of a chain of ponds pond is a coniferous and mixed wet kettle lake community si land forests featuring holly The dense area just west of Sixth Line tamarack black spruce habitats are divided into and north of Highway The spognum bog red maple northern conifer bog dcme ponds support a variety of yellow birch and balsam shrub thicket open and semi aquatic plants and turtles forest Secondary vegetation open mixed swamp dry water is bordered by includes labrador tea land deciduous forest and and mountain aquatic THREE STUDENTS from Quebec are staying with Acton area families and are attending Acton High School as part of a student exchange program Front row 1 tor they include Francois and Patrice They are staying with Jay Sankey Lisa Thomas and Chris The Acton students will spend three months in Quebec beginning the end of January Student exchange here communities Nov 21 for OMB hearing The Ontario Municipal Board has set is the date of a hearing on rczonlng of acres on High way near tht Vi Idwood Road corner for Jehovah Witnesses Sid Heller who with his wife and neighbors Mr and Mrs Anthony objected to the development and brought about the told this newspaper he will ask for a postponement since he feels there not enough time to prepare Hie ite icems to been set with more haste than It commented He also claims the Tiro it location of the I sh be changed to the area Vandals stone CNR lights Stone chucking damaged the Dashing is at the crossing at Eastern Avenue lost week The incident which I ok place either laic Thursday early caused ibout Woo damage As part of one of the largest student exchanges between Ontario and Quebec three students from Quebec about ten miles from Montreal have been attend ing Acton High School since September They will return home December just in time for Christmas The students are part of a group of in Durham Burlington Oakville Oshawa and Toronto schools Josee and Patrice all attend grade 11 at Jean in There are only a couple of differences between the two schools said one of the tors At Jean there are students and he grade 12 main here I took two years- ago in Quebec While here the Quebec students live with Acton families rancois is wilh Jay Sankey and his family is living at the home of Lisa Thomas and Patrice with the Kainz family and Chris The Acton students will make the trip to Repcntigny in Ihe latter part of January for three months The Quebec students feel that the Ontar ians will have a harder lime adjusting to the language in Quebec than they did in Ontario Quebec is a bilingual province said one and we have bilingual friends to speak to said another The three visitors find family life is a major differ to thai in Quebec They felt things were discussed more openly here and parents children communicated more freely Another thing they are surprised about is all the churches While here Ihey have learned many things Besides English they have learned how to meet new friends and are used the family change Josee has also learned to swim She has become involved with the Acton High School Swim team and enjoys badminton rancois is also on the swim team and enjoys playing aftcrschool football When asked about the Toronto he just laughed Patrice enjoyed participating in the intramural ping pong Francois would not com ment but Josee and Patrice arc not in favor of a separated Canada hut this is not reflection of all young people in Quebec opinions In most cases It is a carry over of parents feelings If the parents are in favor of separation then the children follow They feel there are two major ways to save a united Canada One way would be to have two languages and they feel the exchange program may be the best way They feel that the student exchange program helps the young people to learn and they recommend the experience for many others The group returns home December 23 just in time for Christmas and then they will await the arrival of their Ontarlan friends Patrice and Francois are all enjoying their stay and are looking forward to returning for a summer visit HALTON HILLS WHERE THERES SMOKE THERE SHOULD BE A SMOKE DETECTOR COURTESY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GRAHAMS Apple Farm Canadian Cheeses Cheddars Muenatera Quark Win Soaked Colby CIDER TOMATOES Cabbage Cauliflower Lettuce Potatoes Freak Hooey Pure Grape Juke Pure Maple Product line of Erin 1 3 A ml Open days a week Unusual species present include wmtergrcen pale laurel gold thread and wild lily Regionally rare species feature pitcher plant dor tea winttrberry holly black spruce common high bush blueberry and Virginia The report concludes the land ap pears wholly under private ownership and largely un disturbed It recommends the area should not be over used for educational or recrea purposes or en by Snows creek woods A liillc farther south of the I nds is a small wooded wet land known is Snow Creek Woods ll stretches north of lhjhw from Sixth to 1 ii i The drier upper slopes fair to poor dee iluous forests of Drainage to lowland and creation of lowland com muni ties have encouraged growth of cedar tangle open grassy swamps and mixed lowland forest The area is the headwater for Silver Creek and is traversed by Creek both butanes of the Credit River Among the plant species found here are fern dwarf ginseng marsh marigold watercress gold thread butternut royal fern teasel black Ash white and star flower Regionally rare plants include yellow lady slipper showy lady slipper northern green orchis long orchis cardinal flower lesser pinks and larch The report states Snow s Creek Woods provides valuable water storage and recharge area as well as a habitat for unusual orchids It recommends the area be pro tected from development and states the area remains vir tually undisturbed at present GO Bus passengers can now travel directly between Guelph Acton Georgetown and Oshawa and points in between without changing buses For example without making any transfers pas sengers can travel between and either George town or or ride shorter distances along the route such as between Brampton and Pickering Travel within Metro Toronto along the Highway cor such as between Weston Road and Scar borough Town Centre is also possible Through travel was technically possible pre viously but connecting at York Mills was impractical With revamping of the Guelph Georgetown Bra mpton GO Bus corridor on through buses run generally every two hours during off peak periods weekends included Future expansion to rush hour vice may be possible Details are contained In the new GO Transit System Timetable and the new Northwest schedule Pas sengers should be aware that the new through buses which display final destination signs are not expresses and stilt serve existing stops including and York Mills subway stations Anyone wanting more details should call GO s telephone information centre the numbers for which are listed on the new timetables cover V 16 Mountainvlew Road S 304 GEORGETOWN 8776984 ANNUAL MEETING UNITED CO OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO Georgetown Erin Milton Orangeville Thursday November 23rd HiHsburgh Community Centre 7 p m Banquet 8 p m Business Meeting Includes election of delegates and receiving of reports 9 30 p Entertainment by Paul Brothers Shirley BANQUET TICKETS 00 each By the meeting Chairman of Council R J Wright Corporation Secretary TRACTOR TIME Just Traded Excellent With Cab Air Cond only 1100 Hours 00 1066 With Cab Air Cond and Duals 17 With Cab 14 00 wheel drive with cab 15 Internatronal 154 Low Boy with Mower and Front Blade 3 00 Leyland 384 Diesel International 454 Diesel 400 Farm All 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