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The Acton Press Wednesday Doc 3 1980 Jennifer Barr Lou Grant and the Los Angeles have their Animal and so does the Acton Free Press Or In case you don tvvotch television Lou Grant Animal is a wild news paper photographer who barely wears clothes let business suit Our animal photographer and darkroom technician who is leaving a gap on our top floor and in our hearts by moving to Coiling wood thereabouts Ken grins at the world from under a shock of uncontrolled curls and through a mass or facial fungus sometimes identifiable as a beard He proudly points out that his tee shirt have a hole in it today but his jeans do He bounces through the office flashing his teeth and rolling tyes on his way to hole up his closet with his ear full of hard rock Not only is this guy a super darkroom tech and fine photographer but he also fixes televisions played blue with the Hornby General Store band drives a peculiar van en joys gardening Kentucky moonshine and wild parties cups Is it any wonder we lovohlm Hobby to business Ken has been with the Free Press for two years and prefers not to move However a business partnership in a television repair shop up north has proved too attractive He says he hates tool around with TV and stereos but he and his Norma need to catphoto grnphy and part lime newspaper work arc less lucrative He had returned to some television repair lhi3 summer in Ins spare time and found himself seeing an end to money worries I was making money okay but I got foolish wtnt on a holiday he went to the Maritimes for then everything hit the fan he chuckles Hehopes loget back into full time photography soon its his first love Four years ago Ken was working in the tele vision field in Georgetown He received a cam era In trade and took a course at Sheridan Col lege to learn how to work it His technical mind opened to a new field and he found his hobby was becoming much more After taking five courses in photography and developing techniques Ken felt confident enough logo into his own business Wedding and portraits ore the mainstay of any photographer and Ken had to take them but he says I don l like cliche tech nlcally perfect picture with the plastic He prefers abstracts and In order to be creative you ve got to break all Uic rules he says and agrees the rules have to be learned first Most of his jobs were spontaneous jobs I go to dinner we d sit around talk I shoot a few pictures Those spontaneous jobs have made it into world circulation magazines on cycling from California and will be shown in this spring Pictures of custom made motor bikes chronic ing their birth from start to finish and stepby step pictures of the building of a log cabin are subjects which Ken handles best Old rock n roller When he not running around taking pictures putting up with the demands of the Free Press staff or fixing tubes he relaxes with a mandolin guitar or banjo He loves all kinds of music from punk grass to rock and roll 1 man old rock roller from way back The Hornby General Store the group Ken was part of until everyone moved played bars and social get togethers wooing the audience with blucgrass Does Ken sing as well- I try Boy I try Until the recent move Ken and Norma lived on north of Normals a horse enthusiast and Ken found he liked How did ho ever find time for so much living enjoy life I m full of life I don sleep much Ken brought some life into the lives of those with whom he worked these past years and we miss him Celebrating her birthday Friday did not slow down Martha Jackson of Maple View Lodge Acton The Toronto Maple Leafs number one ran says she is still full of nonsense in spile or her years Cards and gifts came In by the hundreds to wish the birthday girl well and a small party was held at the Lodge Mayor Peter Pom troy has the chain or office placed around his neck by his brother Inlaw and Justice of the Peace Leo at Monday nights Inaugural meeting Mayor urges watch on the public purse The onus is on us the elected mem bers of council to ensure the public purse is looked after Pete told councillors and a large gallery of spectators at the inaugural meeting of the Hills council Monday night The mayor warned the solutions to problems depend on council We are the board of directors of the million dollar corporation and the publlce expects us to be well informed confident and knowledgeable in their deliberations He the public expects council to make decisions said he was proud of the past two years He noted the new apart ment building downtown was com plcted relieving a great part of the rental accommodation shortage and freeing up houses for resale He suggested It resulted In million worth or business In town The mayor said the long delayed library theatre building is underway and a bankrupt condominium project was saved He welcomed the two new members of council Sheldon and Dave Christmas COMPARE ANYWHERE AND YOU WILL PURCHASE AT HOME Home Gifts Cards el Mill Street East Acton Whiting and told Sheldon a Ward Two councillor that the rural roads would be done He reminded Whiting that the name and the Acton plaza would became familiar to him as an hearing on the pro posed shopping centre scheduled The mayor pointed out all the problems are not local as he predicted a large part of the problems would lie at the region for at least the next six months He said as Chairman of the deficit committee as Regional Chairman Jack had termed It earlier in the evening he hoped with cooperation he could turn that around Pomeroy maintained his first re sponsibility is to the Town then to the Region He claimed a new or extended municipal building was needed and a long range plan for the Town must be implemented He admitted he satisfied with the draft Halton Hills Off Plan If we find it not right we ll do it again He noted the boundary study which may determine the ultimate growth In Hills will be completed soon and will be a major consideration of council