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The Acton Free Wednesday Feb 1982 3 Sarah and exchange cards Peg Grahams grade and 2 Sl Josephs School class says Happy Valentines Day cutting his Des ob Arcade approved A arcade will be permitted in on old gas station east of Churchill Rd South despite objections from a school principal a minister and parents However the operation of the cade is conditional on gasoline and oil not being sold at he site Coowners Mark Edwards and Dennis Devlne appeared before Hal ton Hills Committee of Adjustment last Wednesday evening in defense of their operation in the old Chalet gas station at the comer of Highway Queen St and Churchill Road There was no one else al the meeting voicing an opinion on the arcade Exemption from the present bylaw governing the site was needed before the arcade was permitted to operate Committee had previously looked at the loning of the site of the arcade and heard complaints from McKen middle school principal John Simpson and Bethel Christian Reformed pastor John Cooper telling of youngsters who are supposed to be either at church or at school slipping off to arcade School children are late or classes following the lunch hour Simpson said and Pastor Cooper noted In a letter to the Committee that the games tempt the children to He about their where abouts steal change wherever they can find it and the Influence older children may have in smoking drink drugs etc are concerns The arcade has 15 video games and 15 machines with about 000 invested In the operation The arcade has been open for some lime but was only brought to the municip ality a attention In late 1K11 Edwards pointed out he and his partners Devlne and Bill Welsby were not aware it was operating Illegally until was pointed out to them the first meeting with Ihe Com mitlee of Adjustment Edwards told members they hoped to get the vice station back In operation as funds Committee deferred the matter at thai time until reports came back from the fire chief Mick Holmes and by law enforcement officer Jack St Albans Elect At the annual St Albans Vestry meeting held on January the fallowing were elected or appointed to the Par ish Council for the year Rectors Warden Grant Puncheon People a Warden David Hunter Deputy Warden Mary Anderson Secretary Lots Turkosi Treasurer Debbie Lay Delegates Alice Duby Marie Carl Lusty pointed out the properly is zoned to a service station and If the owners plan to sell gas and oil they would have to acquire a further license for that purpose Fire chief Holmes noted that the building as an arcade does not violate any fire codes but if gasoline is also Bold his department would have to do a further review and comments would be necessary At Wednesday s committee meet ing Devlne explained he had been in contact with principal Simpson and it boiled down to five or six students causing a problem They have been barred from the premises during sch ool hours for this reason he said The operation is currently making about a week Devlne told the group and it will lake about half years to build it up Committee chairman Roy Hill ask if the gasoline Is the key to the fin ancial viability of the business told him arcade is the main concern but a comfortable living will be made with both He said he t know if a living could be made on one or the other the operations Committee rendered Its decision meet Incamera When contacted later by this newspaper Simpson said he was happy for the owners of the arcade He explained Edwards and Devlne have met with him on several oc casions and arc genuinely interested in staving off any problems Mark and Dennis are Just great he said The principal said the coowners are not allowing In children whose parents do not want them there Pastor Cooper said there will be no appeal to the Committee of Adjust on their decision But it will be our the church elders responsibility to help our own families to help the children to reinforce the Christian value system he said later Pastor Cooper compared the arcade to pornography which becomes a thermometer on which to gage the sick people In our world Something must be missing in our lives if we need places like that he said I here is absolutely no other quite like Medallion Parish Council Alternate Tribe Lloyd BroosUd Lay Delegates Pearl Bert Gould Karen Pitt and Ken Marion Cindy Blades Penny Hunter Susan Lorna Clarke Peter Ginn Randy George June Cooke Hearth education public health department is tab another step into the business of education Peter Cole told members of the health and social ices committee recently Cole said the department has started a postnatal classes for ex parents the region Actario winners Mr and Mrs A Wilson 182 Tyler Ave won the weekly draw for p50 Bonus merchant vouchers from A B J Lanes and Acton Family Cleaners were won by Lloyd and Shirley Nelson Crt while Mr and Mrs McDonald won vouchers from Stcdman Acton Pharmacy Family Cleaners and Freezer Frenzy Jack Ridley and May Laing shared a ticket which won 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