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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 17, 1982, p. 1

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Stone School is up for sale Halton Board of Education last Wednesday evening voted to sell the building and the land after was declared surplus property Acton trustee Bruce wanted to know what the board would do with the remaining land west of the property to be severed sine an ir regular shaped parcel was being created Superintendent of Business and Finance Barb Moore explained the severance as outlined on the map was not yet confirmed and would be negotiated with any interested parties Newly sworn in trustee Dick Howitt of Ing wondered anyone had contacted the Hills library board which has the abutting proper Mrs Moore said no Any designation on the school as historical pro perty would not affect the Georgetown representative Betty Fisher was told Moore Optimist youths named A ill plan showing he Stone School and property which will be levered from the rest of the Italian Board of Education property on School lane The board plana to sell the old and bud pasted only sell It at full market Value Carolyn Gibson and Scott Acton High School students have been selected Optimist Youths of tear by teachers and staff Date Hall of the Optimist Club explained teachers submit the names of students they fed worthy of the and from that list of name one male and one female student are chosen by the school Participation in school community and church activities is taken into consideration Hall said Carolyn Gibson is a grade II student who Is in volved in number of projects both In school and the community She works hard In the Beavers organization and participates in the Boor Head dinner each Christmas She is also a Sunday school teacher and a member of the choir at Trinl ty United Church and took part in the production Cool in tbe Furnace school Carolyn is dent of the band and has been Involved in two musical productions Superman and Charlie Brown She is stage manager of this years production Done to Death Last semester the IT yearold was in the coop program and spent time at the Developmental Centre for handicapped children and M Bennett School Continued on page A Community Newspaper One Hundred and Eighth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1982 Pages Thirty Cents St Josephs opening set for December 15 Acton s newest school St Joseph will be ialiy opened in a spectacular night of ceremonies and entertainment on December IS Trustee Irene McCauley said planning for the evening is still being done but it promises to be one of biggest and best school openings ever staged by the Separate School Board Bishop Paul Reding will be on hand to speak at the official opening as well as tour the school blessing each room Bishop Reding will be escorted for the evening by Ihe Fourth Degree Honor Guard from the Knights of Colum bus All parents or St Joseph parish are Invited St Joseph staff will be invited to attend the school first principal Sean The long list of ill include trustees and board officials mayor and councillors MPPandMPs etc said Fathers Leo and J will be Invited to return to Acton and I course Father Ralph will be on hand She added all the children will participate in thi evening by presenting an entertainment program There will be an official ribbon cutting ceremony and refreshments will be served McCauley added she will be meeting with Fred Springer to Iron out more details Breakins down Dont know why Is consulting an old road map early make sure he can find Acton on float from a parade a couple of years back demonstrate A parade entry form November because the fact Actons not on new Ontario road maps En today paper Santa Clans parades are always colorful affairs as the folks on this Warnin will ultimately fall into disuse Y needs volunteers funds The town hall the only old bui ding some citizens want to restore a group dedicated to the Murray Memorial YMCA building have already started refurbishing efforts board president Doug Leys board member Cord Chapman and Y took lime out from working with a crew of volunteers paint the gym a recent Saturday afternoon to cusa their efforts to give old building a facelift Tbey noted tbe community has a fine building in the albeit in need of repairs and sprucing up tbeing fully utilized Tbe Y board needs not Just financial support to turn things around but also volunteers to help the work The receives no government or public funding and it has survived all these years on donations and the efforts of committed volun- Back when began and the Y board and Men s Club were the things to belong to in Ac ton both bodies were filled with prominent citizens It was the thing to be part of the However with service clubs and other lions being born as the community grew the Y board and Men s club have fallen on hard times both need members and the building needs to be better utilized by the community and fixed up A step in the right direction in turning the Y around was the hiring of a couple of years ago as the first staffer In two or three decades She bolstered the programs this year they reached their goal of in registration fees though most of that money goes towards operating the programs and paying Instructors There will be about people take part in Acton programs in byte Carol Dane days b a uatm gyaliJMawM V Hare taayghe the 1963 While registration for other recreation gramshavcslumped the has gone up But that progress been enough Currently there are about IS volunteers working on the modest beginning to building refurbishing Includ ing about seven or eight active members of the board One financial setback for the Y was the board was forced to take out a loan to buy a new furnace and have a new roof installed Approximately per cent of the annual budget of about has beengoingtowardspayingtheloan Approximate ly remains to be paid off Y officials feel the organization and building have a lot going for It but the community t been taking enough advantage of the facility For example its now brightly colored gym is the only one available to the public during the day and it can be rented by the public The board is planning a drive to get new mem and members would be able to use pre mises at any time seven days a week Being a member would be inexpensive and a great way to participate in a variety of activities Besides painting the gym they want to fix up the front hallway spruce up the exterior renovate the washrooms extend the base ment rooms for more space for weight lifting and boxing and install a handicapped ramp They note people Acton are always talking about getting young people oft tbe streets and do ing something the is the perfect place The Mug a hit with local teens currently it should get going again in the New Year Besides pluming a membership drive the is hoping to do public fund raising funds must be donated so they can secure a grant help pay for renovation Besides needing members Tor board Ys Ken and dubs tbey are looking for about volunteer to help with repairs and pro- was built in the soring of 1034 and there hat never been a facility or service provided In Acton quite fee Through rentals and pro gram fees have fried to keep the old buOding and programs going on a breakeven basis But with aver utility easts and the CMsteaml an page Police officials appear surprised that the number of break ins have dropped this year in Halton Hills compared to last year There have been less break ins in 1982 Crime Prevention Officer Scott main there was no pat answer to account for the decrease other than people are more aware of crimeandare protecting their valuables better Regional Crime Prevention Coordinator Peter WW I taker said the drop in breaking represents a trend across the region which he says is ing in a way because Hamilton and Peel have gone up said it hard put a finger on the reason for the decrease but speculated it could be a combination of the crime prevention programs and detectives effectiveness But Staff Sgt Graham of the Halton Regional Police District on Guelph St main tained that break ins continue to plague his criminal investigations department There are always a number of breakins around here no doubt they ore a problem he said The District l Division on Guelph St has a 35 per cent clearance rate success rate for break ins which claims is higher than the ha tional average It shows we re on top of things more he add He suggested due to the economy people are staying home lessening the chance of break ins Homes were broken into 10 times less in George town this year and six times less in Acton However businesses were broken into times more In Acton butwcrcdccrcaaedlnGcorgctown Businesses of course are more lucrative said Continued on page i An Acton woman life was threatened in a Georgetown motel Saturday Turn page 3 Band stranger is making big noise More on page Sabres have gone It games without a win Seepage inside ton See i Police ends hi Acton See police brat pages town Ihe world how come ihey iMnes an Chart St avert week to Make- way far a new be the ported Business Ana 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