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Mature Jodie heads home exchange program ends by Marray It been an exciting and enlightening year for 17 yearold Jodx but she admits she glad to be going home to Chelsea Austrsaa Jodie is in her final few weeks of a long stay in Acton as part of an ActonChelsea Rotary exchange program She become a member of four local families and seen more of Canada She seven lost a lot of her Australian accent and says the familiar en every now and then But as ex citing as the year has been hardly a day goes by latet that she think about going home to her own family Her first night in Canada was the worst Jodie recalls She had been on the road for almost so hours with very litUe sleep and by the time she got to first home that of John and Anna Am old she was exhausted and not a little frightened and apprehensive It was very early in the morning when she rived and crawled Into bed Jodie remembers asking herself what she was doing in a strange bed in a strange house In a strange country She missed family tembly and thought of how afraid she was as she cried herself to sleep But it t long before the Arnolds made her feel at borne and she became a member of fa mi and called them Mom and Dad something she did at all her adopted families except the Cooks where she is now staying- School was difficult at first Jodie says Some of the students stared at her making ber grate ful of those who went out of their tray to be friendly The first three months were spent getting her self oriented By the time she went to ber second home Don and Linda McDonald Jodie was involved in life at school and in Acton She look part in the Charlie Brown play and as a member of the high school band went to North Bay as part of another exchange program She also Joined the Midget girls team and a soccer team She went camping with the Outers and spoke at various meetings around town Jodie credits Don McDonald Jr with her com out of her shell She explains that because they went to the same school it was more like at home in Australia with her own brother For several months Jodie admits she went through a stage where Australian was not part of her life She disconnected herself from her homeland and became a total Canad an she says However whenever she would get mail from friends and family she would slip back into her homesickness mood But by keep ing herself too busy to dwell on her homesick ness she was able to survive Jodie feels she experienced the most typical Canadian family during her months with Dave and Mamie Manes near It was a large family She recalls bombing around the form on the lawn mower tractor and having lively meals The farm was also big enough that she was able to go for long walks by herself and just take in the quietness and solitude It was whueat the Manes that Jodie took a few weeks off and travelled to Now Scotia with the Arnolds At Peggy Cove she the salt air for the Tint time since she left home She lives a couple of blocks from the ocean and is used to the salt It was also while out east that she realized she was exactly half way around the w from home her family being 12 hours ahead of her In time She also went to Tobermory with the Manes and the Beaton cottage in and the Both Bill Beaton and Doug Fread are Acton Rotary members Once school resumed Jodie made her final moe ShewasscheduledtostayatRayandLyn daNellis home However due to unforeseen cumstanccs her plans were changed and she moved in with Bill and Cook her only family without other children Her months with the Cooks have been different still Jodie confesses She explains that she was very good friends of the couple before she lived with them and thus never did call them Mom and Dad Also she thinks it must be difficult for them to go from having her as a guest to having to tell her what to do But with the Cooks she has Continued on Jodie WcFarfinesyearasa Rotary she will miss Ihem Of the four families she dent from Chelsea Australia Is drawing to a close with all very special to her in different As she looks back at the past it months she ways John and Anna Arnold were his first fa ml realties what good friends she has made and how Art A Community Newspaper One Hundred and Eighth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBERS 1982 fc a and of on too our fot at miming Hilton until ttm countsy The an Champ on Bennetts leave to St Albans Church by Helen Murray St Alban Anglican Church Acton has been bequeathed from the estate of Stewart and Violet Bennett of Scotsdale Farm Ballinafad The bequest was one of many such generous gifts given to various public in including the University of Guelph and the Province of Ontario through the Ontario Heritage Foundation totalling well over million Walter tended to one of Salvation Army kettles on the weekend police are Investigating a ease of fraud in with Army Inside A lobby group been formed to light pits and See Page J The annul Trlally Boar a Head dinner still weave its magic Caswell tumbled on be couples says Card Murray an Page pea Comnctl Mow- day a sty Separate scboa Mathers and board nettle Look or watersewer raie as Page hadttta Paged The inheritance for the local church came as a great surprise to Re ArtTnbe who said he had expected between and following the October death of Mrs Bennett Mr Bennett died in August The Bennetts were quite active in the Acton church for many many years Rev Tribe said and were regular worshippers until ill health forced their absence Rev described them as faithful givers having donated the pipe organ the pulpit and other furnishings in the church Never in the history of St s has there been such a generous gift Rev Tribestated And he thinks this is probably the largest in the history of the entire diocese A finance committee within the church is look at the possibilities of investments for the money until such time as it is needed by tht chin ch Proper and cash valued at more than million was bequeathed to The Ontario Heritage foundation in what has been described as the largest gift ever made to the agency to foundation chairman John White the bequest included acres of choice land in Halt on Hills four houses complete with fur and nearly oil paintings and in cash While being the largest overall donation it is also the biggest cash donation ever received White noted working with the foundation for many years to make the gift possible to the province The land is located partly in toe Niagara and adjoins the Valley Conservation Education Centre According to the foundation custody of the land is currently being discussed with the Credit Valley Conserva Authority and the University of Guelph It is hoped these talks will result in an equine research centre and a new conser area bearing the Bennett name White added The Ontario Heritage Foundation is an agency of the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture with a mandate to protect and promote conservation of Ontario architectural historical and natural heritage The of has been notified It was mentioned in the will but at this lime they are not releasing exact figures Don Jose public relations said nothing has been received yet by the institution and they are hesitant a bout relcas ing figures He did however say the university has not entered into any agreement the Ontario Heritage Foundation regarding the care and development of lands bequeathed to the pro vince Nothing yet has been decided he warned Stewart Bennett was years old when he died in August He was a vice president of Canada Packers from 1946 to 1965 having started his career with the firm in 1926 when he joined Beardmore and Co In Acton He held director ships of many companies including Dominion Stores He was also president of the Royal Winter Fair for several years Mrs Violet Ben nelt died in October at years of age The pie had no children Area woman 100000 richer Mary Jane of 3 Acton is 100000 richer this week after holding the winning ticket in last Thursday a draw Mrs says the amazing part of her win Is the fact that the week before she won a book of tickets in and the Quo winner was in the free book She purchased the original ticket and received the free ones from Shoppers In Brampton The Erin resident says she has no puma for the money as of yet and has it tucked safely away in the bank However with Christmas coming up she it sure she will find something to spend it on Forty Pages Thirty Cents Add 20000 for studies of complex by Murray The outgoing council invested more like 000 not just 000 so the new Hal ton Hills council can decide if the Stevens Estate in Georgetown is the place a future municipal complex Mayor Peter revealed it cost the Town approximately 000 for three studies conducted late last summer to determine the suitability of the nearly acre parcel on Maple Ave in Georgetown Soil testing a land survey and a water and sewer servicing study which also looked at potential servicing problems in the Georgetown Hospital Princess Anne area were carried out During a lengthy interview Monday Pomeroy commented on about questions dealing with this issue He suggested nothing underhanded was done by council in Its handling of the issue added the media was making a big deal out of the deposit being placed on the property at the first and only meeting of the old council after the election just to sell newspapers said all fairness the four new councillors should be briefed on the old council actions timetable and motives in this issue which has become contentious through the news papers The mayor noted he want posal it now stands the agreement between and the Town and the Stcvcas was being finalized noted one holdup was complicated The Issue was raised November because It public presentation in the papers after the was something which had to be dealt with in are brought up to date there will bca public presentation The municipal complex debate dates back to 1977 and 1978 when council previously wrestled with the issue and set up a reserve fund for the project Ail monies placed in Ihis fund have come from lot levies paid by developers Pomeroy pointed out this fund was set to specifically answer the long term administrative space needs of the municipality Since the reserve fund was established some llmeagoandcouncilshavebeen working on the municipal complex issue for several years every one knew something would eventually bo done Bob Nlcholl of Construction Mark ham approached the Town in the summer or all of 1981 wanting to help the municipality solve its central administration building problems but receive any kind of commitment he was do ing everything on spec Besides the Stevens estate also looked at the Lambert property near the Moore Park area of Georgetown the Moore property near the White Bridge in Georgetown and the Dominion Seed House property also in Georgetown He came back to council in June and recommended the Stevens estate was the most promising When he returned with results of testing in Aug council learned part of the Stevens estate site be developed because of Conservation Authority restrictions and some time later the price council was willing to pay for the land from to the council offered in its option to purchase In September all councillors in a straw vote dining an session backed the plan to pick up 10000 deposit on the property as well as pay Nlcholl over In interest Between September and November when city passed a bylaw authorizing the spend of the and the mayor unveiled the pro- lie council had been dealing with It for some time council wanted to set direction for the new council and give the new council the chance to make the final determination council was taken through this process carefully and the mayor said he is sure they understood the sequence of events He rejected suggestions that councillors thought the municipal complex subject t be raised until January or February adding the issue be held up until then Noting this issue has been hanging for some tune given the municipal cam plex past history of controversy was Important that this proposal be brought along slowly or else council will never be able to settle its long term space needs emphasized even If council votes to buy the site it t mean a building will Part of councils responsibilities is to solve the municipality long term space needs he said There are no specific drawings or plans for the building or the site though there arc conceptual ideas for the property No decision has been made regarding what might be done with any surplus land though some Ideas including selling the extra property for housing development have been discussed said the Town wouldn t be Involved in building a subdivision The road access and servicing problems in the area of the hospital arc key elements of this pro posal Access from the hospital to Maple Ave and Trafalgar become a vital component of the health care scheme of Hal ton Hills acknowledged there arc some pro blems with the wording of the final clause be tweentheTownandLongmore This section reads as if the two sides will negotiate in good faith for Continued on Page St was hi Bennett twin recently