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Acton needs an active Chamber of Commerce Revitalized Chamber has ambitious future plans dont just hap pen If think of successful and dynamic communities like or Weinberg the area of tourism development or com mumties which are successful in attracting new industry ycu often find its the result of the combined efforts of the business com munitys leaders spearheaded by an active of Commerce interim president the recently revitalized Acton Chamber Dawkins says That sort of message the Chamber is sending out to over businesses through letters this week as well as the general public as l hey plan for 1984 Since Dawk Ted Tyler and Larry Greaves Joined Chamber earlier this to help the remaining board members revitalize community organization which really doing much anymore there been a of discuss among themselves as well as with interested people thi community about future notes Chamber of Commerce is association of citizens working lojnake their community a better place in which to and work However far a Chamber to be successful something Acton had for a couple of years now the body must have the commitment and support of its membership and the organization needs people who will gin sometime energy and expertise to develop programs In Acton an effective and progressive Chamber can be the key to realizing the del appreciated but seemingly elusive potential of the community Daw kins declared While he and others currently involved with the Chamber realize everything can shed in a year Dawkins says lWHean be a major first step in the right The Chamber going have a board of which meets once a month to review a variety of things including progress being made by committees These meetings v ill also be forum in which ilical issues and pub fairs are discussed Chamber position is formulated Also all members of the board of dir v II t on one of the three major com millets and committees will operate under Ihe direction or the board One coram llee called membership and unci w II be responsible for arranging and putting on activities and events like the Chambers annual meeting Citizen of the Year and perhaps one add tional social event for Chamber members This committee will also deveop and implement a membership dr ve for this and proarh Georgetown Chamber of Com about the idea of the two organizations working together to sponsor monthly luncluonsseminars on a variety of top of nterest lo bus people The Chambers first vice president will chair tins committee The second committee has the title tour and marketing This group ill pre pare a report and evaluation on the short and long term potential for further development of the Leather town concept in This committee will also be respond for producing the 19B4 Chamber of Com merce directory Another area of responsibility for the tourism and marketing committee will be to prepare a report dealing with the timing scale and format for a Bicentennial celeb ration in Aclon emphasized that Chamber looking at a Bicentennial celebration in fuil cooperation with any and all community groups which may wish to be involved or are currently devising plans The tourism and marketing committee II be ihaircd by Chamber second vice dent The final committee bears the title Industrial Development and will work th Town Region and provincial politicians and officials It will be chaired by one of thi directors of the Chamber This committee will prepare a com survey dealing with Actons attributes as well as the constraints to in duslnal development From this survey should come Chamber recommendations for solving constraints where feasible as well as a program such as literature lo capitalize on Acton attributes While the groundwork for industrial development can take place this this wilt have to lake a long term view be cause this is a complicated subject With these plans in the offing for 1984 the Chamber is calling on business people interested members of the public those involved with the Chamber in the past or present people wishing to become in to attend a meeting next pjn at Jack Tanner Table With such plans for 1984 the Chamber will need lots of support from the and lots of people willing get Were now the point when there been lot of discuss on completed try and revitalize the Chamber Now the Chamber will be is effective as Ihe members contribute concluded AELePAGE nil CI 170 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN CMC TRUCKS GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN 8770149 One Hundred and Ninth Year Issue 26 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Cints Family planning clinics for north but not in Acton The region has asked the province to fund family planning clinics in Georgetown and Milton but has been excluded In a recent submission to council Cole Medical Officer or Health said because of inadequate coverage in Ha lion per cent of adolescents in the region are without clinically provided birth control and information Without debate councillors approved is king the Ministry of Health for funding for he two additional clinics Coles submission did not include a clinic for Acton because health nurses in Ihe own doubted confidentiality could be main It is a small town and having a clinic out the open there would be kind of difficult ic said In an interview He also said funding restraints limited the number of clinics that could be opened Ideally we would like to have one in very municipality he conceded Acton a regional Councillor Dave Whiting lid he looking for a clinic to be in so I not upset He allowed here may be a time in the lUture when a family planning clinic is required in Acton but he hopes before that happens the region has cleared up its public relations problems in connection with this inside was on exciting and Interesting year In and area There a month by month review of the past years lop stories ait lots of photos from 19S3 on en and and Mike are walling for their appeals or in the Dominion Hotel fire murder lease The head of In town recent Turn to page Betty fisher the cream ol crop at school Ward lo I issue Family planning clinics haven been a great P success he observed It logical that Milton and Georgetown should have clinics Whiting said because the clinics are run in conjunction with hospitals and both those centres have their awn hospitals but Acton physicians use hospitals for the confidentiality concern Whiting said he see how it would be a pro in Acton He pointed out citizens go lo Acton Social Services and Information for confidential services like welfare and probation now and he never heard of any problems new regional councillor Jake admitted during his brief time the region he delved into the subject of family planning clinics too much However he feels when Ihey overlooked for a elmic do Acton justice Community health nurses have been about leaching sexuality classes In secondary schools and providing pre tests but Cole said this Is done only on a sporadic basis He added that while teenagers can obtain counselling from their family doctors they arc often reluctant to approach them for fear of losing their Statistics comparing fertility and abortion rates in the region and Ihe province back up his contention that family planning pro grams benefit the teenage population Cole maintained Ministry of Health statistics indicate that In 1382 there were 9 live per i teenagers aged IS while in Hal ton there were 11 There were abortions per in the province while there were 19 in While there is little difference here he pointed out that this was a per cent de crease in teenage abortions in the region from 1979 when there were 24 per 1 The Ontario rate has dropped from per 000 According lo his proposal a physician and a health nurse would staff a birth control and V clinic in Milton for three and a half hours each evening An informal ion and counselling service staffed by a health nurse would operate for three and a half hours a week in he afternoon in both Milton and Georgetown The staff would teach birth control methods give information about venereal disease do pregnancy tests counselling and give referrals to family physicians or other willing doctors Pealing in the cold the old Into ihehalllogiven lug Beforethoceremonkalbeerowd admired the re- Urge of people estimated well over IN crowded onto Mow St North lo wish forbUhing of the floor of the lawn hall and enjoyed hot Tyler recalled Acton bell more than neighbor a Happy New Year GeorgeKUand Georgetown to of the crowd He observed thai become Georgetown to yean older ban were of Ibe fact Is the OBstvenary of settlement of Artoodoeu make that com natty any better again tonehorraofcheeri from the crowd Both Acton and polled rope ringing the town hall bell for time to year he and town celebrate Important and lEOth respectively In ISM Many donned party or George each give a few toga Dnby repreacBted be Acton who have of bell cost am for the gathering face taken down year ago while Hepowrn pot In a new ganger