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Geoi 90 town Acton Wednesday Jan With Helen The daughter of a former rector of St Anglican hu been elected of the Inter national Council on Pastoral Care and Counselling at its Congress in San Francisco last August Rev Betty Kllboum daughter of the late Rev Philip Sawyer is Chaplaincy and Pro- grain Consultant Training and lion in the Diocese of Toronto The next congress will be meeting in in Australia Irene McLeod of Scarborough was kind enough to send us a newspaper clipping announcing Rev Kii bourns election St Josephs school will beholding their next Parents Association meeting on January Board consultants will be on hand to discuss the new guidelines on sex education in Catholic schools and it is hoped there Hill be a good turnout among parents The last meeting In October in troduced the new committee to the parent They arc president liz vicepresident Carmel and secretary treasurer Joanne The creative playground project Is still about short and a fund raising committee has been formed to raise the money This months Indusmln link the In house newspaper for Indusmin Limited employees included a lengthy article on he improvements done by Aclan High School students on the school Creek The article by company public lions person Jack Nelson explained how the students rechannellcd the creek with the help of stone donated by We salute all those who took part in this successful endeavor and hope that in the future we may again be asked to play a role In similar worthwhile undertak Accompanying the story was a photograph of the school Creek and High School Environmental Science Jane Forbes I got the old cross country ski a out Sun day dusted them off and headed for the lake The weather was perfect for the outing and the opportunity to step out my front door and literally go for miles was much appreciated As most who know know I am a downhill ski fanatic but an old ski Injury from many years ago has limited to the tamer and cheaper crosscountry My in Sundays trek neighbor Eva McDowell and myself wonder if natives to this town realue bow lucky they are to have such good trails and opportunities at their doorstep By the way I fell only once that was in the fay before I even put my skis on It sure a small world From time to time editor Cord has mentioned in his column that be hails from a small town much like Port Hope Ontario which is about GO miles east of Toronto was at a garage sale for a com group last fall taking a picture when a gentleman came up and asked If he was Murray editor of the paper With trepidation anticipating a com plaint about why something was in the paper or published in a recent issue be answered yes This fella introduced himself as Doug Keilough of Acton noted he reads Gord a column and recalled him mentioning he was from Port Well Doug said be was originally from Cobourg Is another eight miles down the road to the east of Port They chatted a bit about their two for mer home towns and concluded they didnt know each other in those days though there Isnt that many years be tween them and Gord did spend some time a whole summer once when he was in the militia Anyway Doug called again lost week and asked if his grandfathers name was Hec cautiously replied yes wondering who the heck Doug Keilough was and why he wae calling him about a grand father who passed away when Cord was only about seven or eight Well Doug jogged Gords memory as to who he was and noted had re cently mentioned he and I would be en- Joying Christmas with his family this year and his step gran dm other Florence Giddy was coming from Port Hope Actually It was me who mentioned Christmas and Fu more about this name for Florence later Doug has big hello to pass on to Florence from his aunt Margaret who knows and was nursing supervisor at Port Hope Hospital when they both worked there Florence gets the Free Press weekly so I decided to pass he hello along through my column as a surprise Now for an explanation of Its who gave her this nickname one shes as well known by as Florence in Port Hope Im told by his mother Joan Seems as a toddler Gord couldnt say Florence all he could manage was It stuck As a nurse at Port Hope hospital was involved in both the delivery of and his brother Dave At Christmas his family told me a little story about Florences first remarks to Joan about her first bom moments after the big event Well she mused hes got big feet They still are a little large certainly compared with mine Guess his big feet led to bis big mouth get him back for relaying his first meeting with me a few months ago in his column That is if my editor lets this get This Friday Actons council dropin resumes at the Acton Social Services and Information Centre the bouse beside and Video after a short holiday season Actons three councillors Rick Bon nette Ross and Dave Whiting regularly attend and Mayor Russ Miller and Councillor Jake Kuikec are also often on hand Except for one Friday late last year attendance at dropin has been meager which councillors find puzzling Coun cillors particularly Whiting often comment that they wish people would contact them more often to express opinions and bring complaints and con to their attention With so many contentious Issues these days for ex ample the municipal complex and land purchase question property tax and assessment reform snow removal etc theres really no reason why the coun cillors should be left sitting at dropin chatting with each other Go on dont Just sit back and complain drop by drop- in and voice your concerns DropIn runs from 1 JO to 2 or later if needed At 42 Thursday night we got a call at home from a citizen wishing to make an observation about snow service The citizen turned out to be Councillor Whit ing who said with a light snow falling the roads were getting quite slick He noted Guclph St in Georgetown Highway 7 was particularly treacherous As he drove home to Acton he said he was expecting to find Mill St in Acton quite bad and was prepared to call the works department However he found Highway In town had been sanded and wasnt too bad Side streets like which is his own street were as bad as Highway 7 in Georgetown Whiting tells us hes heard a few com plaints from citizen who say snow banks are too high at different Intersections Hes passed them on to staff and theyre cutting down snow banks Councillor says hes ing numerous calls from citizens about the snow situation nine In one work day alone Besides hearing from liens over the phone and In person at his shop hes also receiving calls at home Inter spersed with the many calls for general complaints as well as calls for specific areas which need attention he says hes also had a couple of calls from people saying the snow service has been pretty good this year Where calls have been about specific areas of concern hes been passing them on to staff and remedial ac tion has been taken Hes received com pliments afterwards about the fine Job done by works staff In a few cases Hes been hearing concerns about snow burled fire hydrants Impassable sidewalks big snowbanks etc Qscdage Many visitors in area by Doris Fines Stelco Parkdale Works Hamilton held a Christmas party for the children of em ployees on December IS Gary and Sandra Ferguson and Ryan were there Santa CUus and Sesame Street were the main at tractions Ryan had a great tune talking to the characters and silting on their knees He especially liked Big Bird It was white white Christmas I had Christmas dinner with my mother courtesy of Groves Memorial Hospital Fergus then on to Mount Forest to the home of my niece Evelyn and Bryan Redman and girls Tara and Melanle accompanied by my sister Audrey Henderson of Perhaps it as the weight of that extra feast that kept the car on the road through that blustery At Arthur I lingered a while to let a bus go ahead I figured if I kept my eyes on the bus the road Just had to be there somewhere Never again will I dream of a while Christmas Lloyd and Dons Boyd spent Christinas eve at the home of their daughter Joan and John Jefferson and family at Fergus They all came back to Boyds for Christmas dinner next day also their son Lloyd Boyd of Stan and Agnes Fuller and Bill en the family on Christmas day which included Brian and Fuller Stephen and Rebecca of Grand Valley and Robert Karen and Jamie of Plattsville Gall and Neil Baldwin Cheryl and David of Hill3burgh Robert and Fuller and Matthew of Brampton John and Susan Fuller and children Amie and Blake Adam Clarence and Violet Hurren had Christ mas dinner with Violets sister and Garnet Sinclair and family at Baliinalad Ross and Ferguson Gary and Sandra Ferguson and Ryan spent Christ mas eve with Don and Linda Wilson and family at Fergus Mrs Mary Foreman of Guelph has been spending the Christmas week at the home of her daughter Shelly and Russell Grundy and family Other guests on New Years day were Chris and Cliff Nelson Karri and and Mrs Margaret Nelson all of Rockwood Jack and Sadie Ferguson bad all the family home for Christmas Don and Sharon Jackson and Domic of Douglas Point Mike and Connie Ferguson Holly and Kristy of Dan and Shelley Ferguson and Leon of Pat and Susan Ferguson of Ospringe Norman and Hilda Ken lie and Bill and Lorilyn and Melissa were guests on Christmas day with Ken and Carol Smith and family at Bran ford Robert and Susan Bruce David and Neil of Burlington Bruce and Freeman of Oshawa had Christmas dinner with Byron and Blanch Bruce and Bradley Mrs Myrtle and Mrs Olive Stewart spent Christmas day at the home of Ed and Jean Stewart Seventh line Mrs Stewart held open bouse boxing day for relatives Vernon and Laura Stewart had family members home for Christmas David and Wendy Stewart of Jim and Linda Stewart Thud Line Bill and Debbie Clark Crystal and Jason Ken and Judy McKenxle Joshua and Becky of Rockwood and Chris and Steven Mr and Mrs George Fletcher and family were guests at a Christmas dinner party given by George Bradford and family of Guelph Snowmobile patrol Guelph had their snowmobiles out on the weekend checking others on machines Over the two days 100 machines were checked with warnings being issued and 1G charges laid Charges were mostly for no registration numbers and no valid permits which carry a fine each and no insurance which has a fine of 600 damage to a parked car A vehicle with a snow plough on the front collided with a parked car January 2 along Elmore Drive Acton causing damage to the parked car report police The vehicle driven by Christine Hoaro 17 of 38 Brock St Acton went out of control on a curve in the road The parked car was owned by Tom of Lot 27 si on 3 Acton Two car collision A two car collision on Main St In Acton Friday afternoon resulted in damage to both vehicles report police A car driven by Linda Kilpatnck of 337 Rd Acton sustained and a car driven by Alex of Ac ton had an estimated damage Cars collide on 20 Sideroad A total of damage resulted when two cars collided on 20 January 2 Police report a car 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