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The Spirit Lives On Writes produces his own page book Georgetown teacher Mark hi achieved a long desire to publish a book on Scouting his premier interest aside from teaching and family It a a coincidence the book appeared first during Scout and Guide Week but it an appro priate one The unusual thing is thai Mark not only wrote the book titled The Spirit Live On but he actually produced it Now be is helping to sell it Mark a teacher at St Francis of Asslsl school In Georgetown lives in Glen Williams with his wife Kelly and two children and has written the book about the history of scouting in Acton He has been Involved in Scouting since when he joined the Wolf Cubs in Acton In 1967 he moved up to the Boy Scouts and became Scout leader In He was with the 1st Acton until 1981 when be became scoutmaster of the George town Presently Mark is Assistant District Commissioner of Scouts and the book draws on many of the experiences he has had in Scouting It has hundreds of names and many pictures tracing the story of Scouting in Acton up till the present time Mark started on the book in the fall of 1981 and devoted almost all his spare time to research and study into newspaper files and people in the movement I begin to count the number of hours in volved he I even wrote on a holiday to Jamaica last year The most difficult thing was not the writ and the research he acknowledges but the actual production He typed the Mark with hi book written an IBM typewriter photo copied the paged collated them and bound them with a plastic spiral binding His original aim was to finish lost fall and have the book ready for Christmas but the volume of work and the amount of free time didnt allow it Then he fell sick In November of last year and with an assist from his sister Jennifer and brother Robert the handicap turned into a bless Ing They rented an IBM typewriter for him and he had he leisure time at home to finish typing the book The 104 page a run of 100 for the first edition The number to come will depend on demand The book is available at the Book Nook in Acton or from Mark Rowe at 8779510 Kub Kar champ from Limehouse by Jean Layman North District Annual Rally was held last Saturday February IS at St Georges Anglican Church Hall Georgetown for Cubs from Acton Hornby Scotch Block Georgetown Limehouse and Glen Williams Registration for 185 Cubs kept organizer ACM Arch of 1st Georgetown on his toes the entire day Leaders and parents from all groups were on hand to help where needed Evelyn Owen kept her committee of Evelyn McCallum Anne Lysey Sheila Foster Bill and Maureen Ingles busy in the kitchen at lunch time Glynn Owen showed films after the various heats and at break time The Grand Cham plan first prize went second to Robert Eston of A pack Georgetown receiving 3rd prize for Greg McLeish of Georgetown pack was Andrew Elliott Greg was out to play hockey at the tune of the presentation Best Design of the mini models was won by Adrian Adshead of 1st Acton Judge s Choice was won by John of 2nd Acton Trinity and honourable mention to Geoff of 2nd Georgetown and Chris Kirby of Georgetown Judges were Rev Rev Jeff Davison and D Sandy Booth During the afternoon Chris Adams of Georgetown B pack won the door prize of a digital clock ACM Arch making the draw Chief Scorers were Peter Bob and Theresa McLaughlin Top scorers from each pack will partic pate in the Regional KUB KAR rally held at Oak vilte in March Forty lucky Cubs will be notified from North District in the near future for this event All leaders and their boys were reminded to attend Open House at Holy Cross School on Saturday February catch the Scout ing Spirit considered for computers in Endorse surcharge Any new or expanded licensed pit may have to pay the Town a surcharge en each ton extracted The suggestion was endorsed by Hills council this week Councillor Ross asked if approval is necessary for the imposition of such a charge Clerk Administrator Ken Richardson said it could be covered under on agreement with the owner He emphasized the charge would not apply to wayside pits but only to licensed pits quarries The Ministry of Transportation and Communications In a letter to council said they wanted to list the Casey Boss property at Lot Concession and the pro at Lot Concession as possible aggregate sources for work on the QEW from Creek to Mississauga Halton Hills council had no objection as long as the usual pit operations hours haulage times and haulage routes are followed Against the belter judgement of some of the trustees Halton Board of Education members voted to accept a Computer Advisory Committee request that the allocation of be placed in the 1984 budget The budget Is currently under review and is expected to be passed in late March Milton trustee Ivan Armstrong was against spending of additional funds In elementary schools CSS of the requested money was for that level Committee member Gary Crossman pointed out in the first year of a five year plan there are now 165 students for every one computer With the additional funds this would be lowered to one for trustee was con cemed about the students spelling social interrelations and penmanship He was assured students would not be on the computers enough In one week to have any adverse effects In fact according to committee member George McCroe with Pat warned trustees computers were here to stay If Halton does not adopt the program the computer revolution Is not going to go away Not Since the British industrial revolution in the 1700s has there been such wide changes in business she pointed out Acton trustee Bruce said she has seen computers motivate otherwise motivated students I do not think there has been any other issue since I have been on the board that the public has supported the spending of funds Tor We have the public behind us on the spending of money on computers Trustees in the end voted not only to put the elementary request In the budget but also the secondary school and live computer equipment request also Region briefs Grant approved Regional council approved grant to a Burlington couple Wednesday as compensation for two sewer backups in their home less than a year Brian and Pal Lower received for each flood caused when hockey sticks were dropped into the storm sewer near resulting back up Because the sewer was regularly checked by the region council admit led no liability in the case but offered the in recognition of the Lower stroke of bad luck Milton Councillor Brad Clements was the only one to oppose the grant saying it went ogams regional policy and could have a serious impact on coverage Previously the region offered relief grants to homeowners who suffered property damage in a community disaster Under budget Public construction projects always Not always Regional police in Burlington have a new district station and the balance sheet for the project indicates it will come In on the budget target or slightly under A total of approved for the building and its computer system but 1 million was spent on construction design additions consultants fees and furnishings Some expenditures have still to be accounted for but the project is still expected to be on or under target Half Back Despite a generous offer to of savings on the price of admission to the Region Museum last summer and fall few people bothered to take advantage of the offer Only patrons used losing lottery tickets to pay up half the cost of admission the museum during the June- December program Wintarto con the scheme as a way of attracting people to local cultural centres The tickets are worth each and will redeem to the for those submitted Fullsized computing power for under 60 opens up world of computers a price compact memory to program colours graphics and sound in BASIC on any colour TV