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I I Li I I EXCELLENCE AWARD I IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS J The DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN need la It right here home good 51 shop Down own Gewoe FREE PARKINi Friday July Firms high tech attracts O leader Joe Clark impressed by By ASTRA Herald Sun Writer Federal Opposition leader Joe Clark visited George town a Varian plant on tain view Road North Tuesday afternoon with an eye toward learning more about Canada a high technology operations and their training procedures Mr an informal hour and a half touring the firm which manufactures telecommunications products and spoke with Varian Varian is one of several high technology plants Mr Clark is visiting Across Canada this summer to see how viable current government policies are In dealing with cal development and the pro motion of skilled labor BramptonGeorgetown MP John McDermld who Mr Clark on his tour told The Herald that Canad must come to grips with the problem of one million unemployed in this country and yet a severe shortage of skilled labor Prior to the tour Mr Clark spoke for several minutes with the operations manager for the electron device group Council Smith who explained the basic operation of Ibc firm its history and its line of products Regarding Canada shortage of skilled labor Mr Smith told Mr Clark that universities and industries in the S seem to Naked An unidentified woman wandering nude in the Boulevard Drive area of Georgetown late Wednesday afternoon kept police busy as she eluded attempt to be taken Into custody Police arrived after a complaint was received that a woman was strolling around the streets naked and attracting quite a crowd of children and other residents One resident bad already given the woman a pink bathrobe to put on by the time police arrived According to an eyewitness police had a difficult time coaxing the wo man Into their squad car In order to get her to step into the car officer bad to walk around to the opposite side and call her and as she leaned into the car bis partner slammed the door Regional Ice reported that the woman approximately years of age and is visiting from Georgia She bad been staying In Georgetown for a few weeks and has been admitted to he Ho me wood Sanitarium In for observation Maybe lis lime you jumped into something more demanding tbanacarpodl MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR ALL SUMMER LONG School 9630pm Preaching Study a Prayer Youth Activities A Recreation VlsHora always enjoy a higher degree of cooperation and work better together in the innovation field Mr Clark was particularly interested In how Canadian can develop their Innovation on a world wide scale He also expressed concern over the dangers of technological and how it would affect firms such as Varian Although Varian spokesmen admitted they do Innovate on a small scale at the Georgetown plant they they are fast becoming number one North American supplier of certain products and indeed arc the only Canadian firm producing them Even though Varian is a relatively small company in Canada Itlsnumbcronelnthe development of certain prod also and according to Mr Smith employees have more ideas than we can run with Mr Smith said that as a Canadian firm Varian has no unusual barriers in exporting goods exporting to per cent of everything Mr Clark had quest the government help they receive In terms of pro tection Mr Smith admitted to tough competition on the for WEIRD STUFF There a day loog display of lnteres ting and weird at the Georgetown library Saturday Lynn Clark left Is a collector of penguin knickknack and brought part of her collection to show the public Jim Collier la a great fan of science fiction novels nod short and offered a small part of his extensive collection of books to the library for a collection which amounts to over books If Lynn into penguins Heather Collier loves owls an showed tome of her ISO owl candle ceramic works calendar and other paraphernalia Herald photo Stop sign likely for 22 Southbound drivers on the Eighth Line may have to stop as they approach If council approves a soon tobe Introduced bylaw Resident complaints from the area and from Coun Buss Miller point to the Intersection as a traffic hazard because the hill along the Eighth Line north of the intersection makes it difficult for I drivers to see traffic stopped and waiting to tum from Police records state that there have been six accidents at the Intersection four of which may have been caused by visibility problems Advance warning signs on the have been worthwhile the public works deportment reports but the southbound stop making the intersection a twoway stop zone is hoped to allay concerns COMPARE OUR NEW FRONT WHEEL DRIVE MAZDA GLC WITH HONDA DATSUN TOYOTA THEN COMPARE OUR DEAL You haven I got a deal unless you get great car In the deal MOTORS has both Our 1 prices start at Just IS And got a wide selection 3 and door models IncludlnQlhonewGLCDocofandtheaxclling 1981 QLCSport mazoa The more you took the more you like View our memory at all models motors SALES and SERVICE 347 351 Quean Street Acton markets In the United Kingdom and West Germany After their Informal discus sion Mr Smith led Mr Clark and Mr McDermld on a tour of the entire plant showing them various work areas and some of the Varian products Mr Clark was able to question several employees about their Jobs After the half hour tour Mr Clark sat down In private with Mr Smith where Mr Mc Dermid said they discussed a number of things including manpower planning and tral Mr McDermld said Mr Clark was very impressed with Mr Smith and found the tour very Informative and interest lug Various recommendations were made which will be presented in a report entitled Employment Opportunities in the 80s to be ted some time this fall After the visit Mr Clark answered a series of questions concerning the federal govern ment decision to cut off percent of VIA Rail service the current postal contract negotiations and Canada ris ing Interest rates He also mentioned that after bis talks with Mr Smith be felt the government should encourage be tier skilled labor to enter the job market and that there has to be more cooperation bet ween and Industry In this respect Mr Clark had also planned to visit Northern Telecom in Brampton one of Canada largest telecommunications firms the plant is shut down for vacation The Georgetown firm baa ties with Varian Associates in Palo Alto California and was formed in 19S5 with employees The linn was started to help support the Canadian defence Industry Twentysix years later the firms employs approximately people and manufactures a wide range of lelecommunlcat ions products including wave tubes magnetometers various amplifiers for travel ling wave tubes and power supplies It has approximately million in sales and mark its products on a world wide basis COME BACK NOW Representing the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Walter Dixon was on hand at Varian Tuesday a before the official tosr to greet Joe Clark and to present him with to be the Chamber guest speaker at the fall dinner Mr Clark Jokingly remarked that It about the only way to deliver an Invitation duriag the postal strike Is to do It by hand MORE PHOTOS PAGE 2 aatco travel welcomes you to iniEjMIBi amalgamated for worldwide personal travel service GEORGETOWN TRAVEL LTD professional service you can trust Georgetown Acton im Milton Oakville 8761211 Brampton Toronto 48 Main St S Georgetown