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Varian Canada to layoff 15 per cent of work force THE HERALD Wednesday May Page 3 Vanan Canada Microwave Divi in Georgetown plans to layoff about employees or per cent of the company s workers during the next couple of months ac cording to a company press release issued Tuesday morning by spokesperson Joe Right now we re assuming that the laid off workers will not be rehired sometime in the future but you never know for sure so it hard to say what will happen said Mr Caldarelli in an interview Tuesday morning Mr Caldarelli attributed the layoffs to a decision by one Var an customer to stop buying a ing wave tube for telephone net works As well another customer recently decided to build a power supply product for satellite com in house that it previously bought from Vanan Mr is unsure why this customer decided to build a power supply product in house Vanan develops and hires a vanety of products for areospace communications and medical industries said Mr Caldarelli He explained the loss of business shouldrvt be attributed to the Canada United States Tree Trade deal The company benefits from the Free Trade Agreement because the agreement reduces banners for products being ex ported from Canada into the United States But he did say because is an export based company it has suffered from the high value of the Canadian dollar More than 90 per cent of the com pany s products are exported Despite this setback Mr Caldarelli said the company re mains viable and will continue to invest in research and develop ment for new products to replace the lost business Acton Old Stone School might still be saved Hills- council won t take any action on whether or not to support the Old Stone School in Ac ton being part of a housing development proposed by the Nonprofit Housing Cor poration for onetotwo weeks councillors decided Monday night Council deferred a motion put forth by Acton councillors Rick Bonnette Gerald and Norm Elliott calling for the town to oppose the use of the Old Stone School as part of a Region non profit housing project After councillors met in camera a session in which the public and press are banned that lasted about minutes councillors deferred the motion until they have first heard from when the Region staff could conduct a noise and traffic study of the proposed area Councillors voted to go in camera to discuss the issue after Pam Johnston argued it tred on property and legal matters news Emotions flow By BETTY Hundreds poured into Butcher s Funeral Home to pay their last respects to Vivian Bremner on Tuesday May For many it meant standing on the lawn listen ing as the building was bursting with mourners Rev Degarmond gave the eulogy citing Vivians community involvement violence against women and the im portance of forgiveness Doug Smith gave a very warm account of how Viv was Two other fnends recited poems Through it all the message rang out that Viv was a lot of things to a lot of people From little children who called to her My Vivian an excellent ball player Lioness member who always worked diligently respected business woman dear sister and daughter beloved companion and a true fnend to countless many The song titlted You Are The Wind Beneath My Feet chosen by Vivian sisters closed tHe ser vice Pall bearers were made up of women who were long time fnends and all team mates There is an ache in our hearts for the woman who s love of life touched us so deeply Due to high winds the Jim Dan dies cancelled their Thursday night game only to return the following evening and suffer a loss against Double Trouble All three pitchers have a splendid ef fort The problem seemed to be in offense as nobody was hitting well There were many pop ups The team comes back to challenge Random Car Club on Thursday May Before the newly delivered playground could be installed about a half dozen children were clamoring to go on it Jim Bailey is heading up the work crew con sisting of Rene Alber his father and Clay Curtz Taking most of the table to assemble the playground equipment now sits at the Com munity Center for the children These are only two reasons council can use to discuss a council matter Halton Non Profit Housing Cor poration is proposed to build 22 residential units on the Old Stone School property and the adjacent property off River Road The town currently owns the property but has agreed to sell the property to the housing corporation between now and Sept 30 However the housing authority is only obligated to purchase the land if the province agrees to help fund the housing project and the town agrees to sup port the proposal said Dan the town clerk The Acton councillors acting on the lead of PACT Parents Assisting Children and Teachers listed several reasons in the pro posed motion to oppose the development Like PACT where members consist of parents whose children attend Robert Little school the three councillors argued the development would damage a valuable parkland space create safety hazards for the children attending Robert Lit tie School because of increased traffic create storm water runoff that would pollute nearby Fairy Lake contribute to conflicts bet ween the existing and new residents due to playground noise from the school and prevent any expansion of the Acton Library ADVERTISING DEADLINES NOTICE Due to the Holiday on Monday May for Victoria Day the Herald will be closed and the deadlines tor advertising will be as follows DISPLAY ADVERTISING CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Friday May Noon Friday May These 3 Models Future Full Control Sleep Timer OnScreen Prompts Auto Programming 66800 Legion Auxilary Executive elections ByFLOCARSWELL Thursday tomorrow is our general meeting It is also the elections of the executive for the 199091 electoral year Come to the meeting and vote for the you feel are capable of running the auxiliary for the coming year The meeting will start at m rather than the usual Our sick chairman reports that as far as she knows everyone is healthy Flo Waters has 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