Halton Hills Newspapers

New Tanner (Acton, ON), 6 Apr 2000, p. 1

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Thirty-seven jobs at the Eagle Ottawa Canada Ltd. leather finishing plant in Acton have been saved with the purchase of the McDonald Boulevard plant by an intemational leather manufacturer. The new company trades as Permair Leath- ers Limited. Porvair International Limited, makers of the Permair footwear and personal leather finishing system, purchased Eagle Ottawa and will relocate its North Ameri- can base to Acton from Massachusetts. Eagle Ottawa laid off 17 workers less than a month ago when it lost a contract to supply leather interiors for cars. Permair's manager director, Eagle's former CEO Gord Williams, said the re- maining 28 plant and nine staff jobs were in jeopardy. "Without that (Permair) business from the U.S. plant, we'd certainly be faced with more reductions," Gordon said on Tuesday, adding Acton will produce leather for footwear, ice skates, belts and personal products. Gordon said it was "disappointing" to have to cut the workforce by half, but stressed it is time to look forward, not backward. "The 37 people who will remain here, I think, have certainly more security in their jobs than they did three or four weeks ago," Gordon said. Eagle Ottawa, which formed in Michi- gan after the Civil War, purchased the Acton plant from Frank Heller and Com- pany in 1990. Heller cement finishing split leather in the early 1960s. The Acton lo- cation was Eagle Ottawa's only manufac- turing plant in Canada. Gordon said with the loss of the auto- motive side of the business, they're reconfiguring the 110,000-square-foot plant to use less than half of the building and will sublet the surplus space to other tenants. ILLAGE Rent-A-Car DAILY * WEEKLY MONTHLY 286 Alma Street, Rockwood What's Inside cf > & Rev. Mark Tiller is di- recting the Acton High School production of Guys and Dolls which opens April 12. See Page 6. The artists who painted the new mural in Acton Arena say thanks to the community. See photo on Page 4. Nothing like pancakes and maple syrup to stir up appetites at Limehouse Hall. See Page 8. WEEKLY CHUCKLE The Boss sent for Murphy and said: "You were supposed to work Monday but you phoned to say you were sick. However, someone saw you at the opening Blue Jay game." Murphy said: "'Twasn't me at all, just looked like me." Boss: "How do you know?" Murphy: "I saw him." Newstand price: 40¢ + GST Bens UU ce What We Sell INSTANT TV REBATES 25" - $388 32" - '798 468 36" - 51298 19" - '288 14 Wesleyan St. Downtown Georgetown just off Main St. Yat Maret IT TEAS 877-3405 Acton citizens won't accept sale of land at MSB - Rick Bonnette Message to go to Halton School Board By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner ClubLink Golf North 'hold hands' By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner GolfNorth marketing direc- tor Kevin Hurd isn't swing- ing his clubs as much as he'd like these days -- he's busy dispelling the perception that up-market ClubLink -- owner of Blue Springs -- has bought out GolfNorth -- owner of Acton Golf Club, formerly Acton Meadows. "It's a strategic alliance. It's reciprocal playing privi- leges. They didn't buy us -- they invested in our com- pany," Hurd said when asked about ClubLink's initial $4.1 million investment in GolfNorth, which will retain its focus on golfing value, cater- ing to the "middle range golfer." "Immediately what we' ve heard through the grapevine is people are perceiving this as a buy out, and that's not the case, but the easiest way I can explain it is that we are holding hands, we' re friends in the golf business now," Hurd said. GolfNorth purchased Can- terbury Common Golf Club from ClubLink and Dundee Country club and will market its 14 courses as GolfNorth by ClubLink, and doubling the number of courses from last year that the average member will be able to play, including Continued on Page 2 2000 Mazda MPV DX Get In. Be Moved FLAPPER FRENZY: These flappers caused quite iv a fuss when they strutted their stuff during the Acton Figure skating club's carnival on Saturday. The flappers include, front: Lauren Vermeulen and Samantha Medland. Middle: Nicky Spurrell, Megan Evans and Maja Vermeulen. Back: Emily Molcjan. -- Frances Niblock photo April showers bring May flowers and the month also brings the opportunity to roll up your sleeve at the Acton Blood Donor Clinic on Thurs- day, April 13 at the Acton Legion, 15 Wright Ave. The clinic runs from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Finally, a Minivan you wantto be seen in. Y y Impact Airbags, and a 6-Disc In-Dash C extra charge, a long line of envious neighbours All blood types are needed, a spokesperson for Canadian blood services, notes. "We need to collect a total of 80 donations at this clinic to help meet the needs of hos- pital patients." s the on Changer Acton citizens are not ready to "roll on their backs and play dead," when it comes to the potential sale of school board land, says Acton Councillor Rick board chair Arlene Bruce of Acton, have been asked by a group of local residents to take that message to the Halton District School Board on April 19. That's when trustees vote on a strategic report that in- cludes the sale of surplus land, including a three-acre property at McKenzie-Smith Bennett school fronting on Churchill Road, that is cur- rently used as a playground and for soccer, baseball and track and field. The rumoured value of the site is $400,000. The Acton School Board it the land in 1957-58 for the school and the park and in 1969, the Halton County School Board was estab- lished and assumed all assets, including the MSB land. Bonnette asked why they would want to pay for it twice, when money is so tight. "We've got to raise and find -- beg, borrow and steal ~an additional $2 million to make up the (overage on) the leisure centre and the Alcott arena," Bonnette said, add- ing, "there's no way" the Town should buy the land. ~ He and former school at purchasing a 15 to 20 acre community park, so where are the dollars going to be?" Bonnette asked, reacting toa suggestion by Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson in The New Tanner that the Town would have to justify buying the land. While agreeing the story is accurate, Serjeantson called the headline "terribly unfor- tunate", claiming her "name was toast," in Acton. "You have to have the support of Council before you buy anything, but you have to look at all options," Serjeantson said on Sunday. Bonnette said in today's dollars it would cost over $200,000 to replace the fields at MSB which were used a total of 1,339 hours last year. Maintenance and oper- ating costs for the MSB land was approximately $10,000. The possible sale gener- ated a slew of protest letters and at least 2,000 people signed petitions urging the Board not to sell the land. Several donations have been used to buy 1,000 protest but- tons that will be handed out within the week. Finance the 2000 MPV Or Purchase From aes (e(=3 Ui gos as nd atno (+ FRT/PDE/Taxes) 519 853-0200 +» 905-453-8965

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