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8 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007 Best Price, Best Service Since 1972 FAX: 519-853-1559 379 Queen St., Acton ON L7J 2N2 519-853-1553 1-888-833-8953 ????????? ????????????????? ???????????????? ??????????????? ????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ????????????????????? ???????????? ??? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????? ??????? ??? ???? ???????? ???? ????? ????? ?? ?????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ???????????? ???? ?????? ??????????? ??????? ?????? ??????????????? ??? ?? ????????? ???????? ??? ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????? ?????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????????? ????????????????????????? ??????????????? ???????????????????? ??????????????? ??????????????? ????????????????????? ????????????? ??????????????????? ???????????????? ?????????????? ????????? ??????????????????? ???????????? ??????????????????? ??????????????? ??????????????? ??????????? ??????????????????????? ????????????????????? ???????????? ??????????????????? ???????? ???????????? ????s? ???? ?????????? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???? ??????? ??? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????? ???? ???????? ??? ???????? ????? ????? ???? ????? ?????? ???? ??????????? ?????? ??? ???? ???????? ?????????????????????????????? One Way fares starting from $99! $199 ????????? ??????? ?????????? ??????????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????? ????????????????? ???????????????????????????? $199 ?????????????????? From the January 18, 2006 pages of The New Tanner. One year ago, Town Council gave local farmers a tax break and will allow them to defer payment of their prop- erty taxes until September 30, 2006, instead of on their regular due date. This will allow farmers to keep their tax money until after their fall crops have been harvested. In other news: On a night set aside for groups to come to the budget committee to ask for money for pet projects, the Acton Soccer Club turned the tables on Monday night and brought money to the Town, pledging $100,000 for new lighted soccer fields in Acton East. Actons Sandy Chapman, 25 on Monday, faced his former Toronto Rock teammates when the Rochester Knighthawks downed visiting Toronto 14-9 in National Lacrosse League action. From the January 17, 2002 pages of The New Tanner. Five years ago: Acton physician Dr. George McWilliam is unsure if Haltons $150,000 plans to attract new doctors including a physician recruitment co-ordinator will do any good, but doesnt believe it will do any harm. In other news Dr. McWilliam and visiting physician Dr. Nather Alsha- karji are now seeing the patients under the care of Dr. Ken Landry, who stopped seeing patients at the Acton Medical Centre after stepping in to help following the sudden death of Dr. Brian Moore. Four months after former Acton resident James Virgin was found battered and beaten at the side of the Ninth Line in Erin Township, police have little to say about this death, which was ruled a homocide. Ministry spokesman says: Growing need for skilled trades By Frances Niblock In 2010, baby boomers will begin retiring, opening up a wide range of skilled job opportunities for the Acton area workforce. For the 10 years that follow that, theres going to be a tremendous need for skilled trades and ap- prentices and those jobs have to be filled, so were bringing this information to the community, said Acton employment spe- cialist Laura Demeester on Friday, following the fourth seminar during Ap- prenticeship and Trades week at the Acton Employ- ment Resource Centre. Apprenticeship is learn- ing by doing, and earning while learning with most of the training done in the workplace. With a growing pool of 20 and 30-year-olds interested in learning a well-paid skilled trade, De- meester said the seminars helped connect the dots, for potential job seekers. Wrap-up speaker, Ed- ward Tooke, a training consultant with the Min- istry of Training, Colleges and Universities challenged the 20 people at Fridays session to name the most popular of the 153 trades that offer apprenticeship programs in Ontario. The answer is auto ser- vice technician there are 35,000, more than half of all apprentices, now training in Ontario and electricians and plumbers are the second and third favourite apprenticeship programs. Four things needed to be- come an apprentice include a social insurance number, SKILLED JOBS WAITING: The ins and outs of Ontario apprenticeship programs were detailed by Edward Tooke, a training consultant with the Ministry of Train- ing, Colleges and Universities, during a seminar on Friday at Actons Employment Resource Centre. Frances Niblock photo high school diploma, $40 registration fee and a job. You need to be em- ployed in the trade in which you want to get into an ap- prenticeship, Tooke said, adding 90 per cent of the apprenticeship takes place in the workplace and 10 per cent in the classroom, so getting in with a good employer is key. Following multi-year programs usually be- tween three and five years apprentices write exami- nations for certificates in their trades. Three to five years my goodness, you could go to university and get a degree in less time but the trades that pay the most, take the longest, Tooke said, add- ing apprentices receive federal money formerly Unemployment Insurance while they go to school, usually at a local commu- nity college. Tooke said new trades are developed daily the newest trade offering an apprenticeship program in Ontario is hardware/ lumber/building retailer, a trade set up with some of the large lumber retailers so their staff can be trained, Tooke said, adding that telemarkers may be next. There was just one post- ing for an apprentice an arborist in the Oakville/ Mississauga area on the job board at the Acton Em- ployment Resource Centre on Friday. It pays up to $22 an hour. Centre staff invite all job inquiries at 519-853- 5014. cost him the next election. While that may well have been true his successor, Jimmy Carter, proved to be inadequate and unable to follow through on the tough decisions. Perhaps Ford might have made similar mistakes but, given the mettle of the man, I doubt it.My only meeting with Mr. Ford came at a convention in May of 1976. Just me and 6,000 or so of his friends and enemies had lunch together. His open- ing line demonstrated his delightful self-deprecating humour. Theres a Ford in your future, he said. The fact that was also the slogan for the well known auto- mobile company earned him a loud and prolonged ovation. That, and the stern look and body language of his Secret Service bodyguard, are the two vivid memories I have of that day. I had hoped he would be elected to another term but that was not to be. History has already adjudged that his decision to pardon Nixon was the right one for the country. Thats the kind of Presi- dent I think he would have been. A man who would take the difficult road if it was for the best for his country even if that decision came at a great personal cost. What more can be asked of a public figure? May he rest in the peace of the just. And for another thing Continued from page 7