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THE NEW TANNER6THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010 Editorialwith Frances NiblockIntergenerational exchangeA memoir pilot project at three Acton churches called Spiritual Heritage, 3 Generations, One Community allowed an intergenerational transfer of wisdom, according to Welling-ton-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong, who helped celebrate the culmination of the project last Saturday at Churchill Com-munity Church.With $25,000 from a Federal New Horizons for Seniors grant, a facilitator helped local students capture the life stories and spiritual heritage of the seniors at two churches Bethel HELLO, SANTA: Santa Claus was greeted by throngs of happy, but cold, Acton residents for Christian Reformed Church and St. Joseph. At Churchill the inaugural Light Up the Hills festival last Wednesday, when the Tree of Hope, outside the Acton arena/community centre, was lit for the holidays. Frances Niblock photoCommunity Church, a lack of youth members resulted in adult church members interviewing elders to make a perma-nent record of their lives and growth of the church in the Driving choices makes me wondercommunity.When I was just out of high do stupid things like that. Why Three generations were involved in interviewing and writ-school, the girls and I were out would you want somebody to ing the stories, and an anthology was prepared for each and about on a Friday night, I rear-end your vehicle? I know if church. The seniors willingly opened their lives to the student remember quite vividly one By this event happened a few years interviewers, and some of the students developed on-going evening that we were driving Angela Tago, a couple of scenarios prob-yleracross the QEW. We moved ably would have happened. If relationships with their subjects.passenger side, which is the side from the center lane to the the Dude had been driving, he Many agreed with Chong when he said that in this high-Little J rides on. As he scooted fast lane, when suddenly, for probably would have chased tech digital world, with so many people connected to their in front of me, I honked my horn no reason, the car in front of us him down or rode his back end computer screens, you dont often see the intergenerational and waved a what are you do-put its brakes on. I was driving so close the SUV driver could ing wave. I did not do a royal that night and I dont know how have figured out what colour transfer of information. And, although the pilot project has salute when I waved. After all, I I managed to avoid the rear end eyes the Dude has. If it had been ended, Grade seven students at the Georgetown Christian did have a child in the car. of that car. To this day, I have no just me, I wouldnt have done School have adopted the project as their on-going commun-Before I knew it, that night idea why the other driver did it.the what the heck wave. For ity service project.On on the QEW quickly repeated Saturday, Little J and I sure it would have been the royal weitself and the driver of the Jeep re heading down Highway salute and a few choice words.As the proverb says: It is best to learn wisdom through the thought it would be funny to 25. As we approached Speyside, Now though, with Little J, the experience of others.slam his brakes on. Repeating I found myself behind a car that royal salute, the choice words was history, I somehow avoided turning left at the intersec-and trying to make a point to the back end of the Jeep just tion. We werent in a hurry, and the other driver, are a way of in time. I guess he was upset I I knew the car was about to turn, the past. Its amazing how some-didnt rear-end him because he so we waited the whole half-thing so small, can make such a then drove at about 30-km/hr, second before we continued on big difference.and turned on some sort of rear our journey.However, in the end, I did Looking Bacfog light, which was glaring in kThat was when the SUV that have an option. A quick call to my vision as it was dusk. I had noticed coming out of 17 our local law enforcement pro-We put up with that idiot Side Road when we passed it, vided an officer who came to our until almost at the 401. At first, came out of the blue and tried home, listened to my story, took Ten Years AgoFive Years Agohe succeeded with scaring the to pass me in the intersection, the Jeeps plate number and met Acton physician Dr. George The fate of 244 jobs at Lou-which poop right out of me; however, for the record it is il-Little J. And, to handle my main McWilliam urges everyone to isiana-Pacifics Acton vinyl as he tried his best to annoy me, legal.reason for the call to ensure get a flu shot, noting that some plant was up in the air, wait-I just let him do his thing while I I applied my brake to quickly Mr. SUV receives a police visit short-term pain is worth the ing to see if an offer from KP stayed well back from him.slow because if I hadnt, the Jeep to discuss his driving choices long-term gain of not getting Building Products closes.I dont understand why people for sure would have rammed my that day.influenza. Federal candidates in Wel- Local citizens who help pre-lington-Halton Hills opened serve and enhance the Towns their campaign offices, getting cultural, natural and physical ready for the January 23 elec-heritage are honoured by the tion.Ontario Heritage Foundation. The BC firm of van der Although some improve-Zalm+ Associates Inc., and ments have been made, Actons New Line Skateparks Inc. 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