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THE NEW TANNER6THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010 Editorialwith Frances NiblockYouth funding debateThe police comment that youth crime would skyrock-et if the youth drop-in centres in Acton and Georgetown closed sounded melodramatic, but Constable Moreen Smith is convinced that a bored mind is a dangerous mind. Village Constable Smith made the comments last week HO! HO! HO: Horse drawn sleigh rides with Santa were part of the festive fun on Saturday during in support of a request from Links2Care, which operates the Acton BIAs Olde Fashioned Christmas celebrations. Enjoying the ride downtown were, from left: Stephen, Amy and Eric Mann, Santa, Councillor Clark Somerville and Jeanne Brennan.the youth centres and programs, for a 42 per cent budget Denise Paulsen photoincrease from the Town. The $142,000 that it takes to run both drop-ins for 15 hours each a week is funded by the Town $13,200 in each of the next two years Halton Quiet. Corrie is on!Community Investment Fund, the United Way and previ-ously, a Trillium grant. Over a story based on real people on an the years, my television The Towns Corporate Affairs committee found the 42 viewing has greatly diminishedimaginary street. My last text to especially now with Little J her confirmed our craziness for in per cent request, which a Links2Care official described our Corrie, as that night when I went lives. Now, watching TV is By as slight, too rich, and recommended that Council ap-usually an hour or so after sheto bed, the Dude stayed up to Angela Tylerprove a 10 per cent increase, that while still significant goes watch the special a second time. to bed, when dinner is done and Im The 50th anniversary show in-trying to stay awake to every Sunday morning for two-would be more in line in very tight budget times.watch.cludes a huge story line that was and-a- half hours straight.The Acton Off The Wall youth centre gets approxi-Therejust amazing. I, of course, can- is one show the Dude The only problem with Corrie mately 1,500 visits a year, while the Georgetown drop-in, and I anot wait a year to find out who lways watch every night here is that we are about a year lives, who dies and all the details, if we can. Our little guilty pleas-behind what runs in the U.K., bolstered by volunteer help, gets 13,000 annual visits. ure so once again I headed to the In-is for that half hour watching therefore with the Internet at The good news is that even without the requested Coronation Street. When we my ternet. This time, I first went to hands, I have been known to firstsocial networking, a.k.a. Face-whoppi started dating, I was al-ng 42 per cent budget increase, programs or cen-sneak onto the U.K. websites to most embarrassed book where some of my friends to admit that I find out what is going to be hap-tre hours will have to be cut. Links2Care officials said it watched are the Dudes U.K. relatives. it, and then I found out pening on the street. The Dude would mean that opportunities to expand the programs he watched Here I was thinking I would it too. It was another says he doesnt do that, yet he confirmation get all the dirt from the horses that we were meant never is opposed to me sharing would be missed. Too bad, but in tight budget times, there to be together (ha-ha). mmouth, as they say, and then they y findings of the current hap-are other, more pressing, priorities for public money. For told me that they dont watch the those of you who havent penings with him.heard, CoronatBBC. It was the football finals I ion Street is a Last week, the CBC had an British soap opera think and that ranked above Cor-that just hour special with Debbie Travis cerie. What good is having U.K. lebrated its 50th anniversary. going behind the scenes of the Somerelatives if they dont watch the times, I think we are kind Street and finding out why Can-Looking Backof silly BBC? in a way, as we do have adians are crazy about Corrie. If satellite and we have a wesI ended up on Google to find t coast you dont watch Corrie, it is hard feed of channels, which meansout all the who, what, wheres, to explain to the non-viewer.Ten Years Agoprepared councillor who never we can watch shows that air at As we watched whens and whys. I wont spoil the special, my Environmental consultants lost his temper.say 7 p.m. here, it for the non-sneaky Street fans, later again the sister, a non-viewer began tex-collected baggies of soil samples Five Years Agosame night. So, with but I will tell you, boy, when we that capabil-ting me with Corrie questions, from Imperial Oils former gas Snowbirds heading south ity, it isnt uncommon for us do get to watch those episodes, to trying to figure it all out. I finally station site near the Mill Street flocked to Actons elections Can-watch Corrie more they will be worth the wait. Now than once had to tell her I couldnt explain railroad tracks in preparation for ada office to cast their advance per nightI have to go Corrie is on in . Even more silly, but it. Its a strange addiction and I selling the property.ballots in the January 23 Federal exactly 12 minutes.the CBC repeats the entire week really could only offer that it was Plenty warning, plenty over-election.time and plenty muscle and metal Halton police stopped 12,242 made light work for Town crews vehicles in the first two weeks of who cleaned up after the first sig-their RIDE program, charging nificant storm of the season that three people with impaired driv-dumped 20-centimetres of snow, ing and issuing 291 warnings.along with freezing rain and ice Actons Rebecca Nelles and pellets.her ice dance partner Dylan Simp- Three-term Acton politician son earned a berth at the Skate Ross Knechtel, 89, died at his Canada Junior Nationals in New Guelph nursing home. 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