Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 3, 1978, p. 21

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Acton library looseleaf The Acton Free Press Wednesday May 3 B5 Parents claim song offensive Was Harvey Lee Oswald an The gunman who killed President Kennedy was he In fact a Russian oper ator with the American ity of the yearold ex marine who went to Russia In 1959 Was a conspiracy res ponsible for the death of Kennedy British solicitor Michael makes a strong case for the con spiracy theory based on an investigation that took 14 years who wrote The Man on Your Conscience Is the author of The Oswald File a book that will be talked about for years to smiling come books perls A striking exception Colleen The Thorn Birds a superbly crafted story set In the Australian outback This is one of those rare books that demand reading at one ing even if it necessitates burning midnight oil until dawn The Thorn Birds eminently merits Its long standing spot on the best seller lists Its still on reserve In our library Last week a regular reader returned Sheila newest novel Bel with a One of the best ever read Bad bad Brown Baddest man in the whole damn town than old King Kong Meaner than a junkyard dog The song Brown Is a hit on the Health Hustle hit parade In schools In Well County but Isnt as popular with some parents The health Hustle la the name of a program started In October 1B78 that has stud ents exercising to popular music played over the public Michael Hogg said address system Wednesday While parents have ex- He said the criticism pressed encouragement for surrounds the words of the the way song which the parents said the first complaints was a bad influence on the come to the boards students They suggested the attention about the selection use of Instrumental music of the music The criticism centres Hogg said he realizes the around the hit song by the late word damn Is in the song but Jim Croce and the lyrics describing Leroy Brown The song Is about a fairly nasty fellow who beats up on people and carries a razor in his shoe board con- it wasnt specifically men tioned as being a problem ft Is the first lime any school board in Ontario taking part In the program has received a complaint about the music selection Hogg said SCOUTS CUBS and Beavers from Acton look part in the Trees for Canada planting program on Saturday For example left to right Jason Sharpies Chris Luxon Eddie Robinson Tim Height Tim Garton Robert Calvin Robinson Bill Ingles Photographer Rick Smolan Library staffers His The Man On Your Con challenge her claim Whether science deals with the case of animals or not Bel young labourer Timothy is a delight to read and r Evans who was hanged for should rank with the authors appeared from time lo time the murder of his wife and unforgettable classic the document the safari which infant daughter in 1950 After Incredible Journey It Is the took 195 days Also in the May mass murderer Reginald tale of little terrier who Geographic Is an excellent Christie confessed to one of survives adventures and mis- article on Mexico Mexico A these murders Mr Eddowes adventures In wartime very Beautiful Challenge by began his study His book France and England Mike Edwards am brought public pressure to re- For armchair travellers photographer Thomas view the case A new invest who long to but cannot make igatlon was called and Evans it Over Home this summer One of the features worth was exonerated The Queen the library recommends reading In the April June posthumously pardoned him Discover Unexpected London issue Nature Canada is Public outrage over the case by Andrew Lawson This RedShouldered led to the abolition of capital beautifully Illustrated book hawk an con punishment In Britain chronicles the sights and Lyons waited until The Oswald File a recent history of Englands splendid the female hawk had finished arrival at the library port and capital It will make Incubating her eggs before menls Eddowes only other ex Londoners homesick building a blind from which to investigation besides the if the Thorn Birds whets photograph the pair of hawks Evans case In some your interest In the and their young Topnotch respects this is a scary book Australian outback why not nature photography as the reader learns of cover- reach for the May National ups in high places It could Geographic which features a happen In Canada lavishly illustrated article by Sometimes the average Davidson Miss reader wonders about best Davidson beautiful and Novels ranked In young travelled miles the top ten columns often across western graphors dream of making raise the question How wilderness Her companions The April number of this come In other words the were four camels brained a same magazine has a camera ordinary browser does NOT year In advance and one dog story of a nesting robin from always agree with the ex eggs to This part icular redbreast built her nest Redheaded woodpecker set up their cameras to a rare but beautiful sight v Road S GEORGETOWN 8776984 SIMPLICITY POOL PATIO Simplicity Pool Patio invites you to drop into their showroom See our Trojan Pools and all other makes Free water analysis All shapes and sizes for all yards and budgets even portable pools Trade ins accepted If you cant drop in call us at we will come to 274 Afliance Road A colour shot of robin feeding her nestlings graces the front cover of Ranger Rick Nature Magazine May Issue The kind of arrest nature picture all photo- magazine Is available in the junior library Library nature notes back again In he library creek is a menage a little white Donald his companion mall drake and a mallard duck who delighted library goers by Jeff Harvey woodpecker may be in Southwestern Ontario Is a easing once again The fine place in which several bluebird which nests In old woodpeckers regularly woodpecker holes may be amongst them is increasing for similar the beautiful RedHeaded Woodpecker Several The red I is found woodker species notably In Southern Iast spring Momma duck the small Downy and the r nested In some wild lilies and Hairy a larger version of J despite many visits by dogs the Downy Woodpecker have plentiful south of the other Intruders she small patches of red on the managed to hatch three duck rear portions of the head J wood- ng The family made it These red areas are found g be al safely to the pond Donald only on the males and both and his pal hung about the are regularly seen at bird be seen in feeders in mid However the real Red tacau Headed Woodpecker is think this the same house- unquestionably of the keeping trio from last year most attractive of all birds in te a notable ex- North America The entire jfi head of both adult sexes Is a by permitting it deep scarlet red while in iJ n quite a sight From bill tip to ranks tail end it nips the nine Inch mark Unfortunately the Red Head is not seen very often Its nesting habits have been considerably associated with mans activities and it Is con ceivable that the two have not diffused with beneficial results to the both When primeval mature stands of timber existed it must have been a scarce bird anyway for It shuns these types of locales but as the land was cleared the Red Headed woodpecker became quite common as they found messy orchards good spots to chisel their nests and many of these orchards appeared in the early IBMs Like the bluebird however the advent of the European invaders the House Sparrow and the Starling sent num bers into a decline by the turn of twentieth century Also as with the bluebird the old orchards were cleaned and numbers plummetted again The red head became susceptible to of all things the automobile Many are killed because of their pecullar habit of taking off from a perch at roadside and dipping low across the road Thousands die in this manner hit by cars and yet this hazard has only recently been discovered However this tough vigorous woodpecker is making a slight comeback Also like the bluebird it is taking advantage or the Dutch elm disease which has left the skeletons of many dead trees scattered about In the countryside Infected trees lure the woodpeckers which hammer away at the Insect laden trunks by ex cavating cavities in them In this manner the redheaded gets first Ron Waples piloted lime Time to the first sub twominute mile of the Ladies preparing The Acton ladles fastball team being formed by Ed Wood is looking stronger now with fifteen hopefuls still In the running alter Sunday s practice The first had attracted only eight potential players The number of ladles trying Canildlfl r out had gone from eight up tS season April at Mohawk the flrst S made the finish line of the seventh race feature In the time of team as 3f5 the Acton Family Cleaners OIL CHANGE AND LUBRICATION INCLUDES LUBE OIL FILTER LABOUR CUSTOM A 095 CHROMA SLOTTED Firestone Stores ASK ABOUT OUR DAY PAYMENT PLAN OR USE MOORE PARK PLAZA GEORGETOWN 8775119 CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT SAME DAY SERVICE LICENSED MECHANICS ALL PRICES INCLUDE LABOUR ALL PARTS COVERED BY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY

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