Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 24, 1978, B5

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For cartoonist Blake work can beat talent Dennis Blake who creates cartoons for f Acton Free Press threshold of a career which could keep him on lal page shift him satire work or propel him the booming field of books Mr Blake of I just completed his year of a two year curse on cartooning at Sheridan College I don thlnk1 really started Mr Blatesaldinan interview I how to do it he said Sometimes me Ideas for cartoons for The Free Press come However when the for a drawing Is not bo the 20year old Blake talks around his room to and get an idea Normally he said he will look at tic headlines hi the paper It nothing worth while Jumps tat from the pages at him he may resort to an old standby such as the weather cartoon he did with Noahs Ark a couple of weeks ago Once I get an Idea it a matter three or four hours before I put the final touches on what to go Into the paper So early in his career Mr Blake has worked out a simple formula for success It all the work in it all the practice Talent Is Involved but so much of it Is work Many talented people just don t go The best editorial cartoons are the ones which success fully combine entertainment with a message For status within the cartooning world editorial work ranks at the lops The other end of the scale Is most taken up by the people who draw get well cards ac cording to Mr Blake Mr Blake is a graduate of the Acton High School How ever he looks on his school days this way been drawing horses heads since I was in kindergarten but there Is very little room for drawing in the education system now College is better There there are lolly oriented instructors people in the field Of the editorialists Mr Blake said he likes the work of The Toronto Star The comic strips featuring the Wizard of Id and BC attract his eye or sense humor On the of money Mr Blake said that when he has it he spends it It important I going to be In a field where there are many ups and downs and you re gonna get short changed a lot So if someone asks Mr Blake if he knows how to do something the answer will be a Yes And if he doesn know he II learn pretty fast Cool wet spring didnt halt migrants The spring of can be summed up as one of the wettest and coolest In recent years oh where are the leaves yet these conditions have not seemed to have had an adverse affect upon the spring migratory period of songbirds Arrival dates for over wintering tropical species have not been retarded bv the conditions and in fact have noted many early arrivals amongst the Carolinian songbirds Carolinian refers to those species of plants or animals which reach their northern limits of distribution in southern Ontario and are more numerous south of the Great in the US Take for example the scarce Yellow Throated Vireo a five inch songster with a bright yellow breast and spectacles This southern bird normally arrives in this area as late as the stages of May yet I was fortunate to record six of them over a two day period May II 12 The Warbler is one of the rarest nesting CVCA weighs tenders There is a spread in the tenders to be considered by the Credit Valley Con servation Authority CVCA for a portable building that is to be attached to the authority main office at Meadowvale Three lenders were opened at the full CVCA meeting i Erin Thursday The tender will be considered by tie authority staff Pr recommendations which to be presented at executive meeting The lowest bid Canadian Portable Jruc lures for The igddle tender came from Investment Ltd for PI and the highest qui was presented by ment Co for The one storey is about classroom feet by feet The is to house the staff for pout five years according P CA chairman Grant The structure con tained heat but njplumbing Today recipe cream cheese 2 or cans oysters tap Worcestershire 23 tbsp mfonnalse tsp onion pit Salt to tasta Cream into soft cheese mix in the sauce garlic powder salt and salt Spread on eased wax paper A thlckoiUnarectangular shape Co In fridge Chop and spread them ova the cheese mix ture Rolls a jelly roll Cool until reiy to serve with crackers The taste 1m proves in the morning to be at night J Maureen Burrows Milton Ontario songbirds in Canada nesting only in extreme southern Ontario I had assumed that the cold spring would hold these small four inch bright yellow rarities south of Lake Erie but I was pleased to report Golden Winged Warbler similarly rare In Canada has also popped up here and there The songs of are an aid in Identification In both of these war biers were seen on several occasions by myself in one of only a few of their suitable breeding grounds Canada the Speyslde Escarpment south of Speyside By far my rarest find of has to that of the Yellow Breasted Chat the largest memoer of the warbler perhaps the craziest singer In the bird world chat is about six and one half inches long has a brilliant yellow breast plain brown wings and a moderately large bill in comparison W the bills of other warbfers The host distingjishiiS feature of this bird is the amazing AND JOHN MITCHELL master a new step at last week s final Scottish Country Dancing session of the season The group of about 30 met regularly in Esquesing Community Centre at Stewarttown For Hardy ROSE BUSHES PERENNIALS BOX PLANTS ETC Come to Birch Way Farm NURSERY and GARDEN CENTRE 1 Mile North of Highway on Halton Road 3 at OPEN DAYS A WEEK Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday May 24 B5 CVCA to toughen up decisions The Credit Valley Con Authority will continue to make decision in public concerning construction in the a full authority meeting decided Thursday Erin But the CVCA will also try to be more strict in applying its rules The feeling seems to be we carry on in open session CVCA chairman Grant Clarkson summed up after a brief airing of the Issue The thing seems to be to make it the rules stick If we cant we may as well pack up and go home said the chairman Clarkson warned the CVCA to be more careful In making its decisions because the authority could lose ACTON FREE PRESS cartoonist Blake is half way through cartooning course at Sheridan College credibility before the courts if a case Is pressed that far The chairman floated the notion of making such decisions and taking votes in The responsibility for making landfill decisions rests with the executive informed the meeting The executive decision docs not come before the general body for ratification The authority mode a decision concerning approval for a garage which Is six feet on the flood plain In Terra said He continued by saying he felt the decision should not have been passed Precedent was used in this particular case Clarkson don wants to use It as said tie did not name the precedent said the chair party Now the next PRESTIGE BUSINESS CARDS Enamel Sat n Many Colours Ava table Fast Service Free Pick up Delivery n mum Order 100 Cards Phone 8785280 HONDA CIVIC CAR STANDARD OH AUTOMATIC NO DOWN PAYMENT BANK PLAN FINANC NG IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AT BAZ MOTORS WE CARE BAZ MOTORS LTD STREET GEORGETOWN or Toronto song it possesses It appears to consist of mews grunts cackles and hisses frcqucntlj given In flight and I even in the heart of night at certain times It was the song that clued me to the whereabouts of the bird Chats are southerly birds and in Ontario they do not nest north of the Godench London boundary North of line where they rarely wander chats are very scarcely seen Thus I was most fortunate to see one at all and it is the first to be seen in this area I think On Thursday May 11 all of southeastern Canada was under the influence of a Bermuda High a phenomenon of weather where warm air Is drawn northward over the Great Lakes around the Clockwise rotation of a high pressure zone Consequctly many birds are carried northward with the warm air wedge Thus the appearance of the Chat and other southerly species can be partially at to the circulation of the air masses PUBLIC NOTICE Bankruptcy Sale Of RICHARDSONS FURNITURE APPLIANCES 465 MAIN STE MILTON ONTARIO Just Across From Milton Mall One of this areas Largest and finest furniture and appliance store has gone BANKRUPT this is a BANKRUPT SALE of all stock inventories and miscellaneous items HERES A FEW EXAMPLE BARGAINS AVAILABLE 2 Piece Highback House of Braemore Sofa Set 2 Piece Highback Sofa Set by Troister 20 Admiral Color Portables 2 only 5529 26 Admiral Color Console to the floor 629 Stereo Receivers 20 to choose from to 399 Sharp MicroWave Oven 339 AND THE SA VNGS GO ON and ON and ON and ON Brand Name Furniture Appliances Stereo Color TV Microwave Ovens Lamps Radios Oil Paintings Mattresses Etc LIKI HOUl OF ADMIRAL KITCHIN AID HARP TONIC PLUS MANY MORI HURRY Dont Miss Out EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD TO THE BARE WALLS NOTHING HELD BACK LIMITED TIME ONLY HOURS SAT 8787256 RICHARDSON MNHSTE MILTON MUL

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