Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 20, 1978, p. 3

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Jelinek poll Take away right to strike voters Most voters In Conservation candidate Otto present riding High Park Valley feel the right to strike should be taken away from those working in essential services according to a poll the MP took recently said he received returns from the households in the city riding Eighty three per cent said yes to taking away the right to strike while 12 per cent were not in favor and three per cent were elded His seven part poll also asked if people favor the PC party proposals on mortgage Interest and property tax deductibility and per cent said yes per cent no On constitutional changes 33 per cent favored changes while per cent were not in favor Wage and price guide lines should continue to be enforced until such time as inflation Is brought under control said per cent while per cent felt the guidelines should be dropped Capital punishment for first degree murderers found favor with 80 per cent of the rejected A further per cent were undecided Asked what they feel are the most Important issues affecting Canadians today the respondents listed them in h order Inflation govern w ment spending unemploy were aaninst it Closest vote was seen ment strikes and walkouts abortion on demand which national unity immigrntion per cent favored and per and law and order Les Duby elected planning chairman The Acton Free Pr Wednesday Doc Council opposed to topless waitresses There will be no topless viiie council to spearhead a waitresses in Hills if drive against topless or an by council of bottomless waitresses an Oakville motion has any dancers strippers or nude or partially nude floor shows is circulating a SS I Won horns lost or In W Chimney A TEA PARTY at Christmas time is never a bad idea and the Halton Museum at the Kelso Conservation area held several such parties last week Four Acton ladies Margaret Walhs Shirley Broostad Margaret Wilson and Ruth visited the museum and had an enjoyable afternoon relaxing among the his toncal artifacts The museum is always especially decorated for Christmas Planning board turns shopping plaza down The building of a major shopping centre at the corner of ChurchtlIBoulevardandHighway7 Acton wis turned down by Halton Hills Planning Board this week The board recommended against rwoning sought by dawn Shopping Centre Ltd the same company now building a shopping plaza in Georgetown next to Gordon arena They termed it contending has insufficient population to support the plaza without a impact on the existing shopping arcis A report prepared by Henrv Joseph of the Research and Planning Division of Lepage contended the square foot shopping plaza be sustained without the building of homes in the Acton East area Another report prepared for Acton Downtown Business Assocntion claimed the shopping plaza could not function without iderse effect on existing stores Councillor Ed Wood declared conflict of interest and said he would not discuss the proposal Evangelist says Darwin Freud destructive Our youth are being brainwashed to accept as Science the suicidal lions of Darwin and Freud in our public schools accord ing to Milton evangelist Ken Campbell who views these philosophies as cults which are every bit as destructive and devastating to their millions of followers as the religion which produced the horror of Jonestown These remarks were contained in a letter to Dr Bette Stephenson the Ontario Minister of Education protesting the family life course content in the public school system He charged that the schools are domin by what Tom religion editor of the Toronto alcoholism and the growing suicide rate among young people arc only symptoms of a much deeper sickness in the modern soul despair over is the source of most of society s The Star termed the religion of secularism based on the atheistic assumptions of Darwinian mythology and the moral relativism of Freudian heresy Darwinian mythology cons our kids Into believing present ills The doctor that they are mere animals accused many modern a collection of meaningless educators of rccnforclng the molecules moving through a fell by purposeless timespace youth and of undermining spectrum their enthusiasm because Freudian heresy they hold forth a view of man dogmatizes that only which reduces him to the sexual sin is to repress or nothing but an oneself Campbell sub- animal his charge by The evangelist reminded quoting world famous Minister that been psychiatrist Viktor paying the educational Frankl portion of his property taxes Pornography crimes of under protest to Queen violence drug taking since 1974 as the Councillor will serve as chairman of Hills planning board for the next year with Councillor Mike Armstrong as vice- chairman Councillor Roy Booth who has been planning board chairman for the past three years said he felt he could no longer serve as Hills planning board chairman since he is now regional plan chairman He nominated Duby for the post saying he had acted as vicechairman for the last two years and assisted him In many ways Armstrong remarked anyone filling Booth shoes would have a hard Job suggested it might be better to hove a Georgetown councillor as chairman since the planning department is located in Georgetown Planning board overruled him and voted him he chairmanship Mayor Pete Pomeroy pointed out Booth brought Knowledge of regional and Niagara Escarpment Com mission planning to council Board defers replying to Renaissance Board of Education trustees arc going to do some homework before replying lo a letter from Renaissance International President Ken Campbell the suggestion of Hills trustee Betty Fisher the board deferred an immediate reply when it considered Campbell letter during Thursday meeting at Burlington The Board took a position concerning morals education in May and almost con firmed it Thursday when John Bradley Hills and Milton Separate School trustee reminded Board chairman Bill Herd that more than per cent of the board changed since the last stand We should read the brief again then give our posl expression of his distress lion Wednesday evening cording to Hills fire chief Mick Holmes stands or in television decigionS The original request came pallies M to council from i St discuss it when the legislation Dominic parish asking changed Councillor Roy Booth said there wis no conflict simply because Wood was a downtown merchant Wood stuck lo his guns and refused to comment Planner Mario Vcnditti said Jerry Sprackman of Shopping Centres wanted the discussion deferred since he was unable Told by Vcnditti there was no new Information planning board decided to deal with the issue Immediately Councillor Ross Knechtel commented I afraid people will think we are being cavalier with this issue In October planning board had deemed the matter mature after Mr claimed there had been a mil interpretation of a report on the shopping drawing and wanted to clarify it At a meeting in early November the board took a second look at the proposed project after Mr presented another report to them At that time they voted to refer the matter back for further staff study and a report Bus drivers okay contract School bus drivers in ratified their first collective agreement Monday with Travclways School Transit Ltd The ISO drivers members of Local of Canadian Union of Public Employees provide transport in and Burlington for Hilton Board of Education and Separate School Boards Transport is also provided from Hills for number of students attending classes in he south of the region School bus drivers in however members of the local Hie contract is for two years and the final details were worked out in a lengthy mediation meeting in Oak during the weekend The drivers were In legal posi lion to strike since Dec Main issues in the tilks wprc seniority wages and qualifications for becoming a full lime driver THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized Second ClaitMall Respiration Number HALTON HILLS QUEEN STREET EAST HWY 7 ACTON 8530211 NOTICE ess Office will be closed Tuesday December 26 and Tuesday January 2 ft Cost of hydro up again The cost or hydro is going up again this time I per cent Acton Hydro Electric Commission was forced to raise their rates after Ontario Hydro announced they would be charging local per cent more The local commission plans lo absorb the difference The commission applied for the increase last month but approval just came through last week according to office manager Audrey The increase will show up on the January bills for juice greater used in November and Industries will also be re- December the same increase The increase will average commission feels Ihcy out to about per month have held the rate hike down the average bill Commissioners explain that if a family uses less hydro their increase will be less and logically if a family uses their increase will be Commission okays course for linesmen in light of past They explained that because of export sales of hydro Ontario Hydro did not find it necessary to ask for too great an increase from the local commissions Local Two Acton Hydro Electric April to May It will pro commissions in return Commission employees will vide the men with evuything passed the savings on be sent lo a special high ten will have lo know customers lines course in April and May In order to update their knowledge of their jobs At the commission s monthly meeting Thursday superintendent Doug Mason told the group that sooner of later regional hydro will be forced upon them He ex plained that at the present time there ore no high tension lines in Acton but if regionalism comes into feet they will probably be installed When this happens the local workers will not know how to work with them and there is a chance local men will be passed over for more knowledgeable people Mr Mason said he did not want to see this happen and explained there was a course in high tension lines In Milton Wishing you oil At his time of the year A plentiful measure of CHEER RUSSMAC BEAUTY SALON Main St S 2750 Count our Count our warm wishes for a holiday without measure among your gifts tills Christmas Thanks for being our friend the spirit of the season we bestow on all our neighbors and friends this wish a blessed Yule filled with special moments to be enjoyed with the folks you love MANAGEMENT STAFF GOY CARTAGE LIMITED

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