Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 21,1979, p. 2

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2 The Acton Free Press Wodnesday Nov JENNIFER One reads about the dedication of teenage athletes swimmers skaters gymnasts The hours involved pain fatigue and selfless devotion of their parents seem an impossibility to attain by those of us overwhelmed by the complication of living Susan Kinal daughter of Mike and Bern ice Kitial of Acton Home Hardware is Just youngster Sue now 15 skates for many hours each all round And she down I do this in the Acton arena but Port Credit Her parents spend more hours than a trucker behind the wheel transporting her loand from her lessons Yet neither nor her parents have Olympic aspirations just loves skating and her parents cheerfully fact about appreciation of her Joy competed in the sectional competition for Ontario and came fourth in her lass her first competition the placing is considered very good After many weeks of preparation for the event often Sue will now gel hock to normal life of school and hours of kating a week She w ill continue taking tests in the long climb to become what she considers lobe a teach others pari When Sue was five she watched Karen television decided thai what shed like do She Marled skating in Brampton where the family hied the lime At the of she was skating two hours in For the past seven years the Kinils in minaging both a thriving business tareers IB and Sue In I tit the family were in the dark instruction says Hern ice and pnvale lessons with a professional were part of itingsutccss in bile learned from Salty Leather I ind or thru moved on toother coaches in IMknllc Shi is now coached by coach of many lop skaters and Walt Ml this Kites much travel buying ice time it various where coaches are available Jut or of Kimls is or four hours hinging around irenjs wink Sue catches up on her homework I ween lessons for sectionals the last weeks has six working extra hard having In off im grade at Acton High lo qualify for seel Sue had to skate com figures and dance a two and half minute to Kinal hobby is wilh skates costing upwards of and not coming cheaply Fortunately intend with a needle and makes Sue at raclit e and exercise skirls It work or Sue Kinal lively lilt with tht let among she comments and shows a photo album of friends all with skates grow out of heir eel sheioies savherparenls Not through yet ICG spokesman Feeling mixed Continued from Page due to a technicality not because the ICG app eared to have beet treated justly Threatening and intimidation of citizens attending hearings was frequent although Ontario Hydro stated this was not their policy 9 Reports from knowledgeable people and consultants as well testimony given under oath at the Ontario Municipal Board hear all point to the fact that the proposed line has poor system security An outage in the proposed line could lead to massive blackouts over a targe area extending beyond the borders of Ontario 10 A line such as the one proposed for Halton Hills has never been put into service in Ontario before Unfavourable and perhaps disastrous results could occur 11 The windtunnel effect in the area along Highway and East of the Escarpment has proven to be disastrous to school buses and other traffic in the valley where hydro bulk transmission facilities arc being concentrated 12 The area affected with deep evident hazards which could black out much of Southern Ontario and United States In the event of an emergency such as oc curred in last week He noted the rootsand affection for railway lines pass the property who despair hydro towers at to see generations of points one west or work shattered without Kelso and east of Milton just cause Consumption of power Minns charged Ontario Ontario has gone down in planning dramatically and in the Solandt report all the power from the ICG s opinion probably No extensive public Bruce nuclear station negates Ihe need for a study has been given the Ihrougli to Milton with north south corridor at he said all An Independent study is the sole means of find ing out he decided Minns said Ontario Hydros contention that Solandt In his famous report studied the north- south corridor is a fabric ation He said Premier Davis said the decision to go from Bruce o Milton was made in 1971 and confirmed by Cabinet in two years prior Army truck collector details militias story Peter Rice outlines the Irani en tally sensitive areas of Halloa at the monthly meeting of he Held Naturalists Halton is special for flora and fauna is one of the most biologically diverse regions in all Ontario Peter Rice told the Field Naturalists monthly meeting at Harrison night Tuesday plant Rice pathologist at the Royal Botanical Gardens and chaired the Ecological arid Environmental Advisory Committee of regional council in 1978 diversity flora fauna and habitats requires considerable looking after Taking care of environ ment isn I an easy chore since there are develop ment pressures and competing land uses There are designated sensitive areas in of them in Hills Areas in Hills protected in the official plan include Fairy Lake marsh Acton swamp woods cliffs and woods Silvercrcck valley around George town Ballinafad Pond Snows Creek woods Cotta woods Georgetown Credit valley Hungry Hollow ravine and the Students hurt in bus crash Canadians arc itionally a military people but militia its mark on the nat ion society the Historical learned The influence of the military in Ontario on While Anglo- Saxon Protestant WASP Toronto was subject delivered by William Gregg In Aclon Legion Halt Monday Gregg I Rockwood traced the history of llie militia Ontario to the Jury from American Revolution In 19th century for British soldiers often joined the militia after settled in Upper Canada Until when Britain needed its reg imenls from Canada to fight in the local militia trained once a year Men lind supply their own muskets or rifles and there was no pay Tin Crime i War meant inadians had to start thinking or defending own homes Plans made for com panics of rifle artillery and cavalry com prist force if which would Irani ten days per vear Calling the men out to for battle miirtl families had I get some way or another according lo Gregg Hie border separating Americans from Canadians was high peoples consciences I ear the United States was very real mihlta was called out for point duty tor two weeks Chatham during 1861 when American Civil War was being fought Postwar fears of Brotherhood kepi the militia on its toes units defended the Credit Burlington while Wellington I clpcd defend the line from St Mary to Sir ma Ihe Fenians were Irish Americans who ied in establish an Irish republic in Canada Going back farther in militia Di Gregg said local people served in the Second York Militia during the War of and the colony in such billies as Lundys Land ind Heights I hey did extremely militarily and from find settlements after Gregg suspect some people In room got started that way they served many soldiers got acres inch However the pop ularity of the milllia waned after threats of wars disappeared After the militia fell apart he said One example of an annual drill turned out 000 men In the 1S30S Most were armed with or slicks Fifty carried rifles and another were armed swords Dr Gregg brought several exhibits his military col leciion to the meeting Red coats and second world war battle dress plus other uniforms were on view for the public Dr Gregg also several photographs of Canadian war vehicles his specially Gregg said he has res tor able vehicles which saw military service The Canadian i supplied much of the British Indian Australian and New armies with machines he said I m I oping lo est a comprehensive I think it s going to be important down the line said the doctor The Canadian Military Historical Sue lelj was started by the veterinarian and several friends COMPARE Youll Find It Hard To Beat Our Low Prices On 10 14 Karat Qold Jewellery USE OUR CONVENIENT CHRISTMAS LAY AWAY PLAN Gifts Cards 45 MILL STREET EAST ACTON 8533160 There is mixed feeling among regional court about supporting a of United Appeal for Regional councillors asked to take a report on funding social wlc back to their respective municipalities and have comments at the municipal level back to the region by Nov Hills Mayor Peter said he did not think his council was in favor of a United Appeal concept Four students were taken to Hospital Thursday following a three vehicle collision involving two school buses Paul Boyce Willow St Milton Betty Ann El holt Church St Act on and Shawn a Lemon 3 Milton received stitches to their bottom lips while David Em mcrson Mill St Acton complained of a sore jaw The collision on Highway 25 just south of Highway de tachment of the Ontario Provincial Police say a chain reaction of col involved a tractor trailer owned by St Mary Cement Ltd Toronto and driven by Romeo awa and two school bus es owned by Tyler Transport Acton and driven by Lloyd McLean Acton and Joanne Miller 11 Storey Dr Acton Police in total damages A third Tyler bus not involved in he accident took half of Ihe students home while another bus had to be brought to the scene to transport the hen home Charges have been laid says Constable M he investigating officer Architect to be hired police com mission may soon be hiring an architect for proposed new station in Georgetown In two weeks we should be able o get pre liminaries on costing commission chairman Harry Barrett said during Thursdays meeting at Acting Chief of James Harding in a letter to commissioners stated police preferred square foot building of one and one- half or two stones The Georgetown station is the head quarters for District One which Includes thai town Acton and much of and mi FOR THE COLD WEATHER AHEAD Date of Sale Nov 21 22 23 We reserve the right to limit quantities Grade A Fresh 31b Average FRYING CHICKENS Grade A Fresh 4 51b Average ROASTING CHICKENS Fresh Whole Cut Up CHICKEN BASKET 79 79 Swift Premium 6 oz COOKED HAM Shopsy g CORN BEEF Sweet 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