Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 30, 1980, p. 5

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Acton Wednesday Jay 30 1980 Magician prefers few bunny tricks for at magic He can pull off tricks right under peoples nostrils Working with his sleeves rolled up Jay said there are Magician Jay Sankey Magician Jay prefers to work alone without the traditional white rabbit Sometimes however he has no choice MIU Jay who has five years flUusions of magic under his black hat entertains adults and children and he wants all that applause Tor him self Your show can be very good but if you put a rabbit at the end they will clap for the rabbit not for you said the yearold I prefer to end off with something strong but not so strong as to lose the show During Jay per form an before children at the Hlllsburgh Blue- grass Festival no rabbit appeared He did not use one and the bunny not missed In general a magician can produce with an audience of young folk a rabbit any way at all Whether you fool them or not is not Important That s not good enough for Jay He prefers to use the effects he creates rather than rely on a bunny for success Sometimes however a client Insists Jay work a rabbit Into his per When that happens its off to a farm for Jay He has to rent a creature for the show Kids like rabbits be cause they are traditional according to Jay Adult audiences on the other hand are satis more sophisticated effects These Include working with decks of cards mind reading and some illu sions Whatever the audience though the resident en deavors to sprinkle per formances with humor Jay prefers a special class of magic some thing he calls closeup associated with cloaeup magic Jay is reluctant to admit It however he prcfojs his closeup magic with Its dcemands for manual dexterity to the equally difficult sort that stage magicians use Practice figures largely into Jay daily routine He refines his acts for two or threeshours Later next month he Is off to a magicians seminary In the US Practice Is the main Up Jay has for youngsters wishing toperfekt their budding skills Not only do magicians have to be good at what they do say Jay they hove to fool the audience Other parts to the for mula for the successful magician Include the gift of the gab and gall By gall he said he meant having nerve to perform effects which lesser magicians t dare attempt Jay who uses his mid dle name Conrad as a stage name dldn t take to magic from the first He like other youngsters got one of thoseschlldreo s magic kits when he was about years of age He quickly tired of It aid put It away Couple of years later he happened across a part of the kit tried It out and the interest took hold I don know why Maybe I was ready for something Jay went on to say he likes acting and he doesn t mind admitting that he likes being at the centre of attention Audiences will next have a good chance of seeing Jay perform at the Trinity Church in on October Town price mosquito plan There will be fewer mosquito bites for people to scratch next summer if Hill Council has anything to do with It A program to curb the flying critters is in the hands of the town budget committee Council learned Tuesday that nothing else can be done this year The important man biter in the Acton area Is something called Spring according to A Surgeoner of University of Environmental Biology Department To the best of my knowledge they Spring Don Thompson and Kevin Little of the Hills works staff remove picnic are not a health summer plucking tables out of the lake Council approves Nielsens homes Hills council gave a greef light to a housing development in northwest Acton The development by North Real Estate Limited plans SO link semi detached homes and 29 town houses between the CNR on Main St Under a revised sub division agreement the and the town struck a middle of the road approach to some of the requirements The developer Paul Nielsen won have to undejtake reconstruction of all of Wallace St only the intersection at Dan vllle Ave Also there has been a reduction in the number of trees required to from In exchange for fencing at the rear of the block was dropped During the previous meeting when tl un revised proposal was under discussion Nielsen indicated there were so many requirements for fencing that the develop ment may end up looking like the Maplehurst Correctional Institute The housing develop ment has been In the works for the better part of seven years BINGO EVERY TUESDAY JACKPOTS tl On a FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION CALL 8531650 told councillors Dr Surgeoner suggested the town set a budget and do everything it can to get the most for its money regarding the control of mosquitoes though he cautioned that the town will never get per cent control The provincial ministry of natural resources supervises any program undertaken by a municipality provided the ministry approves the program said the environ The price of a mosquito RACEWAY HARNESS Post Time Tuoaday Evening NO ADMISSION 800 Thursday Sunday Evening Afternoon CkJbHoul NOW OPEN Superior Shoe Repair LOCATE OFF THE EH SOUTH MUNICIPAL FIRKINS LOT BEAU Of ACTON TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE Theres a good chance that youve been giving some serious thought to smoking The question is what are you going to do about it If youve never smoked or if youve quit smoking were not urging you to start But if youre a smoker whos not ready to give up the enjoyment you get from smoking wed like to call your attention to Vantage Vantage is the cigarette for people who may have had second thoughts about smoking and are looking for a way to do something about it Vantage cuts down substantially on what you may not want without cutting out that satisfying tobacco flavour youve come to appreciate Now Vantage isnt the only cigarette of its kind you can smoke but it may well be the only one youll enjoy lb put it simply Vantage still tastes like a cigarette Vantage That is the answer Warning Health and Welfare Canada advises that danger to health Increases with amount smoked- avoid inhaling 11 tar 8 nicotine program depends on tl area to be controlled and the degree of control I ve no way of predicting the costs The pesticides have gone through extensive screening and tests But there is no such thing as zero risk Given proper there is no major effect on the environ said If council adopted for example a spraying program against adult mosquitoes Dr Surgeon said U at to best of his knowledge there is no method by which the town could force a private citizen to comply with the municipality s wishes Town engineer Robert Austin told the meeting that here Is a worker on staff who is qualified to do the spraying In there was a spraying program which was funded per cent by the province The cost to the town was between and to larva which grow in rain Is the type which feeds on birds not man according to the doctor The man biters grow up in low lying bodies of water In woods and fields not marshlands The Spring Acdes has one set of babies per year They are In the immature states from mid April to mid May Afterwards they are pests until the end of June In late May Christine Houston Churchill Road North Acton brought a petition to council with signatures asking for a mosquito spraying After reviewing an engineering report last month council decided not to start a spraying program but consider one for next year and invite Surgeoner to discuss the problem with them Vandals worry- area farmers Vandalism fires dumping of garbage and cars and trucks ruining crops are major concerns of farmers in the area to a letter from the Halton Agricultural Advisory Committee to Halton Hills The letter from the secretary Henry Stanley pointed out many problems are occurring on land with absentee owners and suggests all owners be required to Install gates at the entrance to their propert In other easy access locations the committee urges the erection of fences The letter stated garb age beer bottles and re fuse is scattered over farmland resulting in damage to truck and equipment tires WEVE BARBEQUED HIGH PRICES ON CANADA 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