2ThtJ Acton Press Aug Jay got a sun tan this summer 17 yearold Acton area resident hasn been swimming or playing ball He been spending five or six hours a day sitting at his desk rounded by mirrors and diet Pepsi practising magic A few weeks ago the Free Press carried a short feature on Jay Readers found it so interesting I decided a more Indepth look at Interesting young man was needed Known as Conrad professionally Jay is a dyed in sleight of hand illusionist who delights in deceiving Hes a member of the International Brother hood of Magicians IBM of winch there arc 100 members around the world a very strict organization Jay says He has a library of CO magic books and puts his knowledge into practice entertaining children and adults at various social functions Back to the kit Jay got started in the business at the ripe old age of 12 after he went back for a second look at his toy magic set Most boys get a magic kit when they re around or but they re boring and too much like work I chucked mine out like everyone else did But something about Jay set pulled him back to it He went to a magic shop bought a book or two and a deck of cards and started man his hands The hand is not quicker than the eye he comments But the hand can fool the eye The best magic is done slowly If I were to do It really quickly people would feel they had been tricked The hand can deceive the eye and mislead peoples senses Jay prefers sleight of hand illusions with simple props such as cards or coins He feels the large Illusions are better for television Most tricks are childishly simple people give you more credit than you should have The whole part if knocking down peoples Ideas Magic books are a great help Jay feels pro they are ell written Although expensive they are second best to actual teaching Jay says remarking that the few magic lessons he took cost him an hour Limehouse Approve craft shop Hills planning such uses should be on board has no objection to scenic routes in hamlets the conversion of a or urban centres where garage to an arts and substantial amounts of craft on the Fifth both local and tourist Line near Limehouse traffic passes lain popular magic tricks are performed That a crime he exclaims magic bcit There arc three reasons Jay prefers magic to any other kind of activity There no substitute for good sleight of hand people are more impressed with work and your trick Closeup work Jay continues separates the laymen from the magicians and uses skills Magic is a very creative art magician usually gives a trick his own Iwist The magic must fit a magician personality The oldest illusion on record is the old cups and balls trick which predates the Bible and pro goes back t years Jay has performed for many diverse groups In eluding doing street magic one of the most ficult types of magic He was asked to fly to Ottawa for the Natioanl Capitol Commission to do a children show He plans to get into enter in restaurants and conventions doing his work for individuals and gelling a chance to meet people Magic complements his other ambition to be a writer when finished with college Cur rently Jay is a student going into grade 12 Acton High School He hopes to go to for aB A in journalism The son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Sankey A Acton Jay has parental support in his He says he comes from an artistic family We all do different things His mother is a landscape architect his father has his own architectural business brotherChns painting business and 16 is into the arts and sculpting The acre family property supports sheep chickens and various dogs and cats Jay is not usual the mill teenager He possesses a gift of the gab that would shame my Irish grandmother He very easy to listen to and gives the appearance of being much older than his years Considerable travelling has matured this young man He spent four months in Europe last fall and has been an exchange student in Quebec Traveling seem to affect his Jay says he have any trouble keeping up and enjoys school A budding magician Jay may be and he prob ably has a way to go before he another Doug but he s got the charm and pers down pat When you listen to Jay run through his patter you want to believe in magic I kind of like his I make bunnies button too advise Niagara Escarpment accordingly The decision last Wednesday overruled Councillor Roy Booth said It would be a small arts and craft shop only 12 by feet and pointed out Nielsen could set it up staff recommendation to without any permission if turn down the application articles made only on the claiming It Is a property were sold He clal use and does not fit put forward the motion to into the category of a tell the NEC the Town is home occupation The in favor of the project staff report stated new commercial uses other Councillor Harry Levy i than in the designated commented the rural hamlets need an setting seemed Ideal for amendment to the of business tidal Plan and Zoning Regional Plan its official Conditional Ontario Housing Minister Claude Bennett has signed Uie Of Plan which now gives the region a legal definition of how land can and cannot be used The signing of the plan was to have taken place July with the Minister present at Haiton Regional Headquarters but it all fell through when problems related to population density In caused a development consortium to object Councillors had been asked to approve the plan with certain deletions but they would not They asked Mr Bennett to sign the plan as originally agreed to by all parlies Mr Bennett would not sign the document and wa3 forced to leave In the meantime Mr Bennett said he held a meeting with the mary objector Trails Consortium and I was able to convince the objector that the modification already agreed to by the region dealt fairly with their concerns Planning Committee Chairman Roy Booth told Duff pit licensed After seven years of red tape J C Mac Duff has an official licence to operate his pit on 105 acres beside his existing licensed pit in Lime- Provincial government policy not to issue any more pit licences until the Niagara Escarpment plan was accepted was the cause of the delay In the meantime Duff ran out of material on the existing pit but managed to use wayside pit pir mils to keep operating But it was not satis factory commented Duff He explained after much agitation the Ministry of Natural Re sources agreed to issue the licences to pits running out of extractive material He explained the NEC development permit was obtained last October but the licence was only Issued last week The extension of the pit will yield tons annually and will be taken from of the acres Duff pointed out 10 of the acres Is already depleted through the use under wayside pit per mits and are already being rehabilitated Regional Council last Wednesday that he had as acting chairman gone to Queen Park with Hills Mayor Peter Pomeroy signed the plan with Mr Bennett on Aug He said I here are still some areas of deferral including the designation of some lands outside Acton and Georgetown This was confirmed In a letter sent to the Region by Mr Bennett Mr Booth said that on the whole we have the plan signed and exactly Steve the way we want it No apology wa Councillor BUI Johnson Mr Johnson said rose at the end of Mr Mr Toth sal Booth announcement to apology was say he did not appreciate an apology given to Mr m Bennett after July by DONT SETTLE FOR LBSSI Mr Booth and Councillor inly a common courtesy ex tended to Mr Bennett for coming out to the region although nothing was ac complished i The Fantastic VW RABBIT 4Spoed and Automatic Gas and Diesel SAVE NOW At an Informal ceremony In his Queen Pork office the Hon Claude Bennett Minister of Housing Councillor Roy Booth regional planning committee chair man and Mayor Pete the Halloa Official Plan by the Minister which now makes It a completed document BAZ MOTORS ltd STREET GEORGETOWN Toromo Another Actario early bird draw The second early bird draw will be held this weekend with the prizes awarded next Wednesday night Two gourmet dinners for two will be the early bird draw prizes The lucky winners selected from among those who have pur chased tickets by the weekend will be to Prospect Park where they will be greeted and served by a waiter a met meal prepared by the superb cooks on the town hall restoration and committees The four succulent meals will be enjoyed under a canopy by the romantic scenic banks of the Fairy Lake A strolling musician will serenade the dinen There will also be a wine steward on hand In vile those not lucky enough to win these early bird draw prizes to drop by the park anyway with a picnic supper next Wednesday at p m In other Actario developments the blitzes of and have been completed and ticket sellers have moved into the older parts of officials have refused to confirm or deny rumors that It was they who let seven run loose In downtown Acton Tuesday morning to demonstrate that by helling tickets they trying to pull the wool over any one a CHECK OUR SUPER FOOD VALUES IN OUR FLYER DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR THIS WEEK Nielsen Invest men Is Ltd has been conditional ap- Krn S the craft shop consideration warm the owned by Paul C h ta is not in Iho mllso receive the some con The report contended as larger ones Approved severances subdivision plan In Hills This registration cannot commence until conditions set down by the regional planner have been fulfilled Applications for 231 land separations were made in Hills from until July of this year From that total 159 or per cent were ap proved were turned down 10 were de ferred or held for resub mission Twenty five appealed the re jections of the severance with only one granted by the Ontario Municipal Board to date Thirteen were refused five were withdrawn and six ore still waiting to be heard The Niagara Escarp ment Commission ap pealed two decisions made by the Land Division Committee and won one at the The other is waiting for a hearing Nearly per cent of the 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