Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 8, 1981, p. 6

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6 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Apr 8 few K Lakin s hot frustrating work for Acton Firefighters as they beat down flames during a large bush and leaf fire Friday Winds whip flames Winds whipped up flames which spread over acres of dry grass Friday in one of four fires battled by Acton Fire fighters last week Acres of grass and leaves were left charred in Friday fire south of Someone had been doing some open burning and it got away from him according to department spokesman Bod Hyde No estimate of Delay variance for car wash Hills committee of adjustment recently deferred making a dec on a request for a minor variance from for the three bay car wash he will open at his Achilles Motors Mazda Dealership and service station on Queen Street He needs relief from a 12 metre setback reg illation and a set back requirement of Just metres The ap plication will now be recirculated to various municipal departments because the committee discovered a setback variance is also needed damage was made The ground was too soft for trucks to get near the names All equipment had to be carried to the site by the crews Firefighters also beat down flames during another grass fire this time at Erin Slderoad and Highway at noon Earlier in the day tin department trucks were called out to stand by a motor vehicle dent on the Line north of Highway Monday Firefighters were called to the and Block office on Main St are sketchy however It is believed some pipes fell A trip to Ottawa Is like returning home for yearold a grades 11 and 12 student at Acton High School who was second runnerup In last fall Miss Acton Fall Fair competition lias been chosen by the local Rot Club for their yearly Adventure In Citizenship program Adventure In Citizenship sends Canadian students to the nation capital for a fourday visit Thin year they leave May The project aim is to build a better un derstanding of liberty and democracy ac cording to the Clubs pamphlet and also to leach students the Canadian way of life The Clubs started the pro gram in May of 1051 and have since sent 000 students to Ottawa Students are chosen for their achievements at school and must bo representative of motivated young Canadians The Ottawa organize the trip and students are bil letted in their homes AHS student chosen for Adventure in Citizenship Lakin already has a home of In Ottawa She resided there for five months and travels there three or four times a year she said to vis it her father who still lives In Ottawa But Adventure in Citizenship will offer a different Ottawa to The program a brimming itinerary calls for tours of both the House of Commons and the Senate the embassy court Bank of Canada and various department at AHS asked me If I wanted to go to Ottawa for a week said Mr Ted Hansen of the Rotary Club then came over to ask me a few questions and give me a bit more Information on the trip Everything was arranged for me It the first time Lakin said she heard of the program I be missing school but by then exams will be over has studied Canadian history In but her premier leiwn on Canadian will be first hand The trip itinerary has the students attending the opening of parlia buildings on day morning with a brief ing and question period In the House Chamber After lunch they will have another briefing in Senate Chamber They will visit both the Embassy and High Commission and enjoy a dance at the University of Ottawa I ve driven by Parliament Hill enough times but I ve never been to any bull ding said I guess when you live so close you take It The Rotary Club is fly her down which is nice said Lakin It a long way by I us said she had ap plied for the exchange student program but was completely and pleas antly surprised when she found out she was picked for Adventure in Citizen ship Mr Keith Black head of history The next day they will hold group discussions on he constitution university visit the building tour the Bank of Canada I wonder if they give out samples mused Lakin and museums do some sightseeing and tour the Supreme Court Wednesday night they 11 attend a dinner given the National Capital Commission on Parliament Hill with each student MP on hand In Lakin case It will be Otto Thursday they will be presented with icatcs and lunch at the posh Chateau Laurler In between they have free time in which Lakin said she would show the others Ottawa shopping district When Lakin returns she said she will be giving a talk at Rotary next meeting about her experiences In Ottawa Constable Bill Cunningham Regional Police one of the 12 officers assigned to cover Acton and area this year was honored Friday night by the Safety Council for helping re a resident from a smoke- filled room of a hotel In Georgetown during a fire last year Leathertown meeting The next Leathertown committee meeting will be held April at North American Piggyback Mill St West Neighbor moving Want to say a goodbye Call On the or fitawtet Co 232 Guelph Street SH 8776984 Know what former Acton Ion la doing 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