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2 The Acton Freo Press Wednesday June 3 Profiles with Jennifer Barr What arc you doing this summer Some people garden in their free hours some the tagc houses Inspired by a television Ruth and her husband Mike are making a sideline business out of a summer activity most of us have been in in from time to looking after houses for Ruth has a fulltimc job with and her children Michael and Debbie ore grow so an innovative woman she decided to put her free time to work This is a new adventure for me she com adding she is already silting house and has many more booked for summer d fall Many people don Ihdr to know they are away Ruth says explaining why house owners would be willing to pay for a sir vice usually provided free by neighbors She adds most insurance companies advise a house is thoroughly cheeked frequently during owner absences Ruth is bonded and Insured for her business and finds people prefer to hire a reliable slonal rather than impose on ne who may forget In addition to checking the house for unlawful entry Ruth will water plants turn on different lights each evening look after pets feed birds Inside and out water gardens and cut lawns She checks mail and docs the things homeowners do themselves a firmer herself Ruth is also wilting to look after a small amount of livestock and check fences She works on an hourly rate plus mileage so fees for depend on the amount of worklodoaiddistancetotnvcl Duly check is done in the and more frequent on weekends if necessary It just basic common sense says In check the furnace freezer and sump pump as well as other utilities Many peo ple can tell horror stories of freezer giving out furnaces to be reset after a or sump pumps backing up As back up Mike and the youngsters will be aiding Ruth when business is brisk It a family operation Mike who works with Alton and Construction is quite capable of helping Ruth with problems that may arise while residents are away although he suites the business is really Ruth baby Ruth attributes the reason people require house is the growth in the country the narrowing of community attitudes and the In crease of traffic on Many new houses arc being built far back from the road newcomers always know their neighbors and often can t even see them Country dwellers t the only ones hit by burglars Ruth tells of a house in Acton com emptied by unauthorized personnel A moving truck was backed up to tin door while the occupants were away and everything was removed Neighbors thought the residents were moving Ruth has lived all her life in Acton on the First Line farm where her family She and Mike built a lovely bungalow In the on part of her home farm and farm an eightcow operation Ruth family the Mclsaacs have lived In Ac ton since 1852 and have seen a lot of changes Ruth herself although not very old has seen Ac ton grow from a small town to a sizeable com Changes In the countryside occurred rap after the advent of Highway Ruth says With the expressway Acton and area became popular with commuters who turned Acton farm country into estate dwellings So if your estate small or large will bo all by its lonesome this summer call Ruth she II look after it Halton supports dope law revision Kelly George and Barry admire display last week display the High School NeWfOUndtandACtOn link Continued from page residents who previously While they have a short let list of long time residents organizers know they had who will to share their information to share recollections tliey are They also plan to go to sure there arc many various community more who would be will organizations to seek ing to sit down and talk more facts Groups like for a couple of hours the Women a Institutes University of Guclph Outreach and Community Pulse Group and Theln Phi sorority which is doing historical research will all be con They also touch base with an Ontario archives liaison officer located in Milton the Canadian Railway Historical Society Ont Historical Society and Museum Their objective this summer isn Just to gather facts about but also establish the pain the walking tour will take In addition the will contact Board of about the possibility of the Leathertown committee renting the old Stone School for a museum once there is a new St Josephs School built Board Education supports some moderate changes to the nation marijuana laws The vote was not unanimous I think got responsibility to say It like we think and that Is to leave it the marijuana law as it is Burlington trustee BUI said Milton trustee John Bradley agreed Until some office space The revision of the with a phone can be found country dope laws was for the trio they can brought to the boards reached through North attention last month by American Piggyback principals It is if you are in their recommendations terested in supplying which the board sup- in formation port The principals and the with users that the law la board wish to give Judges not taken seriously a different choice when board director Em sentencing people con Lavender told trustees vlcted of possession of The principals and now the board want a Right now a Judge temporary register kept may Issue an un of people found guilty of conditional discharge or simple possession of give the a marijuana fine and six months in After three years the Jail register would be erased Magistrates tend to under a new noncriminal go to discharge which marijuana act which is creates the Impression also part of the proposal Group of thieves preying on seniors Regional Police are concerned about thefts from the homes of senior citizens In a press release the force revealed they have received information that a group of thieves are preying on senior citizens They urge all citizens in Halton to use caution when allowing unknown persons to enter their residence The common method of taking advantage of an elderly person Is having one subject engage the resident In conversation while a second subject commits a theft from the residence Police 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