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Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday Juno 24 Community important to departing principai Kelly White was the lucky winner of he Clthenshlp essay at the high school She received a donated by the It fund of Knox Presbyterian Church Rev John Robertson and Joe Hurst made the presentation Wednesday morning Winners of the high school scavenger hunt were left to right Steve Evans Marty Co I ton Gary Lumbers Brian and Mark Duval Absent from the photo Barry and Tim Evans One way of measuring how good of a time you are having Is by how fast the time Is going For Doug departing principal of M Z Bennett school the past yaars have whizzed rapidly by and he now finds himself transferred to the twinned schools of Joseph Gibbons in Georgetown and was a mid term replacement for the late Gary who went to set up and head the new Middle School On the whole the students in Acton ap preciate the learning process and have an enthusiastic approach toward the school says with a tinge of remorse about leaving He has nothing but praise for the parents and the community in general The school never has a lack of volunteers whether it be for classroom help or lunch hour supervision They are always willing to bake some cookies or donate an article for the schools latest fund raising drive And raise funds they do Since his arrival in says the school has never raised less than for Last September the students raised over in their Try a Task for Terry event The pupils went out and did some work for pay and then donated all monies raised to the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope And last December 13 the children raised over in one day at a fund raising bake sale and lucky draw These are just a few examples of the generosity of the com Magwood noted While the highlights of his years in Acton have been the students parents and community the biggest disap pointment as got to be the cancellation of the North Music Festival The school has always hosted the annual event and always dono welt in it When it was threatened to be dropped Magwood fought long and hard for the resurrection of Ihe day However declining Interest and lack of participation The Guelph and Spinners met at the home or Judy at CreWBOns Corner last Wednesday Washing dyed goods are Kathy Judy Benjamin Mrs Jutta Jakob After almost five years Doug Magwood principal of M Z Bennett has been transferred to Joseph Gib bons schools He hopes to be back In Ac ton one day overruled respectively and the The good rapport with various W I s who the community extended frequently donate to the Halton Hills ma to the schools councillors he pointed we ne out In the out Mayor Theres so much more to a Rabbit now defunct music has to festival and the fait fair classes and a visit to the people councillors dropin saw I just think Acton is a new pavement markings pj to work he in front of the school MyS He also is most an- rec the fact he to the Acton transfers Rotary and Optimists me future he hopes to Club for sponsoring the back here one then and public speaking and bike rodeos Continued on Extend NEC rural area quarry company asks Standard Aggregates Ltd want the boundary of Escarpment rural area extended to include acres of their land on the Niagara Escarpment at Spcyside of the Councillors dro Foul odor annoys Churchill Rd pair later the works crew Knechtel explained up the has a quarry hole up licence and there is not Wright felt this too much the town can do waa because if the About the blasting He original earth however speak with pemed B0 would the new the people involved And a hole on explained it Road has the Wrights WQ3 more m feasible to try and fill it which they insist comes department and when no P JR from up after an- trying to patch It The smell has been hour he try1 0 particularly bad in the past few weeks objectionable chemical smell has disturbed a Churchill Road couple so much they now want action taken on It Mr and Mrs M Wright 188 Churchill S beside the apartment buildings attended the councillors drop- In Friday afternoon com- Pay tribute to McKnight Saturday night Members of Actons sports community the handicapped Rotary Club Branch 197 and Ac ton Chamber of Commerce are expected to be on hand this Saturday night to honor Actons Citizen of the Year Ron The dinnerdance will be held at Acton Curling Club The evening begins at p m with cocktails followed by dinner 30pm There wilt be speeches and tributes to the Citizen of the Year and an awards presentation Dancing will follow Tickets at 10 a person arc available from Chamber of Commerce members at Hills Furniture Appliances Acton Family Cleaners downtown and the Halton municipal office on Main St South in Georgetown present acres Town Escarpment hearing Solicitor Tom Anderson held In Burlington most told Hills general Of last week committee Monday The town lawyer night on behalf of Hal He summarized the ton Hills supporting the happenings at the NEC proposed plan which under an Escarp ment rural designation would permit only the extraction of tons of aggregate a year Anderson Bald the shift In the boundary would al low an amendment for aggregate extraction He said there would then be no need for further amendments and the Town would be recogniz ing this use in principle at the OfficSol Plan level The Town lawyer ex plained Standard Aggregates presented a 200 page report sup ported by expert wit nesses who were cross- examined by the Town solicitor He sold the Towas contribution to the hiring of a consultant was well spent and said MM Dil lon Co did on excellent job Bert Arnold who appeared at the same hearing on behalf of Hal Region Conservation Authority said the key issues were hydrology and ecology as well as showing a need to mine in that area Ho noted the results would not be known for a year and a half Tho heel And more ihe Rah independent suspension on oil has on engine thai produces a rcmarVobty fuel inPtlion In consuming even less fuel No other cor in its class offers oil Come in and lei us show you And Ihcn a I is a Volkswagen f lhal has always qual ty Xfi ior less BAZ MOTORS LTD Guelph Street Georgetown 8775286 or Toronto 6761813 Wright says In fact it has been so bad they had to keep the windows closed during tho recent hot weather to try and keep the odor out of the house The humidity seems to trigger it he told Councillor Ross Mr Wright explained that the smell seems to start at the floor and rise Sometimes ho said you can almost see It rising The smell Is continually in the basement asked it is was a methane gas smell or coming from the nearby former garbage dump site Mr Wright said was neither Mr Wright also noted it is not the same smell as when he Ministry of Environment cleaned out the lagoons behind the Churchill apart ments explained there was not enough proof the odor was coming from tannery but he would Investigate The Wrights were also concerned with the blasting from the Indusmin Quarry They blame the blasting for the cracks in the walls of their house and wondered if anything could be done to cut out the huge blasts He suggested the firm use two smaller blasts rather then one big one Mr Wright claimed ornaments on shelves move about and windows rattle for about five seconds after a blast A portable seismograph was placed In heir basement by Indusmin after their complaints to the com pany During the lime the seismograph was there the explosions were never as powerful as they were before the seismograph was brought In Mr Wright SALES TAX DEADLINE JUNE 30th FURNITURE and APPLIANCES MIES ma J DOWNTOWN Motumn 8773376 20 OFF REFRIGERATORS IN STOCK 15 OFF nglla recommended by Canadian K Consumer Reports to be most INSTOCK Everything yotfd expect and then some Backto Acton Days Early Bird Specials 7 am to 9 am SATURDAY JUNE 27 ONLY Free Coffee and Donuts Case 24- oz cans COCACOLA LIMIT CASE PER CUSTOMER Sliced Ends SIDE BACON LIMITS LBS PER CUSTOMER Medium EGGS DOZEN PER CUSTOMER BUTTER LIMIT LBS PER CUSTOMER Ontario No TOMATOES LIMITS LBS PER CUSTOMER CHECK THE 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