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Acton WrimntHy Z5 Smiley now knows why mothers sigh in relief after Labor Day Now I know hy mother arc terrified shout teachers on strike to which our particular loonies bad claimed to do after waiting more thaa a year for an agreement with the Board Actually I was rather looking forward to It I v never been on strike and thought It might be an interesting ex I hall looked forward to march ing up and down with a placard something like Down with the Board then the board on which the placard wai nailed to the ground whue the TV cameru ground But twas not to be The Board around on like a deaf computer and the teachers scuttled for eight per cent after dire threats from both side I know there are too many boards and grounds in the last paragraph but Its a hot day and Im ground almost Into the ground by the presence of my grand- Helton Womens Place boys Thats why know the rew heave a huge sigh of relief on the day after Labor Day probably mix them selves a stiff martini and go flop front of the TV set to watch a soap opera have gone back to school Not that we parents and grandparents don t our offspring I am almost In tears with affection when Ive told than their last story at night them and watch them go out like a burnt outbulb Mornings are a little different Im grumpy They cant find their shoes They are as fusty a Hollywood a about which shirt goes with which pants and who which shirt and why did Gran put in the wash their favorite shorts They think they should have lunch palls Instead of plastic bags One wants mustard en but baloney sandwich the other doesnt One wants mayonnaise on his lettuce the other doesnt Tbty both want batter and hooey sandwiches fire days a week sad one for breakfast If I saw a peanut butter and honey sandwich after the boys have gone I think 1 might retain my sanity But Im not sure 1 dream about them now The peanut butter Jar has Just enough left for one sandwich The honey Jar empty There Is no bread left And there I am In my nightmare knife poised to make a sandwich on my bare bands cut off the hands and stuff them in lunch bags I wonder what a psychiatrist would think of that Its not Just the food although our grocery bill has tripled since they arrived Its the unpredictability Yesterday after much pleading I let them walk home from summer camp crossing a busy street I got home rather late and found Gran in a Ballnd six who needs only pointed ears and cloven to make him what he Is walked In the back door and calmly a car She of course went into orbit He grinned and Nlkov grinning even more hugely walked In the door Liter the same day after had declaim they were hungry and tried two eggs each dinner was to ha been salad and cold bowed eggs we bad the usual evening sports This consists of kicking a soccer ball or hitting a tennis ball or a baseball at Granddad who is now In a state where be when a mosquito cornea near him but It took a new turn Gran having given up on dinner after the eggs fiasco ventured Into the back yard lately beco known as The Slaughterhouse She should nave stood in bed as Kingflsb once remarked after Joe Louis pulverized him in one round They made up a new game Gran was given a plastic tennis racket worth about seated at the picnic table and the two boys from different angles kicked soccer balls at There was certain amount of sadism in the game because she bad made them have a bath wash their hair put down the toilet seat gently Instead of crashingly and all those other things that make boys want to kill their grand mother She bench gamely tor about 10 minutes until the tennis racket was in shreds But nobody can withstand two bard soccer balls kicked with vehemence from two different direc tions Tor long 1 had to break it up while she was still conscious Took them in and gave them a strong lecture Would little boys in Africa try to kick their Gran to death Would little boys in Africa whine about which top to wear with which shorts Would little boys in Africa complain because and lettuce sandwiches were all crumpled up from being sat on and thrown around They were properly ashamed because theyre always being told about the starving little boys In Africa So we all went to bed and 1 told them about how Grandad won World War single- handedly their favorite story Temporary aid Homeless women abused or not can now look to Halton Womens Place for temporary help Members of the Regions health and soda services and admin istration and finance committees approved changes to en agreement with the borne allowing them to receive subsidies for nonabused women they shelter The changes lo the home pur chase of service agreement with the Region allows them to provide temporary shelter to homeless women when there are vacancies In the twoyearold facility In Milton Other changes to the approved by the committee increase the maximum stay for a woman with children to two weeks from five days In a staff report social services director Debbie said the chenge was being recommended because five days Just wasnt long enough for women to arrange proper accomodation The maximum stay for single women was Increased to Ave days from three days Sue Davie president of the agencys board of directors said the changes to the agreement were simply formalizing something they have been doing for most of this year Its something that has been in place here for quite awhile We have always taken In a few housing clients as long as we have the room for them she said in a telephone Interview Mrs Davie said there are periods during the year when the occupancy of the borne dips slightly but demand for space has generally been high BALLET CEDARVAIE In the park Ages yre up SerturdaySpt 11- FALL COURSE Sept Dec WINTER COURSE Jon 8 April FEES Course TAP CLASSES Studio Tubs ftThurs 00pm now ANN PIATT 8779385 HALTON SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD ADVANCE REGISTRATION Utopian FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1382 between the hours of a and the new St Josephs School 147 MUX STREET WEST ACTON Bus OUtet at of school J 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