The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Exconvict sells store to work in Ontario prisons Ad baa to bell and back awl now be wants to enow others like ban tbect worth living for The Acton businessman baa sold Ms store Acton Photo Camera and will be travelling throughout the province a Prison program spreading word of God hi Ontario prisons Eight years ago tbe Conner resident reveals be spent lour years fa toil after being convicted of drug trafficking He was an alcoholic and speed freak only way bis family would ever be free of was if he killed himself Jim recalls his marriage was all but over even though his wife Cathy was pregnant with first child He was unemployed following bis release rem prison and saw no future for himself He admits be had gone to church a few times for help but received none On the verge of suicide he tried church one more time He remembers walking into tbe building and tfi bands with the minister Be minister preached on guilt Jim says and Jim bad a lot of It to preach upon Jim says he bowed bis head that morning aad quietly asked God to forgive him Be asked Him to take away alcohol and the drugs and even more important to give him a love for Cathy that they used to have I remember when I lifted my bead and looked at Cathy I said Thank You God I love this woman much And thats when I knew God honored bis end of it He basal touched or drugs since that moment Jim returned to school and took a photo graphy course Shortly after graduation be opened Acton Photo and Camera while doing volunteer work with the Prison Fellowship However be now feels the time has come for him to devote his life fulltime to showing those cursed as he was that there is hope Not too many people in HflTs are aware of Jims past he says If they fid he feels be would not have been accepted and as successful in business as be has been There a lot of people woo will be surprised by bis revelations he chuckles A member of the Maple Ave Baptist Church in Georgetown Jim explains he is on salary with Prison Fellowship but the p depends solely on the various churches for funds There Is no government money or fund raising drives But he believes the money will be there to continue the program and keep a roof over his familys head Prisoners reactions vary Jim states Many are skeptical and curse and abuse Jim and his colleagues But Jim thinks he has earned a right to talk to them because be has been there himself Im not a Bible be stresses That would scare them While many be has spoken to have ignored mm Jim reports that be has bad some very positive reactions and some people have committed themselves to Christ If he can help Just one person the way he himself was helped then be fed bis life will have been worthwhile be points out Jims strong belief in God has brought Mm back from the living dead His love lor bis wife Cathy and cbQdreo Andrew and Amanda and their strong religious convictions have given him a purpose in life Now he wants others to be as happy as be He feels the Prison Fellowship Is tbe best way to spread his knowledge and his experi ence plans to remain living In Acton As of June the Willow a business win be under new ownership but he says the level of service should not change with the new management newsmakers GeorgetownActon Wednesday April 18 1984 Jim Beaullea has sold his basinets and Is getting brio the ministry of prism fellow- i Georgetown 16MountafeivjanwRdlt Toronto Una Ed Wakefield flicks the Doultoa bowl to hear Its distinctive ring This and bowl handpainted about 1BS1 Is only one of many fine pieces of pot- No fly saucers but bone china which adorn every wall In his house Plenty of plates and mugs A slight earth tremor would be a tering experience for Ed Wakefield Fine bone china plates bowls Spode figurines and per celain ornaments line every wall and fill several glassfronted cupboards all over the house front hall bedrooms dining room living room and den are covered with pot rare some costly some unusual but all beautiful The bouse speaks for itself Ed to of that breed of enthusiasts the collector who cannot bear to part with one of his prized possessions Perhaps hes doing what comes naturally since Ed comes from Stokeon Trent Staffordshire the home of fine pottery and tbn place where Wedgwood built his first factory In Since then bis fame and fine products have spread all over the world Ed insists Wedgwood should be spelled without the e In the in the middle He claims that was the original name and tbe middle has crept In unauthorized When Ed says be has been a collector all his life its no exaggeration His first mug was given to him when be was three years old by Queen Elisabeth now the Queen Mother In 1940 a mug was given to every nursery school child in StokeOn Trent On It to Inscribed A present from her Majesty Queen Elisabeth Of course he still has it His next acquisition had to wait a few years until be was working At age IS making a princely S3 shillings a week roughly three or four dollars as an be saved his money and bought a ton Toby mug The Gladiator and he was booked In Stokeon Trent everybody worked In tbe pottery plants or the coal mines so for family worked in the pottery plant and so used to the fine china ana porcelain that at home the slightest chip meant they were tossed in the garbage As always where familiarity breeds if not contempt at least indifference Eds mother was surprised when ber son started collecting doubly sur in later rears when visitors praised bis outstanding collection Ed and Jean cam to Canada 1965 and started haunting auctions picking up pieces sometime for very little when their value was not recognized There Utile in name pottery be have from Douttonj Royal Worcester State of Wedgwood Moat are limited k Oobs and be even has scale signed by the Lord Wedgwood whom be has met meeting fa St Peters aatUBt to show tat strength of a van was lower on to four etna cups saucers and Lord Beats that glue commercial all hollow doesnt it Ed says people ore nervous of handling bone china but It Is anything but fragile and claims earthenware breaks much more easily A trivia point he made explained why bone china is called bone china It seems it contains 50 per cent groundup animal bone Ed Is a recognized authority on the subject and has written many articles for magazines especially collectors magazines and had lengthy correspondence with Wedgwood so getting to know the present Lord Wegewood was not difficult Oneofhls more amusing and rarer plates was created solely for a cricket match In 1882 for the first time England was defeated by Australia in the test matches To commemorate this sad event this special plate appeared On it it said In affectionate remembrance of English cricket died August deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends I Body cremated and sent to Australia The ashes are at Cricket Club and every four years the matches are played for the ashes Englishmen who used to be in movies who in the midst of dire murders and spy chases spoke only about the cricket matches And for all the haters of washing dishes who are wondering how he keeps them cleanheputstheminthedishwasher But it has to have a crystal setting on the dish washer His has The eventually nope to open a shop In Niagara On The Lake where Jean will sell her embroidery which matches Ed porcelain collection in beauty There are a lot of mags in tab room In fact two walls of the den fas Ed Wakefields noose are lined with these character mugs Every wall la the rest of the house has plates bowls or figurines hanging from them Plan to spend over 300000 to repair roads clean streets Halton Hills plans to spend over and shouldering of roads work to pegged to 1 250 fee per lot for parkland fund The owner of a new lot in Town will have to pay a dee of for the future purchase of Parkland In the rural area the fee will be The lower rate for rural lots is based on the theory the country dweller does not use park and recreational facilities as frequently as the town dwellers In subdivisions it has been mandatory for many years to demand either per cent of the land or for parkland but the practice has scarcely been used In the case of individual lots Planning Director Ian Keith says the Town bad the authority to do bo under the Planning Act but seldom Implemented it The fee for new lots can be charged with out any new bylaw but another innovation of the amount of parkland demanded in high density developments such as apartment buildings needs a bylaw The bylaw must be backed up by a study which will be done by planning staff In the development or redevelopment of high density projects the requirements can go as high as four acres perlOOOpersons or one hectare per dwelling units The study will require a review of the Official Plan the Master Parks Plan and the present standard or parkland in order to justify the increased demand for parkland for high density developments The fee for parkland acquisition for a new lot will be on additional cost to the owner who must already pay 489 in lot levies on a single family home Board may extend 8485 school year The Halton Board of Education Is poised to add an extra day to Its school year despite protests from the two teachers association The Elementary Teachers Association and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation have expressed their opposition to staff recommendations that the coming school year should consist of 195 days in eluding nine days each for elementary and secondary professional activities In a rationale presented to the school board Thursday night employee services officer Peter Noble pointed out that profes activity PA days include those set aside for school openings and closings parent interviews student counselling pro gram planning and professional and curriculum development The topic of PA days evokes strong feel ings In the public trustees and professional staff he acknowledged There Is much confusion about the need for staff to do any thing other than teach Since most students do not attend school on PA days parents must make arrangements for their children to be cored for and many wonder how valu able these days are Nevertheless Noble said there is good evidence that PA days ore used lively with principals preparing detailed plans for each staff member and superin tendenls checking them Teachers could use even more than the nine days allotted for professional activities he said The teachers agree There is no reason to extend the school year to 195 days OSSTF District president Joyce Bradley wrote the board Two officials Joined her in citing provincial regulations requiring a minimum of 194 days per school year Nobel countered that 80 per cent of elementary school principals surveyed in Halton agreed hat good use could be made of an additional PA day The extension he sold would enable the board to put wheels on dreams by allocating additional time to meet outstanding demands on professional development Deer hunt too close to schools trustees say The Board of Education may soon take action to ensure that hunters keep their distance from the region a schools during the annual fall deer hunt Halton Hills trustee Dick served notice at the boards Thursday night meeting that hell be introducing a ution to keep hunters at least a halfmile away from school properties He expressed concern over two separate instances of hunters being seen near Acton High School and Speyside Public School during last fall fourday controted deer hunt Stressing his belief that the board should not become involved in the public contro versy over need for the bunt Howitt said he will also recommend that signs be posted In the vicinity of schoolyards told this newspaper that he and fellow Halton Hills trustee Bruce as well as board chairman Betty Fisher received complaints from the Parents Association after children at tending that school reported they seen hunters drag a freshly killed deer carcass post the schoolyard Although the children didnt witness the actual shooting Howitt sold the kill took place In the forest near the schoolyard while thestudentswereatplay Hunters were also spotted in the wooded area near Acton high school Closed door policy angers councillors repairing roads In According to the recently passed Hills budget the Town will spend not cold and spray patching of hard sur faced roads Sweeping the streets toat a cheap job on roads to control dust ha been pegged at either the budget calls Cor tt0Q to be costing Town this year Pickup of leaves to to cost and flushing Gravel patching baa bees budgeted far Putting calcium spent this service Crack seating of roads aboukt cast Tbe province the Town to unsound decisions If council can bold its discussion in public so can Committee of Adjust menl councillors maintained this week Council had made it clear they did not approve of the closed door dUcusslons by the committee of adjustment and asked for an explanation but the reply satisfy them committee of adjustment hears the application in public and gives their sloes with reasons in public but holds the discussion and evaluation behind closed doors This to the practice which council to to a letter from Committee of Adjustment Chairman Grant Lee be notes the com decisions do not approval and claims evaluation could be limited if there ware interruptions or ta- from the public leading to Lee argues committee members are not elected and are not obligated to debate He emphasized few of their decisions are appealed to the He added the chairman and one of Ihe members would investigate procedure In other municipalities Asked what council can do Clerk Administrator Ken Richardson explained bey could pass a resolution stating council opposed the procedure but warned the committee of adjustment Is an autonomous body Councillor Mike Armstrong suggested when time for appointments or reappoint meats comes along be applicant could be asked if be or she was willing to bold be debate in public The dent Administrator said Milton and Brampton and farmer Chiaguacousy Committee of Adjustments were always