Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 2, 1984, p. 1

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Minor hockey fund raiser Plan music festival at Prospect August 4 Acton Minor Hockey Association plans to hold day music festival August at Prospect Park to raise funds for two hockey teams going to Europe next fall Monday night Hills general committee approved the park bang closed to the public that day as well as the charging admission Also the Town wont object to a liquor permit application far a beer garden There will also be a beer garden in the arena that day but no special provisions are needed for the rink for liquor to be served Carol Robinson of the introduced two young hockey players Ron Robinson and Peter as just a pair of the over ambassadors going to Europe for the AMHA Bicentennial project The outdoor music festival will feature 50s music not rock so they can attract a crowd or up to people mostly in their and Mrs Robinson many details are still being worked out but the event will begin about noon and run to They hope to raise to with this Recreation director Tom Shepard said several meetings have been held between staff AMHA officials Town concerns have either been solved already or will be He figured there ore more people at the park for fair weekend then there will be for the festival Approval of the festival still needs final exhibition games She noted this trip is the council approval next week Angela Johnstone makes sure Carl Hymen fa getting wet even the sponge misses his face at the MckenzieSmith fun fair Saturday In the phonal right Carrie I- rfizell paints a a e Lepage REAL ESTATE LID REALTOR 170 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8770173 One Hundred and Year Issue 43 GEORGETOWN TRUCKS ST GEORGETOWN 8770149 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY Pages Thirty Councils goal Build a municipal complex at a reasonable cost without borrowing Knechtel Council goal in pursuing a municipal complex is to construct an efficiently designed building at a reasonable cost with out borrowing money according to Ross Knechtel Response to Elliott Knechtel released a prepared statement to this newspaper Monday night responding to published observations made by Norm Elliott chairman of a group of Halton Hills citizens this issue Elliott was commenting about the future course of lion set out by council new build ng and property committee Armstrong comments too Also Monday night Councillor Mike Arm strong asked Mayor Russ Miller to Elliott about his concerns and invite him to come to council Knechtel says As a member of council who has not been a member of the commit tecs Involved with the proposed municipal complex I d like to make some relevant comments regarding the article in last week paper Principle not articulated well Ever since council has been considering a new municipal building some years now there has always been an important principle in the background It true that this principle has not been well articulated but it has been on important guideline in our considerations This principle might be stated in these terms Let try and build a building of efficient design with reasonable cost ana let try to avoid borrowing money to pay for it Building Inadequacies We now have the Robbie report which documents the Inadequacies and the tin satisfactory state of the existing premises It also found the present Trafalgar Rd site is unsatisfactory as a building site The next step was to secure an alternative site Likely no cost to Town We now have this the Stevens estate The purchase of this property does offer a reasonable opportunity to use an excellent No decision on councils location very probably at no cost to the the site itself Some lime until building The next step of designing and building is not likely to be done for some time This is part of our plan to minimize or indeed avoid borrowing any money Temporary re- arrangements Because of this delay we probably mil have to make temporary re- arrangements and some alterations in our existing office locations I see nothing wrong or unreason able with thssiluation Comical councillors To my friend Norm Elliott this pro is comical Perhaps it may ap pear so However our basic concern is to provide a very much needed building at a minimum of cost to the taxpayer If that makes me a comical councillor then I m happy to be so designated distraught Armstrong wondered if Elliotts com ments had been taken out context and said he was distraught to read them He said he took exception to Elliott com ing to council for the Library Board for money but in this case he come to council He concluded if Elliott had concerns Councillor Finn and his commit tee members would be happy to answer them Utile Tiffany shown here with her parents Jack and Anita has Cystic Fibrosis and o must take all that medication yon sec in the forefront of this photo Cystic Fibrosis campaign iw4 wages Will Hills councillors give the offers hope for wee Tiffany Jack and Anita were just like any other excited expectant parents They wonted the best for Iheir unborn child and with everyone had to no reason to believe their baby would be anything but perfect However their idyllic world soon crashed around them when at our months old their beovcd Tiffany was diagnosed as having Cystic Fibrosis a disease which affects the body s glands dealing with tears sweat saliva and mucus It is a killer disease with no cure But thanks to the hard work of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation the life expectancy of a child has risen dramatically in the past 10 years and now victims are reaching Adulthood Mrs Melnen of recalls how Tiffany got diarrhea when only four days old Because she was breastfeeding he nurses asked what she as the mother had been eating to disturb her daughter so The diarrhea continued after she returned borne and Mrs tried everything to figure out what was causing the problem The baby small to begin with was losing weight On the doctor advise Tiffany was put on formula which seemed to help a little but was not the answer A trip to the paediatrician In Guelph but still there were no answers Tiffany had a tremendous a and eating asmuchasa child much than herself but the weight Just kept falling off her A battery of tests was conducted on the baby those for urinary Infection and a heart murmur Mrs Melnen read everything she could and after reading Dr Benjamin Spocks book on child care wondered if CF or celiac disease could be possible However there was no record of CF on either her or her husband side of the family and because it Is hereditary the thought was dismissed Tiffany was admitted to Sick Children Hospital In Toronto where she was tested for and gland problems The day before she was to come home doctors said the testa showed she hod CF and they wanted to do further tests on her were completely surprised when their suspicions were confirmed Tiffany had no problem with her lungs as is common with the disease she Just had pancreatic function problems Mrs explains what was happen was that ducts from the pancreas were clogged not allowing the enzymes which break up food to get into her system The rood and Its nutrients going right through Tiffany and as much as she would eat she would be constantly hungry In many cases she points out the lungs become clogged with mucus and the body Tights to combat the Infection In the lungs Eventually It gets to be too much for the heart la case however the only concern was the breaking down of food See must lake with every meal which must be mixed with applesauce which is given continuously throughout the meal At first Tiffany body reacted badly to the medication but after few her system was toughened up and she began to gain weight Now at two yearsold she blip to pounds Every weeks Tiffany and her mother go to a Cystic Fibrosis where fl tube is put down the youngster nose Into the lungs and fluid Is siphoned off to make sure there is no Infection Her rate of growth Is also measured and she is xrayed Tiffany must also see on array of people Including doc tors nurses physiotherapists nutritionists etc Tiffany s parents make sure her life Is as allergy free as possible also Her room has an air in it and she has no powders or perfumed lotions flannel sheets or anything else which may create allergic symptoms which could confuse the CF symptoms After Tiffany was diagnosed the question was how did she get the disease Testing of her parents revealed each had one CF gene This means the couple had one In four chance of having a child with The odds are the same they would have a child who does not have the disease and not a carrier but there a per cent chance of having a child who does not have CF but who is a carrier With those odds the big Hon In the Uvea Is whether to have more children Tiffany dictate has not adversely affected their lives They have brought in a fulltime nanny and Mrs Centbiited on pa Will Hills councillors give them selves a raise this year There was no indication one way or another when the Issue came up briefly at Monday Hills general committee meeting Staff submitted an annual report dealing with increases In some economic and wage indices which are used to calculate the per increase in pay available to coun cillors Council established this formula a few years back to help solve their raise question However it hasnt been used much as council has followed wage guidelines or taken no increase at all In re cent years The report showed that under the criteria councillors were entitled to a five per cent raise which is also the ceiling under pro vincial wage restraints However except for Councillor Dave Whiting suggesting the report be simply received there was no comment on the sub ject of councillors raises Does this dapper young businessman look like a speed boat driver to you Well he Just that See story on Derek Hodgson on page 12 Acton Truitce Bruce sings the of teacher professional develop ment Detail on page for separate school supporter are going up about Details on page Acton again faces water use restrictions ifltsahot May is Red Shield Appeal month In Halton Illlli Turn to page Rev Cliff Hodgson goodbye to Acton lory on pages Consolidate staff Storting with the next issue of The Free Press the editorial and office staff will be consolidated with that of Its sister paper The Independent Georgetown Both staffs will work out of offices at Main St South in Georgetown The Acton office on Willow St will remain open as a point for news and paying bills publisher Ken Bellamy emphasized this week The combination of the two editorial staffs working from one news office will make us better equipped to handle the complexities of the news gathering operation in a Town as large as Hills Mr Bellamy said It will alto allow us to operate more economically a business which continually requires greater resources and permit boil news papers to Increase news coverage Mr Bellamy added Mr Bellamy quashed rumors that The Free Press was being merged with The Independent The Acton paper will retain the news space It has now Bad share a common advertising and Newsmakers section with The Independent

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