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Sabres suffering ends amid controversy Thirteenth anniversary proved unlucky for the camel with the broken back By MARK HOLMES After a lengthy illness the Cen tral Ontario Junior Acton Sabres passed away a week ago Monday The 12yearold Sabres died of complications arising from a lack of players This year would have marked the 13th an of the teams entrance into Junior but after more than a decade of trouble the Sabres misery has ended The team history while it does have a few highlights was on the whole a sad record with the final few months a picture of controversy and bitterness The team formed in 1971 experienced small bursts of success that were more often than not tempered by misfortune However over the past year straw after straw was piled on the proverbial camels back REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD REALTOR STREET GEORGETOWN There were three major problems that plagued the Sabres the first of which was signing competitive players While Acton has only a small population centre from which to draw local talent their competitors were gleaning future hockey stars from much larger populations The results showed that the laws of average would favor the large centres Financial woes that rode the back of the Sabres were the teams second problem Without strong financial backing like most other teams had Acton couldnt get better talent to locate in town With a team that could neither draw nor afford the better hockey players Acton edits third major problem The Sabres were a losing team and therefore suffered at and morale problems Last November the Sabres looked like they might have a chance to break out of the loser s circle when Godwin a local businessman stepped forward and pro posed to buy the team Carachi who has considerable financial backing was like a godsend to the troubled Sabres and the team executive welcomed him with open arms According to a deal was proposed in which would be named to the Sabres executive and become their sor At the end of the 198384 season Carachi would have a good working knowledge of the team and he would take over the squad By last January things were apparently going smoothly Carachi was busy hiring top management in the form of Dave Innes and Dave and a number of players out side the area were to be relocated in Acton to reinforce existing local talent Financially the executive were confident Carachi could run the team and Indications were strong that many of the local boys were happy to return for in 196445 season When the Sabres were crushed by the Oakville Blades in the first round of the playoffs the dirt hit the fan ft wasn because the Sabres lost it was because the previous two months of unrest between the Sabres executive and Carachi came to a head In a contract drawn up by Carachi lawyer it was staled that the present Sabres executive could have nothing to do with hockey thin a ten mile radius of Acton Extremely displeased with the da use the Sabres executive refused to sign the team to Carachi until the contract was changed while claiming that he had no Idea that the clause was in the contract also expressed his concern over what he sees as failure to obtain a letter from the OHA approving Carachi as the Sabres new Continued on page GEORGETOWN GMC TRUCKS GEORGETOWN 8774149 One Hundred and Tenth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO SEPTEMBER Sight Peges Thirty Cents Street vendor fives a mobile life Mr Chips awaits council contract By DOUGLAS has had his fingers In a lot of pies As a matter of fact pies and tarts is how it all began for him Morlsette haa been feeding the world hungry for six years now first with pies and tarts and most recently with hot dogs ham burgers and trench fries which he sells at fairs and special events out of one of the four chip trucks he owns He puts in about 1000 miles a week travel ing to places like Madoc where he sells his food and business la good but hes losing a lot of money in travel he says Id prefer lo less and stay in town says the 4yearold Quebec He has lived in Acton nine years may yet the chance to sell his chips locally after the Towns genera com mittee voted Monday night to prepare a one year agreement specially for him The agreement if Morisette agrees to it would limit his business to one vehicle In only parked on private commercial property He II probably have to pay for the privilege Councils debate over the desirability of the chip wagon trade entered Its third week Monday with new arguments from George town Business Improvement Area lawyer David Page following up on letters opposing the licensing of Morisette truck Page told the committee that the had been labelled anticapitalist and protectionist in council meetings and try the press but pointed out that it opposed last years second hand store bylaw because It was deemed too restrictive Page stressed that the has nothing against new competition as long as It Is fair In that it pays business and BIA taxes like everyone else Apart from a licence fee Morisette s truck would not be required to do so Citing an anticipated increase in litter and he need far washrooms Page contended that free enterprise cannot adopt a laissez attitude Morrisette calls himself a carpenter by trade but in actual fact hes a Jock of alt trades The expoliceman extractor trailer driver exsalesman ex you name it fell Into his present he has a full- time job as a building Inspector with a large Toronto company when he was taking one of his many nightschool courses No one volunteered to supply coffee and dur a break in Ihe business administration class he attended at Acton High School He was asked if he would do it and he went home to aak his wife If she would help Im a guy who likes to put his nose In anything he admits His wife wasnt crazy about the idea but she agreed lo do it with the help of friend Carmcla Zenga now of Bakery From the first week began their profits rose from to and they kept rising until they were catering weddings Christ mas parties and other social gatherings That was in When the opportunity arose to buy a chip truck one year later they did and expanded into that market But soon was no longer working with them and s wife was suffering from arthritis So last January they sold their company Pies and Tarts but remained In the chip truck bus iness with French Fries says he loves the public and he likes being In business for himself has a great sense of humor but one thing hes very serious about is the help hes gotten from his wife If my business has succeeded its because of Helen he says Shes a won woman and a super cook Nothing seems to slow Morisette down but in 1B80 he fell out of a tree that he was cutting down and hit the ground feet be low him He almost died but he picked himself up again after an operation and kept going his enthusiasm and ambition to try new things undaunted Pomeroy joins Quinn in PC nomination race Pets HaJton regional chairman and former Hills mayor has entered the race for the Progressive Conservative in this Is now held by Liberal Julian Reed The only other announced candidate at this time is Burlington and Regional Councillor Barry Milton Mayor Gor don Krantx touted as being a candidate said this week he is not running end will sup port In his bid The lion meeting will be held October 11 in Milton Pomeroy entered politics in as Halton Hills councillor then served as mayor for five years As mayor he was also a member of Regional Council In December after the resignation of SWEETIES lost teak part In Kara Pi B Tea MtafMVSL tin MfjpaMHp fll Jack RafUs was elected chair man by regional councillors beating Carol Gooding on a 12 to 10 vote on the second ballot The first ballot was an 11 to tie Before entering politics he owned and operated North Sports on Main Street Georgetown for years During his years of community involve ment has been active as a member of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Regional Business Advisory Committee Go Transit Board Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Halton Hills Hydro Commission and the Halton Region Police Commission Asked about his commitment to complete the term as regional chairman Pomeroy said be bad no intention of running l that time but changing cur and two big issues of toxic waste disposal and zoning for the industry convinced him he could be more effective on these matters as a provincial member He said his knowledge of regional business would stand Mm in good stead if he became an Pomeroy pointed out per cent of the money raised at the region goes to implement provincial programs He said he had difficulty In dealing with the Environment Assessment Act and its great cost to the taxpayer He said be disagreed with the Niagara Escarpment Plan would designate potential gravel pit sites and claimed position taken by where a gravel pit was the way to go The message most be made dear to the province that an ag gregate application is do different rom any TEAM EFFORT FOR TERRY Local arc that Actons annual Tarry Fax others who sold souvenir T shirts and buttons to participants Run Sunday saw vat another Incraasa In participation 180 look and Acton maintained lis as biggest part and funds ralssd More will bo thai per capita natlomvfda In Tarry Run Story and total thanks to the of May Hoars l and Nan Hunt among Rockwood Academy will be film set but will Fonda show up for workout Toronto s daily newspapers are Jumping the gun with reports that Jane Fonda will star but the historic Academy has been confirmed as a location for the new major motion picture Agnes of God Internationally acclaimed Canadian film director and producer Norman Jewlson also noted for the movies Iceman and Fiddler on the Roof will direct the movie version of the hit Broadway play at the Academy on 7 and at other southern Ontario locations according to his son Michael location manager for the project The younger would not confirm that Academy award winning actress Jane Fonda has agreed to play the psychiatrist in the film as was reported last week by the Toronto Star The Star also said the lead role could go either to Tammy Grimes who played Agnes on Broadway or rising young star Amanda daughter of actor Christopher Plummer Filming is expected to start next month at the Academy which is currently home to Heather and Andreas Drenters brother of the late owner and resident Josef Drenters a sculptor who spent much time and effort restoring the former school Heather Drenters told the Free Press she is very excited at the prospect of having a feature film shot In part in her home The Academy was chosen from a list of suitable buildings prepared by the Ontario Heritage Foundation after Albion Films asked about monastery settings in the area Michael Jewison said Agnes of God Is the story of a psychiatrist who investigates a murder in a nunnery with the help of Agnes one of the nuns and members of the film crew spent the past month preparing sections of the Academy for the filming reported and are expected to begin construction of false walls and other minor alterations this week Well known as a war activist during the late 1960s and early 70s Jane Fondas Hollywood credentials place her among tiny elite of American tresses She played opposite her father the late Henry Fonda in the Oscar favorite On Golden Pond won widespread critical attention for and earned the admiration of millions of healthconscious fans with her bestselling exercise books and albums Hide House wins its exemption oyer challenge from outsiders The possibility that its exempting bylaw could be in the Supreme Court failed last Wednesday lo stop the Region from allowing the Hide House to con tlnue opening for business on Sundays Advised that the Hide House draws almost as many visitors annually as Mohawk Raceway Bronte Creek Provincial Park and Miltons nine conservation areas combined council authorized preparation of a bylaw exempting the Eastern Ave leathergoods store through Sept In a repeat of the previous weeks regional administration and finance committee meeting Hide House vicepresident Sieve Dawkins defended the Sunday exemption against a challenge from the Torontobased People For Sunday Association Association executive director Klngdon cited several municipal and legal decisions on the definition of the word essential as it pertains to the need for a commercial business to remain open Sunday The Hide House which Klngdon said hes visited a number of times offers none of the kinds of goods identified In a 1970 Law Reform Commission report he said They include humanitarian emergency perishable seasonal recreational familial convenience and technical goods Asked by Milton Mayor Gord Kraut about the nature of the Associations membership Klngdon admilted that food chains and other businesses affected commercially by Sunday openings are involved Eden Mills cyclist is killed An Eden Mills man was early struck the cyclist who was also Monday morning cycling to work to travelling east Guelph police are investigating Ihe AihSt was declared dead incident which they say may have been on arrival at General Hospital after partially caused by poor visibility a station wagon on York Rd in No charge have been laid Council endorsed the administration committees recommendation to extend the exemption after Councillor Dave Whiting expressed his disappointment in Klngdon presentation Mr Kingdon is obviously unaware of the problems we face in Acton over the water supply and other factors limiting growth he told council The leather Industry in Acton dates back to 1665 and people like Sieve are trying to make some thing of that heritage and get a tourist In going Its been one hell of a fight to get this off the ground and now we get this group with no connection to Acton coming in and opposing the exemption Iwisbtheydtakenlhellmetolookatthe whole situation Wecertainlydonlneedout Dawkins listed the Hide Houses ions to and economic well- being including its support of the North Heritage Area scheme and Actons Association The Hide House is best known as Canadas largest leathergoods store he told council but it also offers locally hand crafted furniture a restaurant and