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6 | Old aren ---- a gone, now they want our school playground Dear Mr. Chudleigh, MPP: Hi, I'm Jordan Kuenzig. Did you know the Halton District School Board is plan- ning to take three acres of our playground and_ build houses? They say they must the Ontario Government and the Minister of Education. It is wrong to take our play- ground to make more money though. We need out play- ground for baseball, soccer, Ice skating rink and hockey sell it to get more money from __ practice. (INFORMATION MEETING Why boes THE BrmsH Royal FAMILy Use 11? Wear is? WHat AILMENTS DOES IT TREAT? It is a 200 year old medical science of healing that addresses the mentally emotional and physical health of each person individually, and causes no side effects. It is... HOMEOPATHY You are invited to Come and Learn More Weonesoay, Marca 22nn -- 7pm Wectness Centre, 22 Main St. Acton Valerie F. Stevens 35c,BA,DSHomMed Classical Homeopathy and Natural Medicine For more information (519) 856-4519 Tam a member of the Acton Tanners Minor Hockey League. I play hockey in the arena but I also need extra practice time. I use the out- door rink at the school play- und. If they sell that land or building houses that means our ice rink that we practice on will be gone too. Our old arena has been torn down. There is no other place to practice. They should build houses somewhere else other than our school yard! We need ex- ercise and space to run. We need a place to run free and get all of the'stress from our bodies. We need our large playground! PS. Please help us with the problem!!!!!! Jordan Kuenzig Class 4/5 bit THE Ta r Hometown news that people read! BNE) © * Boosting & Gas 853-5848 Dan C. Dolliver ONTARIO LAND SURVEYOR ONTARIO LAND SURVEYOR Legal & Topographic Surveys 54 Mill St. E. Tel. 853-2502 Fax 853-1504 ROAD BUILDING EARTH MOVING R.R. #1 Acton 853-0960 TE'S et the alcohol? 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One way TH is false identification, which is an offence under m4 1 B Section 31(2) with a fine of $105.00, or they can take it from their parents liquor cabinet, have older siblings or friends obtain it for them, or just stand in front of the beer or liquor store and ask someone The person who supplies liquor to a person under 19 years or to a person who appears to be under 19 years are also charged under Section 30 Subsections | through 4 of the Liquor Control Act and there is no set fine for these offences. The person charged must appear before The Provincial The maximum fine for an individual convicted under these offences is $200,000. For a Corporation convicted under these sections, for example a bar, the maximum fine THE NEW TANNER Keats and Dorothy Niblock photo PLAY PALS: Acton seniors an ing the final intergenerational dents at Robert Little school Rognvaldson prepare for THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000 2 beeen ae eee d students shared their favourite games dur- get together between the Grades 2 and 3 stu- and local seniors. Mare de Lestard, Samantha a checkers challenge. -- Frances Dear Editor: Re: Selling Sports Fields I am strongly opposed to the idea of selling the sports fields behind McKenzie- Ch]. Royal Jug City We now have a fax machine g 0 one Fieoors MEMBER Pr OOG 3 Bathing + Clipping + Styling 2 re ° & Breakfast * Free Hot Oil Treatment Each Visit * Non-sedated Grooming Pat Shannon (519) 0.D.G.A Vour p-8 17 ae J GLO TTT SS Store! 853-2460 In the Glenlea Plaza for your convenience Acton YOURWAY Custom Pipe Bending Lic. Safety Inspection Stn. 17 Agnes St. 853-0900 Detail Thea SHOULD BE: Fast, friendly lunch! Come join us! Beside IGA Ph: 853-5531 Fax: 853-5366 JeETLINK Door to Doo Airp ice aoe Tyler Transport Ltd. 379 Queen St.E. __ 853-1550 Call Chudleigh, not trustee Smith Bennett school. But the anger expressed by some to- wards the Halton District School Board is but an exam- ple of people 'Firing at the messenger." The Halton District School Board cannot raise money for education on its own. They rely primarily upon the grants provided by the Ontario Goy- emment. The fact that schools have bake sales in order to hase science equipment ads school boards jan to sell soccer fields in order to have money to build new schools, illustrates the problems with the way that money is allo- cated for education. Some school boards and school councils are begin- ning to say to Mike Harris, "Enough is Enough." There have been too many cuts to education programs and more Land is Following is a letter to The Halton District School Board, with the request to publish in The New Tanner. Regarding your proposed sale of land located at the McKenzie. Smith Bennett School in Acton we would like to inform you that we ada- mantly oppose this recom- 'mendation. This property is widely used by many members of this community for over 40 years, not just the school chil- dren. There are skaters and hockey players in winter. soc- cer and baseball teams in funds are needed. And money is available. One source of money could come from the millions and millions of dollars the Ontario govern- ment currently takes in from casinos. This money now goes into general revenues but could be used to invest in education and health. So folks. if you want to save parkland in this town, don't call your local school board trustee. You should be directing your concerns to the real source of the prob- lem. Call your local MPP. Mr. Ted Chudleigh at 878- 1729.His government con- trols all aspects of the money available to schools and school boards. Let Mr. Chudleigh know how you feel about this issue. Richard Boychuk, Acton ours! summer and those who just want to take a walk through a park like setting. It's ours. we use it. we want to KEEP it!!! We have initiated a PETI- TION. which will be distrib- uted throughout the local businesses in Acton. We urge all members of this com- munity to get out and sign this PETITION which we will be forwarding to Ethel Gardner. School Trustee within two wecks. Yours truly. Kathy Verbeck Roz Edwards Earl Jensen Serving Acton & Rockwood Area Recovering Furniture - Antique & Modern. Please call fora FREE estimate in your home , or visit our FABRIC SHOWROOM at 303 Victoria Rd. N. GUELPH (comer of speedvale) Or call 824-0533 (local call) Free pickup and delivery