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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2004 THE NEW TANNER Lael SOCIAL SATURDAY: The Acton Trunk Sale on Satur- days has continued to attract both vendors.and customer in large numbers. Organizers have been please with the event's progression especially during vacation time with many people away. This Saturday there is no sale because of the Civic Holiday Monday. It will resume on Saturday August 7. Angela Tyler photo. TOWN C HALTON HILLS ann her Working for You! min ARENA/RINK ATTENDANTS (SEASONAL) -- POSTING NO. 200421 Under the direction of the Facility Supervisor , the successful applicant shall perform cleaning, garbage pick up, snow removal, minor ice maintenance, and other minor operational duties as required in the safe operation of the Mold-Masters SportsPlex facility. General Qualifications - Ability to work with minimal supervision. - _ Possess a general knowledge of arena operations. -. Able to work evening and weekend shifts of 4 to 6 hours each (weekday evenings between 4:30 p.m. to midnight, and on weekends between 6:00 a.m. to 12 midnight). - Work effectively and cooperatively with others. - _ Possess excellent communication and customer service skills. - Some heavy lifting will be required. - Must have own transportation to and from work. - First aid and WHMIS training preferred. Salary: Hourly rate starting at $7.30 \ CANTEEN/CASHIERS (SEASONAL) -- POSTING NO. 200422 Under the direction of the Facility Supervisor, the successful applicant shall provide quality customer service, take customer orders, prepare food, cook food, stock shelves, complete inventory, clean and complete other concession duties as required, in the safe operations of the concession at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex. General Qualifications - Possess good mathematical skills with previous cashier experience preferred. - -- Food preparation and serving skills preferred. ~- Ability to work with minimal supervision. - Possess a general knowledge of arena operations. - _ Ability to work evening and weekend shifts of 3 to 6 hours each between 4:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on weekday evenings, and between 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on weekends. - Work effectively and cooperatively with others. - Possess excellent communication and customer service skills. -. Must have own transportation to and from work. - First aid and WHIMIS training preferred. Salary: Hourly rate starting at $7.30 Qualified candidates may submit a detailed resume in confidence to the undersigned by 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 6, 2004. Please quote the appropriate posting number on your resume. : Ms. Jacqueline Bowles Manager of Human Resources Town of Halton Hills 1 Halton Hills Drive Halton Hills, ON L7G 5G2 Fax: (905) 873-1431 Personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, (S.0. 2001, c.25) and will be used to select a candidate. Questions regarding this collection should be directed to the Manager of Human Resources. Only those persons being interviewed will be contacted. The Town of Haltdn Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, Jimmy McKnight's 90 years started in northern Ireland BY MAGGIE PETRUSHEVSKY The New Tanner Wicked stepmother sto- ries are legendary. Jim McKnight had one of them and credits (blames?) her with his departure for Canada. Jim celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday, July 11. Born in Drumore, County Down, in northern Ireland on July 19, 1914, Ia CINEMAS 3 Daily 6:45-9:00PM Wed-Sat-Sun 2:00PM Mature Theme) 2 Catwoman °G Daily 9:00PM 2B The Manchurian |; Candidate Daily 6:45 Wed-Sat-Sun 2:00PM (Starts Friday - Violence) A Cinderella Story ¢ Daily 7:00-9:00PM Wed-Sat-Sun 2:00PM (Starts Friday) Picea ty Available at Ped Georgetown Market Place WTI nei Wi Wt 'he rear. a CWO LE . McKnight was the elder son in a family of two boys ° and two girls. He lost his mother when he was about 12 and his father remarried to a woman "who just didn't understand kids." Listening to tales of some pranks he pulled on the woman leaves the impres- sion he might have been a bit of a handful, especially for an older woman with no experience with teenagers. Anyway, when he turned 14, his father suggested he might want to move out "and I promptly asked him when do 1 leave," McKnight says. He arrived as a ward of the British Colonization Or- ganization of Canada in the spring of 1929 and was im- mediately shipped off to work on a farm at Seaforth. Having grown up in the city and worked in a linen fac- tory for more than a year after leaving school, farm- ing was a whole new experience. He was paid ten dollars a month and bed and board. In November his employer announced he didn't have any work for him so McKnight went back to Montreal and the Organization sent him off to another farm. Over the next few years he worked for an assort- ment of farmers and says he DR. TIMOTHY PELOSO: . Rockwood Family Chiropractic & Massage Therapy NEW PATIENTS & REFERRALS WELCOME! saves a lot of 'cents'... Speak up for proven wellness care. 118 Alma Street, Rockwood Preventive Care 519. 856. 2624 Sharpening is now, close to home Now you can bring your knives and scissors to Acton Home Hardware. Our new in-store sharpening services gives them keen edge. The latest sharp idea from home. Sh Acton Home Hardware 362 Queen St. E. Acton, 519-853-1730 Jimmy McKnight only had one bad employer, a German on a farm near Napanee. No hired man could accomplish enough in one day to suit him, he said. He only stayed one month, then left and told Montreal he could look af- ter himself from that point on. = He spent nearly three years working for the Webbers near Harriston and still maintains the contact. McKnight enlisted in the artillery, the 100" Battalion from Listowel, on Septem- ber 9, just days after the outbreak of World War II. The regiment spent two years in Canada before be- ing sent overseas. He saw England, France, Belgium and Germany before he came home. "TI volunteered for the Pa- cific but the Japs heard I was coming and called the war off," he says with a per- fectly straight face. When he was discharged he came to Acton as a sec- tion hand for the CNR. They worked the tracks be- tween Guelph and Georgetown for 60 cents an hour. The money wasn't that good, but there was lots' of overtime, he says. Six months later he switched to the Wool Combing where he was of- fered a little better money. He was there until the plant closed in the early 1950s. From there, he went to Micro Plastics and re- mained with the firm through various owners until his retirement 23 years later. McKnight met his wife on a train out of Guelph enroute to Petawawa in the early days of the war. Joan Scott Robertson of Eden Mills had also enlisted in the army, but had to leave on medical grounds before her first year of service. Joan and her sister both wrote to McKnight throughout the war and when he came home he pro- posed immediately. He lost his wife in 1991. The McKnights have four children, five grandchildren and one great granddaugh- ter. Both boys still live in Acton and he lives with his daughter Colleen on McDonald Boulevard. McKnight never played sports but did enjoy watch- ing ball and especially hockey. He fondly points to a pic- ture of the Acton Choraliers taken at Expo 67. The Queen was in the audience for a couple of their per- formances. He used to be heavily in- volved with the Legion, but hasn't attended much lately. McKnight's family re- cently helped him celebrate his 90" birthday. Business decision... continued from page 1 that farmers use more chemicals on their land than golf courses do. Rumours that the devel- opment permits for the site have run out are incorrect "so far as I know," he said. Nor does the new pro- vincial moratorium on de- velopment around the GTA have any bearing on their decision. "We made the decision before that was released," he said. "No, we just de- cided it was time to sell. It's a business decision." 129 Mill Street, East 519-853-2188 Enjoy a Friendly Family Dining Atmosphere and Great Italian Food! " ---- EAT IN OR TAKE OU' We are cul rently looking for.' it and Kitchen Staff.