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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 20076 Distributed to every home in Acton and area as well as adjoining communities. Marie Shadbolt Bruce Cargill By Angela Tyler EDITORIAL with Hartley Coles 373 Queen Street East, Unit 1 Acton, Ontario L7J 2N2 email: thenewtanner@on.aibn.com Mike OLeary Angela Tyler Rebecca Ring Mathew Reid Gord Dowling Publisher Editorial Ted Tyler Hartley Coles Editorial Contributors Advertising and Circulation Composing The New Tanner(519) 853-0051 Fax: (519) 853-0052 Every effort will be made to see advertising copy, neatly presented, is correctly printed. The publisher assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors or omissions in advertising, but will gladly reprint without charge that part of an advertisement in which an error may occur provided a claim is made within five days of publication. All articles, advertisements and graphic artwork appearing in The New Tanner is copyrighted. Any usage, reproduction or publication of these items, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of the publisher of The New Tanner is a copyright infringement and subject to legal action. It was the sound that caught me. It was this little voice asking a question: Miss Angela?Miss Angela? the voice summoned. It struck me odd at first. Who was Miss Angela? Then I realized it was me. I was Miss Angela. The call came from friends of the Dudes and mines little girl. I know she always referred to the Dude as Mr. Dude and the Dude Sr. as Mr. Dude Sr. However, it was odd hearing her refer to me as Miss Angela. I quickly corrected her. I wasnt Miss Angela. I was merely Angela. The Dude grunted at me. Thats how they want her to address adults. Go with it, he told me. I reluctantly agreed. I would now be Miss Angela. Yet, she would now be Miss Little One. If she was going to address me as Miss, I would do the same in turn. I have to applaud parents who insist upon proper manners for their children. So many parents now a days are so concerned about being friends and forget they are the parents. When I was growing up, my par- ents friends were always called by their first names. This was done, as long as it was respectful. We could call them by their names, Norma, Mel, Dolores, Ab, even my aunts and uncles were referred to by their first names. However, it was not done without respect. Maybe that is why it was hard for me to hear Miss Angela. I have to admit, though, I was in the end, flattered to be called Miss Angela. Soon, I knew the drill. I would be talking with Miss Little One in her lingo. Soon, the Dude would be Mr. Dude and the Dude Sr. would be Mr. Dude Sr. However, talking with her moth- er brought up a whole new topic. I can handle now the Miss An- gela thing, but dont you hate it when you go to the grocery store and some young twerp calls you Maam? I asked. She agreed. The Maam thing had to go. She told me she tells them that she is not Maam. Maybe it is being respect- ful, however, when being called Maam, it doesnt feel respectful. It makes me feel old. Really old to say the least. I think even worse than the dreaded Maam is when some young teenager refers to you as sweetie or honey, or something just as mushy and invading. I want to yell at them when they do this. They dont know me. Why would they call me honey? As far as Im concerned the only people who have the right to call me sweetie or honey or something else like that is someone who is at least 50 years my senior and preferably has known me since I was a mere toddler. I think its great that I know so many parents who are parenting, not friending. Meaning that they are being parents first, and friends second. I think its great that they are showing their children how to be respectful which I think has been lacking the last decade or so. I love to hear parents correct their children when they respond with a what? or a huh and quickly cor- rect them with the word pardon or excuse me. However, I think its going to take some time for me to get used to being referred to as Miss Angela and even longer to get used to being referred to as Maam. Im now known as Miss Angela NIAGARA TRIP: Twelve hikers from the Acton Seniors Hiking Club enjoyed a trip to Niagara Falls and area recently. Here they take a break on the banks of the fast flowing Niagara River near Whirlpool. Left to right sit - ting are: Heinz Rusche, Irma Marin, Eileen Dix, behind Nives Bozic, Catherine Barrett, Carmen Bissonnette and Mahrukh Bapooji. Standing behind is Gavin Winchester, Mike De Santos, Victor Bissonette, Pam Hentschi and Ruth Michasiw. Submitted photo. The Liberal governments initiative to impose a 105 km/h speed limit on trucks has this motorists support following a harrowing one hour ride along the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) recently. The 100 km/h speed limit on this major highway is routinely flouted by not only most motorists but also by large trucks which use their imposing appearance and heavy weight to intimidate those in smaller vehicles. Our Friday afternoon drive from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Burl- ington on the QEW can be terrifying, especially for elderly people. Although we were frequently forced to g 10 or 20 kilometers over the limit to avoid tailgating drivers, cars and trucks passed us almost like we were standing still. Police? Despite promises of more traffic enforcement on the QEW and the 400 highways, we never saw a police car or a police officer along the 90-km stretch of the QEW. It was evident from the speeds that motorists and truck drivers that a police presence was somewhere else. Obviously a 105 km/h governor on trucks will slow down heavy traffic but only a police presence and heavy fines is going to slow down the speeders on our major highways. Events of the last few days illustrate how speed can kill and it shouldnt tale a long time to clamp down on those who use our roads as their own private race tracks. Intimidating drivers As Legion PRO Jim Hayes wrote in the Legion News in last weeks edition of The New Tanner, several hundred navy blue jacketed Legionnaires from across southern Ontario will invade Acton for the Fall Convention of District B, Ontario Command with their headquarters at Actons picturesque Legion by the Lake. It has taken months of preparation by the Acton Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion to organize meetings and have the Branch all spruced up for the three day event, the first one ever held in Acton. Acton Legion is asking the people of Acton to welcome the delegates and their spouses to town and make them feel comfortable. Sunday, Mrs. Hayes reports, the Legion is extending an invitation to all residents to come out and see the parade and visit the Branch after as the conven- tion wraps up with a barbeque. Jim promises there will be there will be lots of marching units, colour parties and bands in the parade which starts at the Legion on the Lake and proceeds to the Cenotaph on Mill St. Its an opportunity for people here to show their ap- preciation to our armed forces, our veterans and all who have made the Royal Canadian Legion such a community minded organization. The services and assistance the Legion provides for its members and others is too long to list in this space but they provide so much help to so many people in this town and district. We welcome all the delegates to the Fall Conven- tion. We hope they enjoy their stay in our town and return home with stories about the warm welcome the received at the Legion by the Lake and throughout the community. Welcome Legionnaires