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The Acton Free Press Wednesday March Hunters show Improvements planned at ARC Workshop working for the retarded persons adult and children in our In serving others we help ourselves Majority of landowners favour controlled hunting A majority of landowners in Nassagaweya Township would allow recreational hunting on their property if the hunter sought permission carried liability insurance and held a valid licence officers of the Hunters Association loM Township Council at their meeting Monday The association filed results a landowner survey of properties and a draft proposal to amend the Petty Trespass Act as they urged the council to reconsider a suggestion to ban the discharge of firearms throughout the township Their brief urged penalties for trespassers extra personnel and expanded duties for police and Lands and Forests Department officers Present trespass laws and light penalties dont make it worth a landowners while to file a trespass complaint they pointed out This winter the sportsmen surveyed landowners in and in Nassagaweya Their survey included six questions Would you be in favor of allowing recreational hunting on your if the hunters I came to you seeking permission could show proof of liability insurance rlfles4used shotguns used rifles only if groundhogs were in season show proor of valid hunting licences The landowners in NassagawtD a were mostly owners of 10 or more acres of land Just or IS per cent gave no answer to all the questions There wore HI per tent in favor of hunting with permission per com in favor if hunters had insurance per cent In favor of use of rifle per cent favored shotguns per okayed limited use of rifles per cent the idea of valid IkciiLCh Grass fires sign of spring Bureau concerned about losses Theres one sure sign that Spring cant be far away Haltoni first grass fires of were reported last week in Oakville Halton County Fire Prevention Bureau a countywide group of men who work to prevent fires before they start is once again getting concerned about the grass fire menace in In one recent year Spring grass fires were estimated to cost the countys taxpayers over Besides being dangerous grass fires are illegal unless you have a special permit from the Air Pollution Branch of the rOepanroent of Energy and Resources Management and permission of the local fire chief While many grass fires are accidentally set a carelessly discarded cigarette or a bonfire that gets out of control are the most common instances many of them are deliberately set by farmers and rural landowners wanting to get of dead grass in lawns and fields Such fires create their own wind and can fan themselves out of control fircfightcn report They are virtually impossible to control unless the person in charge picks a very calm day prepares for the worst with plenty of old brooms and buckets of water and surrounds himself with an army of helpers in case the gets away on him The best rule is dont light such a fire in the first place Fire Chief J C Cunningham of Georgetown 1970 chairman of Halton Fire Prevention Bureau says it is impossible to tell how many barns sheds outbuildings and valuable trees have got in the way of a rampant grass fire But there been plenty of them all across the county and more valuable property is being lost each spring through such jaiclessness he adds Firefighters are hoping for a relatively quiet spring this year They dont look forward to spending most of their weekends running around the country beating out grass fires touched off by human carelessness Give them and your pocket book a break be extremely careful with fire m the dry season the Bureau urges Boon to mother Standard sizing for Mason Knit Canada Standard sizes for childrens clothing are catching on says Ron Basford Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs A year and a half ago before my department became involved with the Canada Size program there were only licensees Today there are 165 and applications keep coming in Mason Knitting Co in Acton makers of the Carter line of childrens wear is among the firms using standard sizing The Canada Standard Size system is voluntary Firms that obtain a license agree to meet CSS specifications on any clothing they manufacture and label as a CSS garment The CSS label carries he words Canada Standard Size within a coiled tape measure showing the figures of two different sized children Because the system is voluntary said Mr consumer demand will determine the extent to which it is used I would urge all parents therefore to look for CSS and if they dont find it to ask for it Measurement charts arc now in some catalogs and are available from my department The Canada Standard Size system was developed to help bring some order into the chaos of size differences in childrens Years ago sizes were based on age but as every mother knows one sixyearold is not necessarily the same size as another sixyearold And one manufacturers size six could be quite different from anothers The Canada Standard Size system is based on body measurements ROUT HAMILTON OPTOMETRIST 16 Road Hie problem mil to he with humeri or per io hut with tieipuu fuck reiiumilblluy of Clio we liihoinien buggy etc Hie of licencing regulations now In effect tie The brief the landowner has little Jiojic but to pott lilt land and hope hunters obey the signs In with Hie Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters the local are requesting amendments to invoke penalties In the trespass act They call fur lies of to trespassing on any land It enclosed a garden or lawn or any area where trespass it forbidden by word of mouth In wiring by posters or signs visible from every point of access to the land If the trespasser has any gun bow and arrow fishing tackle motorbike snow vehicle dune buggy or automobile in possession they recommend a fine of SI to and suspension of lie trespassers licence or motor vehicle registration plates for one to two years Changes requested include a penalty of to and loss of licence or plates for two o five years for a second or subsequent offence or a conviction while under suspension They also recommend that any fines levied be awarded to the complainant The brief urges public liability and property damage insurance be held by all hunters when seeking a hunting licence of any land A resolution to this effect is being considered by Department of Lands and Forests and The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters The brief claims it is up to the landowner to say who he will have on his land and who he will not If insurance was compulsory the landowner could rest assured any damage could be reclaimed from the insurance company The hunters name and address would be readily available from the licence It is pointed out no legislation from any level will entirely wipe out the bad hunter A no discharge of firearms bylaw would not alleviate the problem Not only would the township lose revenue from the sale of township licences but there would be the added expenses of employing a bylaw control officer to enforce this no discharge bylaw Neither the Ontario Provincial Police nor the Department of Lands and Forests Officers have the jurisdiction to enforce a municipal bylaw The authors of the brief point out a case in Salt fleet Township where a no firearm bylaw was passed and produced undesirable results Rabbits and other pests are apparently causing an unbalance in nature in Saltflcet and eating market crops In antiunion llie report nil for tho township to Join In llio county In for the same to expand the personnel mid duties of the llie and io tan be enforced tiding lo timid be controlled lawbreakers amid he disciplined lundownori would be more would the to purine their liobhy In Hid enlightened progressive lownship The report was submitted to Hie count il by Paul President of Humeri secretary Jim Ilherlngton member Am Coulson Representatives of the Hunters were invited by council to attend a meeting of the bylaw committee where the legislation proposed fur the township would be drafted I Ik rune of A wain Ion for he Mentally lufried was held on Mitch at A Workshop Hornby with of Ilia executive inernlxn lie has Involved itself heavily in he overrun I of lis A ft workshop expect to have a new roof and and other repair In order keep the build Inn in first clan condition for he continued mm The workshop provides these employment and mental stimulation which are both necessary so ihey may tike places Insofar possible as useful and happy member of he community The residential committee Is continuing inspect suitable parcels of land for the proposed residence The Association extends the community an Invitation join hem Art Gibst declared it was not the townships intention to disallow hunting but it was intended to control it Reeve A reported she received an anonymous letter threatening more damage to the township would be caused by burning bush and swamps if hunting was not allowed It bothered me that anyone would write that kind of letter she observed MAKE IT A HAPPY EASTER WITH FLOWERS Fresh cut flowers Potted plants Special arrangements Corsages made to order Easter lilies IFITSFLOWERS BLUE SPRINGS FLOWER SHOP- EXTRA SPECIAIS BE SURE AND CHECK OUR FULL PAGE AD ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE gfibson Tok to remember sure to tend the wishes of season o who imam something to you See our collection DILLS Stationery 54 Mill St I A 24 LOAF BREAD 5 1 BRAND NO 1 CREAMERY BUTTER 65 CANADA DRY 30 BOTTLES GINGERALE CUSTOMERS GET THE BIG PLUS T4PE ixm 1 mm mm no ah mm noun ran run IIUEIIU ORANGE JAMS FACIAL AJAX JUICE TISSUE CLEANSER J ixm sio mm LIQUID BLEACH mm own mm ORANGE JUICE nun mi IXltA iAM mm mum arm CELLO SPINACH ixm mm POTATOES IIUIU mm COWED HAM