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Acton Free Wednesday We re InteroKtmi In rainbows of rmllty not of promise Doing no than average in what keep average down What gums up our budget la HORSES with Jennifer Ban- I week I wrote about Mac a stall to Nina Now she would be marc Nina her unusual content beginning and some of her What dreamers wc were Not quieter personality traits I left only did she bounce out of her discussion of her worst vice until stall with sickening regularity now because I just dldn have tho but she had even more fun when strength to cope with the reeling she was free She could consume of utter frustration brought on by JO pounds of without a merely remembering the trouble of collet I suffered the this horse has caused Nina is colic viewing the feed bill to escapism frightened rubblts cowered In Shocking Isn if No horse cages bales of hay would be worth Its salt wants to escape completely massacred the floor from a cosy clean box stall filled awash with squashed buckets with food It must be some bridles medicines horseshoes and sacks soggy from water pouring out of the turned on tap Inherited from her Whatever it cause it is virtually incurable short of bunking her leg But of course Nina want to be cured sin tuning too much fun It all turning up started when she accidentally broke her halter at the age or two was able to leave her standing stall She had such a wonderful time teasing the two II Ions that she was hooked Wt found her In the morning looking at one stallion got into a bag of bran one night Have you any Idea Just how far a 100 lb bog of bran can spread The stuff like still ACTONS CENTENNIAL FLAGS were made officnllj unveiled by the Hon Robert at Kennedys in Enn where Phyllis and on morning in front of the Kathy Covert are shown on the cutting table town offices while the flags roll by The new flags were Photo by J Cirpenter and the other fi t in his manger then on there was no turning back tried a stout dr ft special snaps which she always learned to undo kicking straps the works stripped off everything she the daughter of Gypsy Host for nothing Terrorizing rabbits Wlten we moved to this area it with a of relief that to assign a roomy box Proposes to aid unemployed ByDanOReMy County chronical unemployed soon be participating in a program aimed at leaching them the fundamentals of finding and holding a Job Recently Halton County Council gave approval in principle to a program aimed at teaching the chronic unemployed the basic was submitted to council by Jim Gray director of the county s social and family services department proposed program is possible under the Work Projects General Welfare assistance Act passed b the province in 1970 The province pays SO per cent of the cost of the program Although other areas have taken ad vantage of the act County has never utilized it before Who are the chronically and are they that According to Gray the chronically unemployed are people who are unable to stay at one job for any length of time They are people who will work for i tune and then quit chronically are people who have difficult in taking instruction Poor Habits borne are young people who never received proper training as youths Many come from families with similar working habits A large degree of chronica men are men in the 35 ear old bracket who never developed good work traits Many in their a problem with alcoholism These people have an especially difficult tune as employers too fussy about hiring older men Bad work habits t the only difficulty these people have to overcome fays Gray Many of them don know how to dress for an interview with a potential employer Some don even know how to complete a job application form Can t read or write Our department knows of one man who doesn I even know how to read or writean almost unbelievable situation in 1972 This man who recently walked away from a job he had in Toronto will a to time in obtaining even the most simple factory Job backgrounds play a factor in the shaping of a person work habits says Gray Many of the chronically unemployed come from marginal income families This is sometimes a second generation prohkm a continuous circle Of the approximately 150 people on County annual welfare rolls only a handful to SO could be classified as the unemployed suggests the director Most welfare recipients are people who throuj h some are without employment Participants in the program submitted by Gray and family services department must be on welfare and be recommended by the local social worker must also want to help themselves Gray points out rhe proposed program calls for a large degree of involvement by the Region ition Authority and Sheridan telle Gray is in the process of approaching both bodies in an attempt to interest The Halton Board of EduciUon and Canada Manpower also key roles Three Courses the program calls for three divisions or course for at i In the North Halton area the Halton would be the in force Participants would be hired by and would perform such duties is tree planting conservation development ind dead elm removal Our department or perhaps Canada Manpower would conduct counselling with these people on a regular During these counselling hours the men would be taught such things as how to obtain and hold a job A much broader program is planned in by way of College if the college admin stra tors can be persuaded to participate A family affair A affair might be the to use for describing the Sheridan College aspect of the program We ml the wives of any men who will be to Sheridan to accompany them The idn bunt if the wife can see how husband is motivated she may batkhimup Wewouldlike to teach classes in budget preparation and nutrition- subjects know very little of Sheridan counselling on job attitudes ind habits also be given The local factories in the will be asked to hire nun County pays the wates of men hired by area factories will be paid b the County The expense for the factories would be the time effort needed to teach men raj points out for men lor the body would also be paid by the County this program is designed to teach baste We tried different bolts snaps an padloek hooks a huge bar chained on end and eventually a win- gale over the top portion of the door The It took to figure out something new was three nights hosts to a straight stall she went 11 now we no illusions that she actually in tills out but at least an alky would close tier off from all the itoilies A length of chain was fitted with horsepi oof sliding panic snap a itebbfjj completed the ensemble Nina was temporarily thwarted And MAD d stand In that stall stamping and clanking that chain like the host of Christmas last two nights it worked and then tame the morning I opened the barn door and met the Ghost of Christmas Past with halter chain and snap In tact but swinging the entire manner around htr neck on steps in finding and holding a Job It will not rhe third division of the program doesn fit into the terms of reference laid out in act We want to help women in their s and who have never had any Job training but find they must now support themselves Many of them are widowed housewives notes Gray housewives class will be based in Burlington for at least a year if it is created Gray is confident this Dart of the program can be incorporated We might convince the government these people could benefit from a training program he says optimistically If the program comes into being the Soda and I Services Department would given years trial course vear wt could examine the best points of all three divisions and combine them into one program We thought It best to have three divisions at the outset This gives the program three chances of success Gray explains At the end of one year the classes taught at Sheridan College may be extended into North Hith schools In the northern portion of the county might be used if the Bo of Education is favorable All three divisions might be expanded and duplicated throughout Halton depending on tht demand and need Gray suggests year Cost of maintaining such a program for any year would be around the mark That isn such a figure says rav when the cost of supporting these people for an equal amount of tunc Is about HO extra could be well used helping the chronic unemployed begin to leid a better life Gray points out One the program is not is a work for welfare scheme Gray says emphatically workers will be paid an incentive in addition to their regular welfare allowance Hopefully the incentive bonus will the participants something to for County has the program in principle But the plan hinges on the county budget allowance Gray remarks The program would probably start in 1ST if county gives the gretn i I ra expresses cautious optimism for the success of the program People who are now in the chronic unemployed category need encouragement because many of them feel thev re the dregs at the bottom of the barrel Hopefully after a few years with the aid of training programs we won have the problems of the chronic unemployed he concluded ARTHUR A JOHNSON OPTOMETRIST 54 Mill St E Acton Wednesday Saturday Milton St HI NEIGHBORS Welcome to ACTON PLAZA With the addition of Glenlea Medical Clinic Dr Embruch I IIS and the Glenlea Drug Mart our home is now complete Our congratulations to our new neighbors ELIZABETHLO BEAUTY LOUNGE RONS BARBER SHOP ROYAL VARIETY STORE 7 at the top of the stairs in patients will be received in the Glenlea medical centre will receive another Bart of the building patients for Hutchinson and Dr Wilson and our sincere CONGRATULATIONS on the completion of ACTON PLAZA to include Glenlea Medical Clinic Dr Leonard EmbrackDDs Glenlea Drug Mart We are proud to have assisted by being chosen as I Electrical Contractor JON HURST ELECTRIC 8532015 Acton