Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 28, 1975, p. 11

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Cleanup planned at library creek Acton residents viewing the school creek who feel they like to get in and do some housed eaning should forget it Under the Credit Vauey Conservation Authority Program one of three crews of students will be spending some time this summer doing the Job for them The local stream is on the list of clean up Jobs planned by the C V C A Susan Cooper technical adviser for the crews says old tires debrlfl and foreign items whl would Impede the flow of the stream will be removed along Its whole length In town School creek is also known as Henderson Creek Program formerly called project SWEEP Is one part of Experience the name given collectively to all student programs ad ministered by the Ontario Provincial Government Youth Secretariat Purpose of the program Is to supply meaningful employment for students undertaking work projects beyond what the normal Authority staff can accomplish during the summer months working Twentyeight students from high school and university have been employed for periods of ten to IB weeks They are divided Into four work crews One technical crew is doing an ecological survey of the Silver Creek conservation area Three others will bo working throughout the watershed on various labor intensive projects This year roll shows no Acton students among those on the program Miss Cooper says that approximately applications were received and lobs were filled basically in the order of submission Besides the school creek Sih Creek In Hills Is scheduled for a general clean up Erosion control in various locations along Cooksvlllc Creek In MisslsBouga a clean up the Credit river in the town of Erin and road side clean up throughout all municipalities within the Cre dit river watershed are In eluded The first group of Program workers will be on the Job starling June These will be university students said Miss Cooper On June high school students will begin on the program which will run until September The adviser says that as exact dates of projects have not been scheduled she can say when the library creek clean up will begin Clean area says local committee A NEW FACE patrolling the town streets is that of Ontario Provincial Police constable Jerry Gibson of Milton Officer Gibson lives in Milton with his wife and son He has been working here for one month and was with the Milton detach of OPP for four years Arthur Maloney first ombudsman Arthur Maloney R i has been appointed Ontario first vlncia ombudsman one of the country s top criminal lawyers is giving up his legal practice to accept position He will corn about a year and his post has tenure of ten years He be the pro vinces top paid employee The Maloney family has home on the I and he has become well known In the district He was guest speaker Day weekend at the annual ecumenical when his topic reflected his lasting interest in civil liberties He spoke then Of controversies rounding decisions for the common good Role The government had an its Intention to establish the of budsman in March The role of the ombudsman milled or omitted in the administration of the work of the Ontario government Mr Maloney will do this either in response to complaints received from an individual or organization or on his own Initiative He will recommend appropriate action In recommending Mr Maloney in the legislature the Hon William s called him one of our most citizens from a family renowned for Its con to political life in Canada and Ontario His father was a federal member of parliament and his brother and grandfather were both members of the legislature A lawyer he served as member of parliament for from 1057 to 1962 Committees He has been elected five times as a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and is chairman of the Society s own Professional Conduct Committee He is a former director of the Harold King farm to assist former prisoners He served on the advisory committee on the treatment of offenders to the Minister of Correctional Ser vices and was a member of the pro task force on policing two years ago Recently he undertook a review of police complaints Procedures for the Metro Commission After Mr Davis put for Forward 200 to Bangladesh result of he lent with the diy although trade fair sent to attendance had not been as the Bangladesh Rural Action large as hoped She expects If Committee toward the the event is held annually purchase of a printing press w ill become better known and Catherine Harvey Ontario more shoppers Mil come The director of had told organizers learned a lot from the local group of the project the first trade fair experience in Bangladesh this winter she said they then decided to raise money for hall brought craftspeople together to display and sell their wares There was also a large display of tides made by needy native people from Africa and South Amercla Orginizer Daphne King said most people were con mess and Acton Recreation Advisory Committee would like to see It fixed up At the monthly meeting of the committee the park was loured At that time children were swimming in the water using picnic tables as rafts that this Is not only dangerous to the children but also ruins he tables which are public property The garbage cans were lying on their sides with the contents blowing in the wind the park with heavier Items in piles fair game Tor animals It was suggested by one of the committee members that the tables be chained to the ground to prevent them from being moved with the same bung done to the garbage cans Swimmers It was also decided life lower needed painting as it is a trap for silvers ana cuts in Its present condition John Cooper recreation co ordinator told he group that heond Anne I ickcrlng Acton Symptoms of hot weather There was a surprisingly I high number of liquor seizures In Acton this week 11 according to police There was one Impaired driver and two persons charged with being intoxicated in a public place swimming pool supervisor have recommended to council that scuba divers be hired to Investigate the condition of the swimming area bottom In this way It will be known if there is anything of danger to swimmers In the water Committee member Pete I agreed with this move as he had fished a large mess of barbed wire from the lake by his home eyes candidacy Don a year old Milton area resident an nounccd Tuesday he will be a candidate for the In the Burlington riding and hopes to represent the parly In the next provin election a medio cons tan lives at Dell School Line Milton The Acton Free Press Wed May Roving ducks The ducks from Ihc Beard home they re laying on more pond are strolling the lawns causing home- neighboring streets these owners to make big detours days They feel so much at with their lawn mowers ZENITH MODULAR SOUND SYSTEMS CHANNEL SYSTEMS STEREO SYSTEMS PORTABLE STEREO PORTABLE PHONO 199 ST GEORGETOWN FIRST LINE TELEVISION S4LES imf SERVICE 5 Mill Si Acton ward Mr name it met with immediate accept by all parties Legislation outlining the job responsibilities will be Introduced very soon Seventh Ontario will bo the seventh province to have an of Firestone

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