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OUR READERS WRITE Committee asks for input Letter lo the Editor Since the birth of Hal ton Hills Acton and residents have been subjected to growing pains which we did not ask for hut were forced accept At one time before Reg Lion a small town plus was the availability of your local elected dais You could slop them on he street whenever a problem existed Unfortunately the Mayor Reeve De puty Reeve Town Councillors Planning Board Members and Parks and Recreation Board Members have all but disappeared from the streets of Acton and the friendly close contact with these people has been lost in the shuffle This centralization of the people who assist In running your town has left a gap In our life style thai can never be replaced by all the empires built in this new bureaucratic society Wo feel this is the underlying cause for a degree of frustration sense whenever group of our townsfolk meet to discuss a situation affecting them There never seems to be anyone available who can give us an answer to pass Ihe proverbial buck is commonplace However if we can refrain from wallow In our sense of loss of past local Government and Instead cultivate an mis tic approach wherein we work within notngnlnst thcprcscntsystcm wen re cer tain our goals can ultimately be achieved There is a way to maintain our town pride and identity through the local Re creation Advisory Committee of Acton and The members of this Commit tec are all your neighbors committed to acting us the eyes and ears of the Council lore on the General Administration Com To function efficiently they need your Ideas criticisms and complaints silent on your part leaves them in a position of operating In a void Through the Advisory Committee your Input can be discussed passed on lo the proper officials and most importantly followed up Ultimately then more of your Towns frustrations may be relieved These arc new times utilizing new ways however with your interest co operation and Input lo the Recreation Advi Committee we can try to get a little more output coming our way Yours optimistically Recreation Advisory Committee Wards Chairman Maryann Barrow Peter Paplllon Ron Mitchell Elmer Dunn Pamela Sheldon Asks for used stamps Dear friends Especially at Christmas time I think of all the used postage stamps that are need Jcftsly discarded These seemingly worth less articles from any country arc sold In bulk by the Fathers to stamp dealers to help finance mission projects throughout the world In 10 months 1 hove received over 100 lbs of cancelled postage In small quantities in very large quantities from schools service clubs companies duals etc They add up quickly If everyone collects them for me It hardly takes a second to rip the used postage stamps off of an envelope leaving a bit of around It This can be YOUR at helping the world poor without costing YOU a lot of lime or money Please send I by Third lass Mail to Mrs M Chmay Street Fort Ontario or Mrs J C Lawrence Dorchester Road Niagara Falls Ontario Thank you Rose M What education is all about To I ha conn to t nil of rope v ilh remark by Million Hoard of trustees Ernie and Dick Goodin i Ward 1 concerning teacher and strike to lock nut our teachers when other boards strike and culls Metros striking teachers soculled pro fessionals crimps our trustees would better spend their time Informing tax payers as to when our dollars an going during striken like Metros For Instance a Stanley provincial fact finder Board negotiating team Including chairman Ross staving at the finest hotels In the fanciest suites Millions to a Ministry who to this appear to be powerless ius useless Id Thousands if not millions to the formed Education Relations Com mittee and all their highly paid mediators just chomping at the bit to have any to do thousands on plane trips for Ross and his cohorts flitting between Toronto and Ottawa on useless procedures Approximately til million a year in duplication In Ontario bureaucracy Rill is and Tom Wells hiding be hind the skirts of the edcral Government when education is Provincial Issue Then arc so many cat bureaucrats in edututinn frittering our dollars should be willing to rather put their moncv where it serves positive pur lose on our leathers There was a parents win recognized as knowing what was best for our children in the process Now programming various philosophies and overcrowded ihrusl upon teachers to their frustration and the suffering of our all administrative levels Criticism aimed at Metro is fortunate unfair I wonder why teachers haven t said to hell with it all long ago and gel a job as sanitary engineer with less frustration r hours and more pay for their efforts It that dot work they could ways run for board trustee The hours are definitely shorter work load is less and the money the as some teachers who have spent getting degrees And of course then is always that possibility of per cent pay hikes such as llulton trusties received without the d advantages or a nasty old The Inflation review committee i headed by McKeough suggests we could do with Jobs in the Ministry them suggest throw out that many and direct those dollars where tiny will do positive good on our leathers Bureaucrats in education would like us to forge that in last analysis kids and teachers is what education is all about Christine Louth teacher relations HE A I Hills Santas Seatbelt Problem Poor Santa having trouble Since his came unstuck locked him in the So now wt re of luck They caught him bobbing in and out Picking up the Xmas lists He forgot the rub his tub So they hit him with both fists While Santa waiting sentence We are trying to ball him out The grabbing claws make nonsense law We could all do well without Grandma made us put a seatbelt Around the little pole Where Gran pa waits and meditates he fall down Ihe hole The powers that be decided We must obey their call And strap our backs inside the hacks He have no choice at all At ninety miles per hour On our air polluted treks If we stop we all must stick In case wc break our necks So let s all rescue Santa from he Folk with sharpened claws They THINK it best for all the rest So PASS the SEATBELT LAWS VictorSmlth Acton Free Press Wed December 10 B3 Explore possibility Planning Council A North Social Planning Council has an fee live role to play in North members of various groups and agencies agreed at an exploratory meeting in Church About people attended the Thursday meeting organized by Human Services Council While here was general agreement about need and desire to have such a body there was reluctance by those attending the meeting to become personally in In leading the new body People In police work people with backgrounds in family court work and social work and many represent Pet of the week STANDING AS TALL AS HE CAN IS Tiny Toy Manchester Terrier who at one foot two inches is every other inch the equal to his larger name sake Not deterred by his size the black and brown six yearold likes to chase tomcats says Tiny half owner Tim Garton Tim and brother George Jocko who also claims per cent of Tiny live on Elmore Drive Local merchant preference Sykes be screaming about some thing completely legitimate he said However nued It bugs me when we buy vehicles out or own to save and spend travelling out or town to fix thtm a fives of voluntary groups attended Ihe meeting Idea Milton doctor Rick a member of Ihe Human Services Council convened the meeting and spoke briefly about why he felt the Idea would be a good Ihe basic role of a Social Planning Council would be to coordinate social services In a community and Instigate new services where gaps exist Marks of Acton said there Is little coordlnallon tic t ween professionals in ihe social planning area In the north He pointed out social planning councils existed In and Burlington they are belter off in the con text of social services Money power Helen Horn spoke to the group concerning her ex perl nice with Social Planning Councils in Peel Region Money and power arc Ihe things you have to be con of With the terrific speed of urbanization the problems arc monumental and difficult You have to what you can do from what you cannot she said Peel a social Planning Council In conjunction with the United Appeal The meeting broke up Into different groups anil dis cussed societal problems their causes and their cure Calls for Ihose Interested in serving on steering com mittee or an executive body did not attract more than a few people The selection of a leer I nil committee was deferred until met ling J mi at m attending the meeting would become interested in the project and attend the next meeting That meeting Is tentatively slated for Hornby Community GIFTS Should Hills ask for outside tenders on such Items as uniforms Nol If Councillor Ernie anything to do with it told other members the finance and personnel committee of Hills Council that uniforms for firefighters In Fire Area 2 were being purchased from a St Catharines firm because there was a saving on each one he said it unfair to local businessmen such as Henry clothing who knew the problems accepted the inconvenience of measuring firefighters vidually often with two or three fittings To go out of town for is raise economy Sykes said n I wonder if Ihe other mer chants in Hills had a chance to tender on the forms wondertd Councillor Pal McKcmie Sykts know but he told the committee tlcally that local merchants should have an edge on others out of town when It came to accepting tenders he had sympathetic audience We get excellent deals locally I question the wisdom of going out of town for suits that are cheaper agreed chairman Harry Levy The suits could be worth less than what wc could get them for here Has it gone through Levy asked Yes replied not the purchase was con trolled by the purchasing pro cedure by law and the pi chasing agent to do It The purchasing by law is flood but on occasions like this could go wrong acknow I edged Levy Clerk Doug sua Rested the committee should first consult the purchasing agent before they drew any conclusions a suggestion Lew agreed with He mav have done it right and we may mi CLOTHING FOR INFANTS TO TEENS U out Convenient TODDLERS o TEENS Can FBDBhelD you Financial assistance Management counselling Management training Information on government programs for business You to our office lo arrange a no it l lu Friday Dacombor12 your debt or equity no J Opening new doors to small business CHICKENS CHICKENjNABASKET 79 CHICKEN QUARTERS CHICKEN LEGS Si no or BREASTS CHICKEN WINGS 75 LUNCHEON MEAT FROZEN FOOD FEATURES FRENCH FRIES WAFFLES EGG BEATERS authorised Lucky winners Acton Minor Ball Decern winners are Hare Mathies on Ticket No 1177 J on Ticket No 23 wood ward on Ticket No Ken HO on Ticket No Roy McArthur on Ticket No Oil and Colin Foster on Ticket No Local organizations are keeping Santa visiting their children parties A LOCK CRAFT 24 LOCKSMITHS INDUSTRY L COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL WE NOW DO 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