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Police profile Const Rod Donaldson man of many talents to keep him going for a while Dubbed the cartooning cop Const Donaldson used to spend quite a bit of time observing his fellow officers and drawing cartoons Subjects could include a car accident police meeting or something about a prisoner Background The artist worked in the Thunder Bay area then Port Arthur Fort William for nine years on the Ontario Provincial Police force In he joined the Georgetown Police and last September was transferred to the Acton division of the Regional Police While in Georgetown he did so many of popular cartoons Fellow workers started to put together a book which they hoped to have printed and distributed among the members of the police force Const Donaldson explained thai he has not done any car toons about he men In the Acton division yet He said he docsn t know any of them well enough yet to put his opinions down on paper Const Donaldson said he became interested In drawing at a very early age and took commercial art training for four years at Danforth lech school In Toronto The artists talents arc not confined to the office however He has done draw for children baseball cartoons logos and letter heads Cartooning Is not his only talent For one season he was a southpaw with the burgh New York baseball team In the Pony a Class minor league cult Unfortunately he threw his arm out in the first season he played pro and retired to become a police officer He dldn get to wear New lork Yankee pinstripes The held Ins playing rights Another ihhv tins man is pun bred CONSTABLE ROD Donaldson is in of m talents While working on tht town detachment of the Halton Polite he drew cartoons of scenes around flu lit is an ex pro baseball and 1 i m in dogs He was transit ml to the Alton precinct in September Continued from pact their belief In moral absolutes are getting i Utile b the present trends What is most significant th pre sent system is that it is openly said the kids are encouraged to question when tin parents question certain trends dn in understand and whin thev do untftrsiind and say they don like it ire treated with disdain and in cast of almost with hysteria However In spite on mv dark acts education I am not one to accept without questioning and although have delved into this values education 1 have still innu up with nothing tangible But 1 do know plication is left up to the individual teachers who may or miy not know how to apply it Probably they themselves would prefer absolutes To gel back to the Hoard of The crux of the matter is that Ken imp bell called a spade a It is over matters as the values education that hi is forced to send his children to a school There are many in the situ tion We would ask that one grade school and one high school in be made mti traditional schools where our children will not be subject to social engmeirint Furthermore the committee which is supposed to have Investigated Ken Camp bell alleged crime did not at tin suit vith him or the parties who him the information The statement that ion demned the and n in particular for dishonest was made without any investigation whatsoever It is obvious that in calling Km a liar thev too have faith in the values I like the board to stale in items of dlshonestv persistent or rw Hyperbole perhaps been dis played but never dishonestv lh loir I 111 I tin in nit i But in liniiL I I sue net is lit 1 in IK tin Mi I ret t nil Iv it I ml I Christmas Bringing ll l IV lights Ik ill hull 1 I i Tin whin Stilling i i llmsttnis s In ill in lit j Hi inn ill Ilk lino Jfillip And Cols iitonrij ipu Co quo em in I icm flirn ACTON AUTO BODY I irk Main St and Agnes St 8531870 Report from Queens Park The Acton Free Press Tues December 197S B3 hi pi have been much discussed this week and number of briefs have been nutted to the legislative considering these controls Spokesmen for owners have miint mud hut at leant 10 pern lit in rinls are to cover higher I hydro ma in ton On he other hand others line hat many will make windfall profits next year even If rent nun ists art limited to the rtc proposed by the government During ton side r ititm of the controls by i committee of the whole tin was lint to include rooming houses as well as apart mt houses profit limittil dividend and linisini units and mnn linn montii In effitt rental increases mid In restricted to eight ntrmctive to last ill fur my us t 1 or to be used for rtsidtntiil purposes The eight percent limit would to rents Increased January but landlords tenants could appeal to review boards Replying a question from Liberal sex South the Minister of Consumer and Commercial told the Legislature that the Government pro posed home warranty pro gramme will not be this session However If the federal government does not bring in legislation on such warranties Ontario will do so before the spring con season begins James and David Peterson I 1 Centre members of the legislative Committee on the pro posed percent Hydro in trtise refused to sign the committee s report because feel the proposed trim of the increase tent Is not ream lion report recommend further reduction In the rite should the provlntt cull to trim proposed borrowing a miflion i in Hydros share of the lovem men billion borrowing programme would permit reduction in the increase to about percent A percent increase will translate Into an Increased cost to municipal utilities of about 16 percent and a lump of 13 percent in a typical residential power bill if other utility costs remain constant The report recommended that the Committee term be ixtondtd from December March to allow the committee fulfill Its terms of reference in a res manner The percent increase In rates to the utilities and large Indus tries served directly by dro Is described as an In measure The statement by the I Members disas themselves the report gued that the impact on retal sales should be held to per cent in spirit of battling inflation and suggested thai Hydro financial position could be maintained by the federal provincial Govern agreeing to forgo pay back due on their investment in the I Nuclear Sta tit and provinces non collection of million in rentals The Ministry of Health has ordered all hospitals in ihc province freeze salaries senior employees ihi MPP Johnson puts political career on line Ink lolinson s reaction to mini suggestions that spit lis Mount Slit Ibuint or I could be closed or II rolts i hinged in the in ii wis decisive id In fact he has laid his lititil on tin line 1 P n Peel nil th it lit would not run for his should drastic Illinois or complete shut mis be people in my Hiding and any cutback in cart would not be doing that job lit said If make thtinces hen can look for i new next time round Mr Johnson madt it pretty tlear that he will not quit in mid term should the Ministry of take different viewpoint on health in the in a I will fighlint any health the hospitals all the way he 1 Assistant to Iht Minister or The Honourable Miller him that the hospitals in burnt and Mount forest are not in any dinger of closing Orange villi hospitals Were apparently never in hat dinger Mr Johnson made his following a letter published last week Thi letter from Art larr publisher of the Observer suggested that ire hospitals may not bo closed but turned into Homes for the Aged Yule log tradition make fireplace safe vule log ishtill Christmas for t While it lost some of its meaning the feeling of i crack in the fireplace is time League lltse suggestions to i site yule fireplace Check the flue before light fire A clogged dirty or broken flue can cause danctrous chimney fires tor many the traditional natural log has given way to he ma nuficlu red paper and wax fireplace log These long burning togs provide hours of colorful clean enjoyment if properly used Follow the directions on the packaging to the letter Keep a bucket of water ind some sand close at bind Never burn more lhan ont log at time Only after the first log has burned away is it to add a second The Ontario Safety League hopes you enjoy your trad I lumil STAFF AB SUPERMARKET number of full time and part time staff and any planned expansion in programmes and services for have also been directed not to submit budgets for 197G pending further directives from the Ministry dealing with areas where government policy has not yet been established mm CHRISTMAS I ill ill ill Tht salary frcte will not apply to middle manage ment such as head nurses and nursing supervisors or anyone below that level It Is directed at senior manage ment because these have received average in creases of between pertenl and pcrttnt in the past two Minister frank Mil Ier has indicated that some provincial hospitals are to be closed down in order to cut health costs although be has not specified which will be affected He has stated that in areas whin the government closes hospitals workers will be assisted to find alternative employment There have been charges that some hospitals In Ontario unsafe and the Minister has admitted that this is so One obvious criterion which will he used in deciding whether hospitals should be closed or not Is the safety factor but poor conditions alone would not be considered sufficient re to close a facility to the Minister Iht mediators in tht lor onto School Teachers Strike have been working around theclock in an effort to the two dissenting par ties and William Dickie Assistant Deputy Mm isttr of has said There comes a in tiations when the parties be come very serious about get ting settlement when they know they have to make con cessions We re reaching that point now However the federal inflation board has ruled that teachers hive already been offered too much money Some Metro students have been attempting to be accept at schools In heir parents cottage areas However on November 12 first day of the strike the Slmcoe County Board of banned such attendance in order to protect Simcoe schools again an influx of metro students Minister Tom Wells has Indicated that hi feels such a ban cannot be justified under the lirms of the Act the County Board has now to allow metro students to attend classes In if get in order from the Minister I lll Mill I IpIIV llolllj hi mil it MACK PAT BARRM CONSTRUCTION 853 PARK TOYOTA SALE MGR NOW LOCAL RESIDENT Acton owners will welcome Terry sales mar Park Toyota Georgetown to our community He moved recetiHf from Brampton to his new home on To his many Acton he would like to say that he Is ready to help them in any way with their motoring needs and he Mies anyone in the market for a new Toyota or a guaranteed used ear to call him at home 8533117 or drop in at the showroom on 7 between Acton and Georgetown He will he there to una you both Boxing Pay Bee and Saturday Dec while there Is time to buy a new Toyota or a demo without paying the 7 sales tat To his neighbors he would like to say Happy Holidays CAACDCC and C SUPPLIES 4514421 Hwy No if AAOl No Brampton