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10 The Acton Free Press Wednesday March 11978 The Mug opens Saturday evening yWW A few short months ago the plan or having a coffee house for teens in Acton was just the dream of some adventure some idealistic teenagers in town However hard work and determination have seen this dream turn Into a reality The dedication of workers and hopes of the youth have created in Acton a coffee house in the basement known as The Mug Since September the group have v longand hard and are now ready to open The Mug this Saturday evening for the first night The Mug will open about Saturday evening with live entertainment provided by Phil Sykes A disc jockey will also be on hand to perform before the entertainment begins and during breaks The coffee house will close at a Beef on a kaiser coffee hot chocolate tea and soft drinks wilt be sold at the Mug Organizers are hoping for a good turnout on Saturday They are grateful to all the community and for personal financial support they have been given Eventually they are hoping to build a Mug membership so that activities can be run every evening for a few GARY HINKLEY works on the finishing touches for The Mug before opening night The Mug is a student organized project Tor building a coffee house in the basement Live entertainment and a disc jockey are planned for opening night Saturday March Two people vie for board position At least two people J Van Gouch and Barry Shep herd will vie for the vacant Georgetown seat on Hal on Hoard of Education Three other people from Hills who have shown past interest in a board seat von be applying Long lime Acton representative Tom Watson who lost the Acton seat to Bert in ton in the last election said he wont be applying He noted Hills wards three and four t his area and even hough anyone in Hills can go alter the Job he Isnt interested Douglas Pierce who also went after the Acton ing seat in the last election wont be In the running either Paper delivery A Free Press subscriber from Manitoba writes the delivery our paper is very Irregular to say the least We received the Dec paper on Jan 31 To date Feb we have not received the Jan paper Then sometimes we receive the paper the Friday or Saturdayofthcsameweek It Is difficult to understand Indeed it Is Sue Burns appointed Susan Burns has been appointed chairman of Student Services at Acton High school effective from February to August Board of Education approved the appointment at their meeting fast Thursday evening Dine at HARROP OF MILTON 8788161 French immersion approved year there isnt enough in terest in Hills and Milton Superintendent of Programs Bruce Mather noted applications arc still coming In and parents have until March to sign their children up for Immersion He said the last time he checked application figures for the north here werent enough to set up Immersion JOHN WATSON supervises as Mark Beaton saws wood at The Mug work party last weekend Organizers are hoping for a good turnout on opening night Study optional courses board objectives this year The face of public tlon in could change drastically over the next few years as Board of Education prepares to study its programs and its stated objectives Thursday trustees ap proved the setting up of a special committee to review optional courses and all special courses offered in In addition Trustee Fred Armitage has called for a special meeting to be held the board can review its year old objectives and education philosophy Trustee Edna Robinson who suggested the special committee to study options noted many parents as well as board members are concerned about he smorgasbord of courses offered to middle and high school students is it really necessary to offer such a variety Docs this of courses increase the costs Noting tough decisions will contributing to class id different times and also causing large objectives suggest other ilasseb Trubtec Bill Law son declared Trustee Bill snld a review of options with some being camelled will ihe board to a tore cum fornllgrides llesug the committee get needed by the committee Is input from Industry and available business to see what pro- grams think student French immersion pro grams for both grade one and pupils will be started next fall but It Is doubtful any will be operated In North Thursday after months of debate and study Board of Education approved Trench immersion and while there are enough Interested pupils in Burlington and Oak to set up classes for next for cither Principal acquitted of drug charge A Burlington elementary The trafficking in Chlor school principal has now been charge was acquitted of oil drug charges dropped after police admitted laid against him last fall there was no proof K earns Ronald K earns was found sold the drug which is used in not guilty recently of the treatment of anxiety log in a controlled drug When ho was arrested last ChlardfaKcpoxidc fall Kearns was removed He was acquitted a month his post as principal of ago on charges of possession school in Burling of marijuana and cultivation He was reassigned to an of the drug after plants were administrative post found in his backyard A Board of Education boarder at his home later will now have to decide if came forward and admitted will return to the post the plants were his Kcarnes principal said he didnt know what had been growing in his yard VanQBNSm on buses Vandalism on Travclwnys school buses seems to be climbing according to company of fit iats in Damage amounted to about per bus lost has regular routes and carries large group Nation students each day Tlit re students termed average in but the board is worrying about those at the extreme ends said The administration told trustees much of the data Director of ion Km said the study could result in substantial in education and suggested i review of objectives be earned out also The board philosophy of iduihlj of the students could be com promised by changes which appear to be on the horizon since staffing of schools and courses offered could be greatly changed This could mean i serious reconsideration of the our schools and schools throughout Ontario have such as inform about low enrolment courses However the board ctounting procedures will make it difficult to isolate specific costs So far this vcar the com has broken wind shields Officials meal a loss to explain the increase Examples of damage to property include writing and cigarette burns on seals ripped scats and glass extinguishers have also been A student loses his bus privileges afU r two earnings from the school principal A bus driver can not put the student off the bus seven pupils and he doubts handle it their board will receive He predicted the board will applications kill French In He said when next years month has grade sevens reach high other new school in two years they will Trustee Helen Howard take French and possibly one r other subject taught In how who French In both elementary earn a language are school immersion programs their find lang students will spend no more than 50 per cent of their time Hie should be speaking and learning In responding She said it haunt been deter Mather said all studies the mined Immersion is needed board has examined support and suggested the board cant immersion and those which afford to keep offering all don had flaws which will be kinds of different courses eliminated in One point in the programs favor is It isnt compulsory and parents are involved throughout Director of education Em Lavender said All students applying for Immersion will be screened with principals teachers and parents all involved in the decision Mather warned if screening reduces the number of eligible students below the number needed for a class there won I be a class Trustee warned immersion will add heavily to costs and said he would hate to sec children coming out of immersion with is poor a mastery of French as they do now of English He asked why with the poor performance the has with leaching English it is adding French warned immersion will do mare harm than good to French education in Ontario core curriculum t strong enough yet for teachers to be giving instruc lion in French declared He added he sup ports French language in struction but not in wants to itht SrToiTl Your Community Market Place W Stock and Order McCtLL STYLE SIMPLICITY PATTERNS HINTONS to STORE toy EASTER KELLYKINS BABBITS DAKIN RABBITS DUCKS LAMBS EASTER BASKETS NOVELTIES EASTER BOOKS KIDS WIN A REE KELLYKINS RABBIT DRAW AND COLOUR YOUR OWN EASTER BUNNY PRIZES FOR BEST MOST IMAGINA TIVE MOST COLOURFUL BIGGEST CUTEST AND SILLIEST NO HELP FROM ANYBODY DROP ENTRIES IN TO TOY MAGIC NOW He and his family moved from Terra Cotta to Chatham last summer Betty Fisher Georgetown an out spoken critic of tlon in who had an she would run in the last election and then pulled out when Long entered the race said she wouldn I be applying for the job Former board chairman who repre sented Georgetown for many years was unavailable for comment Board of Education will interview applicants for the post behind closed doors prior to the start of the March regular board meeting Applicants must be submitted to Morton by March The vacancy was created when Don Long resigned last week citing business commit need to be made because of operated for the Inst to declining enrolment she study is needed now so changes can be pliased in She predicted the com mittec will be able to provide the board with needed an and give the board future dircctio years announced said the board s objectives have been inter preted loo broadly anya He said a lot of students learn at the same- rate and the same time not as different rates KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION for September 1978 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD ADVANCED or who bo attending in I ho SopflalB Schools in Burlington On villa Milton Hills mill bo hold all embolic schools on Thursday March 2nd 1978 Director of Education Canadian Style DONUTS 1 Mill St E Acton Sale March 19 BUY DOZEN FOR and Get Dozen FREE required by the Education Act and that includes many high school courses Adult education community rela tions programs sum school family studies industrial arts programs would also be reviewed Trustee Bert in stantly came out in support of the committee study calling it very responsible He said the board can manage the education system better and more economically if it cleans house Some optional courses arc 8783272 8783208 THEVUDO ANYTHING TO STOP W8n9 If Show Timet Sun to p rod Sat 7 pm TihShhth A message about those who think they can cheat Ul Were not really dishonest Unfortunately thats not true It seems that some people like you think theres nothing wrong with ripping off Canadas Unemployment Insurance pro gram All we did was fail to report a little extra Income while getting With that sort of behaviour you could be charged with a criminal offence Isnt it just like shoplifting or theft Cheating on Unemployment Insurance is stealing 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