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Rockwood District Croatian Centre open to public The Acton Free Press Wednesday March 29 The million cultural and athletic centre planned on Winston Churchill Boulevard by the Croatian community of the Toronto area will be open to the public Michael J Bukovac spokesman for the Croatian Custody told Halton Hills Planning Board last week Included In the facilities on the 160 acres owned by the Croatian Fathers will be a centre for perform ing arts library swimming pool courts volleyball court and soccer fields He explained the facilities would be nonsectarian and Mr said in the northern section there would be a cemetery primarily for CroatianCanadians and a summer day camp for children supervised by the Franciscan fathers The spokesman said all the trees will remain and much of the land be left in agricultural use He said some of the land would be used for garden plots Councillor Pat Patterson said be watched the Francis can fathers from the time they took over the former Claude McLaughlin farm on Five Slderosd and the Town Line and said they had really cleaned up the place This will add a lot to the old Township A Bebek want the land to be OSi Special and Institutional from lis present rural to permit the complex The complex will be built In three phases as money is raised the Croatian com munity Work is expected to start in the spring with the first phase being completed early next year A Franciscan priest the Rev Leon living In a house on the property at present and acting as opera tions manager for the project Woman minister is coming to Rockwood Rev Carrie will be first lady minister when she takes up her duties at the Presbyterian Church this summer Ms a St Lambert Quebec native will be graduating from the Presby terian College McGlll University Montreal this spring She was appointed i the post by the Board of World Missions Her husband Mark Jones will be studying computer science at a university In this area The congregation is eagerly anticipating Mr and Mrs Jones arrival and hopes that The church has been with out its own minister since October when Rev Sinclair resigned Rev George Lewis of Milton has been conducting the Sunday services Last week Rev they will reside in the vlltage of Acton held the manse Easter Services Bahais celebrate Naw Ruz THE PROUD FATHER of the regions new baby is Chairman Morrow The region offices located on Highway a half mile north of the Queen Elizabeth Way is estimated to cost Witnesses are given headquarters goahead The Bahal community of Township cele brated on March regional taxpayers The region expects to take ppigTmetoilSdt occupancy by Oct room of the Hotel for a lovely dinner then shared an evenings enter tainment Nancy Darling of spoke about Ruz Vce Jay and Ariel Barkley of provided musical entertain ment Naw Is the New The installation of a private sewage system on the proposed acre site of the national Jehovah a Witnesses headquarters on Highway by the Road near Georgetown will clear the way for the large complex to go ahead If all other requirements are At Halton Hills planning board Tuesday night Glen Howe counsel for the Inter national Bible Students Association of Canada better known as Jehovahs Wit nesses said he understood sewage allocation was a problem and said the group is willing to install their own sewage system Planning board approved and a private sewage system supply the area noting on the property Georgetown aquifer flows Mr Howe described the under that property area as a park like develop- Mayor Tom Hill said the merit since there are only two Region says Georgetown has buildings on the acre piece lots of water and pointed out of He said they would there Is a water main going like to have town water and right through the land Its emphasized this is not a tax the same line that was used exempt institution but would from the old reservoir but be subject to all taxes He now we pump It back up said there would be no use of there schools nor road services Councillor Rubs Miller Bug needed since the roads would the large pond be be internal located so it could be used for He said he understood the fire protection Region was concerned about The acre site with more using prime agricultural land but stated soil tests have shown this land to be class three six and seven So there Is no prime the application for agricultural land at all from agricultural to Councillor George Maltby tlonal In principle subject to said he wondered If George- there being adequate water than 1500 foot frontage on Street runs back to regional road 32 and Is made up of two farms acres owned by the Jerry Lambert estate and 10 acres owned by Annette Milne The buildings set back I have a friend called Helen Helen Is a lovely Scot who describes herself as a demented gypsy Her sense of humor is delightfully droll and we bo Hi hove knack of saying outrageous things with a straight face gets us In a lot of trouble Why Sears moved Several times this winter Helen has accompanied me on trips to Guclph As a result there a a lot of stores I can show my face in any more Our chemistry interacts and we trip down Woolwich Street like Laverne and Shirley accosting gentle policemen quietly writing parking tickets In Sears just before Christmas Helen drove a young sales man to drink She was attempting to select a gift for her father and couldnt decide which pair of pants would go with which shirt After stripping most of the surrounding racks and altering her choice numerous times she suddenly pounced on a flannel plaid shirt jacket and declared Ill take this I explained to the poor man that she usually wasn allowed out without her keeper As I led her past the perfume counter I commented 1 dont care much for Charlie Im not too fond of Phil cither growled Helen Bag balm please However the piece resistance came in the Coop where we dropped to pick up my weekly bogga and bagga scratch for the chickens The boys at the Coop have a grumble trying to cram my little Mustang trunk with sacks of feed and ask why I dont bring the truck But dear Cec at the counter is always patient He doesnt even mind when I refuse to acknowledge the kilograms and things still requesting groin in hundred pound sacks This particular day I was Just completing my transaction when Helen asked brightly if had bag balm Noting my double take she explained she had read In my Mother Earth Almanac that this cow ointment was very good for rough hands Without batting an eyelash produced a large Jar of udder balm removing the topfor Helens perusal Pooh It smells horrible I cant go to bed In that stuff she exclaimed SoCec commenting It was the lanolin the smell dragged Jar after Jar off the shelves or Helen to try Completely forgetting me and my oats the two of them rubbed different cow udder ointments into their hands dis cussing the merits of this one and the aroma of that one Another incredulous customer obviously a dairy farmer leaned closer and closer over Helens shoulder finally muttering Udder fax and shaking head in wonder I took Helen firmly by the arm and got her out of there before she explained to the listening gentlemen was a belly dancer and described all the places she wanted to put he udder balm Theres a lot of places I can t go In Guelph now town had enough water to feet from the road would include a residence printing and distribution centre administration building and service building The residence designed with rooms projecting a maximum of persons in ten years has a complete kitchen dining room Infirm library swimming pool and tennis courts In the initial stages no more than 100 residents are ex pected Some of the rooms would be for workers who have spent more than 30 years with the organization The existing dwelling and two bams on the Milne farm will remain and be renovated and approximately acres will be under farm culti vation or be landscaped Information on environment The Hallon Environmental Information Project HE I will provide individuals citizens groups and government agencies with an organized package of existing information to help them evaluate the en impact of planning and development proposals The project will develop an environmental Inform directory which will indicate what information Is presently available The directory will Contain an index to data publications and resource people in the Region Effective public participation will bo developed through the formation of an advisory committee of potential users Advantages of cooperating with government agencies and the public in organizing data which will be mutually beneficial will be demonstrated through this committee the maintains The project is being sponsored by Planning Systems Research of Waterdown and is headed by Lang don the project manager It Is supported by a one year Canada Works grant and began this November Public awareness of environmental considerations In urban and regional planning has given rise to a growing demand for more environmental Information The protection of natural features and resources is the most obvious benefit of sound environmental planning Less well understood but at least at Important Is man s role in the ecological system that of living in harmony with rather than in spite of his natural en the says The need for environmental Information is in the Region the maintains Situated In the midst of a rapdily urbanizing area between Toronto and Hamilton it is subject to heavy development pressures Numerous studies have collected targe quantities of data concerning the Region but they have not been organized in flexible formats suited to the needs of groups and public agencies Rockwood Roundup Erin Twp tax burden Erin Township taxpayers will carry the highest propor lioned assessment per cent In Wellington County according to county budget figures Generally there will be a six per cent Increase in the county s 1978 budget The levy is shared by 21 municipalities on an equal assessment base The general levy Is more than last year to The greatest increase is in the road levy which climbs to million from last year Book marks church past Former P P John Root Is helping the Baptist Church mark Its anniversary with the publication of his book about the churchs history Mr Root wrote the 56page book in six months The church published illustrated volume under the title One Hundred and Twenty five years of Christian Witness burgh Baptist Church 1653- The book Is divided Into sections of years It also contains some photo graphs Year It comes with the first day of spring after the period of a 19day daylight fast by adult members of the Faith At this time of the year throughout the world are coming together to cele brate Naw Ruz in an occasion of love and worship Discussions on the Faith are held Tuesdays 30 at Main St In Rockwood All interested are most welcome Bahais celebrate Bahais of Hills celebrated with an Invitation from the Burling ton to a pot luck dessert party at Shell House In Burlington Monday March There were from Milton and Hills They were entertained with music and singing Bahais from Guelph llnch and cele brated Naw ruz at the Rock Hotel with dinner and dancing by Bary Betty and Ray Death have travelled to summer The administration centre climates outside Rockwood will contain offices for the during the last month direction of more than Accompanied by Rays congregations across mother they spent days Canada and will include visiting Rays brother and teaching facilities writing travelling about Arizona department theproduction of Easter weekend with friends radio and television fromthecarclubthey toured programs and printing and Washington DC Ray publishing departments reports that we saw all the sights including the Grand Canyon Festival The Junior Farmers are staging a membership drive The Elmlra maple syrup during the month of April If festival will be held this you are between and 30 and Saturday April for the 15th are Interested in the year A large part of the organization of rural youth to proceeds go to the promote community involve- Association for the Mentally ment telephone Peggy Retarded as well as other Burnett at charitable organizations OUTSIDE THE 35FOOTER the builders of a huge snow fort at Everton line up for a picture at the entrance Brad Stevens left sits with fellow fort builders Carmine Kevin Petty Franco Scorziello and Aaron Stevens The boys spent five days of their Easter holidays con structing an elaborate fort south of the village CHECKING THE sap buckets on the maple trees in front of their house on St are Heather and Ian Their mom Maria reports that from 20 trees three families have already boiled down one gallon of maple syrup The dads have concocted a new drink the maple- rum toddy apparently delicious NOW on THE ROCKWOOD DISTRICT PAGES Of A Special Coming Events Column FOR ONLY PER INSERTION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR UPCOMING DANCE DINNER ETC ANNOUNCED ON THE ROCKWOOD AND DISTRICT PAGES OF THE ACTON FREE 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