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8 The Acton Free Press Wednesday July Business flourishing pioneer roots credited by Jennifer Our national preoccupation with our pioneering roots is really Robertson who builds log for people tired of the plaster and plastic palaces of The 1den Mills resident finds business flourishing and when he putting up an authentic house he building barns making new ones out of old Its cheaper take down old barn and re build it somewhere else he says Trustees approve new report THE NEW with the old Doug Robertson builder of log houses and barns uses a chain saw with Stan Robinsons help The Eden Mills resident fisishes construction with authentic broad axes adzes and chisels The crew are working on re erecting a log barn Agricrew teams help 25 farmers Student farm help in the form of wo Hal ton earns have benefited 25 at this time reports Bird area of the pilot project The program began six weeks ago with a crew of 10 local youths working on North farms Students were recruited for the government sponsored project with the aim to prc- useful help lo farmers an educational summer experience job for he Thus far the program has enjoyed success said Miss Students hive done a number of farm jobs which include rock picking haying painting and stable cleaning The two teams will continue to bo unliable during August until Labor I weekend lure one team for one file days it fee of per d i for a group of fiv students then receive i government rebate of S3 per dn Student teams are it com pained a foreman who will he responsible for super vision in iking sure the job is done md driving the trews lo the farm niploycrs must be who engaged in farming full time or cjeen house or nursery operators One the minimum hire period and max parents will start having a new report card sent home with their grades kindergarten five children next year lhursday afttr eonsidcr able debate Board of approved a new primary and junior student report card Ihe new report cards will be used for a period of three to five years in Hilton and will be evaluated in A region reporting format the new will reflect Million tore with being graded on rtadmg iking writing listening vitwmg presenting penmanship spelling malh rcneh social sue net seiente music and visual arts and per growth The administration ad ill schools which developed their own re port and those using inicdut report cards be While developed re port tards are good Milton Hill suggested the vear end reporf be the same for all schools Me individual dev eloped report cards 1 used the rest of tin hut the fin il report should In tin ilton report sthool is its own upon tare the report l used even Uld said so whole spectrum of understand it He noted report are for parents not teachers and said if once a all pupils receive the same report card it would make transfer from one school to another easier He reminded trustees they ire always saying more commonality of standard nation is needed in student evaluation and a report is part of the commonality Superinlcndcnl of Program Mather said there was men in s proposal especially since the new report cord willgo in a child records as hi student ichiev erne nl and ss report Trustees supported suggestion Spelling isn I originally supposed bt on the new re cards but 1 ruslte I- 1 and Minion were ililt to tct it said spelling should be on the report c so parents would know it is pi ice in However be board decided lo outlaw report unless they in in to hi rogul ir report U of G bequest emoting the tost is three dollars a square foot com pared to five or dollars a foot for new Doug is responsible for several of the lug buildings at Hit Ontario Agricultural Museum and his working then for lyear half looks of the jobs he has ye i to do for musmm be be for some time to come Stint of Vickie Starling in irrigition work it courses Doug found himself lining in the off sf i son 1 with ton methods he took one div in log ton slruelion by Ml in itku of loc Hi is hooked thin ipprtntietd under limit l ok student md built log bouse il like He joined It tin Simpson lit up of building log irns houses Simpson is also doing much of he build tig the Museum Within ir Doug was itliiiilow rk on his own remove If the job was a contract job lie would have lost money he says Some of the problems with using old buildings for new arc dry rot and insects We cheek the sill logs on the and look for rot under the windows and In the notches Doug explains It s important to make log buildings very water light If w iter gets in logs sits rot will develop my logs arc full of hugs the powder post beetle and therefore are Inn of The would like build i new log bouse of Allan oft lire likes not He likes new Iol hums fee lint he in produce the he si kind of Ik use with new lint is new log homes ire in limited deni keeps bis Imsv other houses he tikes He works on tune nuteml never kiiowuij whit he into One old his took el mil is put III with e Mil mil spikes I in flatlScds md emits to help with imi rtpl icing mis It s lit in hose diys He retcntlv two from Oik die lo I oresl building is being rt reeled ireuscd ith technology Chun ckie method tiki of the method whereby logs ire ork being much fister than ijitd with i moon rough fitting together with insulation shrinking Doug prefers to work with hid the green which he gets linl or the right job Mill tools for If logs tut it ibtsimetmie he n ive Ihe imc shrinkage Hut until thai time Doug is HEWING A NOTCHED corner Doug Robertson of Eden Mills puts together a rough pioneer chicken coop with round log construction methods Mr Robertson has started a new business specializing in log building construction This chicken coop is part of a pioneer farm site at the Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton A rouncl log partly chinked barn is in the background Halton 4H tractor club the old finishing work ind Doug i chisels I buying Hi The July netting of he Club was held July at John Deere Country Marl in Acton Pres idtn John Held opened he meeting with Pledge The roll call the mmules f the list mceiing were read The meeting was turned over to iders Russell Murray and Bill We had a quiz on the engine of a tractor and the hydraulic system We took up the answers and the meeting was adjourned Rain I i job re too for museum Robertson is currently building complete pioneer firm for Museum The is com now is work Hog pen will to enov I den Mills home morning to to the eighteenth ind his log buildings follow THIS IS CHIROPRACTIC lrustee predicted report which go home should be simple tit gen rosily of a rdral woman will benefit research in anada through million doll ir bequest to the niversity of Three annual fellowships of each will be aw for PhD Doctor studies in agriculture at the College of is the result of a by I woman who managed her farm Durham county Ontario til she was JO Hit first Memorial fellowships will be awarded inthefnlloflJit li a year after Mrs died at years of age They will go to students with high pro fieieiicv and ihihtv in independent study Headache is one of Robertson Doug i helps common ailments No for the taken lightly Many are warnings of deep seated dis There are many types of headaches ng from many causes including nerve irritation serious pathological disorders sinus migraine or tension Headaches may occur in any part of the head They may be localized or general and may vary widely in frequency intensity and duration Nover ignore a headache It is important to determine the underlying cause SEAN PRATT WAS AMONG the people who took advantage of the free literature being handed out at the energy conservation van which visited Acton recently Jane Johnston and Nancy were in charge of the van and display which is sponsored by the federal government Proper lawn mowing vital Proper lawn mowing tech mrpies are imporan ail through he growing season hut they arc particularly vital elurmg the hot summer months iccording experts Grass makes its food in the led Cut most of the blade and the grass will Weeds will take over bare spots and create problems Mower and height f arc primary con sidcr in mowing a lawn mower must be sharp otherwise it will fray he cjossends and the result isn ragged appeinnec ind i to the lawn surface Height of cut is very ml You should never remove more than onethird it Grass roots ire norm illy proportional to the blade length short blades short roots tut it inch spring fill bill raise the hi ides In inches during he hot wtalher Not only do Hit longer gr ides help the pi ml survive during the hoi weather also shade the ground and help retain cut gr when dry to clogging up the mower When using a powered mower fill md oil it away from he grass surface as spills will cause spots and sterilize he FREDERICKA TERENCE F JOHNR and RAYMOND STEELE wish to announce that henceforth JOHN R BELLEGHEM will carry on the practice of law as a sole oner the Town of Hills August 1 and that the f II under name of HELSON BAINES STEELE 132 Mill Street Georgetown Halton Hills 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