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Tho Acton Free Press Thursday Dec New chairman grasps helm with confidence Golden Agers meet for Christmas By Hod Lamb Intuition based on is the quality Regional Chairman Jack Raftis uses to find which ay the political wind is blowing who has been called a fox by Mayor Don Gordon for his uncanny ability to push the things which can be approved and to drop those which generate opposition said he always listens when councillors arc debating Is he speaking with conviction or is he speaking for political purposes said a person who speaks with conviction will speak with emotion will be well organized in the presentation of the facts will probably have spoken to him and the staff beforehand and will be committed to what he is saying A person who doesnt bit these characteristics is usually speaking for political purposes and can be defeated said his training as an engineer has enabled him to cut through the rhetoric to the facts Thais what an engineer is trained to do he said to operate on the facts lias an ability to shift the wheat from the chaff At the first meeting of the Health and Social Ser vices Committee Tuesday Dec 19 he cut through the jargon and reams of informa presented by a group of consultants to the true costs of what they were saying The ability was earned through years in the bus world 15 in the arena of municipal politics Starting with Canadian General after he graduated from the Univer sity of Toronto with a degree in business and engineering in IBM has been with tile company ever since to be manager of the northern Ontario division and then the western division the position he continues to hold His philosophy of leader ship is based on allowing people to follow their own heads In that they achieve on their own merits If they dont or are ling Mr said the only solution is to scare the hell out of Ihem Perhaps no other person in is as welt qualified to be its chairman As he himself said I have served my apprenticeship was chairman of the committee on regional government when it was pro posed for Sudbury mayor of the city at that time 11972 he investi gated other municipalities which had been incorporated as regional municipalities When he moved to Burling ton and was elected to office he ran as regional councillor because of his experience His engineering abilities wire recognized when he was If it flies Morrow gets it hi ill Itjdis- mill Fin fwit I his new per pill shim iml I lion iihiriM pun l 111 IT ship ln of iniluMrA Hill nil It if ill be his ln Let the prize fit the person could be the motto of Hills Councillor Mike Arm Armstrong bid farewell to retiring chairman Morrow at inaugural Dec In recognition of the fact Morrow is an Air Canada pilot Armstrong gave him a plastic model of a jet fighter The aircraft was one of the presents Morrow recciv from Armstrong who said to him on behalf of the region Armstrong suet ceded Morrow when the latter was two ago Ihetv iliveinGeorgelm The plane was keeping with Morrow farewell speech He compared the regional experiment in to an aircraft taking Once in the air some of the passengers wanted to get off and go back to the days of horse and the majority pressed on Although they incountered thunderstorms the efforts of crew and pass succeeded in securing a safe passage Viith five of regional government behind them said the plane has sunnier skies ahead Morrow was given a standing ovation by the multitude of people who at tended Hi was also a package of golt balls hat he no longer has to commit his time to being chairman he has more time for leisure Having decided to step down he won have to worry about whether the exterior of the region new headquarters will rust The quip was made bv someone familiar with the building One of council accomp lishments during Morrow s term was the decision to build the new regional building It and the decision to select Site F tor landfill as well as passing the official plan forming a business develop ment office and ing uniform water rates rank as Morrow other accomp lishments appointed chairman of the public works committee a position he held for five years During that lime 197478 the region built and let con tracts for several major water and sewage projects Now that he has the reigns of power in his hands said he is going to make the development of industrial and commercial assessment his main priority People want Jobs he said Where are they going to find them if someone t go out and bring them here The chairman said he will spend most of next year with Bill Marshall Hal tons development officer Created by former chair man Ric Morrow the depart ment is the key to the future in the eyes of A strong regional person said it is important for people and the communities they live in to retain their identity Everything should be filtered through the local representatives he said Thus it is important to have the four maors on the administration committee wcausc it is through them regional government will be administered is an English name Coming from a farming family which at Arthur north of Guelph new chairman is tough He said the thing is shoulder the blame in order to allow another councillor to walk away with pride Although it is difficult the responsibifitv l bother Kadis When I walk out of the meeting he said I 1 don problem sleeping The Christmas meeting of Acton Golden Age Club was celebrated on Wednesday Dec with a pot luck sup per After supper the tables were cleared followed by p consisting of carol singing conducted by Mrs accompanied by Mrs Mann and readings by some of the members Acton Band also enter turned singing and playing carols A of groups own ladles sang The Battle of the Aging Mr fuller had several violin numbers also Mr and Mr Davidson on mouth organ The meet closed by singing and the More We Get Together 2700 in damages from traffic accidents More than 100 in propertj damage risultid from motor the week before Christmas Most of the damage on one vehicle is on the car driven by llsa ltd estimate Regional Polite Police damage to the other car in the to beta It was Jean Ixingtield ltd going i Road other was wist One of the unities trussed into the least damage is on a pick up truck with Ingles I hit istlmiit wasnlBo 87 Sheridan grads employed he police estimate The Ingles and one driven Jean Jackson Ave were both east bound on Mill Street Past morning whin one turned left go north on Vallate Avenue and the other from the rear put the amount of damage on the Jackson auto at Also I two on Mill Sin 1 were involved in a Woo collision Damage to the autu by Kmneth Kiim IHJ Jeffrey Ave is stlmated by ixiliee to Ik- Mot half hat amount of damage Is plated fry i June prtftffj1 Mi college rpori Unit cent in over last A A l34Jfull Urn- graduates m employed and AH jtc ttnuing their dotation Jin remainder are looking for work Shields told the board employment is good and is evenly distributed through all of Sheridan schools and divisions He also noted that there are more students employed in part time johs than in previous years By thur own choice students arc working part time rather lhan full time- Graduates of the School of Nursing are in belter situations lhan in past he said Currently there are seven graduates working temporarily in Vancouver and many nursing graduates are working part lime in Ontario rather moving to United States where nurses arc in demand Laundromat glass broken The front window at the laundromat on Main Street was smashed by vandals en yesterday morning The window valued at about wan broken between a m and 7 a m Sometime Just prior to Christmas a thief got away with a battery from a parked auto on Churchill Road for gr pray Ihi will mid to aria THE ACTON FREE PRESS AvthorlMdai Stand CM Mall Ragliiratlon Number Tickets Still Available For New Years Eve Dance at the ACTON CURLING CLUB 9 Music by Kent Tocher 30 per couple lllini I IKflRFSHMfNTS For Citl Dnnna Tulips altifiOOn CHRISTMAS CARDS CHRISTMAS WRAP After Christmas SALE 1 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