The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

flit ess shod by Inland Co f9 I Tot phono Sinnta 15 Canada all than Conodo Press la of Inland Publishing Co Ln I of include AiaxIWhtbfPKktii I wi juardian Post Goiollo Tho ThoMlionCflnadmChomj News Tho Aurora Era lo Th and The Tribune Founded In 1876 Don McDonald I ho u I mi I run In I far typographical of ho of a leal good mil bo Is off or EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Hartley Colas Editor Helen Murray ErlcElsiono Spots Editor Robin loecoo ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Ad Manager If Cook Classified Marylin Arthur BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Office Manarjor Fron Gibson Thomh I ng Caiolyn Duval CIRCULATION PHONE 853 2010 Business and Editorial Office 6 The Acton Free Press Thursday Dec 28 Why not change locale That proposed plaza in Actons east end is not going to go away so easily as some councillors and members of planning board would like to see Last week developer Jerry Sprackman of Shopping Centre Ltd spoke to council and the majority of council members voted to take another look at his proposal reiected by planning board twice The board said the development was premature and would cause a harmful impact on existing merchants if built before more houses are constructed in Acton and area However there are some people in Acton perhaps a maionty who would like to see the plaza go ahead with its large supermarket They contend the presence of a plaza would keep rather than hinder shoppers from remaining Acton rather than going to Georgetown and other points There are points for both sides in the dispute The argument could go on interminably without any if councillors don stop pas sing the buck Perhaps some of them memember the public reac when they decided to build a new headquarters on the Seventh Line Ratepayers were so annoyed with the expenditure and raised such an outcry council changed its collective mind after some pretty fancy waffling A developers proposal and municipal expenditures are like What others sa comparing apples and hut public reaction can mat His if planning board and Id not reflect the wishes of the public Planned and controlled develop ment don t go hand hand We can understand the of council to the go ahead to a proiect which would hurt the existing business in now making strides the downtown the same token if the public is unhnppv with shop ping facilities the are not going public shoppers in Acton developments Plazas and malls ire problem to Present business has seen he effects of malls and shipping pi ias in Guelph where downtown has been hint In outlying malls Pressures for these developments will continue mount as councillors lie fulh aware and their decision won necessarily be long term The answer to the dilemm 1 faces is to peismrie tin developer take look it providing more shopping facilities in the downtown area instead of on the periphery such as proposal In Art Gordon before planning for the old Force Electric planl property now at the conic of Eastern Avenue and Mill Stre It would extend the downtown make extra shopping facilities whichresidentswant avail What else is new Hon Bette Stephenson Ontario minister of education colleges and sides and a former minister of labor has announced men and women will fan out over the prov bent on persuading small and medium sized Industries to take part in apprenticeship training plans The whole program sounds as if some person government has given birth lo a wonderful new idea In case government t heard apprenticeship is as old as laboritself a system of training which was going strong 2 years ago says the editor of the Advance Times To be more specific apprenticeship was a flourishing part of our practical education system until government decided about years ago to interfere By raising minimum wage levels to the present figure of nearly three dollars an hour for under years government made it impossible for the average employer to hire unskilled young people and provide them with training Community colleges were supposed lo take over for on education but despite their success in some fields the colleges have patently failed to teach the skills which are in keen demand at present Students willing to spend lo five years necessary in some of the more highly skilled in kid sequence the minister is ru jmml what industry his known ill Mm an abundance of while Lrluit many of them unemployed mil i id I the bluecoll ir types who in m tin wheels of production turn So now the is present employers with plans which will no issist ployers with tax supported cr mis ffs the high minimum wagerequin mints I In details should be interesting One important he tor in ship training is being overlooked In Hit when people were I apprenticeship was understood tint would be earning low md wmld expected to take their shirt euiiril duties as the price of in status in their chosen rides ficlaldom feels bound to keep the learners happy with incomes winch will provide young people Willi iihI lots of spending money Sacrifices on the road to sussess Invi some merit The of lint school are usually very proud of skills and seldom begrudge he of m achievement WinglmmAdvinei limes Phibrook report criticized rink A w to Mineral economic policy st He Our I is I in ill being vindicated Wink lh once slips below ihe m irk the unemployed join legions which are quickly approaching l million in number and inflation climbs currently per cent I find your ip- interpretation of vindication lo be somewhat illogical If not perverted The bold headlines contained in proclaim Spending Cuts Job and Industry Stimulated Wen these not so pathetic in heir lack of substance ihey would surely be Plaza wont help downtown downtown where its at I hive bet wilh great interest Hit off again proposed shopping the cistern edge of ho Town of ton I suggest the council mem tiers the officials that ire against this shopping should be con for their decision Link in mid us Ihe problems that have ircntift in surrounding towns and just any her town in North America The problem of ill of downtown core The shipping centre it he edge of town has helped he downlown It erodes the ret in the ax base of lit town has started very well planned re development of Us core This should be con tinned wib possibility of closing some side sireets incorporating some parking in is Jiid he of pedestrian iation of ircas in the core along with in Business Improvement Ana be realistic No matter how much is o the edge of town Atlon will rcmum strictly is local retail ire i People ill still go to Brampton Toronto etc for their Department Store eomparnlivc shopping The future retail lies in neighbor hood speciality shopping areas at one end of the scale and large regional shopping centres at end of scale The middle ground retail is neither lish nor fowl ind only hurts he existing local chants No matter how many retail mukct reports arc prepared projecting Aclon needs rcmemberthflt is where s That the of any own and be protccled I UK Aclon Ontario ilso note that you vc once again taken urn at organized labor under the heading In Labor Elections Ac Your sugReslcd Bill to force tabor unions to hold secret ballot voles with regards to lections or contract ratification is fatally belief To even suggest that a represent Hive of management be present it such vote is not only ridiculous but be termed illegal under the Canada Section 131 1 in and la You surcK cannot believe thai a at a Union mcciitiL would guarantee that the results if elections Irulj represent the feel nigs of In membership wilhoul undue inreidih assure you thai labor Unions no lessons on democnev from the cur government Itrhips I being unduly harsh in your Report will be offering a quid pro quo for this undue interference with Ihe fundamental Hie right to freedom of association Perhaps you will suggest hot a Union Rep be present it any corporate boardroom meeting Perhaps you will suggest thai any decisions of such meetings be ratified first by secret Perhaps you will agree to publicly scrutinize all decisions and in reports of these same cor Perhaps but I doubt it I m thai he you represent deserve he rfuge contained in your latest Yours truly Allan foster Love respect key to hope Dear editor Willi Christmas here and gone I would like express my good wishes to your paper for the good Job It has done in the and all those who agreed and with my comments This is In my opinion i step In the right direction In an effort to improve our world as brothers in an effort we should all be interested in let us bring this brother by love by relieving suffering by injustice to our fellow man throughout the world I hive taken time lo listen to many dif church sermons and also the political hemes of our leadership and conclude our greatest hope Improve world would be to bring brotherly love and respcel for our fellow man to reality although I see little Improvement A few men still hold progress at a standstill The good Lord gave us the 10 mondmcnls lo respcel and obey as children of God I hove talked to all nationalities and different faiths and found none of them in darkness as regards he commandments of God So I have come lo the conclusion that in God name an honest and sincere effort Is all hat is necessary to bring love for our neighbors to realization This has been and still will be a challenge In every living soul until love and desire for by all men is sincere and an honest effort is made lo relieve suffering with as well as words So le nil get to work and through our love and action make this world at least livable for ill of God creatures for our salvation Yours sincerely George Graham It Llmehouse Agrees with Nuclear energy dilemma evangelist if of for Mi I hmian Hun It Cut- question of nuclear energy for civilian use continues to be batted around by opposing sides Each side has Its own compelling ethical and technical meats An unskilled spectator gets dizzy to follow he progress of the game once in a while someone manages to distill for an instant the swirling contro versy and we can sec what going on Paul director of the World of Churches on church has done just that Writing in hi I he comments thai at our present state of technology ourselves to nuclear energy ill v means foreclosing Ihe options for future generations If foreclosing makes you think of mortgages its a good analogy You buy a house now live in It for your lifetime and commit your grandson to pay for it after the house has become useless and broken down You I know if he would be willing to pay for it or able to pay for it But that s what re doing with nuclear energy We build plants now use the energy from them now But we commit our grandchildren and their grandchildren to take care of our nuclear wastes without knowing whether they would bo willing or able to do bo Until wo are we can dispose of nuclear wastes safely increasing our dependence on nuclear energy sources will be foreclosing the options for generations Unchurched editorials Dec 21 Dear Sir I would just like to let you know I really enjoyed the article in Dee paper about the evangelist who exposed Darwin and doctrines for what they really are destructive I appreciate your decision to have it printed I agree with all my heart with what was said and find it very fitting with the spirit of Christmas because truly if it for the first Christmas wc would have no reason for living whatsoever But praise God The Lord has come Let earth RECEIVE her KING Thank you for listening Sincerely Jonathan Perth St Well it been quite a week I ve been on TV twice I ve slipped on the ice fallen and sprained my and I ve hod an operation on my nose I was terrific on TV or so they tell me I missed The chap who did the interview told me when l would appear and I promptly forgot I called him to ask whether It would be shown again and he told me when I made a special trip home to sec it It had been shown at 12 noon My wife was furious I was just as glad If I d seen It I might have quit my Job and run off to Hollywood there to become just another ambitious starlet subject lo whims of casting directors and other such vermin As for spraining my wnsl I wonder if t a psychological ploy I was halfway through marking the mas exams and my mind has beginning to crack I d begun wondering whether the students and I had been reading the same plays and stories One student dealing with a story set in South Africa had a moose involved A moose In South Africa Another informed me that Lady Macbeth the great dark murderess of Shakespeare play was and kind first and we sort of liked her but she got mean later Irankly when I slipped on the ice and fell I I be surprised if I deliberately let my wrist fold under mc hoping it would break A any rate I whimpered around for several claiming I could mark no more papers with a broken wrist until an un sympathetic doctor informed me il was a mild sprain 1 I whimper on the operating table I just groaned and grunted with agony First the doctor covered my eyes with various towels and things so I sec the needle and the scalpel I gritted my leeth so hard filling fell out Li had a needle in the nose Don if you can help Tell them knock you out I had ihem in every portion of my anatomy and nose is Number One except perhaps for the shot from the dentist in the front upper gum There is though something mildly intriguing when he doctor says You have very lough skin on your nose for some reason This while lies sewing you up and snip snipping the loose ends of plastic thread The whole thing didn hurt any more than a smash in the face with a knuckleduster At my rate 1 never again be able to say scornfully It s no skin off my nose However I had lots of fun with he nose I went straight from the operating table back to school the students under were fascinated sir Told they should sec Ihe other guy wife get violent at THIS hour of the morning No 1 old them quietly it happened the nlghl before What happened sir I had my nose bobbed Debbie My wife has been complaining for years lhat she can kiss mc properly because of that big nose so I had a chunk removed Told another group lhat my nose had been smashed into ground earthworm texture by the Gestapo in World War II and the steel braces inserted by an eminent British surgeon give it a semblance of shape had finally rusted and been removed To another class I stated solemnly that my big hooked nose had always bothered mc as being short or fal or riddled with acne bothers other people thai finally decided to do something about it and that if could wait until next Monday when the stitches came out d find I had a charming nose with round nostrils through which they could peer and see my brain lurching around To still another class I suggested thai a hyena had escaped from Ihe nearest zoo pushed in our unlocked cellar window crept up he stairs In the middle of the and bitten oil my nose the roots A very large bandage on a very urge nose made any of these stories acceptable and the more far fetched the story better it went over I do believe I received Ihe most compassionate looks from the kids whom I suggested lhat I had lo have Ihe nose amputated because I d bent so close to a pound of hamburger looking for some meat in that a rat had leaped out of it nailed mc on the nose and Id had to have it cut off because of possible of the liver from a rat bile I told them no nose a good nose and they agreed Golly blue this much of a post Christmas column is it Oh well Christmas is a big pain the arm anyway Beginning as a pagan cele bration has passed through spiritual celebration based on a doubtful birthday of Our Lord Jesus right back to a paean materialism and turkeys or all things Anyway have a happy festive season everybody and we try to do the same It the best we all can do in these perilous times