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On hydro corridor The Acton Free Press Wednesday Feb French Immersion class offered in Georgetown Meeting with Premier Rad grill are stolen Hal on Regional Police have no suspects in the theft of a radiator and a red grill from a white truck The incident at Queen Tire A total value of has been placed on the stolen items police report Dear Sir Where are the Acton children this year for the French Immersion program being offered at Joseph Gib bons school The school is located con at the Acton end of George town Just off Highway tor children In the Acton area presently enrolled In kindergarten the French Immersion program offers an excellent opportunity to learn another language The program is per cent immersion with maths and reading taught in English and physical turn music and environmental studies taught In French The program will continue until the Grade level at Joseph Gibbons providing enrolment doesn decline dramatically At present all the parents of the grade I children now enrolled have reenrolled their children for grade II next fall Six children from Acton are enrolled in the current grade I program and ravel to Georgetown by At present the program has openings for Acton children Interested kinder parents can call Mrs Mitchell at the Hilton Hoard of Education Yours sincerely Morgan Ann St Georgetown Carol McMurray Georgetown Superior Glove Problems due to ImportExport Act Following is a copy of a letter to Bill in reply to a news paper article published in another newspaper and filed with The Acton Press for publication Dear Mr It has come to my attention through a newspaper that the working conditions at Superior Glove Works Acton are not up to standards Well I am one the employees laid off The reason en for my off as a valid one and the union was not in volved There were allegations mentioned that the washroom and cafeteria facilities arc In need of improving That snot true in fact the whole news paper writeup was nothing but a bit farce and whoever gave you all that in formation doesn know what he or is talking about Even though I no longer work at Superior there are no hard feelings in fact Frank Geng gave recommenda lions to laid off employees for the fact that imports are hard on Canadian products Id still have my job It is not Frank nor Superior Glove that I up to Standards it the Import Export Act of Canada which makes it easier for products to be imported at a cheaper price and there fore comes lay In Canada also realize that there is usually one bid apple in a barrel Well some how you managed to find it and now it s being played to the hilt and because of a few misguided words Superior and em will probably suffer Working a factory is one Ih ng but morale is what makes it Before you act on your informant belter veigb both the pros and eons mainly because there are lot people like myself who enjoyed working there the way It is I mnot unions on a whole but both Superior and myself have done quite well without one Your informant has done a very job of disrupting a factory thai was like a big family by having an worked imagination I personally think Superior is one of the best pit worked One thing will find there Is that if you have any complaints you can talk it over with Frank and more than likely you to some kind of Please contact the other lay off employees and get their opinion as this is my personal feelings ours truly June Ha Hon Council will await word from Hal ton Hills before deciding to appeal an Ontario Municipal Board ruling which allows Hydro to extend a power corridor through that part of the region Hills Mayor said after regional council day Feb he was pleased would call a special meeting if Hal ton Hills decides to ap peal the ruling The order allows Hydro to extend a volt power line from its generating plant at Bruce to Milton Hills and Interested Citizens Group ICG have op posed the corridor The three parties have until Mar to launch an appeal Decision to ap peal will be based on a meeting scheduled this week between the three organizations Pre mier Bill Davis Natural Resources and orgy Minister Jim Auld and Burlington Julian Heed ICG vice chairman John Minns said there ire four avenues of appeal open to the cab inet to the itself and two methods in the He told this newspaper the ruling of three weeks on the Ontario Hydro corridor was one of the shortest periods an tribunal ever took to announce a decision Most times it takes longer he said During regional debite chief executive officer Iteid advised against He the region had already pumped enough lime and money into the matter to make an pcil futile He said the cabinet has considered the matter eight times Mayor Pomcroy told reporters outside council he disagreed with Mr saying the matter hid not been be fore cabinet eight limes Not all of Mr com ments are the truth he said Council had gone into closed session to discuss regional solicitor Dennis s tions on launching an appeal Prior to the In camera part council was in formed Mr was in favor of appealing be cause there arc sufficient grounds Mr Held comments were also questioned by Oakville Councillor Terry in open council He said the region had gone too long on the matter to back out It t back down he said We lei the people On Mr council agreed to hear the tor s advice behind closed doors is taking an interest in the case In a letter dated Feb Keith Hoilett execu tive director of the Ombudsman office said are invest gating a complaint made by the Interested Citizens Group concerning a land development permit issued to Ontario Hydro on or about June 1970 by the Minister of Hous ing under the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act The permit was to allow development of a hydro corridor through Lots to Concession Five in the Town of Hills As our investigation concerns the validity of this permit he said we would request that Ontario Hydro not com any development or cease to continue development until our Investigation has been concluded Although we pate that it might take us approximately Go days to complete our investiga wewllltakeall steps in our power to expedite this investigation as quickly as possible to minimize any inconven that may be caused cpope Go 16 Road S 8776984 Suit GEORGETOWN Saturday Matinee Marc 3 2pm TOM THUMB starring RussTamblvn Alan Young Terry Thomas Peter Sellers March 5 6 SHOW TIMES Sunday 3pm 9pm Tuos 9p m picks Marks new Halton Director The Addiction Research Foundation i appointed Peter Marks of Acton its new director for Mr Marks Avenue succeeds Peggy Palmer who recently took over the director ship of ARF s Hamilton branch The former director departed with affairs in excellent shape Mr Marks said Tuesday He contemplates no major change in A lit direction Wo will strengthen the priorities wc hive set and modify programs to meet changing unity needs based in Oakville operates through the entire region For three and a half years Mr Marks has been a community consultant with ARF Five years ago he started working part time with ARF and for five years after 19G9 he was a found volunteer schools and jails Mr Marks is completing a Masters in Counselling Psychology from the Adler Institute Mr Marks was raised in Acton and graduated from what Is today Bishop Macdonell High School at In Hallon ARF just finished a Iwoyear needs assessment of the school system as part of the foundation prevention efforts to strengthen the drug and alcohol curriculum Mr Marks said children must be taught to be responsible with alcohol and drugs Prevention is one of three prongs In attack on addiction prob- Car fire A Georgetown man is shopping for a new car this week after fire ripped through his auto mobile completely destroying It Halton Hills fire chief estimates In damages to the car owned by John Mclntrye Cres Georgetown Apparently reports Mr Holmes the driver was attempting to start the vehicle when It stalled and flooded The Incident on the Fourth Line south of Highway 7 Peter Marks lems also helps employers develop treat programs for employees There is evidence to suggest in Ontario five per cent of employees have a dependency on alcohol said Mr Marks He in thai percentage would also apply in Hal ton Region also helps other agencies with the treat of alcohol and drug addiction ilso helps train field staff igencies such as the Mental Health Team Children Aid Society family counselling public health The family court draws on ARF pro- On lis own ikes assessments and referals for clients The budget according to Mr Marks is minimal Certainly in the figure works nut to be less than per person s Metro Toronto Region which includes the Metro area plus Peel and about Si million New 8640 A Pullon skirt Natural ginger or moss Each 32 B Vneck waist and cufls of wing sleeves Natural ginger or moss green S8 10 M12 14 or Each 36 Fly front pants Velour ed back waist Natural ginger or D Short sleeve window pane check knit with neck 100colton Natural ginger or moss green S8 10 14 or 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