Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 13, 1980, p. 10

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10 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Feb Comic books to help reading Acton cubs Jason and Eddie Robinson test their car Kar Rally held Saturday at the Ac tun fee out Hall on the track at the m- mm I HI They re off Roger an assistant cub leader In lets the Kub down the track at Saturday rally at Ihe Seoul Hall Deer hunt to go ahead It was tailed con trolled harvest and a slaughter but the threeday deer hunt will go ahead as planned Nov 4 and The Regional Planning Commiltee had asked Council to approve the controlled hunt after complaints that the deer population had been rising by per cent per year since 19G7 with re sulting drastic in the damage to crops being suffered by Hallon farmers The Agricul backed by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources had proposed and the committee agreed to stringent controls on the hunt The number of licences issued will be limited lo 1 with going to residents The hunt will be supervised by the Ministry and formers will he allowed to hunt without licences on their private property According to statistics presented at last Wed regular meeting of Regional Council there were accidents involving deer and cars last year in Burlington loan said she viewed he hunt as a toss up between letting the hunters them before Orchard wants hunt Although deer are beautiful animals they do cause damage cording to Tom Chud owner of an area apple orchard Mr is in favor of the proposed deer hunt to take place Nov and 5 of this year I guess I do have a biased opinion he said but it affects my income every year Due to a minimal snowfall this year the deer can eat the apples which have fallen the ground not costing Mr Chudleigh money He estimates he will lose between and this year which t a great loss One year he lost about from deer who picked the blossoms off the trees At any given time deer can be seen on the properly the s do But she said she found it distasteful for the people favoring the hunt to that the influx of hunters would mean more dollars for local businessmen Milton BUI Johnson joined the councillors opposed to the hunt slating it would not be a hunt by any stretch of the imagination but a slaughter He said he had person ally had my roof shot off by hunters and he had actually fired a few shots over heir heads to them off He said the damage to properly would be enormous Milton Mayor Don Gordon said thousands of people I don even know line up at the Milton Town Hall each year when hunting licences go on sale He said there would be no way to stop people coming in and shooting deer with or without a licence Mr Gordon called for the hunt to be restricted to residents only with a fee for a special licence and a limit of one deer per person This suggestion was voted down Also supporting the controlled hunt was Bur lington Pat McLaughlin who said there must be a serious problem be cause this is the first time I can remember when farmers arc asking someone to come onto their lands In a recorded vole the hunt passed by a 12 rmjonty Region opts to aid CAS Regional Council will try to find from its operating budget to help the Halton Children Aid Society through the group current fiscal problem The CAS has been along with all other societies in Ontario petitioning Ontario Community and Social Services Minister Keith Norton for the difference be tween what the CAS has spent in 1979 and what the Ministry paid out The difference in is and the CAS is being told the money will probably not be forthcoming In the meantime a meeting has been set up with the CAS executive and Halton area to try to re solve the problem At last Wednesday regular council meet the Health and Social Services Committee recommended the Region advance the regional share of the commitment to the CAS for the operating budget Committee chairman Walter Mulkewich said the Region has stake in making sure the Halton CAS continues to operate Regional Chairman Jack Raft is announced he has had a meeting with MPP Jim Snow and there will be a meeting with Mr Norton and all the CAS groups In the province to try to find the million the societies need lo meet their 1979 expenditures A Presentation of the Bahai Faith through MUSIC With Jeff White singer composer guitarist and recording artist Wed Feb Watson Room Froo Acton Library Sponsored by Bahrii of Hit Hills Libraries wilt experiment with comic books to help children read The use of language has decreased according to the bead of libraries John Curric and one way to improve vocabularies and create interest lb the use of com ics The books are used in other libraries Hills Libraries will try about titles in Acton and Georgetown starting In September Mr Curne told an Acton CoOp Nursery meeting Monday in Knox Church Seventeen people at tended the monthly meeting He said one of the sons parents should con getting children Into libraries is to get them to meet other child ren and adults It helps them socialite Librarians however sometimes equate with fence I not sure that right said Mr In libraries children arc not good sitters they are not good at keeping quiet observed Mr Children like people in small doses perhaps six or seven to a The ihildron also crave stimulation In add lion they like praise and they like to dream Mr reminded the parents there are perceptual skills a child must master order to be able rend To be able to tinguish figure from the background is one skill needed Some of the others are the ability to retain a mental image and also recognize it when it is seen from different angle the to distinguish between letters and the ability to coordinate movements of the hand and eye Mr Curne Indicated more room is required at the Acton Library lor the children A libr should be a place where children can go to play to dance lo paint dinosaurs he said from the Hornby Nursery was also a guest Mrs Thorn on i n ns fro from a company specializing in children books Water bill faux pas Milton is the only Region mum to have escaped from what appears to have I wen a faux p is of major proportions with the new equalized water sewer rates The problem ficini other municipalities is double billing for November December of 1973 by the system which took the charging of water and sewer iway from the municipalities pul it under one computerized umbrella at Hilton Region It would appear same Acton a have paid as The Administration and I Committee with the assistance of the Water Sewer Rates Com mil Ice will look into the problem of trying to find out how ind why people in Burlington and Oak who paid for the last three months of 1973 been billed for Ihe sunt period again under the new system Milton Mayor Don Gordon told this news piper the Milton wis fortunate is because the new water sewer system for the town wis not put into effect immediately on Jan I In other the bills which went out it the first of J carried the for the pre ceding three months In Milton the bills have not yet gone out due to a lit billing procedure under the former town Public Utilities slon Thus when Milton bills they will be for and February As for the other areas the committee will have lo come up with some method of allow me residents to remove the second A Career In Music The Travelling Musician Marie Hargrove gives her ballot to deputy returning ofleer Donna al the advance poll held for Acton voters Saturday Monday and Tuesday The advance poll took place Z Bennett School cast early votes A total of voters cast ballots in the Acton and district federal election advance poll held Bennett Most voters turned out for the first d Salur diy when ballots were cast Mondiy the fijure was and people voted The advance poll is designed for people who will not be able to vote election day Monday vnn Goo nrtaa Both pan and fu 1 1 mo loach no and management ova polo or ha no dua can Take a look at answers for the 80s If you believe curbing inflation begins with sound economic management the election the Clark government was restoring in our economy and our dollar The now budget was on honest and realistic plan or the 80s which controlled government spend ng and hailed Canada s plunge Into debt Financial critics cal the Clark budget courageous and disciplined The Liberals and the NDP say doficits don t matter Theirapproach sand won t work in the 80s Responsible economic management is a real change Canada must have you believe Canada should pull its weight in the world the election Clark government had begun undo the damage of Trudeau policy that weakened our Armed Forces and reduced our commitment to NATO The Clark government will strengthen our Armed Forces and meet our obligations our allies Recent events have shown Canada can be an influential partner In the Western Alliance Willi a government committed to pulling our If you believe small- businesses farmers and fishermen deserve a break Before the election the Clark government Introduced a budget which would let you pay wages to a spouse who works with you and deduct Iho cost from your taxable Income budget created special bonds to cut your interest costs In half The budget allowed farmers and fishermen a 10 a gallon gasoline tax credit The Clark government recognizes that Canada grows when small businesses grow If you believe owning a home is a right of the average Canadian Before election the Clark government had Introduced a mortgage and property tax cred t that would make home ownership eas in tho 80s Canadian families would have received up to 375 this year and up to by 1982 Thousands of jobs would have been created in homebuilding Industry The Liberals and voted against it Help homeowner- change Canad an want If you believe Canada must rely on its own energy resources Before the election the Clark government s for energy self sufficiency was its first priority Under the Clark government plan oil prices will riso to realistic levels to encourage the development of Canadian oil sources but Canadian prices will always be less than American prices The gasoline tax will pay for an energy tax credit for low and middle income Canadians and help now to pay the ever increasing cost of foreign oil There will be no tax on heating oil A new tax on the profits of the multi national oil companies will provide billion to finance new energy projects like Improved urban trans and alternate energy sources Higher prices w II encourage conservation but so will aid programs to convert oil furnaces to cheaper natural gas and assistance for homo insulation World events have proven how v tal the policy of energy sell sufficiency Is to Canada s future If you believe you have a right to know what youre voting for Before the election the Clark government had begun to make Ihe changes that Canada needs Prime Minister Clark and his cabinet ministers have clearly defined their policies Liberals asking you to vote for an imaginary team and nonexistent policies Most of Ihe r former stars are not running because they can work with Trudeau Trudeau is promising more of the one man that turned his cabinet off and disappointed Canadians All he has to offer is more of what dldn t work in tho 70s Prime Minister Clark and his government recognize there are solutions to problems facing Canadians and that we have the potential to meet those challenges In the s Clark government was making rea to guarantee Canada a secure future Real change deserves a fair chance Monday vote Progressive Conservative

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