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Will ask council for mosquito spraying The Acton Press Wednesday May 9 Hal ton Hills council will be asked this month ti Investigate the possibility of having a mosquito spraying program in Acton and area this summer For the second week in a row Christina Houston Churchill Road North visited the ward one councillors to discuss a spraying program She has been researching mosquito spraying including reviewing on Ontario Ministry of Environ ment report dealing with spraying in Hal ton Hills and other communities In 1976 Mrs Houston told Councillors Terry and Ross Knechtel she has talked to an expert on spraying Dr Gordon Sturgeoner from the University of and he says there are methods and chemicals which can be used in a spraying program without damaging the environ She said she has now talked to about residents about a mosquito spraying program with only person against it said she has received threocalls supporting in Acton Mrs Houston plans to collect the names of supporters and present them to ncil this month along with a request that town investigate having a program She invites people who want to see a mosquito spraying program to She want to sec environmentally harmful sprays used but has learned a program can be br ought in which will rid the area of mosqultos safely Mrs Houston notes before the town could spray it would have to get a permit from the province and Queen Park will recommend safe sprays Knechtel noted the engineer has said in the past ho won spray unless ordered by the Medical Offic of Health because there were so many en vlronmental concerns and complaints about spray when it was done in The councillor com men ted the complaints may not have been Justified and people may not have known alt the facts about the spraying program He recalled mosqultos were bad in Acton and area last year because there were a number of areas of high grass and a lot of rain Mrs said people ai en concerned about just which she described as huge last summer but also black files that seem to be coming further south each year She herself is allergic to the bites swells up badly and must wear a mosquito net when in her garden Mrs Houston noted there are many people who are allergic to mosquito bites particularity child ren and she spoke to one woman who must take a serum for bites Sturgeoner Is willing to appear before council and answer questions about safe spraying pro grams Mrs Houston added He will also be sending her pamphlets about what to do about stings will make that information available to residents When spraying was done in 197G it cost the town only 500 The town would only be able to spray public lands not private property Mrs Houston recalled the summer of 197G was excellent for her and others In avoiding mosquito bites Alban member They are from left to right front row David Deforest Carolyn Sew ell Rebecca tans bury David KnrenWatiek Shelley say Back row Rector Arthur Tribe Chaplain Grant Pun Rev Kenneth Mo Cheryl Gilbert Absent for the photo were Lynn and Phillips Karen Little Donald Johnston Leslie Johnston by Esther Taylor Was the Australian born actor who played Robin Hood Captain Blood and Gentleman Jim a Nazi spy Yes according to Charles Higham author of Errol the Untold Story Given access to FBI navy and army Intelligence fdes Higham concluded Flynn could have been tried for treason The world famous star could have ended his life on the hangman noose This is the theme of his astonishing new biography Back when movie goers more innocent gullible breed than today s fans would never have suspected that heroism and patriotism personified was bisexual The Untold Story discloses the superstars sexual en counters with Howard Hughes and Power and his one night stand in New York with Truman Capote author of In Cold Blood In his espionage role worked with Herman F a leading SS man who outlived the actor escaped the noose and reportedly reformed devoting his later years to thestudy of leprosy among the aborigines also wrote the bestselling Kale the Life of Kathenne Hepburn and the Life of Marlene Dietrich Tilly Trotter is a beguiling new Catherine Cookson heroine whose life in Victorian England will be chronicled in a trilogy of which Tilly Trotter is the first novel It a must for Cookson fans The many readers of Frederick thrillers will not be disappointed in his latest bestseller the Devil Alternative This is a one- sitting story if one has the time packed with tension and excitement The plot so timely it could be the framework of a current newspaper story and the locale is our modern troubled world with action in Washington London Rotterdam Moscow and the North Sea The hero Adam a British Intelligence agent literally has the last laugh in a wackeroo ending It s the president of the United States who faces the devils alternative knowing Whatever option I choose men are going to die A favorite saying by a local library staffer makes the point and scientists are our ruination Reading the Devil s Alter native one is reminded anew how the average Joe is at the mercy of political leaders A glorious spring day after a bout of un seasonable cold might have been to blame for an outbreak of speculation among staffers about the ten books they would If exiled to a desert island First choice for the Junior department head was Nicholas The Cruel Sea while his Acton colleague chose Pearl Buck The Good Earth Another staff bookworm opted first off for Mary Web Precious Banc rated one of the most beautiful books I have ever read The library one copy of Precious Bane vanished from its shelf more than a few years ago However a book and rummage sale addict jubilantly located the book in fair condition at a recent garage sale It was she said like finding a treasure an idcl time for re reading Precious Bane which was published in 1921 winning for Mary Webb the View Prize for the best work of lion in prose or verse descriptive of English life by an author who had not attained sufficient recognition The scene of Precious Bane is the country of north Shropshire meres The district The dialect is south Shrop shire It is the England of Waterloo Among April fiction on hand are Von Ryan Return David Dragon Lady Donald Silver Cameron Niagara Robert Lewi3 Taylor A Very Private War Jon Cleary Stormy Affair Margaret Mayo Spirit Wrestler James Houston The Queen Comes to Minnlcog James Bacque Churchill speeding worries Churchill Road South residents are worried ab out the safety of their children because of con tinual speeding on the road Monday night James McGuire spokesman for the residents taldHnlton Hills general committee I don t want to bury my child In a letter to the com the residents on the street complained ab out speeding noting the is compounded the number of child ren living on the road McGulre Churchill Road South said a quick survey of Churchill South showed there are over children living on the st reel and one woman has 12 grandchildren visiting Some homeowners are fencing their back yard but children still get out to play He told committee cars are moving so fast res can t even spot lic ence plates The residents propose speed bumps or stop signs at Churchill and Road and Churchill and Orvllle Road asked what council proposed to do about the problem and how long it would take to reach a decision He said there isn much of a ice presence on the ning a stop sign Is only reel or in Acton for that and three demerit matter points and who Is around stop signs may not to catch the driver any even solve the problem way He urged speed since the penalty for run bumps despite the fact they will cause problems since bumps will stop speeding lie said the town could put markers Continued on page HELP THE MENTALLY RETARDED Frontier Florist Gift Shop Om Floral Designs Weddings Funomls CIL Fertilizer Chapman Chemicals Cut Flowers Potted Flowers Tropical Plants Flowering Plants ILAXX wu jbJS TIM CONWAY THE PRIZE FIGHTER A Knockout Comedy I 1 20 Hie idea of Canada When this country was bunt put together different parts had no intention to become one homogeneous whole Tar from it wewouldni sign a thing until we sm good solid guarantees our differences would he left alone We agreed to the obligations of partnership in order to gam advantage As partners succeeded and prospered for oer century We didn become a melting pot We kept our separate identities shouted it one mother for the whole time and wc helped one another The idea Canada worked well But now that idea is being forgotten The partners arc ignoring their obligations and angling for advantage over each other One region after another is saying to Hell with Canada come first Ordinary Canadians haven suddenly become more narrow and greedy The country is coming unglucd because our governments arc grabbing for power that doesn belong to them Ottawa has been enlarging its role wherever its money and its legislative powers could infiltrate The federal government has made itself a direct threat to provincial autonomy like a bookkeeper controlling the actions of his board of directors And the provinces have responded to federal power raiding with full confrontation They arc building walls to stop the flow of people jobs capital business even dnloguc within this nation They seem to be hedging against the breakup of Canada by taking everything they can get their hands on while the country is still intact the walls go up the idea of Canada dies What does it mean to be a Canadian if you are gouged by one part of your country and forbidden to work in another if are subsidizing this area are not allowed to invest in it it you can do business more easily in other nations than in other provinces- Canada came together 113 years ago so that all us component pins would gain the joint strength to about life and business without interference Now wcmiy break apart because of the interference of our own governments Somehow before it too late we have to get a message through to our empire building politicians and bureaucrats Canada is a good idea It works fine when you it alone Lea it ah in This new Roland six colour it Limited is part our mi growth mil The million it cost will not come back quick But the sheer it adds is important building block for the lutuix We hac absolute faith in Canada future Phis is and will remain as worth nation as Ins known Our is to along with her THE GROUP ABf- A ml CF ghi Li red I 1 tied and at i id R Eh i lo reproduce HELP THE MENTALLY RETARDED Support the Rowers of Hope THANKS The Elementary Teachers of County wish to thank everyone who took the time to visit a school during education week You don t need a school age child in the family to be interested in Halton School children their educational needs or your cational system BONUS yjsfatSi AT BLACK ANGUS FREEZER BEEF LIMITED STORES CtudiCotdt Al IAgd BEEF KINDS CANADA FINEST GRADE A Or A ONLY Primal Beef Orders SPECIAL AGED beef moms air WRAPPED It HARKED becue special STEAKS ROASTS 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