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acquires Free Press Inland Metrospan Printing Publishing Ltd has acquired the shares of Inland Publishing Co Limited for million effective 27 The Acton Free Press is one of the Inland papers Inland will continue to be operated on its present basis as a of while efforts arc made to in some of the weekly groups will ensure that our newspapers continue to provide timely informative editorial and advertising news for our readers In November of Inland bought The Acton Free Press The Georgetown Independent The Milton Canadian Champion and the Halton Advertiser as well as the production and printing facilities at Willow St North from Printing and Publishing Besides the Free Press Independent and Champion Inland also publishes The Ajax Whitby Pickering News Advertiser The Brampton Guardian The Burlington Post Burlington Weekend Post Gaicttc Economist and Sun The News The Newmarket Aurora Era Oakville Beaver Oshawa This Week This Weekend and The Stouffville Tribune publishes the Aurora Newmarket Banner Bolton Enterprise Advertiser Guardian Mississauga Times North York Mirror Journal Record Richmond Hill Thornhill Liberal Scarborough Mirror News Consumer Consumer Consumer North York Consumer and Scarborough Consumer Free Press publisher Don McDonald said this week the acquisition of Inland by Metrospan docs not indicate any changes Inland newspapers will still operate under the Inland name as a subsidiary of Metrospan which in turn is a sub sidiary Torstar the corporation which owns The Toronto Star Sugar Joe Reed sold Sugar Joe Reed noted stallion former of the Year and International champion will be leaving the farm of owner Roy live In Saskatchewan by Jennifer Sugar Joe Heed is leaving town He in the area for ten years making 1 Is home with Hoy and Juan loi son in Georgetown and recently in Acton He shortly be making the move to Hi J dak Saskatchewan One of the best known Quarter horse stallions in Canada Sugar Joe record while owned by the has been enviable In 1971 he wis voted Horse of the Year after winning national champion ships In halter English pleasure western pleasure and reining horse Bred and raised in Oklahoma Sugar Joe was purchased in April of by who proceeded to campaign the to his International wins A year later the stallion won second In the national versatility class being beaten by an American horse a half point ahead In order to take the class competitors had to excell in driving racing English and western pleasure Where do you go from here Just for fun trained Sugar Joe to rope and in brought him out to prove he could do something else The horse was named champion calf roping horse of Canada He was also the horse who carried John to calf roper of Ontario Not only is Sugar Joe a superior show and performance horse but he was a Triple A racehorse in h younger days racing top S tracks for four years Now 19yearsold the stallion has many fine and has sired winners in racing performance and halter One notable youngster Is Sweetie Reed who was champion filly of North America and went on to win Intcrralional reserve champion pleasure horse as a fiveyearold Another foal Speedy Reed won the Junior reining at the Paint Congress In Kansas and senior reining at the Dixie National In Mississippi Sired by Sugar Bars by Three Bars aristocrats of the Quarter horse world Sugar Joe s dam Sammy Reed by Joe Reed II was a producer of three Triple A horses Sugar Joe will be travelling to his new home on the acre ranch after appearing this weekend In Toronto An Inland Community Newspaper dr dmdSxth ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH A Red Cross kicked off Its March long campaign for funds this month Can vuser Mice left and campaign chairman Bert Vanderlaan call on Eileen Fad den Peel St for a donation Photo by CORP MURRAY Feds study Acton town hall plaque maybe but no funds The Acton town lull is on a I of about 275 being studied by the government but there much chance Ottawa will contribute funds to restore the building An inventory of town halts across the nation has been completed and their possible historic or significance is now being studied Bar Humphreys of architectural Inventory Parks Canada said in an interview this week Following the study the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada will present mendations to the minister of environment for historic designation Parks Canada is part of the Ministry of the Environment The most likely result of the study of the Acton town hat Is that It would have a plaque placed In front of it by the federal government Ms Hum phreys said A report will be done on the Acton town hall look at the building historical and architectural Student bound for exotic place For Acton High School student Denise next year will be her first time heading for far away places Denise has been chosen by Acton s Rotary Club to be its first ambassador to one of tnesforayear a 16year old Grade student said The way I m looking at It It a challenge I excited and my parents arc pleased Sweden Japan and Belgium rank highest so far In Denise estimation as places to live in South Africa Brazil Finland New Zealand Australia Denmark Norway Mexico and the Philippines arc also on Rotary list has not made a decision concerning which country she would like most to live in for the year It is the first time In her life that she has been overseas The trip starts In August Another Rotary Club exchange student Jen from Australia and met in one of the high school chemistry classes From Jennifer Denise learned that the Acton club was looking for someone to go tod cultures Someone says who Is open minded who can talk and who can act as an ambassador There were about six other applicants Anyone thinking of becoming a Rotary Club exchange student must be between 16 and years of age when the application is made One must be prepared to make presentations to vice clubs will also have to take a year a schooling lnlheforeigncountry just like Jennifer The Acton Rotary Club chose earold Denise as Its first exchange student One phase plaza not until June A new plaza to be built in downtown Acton of two and work won likely begin until June The project which includes a new larger IGA supermarket and about ght stores was announced He and his partner n the venture Toronto Roman had hoped to have con begin this May but Freid says that t seem possible now rejected rumors hat the project has been shelved saying they defin be go ahead as Decision soon Baines appeal Progressive Conservat candidate Fran Baines right to represent the PCs in the March provincial election battle won be until afternoon or later Supreme Court Judge Holland reserved decision fo a twohour hearing at Hall in Toronto late Tuesday afternoon on Campbell villi businesswoman Curries writ against Burlington PCs She charged the February nomination contention was unfair to herself and many paid up p rty members who were not allowed to vote The decision partly rests on whether or not opponent Brian Penman of Milton still wants to stand as the PC candidate n the Mtrch 19 election C will be constructed in just one phase instead soon as the rezoning is processed Currently the plans arc going through municipal committees and the proposal is expected to be Hills planning Board next week said some changes in the plans have been made following suggestions from town staff The major change is the plaza won be built in two phases now but in just one The configuration of the building has a been changed However the overall square footage an store four times larger than the existing super market and about eight stores will remain the same even though the configuration has ad justed It is up to the municipal if the project gets off the ground in May said add town staff doesn t expect it can beg n before June He said the delay is caused by the usual red tape He said compared to other municipalities he has dealt with Halton Hills is moving with great haste He added he has received nothing but full from the town inside Council keeps avoiding making a dec on pro perty assessment reform Details on page Students at M Bennett won t be eating their lunches on the gym door for much longer More on page Township Is putt in firepower behind Its drive to end dogs running large Details on significance and it will later be decided if It Is of tional Importance If the town hall Is deemed a historic site it would likely be she said though sometimes the government will buy the building or restoration costs sharing agreement with an incorporated body such as a municipality Ms Humphreys said it is very seldom that Ottawa helps restore a designated historical building She added the government even if the building and in body met the complicated criteria for funding would only contribute per cent of the needed money and public access to the building would have to be restricted following restoration Last week the town hall restoration committee met with Hills recreation director Pom Shepard Chairman of the committee Dr George Elliott said in an interview the aim Is to raise but it appears an acceptable goal would be to reach and match the town s contribution He said was optimistic if local fund raising efforts result in WO then and Heritage grants would be forthcoming the restoration committee has raised over and hopes to bring that total up to through pledges and the sale of plates and prints Acta do has realized with all prizes paid off a profit of so far Dr Elliott noted every ticket that Is sold from now to the end of the lottery In August is profit for the town hall restoration Ac tickets sold in March cost just Allcandidates meet next Tues Acton and area voters will have the opportunity next Tuesday afternoon to hear and question the Burlington provincial election candidates The allcandidates meeting sponsored by Acton Chamber of Commerce and Acton High School will be held at the high school auditorium starting at 2 pm Bruce Shavers of ltd North will light Marten I rlotet for the Ontario amateur light heavyweight kick boxing title In London this weekend ltruce Is the instructor for the Acton kick boxing program which run Thursday nights