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Honor Acton boy who pulled chum from icy waters tenyearold Acton boy will be honored this Friday night In Oakviilo by the Safety Council for pulling a school chum out of the ley waters of Fairy Lake last February Kevin Fabian Cameron St pulled his best friend Robert Jennings out of the water after he fell through the frozen lake behind the Acton Com Centre They were taking a shortcut across the lake to Mill St on their way home from Robert Little School when Jennings stopped to try and pat some swans The ice around the edge of the hole where the fowl were swimming gave way plunging Jennings up to hl3 chest in water He kept his elbows on the Ice to prop himself up while Kevin began to tug Kevin mother Wendy Fabian said this week she has always wondered how her son avoided falling in too since he was standing on the Ice He taken swimming lessons but not life saving However her children have been made aware through television commercials that a person should lie flat on the Ice and reach out as far as possible or use something to reach the person in the water Kevin however Just ran to the edge and dragged his chum out She thinks either her eon was lighter on the Ice or the weakened part had completely broken off While the drama was played out some other children stood on shore and laughed at Jennings predicament That wasnt the case with Kevins brother and sis ter though Adam and Melissa who were scared and ran home to tell Mrs Fabian Mrs Fabian said her son Is kind of excited and yet not about the honor he will receive Friday night not bragging about It he shocked and excited at the same time Kevin as excited about the award as his parents and grand parents are His parents grandparents and brother and sister are all going to to see him receive the award Kevin Fabian left with his friend Hubert Jennings who he pulled out of the ice waters of Fairy Lake last winter will be honored by he Safety Council far his heroics Introducing a new photo service Torstar chairman defends purchase of Inland papers The Acton Free Press Wednesday Apr Corp chair man Beland Honderlch brushed aside suggestions that the rec ent purchase by Metro- span the community paper division of Torstar of the rival string of community papers In the Inland Publishing Co Limited chain has created a concentration of pow in the Metro Toronto area Appearing before the Royal Commission on Newspapers In Ottawa Mr said the Metro Toronto area still has a wldo choice of newspapers and other media Torstar the company which also publishes the daily Toronto Star now controls a group of weekly newspapers In and around the Metro area with a combined circulation of more than But in the area covered by Metrospan from in the east to Burlington In the west- there are other weekly publications with a combined circulation of over million and that doesnt even Include a wide range of newspapers Mr Hon told the Com mission He also pointed out that the area is also served by seven dally newspapers 35 radio stations seven television stations and nine magazines I know of any market in North America that has the number of competing voices that we have In the Toronto area said Mr Hon He pointed out that by his criteria of the wide choice of alternative voices in the various Metro area communities the takeover did not provide ground for danger If I felt that In the Toronto market our action the acquisition of the Inland chain was seriously going to dim the diversity of opinion I would be concerned stated the chairman The purchase of Inland by the Metmpan Printing and Publishing Co took place on Feb Purchase price was million also assumed some mil lion of Inland debt Mr sold the acquisition was nec essary to fill in the mar gaps In the Metro- span coverage area was not raak a profit and some newspapers might have been forced to told up and Jobs would have been lost explained Mr We were facing a situation where some of our papers were losing money their losses were increasing Mr said We couldn t provide coverage throughout the Metro area there were too many blank spots Mr added explaining some of the reasons why was not making a profit Torstar hopes to provide MY SINCERE THANK To all the voters of HaltonBurhngton who supported me in March Ontario election- FRAN BAINES NOTICE OF INFORMATION CENTRE Construction Details- Highway 25 Trio Ministry of and Communle Mom It preparing contract or Improvement to Highway 25 In the Regional Municipality The from uit of Raglonal Road 17 northerly to the south limit Acton A plan the area and widening driving tenet from metro to Comtructlon of partial paved ahouldera 5 metre pro I nteiioctlo n Improvement of drainage Interest ad or other of the public ora welcome to thaia pro pot I with the re pre tentative of the Mini try who will In dene at the Information Centra at the time and data Indicated In the schedule below The proposed highway Improvement echo mo will be on gptay at the Information Centre For re I dan who were unable to attend presentation regarding Improvement to Highway from Regional Road to Spayslde due to on February a rapeat presenta tion will be held at the Information Contra Questions related to this particular phase of t ruction only should be to Mr Allan Sulavella Senior Project Manager Ministry of Transportation end Communication Planning end Design Section Central Region Yon a Street Willowdal Ontario Telephone No 416 Schmdulo Date Tuasday April Time 00to9 Place It you are to attend and have any you may direct thou to undersigned by telephone or In writing Mr Smolaliis Ministry of Transportation and Communication Planning and Design Section Control Raglan Street Ontario TolophonoNo Ministry of Transportation and Communications continue employment vast majority of people at both Metro- span and Inland chains Mr said adding that consideration is now being given to some of papers publishing twice or three times a week However ho t give assurances to the Royal Commission that none of the papers will old up I have never learned how to operate a business that t produce more revenue than expenses Wo can continue to operate a newspaper at a loss Mr Honderlch said Lost Wednesday a hearing marked the sec time that Mr appeared before tho Commission During his first appearance last February Just IB days before the purchase of Inland Mr urged tougher laws to prevent corporate mergers over a certain unless they provide significant benefits for Canada Mr Honderlch Insisted there were no In consistencies between his earlier statement and the Metrospan takeover of Inland because it may result in providing mare employment In the com newspaper field Commission counsel Donald Affleck Mr on er on the way The Star played the story of the takeover The Star carried a twoparagraph story on the purchase In its financial section while the Globe and Mail provided a much wider coverage Mr Affleck said Mr said that In retrospect The Star may have made an error In underplaying the slory and suggested 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