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CF victims face difficult life student finds Rikky by Diana Alter spending a full week simulating day to day life of a cystic fibrosis victim 17 yearold stud Thiol Is glad it over I hated doing it she said of the daily routine Involving exercises and a specialized diet looked forward to it The week was part of a combined school and com project in which got involved after she was approached by teacher Bill Taylor and the Georgetown Kinsmen Bob of the Kinsmen said they were looking for a new way to bring the realities of CF to the attention of the general public and teenagers specifically especially at the club sponsored Bump for Life fund raising dance later this month Having experienced as ely as possible without actually contracting the killer disease could tell others what it is really like She presented her project at a school assembly last Wednesday White she spoke on the ex perlences her brother Andreas showed slides he took other going theroutlne at home The first part of the study had Thiel visiting Sick Children Hospital in Toronto back In March for a tour of iheCF wing built by the Kinsmen Club and a first hand look at treatments and therapy with doctors specialising in the disease CF she learned is the high content of sodium chloride salt In the body a respiratory system Victims suffer from thick salvia and mucus In the lungs makingthemles3flexible And since victims don lake nutrients from food they also suffer from a problem They can experience bowel problems bloated stomachs and gas There is no cure The disease Is terminal a case sadly brought to point for Thiel last month when she returned to Sick Children I talked to a girl who has CF but she not as sick as said Thiel She thrives on keeping active by swimming and running It keeps her healthier and that really important to her She Is thinking beyond the age of most vie don t live beyond to years even though her sister died of CF the week before 1 spoke with her Her sister was yearsold Despite the sadness said she felt much bet after talking to the girl who was a patient at Sick Children with a bad cold She la a bright girl and a real fighter She won give up The whole family was helpful Thiel added She said she found simulating CF hard to adjust to especially the dependency on other people But I met someone with Thiel added who is able to do everything himself so I thought if this During the seven days had to cut down on her activities and at mealtime eat 30 pieces of car rot celery or raisins instead of the required pills CF victims must eat fatty foods at least six times a day substituted water and juices for the ex Ira meals She borrowed a portable compressor which with steam clears the bronchial tubes and lungs although she didn use the steam I had to get up a half hour earlier every day go through the routine go to school come home and do the same thing all over again It got a point where instead of taking oil those pills you Just don feel like eating But I did get the feel of what CF victims go through although I have the discomfort and pain and I t have to be careful about such things as catching a cold Thiel said she was left aware after the week Shestillhastomakeapresentotlononthe subject next semester for her walkabout course And the Kinsmen have mentioned a magazine art she might write But Thiel said besides working on fund raising projects there not much else she can do to help CF victims I do realize now she said we need to raise a lot of money for research Cystic fibrosis Is not just a disease it a people An Inland Community Newspaper One Hundred and Sixth Year No 44 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 13 1381 Eighteen Pages Twentyfive Cents Town asks restoration committee is town hall still worth saving The Acton town hall restoration committee must ell the municipality if they think the building is still worlh saving in 1 of possibly lower than exp ected provincial grants and escalated restoration Hills recreation director Tom Shepard will meet with the restoration committee later this week to further review the cloudy grants picture and will be seeking clarifications on Wintano Heritage Foundation and Community Centres Act grants criteria Escalated costs and possible building uses will also says the town needs to find out If the restoration committee feels saving the building is still a realistic project Then the ball will be in council court Council would have to allocate funds for an update of the 197 consultant s report to look at building uses and escalated costs before anything further could be done The grants eligibility condition that council accept all project costs is also an appcarant block Monday evening chairman of council town hall steering committee Terry committee members Sheldon Harry Levy and John McDonald Mayor Peter councillors Rosa Knechtel Dave Whit and Buss Miller restoration committee members George Elliott Alice Duby Yvonne and Doug Freod Kathy Sanford from Actarlo and clerk administrator Ken Richardson and deputy clerk Dclmar French and Acton recreation Joy met to discuss the town hall for near an hour Grubbe who said she was thrilled by the turn out for the meeting said gave the citizens objection not dropped Shopping Centres withdrawn its objection to the IGA plaza to be built downtown on of the Dominion Hotel Local contractor Doug who with a partner is building the new IGA supermarket and about six retail stores said In an interview this week an agreement been struck with Landawn Jerry Sprackman In add tlon Halton Hills planning board chairman Mike Armstrong said Monday Sprackman is ex peeled to appear before councillors later this Ih He last week Sprackman will with draw objection and that may still happen A few w ago lodged an objection to the town rezoning of a small piece of the IGA plaza site with the Ontario pal Board delay ing the start of construction for an estimated three months or more had planned to start con structionmJune Fread said he and IGA owner Dave Manes re ceived a letter from Sprackman this week and the developer doesn t like the wording of the two letters they wrote which are identical stating they they t object to his plaza proposal for the east side of Acton Sprackman sent bac copies of two letters for and Manes to sign but they don like his wording Fread said he is now considering their next move Manea is out of the country on vac Sprackman who has referred Hills reject ton of his plaza proposal to the for a hearing has offered to withdraw his objection to the plaza if Fread and Manes agree to sign his letters saying they won to his plan Armstrong speaking to councillors said he has seen the letters Sprackman sent to and Manes and is given to understand will go along with Landawn offer He evidently t aware of the latest hitch However Armstrong said he was confused by part of theletter lawyer sent to him One paragraph says once the two local business men sign their loiters and they are executed and Hills enacts the appropriate Official Plan and bylaws for Sprackman property east of Churchill Rd South he 11 withdraw his objection to Ihe IGA plaza Armstrong said he has never given any indication Hills will approve the zoning and official Plan amendments for project This appears to be a brand new condition for Lan dawn cooperation on the IGA plaza one which councillors seem to have no intention of complying with Billy Agoizlno finds bicycle of his dreams at the Men auction Friday Plenty of children toys found new homes at the auction Student workers grant research leather history The federal government is going to give the Lcalhertown committee a big hand in research Acton leather history A grant of is coming to from the Summer Canada 1081student employ ment program for the hiring of three students The grant was confirmed in a call from Halton MP Otto to chairman Chip last week Petrlllo said he has been working with Employment Canada official Barbara Heller a former resident of Acton and relative of the ly which operates a large leather In here to secure the grant for several weeks The grant covers the wages and benefits for the three students one project manager and two project workers foraperiodof weeks Lcalhertown hopes to hire the three students soon so the pile of work can begin The trio of students will research Acton s leather history the development and in some cases demise of local leather firms history of local leather landmarks how the leather in ended up here and how Acton grew up around the Industry I short their goal will be to compile a factual historical account of The will be carried out by searching Ihe files of The Acton Free Press doing research at the Ontario archives and Interviewing long residents about their recollections Assistance will be sought from Ihe Ontario Herit ago Foundation Business Development Office Ontario Historical Society and other The project is a major step towards making the walking historical tour of Acton s leather in a reality The students will also do some of the art work needed for the various plaques and exhibits which will make up the walking tour noted Ms Heller said this was the first project application she could recall ever seeing from Acton In the five years she has worked In student summer employment an update on the status of deadlines and grants Mrs Sanford reported Actarlo will raise for the town hall and the restoration committee noted they have in hand or committed for the project A few years ago Hills earmark the cost of demolition at that time to restoration If citizens could secure the balance of the restoration cost through fund raising and grants The consultants report pegged restora tlon cost at and that was updated to in has given the committee an estimation on the current restoration coal That figure wasn t revealed in an interview with committee members after the meeting however Elliott did say I don think is outrageous even If the town paid the whole restoration expense considering the cost of the library cultural centre being built In George town or the town contemplation of building a million municipal building possibly as soon as There was an indication the restoration cost Elliott referred to was s estimate Shepard said after the meeting because or changes In grants criteria and costs which may signifanUy restoration of the town hall is almost like a brand new project again Heritage funds may not be as high as the the restoration committee expected Mrs noted they learned at the meeting they might get as little support as a letter of commendation Also Informed residents to secure a Heritage grant the town hall must be declared an historical building by the province This was learn ed only recently Elliott said he understand why they might not get for the town hall from Heritage when Alymer and Milton have In the neighborhood of Halton Hills has designated the building historical but the Heritage grant hinges on If the province thinks it is of historical slgnlfigance Elliott said he believes a good case could be made for the town hall being of historical because it Is a unique ex ample of architecture of that period To qualify for a Wintarlo grant the town must Continued on page inside A area resident has sparked a contro versy over Halton plans for a deer hunt Turn to pages B3andB7 There won be a second hydro corridor In the Acton area More on page 3 A reader thinks money saved on snow plowing Seepages jsauw v A partial cast of the Robert Little operetta Ills Majesty Pi rehearse a scene for tonight production The cook has Just baked a delicious pie for the king while the villainous chancellor and his sidekick the secretary to make trouble Lett lo right back row Mary Moore secretary Paul Campbell chancellor Michelle Perry princess Tracy herald Jane Ball cook Kim McCallum page Seated Jill troubadour King and BUI Wkth knight The Operetta Is a Canadian production I written by Keith Elsie II Music teacher Lenora VIckery directed the grade three four and live students It and tomorrow night A Bears seen north of Acton Bears have again been spotted Just outside Acton Jean Johnston Acton said In an Interview this week she and a companion spotted a pair of bears near Highway Thursday morning around 7 a The sighting was made about four miles north of town Last year a large black bear was killed after It at tacked livestock in bush cast of the First Line of Erin Township Later In the summer a bear and cubs were sighted in the same area A few years previously cubs were also seen In the Ballinafad area Mrs Johnston said one of the bears was near the woods while the other was in the yard of property next to her home on Highway where a new house Is being built Shcnotcdthebcarswcreonlyabouta mile away from where the bear was shot last sum One of the bears was only about 50 feet from Ihe road Mrs Johnston estimated She said at first she thought the bear was a big shaggy dog but as she got closer it became obvious it was a bear She has seen bears before in Nova Scotia She passed the bears and came back for a second look but they were gone The closer I got I could sec It was a big lumber bear They couldn for long because their hair was too long They ap peared lo have been half grown so they were around last year Mrs Johnstonsaid It sure me I had seen some big foot prints In my own back yard so I won t be camping out Winter was mixed blessing for Halton crop prospects Chrlssy left and Whiting were Just two of the many brownies and guides cleaning up local parks Saturday and cleared the parkland around the library and Robert Little School of refuse With the early spring the outlook for Halton crops this season is pretty good according to Halton Agriculture Representative Henry Stanley About twothirds of the spring grains oats barley and mixed grains have been put into the ground Seeding took place between two and three weeks ago Someof tho corn crop planted In the north end of Halton however farmers are still busy planting the bulk of crop The early frost threatened some of the however there was not excessive damage cording to Ihe agriculture representative hay crop looks good They look to have come through tho winter well The very cold winter plus high winds and e lack of snow killed off much of Ihe winter wheat crop This was especially true on tho open fields When there the winter wheat survived Continued on page 3