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BUI Cook Ban C fed A I National Sale Rap Dan BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Manager CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT When it comes to blunders Haton region takes the cake The same people who gave us an accumulated 1 1 million deficit for this year delivered Acton residents at least seven days of off colored ill tasting smelly water some residents have reported having poor water coming out of their taps past last Wednesday night When it comes to blunders Halton region takes the cake In fairness we must con gratulate the region for having apparently solved its treasury department budgeting and auditing woes But as the long list of blunders regarding Acton s water supply between October 21 and October 28 clearly demonstrates the region still isn a government that has done much to earn the respect and confidence of the people In fairness to the region much of the blame for Acton s brown yellow and some cases green water fiasco must be dumped on the doorstep of the Ministry of the Environ ment who bother coming to town to explain their and the con sulting firm of R V Anderson They are the ones who decided what course of action the region should take to put the Prospect Park well back into operation and then kept telling region staff the problems of clothing being stained etc by the water would clear up quickly However region staff must be faulted on two gigantic points First they should have in formed the councillors and the citizens of Acton that changes were going to be made m the water coming out of our taps and outlined the various possi results of the chemical treatments they were to the system Secondly when it became ap parent after just a couple of days that there were substantial problems with the water coming from the Pro spect Park well they should have ordered it shut down rather than waiting seven days and hoping and believing the consultant and province were right that the problem would go away To add insult to injury when Acton regional councillor Dave Whiting and Mayor Peter Pomeroy and others from Hills raise the roof over this matter down at the Green Monster theyre accused of grandstanding by the guys in the south Now residents have been told there will be compensation for clothing damaged by the yellow brown water Compen will also be examined for other things like plumbing bills and aquariums full of dead fish In addition Halton Hills coun cillors at the urging of urate citizens will raise the Issue of reducing water and sewer bills for the month of October because people wasted water running it hoping the color would disappear Compensation and reduced water bills will be little comfort to residents except ease the strain on their wallets Also in a way compensation and reduced watersewer bills will hurt us all too Region expenditures will be up because of compensation and revenues from bills will be down That will knock some holes in the region water and sewer counts They be plugged by reduced spending in water- sewer system maintenance The money for that work will be recovered next year through higher water sewer rates You either pay now through replacing damaged goods and paying the full October water bill or you pay later through higher watersewer rates About the only consolation is that by paying for series of blunders through increased watersewer rates next year Acton gets to share the penalty for these mistakes with everyone in Ultimately the region won t be compensating Acton for this mess Acton will be partially compensating itself Our readers write Reed endorses parking measures for disabled Dear Mr Lome was moat moved by your letter concerning handicapped people and the problems faced by them in public places I feel that acknowledgement of Year of the Handicapped would be well served by the establishment of an identification system for handicapped people which would allow them access in public places without having to go through the embarrassing process of describing heir particular handicap each time they proceed to park a car or obtain access to public facilities Such a system is already in use In other parts of North America and in Ontario we have an adaptation of hat identification system through tho Medic Alert program So its Is neither unique nor difficult I propose to present a Private Member Bill In the provincial Legis lature outlining just such an identi cat Ian program Unfortunately my ballot number is and therefore I don expect to have the opportunity debate such a Bill until next Spring In the meantime we shall prepare the necessary wording and watch with Interest the kind of response you receive to your letter from various levels of government I am hopeful that every member of the provincial Legis lature will cross party lines and Join together to support such a Bill when It is presented Ifthegovernmentchoosesto take some affirmative action in the meantime I will support them whole heartedly Congratulations for bringing this matter to our attention and giving us the opportunity to do something about it Sincerely Julian Reed Interest rates meeting set for Milton tonight Dear Sh in answer to A concerned homeowner wondering If others are in his position regarding mortgage renewal not only are there others In Acton but problem of high mortgage rates are affecting the lives of thous ands of homeowners in the Region I urge Mr Solowonluk to attend the meeting on mortgage and interest rates being held at E C School this Wednesday November at p m We must join together to be heard The meeting on Wednesday night is an information meeting on what we can do to cope with present situations reasons for the present Interest rates and a firm commitment on where we go from hero Yours truly Barry Burlington Erin District High School paid tribute to one of its graduates on October At the school commencement exercises a period of silence was observed In memory of 1076 graduate Oates who was brutally murdered in Acton the day before Happy anniversary to Mr and Mrs Lome who recenUy were guests of honor at an open house marking their wedding an niversary Lome Is one of the Free Press newest columnists writing Outdoors The Deed handicapped group is still saving Zehrs and Dominion store tapes to purchase a wheelchair We don t encourage people to shop out of town but if you do why not help put something back into the town with the cash register tapes Tapes can be dropped offal the Free Press and 1 11 pass them along The deadline is closing In on re gistration for a Parents Pro fessional Development Day in Burlington November The purpose of the day is to acquaint parents about how to have Influence on education Issues and decisions The Halton Council of Home and School Association and Its member assoc iations are holding the workshoptype day Registration deadline in November For more information call trustee Bruce The en mess started early this year I noticed Thursday morning someone had been throwing eggs at the municipal office door 1 wonder if having the police in the same building had anything to do with the preHaUowe en tricks Heather MacLeod submitted the following poem to mo for publication You cry Because you can t stand lo see yourself Caught up in the past Youre tangled Into a web In the midst of it being spun You must move ahead Or give In to fate Clark at the town office sure did a pleasant surprise recenUy was in Cornwall to help celebrate the first birthday of her granddaughter daughter She was feeling pretty dis appointed because her son David who she seen in three years ha lived in the Yukon was heading out to Europe for year and she be seeing him before he left While she and Susan were watching television on the Friday night David called from Toronto he had decided to drop in for a visit lerall He arrived in Cornwall the next day and had a great visit with his mother sister and niece who he had never mot A press release from the Ontario Lottery Corporation describes Acton as known throughout the province for Its tanneries and leather products The There a new pastor at Acton Baptist Church Jean Stairs She be moving into town later this week Club winners for this week are Bern Van Fleet and George Harris Bernlcc Crispin Vlmy St was the winner of the bingo jackpot at the North Association for the Ment ally Retarded weekly bingo at the Junction Friday night by Mabel Have you ever noticed how often you use a fork in cooking Several years ago I read an article by a lady saying she used a fork more than found this almost true What belter to stir rice when It is cooking in boiling water or macaroni When browning onions peppers bits of bacon etc fork Is a necessity To test when vegetables are done a fork is nearly always used The new Teflon pans can now tolerate a fork thank goodness and we can stir away to our hearts content Scrambled eggs can be made easily with a fork both for beating and cooking If the toaster doesn t work the old method of bread on fork over the burners works well and gives a new taste I even have an excellent chocolate cake recipe that suggests I stir every thing with a fork not a spoon The best meringue ever made for a lemon or cream pie can be made with a fork and a pie plate More air seems get In the egg whites this way You are all probably cooking with forks but have never realized before how necessary they are CRAFTY IDEAS by Joan Williamson Helen called me tonight and gave me a gentle reminder that we d run out of columns and Christmas was coming So after a ten minute scorch of my workroom referred to as the Sargasso Sea in my house I came up with a crochet pattern for a little wreath which can be adapted by using a bigger frame larger hooks and wool to size you require For this one which Is about right to decorate a gift or hang on a tree you start with a curtain ring one of the little white ones that come packaged to use for cafe curtains some white and green wool and a scrap of red ribbon Start with white wool Attach the wool to the ring and with a hook make into the ring covering the plastic Join to the first stitch and chain one Make two in the same space as the joining stitch and continue around the circle marking three in each stitch Join to first stitch and switch to green wool Make one in each stitch around circle Join to first stitch and make a hanging loop Sew loop end lo edge of wreath Add a red ribbon bow You can develop this wreath in size by using larger centres The plastic lids from coffee cans or shortening tins can be used by trimming out the centre Use rug weight wool or heavy craft wool and a larger needle to produce a wall size wreath with the same simple pattern Clergy Comment by Pastor John Cooper What a blessing to be able to communicate And newspapers written wordpower are the life- blood of our communities This is more than a tradition that must be tried on to coming gener ations From a biblical and Christian view point it is a gift of God and a calling to perform God has not merely acted in history He ordered a wordrecord of His act ivlty When the Church wandered from the written Word of God she was called back to her Savior and Lord she was called back to her roots roots recorded in the written Word The Word of God uses the picture of roots often and in varied ways As plants cannot do without roots people cannot do without means of communication people in churches and people in society Messages by word of mouth verbal communication actions that speak louder than words and all finally recorded written up or lost precious life and reality like lost no longer able to give life All have roots many or few good or bad Show me a person without roots and an individual with trouble will begin to be recorded on police blotters and social worker resumes The Now generation has a great need to know Its roots and the roots from which It Is trying to cut itself The seeit flash by media has Its and Instant replays God graciously and understand in ordered a written Word recording His busy schedule listing many generations and detailing His communion with His people Western history records the In vent Ion of movable type in the shadow of tho Church We can also read of the Church s calling since the Reformation Oct to print the Scriptures in the language of the people Church use the power of the press Newspapers must be here to stay Truly the pen Is mightier than sword Tho late Marshall wrote the medium is tho message But behind every successful TV pre sentation are reams of written know how Thank you God for gifted writers Thank you God for the gift of writing and printing Thank you Lord for the Word made flesh Thank you Lord for this op portunity by Tho Acton Free Press Thank you God for a free press in Canada and Western Democracies Back issues years ago Novembers Announcement was mad this week that J Crelghton of Acton hiid been elected president of Bcardmore to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Norman J Also announced election of Peter Dunham as vice president and general manager of the A 20mile far Sat in perfect fall we ther brought HO public school students over the finish line Most of the walkers completed the mllc route Tom pa Florida here she comes and Mrs Alice has left for three weeks In the sunny south as a guest of her cousin Miss Ada Barrett Happy flying Mrs we look forwai to your southern tan It holiday time for Mr and Mrs Max Milne of Guelph Street when they are spending a few days with their daughter and sonln law Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hunter of Bra tit ford 20 years ago 1981 A former and army corporal James 0 at Calgary was one of the lucky lick el holders on Henry VII the horse tied for first place in the Cambridgeshire handicap last week The son of Mr and Mrs Tom 0 of Ac ton the lucky tlcke holder for the Irish Sweepstakes is expected to enjoy his portion of the prize money A square foot addition to the Micro Plastics plant is for completion by late December Jock general manager reported today that actual con of the addition will begin within the next few days Anderson 11 be the new manager of the Bank of Novh Scotia Branch here in Acton succeeding WA who goes to bank executive office in Tor onto Mrs EG Frank Jin and daughter Janice are home again alter visiting relatives in England Mrs Stella of Gait was the guest of Mrs M Taylor 50 years ago Novembers 1B3I On Saturday W was com to town with several cans of milk he narrowly escaped serious Injury in a col with a cat driven by William Graff Mr was proceeding south along the Second Lints and Mr Graff came west along Iheslderoad Both met at the corner where the of the intersection Is not the best and Mr Masales with his truck was hit broadside and the load of milk and vehicles upset Fortunately he escaped serious Injury Mr Chas Sjmon was home from Tor onto for the weekend Mr J M or Toronto spent the weekend with his mother at Moorecroft Councillor C Harrison left Monday for a business to the Western Provinces and the coast He will be away about three weeks years ago November 1 Chicken thieves have been busy on the outskirts of town Mr Hugh Mann had over of his floe k stolen Mr James half a dozen and Mr W Landsborough three of his prize white wyandottes They allege the thieves have not been long In this country The were out on en as usual anil enjoyed the usual program of senseless and more or less destructive pranks A few joyously went about the tun of doing good and found more genuine funinthatthanlndolngcvel There were a number of happy little en parties which the participants fully enjoyed St Joseph Church and the Disciples Church are being installed with fixtures for electric light The first train over the Trunk Railway Passed through Acton 50 years ago on Sunday Mr J Mackenzie is moving Into his new residence at the corner of Church and Main Next will be Guy Faulkes Day 100 years ago Novembers There are persons employed in manufai leather and leather goods in Acton On Ft afternoon a large snow plough passed through Acton for the west on the GTR to bo in readiness for the first big snow si Mr Stnuffcr has purchased from Mr Storey the vacant lot on Elgin St Mr John Kenney property The family of Dr arrived yesterday We trust they will be pleased with our little town and will soon bo comfortably settled in their new home hotel Hornby East was consumed by fire last Wednesday night The fire was discovered in tho roof of the kitchen There Is some insurance on the A number of young men In town forgot themselves so far as to carry on their all Halloween pranks Tuesday night