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2 The Acton Press Wednesday Dec Profile with Burr Did you gain much we ght this Christmas Is one of jour New Year s resolutions stick lo your diet and lose those extra pounds once and for air You several million other overfed Canadians One woman who has not kept her but managed to stick to her diet and lose pounds is of Vimy Street Acton a tall IS built blond has lived in Acton since she was a gride student in Spey side was a Miss all air candidate m 19GS However like a great many of us when married Noah and gave to her daughter now Beta found her creeping up I always had a weight problem but I was al comments adding was great junk eater bread chips popcorn She gradually found clothes hard to buy and had to look for larger sizes By the time she was a nothing seemed to fit Once we went to a wholesale place in Toronto and 1 had a ball trying on size nothing was ever big before Cheerful and good fun was quite happy with herself until she saw some pictures taken at a goodbye party in the composing department of the Acton Free Press works I dldn realize how b I was until I saw those Shelhenwelghcd230lbs The pictures were taken just before Fall weekend weekend of partying and good food for and her family But had made a resolution to start losing weight and nothing would deter her Fall hair or no Fall Fair stuck her diet and the pounds started to come off Cutlirg her downfall foods stopped eating bread potatoesand all fattening foods or breakfast si ate on egg and mclbu toast Lunch was usually salmon and salad Supper consisted of the regular meal she cooked for the family plus all except potatoes Even consisted of an orange or on apple Before each meal drank a small ounce glass of juice Not only ore grapefruits full of vitam but they contain a natural d according to many doctor diet books Reta doctor also recommended she take a mull vitamin tablet daily Slowly the pounds peeled off never more than five a week and often less Sometimes she hit a plateau and lost nothing for a week or two but didn give up I was determined she slates besides tic girls at work would never forgive me if I gained She found the encouragement from her co workers invaluable and weighed weekly at her sister in law Dolores house until she acquired her own scale By Christmas year had lost pounds and had fun choosing new party clothes always delighted when a smaller size actually fit I lose any weight over Christmas but I gain she smiles proudly A slimmer body and more determination kept Reta losing Into lQBt She and Noah took crosscountry skiing Reta walked lo work every day and started doing sirups and exercises at night fly spring her new Christmas slacks had been taken in three times with whom she camps in Thornbury every spring and summer dldn recognize the new now down to a size By summer weighed 165 pounds and look not only slim and elegant but considerably younger than she had the year before She had no trouble with slack skin and credits the exercise grapefruit Juice and slow weight loss forJicr healthy condition When I go to parties not I never sit down I love to dance and show off the new me she chuckles The best reaction says comes from her husband Noah Although he was never critical when she was big Reta loves his pride in her How do you like my new girlfriend he says with justifiable delight Losing pounds hnsn been easy for She a big meat cater and t take any special pains to cook her own meat a d ffcrent way from her family She was haunted by slonsofsmokedmeatsandwiches However her weight loss rewards meant more to her than a momentary taste sensation Congratulations Happy New Year to all especially those of us who will be living on toast and salmon after January News highlights of 1981 January Prices effective Dec 2B2 We reserve the right to quantities 1 vac pak hams QUALITY PACKERS ready-to- serve Freshly need medium ground beef ib MAPLE LEAF QUALITY PRODUCTS MAPLE LEAF cryovac cottage rolls bone in Counter served lean cooked ham 57 average 209 MAPLE LEAF sliced breakfast bacon MAPLE LEAF popular cooked meats MAPLE LEAF waxed bologna 219 89 139 MAPLE LEAF bonoless ready to serve dinner pork shoulders ib 279 MAPLE LEAF wieners MAPLE LEAF counter served assorted baked meat loaves FRESH PRODUCE arrives daily at the lowest possible prices HEINZ ml KegO Ketchup 1 lb bag regular autodnp or filter Maxwell House coffee smooth or crunchy peanut butter MAPLE LEAF 15 canned ham 1 lb parchment marg arine lb frozen fancy vegetables KRAFT 500 g plain Cheez Whiz V8 iutea no 128 239 198 98 139 oz t ns Sprite regular Sugar Free Tab or McCAIN Ib frozen styles french fries I KftAFT flow chip dip MCCAIN at be citrus Revive SARA LEE cak LIBBV tin buttered carnal com WESTON at 12 Hamburg or wlanar WESTON of raspberry or lemon GRANNY butter tarts THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mail Postal Reg Number Responding to community concerns Reg Police began the year by naming the 12 police men who will work In Acton during as well as announcing plans for an open house to Improve re lalions between the force and public for early In February Over residents went to Halton Board of Ed ucution and successfully persuaded trustees not to demote and dismiss Acton High School teacher Keith Black Board administrators recommended action be taken against Black who was convicted of theft over in December and given a suspended sentence Black supporters maintained the teacher had already paid a stiff penalty for his offence and that his conviction had nothing to do with his ability to teach Robert Mitchell was found not guilty by reason of insanity and remanded to the provincial mental health facility in following his trial for the murder of former Acton OPP Officer Dun can McAleese who was killed In early in Delhi Acton a independent Red Cross Branch was off born in January Hills councillors voted themselves a wage hike for while the mayor received a wage boost A small group of Acton parents launched a protest over Board of Educations decision change the birthdalc deadline for starting kinder gar ten Acton councillors began lobbying in January to persuade colleagues to bock property tax reform through Section Be Local veterinarians Issued a warning that parvo virus had cropped up in Acton again and had killed some dogs The disease had been thought lo be just a hot weather affliction Operators of the Hide House announced plans lo open a restaurant in the growing retail store dur 1901 Halton Hills council was to examine stiff swimming safety regulations at Waterfalls Park In Limchousc after receiving the verdict of a coroner s inquest into he sixth drowning at the park since The inquest into the summer of lDBOdrowilng of a Toronto resident was held in November were unveiled for a new store and six other shops at a plaza to be built on the site the fire destroyed Dominion Hotel Acton Chamber of Commerce announced a major drive for 1881 to promote Acton as Leathertown Acton lied Crosi president Henry Kroes accepts the new Independent Filiation charter at the in augural meeting in January Chief James Harding greets Lome at the police open bouse In Acton In February The police held the open houie in response to complaints from and other about the force Acton Photo Camera Leathertown ViBago Acton TRUST US with your SPECIAL JANUARY COLOUR ENLARGEMENTS for onOf as many as you wish from you vetorsldes SAVE SAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1BS2 are OPEN MONOA WHEN CHUBB ISNT CUTE ANYMORE ITS TIME TO JOIN WEIGHT WATCHERS WEIGHT WATCHERS PRICE SPECIAL JANUARY 2 to JANUARY JOIN WEIGHT WATCHERS FOR INSTEAD OP THE REGULAR SIB 00 ON YOUR FIRST MEETING AND REGISTRATION FEE 6 weekly thereafter SENIOR CITIZENS AND STUDENTS JOIN FOR 00 thereafter For Further Information Call 8269200 February The Halton Regional Police house for Acton residents to gel know the force was a huge with over 250 Actonians attending The new Committer aiming to make Acton a tourlsl attraction approved a logo as well beginning to make plans to develop a walking history tour of the A second farmer in Halton Hills convicted in February for growing asparagus without an asparagus marketing board licence Halton Separate School Board an Scan t be back at St Joseph School next year because he was being trans ferred to Oakville Armed hitch hikers stole cosh and a man car just outside of Ac ton Acton not growing in fact figures released by the region showed the towns population declined by four people in and the Ontario Min of Environment were reviewing a preliminary report in February which showed its disposal site was one of 11 Ontario sites with potential waste runoff problems Three men were committed to trial for the second degree murder of a man in connection with the Dominion Hotel Fire in August No date was set for the Supreme Court trial Julian Reed Fran and Chris Cutler were picked lo carry the ban nera of the Liberals Conservatives and respectively in the March provincial election Lady luck smiled on 10 Bcardmorc workers who shared a 100 prize in Despite parent protests Halton Board of Education decided it must comply with provincial kindergarten starting age regulations beginning next year This meant as many as children including 17 in Acton wouldn be able to start school next year as Former resident Cosimo was fined and given a year pro bation for firing two warning shots at a truck In 1070 with a rifle March Liberal Julian Reed won his third term in March as Burlington MPP in the provincial election began taking steps to solve chemical waste runoff problems at its disposal site With work on the region 1981 bud get nearlng completion Acton Council lor Dave Whiting warned the average Acton homeowner can expect to pay about mora tills year in taxes to support the senior level of local government The president of the Bank of Nova came lo town to persuade the Trinity United Church board to recon its decision to switch banks be cause of Scotia Bank loans to South African government Following a congregation meeting the Church moved its accounts Hills council approved a rezoning for a small piece of property where the new plaza will be built downtown Acton announced plans to bring a circus to town in May if a suitable could be found Police were searching for a Acton High School couple who von ished ana after a week they were found safe and sound in western Can Separate School Board unveiled tentative design plans for the new St Joseph School which were forwarded to Queens Pork for ap proval A budget of nearly million was approved by Board of Ed cation Halton Hills watered down swim safety equipment regulations for Waterfalls Park other area recreation centres after hearing pro tests from park owners over costs Acton Rotary Club announced It was for the first time sending a stud DeniseDllbey overseas The club hosted an exchange student from Australia Jenny year Acton Legion Branch celeb rated its Golden Anniversary in and kicked off the festivities with a gala dinner in March Julian Reed won his third term In the Legislature by defeating Fran and Chrh Culler In the March provincial election Kevin Fabian received a Safety Council award for pulling a friend out of partially froien Fairy Lake In 1BB0