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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan 6 JANUARY BOOT SALE All Winter Boots In Stock DRASTICALLY REDUCED Mens Ladies Childrens acton family shoe store MM St E If Politicansprganizationsclubs have good yearf and are looking ahead to prosperous With history and already here local and service organizations have taken a few moments to reflect on the past and the future Hills Mayor Pete felt the opening of the seniors apartments on Elizabeth was a highlight of 19B1 He was also pleased with the com pletion of the urban boundary study which shows there is room for growth in Acton He sees as being an extremely difficult from a financial standpoint Pomeroy warned it will be hard to stop taxes from skyrocketing He would like to see the import quotas on the shoe industry reapplied and hopes to see federal finance minister Alan resign because of his budget He feels elected officials all along the line will be shouldering the blame for the results of the budget Councillor Ross Knechtel was proud of the fact the municipal budget was balanced with only a modest increase in taxes He would put the opening of the library cultural centre in Georgetown as one of the highlights of the year and felt council did an extremely nice Job the Terry Fox run in September His 13S2 wish Is for all councillors to look at the total picture of Hal ton Hills and not Just their one little area His other wish is to keep a hold on Actons third councillor Dave Whiting looked municipal expenditures mainly at the changes at the regional level He feels Councillor Terry Grubbe was pleased to see the the changeover in administration and the system to downtown study completed in well as make staff more accountable for their spending was the urban boundary study and the water and sewer a good step in the right direction He was referring study finished huge budget deficit of a few years ago The opening of the Hide House and rest- for the coming year he looks forward to final also played an important part in the shaping the sewer and water system unified rates of 1981 she said as did the Association which benefit Acton residents With their Monte Carlo night Night and While MP Otto is out of the coun tourist designation of the town The Cultural Centre try on business until the end of the month in Georgetown was a highlight as was the council Burlington MPP Julian Reed was on hand to give dropIn meetings and the special meetings in town his synopsis of the past year such as the police open bouse She was extremely happy toseetheActiVangetlntooperalion Reed Is appalled by the provincial governments Grubbe hopes 1962 will be just as successful She recent purchase of Suncor He estimates new looks forward to the implementation of some of the jobs could have been created with the million recommendations in the downtown study and hopes dollars spent to acquire the company which may or to see the tourism theme catch on for the town The proposed new IGA store will be something to look As energy critic for the Liberals he took a tour of forward to she said and she will work towards northern Ontario recently to see the impact of the keeping the stone school alive She also looks for- closing down or many lumber mills and was upset ward to phase three of the Lakeview subdivision with what is happening because of provincial sewer work completion government actions We won some and we lost some she said but Reed labels the government latest method of overall I thought it was a good year COMPETITIVE PRICES Prices Jan 6 We reserve Bio right to limit quantities HIDRI2S white or yellow paper towels KRAFT Miracle Whip HEINZ tomato juice WESTON pkg of 6 lemon filled buns FOODLAND sliced bread kg granulated white sugar KENT frozen GREEN GIANT kernel corn GREEN GIANT ib sweet peas DIETRICH I whole bread 189 159 63 147 389 69 pork deep brown beans pasta in tomato sauce ctitov pizza WESTON J chocolate rolls unset deodorant 109 59 219 22B 89 89 l lb 1st Grade butter BLUE BONNET 3 lb Guard son DateN oatmeal cookie 198 249 79 179 199 259 119 P arrives at the lowest puces Canada Grade A Beef sirloin wing porterhouse Full slice round steak Outside round steak roast Canada Grade A Beef 5939 2691b 593k Inside round steak roast tip roast rump roast 615 SWIFTS PREMIUM LAZY MAPLE braising ribs a breakfast bacon no SWIFTS PREMIUM skinless wieners 109 Store sliced cooked ham 439 Elliotts organ Continued from page tapped with a causing the pipe taxation on fuel as immoral and eels any tax hikes on fuel should go through legislation and not appear automatically as the price of oil is in creased While Hie provincial government Is encouraging the use of solar energy as an alternative fuel Reed contends they are destroying more than they can create with the closing down of at least three water power plants in Ontario Ontario has the potential to be a major leader in with hammer tenth In economic standing to ButweanmtgoingtorealiietliispolenLalifthe and hririm To government keeps buying oil companies Reed predicts interest rotes will revised 2nd the in me middle of but everyone stiU have to reevaluate their priorities Acid to be a big Issue this year the energy says He explains he has to get the Impact of exporting power Kino a to the United States as sulphur dioxide Is being The Tracker was the pumped into the Canadian air to produce energy for church Thediurch was He pleased with the government decision to buut bet- to 0nlario 1B232S and the made motor fuel waa His party will also soon be electing a new leader eventually moved to Separate school hoard trustee or Actor and another church Georgetown Irene is grateful for the en Bought by Rev and learning experience 1981 provided as William Macauley and in office hifl wife in the worked very hard for the people of Halton Tracker cost Pounds Hills and look forward to my second year Sterling That was a The opening of the new St Josephs separate princely sum con- school will definitely be the highlight of for Mc sideling an entire She feels the teachers parents and students acre farm with house are looking forward to a proper learning environ bam and outbuildings sold for Pounds in the Board of Education trustee for Acton same time period Bruce was elated with the hiring of new MacDermald says director of education He makes The reverends things happen wherever he is shesald daughter signed her She is also excited about Bill 81 which gives name Inside the organ when she an education as much as anyone else The old In and the dary school review project completed this year annual financial report should also correct the deficiencies in the high MacDermald found school system tucked away inside the For 1982 Bruce becomes self admittedly Instrument reported the somewhat an idealist She wants to see a change organist received a In attitudes between the community and schools and the organ especiallytheparentsandteachers Trust is the key lower annually to a better The organ stands She would also like to see parents grasp a better about feet tall and is understanding of what is happening in the school approximately alx feet system and not so readily accept the stories lhat wide and four feet deep may come home from the students about something It has many Interesting that happens within the school Any stories should features and the back la be confirmed by covered by plexiglass so Better parent education Is needed in order to com the Interior can be bat negative feelings on and students viewed sides Volunteer assistance programs are In Playing the organ re- valuable mains a two person Job She would also like to see something developed In On one side there is an the prekindergarten direction Independently operated All service groups seemed to have a good 1981 lever which works the Bob Bradley of the Lions club points out the club sheepskin bellows made their regular birthday visits to seniors Rocks were placed on the bellows to Increase a handicapped child They also donated funds for the sir pressure landscaping of the Elizabeth St and held Leather flap valves their annual Christmas and fall fair draws They connecting the chamber and bellows open and Both the Optimist club and the Men are hav- automatically as Ingmembcrshipdnvesthisyear the air forces its way The Optimists had a busy year with their Valen- towards the pipes tine brunch their Youth Appreciation Draw a par The pipes are mounted ty at the Seniors apartments an oratorical contest on a horizontal air a yule log draw their respect for law week their chamber By pressing bike safety week in conjunction with their bike an ivory key the rodeo a soapbox derby llr Back to Acton Days musician unplugs the dance and he three blood donor clinics they corresponding pipe sored In addition they sponsored Softball and which In turn allows air teams to rush out and sound a NextyearhasasimilaragendabutwithaNow measured note breakfast where selected Acton residents will be The organ Is unique treated to breakfast and given a chance to join the because of its age and club type and Elliott believes The Men club sponsored their annual Santa It is the only playable Claus parade in as well as the and Tracker in the province their annual giant auction They also had a pig Of the entire re- draw provided the health hustle at the Back to storatlon project Elliott ion Days celebration and had a booth at the fair says what a pleasure it They supplied the Mug with a pool table too There was to work In a com- was a substantial sum of money spent on repairing Want to learn more about gardening Then Acton munlty which the Y roof according to president Prueter Library will be the place to be on Wednesday Janu- preclatea its history an This year should see same projects but with at 7 p m wher Colin Dickenson of Crass obvious reference to his extra emphasis on gaining new members Roots will present a free program on plant pruning disappointment Halton Acton Rotary also had a busy year They spon The secrets of successful pruning when where Hills decided recently sored Australias Jenny Nunans exchange year in whyandhowtoprunewlllbediscusscd Ml to Mora lb tern conUnuedonp by Helen Murray This week marks the end of a chapter in Jen nifer life and the beginning of a new one After 12 ears of working for this newspaper In capacity or another Jennifer hangs up her camera and goes back to school to take a real estate course She already has secured a position with Royal City Realty inGuclph Jenny is probably best known for this column Profiles and it only seemed filling that the very last Profiles should be about her Born In Liverpool England In Jenny was not an ordinary beginning nor has anything been quite ordinary since She made her debut Into the world during an air raid She thought all the sirens were on her behalf but soon learned otherwise in her father managing director of Rolls Royce Motors was transferred to Montreal for cing the preteen to make the transition from all girl schools and tunics to the cultural shock of boys and free dress Following high school she attended Mac- dona Id Teachers College part of McGIll University where she met and married a young agricultural student Mac Teaching jobs followed in Montreal and then the Ottawa Valley where she also helped Mac out with the farming She laught until the birth of son Patrick now Soon after daughter Erica now 1G was born In 1968 Mac was offered a job at the Univer sity of in the science deportment Jenny herself on the fine Job she did In moving ids horses three of them pregnant and fur niture to Elora on about 12 hours notice It waa after moving to a farm north of Rock- wood she me then Free Press editor Hartley Coles v ho was doing a Christmas story on donkeys It was Hartley write a horse column thus the birth of Leis Talk About Horses Eventually Jenny started to write feature stories about horses for the Dills Printing and Publishing group of North Halton newspapers The Barrs eventually purchased acres of land north of Acton and built Pan Abode log house on Mac was In the construction business by now and Jenny went nuts for a few years having all sorts of pets There were pigs who thought they were dogs sheep peacocks horses rabbits pheasants ducks and of course the usual dogs and cats and even a soccer playing cow Mac un wittingly built a barn to house a giraffe but Jen ny never managed to acquire it A llama was promised but unfortunately it was stillborn After her horse column ran its course Five was born She also started writing for several rural magazines while working part time In the Georgetown Independent office for three years To help out she also supply taught She eventually became known as The Erma In Jenny Annabel died and she wrote her first book And The Lord Rode a Donkey which was very popular locally But as the economy started to take a set back her freelance Jobs became fewer and fewer Mac bought in the family decided lo sell all the animals and move to urban At that point Jenny was or a job in the advertising and news depart ment of the Free Press Sidcroad Five vaplshed and Proliles was bom She even wrote the Rock wood news for a while Now two years later Jenny has decided to sell bigger things and venture Into real estate But leaving her Job is not easy she sighs For Jenny her newspaper career Is over gone into the memory book with her farming days and teaching time And now looking ahead the real estate business will never be the same as Jenny plunges into it To Jenny from everyone at the Free Press we wish you well in your new life Pruning seminar Acton Photo Camera LMltortown Acton TRUSTUSwntivourprKiouplcturi 10 COLOUR ENLARGEMENTS order at many you from your or SAVE SAVE FfanuAnv OPCN MONDAYS fee