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Acton Free Press Wednesday Mavl21982 Few here stuck by tour company collapse Rev Gerald of Knox Church the quilt presented to May Sunday for all hard work over the year for the church Embroidered antographi were the highlight of the gift presented by the Sunday school Maria St apts rents shoot up Rents will be a tittle higher at the Noble Towers on Mans St than in IhesUter building on ChurchSt East same person following a ruling by a rent review hearing officer In March the Residential Tenancy Commission hearings for both the Nobel Towers and Dip lomat Apartments The Diplomat ruling was mailed out last week and the ruling on the St build was sent out this week While rents have shot up they are still far below the level requested by the landlord One bedroom unit rents were running from to a month and will go up to to far below the requested lo One bedroom units in the building next door will rent from to a month Two bedroom apartment rents will climb from to 300 to to 347 a month The landlord wanted to for two bedroom apartments and at the Diplomat thcrents will run 334 to 333 Rents for the four three bedroom apartments will soar from 313 to 323 lo373 a month The landlord wanted to a month Set trial date in drug busts Trial dates have been set for two of the four Acton men charged In a drug round up in late February Samuel Herbert Mills and Stephen Leslie M cGilloway appeared in Milton Provincial Court Monday to set a date for trial A third man Glen was remanded Monday until June 14 when his date will be set Mills was charged with one count of trafficking in cannabis resin to trial September 14 will be tried September 9 He was charged with two counts of trafficking in marijuana faces charges of of trafficking In Vcr few Acton tourists have been affected by the recent collapse of the giant package lour companies Sun- and Skylark according to local travelagentsTedTylerand Rick Bon- Both said firms Tyler Travel and Acton Travel had been ding booking trips with Sunflight Tor some time before the collapse suspecting the firm was in trouble said No thank goodness when asked if he had customers booked with adding he was fortunate and had been warned the firm was in trouble He noted he had been expecting major problems with Sunflight since last fall and so only made last minute bookings with the company A major shakeup of brass last year had been a hint of things to come he said Tyler said they haven t been featuring for some time because of the management problems winch helped drag down a tour com pany which at one time was number one and did an extremely good job He has only a few customers who have been affected Without Sunflight though Tyler said there might not be package Iml at reasonable prices today Skylark only merged with Sunflight about a month before the collapse and had made some bookings with that firm back in January February so he and a few of his customers have been stuck Both said travellers can make alternative trip arrangements through their travel agent and they have already made some arrangements for these people Tyler observed all travel agents and tour companies contribute equally to tht travel compensation fund and he think that is fair when a big firm goes down the drain because they should be paying higher premiums just like happens with insurance noted people can claim the money ihev paid the two tour com panics through the compensation fund but it will take time he warned There will be claims for about million for each of the tour companies and while the fund only has a little million in it now contributions will be made up over the next two years Arrangements are being made said to get money to claimants quickly and every pas senger w ill get a full refund He said people should handle their claims through their travel He concluded some trip operators arc picking up trips Sunflight was running but he feels people will be wary of package tours He expects he II be booking flights and hotels sep arately more now Peter Armstrong of School was the only Hills student to gain recognition In the Fire Prevention Poster Contest He received an honor able mention I- Ire chief Mick Holmes and Fire Prevention Officer Bob Mead presented Peter with a certificate of merit while teacher Hick toe looks on Indusmin laysoff 12 Acton Toddlers and Teens and Honey Pot Nursery School presents a CHILDRENS A fourth man David Lawrence Dunn of Ransom Street appears In court next month for trial on of trafficking In marijuana Toe four were charged in Febr Lakeside IODE Will sell vials of life The Lakeside Chapter had very Inter est meeting on Tues day May which began wllh the members meet at the Royal Cafe for a delicious Chinese din ner Following this the groups moved on to the regular meeting place at the Legion Among the matters discussed was the possibility of the Chapter adopting a school somewhere in Northern Canada poss ibly Labrador with a view to supplying the children there with some of the things not pro vided by the local authorities which we In the more prosperous areas take for granted This matter is to be in vestigaled and action taken in September for the beginning of the next school year After the business was ended Mrs Helen and Mrs Joyce gave a com prehensivc report on the provincial annual meeting which they had attended as delegates from the Chapter Among the items which they brought back with them from this meeting were a sampling of Vials of Life these are small vials designed to be fastened inside the refrigerator door The vial contains an in formation sheet to be filled out with details of any medical condition requiring special treat ment or any condition as allergy pre venting certain treat or medication In case of emergency this information is very use ful particularly in cases where one person Is alone in a dwelling These vials are to be distributed and the in formation regarding them given the police fire department and any other emergency vices so their members will look for the stickers on refrigerators in any emergency situation It decided to order more of these Vials of Life to haw available by July I weekend at the Back to Acton Days Twelve hourly employees of Ltd will be laid off this Friday according to mine manager Zak Sakac The lay involve only production and maintenance staff Sakac told the Free Press high Interest rates the firm was forced to cut back from a two shift operation to one shift Most of the lav affected the one shift The cutback brings head count down lo hourly workers The office staff was not affected Workers will be culled back when when market conditions improve FLORIDA LOVERS A Vacation Florida this year and every year for the rest of your FOR A ONE TIME ONLY FEE OF Prices at CHECK OUR SUPER FOOD VALUES IN OUR FLYER DELIVERED TO YOUR D THIS WEEK If you do not receive an IGA flyer contact the Acton Free Press at 8532010 THIS WEEK RED DELICIOUS APPLES 3 lb bag Reg DEMPSTER 100 WHOLE WHEAT BREAD 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