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October 3 in Acton More demand for recreation says director officials come and at the of electorate but the Town off who keep the wheels turn nt remain series on the various department II introduce them and Ihelr bites he reader This week we n Retreat on D Tom Shepard The big man at the Town of Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department stands well over six feet tall As Director of ion for the Town of Hills Tom Shepard is in charge of overseeing all programs of by his department It never boring Job he claims There are always new programs and sports starting so there ore always people to meet After graduating from College in 1373 Shepard worked at the London tion Department for four years before going Almost three years ago he came to Hills My experience in both urban and rural centres makes it a good place for me he aid He added that he recognizes the differences between Acton and Georgetown but still believes strongly In Hills I like to think that this department tries to suggest Halton Hills rather than Acton Georgetown or he said We try very hard to make Hills a reality if you wilt he said he real lies how hard it is to lose an identity The user pay system initiated by is something he Is proud of The interesting part of the job was literally starting over with the user pay system for facilities Asked about the opponents who resent he system Shepard admitted It is frustrating But thats also part of a municipality growing up he maintains Obviously I believe in it The user pay system is just one of the ways the recreation field has altered in the past lew years It has become a business he said simply I think we progressed In the last few years Today lifestyle which reflects health and Illness has placed more demands on the recreation department People demand more without realizing it costs Recreation to Shepard is no longer seen as just a soft service anymore Asked his role changed to a business administrator he agreed The pro gression of recreation from leisure has made it a business One of the brighter spots in his three years was being part of the beginning of the Cultural Centre There has been a lot of little satisfactions like the depart ment but I was really happy to be part of bringing in the Cultural Centre One of the things that really bugs is the lack of one large building for his staff It a major chore to get together he said adding that he can t just go across the hall to speak to someone You have to get in your car and drive over it quite an venience In the future he hopes to have a central administration building so his staff art not spread across he Town Using other people facilities is a constant frustration to and his staff The school board and the recreation department have joint use of all the facilities but the recreation people are not responsible for maintaining the facility Problems occur according to because of this lack of direct control He said many complaints come to the recreation department about schedule problems As the school has first choice in choosing times for the schools a recreation course could be cancelled So we take the flak up A time that no fun for turn and his department is not surprisingly budget time There a certain amount of static when budget time cornea around he said with a smile submit my budget to council In the the council has been very fair but ills frustrating process mentioned the upgrading of Hills parks as the big Improvement done by his department The parks have improved dra since I been here He points pasted and new playgrounds as part of he park upgrading The Town has too much green space not to take advantage of it he said Rev Clarke MacDonald United Church Moderator will speak on global nuclear disarmament issue The recently elected Moderator of the United Church of Canada Rev Clarke will be In Acton on Sunday October to speak to the congregation of Trinity Church and res of Hills about the nuclear armament issue Rev won his new post on the fu st ballot at the General Council in Montreal this past summer and was runnerup for moderator at the I960 General Council He says the church must get cracking on clear disarmament and peace 1 look at these children at General Council or my own grandchildren I this maniacal activity continues A recent Profile on the new Moderator from the Division of Communication of the United Ch urch stated Rev believes in commit evangel He has what he calls a Christocentric faith The Christian he maintains puts Christ at the centre and all lire revolves around obedience to him Impatient with theological jargon and hair splitting he nevertheless believes that the com of God in Christ is The Event in human history and the pivot of all genuine Christian action This is what motivates him whether he is preaching on grace or walking on a picket line for human rights Rev was a pastor for a quarter of a century before taking responsibility as a Deputy Secretary in the Division of Mission in Canada and as Secretary of the Office of Church in Society Rev MacDouldbeuevestheCburchmustuse the techniques of the 80s to communicate the Cos as well as revive time honored practices When was minister at Saint Luke in downtown Tor onto for eight years he could be seen on his soap box in Allan Gardens Park defending his con victionagainstthealtacksof communists atheists racists and all kinds of right wing Bible Thumpers He is involved in world concerns He is in frequent touch with government leaders about immigration rights of native people refugees national corporations and poverty He has attended international conferences travelled to Middle East to Eastern Europe Including the and taken a leading role in upholding human rights in Southern Africa and South Amer ica as well as Eastern Europe He was a United Church delegate to the in Germany and fraternal delegate to the East German Church in 1981 Rev MacDonald Is convinced that there must be more sharing of the earth resources unless something radical is done to close the gap between the rich and the poor we are going to have a confrontation which will have disastrous results he maintains He is committed to work for peace Our military expenditures on this planet are an affront to God and could be the prelude to the death march for his part of the Universe He is also a total abstainer and a nonsmoker but he is tolerant of those whose views and habits are at variance with his He has often visited taverns In fact and cnbes some of them as crummy joints He inks he government should not license them un less they measure up to high standards and are less depressing o he lower income people who frequent them Rev MacDonald was bom July 1320 in the farming community of Green Hill Nova Scotia He says that he owes an unpayable debt to the United Church congregation of 25 families where he was brought up My parents were ray first and among my best teachers in applied Christianity He attended public and high school In Pictou County and went to Dalhousie University and then to Pine Hill Divinity HaU in Halifax where he was ordained in IM3 Pine Hill granted him an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1969 For years he held pastorates in Cape Bret on then moved to downtown Toronto Saln Lukes where he stayed for eight years In 1971 he was appointed Secretary of the for Board of Evangelism and Social Service which a year later was integrated into the Division of Mission in Canada in which he still although presently Moderator of the United Church main tains the tide and some of the responsibilities of a Deputy Secretary He is Secretary of the Office of Church in Society and Chairman of Project Ploughshares as well as serving an other Inter Church Coalitions and the Canadian Council of Churches Rev Clarke recently elected moderator of the United Church of Canada will speak at Trinity United Church In Acton on 3 on the Issue of global nuclear ma meat fiMf ft PC GeorgetownActon Wednesday September 19S2 Halton County Radial Railway Allaboard Iff One of the most popalar attractions In North Is the County Radial Railway Museum In North Sunday here was a roily extravaganza and Iota of people came out ride he wide variety of passenger as well as work car In various stages of restoration And there were lots of unique cars to see at both the start and finish of each ride Visitors could even see workmen constructing a new loop be end he line Conductors told passengers about the historic cars they were riding on hey ranged from an electric railway car which ran from London to Lake Eric be line developed by Sir Adam Beck founder of Ontario Hydro to old Toronto street cars They also got to electric rail enthusiast like Bob Johns operating the controls No raise likely for trustees There may be no raise for trustees on the Hal ton Board of Education Noel Cooper Burlington of the trustee rem uneratlon committee told trustees Thursday evening it would be fair and equitable to keep their annual honorarium at for the next three years where it has remained since Cooper pointed out had the board members been receiving annual raises their salaries would now be at according to Index Trustees will vole on the matter at the next board meeting next week Acton representative Arlene Bruce told the tr she felt the committee was sensitive and responsive to the problems of era Milton those board and municipal members who govt themselves hefty raises at not taking it easy with raises He emphasized the honorarium was not intended to be the sole supporter a family Anne Fairfield trustee for pointed out the recent provincial government wage res traints of percent results in other boards having their self Imposed per cent raises rot led back to five per cent Tribute paid Betty Walker Vonier Correctional Centre she became deeply concerned with school dropituls This concern motivated to run for trustee representing Hills During her term of office she served on the Early School Leaving Commute the Salary Committee Staff Board and was he board representative with the Conservation Authority In her own area she had been very active organizing a parent volunteer pro gram at he secondary school level Although Betty on Halton Board of Education observed a minute silence In memory of Trustee Betty Walker who died September following a lengthy ill nets In a tribute to Mrs Walker Florence Metres vice chairman of the board said Since our last meet the Board of Education has been saddened by he loss of a friend and colleague Trustee Betty Walker whose untimely death occurred September Betty was a worker by profession Through her work with young people at the