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Georgetown Act on Wednesday Jan 1983 and Founded in 1875 Publisher every 2010 Su yea eioinef The Acton or J Ij a A j lei Bo E Poll The In Wti I E Oakvihr R Tho nil I Ken Bellamy Publisher Smgle Don Ryder Director of Advert sing apace lie in 1 Hartley Coles Managing Editor lis balance nil good a no be sold Advertising an on and Tin On ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Cook Raiail Advntiung Manager Daw Claulftad AdvsrtUing Debt Mac Doug on BUSINESSACCOUNTING OFFICE Manager St owl Does province want Acton to grow Does Queen s Park want Ac ton to grow The way they act down there you think so Its something you 11 never be able to get anyone to say or be able to prove but it is easy to speculate about why the ince keeps throwing roadblocks in the way of new residential development here To be sure the province been much more co operative in helping council find ways to expand George town either over the years so it cant be put down completely as simply holding us back But one can t help but arrive at the conclusion that the prov ince wouldn t be unhappy if Ac ton remained at its present size or even shrank because of stagnation We re a f icsty bunch out here we re always fighting their grand designs for us It easy to see how Acton might be view ed by government as something of a pain in the butt We t really anything to get too terr ibly worked up about our com plaints and concerns t broadbased enough to threaten the government though we can and have done our bit to keep north Halton represented on the opposition bench through three elections It a credit to Mayor Peter and the past council that we have come as to the threshold of growth to a whopping people as we have The bureaucrats at Queen s Park have- thrown dozens of environmental hurdles in front From the editor s desk Make Isles play Soviets Ttie highlight of my hockey season is mi now Ihc MIL Soviet scries a long time pretty much since the summit scries of about the only tunc get worked up about professional has been when Canada or the now national NHL takes on the Huskies or oilier Europeans Its been the springtime world championships Willi our alsorans representatives tor Canada not ihc Stanley Cup playoffs which have captured my attention since I haven been able to take an Louis Blues or heaven a Leafs vs anyone con test seriously I don NHL hockey much during the season and It got to be a pretty good playoff game to keep me from changing the station the post season too just can t seem to take anything but Canada against the other na seriously Anyway I vo had theory or a while now that this latest us against the Huskies encounter has only partially blown out of the water At this writing four of the six games have been played with the MIL winning two and the Soviets two Of course our two victories have been tarnished by the fact the Russians didn t use their number one goalie The mind less antics or the 111 their game with the visitors did nothing to enhance our prestige either Anyway since the last an a da Cup and the Cup I been con need that all star teams simply the way for us to go if wt ever hope to climb back on lop in our own game All star teams thrown together for a few weeks and then sent off to do battle with the mighty Soviets have never been all that successful It just barely worked back in seemingly only worked in the Canada Cup because we were on our home turf Bobby had a few great games left in his knees and the Russians were in the midst of rebuilding The Challenge Cup played on our Bide of the Atlantic with our players in midseason form was a failure Even without the superb Tret ink in the net for the final game the Mil was humiliated Come the last Canada Cup again when we hat a lot going for us v were thoroughly dominated by the Russia as when the chips were on the table ve long subscribed to the theory that the w for as to tackle them is to send real team not a bunch of stars thrown together for a few weeks at the best in the world And make no mistake they proven time and again the past few years thai they are the best Well the four games so far haven proved or the many more as tutc shinny observers who think the team approach to beating the Soviets is the way to go wrong There has been some outstanding hockey played the final period of Sun day game in Calgary was as nail biting exciting as I seen in a few years And we haven been too cm in any games yet either I ve been waiting for the NHL not ith bailed breath mind you to give the Challenge Cup another whirl I want the morons who run pro hockcv on this continent quit ibout making money though to he sure another Challenge Cup would hive the till ringing and their regular season plod to the play fur week during the winter so all fans be thrilled by some superb meaningful hockey Hut I don want to see us put the best of the Campbell and Wales all stars together for an encounter with the Soviets I want them to skip the all star game wh really cares if the Wales can beat tin Instead they should set is de a few days for either the team leading the composite standings at mid season or the Cup champions lo the reigning world champions right now the Russians on an annual If wedid this and still lost a very possibility considering just how good the Russians are then I d be willing lo concede once and for alt that we I slipped to second spot The way we have gone about trying lo prove Canada is still the master or hockey has produced some excellent and memorable moments but has made about as much sense as a fighter entering the ring with one arm tied behind his back If you enjoyed the four games so far just imagine the Islanders as Cup champions or the Hawks as mid season leaders tackling the Russians in a three or five game set The Russians arc beating us now be cause they have adapted the best as pects of our game they have truly learned from a decade of playing games against North American teams of council to overcome on the path to growth of Hills two urban areas Instead of simply silting back and accept ing the premise that there wasn t sewage capacity through a lengthy study con sultants municipal staff and councillors came up with ence showing the sewage prob lems could be overcome with out threatening the environ ment or leaving us in the of having new develop ment which couldn t be pro perly serviced Now the same bureaucrats are trying to hold things up with a new set of problems revolving around water supply Theyve changed some of the rules and come up with some new ones to boot Again the mayor and council and all star aggregations and because they are so familiar with each other play as such a unit that everything Is instinct they don have to stop and think about what to do next I not convinced the Islanders would win In typical NHL fashion in international hockey matters the NHL allowed or maybe even encouraged Ihe Islanders to avoid Russians on this lour so there no test this winter why do something as honest and sensible as putting our game on line again and risk losing or worse yet another humiliation when we would have truly run out of excuses for losing A one game winner Jakes all contest is too Make it a three or five game series Then follow international rules and let each team dress players Now strip the Islanders of their players who arcnt Canadians two I can think of and Kallur and let Isles replace them out the roster to players with coach Arbour tions from the rest of the league He d likely grab and say a couple of top like and Wilson and a couple of two way for are giving every indication of not taking this lying down They re going to be asking why the rules or guidelines for water supply need to be in mid stream and why never before heard of tions are being posed now We have every reason to believe their tenacity on this issue will pay off again It s not hard though to im that once Hills and the region come up with some way to satisfy the prov ince on the water supply ques tion they II find some other way to delay or stifle growth here Why give us more voices in this neck of the woods to holler about things like hydro lines aggregate regional government being left off the map etc Life would be far more peace for everyone concerned at Queen s Park if Acton simply dies off over the years After all we d be easier to ignore if we shrivel up to hamlet size or simply have our time be com pletely occupied trying to be heard in a Halton Hills com dominated by a George town with a population of 000 or 000 people GM Letters to the editor are as expressions of public opinion Please keep them brief and to wards such as McDonald and Bob Gainey The Islanders in season strengthened a few of our genuine stars would be a pretty formidable opponent for the Soviets Maybe they win but they would give us some great hockey and probably not make us hang our heads in shame over the outcome or our tactics on the ice If still lost then we be out of ex for good this time and maybe we d finally smarten up on this side of the Atlantic and start approaching hockey logically Maybe the fans would finally stop being suckered into paying top dollar to see second or worse class hockey and wasting time watching inferior hockey on the lube My real dream for the sport Is to see the NHL become nothing more than a minor league for an international lea gue I want to see the hockey industry and if necessory government get together and develop a national professional team which comprises our best players playing together all year long and more importantly practising and training all year long together and cither playing the other hockey nations best a league or playing in ments all the time Then only then di I believe we will truly begin to learn from playing the Russians etc About the only improvement on our side I ve seen in the past in ynrs has been weve rediscovered the import of skating Our players still can t seem to give and take a pass Willi any acceptable level of consistency we handle the puck like It a hot potato wc should be getting of and our shooting curacy still t anything to write home about We still seemingly play with lot of Intensity and emotion but then we still far too often resort to cheap shots hen wc get down too The path back to hockey purity is taking the entire Canadian hockey system back to mastering the basics skating shooting passing The pros must lead us back to hockey the way Canadians invented the game to be played coiesLsiaw Road manners improve with education A young friend the matrimonial knot lied a scant three years or so took me aside one day and announced he was going to teach his wife to drive the family car I blanched visibly Wazza matter he asked you teach your wife to steer that Jalopy you drive I whitened more the memories flooding back like It was only year Don bring it up I said sadly I vividly remember the year 1 before drive 196 It was the year our marriage almost landed in a wrecking yard If youre asking my advice about whether you should leach your wife to drive I can only utter one word don t Unless you re a man In a million it won work You might even end up not talking to each other He looked annoyed that t should have such a low opinion of his teaching ability But he listened It started out I said like a lark Wife behind the wheel beginner licence in her purse and a pleased smirk became she had answered 19 of the questions on the form perfectly I had only got by on my test a Tew years before by the proverbial skin of my teeth And she She backed out of the driveway per aligned the car with the ditch and rammed the gas pedal to the floor If you re familiar with passing gears you have some idea of bow we took off Gravel flew tires spun and started down the road as if there was a squadron of dragoons chasing us with long stickpins and wc were the pin cushions I hung on for dear life clutching my seat belt and saying in the same breath Slow down a little It was an automatic response Five miles further down the road she pulled up end a terse voice answered If you re going to talk to me like that you can drive this thing yourself She got out of the car and it looked like she was going to march back into town on foot I managed to close my mouth uUera quick apology for my atrocious man ners It took some urging but she got back in behind the wheel and it wasn t long until we were once more merrily on our way I bad virtually ceased trembling when she drove into the driveway at home She was as pleased as Punch was as shaken as Judy That was the start of our adventure on the roads After several months three licenses fight 110 arguments and opious tears there was mutual agreement a driving school might have the answer She graduated magna cum laude and 1 realized Instantly she was a better driver than me But it look months of turmoil before the merits of driving school occurred to me Profit by my mistakes told my young friend He went away muttering while I recalled the chauvinlsltic advice which came to this desk unsolicited one day from the Hamilton Automobile Club Your wife is an extremely sensitive and sophisticated mechanism Theoretically she should last you a life time To get the most mileage you must be aware of the things that can go wrong whether she a a 1969 model or as old as a foreign or domestic new or used Some wives suffer slow starts tn the morning A battery recharge in the form of a good night sleep could put her in better condition Is she irritable and peevish That sounds like crank case trouble She is probably bored with household chores Take her out for a surprise weekend at a hotel or resort Shell be easier to handle after that she develops a noisy muffler and you cannot get a word edgewise your friendly mechanic will probably a gift of flowers Her overall im proved performance will be noticed al most immediately To keep her purring smoothly tell her how nice she looks she goes to the beauty parlor Most men are satisfied with their wives However some may think they got lemons When this occurs remem ber it far better to give your wife a tuneup than to start searching for a new one Back issues 10 years ago JinuJrv3 1973 Three sisters will appear on tele vision tins next week in three different episodes of the game show je Bet on Channel June Jnnscn of Rock win won top prize a trip to Honda will be seen Wednesday noon of Acton appears on jnd Lome of Lime- luiusc They ire the it Mr and Mrs Thomas UK Mrs MucVrlhur the outspoken Reeve of Nassagaw Township will llaltons new Warden I Cooks Icy Kit I Rock wood was the lucky winner of in the Minor Associations draw for December 20 years ago 1 I96J nder provisions of a new contract signed council with the Provincial Police sinner now five police of of four Beginning di Bruce Mc will be on staff evening at the Chamber of Twelfth Night Christmas tret burning iveryine in can the IJf trees end up in their mil blaze of tin free Press is Richard Harris lock wood He lias faithfully reported the news this for years and starts Ins IJtli year with 19G3 Acton completed the year business Thursday evening December during a flurry of verbal bouquets tossed Mayor John sitting for Ins final meeting 50 years ago A iffiz On Thursday evening John Mellon Jr had serious accident When passing a ruck loaded with Christmas trees on the highway just west one of the trees pro truding Ihe edge of the truck struck tin windshield John received a cut hand and lacerations lo his Specials tins week it Carroll ltd 10 of jam Cocoa i lb tin for Sauce btl biscuits lbs for tins of peas for I7i Mr and Mrs has Thompson and spent Christmas with friends al I cluck Mrs Warren and Mr and Mrs Warren spent Christmas with Mr Mrs J ihn Wood of Acton 75 years ago I ISKIK the last meeting if the County Council Wilson of freeman ex ttirdcn was appointed Superintendent of Roads at a salary or out of winch lie will have to pay his own ex Municipal elections are on Monday of next week so don t forget to go out and At a meeling of Ihe Board of lion on Saturday evening new teachers were selected from numerous applies I lions for two vacancies on staff of School Mr r James Moore Principal of St School has been appointed Clerk by the Council On Sunday morning Rev Priest tendered Ins resignotion as pastor the Church lo accept a call to Slrathrov 100 years ago The Canadian Jubilee Singers will give a sacred concert Ihe Methodist Church Ihis evening The annual meeting of the Agricultural Society will be held next Wednesday for ihe election of officers for the ensuing year Mr Richard Hamilton desires us to state thai he did not consider himself a candidate at the recent municipal Messrs Allen and glove manufacturers have made an assign lo their creditors A meeting was held yesterday afternoon to look Into this matter Mr John Cameron has purchased the brick building at the comer of Mill and Wilbur Streets and intends converting it into a carpenter shop The village taxes are all collected and the collector has returned bis roll A Conservative Convention will be held in Milton today for th purpose of selecting a candidate Mas Janet of Milton has charge of the second department of i Acton Public School