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8 Georgetown Acton Wednesday Feb 1SS3 Town wont offer crime info rewards Halton Hills isnt going to enact a bylaw which would per nut the municipality to offer rewards leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for acts of van The idea of the Town offering rewards was raised by Mayor Peter late last year after over tombstones were toppled at Cemetery At the time staff was directed to investigate the idea and they reported back the municipality could offer rewards under the Municipal Act Monday night general com mittee received another staff report and endorsed the recommendation each dent of municipal concern be discussed with the Police Commission The stall report noted the individual responsible for the cemetery vandalism in Acton was apprehended by police and sentenced to two years in jail for that as well as others Since the cemetery van the police reported to Hills that acts of van dalism have ceased or are negligible within the municipality If the municipality offered rewards staff noted theyd have to establish a procedure to ensure confidentiality of aunts evaluate information received investigate the circumstances of the alleged offence make sure there was sufficient evidence to merit ar rest and conviction and come up with a method of paying the reward money Staff suggested since the Police already have a system for handling rewards for information that if assist ance was required from the Tory convention delegate voted for leadership review Local Progressive Conservative Youth official Saskia van Tetenng learned what a direct influence on the history of Canada the grass roots of a party can have at the re cent Tory national convention in Winnipeg Van though they were a part of Clarks demise The runaround at the convention that over Quebec delegates both senior and youth received from the Clark forces who ran the convention was also a factor She noted prore view delegates like herself were in general public and since the Ann police are better tArllUI I OPP retires facilitate various procedures which must be followed that the Regional Police Commission should be con tacted and the municipality concern registered and assist a nee offered should the commission deem It in the best interest in solving the pro blem The report also noted cuss ions with the police in they would prefer the municipality to follow the staff recommended proce dure attended the convention as a youth for a bad time in Winnipeg For ex delegate from Enndale College and ample Saskia had to stay in a motel a senior Halton riding delegate and six miles from the convention hall like her MP Otto supported and would up spending most of her a leadership review money going to and from the hall She recalled the unbelievable Van Tetering backed a leadership feeling she experienced when the review because she felt something vote outcome was announced and needed to be done to change the Joe Clark told the delegates he party and the most obvious problem hadnt received a strong enough was the leader from the convention and Looking at the possible candidates would recommend to the party Tetering But If neither man goes for the job she thinks Clark might Just be her second choice I havent given up on Clark She she says premiers Peter Lougheed says the former Prime Minister re- Carnaval DANCETHOn BiOOi COnCOUKS DIVERS lOiOOam EXPOSITION DARTISOMAT BONHOMME CARNAVAL POUR GOUTS Venez vos amis fain nouvelles passer retires nous en tradition Canadlenne rancalse Diner Lard le 12 Salic Georgetown ENTREE 8785704 Gaby Assistant OPP Commissioner Jack Kay who joined the force In February IMS and served in Acton from November 1919 until January 1950 recently retired Kay served with the for over years and when he retired at held the post of Assistant Commissioner in charge of the traffic division a post he held for the last four years serving in Acton be was also assigned to Brantford and Sudbury before joining the Toronto based anti- rackets branch He went on to became a homicide in vestigator and later became director of the criminal investigation branch In 1976 he became second In command of the special services Division and a year later was promoted from Inspector to Assistant Commissioner and took over that division More firefighters parking on Willow Only firefighters responding to a call will be allowed to park on the southwest side of Willow St between Mill St and St Halton Hills council decided Monday night With the start of the town hall restoration project the firefighters lost six offstreet parking spots beside the hall a report from bylaw enforcement officer Jack Lusty staled The additional parking restrictions in the area of the fire hall will provide about 10 extra parking spots for firefighters on Willow St and will give them a total of about parking spaces in the area Lusty reported there are 35 members of the brigade and to 30 firefighters respond to each fire call He noted parking for fire fighters has never been executive that a leadership con- or Bill Davis would be good choices mains a contender in many be held to carry the party into the next elec- peoples eyes He doesnt Instill After Clarks speech many in the But she adds Clark is still a confidence in himself among thought the push for a leader force to be reckoned with tans but he does have many of the ship review had been lost Then If we could get Lougheed and he qualities the party is seeking His when Clark made his startling an could do for Canada what he has performance at the contention in I thought holy cow we done for Alberta it would be fan- did it It was a shock unbelievable to tastic feel what a direct Influence we had he wont be running but she Is hop- on the history of Canada ing Tories from Alberta Ontario and She said the vote left a sour taste elsewhere will be able to in many peoples mouths and the him to change his mind She feels Youth wing was blamed for Clarks Lougheed is the kind of charis- fallure to keep his job However malic leader the Conservatives Saskia who lives in north pull the party back do a lot to put the party back weya says it wasnt just the Youth together She also thinks Davis again Well be as unified as creased Saskia respect for him Hes a fighter he should have shown that quality more often A lot of people view what hap pened in Winnipeg as something which will tear the party apart but Saskia suggests the next convention will leave the party unified It will win which brought the leader down would make a fine leader Five grade 13 grads 19 grade 12s in Jan PCs can ever be There were no Ontario Scholars at the end of the first semester of the school year at Acton High School There were however five grade graduates and 19 grade An Ontario Scholar Is a graduating grade 13 student who has maintained an average of BO per cent in that grade Secondary School Honor Graduates grade 13 in January were Karen Bailey Doug Hannah Dawn Miller Lynda Trowbridge and Lynda Secondary School Graduates grade were Wendy Carroll Diane Crewe- Read Lon Drysdale Lynn Gordon Sophie Jones John Nancy Marchment Tom McDonough Colleen McKnight Kim Mc Mullen Linda Pa Ion Laura Nablla Saeed Sandra Sehreiber Roy Spear Tony Van Dam Wendy Van Dam Yvonne Van den and Deborah Wright Councillor Tom Hill wants to know the Study cost of extending Town garbage pickup into the hamlets garbage toId council the est by private con tractors had increased so wanted some facts on Town costs Bob Austin said he would bring in a report on the subject flooring Armstrong Designer rr First Quality THE No wax floor by Armstrong Patterns Current 10 ColOUrS Current surface that shines without waxing Inlaid Coour Inaid Patterns Unique distinctive inlaid designs Now is The Time to Choose Compare at VI yd 1 The Price is Right The Selection is Right The Quality is Perfect Full written guarantee from Armstrong 1 Installation guaranteed One of our finest heavy duty vinyl colours with Mirabond finish No Wax is on sale NOW at Spectacular Savings See them for Yourself First Quality We Install The Largest Selection in Milton and Ares Steele Awe MILTON B7B4I78 Former Acton resident Rodger was inducted into St Pauls Presbyterian Church In Scots town Quebec by the laying on of hands recently Rev Is a graduate of Waterloo University with a B degree and of Knox College with a Masters of Divinity degree Ills wife Karen is a registered nursing assistant and they have a oneyearold daughter Erin Lack chairs for arena hall Despite the fact new tables and chairs were bought last year for the hall at Acton Community Centre there still arent enough to meet the needs of people when the hall If filled to capacity Charlie Harrison raised the issue of the lack of tables and chairs at the recent ward one councillors dropin with recreation dir ector Tom Harrison said they would find chairs from schools and elsewhere even bring them from rink if necessary In the past However now they have been told they cant bring them from another rink either and they have a function planned for next month Harrison said the purchase of new chairs would rectify the problem Mayor Peter Pomeroy had teld him last year but It hasnt There are only chairs and lables but the hall will accommodate 120 Shepard said he stopped the moving of furniture from one rink to another because things were gelling lost Each facility submitted a budget of the number of chairs and tables that were needed last year and said he and council hadnt cut Harold request He apologized that there still werent enough and said an error must have been made The recreation director promised there will be enough chairs and tables Tor the fund raising event next month Truck overturns There were no injuries to the driver of a stake truck which overturned on icy roads last Wednesday morning Douglas Metzger of Drayton was driving the truck loaded with feed at fl am on the Fifth Line of Erin Township kilometres north of Five Sideroad when he hit an icy patch slid off the road and into the ditch The truck came to rest on its side according to Guelph Police estimate damage to the truck and to a farmers fence No charges were laid Driver unhurt Margaret Robertson of Milton was driving Helena west of Highway afternoon when she lost control on the Icy road and struck a tree She was uninjured in the accident but her car sustained damage Chimney fire gets in walls A chimney fire spread room wall at a home at Lot 3 Concession 1 last Tuesday evening but Deputy Fire Chief Bob Hyde said the damage to the wall was minimal The firefighters had to open up the wall to get to the fire The family was home at the time of the fire Deputy Chief Hyde said the fire a result of faulty installation Slippery roads Guelph were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident last Wednesday morning on Highway a north of Wellington County Road fa Erin Township Police Mae Vaivods RR Acton control of her ear on icy roads left the high way and struck a tree stump at car suttafned in damage and the driver escaped injury-