Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 23, 1976, p. 2

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Th Acton Free Press Wed June Its official elementary school starts Sept 13 For classifieds that reach call Grin NEW SIGN indicates Acton M C A and the Community Services Centre It was installed last week Tennis lessons soon to begin for summer Tennis lessons will soon begin at the Acton courts according to new recreation Anne Pickering Registration was last week and there is still room in the adult intermediate and the junior beginners classes Junior beginners ages eight to will be taking lessons every Tuesday from July lo August 10 from i to Adult begin years old and over will also play Tuesdays on the same dates from to Thursdays from July to August 12 adult beginners will again have a class from 7 to and adult inter mediate from p Mark Clem will be the instructor Block parents meet in July Organization or a block parents program in Acton took another step with a meeling in the Wednesday of last week About eight interested parents attended and made plans for another public meeting in July At this meeting Cons Keith Woods the police force will speak and show films The organizers expect to have this meeting in one of the schools They are not waiting for fall because any applicants must sign forms which go to Ottawa to be processed This apparently takes between six and eight weeks With a good turnout and good response the block parent plan could be in in the fall Organizer Hark ins is especially hopeful of a good attendance at the meeting next month It s official now Ha I ton elementary school pupils will get an extra long summer holiday this year since Board of Education decided Thursday to delay the start of school until September 13 School was to start Septem ber 7 but Trustee Ernie Bod plan to delay the open ing until the 13th to four professional development days has been accepted Elementary school students will also get out of school June since June and30 will also be taken up with professional develop ment The teachers ninth profes sional development day will be held January plan was not favored by the administration because it left very little time and meant there would be inadequate staff to instruct Guarantee Continued from Page said no matter what govern the only change would be the number of elected people meeting in rooms but the staff would have to be Only Councillors Malt by Levy and Morrow voted for asking the province for a year commitment All council except Armstrong voted to ask for the grant Stolen Theft of turkeys from a turkey farm at R 3 Acton was reported to Acton police June Per capita debt lowest Halton Hills has the lowest per capita debt of any of the municipalities in according lo Treasurer Ray King Including debentures sold and approved the per capita debt This figure com pares favourably with the other municipalities whose debt ranges from lo a head If debenture for a municipal complex is added it would raise the per capita debt by an additional making the debt a head The would not be the full cost of the proposed municipal complex but only the portion which may be The estimated total cost is teachers in the essentials of corecurriculum which is supposed to be implemented by In addition his plan dldn leave any free time for tea to conduct daytime parent interviews Extra days out of school at the start of the year for elementary pupils dldn t correspond to the days high school students will be in school so it was feared many secondary school students would be kept home to care for younger bro thers and sisters The admin also fell s plan would regional lea sessions while it had been hoped the sessions dealing with core curriculum could be handled in smaller The only advantages the administration could see in proposal is It is easy to explain to the public and it is a simple and clear system Bodnar complained pre viously that when profes development days arc scattered throughout the year parents regular rou lines are disrupted for what they view as simply another day off for teachers Bodnar said he t understand why there waan enough staff available at the f toe year but was available when the days were spread out through the year He said this argument on the part of administration was weak He said principals must be the prime movers in the implementation of core curriculum and thought by handling development days the way he suggested would set a pattern for the future In a revised report to the board the administration suggested professional development days should be held September 7 November January and June 27 and Originally had requested professional development days be held September and Octobers November 29 January February March and June and 30 In semestered high schools Ihe board decided development days will be held September January and and June and 30 high schools will hold professional developments days an September January and June 22 and 30 The winter break II run from March to and Christmas holidays will start December and pupils will return January WE NOW HAVE LOBSTERS cooked W Saturdays RADIATOR SERVICE Including rod flush sealer a nti freeze etc Hyde defends tender system CN TOWER is soon to be open to the general public Last weekend CN employees and families lined up to be whisked to the top of the world s tallest free standing structure Free Press reporter Eric Elstone was there Councillor fcrn Hyde strongly defended tender ing method used for the works garage and tern a fetter by masonry contractor Bob Reynolds to ail councillors completely wrong Hyde said Mr Reynolds made an unsuccessful bid for the masonry contract Hold the Reynolds lender in his hand sad Mr is contending that we didn ask for a bond unless he was the successful but everyone else was aware they had lo supply a bond But in his tender he countersigned he says hi includ an agreement to bond for per cent of the amount Now we have a letter saying he was not asked to put up a bond Hyde zed noone had questioned Mr Reynolds workmanship and no ges had been made in itions of bidding Hyde answered by Mr Reynolds lhat per son had not submitted a bond by saying plumbing con tractor Bill Garbutt had agreed to bond but the bond had not arrived by tender closing time Explaining the reference to the roofing contract made by Mr Reynolds Hyde claimed Ihe roofing contractor re fused to submit i bond fore ng the committee to accept the gher bid Hyde said the town was act as general contractor in the east of the works garage and they didn I consul the purchasing agent because he didn know where lo gel some of the mater But he did issue purchase orders you can expect a purchasing agent lo be a build ng contractor Councillor Russell Milter claimed the purchasing if had been consulted he might have saved the town the or Noisy A nearby resident com to police this week of the no of motor bikis at the Quarry property in the Spey side area Police said bikers must have Ihe written on of the owner to use the property presents the wonderful SPECIALS GRUMBACHER ART SUPPLIES 20 Purchase Over SI 0 00 20 ASSORTED LAMP FRAMES LB HEAVY JUTE now NEEDLEPOINT CANVASES and CREWEL KITS 20 KNITTING YARNS 20 off over order TRAIN SETS now A T PLASTIC MODELS Reg now SPECIALS Mam St S GEORGETOWN 877 8336 AND MANY MAI Hostess Potato Chips 79 Cheese Slices Sunlight When the grocer treated you a special way AtlGAits still that way Dollar Values Pom White 2 IGA 3 IGA Ketchup 3 Kitchen Garbage Bags Relishes Ground Beef Fresh Chicken Legs or Breasts Collide Rolls 79 Pal Santa Rosa Plums Outspan NavelOranges Celery Stalks PRODUCE OF US A CANADA NO 1 GRADE Granny Smith Apples Cello Cooking Onions mi SATISFACTION GUARANTEED O YOUK MONEY We will be CLOSED THURSDAY JULY 1st Quality Service and Value all at IGA MRS GREEN IS AVAILABLE TO TA1K SHOPPING GROUPS CALL OR WRITE THE EAST MAIL ISLINGTON ONTARIO M9BGB3

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