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DISTRICT A Lions Effective speaking Contest was held April at Community Centre On the left of the photo Bruce Payne Chairman Region 15 stands beside Susan Paulen Stratford Janet Haslett Guelph and Rob Curne Kitchener who were the evening winners David District A 15 is shown on the right Century old jail will close Corrections Minister Frank announced late Inst week that the province will close Milton Jail In the middle of June Drea announce ment in the legislature con firmed earlier rumors to that effect In his statement to the Legislature Drea said a new all will be built on the Maple hurst Correctional Centre property In Milton to open in In the meantime the or so prisoners held at Milton Jail will be accommodated at a facility soon to open in Hamilton Went worth Milton Mayor Don Gordon said he had a meeting with Regional Chairman Hie Morrow and members of the police commission to discuss he closure a week earlier Gordon said prisoners from the Burlington area would go to HamiitonWentworth but those in the northern part of the region would go to the Centre in Guelph The building has been condemned time and time again by Grand Junes the facility The old jail has been described as sadly lacking and not able to offer any proper type of exercise or recreation programs for the prisoners said the closure would saving of in 19B and a saving of COO year thereafter for his ministry plus sub stantial savings for he Ministry of Government Scr Thnt ministry would been responsible for renovations that would been necessary if building was allowed to open sin it was the jail to closed his appointment Hi closed Don Jail in Toronto is will is old jails in Hornby farm to consolidate One of thearea s largest and most prestigious horse firms is for sale Sam Son irms of Hornby in an economy mou to consolidate family liors business is selling one of its two properties The operation consisting f a mom farm on and a ZOO breeding farm on Fourth south of Omagh has been mi officially for sale for IhL past year but the firms recently listed with Real Estates Price for the main farm is sit 1 an Hit ivnir ST fa rlDini f mi i wned It list mini if Sile will re tin to the Simuel proper Mr is cert to itnnm in the mu 1 1 1 1 si I us tit- stunt Mr Dun s Till I si ha tin It of r i millions Simcoe Kit chcner and Hamilton as well The ministry had closed 13 jails prior to thai since province look over county jails in County Council had planned to build a new jail in the 1960s but plans for the Jail were Interrupted by the ministry decision to take over responsibility for Jails Gordon said he was pleased to see the jail closed If the region has no use for It I think the town will want to have it But I want tho cell area cleaned up I don t want anyone getting the idea of holding tours there That kind of thing is a lot of nonsense He said he could see the building used as a dropin centre for teens or senior citizens or some other use I wouldn even suggest a use d put the question to the people he said All 19 employees of the jail will be offered employment in other centres At least one police com missioner expressed concern about the effect the closure will have on the re gional police department David Coons points out the closure will mean police officers will have to escort prisoners to and from Jail In Hamilton to for trial He said it would take two officers at each to drive prisoners back and forth and he claims they have to return at least once or twice because of remands While the move will mean savings for the province it will apparently mean added costs for the region Coons says there Is no money to cover that cost in the police budget Rockwood District 10 The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 1978 students entered in Lions speaking contest Much local interest was shown In the District A IS Lions Effective Speaking Contest held April 12 Community Centre About people listened attentively to the nine boys and seven girls deliver their most interesting prepared and Impromptu speeches The Judges Rita Gory Murray Taylor Judith Virginia Parker and E C had a challenging chore grading he speeches In the final tally they used a computer to calculate the winners The marks were that close The entrants were teen from Wood stock Kitchener Waterloo Stratford Guelph and Rock wood Each was awarded certificate and cheque Janet representing the Guelph Lions Club took the girl trophy with her speech Today a Woman In her impromptu presentation on the subject Are too many on Welfare she commented that your vote at tho next election may help change the welfare situation Rob representing the Kitchener Club took the boy trophy with his speech The true Canadian His impromptu subject was Canada Should Not Restrict Immigration He presented Canada vast northern areas as a place to employ locate immigrants He pointed out that his home town of Kitchener was prosperously settled by German immigrants Mary Lou Lombard representing the Lions Club and Sam representing the Woodstock Lions Club were the second place winners Susan of Stratford the only French entrant won her division with her speech entitled Participation Janet and Rob will advance to the district final which includes the winners from Labrador Quebec and Ontario to be held May Hydro spends 9000 to protest butterflies Ontario Hydro will pay an additional 9 to reroute the 500 hydro line in to avoid disturbing the habitat of the White Virginia Butterfly Milton Councillor Jim Wot son raised the matter during a regional council meeting Wednesday Watson noted that the hydro needed an casement from the region to run the line and it was due to the region concern that the line was shifted by feet Watson suggested It was ridiculous to put the fate of a few butterflies ahead of the concern for Hills Councillor Roy Booth chastised Watson for tho frivolous way in which ho and other councillors treated ecological matters He claimed the new route would save hydro over be cause there be nearly as many poles re quired He said the particular habitat was unique In Ontario and should be preserved He scolded the council for not JANET VELDHUIS placed second in the Physical Science Category intermediate division the recent WaterlooWellington Science and Engineering Fair Rob Bonner received an honourable mention in the Inter mediate Life Science division New arrivals at game farm prove Spring is here by Jennifer Burr Not only arc area farms bursting the with baby anlmali of all shapes and sizes but Wildlife Game arm near more than its new arrivals Although It for wild animals to pup before the grass Is green some animals are rushing the season and being cared for In the big old barn that usid to house prize Belgians Paul owner of the Game Form Is delighted with the now Moufflon lambs the first to arrive Pat and Don Bradley farm managers and mldwives an doing overtime In the maternity as kids lambs and assorted youngBtcni arrive Mama llama waits in patient splendor for hoped for baby what does a baby llama Moufflon lambs are the most exquisite babies in the world Taken look at their faces and rejoice In the reniwal of life being serious Yes CouncUlor Watson if you were a butterfly you might think differently about this Chairman Rlc Morrow said in Jest Referring to Ihe butterflies Milton Mayor Don Gordon said I wonder If ho or she will really notice the line has been moved by feet Does anyone really know Yea was talking to one yesterday Carl said Why is it that we can alter the line for Conservatives and for butterflies but not for the farmers Oakville Council lor Laurie wondered Only 19 at annual meeting and Home and School Association held its annual meeting April 11 with only 19 members attending Elections of the new executive were unable to be held because of the small turn out people are required as a quorum After some discussion was decided that a Block Parent Plan was not needed in at this time There were some problems reported regarding snow plows and children waiting for or departing from school buses This issue will be brought forward to the Roads before the snow flies next year The need for a Creative Playground at Public School was discussed A committee may be set up to research the types and costs of such facilities JOHN EASTWOOD left and Robert Allerellie centre won first prize in the Intermediate Engineering division at the recent Waterloo Wellington Science and Engineering Fair Karen right placed third in the Intermediate Life Science division Why cataloguing experts Fisher Biehn ask Board Library board member Betty Fisher created intense discussion at a meeting of Hills Library Board last Wednesday with her suggestion that library staff could do cataloguing work instead of using funds to hire ports to do the job Ruth Wilson said using staff to catalogue is like using caretaker to teach school since the staff has not the knowledge needed to do WHICH WAY DID they go Even the geese at Klaheme Wildlife farm in Erin are excited about the newly arrived Moufflon lambs MOUFFLON LAMBS two days old peer out at the world with curiosity Mama and sons are part of the herd of Moufflon sheep on Klahanle Wildlife Game Farm near Erin owned by Paul MAMA LLAMA patiently awaits the arrival of her baby although Klahanie Wildlife Farm owner Paul and manager Pat Bradley arent sure whether or not she is actually ex or just well fed Time will tell Team standings at the end of regular season play Optimists Rovers Kay Feeds Countrymen Four Corners 74 Happy Gang Pin Pals Corneys Results of games bowled Tuesday April Dynomites points Fred Vandervalk Jim Dales Four Corners points- Tony Stokman Nellie points Dune Rovers 604 Vlvlenne Brlcn Carneys points Nancy Gordon spare Howard Dunk 3 points- Joy Halliburton Van Countrymen points Bert Gould 518 Jean Smith Happy Gang points Coverdalc Rick Optimists points Gerry Birkholz Mabel Smith points Gar field Hoi man Kay Peed points John Polo Ruth Polo points Alice Johnson Sue Nightingale Men over GOO Dune Tony Stok man Gary John Polo Fred vnlk llarviy Women over Alice Johnson 010 Sue Nightingale Nancy Gordon spare Joy Halliburton Nellie Stokman Ruth Polo Erke Van Ml Vlvlenne Vcrna Ann Parkinson Ivy Ritchie 51B Jean Smith Kathy Holmun 508 Diana Carney the job Mrs Fisher replied the board then could maybe save money by training members of the staff to do the job and save as much as a book She said she had had com plaints about staff at the libraries doing very little when they weren busy and they could be doing cataloguing Member Norm Elliott said Mrs Fisher did not under stand the situation that it Is a far deeper subject than realizes especially assuming it costs 1 to catalogue each book He didn ap preciate the crack about the library staff doing nothing calling it a super judgment not making any cracks I m just saying that like any other office there Is time to spare and staff could be til lied to catalogue she said Librarian Betsy Cornwell says the complaint about staff having time to spare is also one she received but there is no basis for it She said the library is getting the best professional cataloguing in the world now and have tics with the Library of Congress and such institutions as the British Museum It means cataloguing from the Niagara Region is consistent with larger libraries in the world and Is a key to finding a book there without running Into difficulties Mrs also con tended that professional cataloguing allowed the people to have equal access to resources as they have In the city It would be a retrograde step to go away from that method she maintained Its like asking for parts number in an auto parts department explained chairman Dick Member Walter said he agreed to a certain extent but If they could save a year by doing their own cataloguing it was worth considering Member Doug Mag wood felt the staff the George town library was working under extreme stances now with not enough room to house books cumulated over the past two or three years and it would be an Imposition to ask them to do more Mr wasnt con vinced He said the library staff knows books better than anyone and it would help them to familiarize with the new volumes I can see why we pay someone else to do the work Why Is it so complicated he asked We have a trained librarian to do the work and cataloguing could be made a general routine He noted that the staff of the library once did their own cataloguing and he suggested the board return to the practice At this point in discus chairman Dick Howitt called stop to the discussion explaining there would be an opportunity to make a motion later Plan OKeefe trip by Smith Rockwood Sunshine Club April 13 meeting opened by Mrs Black welcoming about members then the singing of O Canada and The More We Get Together followed by a singsong The secretary report was read as well as the treasurer s report Mr then took charge of the entertainment calling on Miss who sang Beautiful Dreamer and Just AWearyin for in her lovely soprano voice Victor Smith played a medley of old time tunes on the accor dion Mrs Milne was called for a recitation A House BecomcsaHome followed by a short poem One of Each written by Victor Smith Mr Leachmai then gave more details of the bus trip to O Keefe centre April Bus is leaving Rockwood town hall at 12 noon picking up Acton members 12 15 at Knox Church Acton Tickets for the show will be given out on the but Games then got underway High scores for euchre went to Mrs Ethel Craig and Mr McCutchcon Mrs and Mr took tho croklnole high score remember the Acton Chorallers Sunday April town hall at 30 Silver collection Next meeting April at