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More money for ambulance help The Hills Volunteer Am service based In Georgetown has received funding for three full time staff Health Minister Elinor Caplan today The Ministry will provide annually for full time staffing from am five days a week The service which covers the area of Georgetown and Acton will con Unue to be staffed by volunteers for the remaining hours of the week Previously the Halton Hills vice was covered by volunteers day during the week and hours a day during the weekends with the remaining hours covered by ambulance attendants from Peel York Ambulance Service The Ministry will continue to review Individual ambulance ser SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday November 1987 Christmas bazaar The Order of the Royal Purple Is holding Us Eighth Annual Christmas Bazaar at the Elks Hall on Nov The bazaar starts at 9 a m and goes to m The seven hour event will feature crafts baked goods and draws for prizes Elks Hall Is located at Winston Churchill Boulevard in Bridge winners In the duplicate vices on the basis of local need Ms said We have allocated more than IS million in additional funding across the province In a con tinuing effort to provide reliable and effective ambulance Trip winner Gordon Early of is the winner of a Travel voucher for a trip worth Mr Early won his prize by par in the Optimist Club trip of the month raffle or November His ticket number was 232 The consolation prize of went to Clarence Baker of Georgetown holding ticket number Proceeds from the draw are returned to the community for pro jects The next draw will be Dec Legion Six bridge t weekend In category one Harry Arblc and Mike were winners and Dot Warren won in category two and Ruth and Marion Richardson won In the third category Santa back for Acton parade Music to their ears Georgetown District High School students School kids a first hand lesson an In straments Nov were briefing the kids on the workings of the wind inslrumei before the students travelled to Hamilton Place IT to hear the Hamilton Philharmonic Students Concert Teaching fiveyearold Aaron Schrivcr and fiveyearold Ashley McKay the basics of the Instruments are Christina Sarah How I It Tony Hewer Mora and Mark Herald photo New Acton fire hall by 1991 Acton may get new fire station as early as Halton Hills Fire Chief Bill is preparing a budget to replace the present fire stition on Bower Street The replacement time would take three years Mr ingham report will submitted with the Intent to start the staging in 1988 a recommendation by Town councillors said Nov Mr Cunningham has already recommended a sluing process to build the estimated fire station The Fire Chief wants to hire an architect to design a station In to purchase land in 1989 and an Clonal to build the station in 1990 The Fire Chief has been pushing for a now station since The pre sent station has been expanded twice but it t meet the needs of the community now said Mr Ingham Firefighters are losing The United Way or Hills Is In the process of collecting funds Tor Its business and residential campaigns this point in the campaign which kicked off of Oct l The local branch has raised 44 per cent of IN goal as outlined In this for IMs facility and when this hap pens It is very difficult to motivate them to look after It Chief said in a report to council They feel that it is no longer a building suitable for the pre sent day needs of the fire depart Chief Cunningham outlined a bar rage of difficulties surrounding the current station The apparatus floor Is not safe Chief i ngliam said The overhead doors are too row for the equipment and the vehicles are being damaged when they Icatc and enter the building he said There is no room for any more equipment or on the bay floor he said The department minted to refurbish pumper to In stall inclosed cab to get the firefighters off the back of the trucks But the longer vehicle Tourism group on PR trail in Hills A Hills Tourism Committe has been established To date there have been meetings with Town council Acton and Chambers key current tourist attraction owners Bonks Regions newly ap pointed Tourism and Joy Thompson of the parks and recreat on department The committee is running a cash prizes i Nov 30 Pic from this event will be used In future brochures promoting tourism Town council has offered to promote tourism These funds will con i slogan and for the tourism section of Halton Hills and the sponsoring of a seminar which will kick off a tourism program to all tourist oriented businesses In Hills Wendy veil known local artist and graphic specialist has completed the logo and slogan Our klckoffscmlnarwlllbcFeb I 1988 Doug Pen rice is the chairman or the committee and he can be reach at or at he Gordon Arena in he Georgetown Chamber business office Deadline extended The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce has extended for entries until Nov for contest more in formation about the contest details call MILLIERESTVCrVCR t fit In the station so that plan Perhaps the most alarming pro the Chief sited is often one vehicle has to be moved in order to get another one out Response time has been delayed when the front vehicle won t start and has had to be pushed out of the way to get at the tanker said the Chief Firefighter safety in the station Itself Is also threatened he said Firefighters are changing Into their equipment in a space as small as Inches and are In danger from vehicles Other problems arising from the current station are excess parking on Bower Street the increased fie on Bower Street creating conges tion lack of training facilities lack of an exhaust system to rtd the of fumes from trucks and lack of accessible storage space for crucial equipment like foam Councillor Betty Fisher was at a loss to understand why the Fire Chief wants to hire an architect to design the building before finding he land Such a process isn 1 uncommon the Chief said He wants to design a functional fire station first then find an ap propriate piece of land He admitted doing it that might escalate the price of the land once the landowners get wind of the Towns Interest In acquiring it for a fire station Jolly old St Nick himself is making the flight to Acton this Saturday Nov 21 for the annual Acton Santa Parade The event starts at 1 p m at McKenzieSmith School The parade will then head south on Acton Boulevard to Queen Street Floats and bands will then turn west on Queen Street to Young Street The parade will then New street names for subdivision The Town has come up with names for 19 of the streets in the Hills Village Homes formerly subdivision The street names are Argyll Road Barber Drive Miller Drive Hepburn Crescent Killaloe Cres cent Roane Avenue Smith Drive Eaton Street Craig Crescent Nix on Crescent McKinnon Avenue Hnrrop Avenue Cres cent Drive Treanor Crescent Samuel Crescent Hamilton Crescent Webster Way and Mull Court head to Mill Street where it will turn west to the tersection of Mill Street and Main Street The parade then turns north on Mam Street to the finishing point on River Street Acton firefighters are en forcing a total parking ban on both sides of Mill Street during the parade All the streets west of Eastern Avenue will be barricaded to prevent people parking on the street The bar will be moved for through traffic however tiresalei hew used ho i TIRES 18S USED SNOW TIRES mow IK STOCK OPEN DAYS A WEEK Licenced Mechanic Tunoupt Minor St Georgetown 8775501 Good driver Good deal good record nay instate in good hands A Iniu Company Hi Street 8731643 Custom Meats LOW CHOPS LB CORN 59 ft TRAFALOAR ROAD Between HOURS Thgll BS3D SUB Credit Valley Conservation Authority Meadowvdle Ontario L0J 1K0 Telephone- Public Information Centre No 3 Glen Williams Flood Control Project The Credit Valley Conservation Authority has initiated a flood control study to identity flooding potential through the Village of Glen Williams The study will recommend flood protection of property susceptible to flooding based on 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