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YEAR END REVIEW WedMsday Deeemtorls IMS New council sworn in Battens cotindl members the mayor and tear hydro ccsnmls- were worn In In Dec ceremony at the John Elliott Theatre In hi Inaugural address Mayor Run Miller said Hllb la a town in transition and the next three will be crucial if It La to retain its small town identity A dispute between Road residents and the Town and Regional government came to a bead Dec when councillor re fected a request to help a family bookup to town water The family who had been hooked up to a fire hydrant since June will have to Toot the bill estimated to be In the thousands of dollar to hookup to town water after their v ell went dry Acton residents responded to Hills volunteer ambulance calls for help The ambulance service In Acton desperateN in need of new December volunteers The service which open ed six months ago had signed up on four volunteer from Acton The service needs a total 30 to e viable Regional Police shot and killed two pit bull terriers In Acton Dec IS after the dogs escaped from a fenced area and attacked a Welsh pony Two police officers fired a total of 14 shots at the dogs The horse was later destroyed by a local veterinarian The chambers will opera the banner the Halton Rills of Commerce members believe amalgamation will make ihe two chambers stronger because they can now speak or all the Hills Perhaps the biggest news story of December centres around an amaz ing string of appearances by the same man who kept thai streak alive this Dec is Donning his familiar red and white suit a Jolly man with a huge white beard once again made the rounds to each and every household in Hills as he has done for centuries Santa Claus as he has come to be known reportedly flew in on eight reindeer ledbyathinningredllght He was not available for comment on Ws Journey at press lime Santa once again took time Georgetown for the annual out from his busy Christmas Christmas parades Both events pro- schedule to visit Acton and ved very successful Trucker rescued from wreckage Through the free a truck driver several different unit the man whose rig bad overturned on lb freed and flown to Use In early morning llosplullo Toronto Downed tower The greater portion of Hills was caught in the grasp of a widespread blackout that lasted for eight hours Thursday morning The source of the blackout which affected approximately OOO homes and businesses was a 150- foot hydra tranamisslort tower that came crashing to the ground emit ting 210 volts of live power at 4 a Hydro officials believe the Incident the result of vandalism Georgetown rural Acton Bramp ton and were without power including traffic lights until 1 pm when crew memben rerouted electrical current from the Erin Hills Parkway Highway lower to locaf generating stations It involves a whole lot of Juggling to reroute power said OnUrlo Hydro spokesman MaryJane fray We ve rerouted the power and we re going to install a new tower by By BRIAN Herald Stall Georgetown firefighters and am crews worked for 4tt hours to free a gravel truck driver pinned In his crushed cab after his truck nip ped over on tne Ninth Line north of Glen Williams early Monday Richard Coles of la listed In serious condition In Sun- Hospitals surgical pro gressive care unit Hills Volunteer Ambulance President Doug McLeod called the hour vigil the longest and most difficult rescue attempted In his 12 years with the service The truck was travelling south bound on Ninth Line when It fall to negotiate a sharp left hand curve at the bottom of a steep hill lust below Slderosd The truck flipped over dumping its load and nn in the driver ins we Ambulance crews responded to the call shortly alter a m but it wssn until 11 a m that the driver was removed and transferred Into an air ambulance helicopter and transported to Sunnybrook Hospital When we got there we could see his right arm Just an arm We checked and we had a said Mr But the cab was buried two feet deep In mud making It almost 1m possible to gain access to the driver he said A construction crew supplied by Wimpey Homes Ltd working Halton Hills Village was called to the scene and a frontend loader gradually raised the cab out of the As the cab was raised firefighters cut away trees to allow easier access to the truck Firemen then shored up the cab with wood It was lifted out of the mud Two paramedics arrived on the scene In the helicopter at a m After examining the driver they flew back to to pick up surgeon Barry McLellan and return ed to the scene at approximately Throughout me ordeal ambulance attendants covered the driver with to avoid hypothermia In the bitterly cold wind and ad ministered blood and oxygen to the driver said Mr McLeod Firefighters worked for hours us ing hacksaws to cut away the steer ing column the housing and help free the pinned driver The Jaws of Life were used only to spread the metal near the door The cab was crushed and everything had to be done by hand McLeod The driver remained conscious and talked to ambulance attendants and firefighters throughout the rescue McLeod He was talkative but we kept Us voice down so he t use too much oxygen said ambulance at tendant Kearsey Ambulance attendants cut away the drivers trousers to get him out of the cab More than 4Vj hours after the accident he was loaded Into a stretcher where attendants placed pressure pants around his legs to slow the blood circulation to his legs in order to keep blood near the ma organs The driver suffered external lacerations but Mr McLeod suspected he also suffered Internal bleeding as well as abdominal leg and hip Injuries It was one hell of a good team fort with the tire department and us Mr McLeod said hour blackout AW