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YEAR END REVIEW WedaesAay New council sworn in Hafcoria council members the major and oar hydra commis sioners were worn in In Dec cer at John Elliott Theatre In Us inaugural Mayor Run amid Halton Hills la a town In transition and the next ihree years will be crucial it is to retain Its small town Identity A dispute between Road residents and the Town and Regional governments to a bead Dec when councillors re jected a request to help a family hookup to town water The amity who had been booked up to a fire hydrant since June will nave to loot the bill estimated to be In the thousands of dollars to hookup to town water after their ell went dry Acton residents responded to Hills volunteer ambulance calls for help The ambulance service in Acton ws desperate In need of new December early this month after months of speculation about the move The chambers will operate under the banner the Chamber of Commerce members believe the make the two because they volunteers The service which open ed six months ago had signed up on ly four volunteers from Acton The service needs a total of 30 to viable Halton Regional Police shot and killed two pit bull terrier In Acton Dec IS alter the dogs escaped from a fenced area and attacked a Welsh pony Two police officer fired a total of was local Perhaps the biggest news story of December centres around an amaz ing string of appearances by the same man who kept that streak alive this Dec Donning his familiar red and white suit a Jolly fat man with a huge white beard once again made the rounds to each and every household In Hill as he has done for centuries Santa Claua as he has come to be known reportedly flew In on eight reindeer He was not available lor comment on Journey at press time Santa Claus once again took tune 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 four bear a free a track driver whose rig bad on the Ninth tine In an early different units the man freed and flown to Hospital In Toronto By BRIAN MaeLEOD Herald Staff Georgetown firefighters and am crews worked for hours to free a gravel truck driver pinned In hi crushed cab after truck flip ped over on the Ninth line north of early Monday Richard Coles of is listed in serious condition In Sun Hospital s surgical pro gressive care unit Hills Volunteer Ambulance President Doug Mcleod called the hour vigil the longest and most difficult rescue he a attempted in his years with the service The truck was travelling south bound on the Ninth Line when it tall to negotiate a sharp lefthand curve at the bottom of a steep bill below Sideroad The truck over dumping Its load and pinning the driver Inside Ambulance crews responded to the call shortly alter lira but It t until SO a that the driver wss 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 had a Dulse said Mr McLeod But the cab was buried two feet deep In mud making it almost possible to gain access the driver he said A construction crew supplied by Wlmpey Homes Ltd working In Hills Village was called to the scene and a front end 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 as It was lifted out of the mud Two paramedics arrived on the scene In the helicopter at a After examining the driver they ftew to Sunnybrook to pick up surgeon Barry and return to the scene at approximately to Mam Throughout 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 Firefighters worked for hours tat- hacksaws to cut away the steer ing column the housing and 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 saldMr McLeod The driver remained conscious and talked to ambulance attendant and firefighter throughout the rescue saldMr McLeod He was talkative but we kept hut voice down so he use too much oxygen said ambulance at tendant Ambulance attendants cut away the drivers trousers to get him out of the cab More than hours after the he was loaded Into 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 Jot organs The driver suffered externa lacerations but Mr McLeod suspected he also suffered interna bleeding as well a abdominal leg Juries It was one hell of a good team fort with the fire department and us Mr said Downed tower causes 8hour blackout eight Thursday morning The source of the blackout which fee led approximately homes and businesses was a 190- foot hydro traraunitsion tower that came crashing to the ground emit ting volts of live power at imam Hydra officials believe the Incident was the result of vandalism Georgetown rural Acton Bramp ton and were without power including traffic lights until 1 when crew members rerouted electrical current from the Erin Mill Parkway Highway tower to local generating stations it Involve a whole lot of Juggling to reroute power said Ontario Hydro spokesman MaryJane fray rerouted the power and In a tower bv WWaW4WAW