HP OPINION CLASSIC CAR SHOW A HUGE SUCCESS RECORD NUMBER OF CARS PART OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WRITES DAVID MALONEY DAVID MALONEY Column Wow! What a fantastic car Beotiful spot; didn't tnow you had a lake in Ac- ton." These are just a couple of theremarks we had from some of the visitors to our sixth annual Show and Shine, as we registered a record 257 cars. Peggy presented the tro- phy to the furthest trav- elled car, which went to a gentleman from Calgary. The trophy was dedicated to the late Sharon Hedley, who aoe aan her and Mike started this annual show. Mayor Rick Bonnette chose a 1929 Capone from Wasaga Beach for the may- grew up in Acton. oe © again, the car peo- through with thet generosity by donat- yunds of food for Acton Food Share to go along with the 92 pounds of food donated by the Acton community at the previous week's fishing derby. — Donation ‘Mine Handed. and Sisty ——————— $969.09 2345601 Sept 9", 2029 — pac ete gine. Be 197 Joan Maloney photo Coun. Mike Albano accepts a cheque of $960 on behalf of Acton Food Share from Legion 197's Peggy Graham. In addition, the car folks donated $960 to go along with the food. Acton Food Share chair, Coun. Mike Albano, was ’ overwhelmed when we gave him the new: Peggy sends a big thank you to Anne an indus- trious team of volunteers. Anne, in turn, sends a big thank you out to all the businesses in town for their generous donations in support of this event. It is greatly appreciated. Most of Anne's team were back in action the fol- lowing week as we hosted 300-plus guests who trav- elled from all over to vattend the Viva Elvis concert. The concert was a tre- end success, and branch 197 benefited great, ly. Once ags gain, ku Anne and her The next day was our annual golf tournament or- ganized by Davy Lewis and his team of volunteers, who produced an excellent day (helped by the glorious Mieus of fun and sports- mi with 80 golfers participating On Sunday, Sept. 11 we hosted the fourth annual Ride or Stride for Claudio. This is a motor bike rally and fundraiser to support the SickKids lymphoma re- 3 a Fy 3 search fund. The ride be- 3 gan in Vaughan and ended + in Acton bringing visitors = mm various communities north of Toronto. It was another succe: ful event and, yes, our visi- 7 of Her Majesty, Queen Eliz- eth I. Please check the web- § page at legion197.com, and ~ in addition we will be post- ing information on social media. David Maloney is the public relations officer for the Acton Legion, Branch 97. He can be reached at relbr197@cogeco.net. YOUROPINIONS SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFP.CA Walk or Run for Georgetown Hospital Thank you to our community for rai $80,000 for Georgetown Hospital! APOIN |! AMICA Legenda Young's Pharmacy == X youngdentistry Lil SEIN. Motorear Company Big thank you to our sponsors, includ goodie bags and nicl We couldn’ em i'm lovin’ it those who donated to our ave done it without you! more than ‘Accountants wre TERS + SOLICITORS RiE REHMAN REAL ESTATE Jona Cort, COOKIE co Ey 8 eordyouy