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Fast delivery at Pizza Giant Co sue DELAY = DISCOUNT: Pizza Giant owner Rick Jackson of Acton was hard at work on Saturday, just two days after opening his new take-out pizza restau- rant on Main Street North. -THe SMOKE SHOPPE- 56 Mill St. East, Acton Unit A 853-041 l Tobacco, Lotteries, Used Books (on the United Church parking lot) GEORGETOWN LITTLE THEATRE a romantic comedy by Jan de Hartog DIRECTOR: Ron Hunt THE NEW TANNER Quality products, quick service and free delivery are the claims to fame of Acton's newest take-out pizza restau- rant - Pizza Giant - which opened last Thursday at 103 Main Street, North, former home to Momma Nonna's Pizza. Owner Rick Jackson of Acton, a former Mega Pizza employee, said that Pizza Giant offers experienced management with experi- enced pizza makers and good prices. "We are going to stress quality not quantity and plan to add additional items like subs and ribs to the pizzas and chicken wings now on the menu," Jackson ex- plained in an interview on Friday. "We guarantee the qual- ity of our products and will "strive to meet the needs of our customers -- if anyone has a problem with our product we will replace it free of charge," Jackson said as his staff filled orders during their first weekend of business. If a pizza isn't delivered within 33 minutes of the or- der being placed then Pizza Giant will give the customer a coupon for $3 off their next order. Jackson said that he plans to put some arcade es in the restaurant and hopes to support the Acton commu- nity by sponsoring sports teams. Pizza Giant can be reached at 853-2424. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998 ps wonder why crime up in Acton By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner though crime in Acton has increased in all but three categories in the latest police statistics, Halton Police In- spector Keith Gregory is sat- isfied with the overall crime picture in District 1, which includes Georgetown, Acton and rural Halton Hills. "I'm happy - I'm con- tent," District Commander Gregory said after briefing Town Council on the latest crimie statistics on Monday night. Overall, clearance rates were up and crime reports down in Georgetown and ru- ral Halton Hills last year, but the numbers weren't as good in Acton and police really don't know why. "Crime location is con- trolled by the criminal ele- ment," Gregory said when asked to explain the increase in reported crimes in Acton. Police investigated five sexual assaults in Acton last year, two more than the year before. None of them was a new case, and 90 per cent are classified as "historical" -- reports that were made last year about alleged sexual as- saults from the past. Assaults were up 45 per cent with 77 cases investi- gated in Acton last year. "A lot of them are domes- tic assaults and very minor ones -- a slap -- not to say that domestic assault is minor," Gregory explained, as he re- viewed the numbers for Council. Last year theft offences, property offences and break and enters of shops and schools all increased in Acton while house break and enters dro to 15 from 22 the year before. There were two auto thefts in Acton last year. Gregory said many of the cars stolen in District 1 were taken by joyriders after they'd been left running by their owners. The overall clearance rate for all criminal offences in Halton Hills is 43.1 per cent, higher than the national av- erage of between 32 and 35 per cent, and higher than clearance rates in Oakville, Burlington, but not Milton. Gregory said police dealt with stop sign violations at Main Street, North and Elizabeth Drive by assigning cruiser to 135 hours of patrol in the area and issuing 146 tickets. On Churchill Road, North where the problem was speeding police patrolled for 215 hours and issued 32: tickets. Gregory described polic ing in Halton Hills as a com bination strategy of reactive proactive and preventativ measures and key players ar the Community Consultatior Committees and the villag constables, including Con stable Bill Riddle now in hi: 10" year of service in Acton Mayor Marily: Serjeantson asked Halto1 Chief Peter Campbell hov the force could justify askin; for 10 more offices, with a1 annualized cost of half-a-mil lion dollars, when the statis tics show that crime is gen erally decreasing. There ar 37 sworn officers in Distric 1, 33 of them constables ou on patrol. Noting that Halton polic: to population ratio is lowe than neighbourin; air £ Wellington, Chief said that staffing must se pace with growth. "We are staffed lower o1 ratio than our neighbour and our costs are also equiva lently lower," Campbell ex plained, adding that based o: population District 1 get more than its fair share o regional staff because of th large geographic area in volved. _ --»-----Car-window smashed PRODUCTIONS INC. PRESENTS PRODUCER: Pam Curtis February 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 8 p.m. Benefit Performance February 19 --8 p.m. in support of Saint Alban the Martyr, Glen Williams, Pipe Organ Fund ADMISSION: $12 (Fri & Sat) John Elliot Theatre $10 (Wed & Thurs) 9 CHURCH ST., GEORGETOWN Theatre Box Office: 905-877-3700 (24 Hours) PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH (CANADA), LTD. Two separate Acton resi- dents had their car windows smashed by thieves looking for valuables on the weekend. Overnight Saturday, the rear driver's side window of a 1991 Toyota parked at 19 Hill St. was broken. Although the car was searched, nothing was taken and damage is es- timated at $200. Overnight Friday, the driver's side no-draft win- dow was broken on a 1992 Chevy Lumina parked at 49 Division Street. The thieves left a selection of CDs and cassettes but took a small quantity of cash. Damage is pegged at $50. Not a bright light A Young Offender from Kingham Road, Acton was arrested on Saturday and charged with possession of stolen goods -- a blue snow plough light. Police made the arrest after observing a suspicous person in the Com- merce Court -- Wallace Street industrial area of Acton. Well done, please It took Halton Hills fire- fighters two-and-a-half hours to contain and cleanup after a fire on Saturday on Dublin Line, north of Highway 7. A homeowner started a fire in a steel container to begin smoking some meat. He told firefighters that he checke on the fire and added som wood about 12:30 p.m. an a short while later noticed ; large amount of smoke com ing from his detached work shop-garage and called fo help. There were no injurie and damage is estimated 2 $50,000. Out of gas Halton Hills firefighter cleaned up a gasoline spil just after noon on Monda after a car lost its gas tank < the corner of Wallace Stree and the railway tracks. Crew were able to contain th spilled gasoline to the road way. Continued from page 1 remain young and we want to remain healthy and hence, take supplements," Chapman explained. Staff describe Chapman as a visionary, a rebel, a man who has passed up op- portunities to relocate closer to the 401 because he wants to keep his company in Acton. The company's philoso- phy is to promote well be- ing in people's lives. "We want to empower people to create well-being in their lives. My wife and I own the company outright and we share 25 per cent of our profits, before tax, with our employees," Chapman said, adding that while he pes what he preaches, he's has employees who smoke, drink and eat junk food. "We not evangelists -- we don't preach. But we provide knowledge and information to our customers and employ- ees and it's up to them' to make informed decisions on what they want to do with their lives. Hey, I eat meat. I sell organic meat that I raise on our farm," Chapman said. There are 60 employees in the Acton facility with offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary. Chapman and his wife Elyse, who he describes as a "driving force" is the com- pany's success, and two chil- dren live on his grandpar- ent's farm that they pur- chased a number of years 2 Purity plant into expansion ago. They operate a biody- namic farming operation -- a totally self-sufficient op- eration which produces its own fertilizer and uses no pesticides. Chapman goes out of his way to avoid the trap- pings of the corporate world and even the ac- countants know not to wear suits and ties when they come to do an audit because they will be good-naturedly razzed about being "suits." "Often people are put in pigeon holes and we try, within the realms of eco- nomic reality, to give peo- ple the ability to express their beings, so to speak," Chapman said. Purity Life will hold an open house in the spring.