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| in} SO EF $ 10 incl. GST Tyler Fransport Ltd. 9 What's wo Inside A canine census, sup- port for micro-chip im- plantation and proof of vaccination will give the Town's dog control laws more bite. See High Tech Hounds on page 2. Rotarians wined and dined at their 50th anni- versary bash at Acton Arena and Community centre on Saturday. Check out the guests on page 4 and 5. An Acton man re- mains behind bars charged with robbery, forcible confinement, threatening and assault. For details see page 8. Acton's Kylie Kruk heads to the national bowling championships next month in B.C after a spectacular win to take the provincial 5-pin girl's title. See page 12. Acton's House hockey league wrapped up its season with the Day of Champions on Saturday. Game reports and stories are on pages 12 and 13. Daylight saving starts Sunday: Don't forgette turn your clockyahpad by One hour before g6ing toed Satur- day night.dt'sMaylightsav- ing time-again. "Spring for- wardefall bagk! 7 hat's the old mattés Newstand price: 40¢ + GST |_ ACHILLES in Acton Home of PAUL SIMMONS, PARTS MANAGER 15° OFF ACCESSORIES 357 Queen Street "*) 853-0200 Halton Hills (Acton) 5) 453-8965 Historic hall destroyed by flames Georgetown Little Theatre The show will go on. Officially, the cause is undetermined, but a pot left on a stove burner in the kitchen of the Georgetown Little Theatre (GLT) may have started a $450,000 blaze that gutted the historic Stewarttown building early Monday morning. Heart broken and shocked Georgetown Little Theatre members - troopers that they are -- will continue with the scheduled April 17 th open- ing of their production of Dial M for Murder, as sched- uled at John Elliott Theatre. Although GLT no longer performed at the almost 150- year-old building, all of the company's costume, props, sets and tools were destroyed in the blaze. The fire call came in at 6:40 a.m. and Halton Hills firefighters were met with "heavy smoke when they ar- rived at the scene. The stage area was on fire and the flames had spread to the at- tic, used to store props and costumes. There had been a rehearsal on Sunday after- noon and the building had been locked up at 5 p.m. Firefighters had to use a bulldozer to move debris when part of the roof caved in and an aerial truck was called in from Acton. And crews were on the scene for approximately eight hours. It was not the first time the GLT has been burned out. In 1968 it lost its props and sets when fire swept through the old Georgetown Town Hall. The history of this historic hall goes as far back as the beginnings of Stewarttown which started with a grist- mill, followed by a saw mill and then a flour mill, first owned by a James Young and then by Walter Lawson. Richard Tracy, the first township clerk is recorded as having a poster in his office dated February 24, 1848, calling a meeting of ratepay- ers to discuss building a See FIRE, Page 3 DEVASTATED BY FIRI Hill (left) after fire completely = rgetown Little Theatre President Vesta Jorgensen (right) is consoled by Ron demolished the theatre on Monday. Twenty-five firemen from Acton and Georgetown were called to duty just after 6:45 a.m. Although the fire was first noticed near 6 a.m., it was first thought it was fog, which is a common occurrence near the theatre. The theatre lost 40 years of photographs and artifacts. The fire sava group is currently lookin Ted Tyler photo gely destroyed the sets for their upcoming production of Dial M for Murder. The g for a location to create new sets and a new location for the play. See story inside. - Stay of execution for old arena By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner If a structural report says the old Prospect Park arena is safe for public use then its demolition will be delayed until after September's fall fair. That will give the Acton Agricultural Society execu- tive time to devise a business plan for new uses for the Town-owned facility. The Town's budget com- mittee -- all councillors and the mayor - agreed to the de- lay last week following a two-hour meeting with Soci- ety spokesman and fair board treasurer Daniel Varanelli. He asked councillors to re- allocate $110,000 in last year's budget earmarked for demolition and use it for re- pairs, estimated by the Town's structural engineer at $275,000. The Society thinks that the building could be re- paired and then rented by groups like a Guelph roller blade hockey league that's looking for space. Ward 2 Councillor Kathy Gastle asked Varanelli why he though the building was sound when the Town's con- sultant said, "it wasn't worth Housing market hot The housing market at the West Meadow Village develop- ment in Acton is heating up with over half of the 60 lots in the first phase sold. On Monday Town council approved Phase 2 of the development, another 31 lots. Pat Stuart Developments, in partnership with Peter Zions Construction, bought the Phase one land from local business- men Fred Dawkins and Ron Heller, and have an option to purchase the Phase 2 lands, located east of Danville Avenue, south of Wallace Street. "We're building houses that look like Gramma's house," explained Peter Zions in an interview on Friday, adding that See HOUSING, Page 3 saving." Varanelli explained that informal reports suggest some of the building's prob- lems will disappear when there's no ice surface, and the demolition delay will provide time for updated structural reports and repair estimates. 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