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HALTON HILLS PUBLIC LIBRARIES, Tyler transport Ltd. 379! Jueen SLE. Aéton 853-1550 What's Inside of the Quarter Members | Beardmore Century Club travelled to Toronto for their an- nual dinner and get-to- gether last Friday. More photos on Page 7. nS Acton High School students pose with two of the "babies" they are | looking after in a unique | program at the school. Read_all abut it.on Page 3 The Rotary Club sold 185 tickets for its Gala Dinner and Auction at } the Acton Legion Friday. Here auctioneer Ken Clapperton, a veteran of the event, starts the bid- ding. See Page 2. Acton's not only got one but two OntarioCup mountain bike champi- ons. The brothers are competing this weekend in the cross-country com- petitions at Kelso Con- servation Area. See Page a: ACHILLES in Acton Acton's 'ice girl' . POLICE BEAT Impaired charges A 49-year-old Acton man was arrested and charged with impaired driving on Fri- day night after police were called about the sobriety of a man who was getting behind the wheel of a car. Police pulled the car over at 8:30 at the corner of Wil- low Street and Agnes Street and arrested and charged the driver with impaired driving 'and having more than 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. He appears in Milton Provin- cial court on June 15. Flat as a pancake The right rear tire on the Perogy Shack's delivery car was slashed sometime over night Friday. The car was parked at the Perth Street business when the damage, pegged-at' $150, was-done. © Police have no suspects or witnesses. No questions asked Ifthe four males who stole a picnic table from in front of the Halton Hills Hydro of- fice on Alice Street put it back, there will be no ques- tions asked about the theft of the table April 24 at 11:46 p.m. Police report they are looking for the recovery of the table and if it's put back, there will be no further po- lice investigation to try to identify the thieves. Window smashed Police are investigating a wilful damage at the Mill House Rest Home on Mill Street West over night Fri- day. A 2'x5' storm window at the front of the house was broken. Damage is $50. Po- lice report some youths were seen in-an area at the time and the investigation contin- ues. Medical assist Acton firefighters were called Friday afternoon to help an elderly man who had fallen at a home on the First Line, Erin between Town Line and 5 Side Road. When they arrived the ambulance was already on the scene. KYLIE KRUK Uncertainty in Acton over Board layoff Nine of 14 instructional assistants (IAs) working in _Acton schools have.received layoff notices -- c r the Halton District School. Of the five IAs who did not re- ceive layoffs, four of them are at McKenzie-Smith school and one is at Robert Little. At Acton High the IAs were either term-specific (contract employees) or were lower on the permanent list and re- ceived layoff notices At MSB principal Nancy Johnston stressed that stu- dents with special needs will get the care they need. "Tt would be devastating if (the layoff situation) re- mained the way that it was, but this isn't over yet, we re- ally don't know where we stand," Johnston said Friday. Four term-specific IAs at MSB received pink slips in- dicating that their contracts will not be renewed for next year. The layoff notices did not affect four permanent IAs positions at the school. "They get these pink slips each year and the term spe- cific people are hired every year so they're quite used to it. I guess we all fear that this year is going to be different because it is a year of change," Johnston said. There are a total of 140 students in Acton schools who have been identified with exceptional needs. Un- der the Province's new fund- the Board would forfeit the money ifthe paperwork wasn't in on time. Almost two-thirds -- 273 -- of the Board's instructional assistants received pink slips on Friday, a move the Board blamed directly on the new funding model. Proponents of the new formula said that it would require boards to be more accountable for what it spends as it officially docu- ments student's needs. PAUL SIMMONS, PARTS MANAGER May 14, 15, 16 357 Queen Street *9)853-0200 Halton Hills (Acton) °°) 453-8965 5-pin champion Bowl-off in Surrey, B.C. and Kylie takes it all By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Acton's ace bowler Kylie Kruk lived up to her "ice girl" nickname as she calmly won the National Youth Bowling council 5-pin junior girls' singles championship, throwing five strikes in a row, in a tie-breaking bowl off in Surrey, B.C. on Mon- day afternoon. The 12-year-old McKenzie-Smith Bennett student showed no nerves as she €asily dispatched her nearest competitor to win her second national title. Last year Kylie captured the na- tional bantam crown, despite a broken finger on her bowl- ing hand. Kylie was forced to bowl the tiebreaker after finishing arest competitor, a girl from Newfoundland, won her final two matches on Monday to tie Kylie's points. Kylie was steady, calm and deadly in the in the bow! off, throwing a 326 to her challenger's 226 for the win. Kylie threw five strikes in a row, some of her best bowl- ing ever. "Tt feels great to have an- other national title," Kylie said from Surrey on Tuesday morning. her 22 games with 16 wins "T was upset that I had to roll off, but I realized that I had to do it so I might as well bowl my best. I ended up throwing 326," Kylie ex- plained, adding that before the roll off she regrouped by talking to her parents, splashing water on her face. "Tt felt great to bowl my * best because I had bowled really bad and lost my last game." Perhaps the most impor- tant game of the three-day championship for Kylie was her second last game. Kylie was down by almost 100 pins after five frames but rallied to strike out, throwing strikes for the next five frames to win the game. Kylie won four of her six games Saturday, seven of 10 on Sunday and four of six on Monday. -gressed through winning house elimination rounds, zone finals and the Provincials which were held in March. Kylie bowled a five-game score of 1,185 to take the provincial junior girls' singles championship, also in a tiebreaker. Kylie received her gold medal, a banner and flowers at the championship's clos- ing ceremonies on Monday night and arrived home in Acton Tuesday night. pa BIKER GANG? No, you weren't seeing things. About 40 members of the Owen Sound and area Gold Wing Touring Association parked their Hondas outside the Olde Hide House Sunday as they shopped for leather. The association, which in- cludes many seniors, travel about 400 kilometres every Sunday. They were re- turning from a regional meeting in Milton. -- Ted Tyler photo '98 Corolla VE '98 Tercel CE In her quest for another ° Air Conditioning e Automatic Transmission ¢ AM/FM Cassette Stereo e Dual Airbags ° 1.8 litre DOHC 120 H.P. Engine GEORGETOWN TOYOTA SALES 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. 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