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ACHILLES return Depart July 2, 7, 9, 14, 16/98 in Acton Return July 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23/98 panne upnomn ceed. AI CONDONE so ge 357 Queen Street (519) 853-0200 379 Queen St., Acton What's Inside Look for our special graduation section in this week's issue, starting at Page 7. Wasn't that a party? The annual Legion bar-} becue was a swinging time. See Page 6. Michael Vandenhoek claimed a dirt bike championship. See the Vandals torch recycle bins By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner The Region has closed its Third Line rural recycling depot in Acton because of repeated vandalism includ- ing two incidents of arson in as many days. On Tuesday night, for the third time in four years, vandals torched one of the recycling bins lo- cated in front of the waste treatment plant on Church- ill Road South. This, just hours after Regional waste management officials de- cided to close the depot be- Farmer HEALTHY COMMUNITY: Halton Region launched its "Healthy Community Oakvillle. Local representative taking part are Regional Councillor John Day, Halton Hills, Fund" recently at headquarters in Lang Moffat, United Way of Milton, Councillor Cindy Lunau, Milton and Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson, Halton Hills. May's hot dry weather has crops are coming along well. Halton Hills (Acton) °°) 453-8965 Special party on Saturday Avid readers, book lovers, library staff and patrons will celebrate 100 years of free public library service in Acton with a special party on Saturday at the River Street branch. Many things have changed at the library over the years -- including auto- mation and the move to River Street in 1967 -- but many things remain the same, in- cluding a history of cramped, over crowded facilities. Halton Hills chief librar- ian, Betsy Cornwell said the unfortunate conclusion of a recent library service master plan is that without major development in Acton, there's no money to expand existing or build new library facilities. Cornwell said given the nature of the building in Acton all they can do is con- tinue to fine tune the type of cause of fires set at the site a recent interview, adding tween Aci er geing popu- on the weekend. Acton area berry growers al- Ministry agricultural rep _ that market prices have been lation, which does more Just after 1 a.m. Sunday ready enjoying the fruits of John Smith said the local under pressure and have beén reading, and the needs of the morning three of the recy- cling bins -- known as Igloos and used by rural residents who don't have curb side Blue Box recycling -- were set on fire and badly dam- aged. One of the remainin; three Igloos, filled wit their labours. The dry heat was a superb start to the growing season - strawberry crops are weeks early and first cut hay yields have been good, putting local farmers in an optimistic mood. Soya bean crops were corn crops that were frosted in early June have either been replanted, or have recovered and are growing out of it. Smith said farmers were happy with the dry heat of May because they got off to an early start. slipping for beans and corn. Smith warned strawberry lovers not to wait too long to get their berries because the crop will be over by the end of the month. Farming and livestock roduction was a $120 mil- younger generation coming along is going to continue to be a tricky balancing act," Cornwell said in an interview on Saturday. While Acton has more material for recreational reading than people are us- sports pages. newspaper and cardboard, planted early in this area, but "Farmers are optimists _ lion dollar business in Halton ing, Cornwell is concerned was torched just after 10 p.m. lone 'of the heat had "un- and we're a long way from _last year with approximately or be local branch doesn't on Tuesday night. Acton fire even emergence" and those having the grain in the bin $35 million coming from have the depth in other ar- fighters responded to the call _ seeds that laid in the dry soil _ but the potential is there to Halton Hills where roughly °S, Deadlines moved up Next Wednesday, July 1, is Canada Day and, of course, a national holiday. The New Tanner will be closed so staff can enjoy the holiday. Because of the shorter week the deadline for ad- vertising is 12 noon on Monday, June 29. Adver- tisers are urged to contact advertising representa- tives as soon as possible. News deadline is Tuesday, June 30 at noon. The New Tanner will be published on Thursday, July 2, as usual. and doused the fire. Rural residents who normally used the recycling are encouraged to go to the Town depot at the Trafalgar Road works yard. Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette called it the work of "senseless, brainless van- dals. "These Igloos were there for environmental purposes to encourage those who don't have Blue Boxes to recycle. It's most unfortunate and flies in the face of Mother Nature." Last year 115 metric tonnes of recyclable materi- als were collected at the five Acton Igloos -- 78 tonnes was paper products and the bal- ance glass and containers. began to sprout with last week's rain. "The winter wheat crop is progressing well and with the rain the heads are beginning to fill with grain," explained Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, soil and crop adviser, Bob Ham- ilton last Thursday. "The first cut of hay for livestock is about 75 per cent completed with excellent quality, but some reduced quantity because of the dry, droughty conditions. That one-and-a-half to two inches of rain in the Acton area last week was enough to allow regrowth for the second cut- ting," Hamilton said, adding that the vegetable and fruit have some really excellent yields," Smith explained in 40,000 acres of is cropped each year. lay is a headache. 'No June tax bill ! Halton Hills taxpayers don't have to make a June prop- erty tax payment - the final tax installment of the year -- yet. Because Queens Park is late in getting the tax rolls back to municipalities, the Tonw has not been able to set its final 1998 tax rate which will determine tax amounts.. For those taxpayers on the Town's due-date pre-au- thorized payment plan the normal due date in June has been delayed and once the rate rates has been set the Town will be able to determine the due date and the amount owed. For those on the Town's monthly pre-authorized program, the usual amount will be withdrawn and ad- "| justed later, if necessary. Halton Hills Treasurer Andy Koopmans said the de- See NO, Page 2 ) "We suspect the school li- braries are going to deterio- rate significantly over next few years. ..and that puts a lot of pressure on the public li- brary which couldn't even begin to meet the needs of Grade 5 through 12 students who engaged in projects on a regular basis," Cornwell said, adding that the situation in Acton is "close to critical," if the school libraries fail to deliver. Future library plans While Cornwell predicts she will be retired before any decision is made about new library facilities for Acton, she said if all of the growth planned for Acton occurs on See LIBRARY, Page 2 '98 Tercel CE ¢ Intermittent Wipers * AM/FM Cassette Toyota * 5 Speed Manual Transmission ¢ 60/40 Fold Down Rear Seat Days Or Get LR eMC Urt il} for up to Teel selected models* "98 Corolla VE|| e Air Conditioning * Auto ¢ AM/FM Cassette Stereo ¢ Dual Airbags * 1.8 litre DOHC 120 H.P. 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