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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1998 Canada Birthday Wwe. zs Z--~. incredible prices! ed 7 = BEST SS QW Fre & Baad Fine iE SY WA Z 'opprices < tt 1% 1972 \ TA A 853-1553 TED TYLER TRAVEL SERVICE tro. 379 Queen Street East, Acton ROYAL CANADA'S VACATION AIRLINE Departures from Toronto Roundtrip prices (add applicable taxes) For new bookings only LONDON $399 Departure: July 3 to 12 Return: July 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 GLASGOW : 4 9 Departure: July 3, 6, 9 Return: July 10 or 14 Departure: July 6 Return: July 21 Departure: July 12 Return: July 21, 24, 28 MANCHESTER Departure: July 4, 5, 7 Return: July 11, 13, 15 Departure: July 7 Return: July 13 or 15 BIRMINGHAM Departure: July 7 Return: August 19 or 26 Departure: July 14 Return: August 19 or 26 MUNICH Departure: July 22 Return: September 17 or 24 BERLIN Departure: July 8 Return: By July 23 Departure: July 22, 29 Return: August 13 Andy's ce By MAGGIE PETRUSHEVSKY The New Tanner Andreas and Effie Katsilieris, owners of Andy's Restaurant, are celebrating 20 years of operation at their Mill Street location. It wasn't easy but the cou- ple considers Acton has been good to them and they have tried to return some of that friendliness and generosity. Born in a small town near Olympia, Greece, Andy came to Acton in 1974 because his brother Terry owned and op- erated the Olympia Drive- In on Queen Street. At first he found work at the Capri Restaurant, now the Diana, and then the Apollo 11, both on Wyndham Street in Guelph. Since he spoke no English when he arrived, he also took a full- time language course that year, working it in around his restaurant hours. After a couple of years in Guelph, he decided to try his skills at the Ambassador Res- j be DISHING IT UP: Effie and Andy Katsilieris pause before setting their handiwork out for the waitresses to pass on to customers. taurant in Windsor, just op- posite the Ambasador Bridge. While things went well enough, he decided fairly quickly he didn't want to work for others. He wanted his own place. He and Effie, a native of Athens, had their chance at three different places when they settled on returning to Acton. "We worked hard and it paid off," Andy says with a grin. "We stuck together but we had fun, too. I don't know how my wife put up with me, but she did." The Katsilieris purchased a home in Georgetown south recently, partly because Andy wants to get a bit more separation between home and work and because the location will make commut- ing easier for his daughters. ""We' ve been blessed with two extremely good girls," he says with evident pride. Maria, the elder, is studying business as Humber College and also working there part time as a secretary. Dionisia, lebrating 20th anniversary or Denise as she is called, will enter university this fall. "We're lucky we lived here. It gave us the chance to have the kids with us while we were working instead of having to leave them with a sitter, " Andy says. "It was pretty hard for Effie some- times trying to look after the kids, keep a home and work here too but it has worked out well." Andy purchased the sec- ond portion of his restaurant in 1986 and rented it out un- til 1992 when he renovated the two buildings into one. While Andy isn't sorry about his decision to come to Acton, he is very saddened to see the changes over the years and the empty stores along the main street. "The community has changed," he says. "All I know for sure is that it's dif- ferent and it's not an ims provement. All the same { want to thank the town far treating us so well and giv- ing us the opportunity to make a living." ' Silver anniversary for local smith The decision to move to a pecs where he could estab- ish his own business was a good one, says Acton welder Joe Rinder. Celebrating 25 years at Acton Welding on Highway 25 on the town's southern border, Rinder and his wife, Klara, are more than content with what the change in life- style resulting from leaving Toronto has done for them and their family. Born in a long-estab- lished ethnic German com- munity in Czeckoslovakia, both Rinders remember their ri 4 } +i & +i The Trunk Sale is every Saturday from May 24 for 20 weeks. Therefore we are celebrating CANADA DAY (uy 1) on SATURDAY, JULY 4 WOW - 2 Celebrations in one week! Acton Citizens' Band will play a selection of old and new favourites from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Halton Hills Rec. Dept. staff will face paint children and adults FREE (a $1 donation toward their summer programs would be acceptable) FREE piece of Canada Day Birthday Cake (while supplies last) Vendors - $5, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Buyers - FREE, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Great Selection, Fantastic Prices Achilles Mazda aN 357 Queen St. E., Acton 519-853-0200 905-453-8965 May our fa JOE RINDER works on a piece in his welding shop on Highway 25. community's expulsion to Germany just before World War Two. They also remem- ber the good times during their school days when all the kids stopped to watch the vil- lage blacksmith at work. Mrs. Rinder's uncle oper- ated that smithy. One of Mr. Rinder's family ran the bakeshop and the other half were blacksmiths. Although baking would seem to have been the natural choice, he preferred the forge and anvil. The Rinders married in Germany in 1957 and imme- diately emigrated to Canada. Three days after arriving in Toronto Mr. Rinder had a job in a factory even thought he spoke no English. He spent e rest of their city years with the same firm. The Rinders returned to Germany with their eldest daughter after three years in Toronto because of a prom- ise to Mrs. Rinder's mother that they were only going to find out what Canada was mily wish you and your family a very happy Canada's Birthday! 2 like. Just before a year was up, Mrs. Rinder told her hus- band she wanted to come back to Canada. "You know how immigra- tion works," she says. "If you leave before you get your citi- zenship then you can't come back. I told Joe if he really loved me he'd take me back to Canada. He didn't even discuss it. Not a word. He just came home from work the next day and told me he'd quit his job. He also had our passage to Canada booked for later in the week." Their old Toronto land- lady still had their apartment available from when they left the year before and Joe re- turned to the same job in the same factory. Rinder's deci- sion to leave his secure fac- tory job and move to operat- ing his own business took his wife and family by surprise. "He came home on his birthday and announced he'd quit his job. He was sick of working for other people. He wanted to work for himself. It was scary." They went hunting for a business to suit Rinder and settled on O'Rourke's weld- ing shop south of Acton. That too, proved fortuitous. The O'Rourkes treated them "like family." "They made a big differ- ence in our lives," Rinder smiles. "Now Acton's home." Rinder welded structure for the construction of the Acton Medical Centre build- ing and Braida and Henry's law office. Please drive cautiously and carefully over the holiday week so we can all enjoy the same festivities lal) a amYi-t-] a