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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1998 Carriers move Contineed from Page 1 Henderson says, "and it doesn't look too good" since volumes are down. These counts are done every few years in order to impliment changes to existing routes. Whatever changes come from these counts won't be put into affect until probably 1996 MAZDA 626 Air, Automatic, Black 1995 323 H.B. Automatic, Green February, but Henderson ex- pects to see staff time lost. "They change the values with these counts," he ex- plains. "Where we used to get two minutes to climb a set of stairs in an apartment, for instance, now they might cut us back to 90 sec- Presents OUALITY USED CARS Like Halloween, Achilles Mazda is a fotly tradition... For 27 years, Achilles Mazda has been supplying Acton. and area motorists with quality used cars. Stop in this weekend to see our selection of used cars with low kilometers. onds. That sort of thing." - The resulting loss of hours is unlikely to affect the full time carriers but might result in cuts to the part timer's hours - or even elimination of them and ab- sorption into the other routes. Dalby says noaction will be taken in the near future - at least till the end of the fis- cal year in March. Regards, ANGRY ACTON CITIZENS gather before the council meeting on Monday at the Civic Centre in Georgetown. -- Angela Tyler photo Close vote dooms old arena Cpontinued from Page 1 Marilyn Serjeantson changed her mind, again, and sup- ported the deferral after vot- ing for the demolition at a committee meeting last week, Despite suggestions that Prospect Park be developed as a passive area without buildings or sports fields, in an interview Tuesday Paul Stover, the Town's Manager of Facilities, said the Town is "committed to seeing the Agricultural Society thrive in the park." Stover said the Society would be extensively in- volved in the "future devel- opment of the whole park, which will include a build- ing of some nature." Stover said that the arena would be torn down "by the end of the year" but they haven't finalized the sched- ule with the contractor. The Town must award a hazard- ous material removal con- tract, which could take a | month. after tests showed © BOYES PLUMBING Water Softener Rentals Water Pump Service 855-4232 trace levels of lead in paint in some parts of the building. "The demolition will be well underway before the end of the year," Stover said, add- ing they'll work around No- vember 21, which is the date of the Acton Santa Claus pa- rade which ends in the fair- grounds in front of the arena. Following Monday night's decision, which an- pered and disappointed the us load of Acton residents who filled the Council Chambers, Agricultural So- ciety treasurer Daniel Varanelli said he was re- lieved to be getting on with developing a new building, even ifnothing is in place for next September's fair, adding that a six month delay would have only put off the inevita- ble. "Whatever we decide we're going to have to live with this for a long, long time," Varanelli said, adding that the Society will stage a fund raising campaign for a new building. _ Fearing the outcome, Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette was prepared with C04 OR Scie a motion asking that any budgeted money not used for demolition be allocated to construction of a new build- ing in the park. "T think this is where we're putting our money where our mouth is..."Bonnette said, later agreeing to bring the issue back at the November 9 gen- eral committee meeting. Outside of the chambers after the vote Acton's _ Kathrine Ceccotti said she was "crushed." "Why couldn't they couldn't give us a chance? I'm really disappointed and the chance of a new building is next to none. I hope the can sleep good tonight wit the decision they made to- night with all our lives." While disappointed, Her- itage Acton member Bruce Cargill said he hoped the group would stay together and work towards construc- tion of a new building in the park. _Tyler said Heritage Acton would meet Tuesday for a "post mortem" on the demo- lition vote. "TOP QUALITY AND FAST SERVICE" SPECIAL PRICES Reg. Price 2 piece Suit or Dress a $7.60 WE ALSO DRY CLEAN SILKS, SUEDES & LEATHERS SWEATSHIRTS « T-SHIRTS ¢ JEANS GOOD PRICES & QUALITY MAKE GREAT GIFTS! 39 MILL ST. ACTON eae FREE MON-FRI 7:00am-7:00pm 853-5355 Pick-up & Delivery SATURDAY 8:00am-6:00pm SUNDAY CLOSED --S DRY CLEANERS [6==="6 over $40.00 Pollution on the Tannery property in Acton has been a huge concern for many years! -- REST i HEAR THE TANNERY l CLEANUP PLANS PUT YOUR QUESTIONS TO JOHN BUDZ FROM MOEE P.O.W.E.R. (Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources) Annual General Meeting ACTON HIGH SCHOOL 21 Cedar Road, Acton | 7:30 pm - Thursday, November 12, 1998 Registration - Announcements - Speakers approximately 8 p.m. Everyone Welcome! Business meeting to follow. P.O.W.E.R. members will review the revisions to update the articles of incorporation.