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COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND INFORMATION Breakfast with Santa! Just a reminder that tick- ets are still available for the Acton Parent-Child Resource Centre's Breakfast With Santa. This event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Acton Citizens' Band Hall, 85 Wallace St., Acton. Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children. Tickets are available at the door and by calling 853-2574. Volunteer Needed! Halton Hills Community Support and Information is Visitors currently looking for volun- teers to fill three volunteer visiting positions, A senior, who is confined . | toa wheelchair, would appre- ciate having a visitor who could go with him to the mall to do some shopping each week, A senior is looking for someone who might be avail- able on a Friday or Saturday evening to come to their home for a visit. A Polish speaking volun- teer is needed to visit a sen- ior gentleman in Georgetown. Please call Sue at 873-6502. 'Starry night' intrigues Bannockburn WI BY EDITH MEDLAND Bannockburn Women's Institute met in the council chamber at the Civic Centre in Georgetown where the town's recreational programs supervisor Stacey Green wel- comed them to the "Starry, starry night program." Green introduced Coun. Norm Elliott who gave them a talk and showed films and slides of the November evening stars, planets and alaxies. Later outside mem- ers could view these from two large telescopes. Members thank the town for the program. Later they went to Tim Horton's for re- freshments. The next meet- ing will be the group's Christmas Dinner and will be held at Linda Cairns' home. Arrangements were also made to visit shut-ins over the Christmas season. nd CSE ED CLASSES G im! MEDICAL PHARMACY aie "Applications for the 1998 Christmas Hamper Program will be accepted at The Salvation Army Family Services Office 120 Mill Street East, Acton _ on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 Noon and_on Saturday, December 12th between 10:00 am and 12:00 Noon. Applications are requested to apply in person and provide identification. The Deadline for applications is Saturday, December 12th, 1998. The Acton Christmas Hamper Program is a project of The Salvation Army, 'Acton Rotary Club, the 1.0.D.E. and St. Vincent de Paul Society." THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1998 LOVELY VIEW: Students enjoyed their trip to the Bruce penninsula to tackle a wilderness experience. Acton students rough it on Bruce Continued from Page 1 escarpment. "The hikes: through the caves were unbelievable. Talking about the area and ; _ Acton was without power for about half an hour Mon- | day night because of problems near Fergus. Halton Hills Hydro opera- tions manager Kurt Dursky says the problem was "in On- tario Hydro's area up around Fergus somewhere. Longterm Continued from Page 1 Central Care received three awards including a 144-bed long term care cen- tre in Burlington and two in Oakville, each accommodat- ing 133 people. '_ The Province will spend about $15.7 million each year to care for the 650 sen- iors who will live in these "new facilities. The Province Jewelle Bob Fleming's 'Gold by the Gram how camping impacts on the environment becomes really clear when you're right there," MacLeod said. -- Crystal Wooldridge, who Severe wind storm 'knocks out power "T believe a tree went down in the wind," he said. "They may already have it fixed but we switched to an alternative feed source rather than wait for the repairs and are leav- ing it that way for a bit be- cause we have some repairs of our own to do on our lines." was brave enough for a quick dip in Georgian Bay, - said she learned a lot about herself on the trip. "I really liked co-operat- co ing in a group without im- pacting the environment. -- We were learning the whole time were there and it added to what we learned in the classroom," Wooldridge said. The students paid for their own gas, food and | camp site fees as well as the cost of a supply teacher to fill in for Kovich for the half of the class that chose not to go. Care Centre for town will also contribute up to $2.5 million each year for 20 years to help pay construction costs and will invest a further $7.5 million to fund upgrades to existing facilities. Long term care facilities differ from nurs- ing and retirement homes. They are built to accommodate people who require a high level of day to day care includ- "ing but not exclusive to their y Outlet has Joined K de a with OWETS For all your jewellery needs Thursday - Saturday visit Kalena's or call 878-4572 for other appointments Quality jewellery at Great Savings! ¢ Gold ¢ Diamonds * Gemstones ¢ Pearls e Custom Rings PLL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR DRIVE TO MILTON! medical needs. Halton North MPP Ted Chudleigh noted the an- nouncements are signifi- cant. "We recognize the pres- sures our aging population is going to place on our health care system and we are taking steps to get the facilities in place as the need grows," he said. The expanded access to long term care is expected to ease the pressure on health care from emergency rooms to hospital wards and community services. SENIORS' Rec. Crr. BY DOT REDEKOP Our bazaar and bake sale was a huge success. We want to thank the craft people who worked so hard to set things rolling. Also the people who donated articles and goodies, those who came and bought and the ones who came to see what we had. Without folks like you we could never have made almost $1,000. Jean Jackson was won the carry bag and the other two draws will be made at our Christ- mas dinner on Friday, Dec. 18 at 12 p.m. The price is $15 per person and we are being entertained by the Harmonichords. We still have a few seats ' available for the Rama and Guse Family for Dee. 29. We are taking names now for the Rama trip in January. We still have some News- letters left so if you care to " have one just come on in and pick one up. We had four tables of Bid Euchre on Thursday after- noon. We are growing! Any questions? Just phone us at 853-5951, ue Shed Tanner Hometown news that people read! \