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There will be six blocks of constant music and motion at the 8 annual Leathertown Festival this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There's buskers galore, sidewalk sales, miniature bowling, tea leaf read- ings, book signings, plant sales, car shows, the Halton Police seat belt en- forcer and as always, great food! The kiddies will love the fish pond, candy floss, bouncy castle, pony rides, story times and face painting. There's leather crafts, painted birdhouses, jewellery, pic- ture frames, wood crafts, herbal soaps, hand-made puppets, towel critters and lots more products offered by over 60 vendors. Pepsi will challenge you with a taste test, Mugs Root Beer will offer their Foam Centre for games 'and contests, Coke will be offering samples of their new Dasani bottled water, AGFA Film will be offering samples and coupons and Teletoons will have all kinds of surprises! Be sure to stop at the Acton BIA booth beside the stage to get your millennium festival souvenirs (all profits to the mil- lennium mural project). The Halton Hills Camera Club will capture you and your family at the last festival of the century, with a photo keep- sake! Join us for a great day - at the last Leathertown Festival of the century! 6 Q Fs 8 3 MOTOR PRODUCTS 1996 BLAZER LS 4X4 MPS Rockwood * 856-2222 waaay New trial over quarry licence In a scene that looked like a sailing regatta youngsters were learning) how to handle sailing din- ghies on Fairy Lake this week. Photo on Page 4. The big Leathertown Festival arrives this Sun; day with lots of activity fou everyone. See the progran} spread on Pages 6 and 7. Leathertown Festival is at Prospect Park on Saturday; in the form of a Truck and Tractor Pull. Over 100 en+ tries were in by Wednesdays See classes on Page 9. Cruise night in Rockwood again drew some artful entries. See Page 9J The wait is (oH It's time to MOVE. No time for cat bylaw Halton Hills staff feel they have managed to licence about 80 per cent of the town's dogs, but it will be year end before they receive much of that revenue. Enforcement Services di- rector Henry Tse said it was late in 1998 before many of the animals were licenced so their renewals are not due yet. That's why staff feels most of their job is done even though their revenue does not reflect that. Tse said they have li- cenced 4,400 to 4,500 of the town's 5,400 dogs. While they hoy - to break even on costs, if they can't they will look at other ways to increase their revenue. There is also room to raise the price of li- cences since at $20 per li- cence, Halton Hills is one of the lowest in the area. A couple of councillors said they receive calls from people concerned about cats on the loose. Chief Administrative Of- ficer Steve Andrews said some municipalities do have cat bylaws and copies of them could be-brought to council for discussion later this year "if you want to do some- thing." Tse warned that staff has no time to get into a bylaw on cats because they need to finish working on the exotic pet bylaw first. 1999 Mazda Protége SE 1.9% rN age} For up to 48 months NOW LET'S SEE: Katelyn Kurpieweit, 8, considers her next s during a lesson in painting birdbaths at Paintin' Friends.- ] : photo Cut back on rural lighting Halton Hills councillors lent a sympathetic ear Tues- day to rural residents con- cerned with light pollution from overlit estate subdivi- sions. Dan Poirier of the Fourth Line Rural Watch and Geoff Knuff of the Halton Hills Rural Community Consulta- tion Committee told council- lors people moving to the country value the dark starry night sky the way they value fresh air and bird songs. Excessive lighting in es- tate subdivisions interferes with this darkness, especially in winter when street light- ing reflects off snow or cloud cover, Knuff said. The common belief that lights deter break-ins does not apply in rural areas be- cause statistics show in those areas break-ins happen mainly during daylight hours , he said. The other big concern is traffic safety, and again stra- tegically placed lights will suffice. Accidents happen on Includes: * 1.6L 4 Cylinder Engine hills, blind curves and inter- sections, he said, not at drive- ways. By pees lights at these specific locations safety could be maintained without overdoing the lighting. Knuff said a meeting with planning department staff was very helpful in explain- ing how lighting can be con- trolled by reducing the watt- age or using bulbs with dif- ferent gases. The way the lights are aimed can also re- duce the amount of lish Cont. on Pg. 2 * 60/40 Split Rear Seats + Intermittent Wipers * AM/FM CD Stereo CUD ere| Bola tow allner=leh3) * MOST INTERIOR SPACE IN ITS CLASS as F whee! * Mazda's 5YR/100K W Graduate Program Available ranty 1995 Pontiac Grand AM ~ Blue Circle operated without licence BY MAGGIE PETRUSHEVSKY The New Tanner It's back to square one for participants in the battle over the Acton i rs provincial -Obferces Ap- peal Court Judge John Robinson recently ordered a new trial of the case against Blue Circle Cement for op- erating Phase 2 of its Acton quarry without a licence in 1996. The ruling will require former Minister of the Envi- ronment and Guelph MPP Brenda Elliott to testify should Blue Circle continue to rel y on its defence of "of- ficially induced error" when the case returns to court, probably later this year. Speyside resident Rita Landry launched the case against United Aggregates Limited (now Blue Circle Cement) with the Sierra Le- gal Defence Fund. When a Halton Justice of the Peace quashed a sub- poena ordering Elliott to tes- tify about her conversation with UAL executive vice- president and chief executive officer Bill Burkart, then ruled in UAL's favour, Landry and Sierra appealed the decision. Burkart testified Elliott told them to proceed with their operation without a li- cence. Landry and Sierra Cont. on Pg. 2 ae 357 Queen St. Acton i} (S19) 853-0200