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By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Georgetown south residents would rather call animal control than call their neighbours to ask if they've lost their dog. Their quick- ness to phone the town has sent animal con- trol service calls soaring to over 300 per month. A recent canine enforcement report showed a significant increase in calls until GQoomIs0"y MOTOR PRODUCTS 97 EXPEDITION E BAUER August this year - 2,243 com to 1,549 for the same period last year. Staff said the in- crease can be attributed to growth in George- town south. "As there is less tolerance for dogs run- ning at large and residents unwillingness to return these dogs on their own and approach their neighbours, there is an expectancy that Town staff will provide these services similar to that of the larger communities where they O emigrated from," customer service support supervisor Carolyn Kelly said in a recent re- port to councillors. The Town contracts a private operator to ide animal control services and council- lors were also concerned with the relatively small number of dogs that are impounded or handled by the contractor, 197 so far this year. In addition to the huge number of canine complaints, Ward 2 Councillor Kevin Kuiack Newstand price: 40¢ + GST Your Hometown Newspaper aner is alarmed that enforcement services staff still can't keep up with the number of complaints coming in, by as many as 100 per month. "We need to do something, whether it be staffing to deal with it or some other proce- dural matter ... if something has to come to budget (talks) it should be the way we handle bylaw enforcement," Kuiack said- recently, noting it wasn't the first time councillors asked that bylaw enforcement be looked at. IT'S WORTH THE DRIVE Rockwood * 856-2222 Mnats) Special award for 'Mr. Santa Parade' MSIG@®" | ionman Sie iaat Old St. Nick or Santa Claus was in Acton on Sat+ in lottery An Acton man has won -- man Bill 'Spee' chair for 18 years. After 18 years of bringing Santa Claus to Acton, Santa's right hand man, former volun- teer firefighter Bill Spielvogel, has been honoured for or- urday for the annual pa+ $250,000 in the provincial lot- rade sponsored by the fire tae ENCORE of November fighters. tw : A a +See wat : . Bes of Harold Arbeiter, 43, an avid lottery player, said he plans on paying off bills and coe the rest. 50,000 earnings. "Tt really is worth the drive to Toronto when you've won this amount of money," Mr. Arbeiter told Ontario Lottery Corporation staff when he . ; collected his winnings. You've still got time to A tool and die maker and buy a ticket on United} single as well, Arbeiter Way'sraffleona VWBee-} --_ bought the winning ticket in tle. See Page 3. Georgetown. ee of his. HONOURARY CHIEF: Halton Hills Fire Chief Bill Cunningham, left, pre- sented retired firefighter Bill Spielvogel with a golden helmet following Ac- ton's Santa Claus parade last week. "Spee" has remained the guiding force behind the parade for 18 years even though he left the Acton department several years ago. - Maggie Petrushevsky photo POWER to plant trees in Acton Town owned land nearthe trees that will be planted on Acton Legion and the sen- __ that land, our forester is work- iors' residence on Fairy Lake _ingonit," explained POWER will be planted with hundreds _ president Barbara Halsall ina 'Deck the Halls' house of trees as a millennium __ recent interview. tour was a great success, project of the north Halton Eighteen schools in See photos on Page 7. environmental POWER Halton, including those in group -- Protect Our Resources and Acton, have agreed to be part Environmental Resources. of the millennium and In conjunction with the hundreds of students will Town and both the Creditand _ plant this spring. A curricu- the Halton Conservation au- lum consultant is helping Already POWER has received unsolicited cash and dona- annual general meeting and the importance of forestry tions of supplies from local _was highlighted by the guest tree planting companies. speaker, Paul Aird, professor Halsall said while they _ emeritis at the Faculty of For- mulled over several millen- _ estry at the University of To- nium project proposals, they _ronto, and a former member really liked the education Niagara component of the forestry Escarpment Commission. project. "It's very critical how we "This is not just getting manage our precious heritage trees in the ground because chestrating Santa Claus pa- trades for the Acton Firefight- cS -- 'speech- less (not a common occur- rence according to friends) when Halton Hills Fire Chief Bill Cunningham presented him with a gold fire helmet and named him Honourary Chief. "I'm still surprised," a grateful Spielvogel said on Monday. "There aren't very many honourary chiefs and I had no idea that this was coming. It is a great honour and I'm lucky that they let me keep organizing the parade, even after I retired as a volunteer firefighter after 32 years and 10 months." Chief Cunningham said he wanted Bill to have special recognition for all of the time and commitment he'd put into the parades. "He's sort of the unsung hero of bringing the parade ofwildplantsandanimalsand tg A, h d I just thorities, POWER has se- teachers fitthis project inwith this is going to be a major trees. It's only in the 1990s thought it was fitting thai we lected six sites in Halton Hills the new curri educational program. There's that we have begun to em- recognized him in some sig- to be forested with thousands "Now we have to get the been so much money cut out _ brace the concept of manag- nificant' way." Chief native species trees and her- _ money," Halsall said, adding of the school budget as faras _ing systems, of managing a Cunningham aig deactibin ae i). 4 _itage seeds. they've applied for grants outdoor education the kids forested area, not just for Bill as "Mr. Santa Cl 6 saa ------ "In Acton, we looking at from variousenvironmental, are missing things they _ large trees, not just for bea- ide" IMIS Yas John Eddollshas made --_jow growing things so the millennium and provincial should be getting." ver and salmon, but for air." _™ {T wabidvhinanmdice'e Hic the Canadian national view of the lakeisn'tblocked agencies. The number of Pictures of the six sitesto Aird said, as he applauded watch him and he's like lifesaving team. See Page| and although we haven trees planteddependsonhow _ be forested were on display POWER for its millennium 2 8*andfather bringing his 12. picked the actual kinds of much money they receive. recently at POWER's recent _ tree planting project. 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