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a THURSDAY. JANUARY 6, 2000 THE NEW TANNER ll Mayor, council paid $174,482 in '99 wages The Town paid $174,482 in wages and benefits to the Mayor and ten members of Council last year to run the Town. An accounting re- quired by the Municipal Act LEGION News BRANCH we No. 197. & By JOYCE BUCHANAN Branch 197 Secretary First. I must thank all the members who helped me get the News Letter ready. And all those who got them deliv- ered for me. My most sincere thanks. The downside is some of the out-of-town ones we mailed are coming back as the people have moved or the address is wrong. With a membership of about 600, around 50 per cent have to be mailed: correct names and addresses would ae here is a phone blitz go- ing on. asking you to take out a Legion Master Card. If you valuc your privacy do not give any personal information over the phone. Ask for things in writing. Also check your Le- gionary magazine. Command usually notifies you through it. March 26 is Anniversary Open House. Have you got your ticket yet? The $2 charge is only to get an idea of how many people will attend. The money will go to the Poppy Fund. Alf Oates Dart Tourna- ment this weekend. If you are over 50 and a legion member you arc cligible to play. OK. Dates to remember: July 8 is our Annual Beef BBQ along with Royal Canadian Dragoons reunion at the Branch. Most important are the elections to be held in May. You should be thinking what part you can play: these are the people you expect to run your Branch, because it is your Branch, and when you were initiated you took an oath to uphold the Legion. So come out and participate. Toall who areill, we wisha speedy recovery, See you at the Branch. ve Medical Pharmacy (in the Medical Building) 93 Mill St. E: Acton 853-5780 * No $2 copay (for eligible ODB) * Free Medication Advice * Free Local Delivery * 10% Seniors Discount _ EVERY DAY Municipal Digest showed Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson earned $48,675 and each councillor earned $12,199 with individual ad- justments for mileage. semi- nars and public relations. Five members of the Committee of Adjustment /received $6,500 and three property standards committee members received $50 each. -Ticket trauma The Town will look into easing parking restrictions in the congested Kingham Road area following a letter from a woman complaining her daughter received five Town parking tickets in the past two months for the "crime" of parking overnight on the street. With parking at a premium. the existing 12-hour parking area is full by early evening and the resident asked for an extension of the 12-hour park- ing area From Greenore to Duby Road or parking all along Greenore Crescent. You can't park on Town streets between 2 and 7 a.m. from mid-November to mid-April to allow for easy snow clearing. The woman also wants her daughter's -$100.worth-can- celled because she argues it's "discriminatory when she has . no choice but to park on the street when she returns from work at 2 a.m." User rates While most Town user fees increases increased a modest 2 per cent this year, the cost of a burial permit jumped 100 per cent to $20 and dog li- censes are $25, a 25 per cent increase. Town finance staff sug- gested departments that usu- ally match fee increases to actual costs use a 2 per cent inflationary indexing. but other criteria was used to make changes, like the Town's wish to make canine control program pay its own way with increased licence fees, Al- most all Town recreation and parks program fees increase by 2 per cent this year, includ- ing swim classes. sports field and park rentals. LENTEN THEME: Rev. Mark Curtis held an evening of song with a Lenten theme at Churchill Community Church on Sunday, March 5, 2000.- Maggie Petrushevsky photo Coffee or tea 2.FOR $Q 99 ee T-RAX DINER Located on Hwy.#24 N. between Ospringe and Brisbane opp. Denny's Bus Lines 833-9777 - OPEN Gam-9pm =>)) Roast BEEF DINNER -- with Caesar Salad, . GIFT SHOP => 2a Buying a Home? 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The Tourism Committee also takes part in Festival Country's distribution pro- gram in which the Head for Our Hills Visitor Guide will be available in over 70 registered Travel Information centres and eight Ontario Travel of- fices throughout the prov- ince. Last year the Chamber of- fice mailed out hundreds of visitor packages after re- quests were received at their office, and welcomed over 2,000 on-site visitors. As well, Welcome Wagon hands out the Visitor Guide to new resi- dents, and the tourism com- mittee makes every effort to see that they are available "Weare inviting all our lo- cal craft shops. tea houses. specialty stores. etc. to join us in our efforts to get the word out to Head for Our Hills - Halton Hills. SuperClubs: ML, 'artbbean's Only Super-Inclusivk Resorts Super Indusive: All Meals, Drinks, Sports ! Activities & Entertainment 3 "| WHETHER YOU ARE SINGLE, A COUPLE OR A FAMILY, SUPERCLUBS HAS A RESORT EXPERIENCE JUST FOR YOU! Come to Jamaica and Feel All Right! 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