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ACTON ACES: A number of Acton residents were among 42 people hon- THE NEW TANNER oured with municipal awards at a ceremony on Monday at the Civic Centre. The recipients include, front from left: Shaun Morin, Iain Wright and Mark Humphrey (Acton Jui-Jitsu members) and Riley McGilloway, Jessie Kuenzig and Gordie McKeon (members of the Halton Hills Tyke Bulldog lacrosse team.) Back: Cassie Hunter (Jui-Jitsu) Halton Junior Farmer Kurtis An- drews and Devon Lambert. -- Frances Niblock photo Earl Jensen Serving Acton & Rockwood Area Recovering Furniture - Antique & Modern. Please call fora FREE estimate in your home ; or visit our FABRIC SHOWROOM at $ 303 Victoria Rd. N. GUELPH (comer of speedvate) Or call 824-0533 (local call) Free pickup and delivery By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanne Ten Acton residents were among 42 municipal award recipients at a ceremony at the Halton Hills council chambers _ on Monday. 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Instead of second _betterhandle onthe plightof --_ lenges all mankind to be guessing the past wouldn't the human racedthanthisold -- better people. Our world our efforts be better di- priest. Thinkbeing the opera- _ is kinder and gentler be- rected to earning from it tive word. cause of John Paul II. and ensuring it never hap- A perfect example of the Would that all our leaders pens again to any people? -- cesspool wehaveallowedour could leave the same (= I sometimes wonder society to become was dem- _ legacy. a ay off... 4 onstrated in last Sunday's Toronto Sun. The Pope was closing out his his- toric visit. His story cov- ered halfa page. Bernardo and that bitch combined for 1.5 pages on his ap- peal and four pages on her supposed lesbian rela- tionships. Smut sells. A lesser man than John Paul I couldn't carry on in the face of such indifference. This Pope has done much for the church and 3 students -- received awards as members of the Halton Hills Tyke Bulldog team that won five of their seven games to finish with a silver medal at the Provincial Tyke lacrosse Championships. The Bulldogs were unde- ' feated in their 12 regular sea- son games and undefeated in the playoffs, capturing the Zone 8 championship. Four members of the Acton Jui-Jitsu Club sparred and grappled their way onto to the podium at the Canadian Jui-Jitsu Association na- tional tournament in Dundas and received Town awards for their efforts. Orange belt Mark Humphrey, 8, won third place in grappling and Cassandra Hunter, 14. took third place in continuous sparring. lain Wright, 7. a yellow belt, won third prize in grappling and orange belt Shaun Morin, won first place in the continuous Acton residents among Town sparring and second place in grappling. The continuous sparing includes kicks and punches and throws and ground grappling with points for throwing and controlling the opponent. Acton's Kurtis Andrews, a Halton Region Junior Farmer, was part of a group that won second place at an Ontario Culturama competi- tion. Andrews, also place first in poetry recitation and land- scape photography and sec- ond place in public speaking and third in people photogra- phy. Acton High student and drummer Devon Lambert is a repeat award winner and was honoured as the 1999 Cham- pion Supreme winner in Grade 4 drumming, During the 1999 Ontario competitive season, Devon had a first place finish, five second place finishes and a third place finish in individual awards snare drum competitions. At the Canadian championship, the band she belongs to, the MacDonald Caledonia Pipe Band, took first prize in the overall Grade 4 competition. At the world pipe band cham- ionships in Scotland the nd finished fifth. Former Acton resident Cassandra Adams, who now lives in Guelph, missed the ceremony, but was honoured for capturing second place at the World Championship Jousting competition in Colo- rado. Adams was honoured by the Town in 1998 after she won the world championship female jousting compeition. Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson thanked all of the awardees and told them to take pride in their accomplish- ments and noted the awards show how much talent there is within the Halton Hills bor- ders. May bring back ride service By Maggie Petrushevsky The New Tanner Details are sketchy but it looks like the transportation segment of Halton Hills Com- munity Support and Informa- tion services may be resur- rected. In a meeting last week Halton Regional Chairman Joyce Savoline told The New Tanner it is hoped funding to re-establish the program can be found through Ontario Works. Halton Region Community and Social Services Depart- ment Commissioner Adelina N PHARMACY LIMITED? Urbanski says losing the HHCSI transportation net- work really undermined job search efforts for some of their clients in Halton Hills. Partnering with HHCSI, they came up with an "innonvative proposal" which would ben- efit both organizations. This proposal has already been submitted to the Ministry of Community and Social Sery- ices and is being "unofficially well received," she says, al- though no one wants to talk specifics until it gets actual approval from Ontario Works. HHCSI dropped its van transportation program at rama ag a ag Headquarters for Health |] © WESERVICE ALL 1] DRUG PLANS 4] « COLOSTOMY SUPPLIES Thursday, Friday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Saturday ..... ssagounndier enate ibaa suavesee 9-6 2 Main Street North, Acton 853-1620 e FREE IN-TOWN DELIVERY « BLOOD GLUCOSE q MONITORING MACHINES |) Christmas because grants which supported it were phased out and no funds could be raised to replace them. Urbanski and HHCSI di- rector Rosslyn Dowell, point toa long history of co-opera- tion between the two organi- zations which saw HHCSI re- ceive $136,000 in grants to- wards its transportation pro- gram in the past five years. They also provide about $28,600 in grants for the TEAM (Teen Education And Motherhood) program which supports pregnant teens to finish high school. HHCSI also receives about $162,000 for operation of its Family Resource Centres in Acton and Georgetown. Savoline says Halton has been very successful in work- ing within provincial guide- lines ina many programs over the years. That's why it is well respected when it puts pro- posals before various minis- tries and why its concerns about issues or programs are usually heeded. "We've worked hard over the years at keeping our cred- ibility with the province," she says. "We work cleverly within the system. You don't get anywhere just bashing Continued on page 7