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CLASSIC KARATE 145 Mill Street East Acton 853-9967 www.classickarate.com ADULT CUT [see JANUARY Sixty-seven local needy families and their children have a happier Christmas, thanks to the Christmas Hamper pro- gram, which provided them with a Christmas meal and toys for the kids. The Ministry of Education announces $15.6-million in grants for the public and Catholic school boards in Halton -- ~money to be used for spe- cial needs children and busing costs. There were fewer shoppers visiting Acton stores before Christmas, but they spent more than last year, leaving most mer- chants reporting good holiday sales. A joint funeral serv- ice is held for former Acton resident Lori Swackhamer and her husband, Troy, Hunter, newlyweds killed 258 MAIN ST. E. Downtown Milton 905-878-9711 in a head-on crash near Alliston on Christmas Day The Acton Tanners Bantam I team hands a vis- iting team from Sweden a 10-0 loss in an exhibition match at Acton arena.. FEBRUARY Over 200 local resi- dents show up for a meeting to plan an attack against Ontario's "flawed and un- fair' assessment system, which after the most recent reassessment, means whop- ping tax increases for some. Heritage Halton 'Hills proposes that 10 semi- , detached houses on Bower No appointment convenience, quality and value, and extra savings too. Please use these coupons. See you soon. 372 Queen Street East, Acton (Next to IGA) : 519-853-2116 Mon-Fri: 9am-8pm ¢ Sat: 9am -S5pm wetdown and tuttary Save $1.00 with this cu coupon Expires Apri Very Happy New Year and look forward, to Serving you in 2004 That's our customer service philosophy in a nutshell. Friendly, creative, attentive stylists. Avenue, the so-called Syn- dicate Housing -- be designated as a Heritage District. Amy Yateman's tan- talizing baking and fast, friendly service earn her the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce. Halton's 1,200 full and part-time high school Expires KIDSCUTS (12 and under) ited work-to-rule campaign to protest lagging contract talks. Reports show inci- dents of cancer, especially breast cancer among women, are significantly higher in Halton Hills than expected when compared with province-wide statis- tics. MARCH The Acton Citizens' Band received the Citizen of the Year award from the Rotary Club of Acton for its 130-year history as an Ac- ton ambassador. Town Council votes to go 100 per cent smoke free, in public and workplaces, by July 2004 in a compromise bylaw that scares some in the hospital- ity industry who claim they will lose business. } Rescue crews pulled a local teen out of the mud in the housing construction site behind the Christian Reformed Church, after a umber of teens ignored warning signs to take a shortcut near a storm water management pond. The Acton Carquest/ Nellis Construction BB Novice téam won the OMHA central district championship, blanking Fergus 1-0 for the hard- ware. Acton's Carl Tim- bers, a Tim Hortons regular, won $1,000 in the Roll Up The Rim contest. He didn't have any plans for the windfall, but was sure his wife would. APRIL Police investigate a recent rash of thefts from rural mailboxes that forced carriers to set up security measures with their clients. Cl A pit bull dog whose owner allowed her to stage a "reign of terror" in Acton was put down af- ter a court upheld a destruction order requested by the Town. Giant Tiger, an Ot- chain announced it has signed a lease for the old IGA store at Main and Mill Streets and will open in the fall. The Acton Figure Skating Club wowed crowds at two shows with its Movie Montage carnival show featuring teetering tots and double jump land- ing skaters. The Halton District School Board decision to cancel all international school trips because of the Traqi war costs some Acton parents and students their deposit on a scheduled trip to Italy. MAY. Acton's newest housing development -- Devon Place on the south side of Highway 7, east of Churchill Road -- begins to take shape. The race for mayor in November's municipal election heats up with both Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette and his colleague, Councillor John Day throwing their hats into the ring to challenge incumbent mayor Kathy Gastle. On the 58th anniver- sary of VE Day, bells toll from local churches as hun- dreds of Acton children and others paid a candlelight tribute to all veterans. The Town buys the former Village Manor nurs- ing home site on Main Street north with plans to demolish the building and turn the site into a munici- pal parking lot. - The New Tanner editor and local historian, Hartley Coles, received an Ontario Heritage Founda-- tion Award from Halton Hills Mayor Kathy Gastle and Heritage Halton Hills chairman Mark Rowe. JUNE Concerns about in- creased parking, noise and smells were raised by neighbours of a proposed plaza at Young and Queen Streets. The anchor store at the Leathertown Junction development is Shoppers Drugmart. Citing dropping rev- enues, the owners of Acton Bowl close the facility, leaving Acton without lanes for the first time since 1948. The Town said it is not expecting any great continued on page 14