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14 THE NEW Leer arose DECEMBER Sie 2003 Looking back at highlights of 2003 continued from page 12 ' public response when tougher no smoking rules come into place on July 1. It bans smoking in public and work places until after 9 p.m. Kentucky Fried Chicken announces it will relocate from its location in the old IGA plaza to the new Acton East plaza. The Town agrees to set up an ad hoc citizen committee to review opera- tions at its cemeteries after staff, for the second time, remove personal effects from graves at Fairview Cemetery, without prior Acton High School Reunion JULY One or both beaches in Prospect Park are deemed unsafe for swim- ming because of high levels of bacteria throughout the month of July. Drunken vandals tore down hanging flower baskets, left beer bottles in planters and knocked over garbage bins in the down- town core. Several Prospect' Park area residents manage -to pull Hornby resident Doug Neary from Fairy Lake after he floundered while trying to swim across it. Neary later dies in hos- pital Good news for youth services and the drop-in in Acton -- Halton Community Support and Information announces it received a_ three-year Trillium grant, guarantee- ing the centre, and one in Georgetown, will remain open. Master Gardener Max MacSween, with Mayor Kathy Gastle, proudly predicts Halton Hills will again do very well in the annual Commu- nities in Bloom judging. AUGUST Acton's downtown is jammed with people cel- ebrating at the annual Leathertown Festival. Acton resident Mary OURWAY Auto Repair Ltd, milan dil GEORGE'S ---- Fast, friendly lunch! Come join us! Ph: 853-5531 Fox: 853-5366 eat fresh4 Pete's Auto Paint Ltd. Custom Paint & Bodywork ® Restoration Sandblasting 519-856-9356 4923 7th Line, Eramosa RR* 4 Rockwood ON NOB 2K0 254 Main St. N Acton, ON. 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SEPTEMBER One hundred and twenty people walk, jog and ride around the track at Acton High School, help- ing to raise $26,500 in the annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research. To the delight of lo- cal shoppers who love good deals, Giant Tiger opens its newest store in the old IGA plaza. Angela Schrempf is crowed Miss Acton in the 41" Miss Acton pageant at the Acton Fall Fair. - "High winds and wet weather wash out Educa- tion Day at the fair, but the weather improves and the fair Brollies are jammed with people>for the rest of the weekend. ' Plans, are finalized for a 15,00-square-foot ex- pansion of the IGA store in the Acton East plaza. The larger store will include a pharmacy. An Acton mother and her boyfriend are charged with physically abusing a pre-school girl whose bruises raised suspi- cions with a citizen who called police. OCTOBER Costumed guides - led people on historical walking tours in Acton to raise money for Halton Hills Community Support and Information and the United Way of Halton Hills. While his Tory party goes down to defeat, Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh easily hangs on to his Halton seat. The Town opens its first leash-free zone in Pros- pect Park, much to the delight of local dogs and their owners who flock to the park to let their pets run free. Halton's new $600,000 ambulance sta- tion in Acton opens on Churchill Road, south of the fire station. Reports of illegal smoking at the Acton Le- gion -- before 9 p.m. -- rile at least one Town council- lor who makes it clear the rules are to be followed by everyone. NOVEMBER Veteran Acton poli- tician Rick Bonnette easily defeats Mayor Kathy Gas- tle to become the sixth mayor of Halton Hills -- the first from Acton. Retired Acton resi- dent Neil Charette wins $1-million in the Princess Margaret Hospital's early bird draw. After almost a quar- ter-century, the Dawkins family of Acton ends its association with the olde Hide House -- the company it built -- as it is sold to a new partnership that in- cludes several former company officials. Willow Lane Natu- ral Foods celebrates its 25th anniversary in Acton --al- beit without the original Owners. The float entered by St. Joseph Catholic School in the Acton Santa Claus parade takes overall first place honours. The McKenzie-Smith Bennett float wins first prize in the school category. DECEMBER Purity Life adver- tises for 120 Acton people willing to help fight the common cold by taking part in a research study to determine if a natural sup- plement called Moducare prevents and/or lessens the severity of the common cold. ' With all the pomp and circumstance of a coronation, Mayor Rick Bonnette and his new council are sworn into of- fice for a three-year term. Police look for wit- nesses to a double fatality on Highway 25, north of Acton, that claimed the life of a Peterborough father and son, and slightly in- jured Acton IGA owner Mike Manes. Acton continues to have the most acute need for additional general prac- titioners in the Region, despite recruitment efforts which have seen at least a dozen doctors tour the, town and its medical facil- ity.