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2 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 2006 Beat the February Blahs Contest ????????? ?????????????????? ???????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????????? ????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????? February 1st to February 11th ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ??????????? ????????????????? ??????????????? ????????? ????????????????????? ??????????? ????????????????? ????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????? Draw to be made on Feb. 13th LOOK FOR YOUR HOME HARDWARE FLYER IN TODAYS ISSUE! Acton Home Hardware 519-853-1730 235 Guelph Street Georgetown,Ontario L7G 4A8 905-873-1999 CINEMAS 3 Gift Certificates Available at the Lotto Booth at Georgetown Market Place Theatre parking available at the rear. georgetown www.cinemas3.ca G NOW PLAYING 1 14A 2 Not recommended fro children PG 3 Starts Friday BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN HOOD WINKED DAILY 6:45- 9:00 SAT-SUN- 2:00 DAILY 7:30PM SAT- SUN-2:00 BIG MAMAS HOUSE DAILY 6:45 -9:00PM SAT- SUN- 2:00 Serving Acton, Georgetown, Rockwood & Guelph THOMPSON CHIROPRACTIC Dr. Dave de Melo D.C. Deanna Wilson B.Sc., D.Ch. Foot Specialist Naomi Bedell R.M.T. Registered Massage Therapy (519) 853-3460 EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE Safe, Gentle Chiropractic Care Computer Generated Spinal Analysis Emergencies & Workers Comp Accepted New Patients Welcome 25 Main Street North, Acton Across from Giant Tiger Plaza Acton cleans up at Chamber awards... adult staff, buying childrens books and adult fiction, and designing and delivering programming. The Entrepreneur of the Year award honours some- one in business between one-and-three years, with fewer than 10 employees. It recognizes good business ethics, superior customer service and demonstrated innovation and creativity. Cieslok was an easy choice for the committee her Mill Street spa has developed a devoted clientele since it opened in November 2003. What a huge honour, Cieslok said on Tuesday, noting there was some pes- simism about how a spa would go over in Acton before she opened. But, I knew that most people want to look and feel good and like to be pampered. I hire people who have been trained to give 100 per cent superior service, and my goal is to provide the best service to my clients that I can, Cies- lok said, adding the spa has undergone two expansions to add new services in the past and they are currently working on a new more private hair cutting/colour- ing area. Limehouse citizens can be proud of the work they have done in their community that earned them the Civic Pride award, including restoration of the Limehouse Kilns, de- velopment of a community garden and restoration of the former church, built in 1876, into the village run Lime- house Memorial Hall. Limehouse resident Mary Shier said it was very excit- ing to win the award. The projects are all about ordinary people who just wanted to make their com- munity a better place, Shier said on Monday, adding the Limehouse Millennium Gar- den began as a derelict piece of land that was turned into a well-tended garden with benches and walkways. She said the Limehouse Kiln Society has completed restoration of a powder magazine and is now work- ing on restoring a draw kiln, and the Hall, which the community assumed re- sponsibility for in 1997 from the Womens Institute, has undergone major improve- ments, including a new roof and washrooms. Each of the three finalists for the Business of the Year award has a long history of superior customer service and community involve- ment. MacMil lans Frozen Foods, owned by Roy and Linda Martin, has been in business west of Acton on Highway 7 for 22 years. MacMillans supports local hockey, soccer and curling, and has generously donated to the Acton food bank, the Christmas Hamper Program, the fall fair, church breakfasts, school breakfast programs and the Acton Firemens Ball. MacMillans nominator said, Their pride in the business and the local com- munity has been one of the foremost thoughts. They believe that it is the business that serves the commu- nity- not the community that serves the business. The Halton Hills Speech Centre has been in business for 10 years growing from a small private practice with two speech pathologists to a group of 19 pathologists. The centre serves schools, seniors residences, hos- pitals and private patients, and a stack of testimonials attached to the nomina- tion attest to the centres superior customer service, professional and practical approach and friendly and encouraging staff. In one testimonial, the parent of the client wrote, I have marvelled at the camaraderie and efficiency of your operation. Not only has it provided my children with professional guidance they needed, but also in- stilled a deep seated sense of self-esteem that will benefit them a lifetime. The centre supports com- munity hockey, soccer, gymnastics, the United Way, Heart and Stroke Founda- tion, Ronald McDonald House and Operation Christ- mas Child. Arend Roos began what is now Vision 2000 Travel Group in Georgetown in 1976, and the company has grown to employ 15 full- time and several part-time employees, most who live in Halton Hills. Vision 2000 supports lo- cal sports groups including soccer, hockey and softball. Its charity of choice locally is Georgetown hospital and it also supports the Salvation Army and Red Cross. Vision 2000s nominator wrote, In an incredibly fast-changing travel environ- ment, their many long-term clients are a testament to their ability to adapt, inno- vate and constantly move forward. The Business of the Year winner will be announced at a Chamber awards dinner on February 24, at North Halton Golf Club. Groundhogs around?... Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 if it was cloudy, rained or snowed on Candlemas, the rest of the winter would be mild. An old saying goes: If Candlemas be fair and bright, Winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, Winter will not come again. Ancient beliefs also held that creatures which hiber- nate were able to predict the arrival of spring when they emerged from their dens, an honour reserved for the bad- ger, the bear and hedgehog. However when German immigrants to the United States settled in Pennsyl- vania they transferred that honour to the indigenous groundhog. So Groundhog Day emerged on February 2 and merchants among the Pennsylvania Dutch knew a good thing when they saw it. So we have Punxsutaw- ney Phil. Every February 2 in Punxsutawney Phil is pulled from his den by his keepers and he whispers a prediction in their ears, which they announce to thousands of expectant cel- ebrants. In Canada we have Wiar- ton Willie who follows the traditional route of looking for his shadow. If he sees it, the story goes hell run for his den and well have six more weeks of cold winter weather. If he fails to see his shadow hell stay up and enjoy the mild winter. BIRTHDAY BASH: Members of the Acton Citizens Band took time from learning a new piece of Mozart music to have a piece of Mozart cake with punch at a party to celebrate the famous coomposers 250th birthday last Wednesday at the band hall. Frances Niblock photo