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Acton High School students are almost ready for opening night of their production of William Shakespears Romeo and Juliet. See story on Page 16. Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 9 No. 16 Thursday, April 20, 2006 THE NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST Whats Inside Hydro rate up 11% Kicks in May 1st in Halton Hills By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Electricity bills will jump by 11 per cent on May 1 thats $11.92 cents more per month or $143.04 annually for the Acton homeowner who uses an average of 1,000 kilowatt hours a month un- der new rates released last week by the Ontario Energy Board. Consumers now pay artificially low prices for electricity at five cents a kilowatt hour for the first 1,000 kilowatts used during the winter, and 5.8 cents for anything above that. The rate increases blamed on last summers sweltering heat that sent energy costs soaring are 5.8 cents for the first 600 kilowatts used between May and October, and then 6.7 cents. The 11 per cent increase for Halton Hills Hydros 18,500 residential custom- ers includes a 2.3 per cent increase in the distribution rate $2.49 a month for an average use of 1,000 kilowatts and 8.7 per cent more, or $9.42 in the regu- lated price. The government has al- ways said we need to get to the true cost of power and this (the new rates) is a start to doing that, said Address Local Toll Free Parts Hotline Email 357 Queen St. E. Acton 519-853-0200 1-866-620-3248 519-853-5613 info@achillesmazda.caServing Halton Hills with Pride since 1973 Clean up Halton Hills Day is on this Saturday What are we cleaning? - roadways, park- ing lots, school yards, business areas, parsks, gateways, valleys and anywhere else where theres litter and anything else to despoil the landscape. Acton BIA is also sponsoring a clean-up blitz from 9a.m. to 12 noon start- ing from the Willow St. South parking lot. Coffee and Timbits, bottled water and juice are there compliments of Tim Hortons and Giant Tiger with work gloves supplied by Superior Glove and garbage bags by the Town. Bring rakes, brooms, etc. Continued on page 3 Rockwood 856-2222 $99BI-WEEKLY4 YEARS 2000 EXPLORER SPORT 4x4.....$8,888 TO ITS WORTH THE DRIVE ACTON MOTORS 8531280 2002 SEBRING........51,000 KMS LOW KMS Happy Birthday Liz QUEEN TURNS 80: Queen Elizabeth II reaches her 80th birthday tomorrow (Fri- day), in the 54th year of her reign. She is Englands 40th monarch since William the Conqueror and Canadas head of state, officially titled: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. The queen has visited Canada 23 times. Saturday, Earth Day, is also the date for Actons mayor food drive to replen- ish the shelves at FoodShare. See Page 2 for story. Georgetown Childrens Choir entertained at Halton Hills Civic Centre Tuesday morning when Town officials flew the Dutch flag to commemorate the liberation of a town in Holland. See story on Page 4. Saturday is Earth Day and the president of Earth Day Canada has a message for all of us on Page 14.