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4 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006 formerly Cones NOW OPEN from 12noon - 9pm dailyLooking forwar d to serving y ou this summer! Congratulators to our 1st Cake Draw winner! 4 Mill Street East, Acton 519-853-4567 146 Main St. E Milton 905-875-1313 Jason Van Der Veen Owner ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??????????? ?? If so...have we got a deal for you! Become one of the lucky 7 to join our school bus driving team for fall 2006 routes! for more info call Angela at Tyler Transport Ltd. 519-853-1550 E-mail: jiujitsu1@sympatico.ca Acton Jiu-Jitsu 5A MILL STREET, E. ACTON Proud member of the Canadian Jiu Jitsu Association (519)853-2424 Gain Respect, Self Confidence, Self Defense, Fitness & Fun TECH QUEENS: Acton High School students showed off their technical prowess at a recent provincial Skills Olympics. Marnie Demand (left) earned a Bronze medal in mechanical computer aided drafting and design, Angela Henderson earned a Gold medal in architectural CADD and Bekky Gibson had a strong showing in the digital photography competition. - Submitted photo Honeyfield home owner still has some concerns BY FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Acton resident Preeti Varu wonders if she shot herself in the foot when she publicly complained to Town Council about conditions in the Honey- field subdivision, built by Rinarin Limited, north of Highway 7. When I try to call the office, the person I need is always on the phone or out of the office, and Ive called the sales office numerous times and no one has got- ten back to us, Varu said on Friday. Varu was not impressed with how the Town handled their complaint after her partners car was damaged when it hit a raised manhole in the subdivision the developers contractor paid the repair bill and she ap- peared before Council in February with a long list of complaints about work not completed in the sub- division, including lighting, paving and site mainte- nance by the builder. A Town report said it would ensure that future claims would be dealt with in an expeditious manner and that it would lend the developer streetlight parts that it is missing. Varu notes occupancy permits shouldnt be issued until the streetlight system is operational. Sure, they fixed one light, but theres still a street light leaning over, there are broken storm drains, chunks of concrete and they havent cleaned the street each Friday like they were supposed to, Varu said on Friday, add- ing there has been some improvement in the condi- tion of the roads. I dont feel that very much has been done and I was thinking of taking some pictures and going back to Council to show them what still needs to be done, Varu said. Varu, who moved in to the Honeyfield house in April 2003, said she could have just kept her mouth shut after their car hit the raised manhole the de- veloper had raised them in preparation for completing the paving of the streets, but the weather changed and the job was delayed, leaving the raised man- holes which several cars struck. I was worried about safety I guess I could watch the dirt accumulate on the street and the street- lights fall over I could have keep my mouth shut, but I want to take pride in my community, Varu said. Town staff met with the developer to review all de- ficiencies late last month, including boulevard sod- ding, lighting and paving, and were confident Rinarin would fulfill outstanding subdivision conditions when the weather and con- ditions permit. At press time, Rinarin had not responded to a request for comment. On Tuesday as Town Council removed a holding provision for 17 additional single-family lots that will finish Rinarins Honeyfield subdivision, Acton Coun- cillor Clark Somerville asked that in light of the previous problems, what assurances they had that the developer would do what was required. He noted the road would be torn up as the new houses are built and added theyd already had one email complaint about gar- bage in the area. Town engineer Rick Henry said the developer intends to put surface as- phalt down next week and prior to that, the streets would be swept and the developer would continue to sweep the street weekly on Fridays to keep the dust down during construction. AHS students win two medals at skills Olympics By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Acton High School con- tinues to produce students with award winning techni- cal skills as witnessed by the recent medals won by two students and the strong showing by another, at the 17th annual Ontario Techni- cal Skills Competitions in Waterloo. Angela Henderson earned a Gold Medal in the CADD (computer assisted architec- tural design) Architectural competition, and Marnie De- mand earned a Bronze in the CADD Mechanical competi- tion. Bekky Gibson, the young- est competitor in digital photography, did not place in the top three, but showed creativity and poise in com- pleting a series of creative photographic projects. Over 1,100 students earned their way to the recent provin- cial competition by winning at their school and regional level. The competition at Wa- terloo was grueling each competitor had six hours to complete a series of skill specific tasks and was also marked on a five-minute job interview to make sure they have the soft skills to match the hard skills necessary to get and keep a job. In the CADD Architectural competition, Henderson had to take the post, beams and floor of an old building and create an architectural design to turn it into a residential loft. Her layout and detail work was judged the best of the 29 budding architects from across Ontario, and as the provincial Gold medalist, she advances to the National Skills competition in Halifax at the end of May 21. In the CADD Mechanical competition, Demand, who learned of her Bronze medal finish a week after the event when the standings were revised because of a clerical error, had to complete complex design drawings and a 3d model of components of a small engine, and then as- semble them to complete a model of the motor. Acton High School tech- nical instructor Norbert Axtmann said the ladies have all done Acton and Halton proud and made a firm statement about the role of women in our technologi- cal world.