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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2006 THE NEW TANNER 19 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year May all your wishes come true this festive season. Bruce, Jeannette, Betty Ann, Ken, Jeff & Danny JIMS REPAIR SHOP 105 Alma St. Rockwood Tel: 519-856-2564 Fax: 519-856-9657 Open till 12noon Sat. Dec. 23/06 Re-open Dec. 27 8am-5pm Dec 30. 8am -12 noon Regular Hours Jan. 2 ??????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? 155 Main St. S. Rockwood 519-856-0803 ?????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ??????????????? ???????? ???????? Second Hand Shop ?????????????????????????????? ?????????? ????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? Open Tuesday - Saturday 11-5 CASH OR CHEQUES ONLY PLEASE. Closed for Holidays Dec. 24 to Jan 2 Re-open Jan 3 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year ????????????????????? ??????????? ??????????????????????????????? ???????????? December 24 CLOSING 7:00pm December 25 CLOSED December 26 8am-7pm December 31 8am-9pm New Years Day 9am-2pm Merry Christmas & Happy New Year SAUNDERS BAKERY Quality Home Baking SINCE 1914 519-856-9561 104 Main St. Rockwood Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ROCKWOODThe Miller Effective December 1 changes made to the current seatbelt legislation became law, says Wellington OPP. Any person who is an occu- pant a motor vehicle must occupy a seating position that is equipped with a seatbelt and must wear it properly. This now includes all persons who are over 16 years of age or older and not just children under 16. Drivers are still responsible to ensure that all passengers who are under 16 years of age occupy and use a seat that is equipped with a seatbelt. Children must be properly secured as well. Drivers can still face the consequences for any child not wearing/or not prop- erly secured in a seatbelt. In addition to a minimum fi ne of $110.00, the driver can also receive demerit points upon conviction for an offence of not wear- ing his/her seatbelt, failing to ensure that a child un- der 16 years wears their seatbelt, or failing to se- curely fasten their seatbelt. Since enforcement of seat- belt legislation is necessary to ensure compliance, all passengers 16 years of age or older, who are in a motor vehicle, are now required to identify themselves to a police offi cer upon request. Failure to identify them- selves is now an offence under section 106 (8.1) of the Highway Traffi c Act. A Sixth Line Rockwood farmer will be reimbursed $525 after a coyote killed one of his beef calves on November 4. Township of Guelph/ Eramosa Council ap- proved the payment on the recommendation of its livestock valuer who said the farmer did all he could to protect the herd it was in a fenced area and looked after by a guard dog and has since followed advice to move the herd into a barnyard at night to protect it from coyotes that are becoming more brazen, according to one councillor. Township Council cuts the cheques and is reim- bursed by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The valuer said the pre- dation risk in the area is currently high, with increased attacks on live- stock. Trapping approved Rockwood trapper Paul Parkinson can continue trapping raccoons on Township of Eramosa road allowances. Township of Guelph/ Eramosa Council gave its approval, with the condi- tion that Parkinson carry at least $2-million insurance and name the Township as an insured party. Staff noted Parkinson had approval to trap last year, and said that another trapper also caught mink in the former Eramosa Township waterways. Grant request The Township of Guelph/ Eramosa will apply for a $1-million provincial grant to reconstruct 7.8 kms of the Fifth Line. Although the Town- ships five-year capital budget forecast identi- fi ed four roads that need to be upgraded, staff recommended the grant application be made for improvements to the Fifth Line, where geotechnical work has already been done. The plan is to pulverize the existing roadway and resurface it from County Road 124 to Country Road 22. Last year, the province announced a $70-million, one-time investment in rural infrastructure with grants for upgrades to roads, bridges, water and wastewater facilities. Ap- plications for the Rural Infrastructure Investments Initiative will be accepted until February 5, and the money must be spent by March. New seatbelt legislation went into effect Dec. 1 Rockwood farmer reimbursed when coyote killed a beef calf TOWNSHIP DIGEST A LITTLE NORTH POLE: This Rockwood house is all decked out for the holidays. It was bound to get noticed as it is on the Farmers Parade of Lights route. Rebecca Ring Photo