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16 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007 ????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Grand Prize for Members 10 FREE Personal Training Session For Non Members 1 FREE 1 Year Membership 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Thank you to our sponsors: Blue Springs Hair & Spa, Blue Springs Flower Shop, Tim Hortons, Leathertown Lumber, Dollar Stretcher Daze, Tanners Neighborhood Pub & Grill, M&M Meat Shop (Acton), D&D Asian Restaurant, My Cottage Dream, The Pampered Chef, Halton Hills Furniture & Appliances, Papillons Purification System Inc., Acton Home Hardware, Creative Memories by Tammy Somerville, Country Reflections, Godfather Pizza, Leathertown Sales Assoc., Forever Youngsters, Star- light CafRuth Bowes- Royal LePage, Giant Tiger, Mill St. Crossing, BeautiControl- Natalie Hamelin, Giant Tiger, Willow Lane Natural Foods, Bronze Salon, Details & Design, Movie Gallery, Living Essentials- Ida Mae, Acton Optical, Shoppers Drug Mart- Acton, Keystone Sports PRIZES GIVEN AWA Y D AIL Y Drop by and fill out a ballot for our GRAND PRIZE. No Referral Necessary DE MELO CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTRE 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 An elderly woman was stuck for 20 minutes in an el- evator at the Birchway Place seniors building after the doors refused to open at 2:30 on Monday afternoon. Acton firefighters, includ- ing the trapped womans grandson, pried open the doors to free her and the el- evator maintenance company was called. Property damage Halton police report three incidents of property damage in Acton last week. Overnight January 10/11, someone attempted to break into the Acton Baptist Church on Mill Street by smashing a window and breaking the window frame, causing $200 damage. *** On Saturday night, some- one threw three eggs at a Chevy Cavalier parked on Kingham Road. There was no damage. *** Overnight January 8/9, two floodlights on the lawn of a Tanner Drive residence were smashed, causing $80 damage. Illegal burn Acton firefighters extin- guished an illegal fire at a Main Street South residence at 3:43 a.m. on Monday. They found the resident was con- ducting an open burn without the required permit. Stolen car A 1995 Mazda found burn- ing on the Sixth Line, north of 32 Side Road, in Erin Town- ship just after midnight last Wednesday had been stolen. Acton firefighters found the car fully engulfed when they arrived on the scene, alerted by a 911 call from Wellington County employees doing road inspections. OPP are investigating. By Frances Niblock In a move prompted by fiscal frustration, Regional Ward 1/2 Councillor Clark Somerville wants to cap the amount of money Halton kicks in for social services in Toronto at last years levels. Following a lively two-hour debate at last weeks health and social services committee, Somerville received support for a motion to cap the levels at the actual 2006 level. The resolu- tion goes to Haltons budget sub-committee on Monday and Halton Council is expected to ratify the move. In 1998, Ontario became the only province to pay for social assistance and housing programs with property tax dollars. Because Toronto has 80 per cent of the social assistance clients and 74 per cent of the social housing stock in the GTA, the province decided to equalize, or share, these costs among GTA municipalities, including Halton. The move was supposed to be temporary. Last year, Halton paid $39-million in pooling costs too much, according to Somerville who said they work hard to be fiscally responsible and keep taxes down, but have no control over the multi-millions required by the pooling. Each home in Halton is paying $182 each year to Toronto for its social and housing programs, and we have absolutely zero control over it. Its not fair, Somerville said on Monday, adding Halton Hills share of pooling costs was $4-million last year. In the past, York and Peel have protested the pooling costs by capping their contributions, and so far, Somerville said the province has not reacted. VOLUNTEER WORK: Actons R/M Construction donated a worker and equipment to the Rotary Club of Acton bandshell project to dig a trench for electrical cables. On hand completing the job on Friday were, from left: Acton Councillor Jon Hurst, J.D. Hatch of Peter Schmuki Construction, R/Ms Mike Kuipery and volunteer Bob Jeffries. Frances Niblock photo Firefighters free woman in elevator POLICE/FIRE REPORT Halton protests pooling costs with Toronto