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4 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 Its that time of year again! Nominations with a supporting explanation to be mailed to: Citizen of the Year, c/o Acton Rotary Club Box 22, Acton, L7J 2M3 Deadline: March 17, 2007 The Acton Rotary Club is seeking nominations for Actons Citizen of the Year Bill and Donna Cripps are pleased to announce the marriage of their son Brad to Vanessa Coady, daughter of Pat Coady of Bolton on Oct. 21, 2006 in Acton. They are residing in Acton. Bill & Donna Cripps are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Karilynne to Rob Cipolla son of Ralph & Carol of Orillia on Jan. 10/07 in Cozumel Mexico. They are residing in Lagoon City (Orillia) IN APPRECIATION: Liz Bailey, centre, of the Acton branch of the Canadian Cancer Society presents volun-teers canvassers Barb Wilson, left, and Sharon Anderson, right, with mementos at the Acton branchs campaign kick-off dinner last year. She is retiring after this years campaign. By Frances Niblock Skat ing, swimming, watching videos, playing with friends and sleeping those are some of the ac- tivities Acton youth who arent heading south for some fun in the sun list on their March Break calendars. Thanks to the continuing generosity of the Rotary Club of Acton, everyone can skate for free all during March Break at the Acton arena. Rotary will pick up the tab for the anticipated hun- dreds of people who will take advantage of the free public skate, afternoons from 1:30 to 2:50 p.m. For those who would like to swim during March Break, once again, Tim Hortons will foot the bill and pay the entrance fees all week for the leisure swims scheduled from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. An illusionist and a LEGO contest top the calendar of March Break events at the River Street branch of the li- brary where the magic word is Abracadabra and events have a magical theme. Kids of all ages are invit- ed to drop in to the branch every afternoon (except Monday) between 2 and 4 p.m., to do a craft, including pencil brooms, magic wand bookmarks and other magi- cal crafts. As well, entries will be accepted until March 15 for the librarys annual LEGO contest. The public is invit- ed to judge the entries and pick their favourite between March 16 and 23. If the weather co-op- erates, staff hope to be producing maple syrup at Mountsberg Conservation Area, adjacent to the Glen Eden ski slope in Milton. Mountsberg is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. dur- ing March Break, and along with a tour of the sugar bush and syrup making demon- strations, activities include horse-drawn rides, a play barn, baby animal farm and bird of prey demonstrations daily at 12 and 2 p.m. The hours have been ex- tended and theres a new game to be played at Off The Wall, Actons youth drop-in centre on Mill Street. Wednesday is robot night for juniors (9 to 11-year- olds) at the centre, which is open from 4 to 7 p.m. The movie Robots will be shown and kids can make their own robot. On Thursday, the centre invites senior teens (12 to 19) to check out the new Nintendo Wii game from 4 to 10:30 p.m., and on Fri- day, from 1 to 4:30 p.m., the centre will green things up for a St. Patricks Day cel- ebration for senior teens. By Frances Niblock Enthusiastic, optimistic, somewhat organized and committed to the cause of raising money to fight cancer those are the main skills needed to run a suc- cessful door-to-door canvass in Acton according to Liz Bailey, the Canadian Cancer Society volunteer who has done the job for 18 years. The Acton branch is gearing up for Aprils annual campaign for funds that in- cludes the residential canvass, and Bailey hopes her replacement can learn the ropes this year and take over next year. Its time for some new blood fresh eyes with new ideas for getting new can- vassers, Bailey said on Friday, adding she will remain a campaign zone captain, and hopes to take on another role within the Acton branch. After almost two decades of organizing highly successful campaigns $33,000 was raised last year in Acton, putting the town in the top three of per capita givers in Ontario Bailey said in many ways the well-oiled campaign takes on a life of its own. You never feel that you are alone in the campaign, because everyone helps out, Bailey said, adding their success- ful system includes four zone captains who recruit captains who then recruit canvassers. Many of the approximately 190 can- vassers are repeat volunteers who are committed to the cause, and are able to donate three or four hours of their time to go door-to-door on routes usually 15 to 20 houses asking for donations. Baileys involvement with the cam- paign began prior to the untimely death of a friend, who was the Acton campaign co-ordinator until killed in a freak ac- cident. Bailey had unofficially helped with the campaign for several years, and stepped in to help. I was the only one that really knew, to sort of pick it up and run with it. I agreed to do it for a year or two, and here we are 18 years later, Bailey said, adding the job has given her a lot of satisfaction. Theres lots of things that I could have given up, or have given up over the years, but I wouldnt give up the Cancer Society the group is very cohesive and sup- portive and thats one of the major things you want to do a good job because youve got their help. Bailey said shes holding off putting together the canvasser kits in hopes that someone will come forward soon and be able to see how it all goes together. They could help me, or just watch how it works, and I would certainly be avail- able for that person next year when they take it over, Bailey said. Anyone interested in the campaign job should call the Acton branch president Kathy Gerrow at 519-853-1424. The Acton branch holds its campaign kickoff and volunteer appreciation din- ner on March 28, at Knox Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m. Halton police are investi- gating three separate vehicle fires on the weekend in the Acton area. Just before 1 a.m. on Sun- day, Acton firefighters were called to the Mill Street/ Dublin Line area where they found a cube van on fire in the ditch. The 1995 Chevy van, valued at $6,000, was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at the scene. When firefighters arrived at the Acton Legion at 10:29 on Saturday morning, they found a Ford F150 pickup truck fully engulfed. The truck was valued at $12,000. *** At 2:39 on Saturday af- ternoon, Acton firefighters called to 25 Side Road, west of Highway 25, found a 1992 Jeep TJ on fire in the ditch. The vehicle, valued at $6,000, was totally de- stroyed. At press time, Halton po- lice had no information to release about the ownership or circumstances of any of the vehicle fires. Owner found Almost a month after a Dodge Ram truck was found burning in the Third Line/22 Side Road area, Halton police have confirmed it belongs to a 50-year-old Acton woman. Police said the licence plates had been taken and the heat of the fire melted the vehicle identification number, making identifica- tion difficult. Cancer Society coordinator says its time for new blood Halton Police investigating three separate vehicle fires POLICE/FIRE REPORT Swim, and skate for free during March Break