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Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 10 No. 17 Thursday, April 26, 2007 THE NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST Whats Inside 336 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-877-0149 Georgetown Chrysler Dodge Jeep georgetownchrylser.com Rent-A-Car Daily Weekly Monthly 856-0000 286 Alma Street, Rockwood ILLAGE 387 Queen St. East, Acton Trout season opens Saturday Town to identify cost of growth Continued on page 2 June 1st opening for new facility? Slated to be completed by May 31, 2007 Continued on page 2Continued on page 3 Local volunteers are honoured Spools of copper wire are stolen GOOD ROLE MODELS: Actons Grant and Mary Allen who recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary posed for photos with their newly married granddaughter Kelly Sheehan and husbamd Ky Dip, in Prospect Park on Saturday. Frances Niblock photo The Town will spend $40,000 to hire a con- sultant to identify the cost of growth. It wants to know what services and infrastructure like bridges, roads, and parks will be needed to accommodate growth until 2031, and how much it will cost. Town councillors want a long-range fi nancial model based on various levels of residential and industrial/commercial development over the next 25 years. The consultant will develop a number of growth scenarios showing different levels of growth, determine assessment projections, assess capital costs and revenue recoveries, project operating cost impacts and service lev- els and develop an overall model that analyses the fi scal impacts of different growth scenarios on the town. Mayor Rick Bonnette acknowledged its a lot of money to spend, but said its important for the Town to know what the various sce- narios and growth factors are and to have a cost analysis for what happens with no growth or Eight spools of heavy- duty coated copper wire valued at $16,000 were stolen from a rural Acton property between April 13 and 17. Police said the spools, each containing 1,000-feet of wire, were stolen from a property on Highway 25, south of 25 Side Road. The owner uses the wire in the entertainment industry. Police said the suspects drove onto the property, loaded up the heavy spools and drove away. Volunteering has allowed Helen Dubeau to make new friends, meet a lot of in- teresting people and learn new skills benefi ts she hadnt counted on when she began helping with the Meals-On-Wheels program in Acton 30 years ago. Dubeau, and another 30-year Meals-on-Wheels volunteer, Rena Arbic, were among the volunteers honored by Links2Care (formerly Halton Hills Community Support and Information) at a luncheon/ reception/tea on Friday at the Ballinafad Community Centre. Described as caring connections to others who need help, the volunteers were thanked for donat- ing their time and talents to the community through various programs and ser- vices offered by the social services agency. Links2Care has ap- proximately 170 active volunteers and Marlene Beitz, the volunteer co-or- dinator, said in many ways the volunteers make life better for their clients. These people deliver meals, they visit, they work with teens in the youth centre they offer that special care and contact that people really need, Beitz said, adding the Meals-on- Wheels volunteers provide much more than a daily meal. Beitz said if there is a common trait among the volunteers, it is that they go the extra mile. They like to do things for other people thats their motivation and thats what they are best at they do so much more than their By Frances Niblock On budget and almost on schedule the new Acton Agricultural Society/indoor soccer facility in Prospect Park is so close to being a reality that organizers are trying to decide whether to hold a grand opening now, or wait until Septembers fair. The artifi cial turf is slated for installation on May 15, and the building is to be completed May 31, lead- ing project manager David Dautovich to answer June 1 when asked when the $1.9-million facility will open. Cold windy weather pre- vented crews from putting up the siding on the Knox Avenue side of the build- ing when expected, but on Friday, Dautovich said they were closing in the building, installing the main over- head doors and fi nishing the brickwork. They are installing win- dows next week and they are drywalling and once they fi nish that, theyll put in the fl oor fi nishes and then A Rockwood boys road hockey team made it to the fi nals in a Guelph tourna- ment. Page 13. Easter bonnets were worn with fl are as Acton Seniors celebrated at their Easter dinner. Page 15. Acton Minor Hockey As- sociation presented their top awards at the Tanners annual banquet. Page 17. Guelph/Eramosa Council proposes 1.9% tax increase. Page 13.