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Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 10 No. 41 Thursday, October 11, 2007 THE NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST WHATS INSIDE Rent-A-Car Daily Weekly Monthly 856-0000 286 Alma Street, Rockwood ILLAGE 387 Queen St. East, Acton 336 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-877-0149 Georgetown Chrysler Dodge Jeep georgetownchrylser.com By: Justina Pembleton Halton Hills councillors, Clark Sommer- ville and Jon Hurst are co-ordinating Project Porchlight in Halton Hills, which will be launched at the Neilson Dairy in Georgetown on Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. Halton Hills will be the fi rst community Project Porchlight aim: save people dollars in the GTA to launch the project, thanks to Sommerville who came across a promotional booth at the FCM conference in Calgary. When I saw the booth, I asked if we could get this program in Halton. Their head offi ce in Ottawa looked into it, and we got approval shortly after, Sommerville said. What is Project Porchlight? It is an award- winning energy effi ciency campaign run by the not-for-profi t group One Change. Volun- teers will be going door-to-door distributing energy effi cient 13-watt compact fl uorescent light bulbs. Switching from old-fashioned bulbs to these will save up to $50 in electric- ity costs over fi ve years. With over 6,800 bulbs in use, the collective savings of using these bulbs will bring Halton Hills residents up to $340,000 over that time. Project Porchlight approved 4,800 bulbs to be distributed, with Halton Hills Hydro and Neilson Dairy donating 1,000 bulbs each, bringing the total to 6,800. Councillors, Mayor Rick Bonnette, Acton Boy Scouts, along with Sommerville and Hurst will be going door-to-door for distribution. Som- merville is still in the process of trying to Continued on Page3 Legionnaires invade on weekend by: James Hayes Starting tomorrow af- ternoon (Friday), Legion delegates to the District B Fall Convention will start descending on the Legion by the Lake. For the first time in its 80 plus year history, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 197 Acton will host a District Convention. This prestigious event will take place beginning tomor- row, Friday Oct. 12 and continue until Sunday, Oct. 14. Branch 197 Acton Presi- dent Wes Kutasienski , invites the citizens of the town to share in the welcom- ing of these delegates and their spouses from as far as Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Simcoe, Woodstock and, of course, Brampton, Oakville and Erin. Thanks mostly to the lobbying efforts of Presi- dent Wes; the District B Council awarded Acton the convention late last year. Since that time, a commit- tee of dedicated volunteers led by First Vice President and Convention Chairman Kathleen Bevan has been working hard to ensure the delegates and their spouses have a wonderful time during First convention to be held at Legion on lake Continued on Page 2 VISIT HONDURAS: Acton High students enjoy a biology trip to Honduras, espa- cially the rain forest. - submitted photo By Erica Mills We arrived at Toronto Pearson In- ternational Airport at 4a.m., July 31rst, 2007, to fly to Honduras with eight students and a Biology teacher from Acton High School, as well as one stu- dent from Thomas A. Blakelock High School in Oakville. Approximately one year after Mr. Leblanc, our teacher, had begun planning a conservation biology trip for his students to Honduras, we were fi nally on our way. After connecting once in Miami, Florida, we arrived in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We spent the fi rst night in a luxurious hotel, or what would seem like one after the next 14 days. We left the city the next morning at 7a.m. on a bus to Cofradand when we got there, we piled into the backs of pick-up trucks for a two-hour ride up the mountain into Cusuco National Park. The landscape was breath-taking. Every view of the mountains was so new and so exciting, but we all gave up trying to capture the sights on camera, knowing a picture would never do them justice. Once in Base Camp, where the elevation was approximately 1900 feet, we were welcomed by the staff from Operation Wallacea, the organization Acton High students enjoy Honduras Continued on Page 3 Acton soldier returns home from six month tour of duty in Afghanistan. - Page 15 Hundres of former stu- dents and friends were at Kathleen Lawsons 90th celebration. - Page 4 Acton Seniors enjoyed a scenic trip on rail through the picturesque Forks of the Credit. - Page 6