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THE NEW TANNERTUESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2008 9 Customer Service at its best. Acton Optical is pleased to announce that eye exams are now available on premises. Call to book your appointment today! To serve you better, we are also introducing new hours: Monday closed Friday 9 am - 5 pm Tuesday 9 am - 5 pm Saturday 10 am - 4 pm Wednesday 9 am - 8 pm Sunday closed Thursday 12 noon - 8 pm With 25 years experience & excellent value, dont buy anywhere else until youve visited Actons Award-Winning Optical. 519-853-5133 4 MILL STREET EAST AT THE FOUR CORNERS IN DO WNTO WN ACTON Nancy Wilkes, registered optician Call Guelph office to book your appointment (519) 836-8111 With Us www.arnoldhearing.ca Arnold HeAring Centres 77 Westmount Rd. #104, Guelph Ontario N1H 5J1 (519)836-8111 25 MaiN St. N. actON Hearing Health Services: Hearing tests Programming Battery Sales Fitting Repairs Counselling Pamela Ashton BC-HIS Hearing instrument Specialist DeMelo Wellness centre Tristan Countway Hearing instrument Dispenser SEE YOU FRIDAY JAN 2 The families of Beth Pasmore of Rockwood and Joe Cunningham of Guelph are delighted to announce there upcoming wedding on January 3rd, 2009. The vows will be a private event in the after noon, but, this is too good to keep private, so, family and friends are invited to an open house and dance at the Old Stone School (CAW Hall) 611 Silvercreek Parkway, Guelph just north of Woodlawn Rd. next to the TSC Store. Come one and all to toast the bride and groom that evening between 8 and 1. Foot/Nail Care Diabetic Footcare Custom Orthotics Home visits 65 Mill St. E. Acton, ON L7J 1H4 519-853-8557 Deanna Wilson BSc. DCh. Chiropodist Foot Specialist Treatment for: Fibromyalgia Chronic Pain Stress Headaches ...and much more. Naomi Bedell Registered Massage Therapy 65 Mill St. E., Acton, ON 519-853-8557 Looking back at 2008s ups and downs... Continued from page 9 off time from 7 p.m. to 11 oclock. Debate continues about potential redevelopment plans for a Limehouse wrecking yard recently purchased by the Town for $500,000 from the es- tate of the late Fred Tolton and his wife. The salvage yard, located across from the Millennium Garden and Limehouse Public School, is an eyesore to some, and there are 40- plus years of published complaints about oper- ations at the yard. JULY If it werent such a clichit would be fair to say that Len and Elly Tuit- man are stopping to smell the roses. The owners of Tuitmans Garden Centre and Landscaping will re- tire to Fergus this month after 29 years in business in Acton. Sleeping till noon and reading for fun are just dreams for some Acton students who are attending summer school, either to upgrade their mark, to try to get a passing mark or for remedial help with math and English. Both the Halton public and Catholic school boards and the Peel and Welling- ton school boards offer summer school. Acton area children and teens needing psychiatric care could get it closer to home and sooner. Dur- ing discussion at a Halton Health and Social Services committee on a propos- al to provide psychiatric support for children and adolescents, Acton and Regional Councillor Clark Somerville, vice-chair of the committee, asked staff to investigate if funding for a child and adolescent psychiatrist could come sooner, not later. Halton Hills will not allow any more lost or abandoned dogs to be sold to research facilities, a moratorium that will be in place until staff reports back on the legal ramifica- tions of enacting a bylaw prohibiting the Towns dog catcher, Halton Hills Canine Services, from sending unwanted dogs to registered research fa- cilities. AUGUST Will GO Transits Ki tchener expansion plans include a train Stop in Acton? The numbers will decide if Acton is a candidate for a station, according to Greg Ash- bee, GOs manager of rail expansion plans who said, Acton is being considered for a station. Theres a lot of factors that come in (to play) as to whether Acton is a candidate site in terms of how many people are actually going to get on a train and is it really worth it. Thats the only ques- tion. Annoyance with wind swept litter blowing all over her Acton neigh- bourhood every recycling day sparked the entrepre- neurial and environmental spirit of Andrea Stewart, prompting her to invent Green-Net touted as the ultimate defense against litter. The device is being tested in several pilot pro- jects. An agreement al- l o w i n g t h e A c t o n Medical & Urgent Care Clinic non-exclusive use of Town-owned land for overflow patient parking will moves the clinic one step closer to reality. The land, known as the Olde Hide House parking lot, is adjacent to the pro- posed medical centre to be built by Acton Dr. Nather Alshakarji. The 29 Acton area resi- dents whose land will be affected by Hydro Ones plan to build an approxi- mately 180 kilometre double-circuit 500 kilo- volt transmission line on a widened existing trans- mission corridor were asked to decide if they will grant Hydro One an easement on their property for the new line, or if they will sell outright the strip of land needed for the pro- ject. SEPTEMBER Local farmers hope for an Indian summer as the wettest weather on record in the GTA hands farmers an incredible challenge to harvest their crops. The 95th edition of the Acton Fall Fair drew thousands of people to Prospect Park. The event also marked the 45th Miss Acton pageant and the 50th anniversary of Homecrafts. Rural Actons Emily Boycott, a five-time Gold medal winner at the 2007 World Special Olympics in China, are honoured with a Municipal Achievement award from the Town. Hundreds of people i nc lud ing a l a rg e contingent from Acton attended funeral services for former Acton minister the Reverend Dr. Robert T. Matton in Hamilton. The Reverend Matton, 54, suffered a massive heart attack. His wife and children Rita, Jane and Daryl, a Canadian soldier who flew home from Af- ghanistan for the funeral, survive him. OCTOBER The Federal election was a cakewalk for Wel- lington-Halton Hills MP Continud on page 14 LEGION NEWS By James Hayes P.R.O. BRANCH NO. 197 Comrades, The Branch was closed on Friday, Dec. 19, as a result of the snowstorm. It is regretted that some of our more hardy mem- bers were inconvenienced by this action. New Years Eve. Tickets are available at the bar, $30 each. I sug- gest you get yours soon as numbers are limited. There will be a cold buf- fet, party favours, and bus transport home for in town residents (11pm 1pm) Steve Dunn will be pro- viding the music for your listening and dancing pleasure. Levee Day. The Presidents Levee on January 1, affords us the opportunity to wel- come the new year and pay our dues if we have not already done so. Yours in Comradeship, Jim Hayes, Branch PRO. Ladies Auxiliary News Wishing everyone a safe, healthy, happy holidays. All the best for 2009. Yours in Comradship. L.A. President, Annamarie Lowin