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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 2 FREE LOCAL DELIVERY FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED 264 MAIN ST. N ACTON HOURS Mon-Fri. 7:00am to 6:00pm Saturday 8:00am to 4:00pm 519-853-1970 We stock a full line of Paints, Hardware, Electrical & Plumbing supplies FAX LINE: (519) 853-2542 TORONTO LINE: (416) 601-1259 Enter to Win FREE HOCKEY TICKETS Register NOW for JUNIOR or SENIOR KINDERGARTEN with the Halton District School Board We look forward to welcoming your child to school! Junior Kindergarten 2009-2010: Children must be 4 years old by December 31, 2009. Senior Kindergarten 2009-2010: Children must be 5 years old by December 31, 2009. NOTE: If your child is currently attending one of our schools for Junior Kindergarten, you do not need to register for Senior Kindergarten. To determine your designated home school, access our website www.hdsb.ca and click on School Information (school locator). You can call your designated school to find out which dates have been established for Kindergarten registration. Please bring the following original documents with you to register: proof of residency via lease, purchase agreement or property tax bill. birth certificate, passport or baptismal certificate for your child. proof of immunization, or philosophical or religious exemption forms (and completed medical authorization where necessary). If you are not the childs parent, or if you have sole custody, please bring proof of custody (court order). Please ensure your child is registered by February 9, 2009. For further information, please contact: Burlington: 905-335-3663, ext. 3389/3294 Oakville: 905 335-3663, ext. 3271 Halton Hills: 905-878-8451, ext. 3435 Milton: 905-878-8451, ext. 3307 Halton District School Board Wayne Joudrie Director of Education Chair of the Board Bruce Jones Notice of ANNUAL MEETING of the ACTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Annual Meeting to be held on Saturday, January 17 at 10:00 am at the Knox Presbyterian Church in Acton. Purpose of the meeting is to receive the Fi- nancial Statements for 2008, for the Election of Officers and Driectors and to review and vote on changes to the Constitition. New Members Welcome. Jill Medland Secretary/Treasurer Acton Agricultural Society 519-853-4699 To alleviate the high cost of heating for 2009 Branch 197 of the Royal Canadian Legion Will provide a one time grant to Seniors From the Poppy Fund To be eligible you must provide Proof of Residence in the Town of Acton Copy of recent existing heating charges for the residence Be a recipient and have proof of GIS from the Federal Government You may be renting, but are paying heating costs and You may be married or single You must be over 65 years of age To apply send your name, address and phone number to: Royal Candian Legion Branch 197 15 Wright Ave. Box 69 Acton, ON L7J 2M2 Attn. David Crook Chariman Veterans & Seniors Branch 853-0910, Home phone 905-985-0366 All replies will be held in the strictest of confidence. No applications accepted after Feb. 15/09 ATTENTION SENIORS Halton Hills and Halton region taxpayers should begin to see reductions in property tax pressures as welfare and court security costs are being moved off the property tax base and will now be covered by the Province of Ontario, over a period of 10 years. Currently, municipal- ities pay for certain social assistance program costs, including a portion of On- tario Works benefits and court security costs, from property taxes. This will no longer be the case as a result of an agreement reached by the McGuinty government, the Associa- tion fo Municipalities of Ontario and the City of Toronto. For Halton Region, this will mean $22,530,000 in increased annual benefit by the time the uploading is complete. Starting in 2010, the Province will upload the municipal costs of On- tario Works benefits over nine years. This will re- duce municipal costs by more then $400 million an- nually upon completion. The uploads will mean that municipalities can build and repair more infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, libraries, recreation centres, sewer systems and water plants. Once fully implemented, the uploads agreed to in the report will result in a net annual benefit to mu- nicipalities of more then $1.5 billion compared to 2007. Taxpayers should benefit from uploading Fire Report Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 Frugal Five You dont have to spend big bucks to have fun in the Acton area many groups offer events for free, or at a price thats easy on the wallet. The New Tanner will offer five of these cheap events to our readers in a weekly posting called Frugal Five. 1: Tuesday, January 20, 7:30 p.m., Knox Presbyterian Church, Free Once the snow melts youll want to get digging in the garden and now is the time to start planning. The Horti- cultural Society meetings resume next week with Belinda Gallagher listed as the first guest speaker to talk about the daisy family. Call Ruth at 519-853-0009 for information. 2: Friday, Jan. 30 2 to 3 p.m. Acton Indoor Pool, $2 Spend part of the PD day swimming in Acton. For details call 519-853-3140. 3: Friday, Jan. 30 2 to 3:20 p.m. Acton arena, $2 A PA Day skate is slated for the arena. For details call 519-853-0020. 4: While there is snow, Sir Donald Mann Park, off Mow- bray, Free Check out the hills great for snow boarding and tobag- gonning. 5: Outdoor skating, Valentino and Lloyd Dyer Park in Rockwood, Free Both outdoor rinks are now open and being maintained by Eramosa Township If you have a fun and free or at least under $5 event, send your suggestion to Frugal Five at angela.tyler@bell- net.ca or niblock@eastlink.ca Mayor wants to freeze salaries... call to the Tenth Side Road- Highway 25 area was a false alarm. Fuel spill Acton firefighters re- sponded to fuel spill at the Beaver gas bar on Queen Street at 11:25 p.m. last Tuesday when gasoline, not diesel fuel, was mistakenly pumped into the tank of a cube van. The leak occurred when they tried to siphon the gasoline from the vehicle. Acton firefighters turned the scene over to Halton police. No injuries No one was trapped or injured in a motor vehicle accident at Highway 7 and Coles Court at 3:47 last Wednesday afternoon. Acton firefighters report a vehicle made a U-turn and was hit. Halton police and an ambulance also re- sponded to the accident. Joan Robson said she was pleased to endorse the No- tice of Motion, because no matter how symbolic it is, it recognizes tight economic times. If we are asking other people to tighten their belt, I think that we need to do likewise, she said. Foregoing a salary in- crease in 2009 will save the Town approximately $8,500. The Mayor cur- rently earns $52,473 and Town councillors earn $22,329, amounts set fol- lowing a three per cent wage increase approved in January, 2008. The two Town coun- cillors and the mayor, who also sit on Hal- ton Regional Council, receive an additional $42,804. Halton councillors re- cently gave themselves a 5.4 per cent wage increase, a move de- nounced by Ward Two Regional and Town Councillor Jane Fogal and Mayor Bonnette.