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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, JANUARY 29 , 2009 9 40 Eastern Avenue. Acton, ON L7J 2E5 Tel: 519-853-5231 Fax: 519-853-8930 SUPERBOWL 43 $10 BUFFETFebruary 1st Dont forget us this weekend when we celebrate Entertainment with Evan Champagne Valentines Day Menu at Appetizers Old-fashioned shrimp cocktail Mussels in a white wine cream sauce Caesar/House salad Soup of the day Entr New York strip loin in a brandy peppercorn sauce Stuffed chicken with roasted red peppers Teriyaki salmon fillet Primavera Penne Seafood linguini **All entr served with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables. Pasta served with garlic toast. Desserts Caramel Apple Crumble Choclate love muffins Molten Chocolate chip cookie Raspberry cheesecake $60.00per couple Opening February 2, 2009 NEED MONEY??? Get your taxes done TODAY!! Walk in, appointments and drop off available. 8 Mill Street East Acton, ON 519-853-3651 Give from your heart for the heart! Blue Springs Flower & Gift Shop 46-48 Mill Street East Acton Ontario L7J 1H2 From February 1 thru 28th, 2009 For Every One Dozen, Long Stem Red Roses Sold (In the month of February 2009) Blue Springs Flower & Gift Shop Will Donate $5.00 To the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Or You Can Purchase a $2.00 Heart And we will put your name on it and display it to show your support! Proceeds will go to The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. 519-853-0800 LEGION NEWS By James Hayes P.R.O. BRANCH NO. 197 Comrades, Winterfest. The big day is this com- ing Sunday, the weather forecast is good. We have some wood for the fire, al- though we could use some more. The day will not be the same if there are no roasted marshmallows; the committee is putting final touches to plans for a splen- did event. I will give you a refresher on whats going on, all you have to do is be there. It is Sunday, Feb. 1. We have goody bags for the first 40 kids, snow painting, snow taffy, indoor Valen- tine crafts and games, and numerous fun outdoor ac- tivities. There will be free hot chocolate and hot dogs for the kids and some door prizes, but more important than that is the comrade- ship, and a repeat of the fun activities from last year. If you do not have children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews, we still welcome you to come and enjoy the day! Hope to see you there. Dont forget your skates for shinny on the lake. Bar Crews Chairman Your executive has re- luctantly accepted the resignation of our comrade Gary Archer from the above chair for health reasons. At the last General meeting the membership confirmed the appointment of Bob Mer- rikin to that position for the balance of the current term. We all wish Gary a speedy recovery. The Newfie Ball Saturday Feb. 7. prom- ises to be a busy day at the Branch, Dave Maloney is hosting a dance in the Gord McCutcheon Auditorium. Doors open at 7:30 pm dancing from 8pm - 1am. Tickets will be available this week at the bar, $12 each. This will be a sup- port the troops fund event. Live band, Eastern Storm, playing down east music, and a DJ to play during their intermissions. Come on down, for a down east shindig. Membership - Chairman George ODonnell has ar- ranged an Initiation Night for Friday, Feb. 27. Mem- bers for Initiation will be advised. Sports - Winter Horse- shoe Tournament - This event has become an in- stant success at 197, and this year will take place on Feb. 7. Oven mitts will be provided for those who for- get their own. Mixed Darts, Tuesday nights. Fun only. Start 7.25p.m. - finish approx. 9:30 p.m. Format - Draw doubles. Yours in comradeship, Jim Hayes, Branch PRO. Ladies Auxiliary News Saturday, Jan. 24, four ladies played darts for qualifying district darts in Georgetown. I am happy to report our ladies won and will be representing Acton at district darts being held, April 4 in Waterdown, Br. 551. Congratulations to Peggy Harris, Gail Gibson, Carol Levy and Teresa Uiterwyk and good luck. Euchre is being held every Thursday afternoon in the games room. Our next general meeting is being held Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7:30pm. Wishing everyone who is ill a speedy recovery. Yours in comradeship, L.A. President, Annamarie Lowin 40 YEAR PIN: Ella Morton who now resides at Exten- dicare (Belfountain floor) in Georgetown was presented with a plant and her 40 year pin by Sharon Rouse of the Acton Legion Ladies Auxiliary 197 Honour and Awards Committee recently. Submitted photo Soccer cheque in aid of 900 players By Frances Niblock Acton Villa Soccer Club officials gave big thanks to the Town recently with a big cheque for $50,000, complet- ing the clubs financial promise to the Town for the Acton Sports Park project. Thanks for giving us what we wanted at a price we could afford, said club president Ian Watson as he presented an over-sized cheque to the Town last Monday. The final instalment in- creased the clubs contribution to the Acton Sports Park pro- ject to $150,000. The initial $100,000 cheque was handed over to the Town two years ago to help pay for Phase One of the project, which opened this past summer. Club volunteers mainly parents of players worked at a now defunct charity bingo hall in Milton for 20 years to raise the money. Watson said the club con- tinues to show steady growth, doubling in size since 2002, with approximately 900 regis- tered outdoor players last season. We calculate that this means 30 per cent of the chil- dren of school age in Acton play soccer with the Acton Soccer Club, and so it is im- portant that they have the best of facilities, he said, noting that prior to construction of the Acton Sports Park, nearly all of their fields were on school board property. He said they enjoy a good relationship with the board of education and still rent the school-owned fields which represent approximately 60 to 70 per cent of the clubs capacity. Watson said prior to the Acton Sports Club fields, the newest facility was the Ren- nie Street park where he said it was slopey with more weeds than grass, but still al- lowed them to reduce usage at McKenzie-Smith Bennetts fields where they had Under- five players playing at the ends of the adult fields. It was all a bit dangerous really. Well, not really danger- ous, but it would hurt a bit if you got hit with an unexpect- ed ball, Watson said, adding even with the new fields they are very grateful with the help from the Town and school board to access the fields on school property. Watson said the organization is very proud that they opted to support this project in its entirety by going beyond just wanting to support the soccer fields. but it wouldnt be pos- sible to build this project without all of the landscap- ing features in the plan, but we didnt want to cut back on any of the extra features and so the soccer club agreed to con- tribute on the understanding that everyone in Acton would have a better crown jewel to our recreational facilities in the Town, he said, adding they are looking forward to playing again on the lighted fields and everyone enjoys a nice facility at Acton eastern entrance. Watson noted that registra- tion is underway for this years outdoor soccer season and theres a 20 per cent discount for anyone who signs up be- fore January 31, either on-line or at Actons Dollar Stretcher Daze.