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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, JANUARY 29 , 2009 5 The Recreation & Parks Department is in the process of designing a water play area at Prospect Park. Your input is needed as the process moves forward. Information regarding the preliminary concept plans and impacts to the existing wading pool will be available for review and comment. PROSPECT PARK SPLASH PAD PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE Monday February 9, 2009 Presentation at 7:00 p.m. Acton Arena and Community Centre Hall 415 Queen Street East YOU ARE INVITED! Warren Harris Manager of Parks and Open Space Tel: (905) 873-2601 ext. 2274 Email: warrenh@haltonhills.ca For Futher Information Please Contact: 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 February 1st 2009 @ 6:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a night of drama, song, music, photography, art, dance and much more at our Living IN Celebration Service Join us in celebrating the gifts God has given us! ~ No Admission Fee ~ ~ Freewill Offering ~ Churchill & Hwy 7 (Across from Home Hardware)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 weekly offers five of those in- expensive events to our readers. 1: Friday, January 30, 12 p.m. Movie time at the Acton Library, Free. Bring your lunch to the Acton library to eat while watching the Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Seating is limited. Call 519-853- 0301 for information. 2: Friday January 30, 2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m., skat- ing at the Acton Arena, $2. Looking for some PD Day fun? Enjoy the ice. 3: Friday January 30 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Acton Indoor Pool $2. Last one in misses the PD Day fun. Call 519-853-3104 for de- tails. 4: Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Euchre at the Acton Le- gion, $2. All are welcome to the Wright Ave, Legion to play. 5: Until it melts, skating at the McKenzie-Smith Bennett School rink, Free. The Town main- tained outdoor rink at MSB is now open enjoy pleasure skating and shin- ney hockey games. If you have a fun and free or at least under $5 event, send your sug- gestion to Frugal Five at angela.tyler@bellnet.ca or niblock@eastlink.ca New program for heart attack victims A new program and part- nership between Halton Region EMS paramedics and Trillium Health Cen- tre is already saving lives. Halton Region EMS para- medics can now transport patients with a certain type of heart attack directly into the Cardiac Catheteriza- tion lab at Trillium Health Centre - bypassing the pa- tients local hospital and Trilliums Emergency. The new protocol was launched on Monday, Dec. 14, 2008 by Tril- lium and Halton Region EMS, supported by the Mississauga-Halton Lo- cal Health Integration Network (LHIN), the Sunnybrook-Osler Centre for Pre-Hospital Care, and Halton Healthcare Servi- ces, to improve cardiac care services in Halton Region including Halton Hills, Oakville and Mil- ton. When patients are diag- nosed by Advanced Care Paramedics with a specific type of heart attack, called ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), they consult one of Trilliums interventional cardiolo- gists and bring the patient directly to the Cardiac Catheterization lab at Trillium for primary per- c u t a n e o u s c o r o n a r y intervention (PPCI) within 90 minutes. Research has shown that patients with ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) re- ceive greater benefit from treatment with primary percutaneous coron- ary intervention (PPCI) instead of traditional thrombolytic (blood clot busting drugs) therapy. In short, patients have better outcomes when cardi- ologists use a balloon catheter and stent to open the blocked coronary ar- tery instead of drugs that dissolve the clot blocking the artery. When a Halton Region EMS advanced care para- medic (ACP) identifies a patient with a heart attack that meets the STEMI protocol criteria, the ACP will consult with one of Trilliums four interven- tional cardiologists by telephone. Upon accept- ance of the patient by the interventional cardi- ologist, the patient is transported directly to the Cardiac Cath Lab at Tril- lium for PPCI. The patient receives treatment at Tril- lium within 90 minutes from the initial diagno- sis by the ACP, including transport and intervention time. On December 21, 2008, the first two STEMI pa- tients were brought in from Milton and Oak- ville, respectively, after suffering heart attacks when using their snow blowers in cold weather. SNOW, SNOW EVERYWHERE: As this shot of Knox Ave. and the Prospect Park gates shows. Forecasters say its going to get warmer next week. ??? ?? ??????? ???? Call Betty Ann 853-1944