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The Acton Press Wednesday Oct 1 3 Acton man wounded Rock Shooting Range Acton duck hunting Police say the hunters were licensed for bird and small game hunting The accident took place be tween The wounded man has not regained con scions so he t say what happened but police say his fellow hunters think he cither tripped and fell against his shotgun which went off or the weapon fell over and dlschnrg Police continue to In vestigate the accident Fnend3 carried Elliott out of the bush in a canoe and then rushed him to Guelph after he was examined by a doctor at the range Police were also on the scene after a friend ran quite a distance to contact authorities Fellow hunters John Kick RR Guelph Paul Tycrs and Robert both of Acton were with Elliott A Acton man rtmains in intensive care at Guelph General Hospital recovering from shotgun wounds to his back Russell Blake Elliott 13 Church Street East suffered severe internal injuries when his gun went off white he was duck hunting east of town Saturday morning After he was wounded friends rushed him to hospital In a truck at speeds of up to 130 kph with a Hal ton Regional Police and Guelph OPP escort City Police had intersections in the city blocked to make way for the speeding truck Regional Police said Elliott was In stable condition and his mother June reported he was still in intensive care following two operations one when he arrived Saturday morning and another that evening Elliott and some friends were at Maple Log house Continued from page However in these modem tunes of and they arc a welcome alternative and radiate a warmth distinctively their own This character combined with the development of solar capacities is producing a new generation of log homes And the secluded retreat now under construction is a classic example of this new gen rati on The house itself Is a two story 1 foot French Canadian piece en piece design and framed in British Columbia and Ontario cedar Nearly logs each individually sized stripped and shaped form the intricate walls and the entire on a poured concrete foundation The collar tie king truss roof will be finished in hand split cedar shanks For the final touch the Interior will be accented in select pine and com pi by oak doors and stained glass windows Perhaps the most intriguing elements of the house is its heating system Properly labeled a com i air system i is simplistic in design Yet it is selfcontained needs very little maintenance and requires only two fans one heat a thermostat looperate The heart of the system located in the basement is a cubic foot solar storage tank containing 14 tons of two inch washed stone Its steel frame Is en closed in an Insulated concrete block housing Located on the south wall of the house are eight solar collector panels Their hot air outputs are pled together and the heat via a sensor control fan to the storage tank where it Is ab sorbed and retained by the stone The heat Is then transferred from storage to the rooms by another fan controlled by the house thermos tale Utilizing an open concept salt box des allows for maximum natural convection inside the house It is expected to maintain a temperature of SO de grees in winter using only the solar system Incor also in the design are a wood stove and an air tight fireplace which will produce a comfortable room temperature When Burl undertook this task it was simply an alternative energy project It was a desire to bend the rules a bit and combine tradition with modernization a It has however formed his own company as a result and approp riately titled it Alternative Timber Framing and Log ding With this Job completion and winter not too far behind Burl and his wife Shirley will be moving their new residence at Cump- north of Brookvllle He already has pros for next spring and will likely be plans on the drawing board this winter He gained considerable experience in this first undertaking and even more important Is the fact that results were achieved from pursuing an Idea It an idea which could eventually become his trade mark 111 In Five guide celebrated going up to Pathfinders last Wednesday night They are left to right Debbie Julie Charletxtli Angela CourUne Tilu Jago Mantel Mnddenui They belong to the First Acton Pathfinders Anyone con become pathfinder i long as they ore between the ages of 12 IS There was lots on sale at the sorority garage sale Saturday on Bower Street and Chi held the idle to raise funds bates ladles are left Joyce Fin lay Peggy Johnson and Joanne Luck This a thru Regional Councillor Ed Wood drew Frank To Hi name a trip Saturday the first winner of an Ilniton Hills Arts Council la supporting Here the group a vice president June Levy buys on ticket from Dave Swetman 4H club Elect exec The first Acton club meeting was held on September 17 beginning at The meeting was opened with the pledge Officers were elected as follows president Cathy Grandy vice- president Lisa McMillan secretary Jill Barry reporter Rachelle Jade McMillan and phone girl Sandi Hunter Other members present were Suii White Cathy Mary Grandy Wanda Mouck Tammy Hunter Julie Michelle Pierce Members discussed room decorating and started to work on plant hangers Tie meeting was ad journed at 9 Landscape architecture workshops A scries of three work shops dealing with the landscape architecture of Acton will be held at Acton High School These workshops are sponsored by the of Rural Development Outreach Project A landscape architecture student Janice Ccrvelli has been studying Acton The workshops will be heldOctober7 I4nnd2i Hydro replacing tower insulators Failure of insulators on Ontario Hydro lines the most re cent 11 days ago near sparked a million replacement pro gram Ontario Hydro is replacing Insulators on corner towers along three transmis sion lines according to hydro spokesman Cecil Morris A line fell a tower on the to Pickering line near Guelph on September No injuries resulted according to Morris failure in some Insulators first came to the public utility a tionlast year when one of them showed cracks on a tower near Milton Insulators on towers along the 109mile Bruce- Mil ton line arc scheduled to be replaced All of the Insulators are on corner towers or what Ontario Hydro describes as being deadend towers The utility is working first to replace insulators on corner towers close to where lines cross high ways railways Only one tower on the Bruce- Milton line near Han over has that priority said Morris There are towers In total on the three lines which are getting Ontario Hydro first priority because they are near crossings The project Is slated for completion next week The utility is under taking to replace the faulty insulators because they could lead to thing and Insulator failure sold Morris Morris also sold that a transmission line could fall however such a llkehood Is rare Liability is being dls cussed between Ontario Hydro and the manu of insulators Canadian Ohio Brass of Niagara Falls said Morris The insulators are the spiral shaped attach to towers which hold the line The corner towers are under a tremendous amount of stress said Morris Tiny cracks have appeared in some Insulators After the first failure was noted the utility undertook a series lab tests and Inquiries with the manufacturer Every single insulator on the line Bruce- Milton was checked according to Morris Some of them were replaced A new series of laboratory tests was started recently In addition to the towers on the Mllton line which passes down the centre of Hal ton Hills towers on the Lennox to Oshnwn Nantlcoke to Pickering lines are affected JoHiffe SHOE STORE Special In Teens Laties Men s LmthartownVlaga Acton CHOPS FARES has announced it is chopping fares on cross Canada routes once again During the period Octo ber 17 to December 12 the prices for lull class and thrift class service between Toronto Calgary and Vancouver will plummet TorontoVancouver drops to return for full class and travellers can save on when it falls to on the route TorontoCalgary will be priced at 179 and for full and thriftclass respec TED TYLER TRAVEL SERVICE Hotel auction Oct 1 The Dominion Hotel property on Main Street North will be auctioned off next Saturday October 11 The public auction is being con ducted by TransCanada Liquidations The sale subject to a reserve bid will take place at 12 noon at the property WINDOWS and DOORS FACTORY WAREHOUSE OUTLET SHOWROOM HOURS Sot G GEORGETOWN oajl 334 ST Del Ma nag TIME TO WINTERIZE YOUR HOMEI Aluminum Storm Windows Aluminum Stotm Doors Hs SALE 7 PC DINING ROOM SUITE STORMS WITH SCREEN low as or Brown Alio 25 95 DO IT YOURSELF BRING IN YOUR SIZES WE ALSO INSTALL VINYL SUDER WINDOWS out SELF STORING STORMSCREEN P F Nntu Finish WHITS SHOWN BLACK ALSO AVAILABLE 88 WOOD PATIO DOORS Slzo SUSfbrWood1MtdowK WktdowM Boot took Srtamnd Wmthve Our Indian Summer Sale Price 1399 Thank you Acton for all your support and allojving us to serve you for 25 long and happy years Celebrate with us Friday and Saturday October 3 4 Free coffee cookies cheese samples kids candy In Store Specials Luncheon Meat rag si 90 RllSkS rag All Dried SOUP 150 298 49 THE PLA CE TO SA VEU I HALTON HILLS ApXnct Variety of cheeses including Canadian Cheddar Fnco Gouda cold cuts baked goods PreChristmas Sale All Gift Items 10 Specializing in European imports Canadian made products fine food Holland Shop 352 QUEEN ST EAST HWV NO ACTON 1 Mill St E 8530950