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Remembering 1982 Georgetown Acton Wednesday Jan l plane made an emergency landing January The first month year f two lion grabbing accidents i passenger train derailment at the Mil crossing ind an small plane landing on I- airy Lake There wire no injuries in incident New Years at an farmhouse produced a mystery or polite whtn an unidentified man was knifed victim and others at party refused to Identify at locker Police were lo the same home in March when a man was murdered The Salvation Army announced plans to tiuild a church on Mill St near ihe in Tire Acton longest running merchant she was retiring and hod sold her Home shop Regional Police announced will keep the Iht officers whole patrol Alton intact if possible for and will hold mother open house There wire only a of minor changes made in the group of of f iters issigned to Acion during 1S82 The St Joseph School project went to tender m amid hopes for a March start if wis suilablt construction of new school start until April exchange studcnl Denitt reported from Japan thai she was thoroughly en joying ht r slay in tht Omnia Dr Heath of ItK I a professor at the of Toronto became the first woman tier 10 reteive the prestigious fc fellowship from the of Canada the Christian Reformed Church and School all protested a operation lot in a former gas station on Highway in the side of town to munieipjl bodies and before the jear ended it was closed because il conform to toning regulations Hills also tame up with an arcade bylaw In a mysterious incident police reitalcd were investigating Iheciseof an Acton man who was forced off the road in i rural area and shot in the inn It wis thought a case of mistaken Rotary club Alanna and Stephen were thostn lo be dents destination would announced later in the ye The Harden ot Eden honor for February A major story all year the town hall captured headlines in February when councillors decided to have staff look the of selling the building Ted and Evelyn of Eden Mills home from Ihe seniors Olympics at Lake Placid with medals and also won honors at competitions in Ottawa Protests from Poplar residents about parking noise and vandalism halted Town plans to build a bill aim at end if on I ind It 1 from Ik irdmi rt building Hit ntw it s leen Hi turned from a ihret month si th Philippines in to livtllroULii ml mi rtliqu ikt during Loci i I conventions to I ill rs r ml 1 I is Ml Mil Kay on Hit tor Peterson lo lit id tin There wis lots of lit nut news ill in with linns in I or si orl wi rk vttks in firm David Truck Controversy Hit 1 Or nip Home south of town is vi mine peoples thtrc were rem hunched m to Child charges li rmtr Hills I n budget i 1 projects mil after cuts were mist work in is still in the Snow plowing ind runov w is subject of consider mils from but Tom stiff id nil be done bee of ibor ind ittn eosls Citizcnswerc win si mi service won l return to levels if v rs An the were among mm their homes under of riles came close to visit fr m the Sheriff in ilk to st off several times bin ImI re vtir MS out last i hi mi The owner of liu mes lost his life ind fin hi polite firt irsh il si flee ml isni ift in in irmiif in change student Jodie Mel arl me is to know Aeton well be in I was on her way In becoming i lot It March In March illi onty rejected inquest jury tint a pond on iin St South behind the KinghimtownhoiLsesln Iillitlordr lined boy drowned Hit pond Hie Sept Hilton Hills region iKo decided not to put up fence between Hit as jury It pi 1 region wide series of drug busts winch netted four men on trafficking wis announced hit II tin Hills lire chief Mick Holmes would in in Ins and retiring at the end of June The control oi fees for teims erupted ind sports groups vowed to fight the steep cost men whuh would put up registration fets Plans by iv Mill St were rtveiled Hie irk is to ike place inthe summer AN Hit is I kail in his rented on Hit Sixth line of Township on Mirth A Within hours I issued i widt warrants for for the of two men and Later in diy were found in in apart in Georgetown and while the wtrt heme Me Clean pulled out a sawed off shotgun wounded himself in tcndltv was first degrit murder Local leather workers joined iheir union bro ihers across Canada in nit ion wide push toper the to re instate footwear im Town codntry DRY CLEANING 8770387 MONOAtrOFfltDftV HALTON HILLS SHOPPING CENTRE fi 232G jelph Street 8731601 port quotas The local Masonic lxJge announced the famed Central Band of the Canadian would be play two concerts in Acton in June The spectacular Dominion Hotel Tire trial began in March Ron llachry rrcriied a Region Safety April The fourth month of began with bad news for town hill supporters as council narrowly voted not to sell the building to the local groups for and instead decided to demolish the his tone building and build a parking lot Dominion Hotel fire trial wound up and went to the which deliberated for over hours following four weeks of listen ing lo often complex testimony The case was built on evidence and featured testimony by a self admitted professional killer Cosimo Mercun was convicted of second de- yet murdtr in fire death of Howard Gibbons in 197J and sentenced to life imprisonment wilh no chance of parole for 10 years Codefendant Michael was found of the lesser charge or manslaughter and handed a sentence of two ytars less A third defendant ire Cnpps was acquitted at the end of the Crown s when Mr Justice Colter Osborne directed the jury to find Cripps not guilty be cause no cose had been proved against him Both and appealed their convictions wis later released from jail pending his while remained behind bars T ixpuycrs learned the bad news in April that soaring in Thanks mainly to a mill rate hike average property Acton jumped TrimU United Church minister Rev Be Hon is honored is Acton Citizen of the Chamber of Commerce took advantage of the anniversary of the prestigious to honor the past rec Dills Amos Mason Gibbons John Ml Bennett Hilly Middleton George Musstllt St John Ambulance Charlie Thompson Papillon Ted Tyler Dave Dills George Elliott Duby Acton OPP Isibcl Watson Frank Acton Fire Rev Andy McKenzie White and Hon McKnighl It was that three local youngsters would be going on trips sponsored by the Rotary Club was selected for Ihe Adven in Citizenship journey to Ottawa while ex change students Manna and Stephen Soi jka are bound for Sweden and Denmark lively this summer Students and staff of Joseph School on site of the new school on Mill SI West to in informal sod turning ceremony in which Trustee Irene McCauIty principal trod Springer and Father Ralph dug up some dirt marking the beginning of construction of the new school During a lour of Beardmore MP Otto vowed he and Conservatives would tight government for the rt instatcmenl of import quotas on footwear to help lanners and manuf Quick rtscuc efforts by Acton firefighters Hie life of baby Andrew bringing to the rescue training volunteer receive Ron was honored by the Region Council for saving Ihe life of a little girl ho had fallen in a pond the previous August tor the second time Hills failed in an i lo two officials of the Yugoslavia recreation centre on Highway south of for noise bylaw v in the summer of The province decided not to close and group home south of town where hard lo manage youngsters mostly natives peoples had been slaying Developer Jerry dropped his legil build plaza on Ihe east side of town ending his plan May Spring bring an improvement in the local economic situation ihe branch of the TD Bank announced it would be closing in June and four day week it become a fixture and Heller announced Ihe firms we re apply for work sharing Hilton Hills Hydro solved its housing problems by moving ill maintenance operations to the Alice Si operation in Anon while settling on the Georgetown office for administration Barry Wilson of Acton was acquit ted the end of his often remanded preliminary hearing of three driving charges including criminal negligence causing in connection Ihe accidental dealh of a Guelph man on a rural road near Rock wood in The region warned there might be water use restrictions in if il was a dry summer but it turned out they l needed merchants joined Ihe campaign to per the federal government to reinstate port for shoes Their petition was by the House of Commons Hills council decided to check out the DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC JKOHARIDT PHONE GUELPH ST ON GEORGETOWN legalities of pulling on question on the ballot but ihe idei of a nude referendum for the 19H2 municipal Tht province boosted its for live new St Joseph s School well past Si million markwith an extra A reltost from iht Ministry of Environment lied there is some water ton timination hi in both Hie Black Creek and ground w Her the I innerv but tht chemical runoff is d to humans tloost A region report announced since 19 o over million has been spent on new walcr and sewer lines in Acton and mother J million worth of water and sewer is planned wetnl982andJ86 A chapter of Knights of Columbus is launched SI Joseph In a to curb noise at the ugosl south of town in the coming summer Hilton Hills council rejected a request fur support irisettiririf liquor permits Eventually council relented approved permits for few weekends The Chamber of Commerce alto honor pant recipient of the award in mill Two local teens and Mithelk Jones chosen for a year of and hard work in Canada I as big as expected but ihe Central Band of the Canadian thrilled Ihose who went out on a rainy to ir Ihem perform Construction of the new St Josephs was delayed by a series of iradt strikes hut work quickly caught up following still of the labor disputes Robberies were up across Canada and was no exception an armed man escaping from John Auto Sen ice with in Councillors voted raise their own pa the mayor as diclaled eom phcalcd economic formula but then rolled their it per cent boosts six tent lo foil federal pay Acton wasn amused about being left off out roadmap altogether wbiJe bring ginn Ihe samestatus as on another Mick Holmes retired us Ire at end June Police offered demonstrations of the use ifir as an added their annual open house In June Hills council hid voted lift the his lone of town hill hut first lie cause of protests from citizens there would a Heritage conservation Review Ho hearing Tht TD Bonk in three hot tic weeks of the staff arranging it count transfers Hilton Hills council learned il would hive to make some minor budget idjustmcnls so slrue lural repairs could lit made lo art or else it I be open acan in he fall Then l bad economic news illycir two small firms Trailerent M and Iso Chemicals Acton in ing Police announced a crackdown on mini bikers with the threat of fines for pan too after they rect numerous at the annual mett the force open house Turnout at the open house w is down from ious year leading police to citizens arc with their service A member of Ihe Dave moved up to the presidency of nion The Hide House plans for yet an other expansion this time a crafts IN MILTON DABO BINGO UP TO GIANT PRIZE MONEY MUST GO legion member Dave become he prrxldrnl of Dominion I egion In July Ottawa decided to reinstalt shot quotas but local labor and industry spokesmm predicted Ihis move 1 1 urn their business around too quickly A crew of canoeists from High School won a championship in over the In Acton Day due lo cancellation of to Acton s After discussing the problems with councillors delayed making decision on changing overnight parking in com plaints from many residents about ticket blitzes in recent years in Iht month they voted keep ihe ban but consider exempt some streets Police sergeant Hill im a long tunc volunteer firelighter in was turned Hills fire chief replacing the retired Mick Holmes Quick action by Regional Police Gavin Hayes the life of a drunk Ac ton man who nettled artificial respiration I inlo unconsciousness The drowning of two boys fairy an hour of tath shocked the community Rotary exchange Dilbt returned from i ye in Japan with native dress and lots of memories Armed thieves tied up an Mills fimily which timt home and surprised them during ind then escaped in Hit family stir Hills unveiled the long awaited drift of its Official Plan Vandals smashed windows and caused other property damages on several hot weekt nds July Once a police cruiser was damaged another time a policeman was while trying lo get youths to move along late at night Urea Insulation is a problem for numerous Aclon but none more so than Ihe Hilton family who built their dream home and used the federal recom mended insulation It has caused illness is far loo costly to remove so may eventually have lo bulldoze home if ihey cant come up with funds from the govemmenl REFUSE PICKUP Due of Regional Silo tho of Decombof Tom commencing n January Compliments of the Season C Austin Eng Town Engineer