Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 9, 1983, p. 2

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GeorgetownActon Wednesday 9 REPAIRS to SNOWMOBILES SNOWB LOWERS CHAINSAWS HAZENS SALE ft SERVICE 8774473 Georgetown urban pest control CUSTOMER NOTICE Due to our fire we will be operating our business out of our residence at 42 YOUNG STREET ACTON Beside our officegarage At this time we do not foresee any fuel delivery or service problems Please note that if you had any transactions payment delivery etc during the week of February to 4 please contact us with your invoice receipt or cancelled cheques so that our records can be adjusted We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their help and support Lloyd Mclntyre THOMPSON FUELS YOUNG ST ACTON 8532174 Acton Photo Camera ST I lA February is heart month Some canvassers are out door knocking this month for the annual February Heart Fund Drive Campaign manager Vic has set a goal for this year up from last years total While the volun teers will be visiting homes Bristow himself will be going to businesses and industries There will also be boxes of rosea around town This February the Canadian Heart Fund hopes to raise SIB million across Canada over million In Ontario alone The money will go to fight heart disease and stroke which are the countrys major health Allow addition at Nor Halton Park if Hills general com Monday night agreed to pass a bylaw which will amend zoning for Nor Halton Park to permit expansion of a building at the camp ground Last year the Town passed a zoning bylaw which would make it necessary for anyone wanting to establish a new recreation centre or expand facilities at an existing recreation centre In the rural area to come to council or Hills committee of Ad justment for permission Barber owner of Nor Park objected to the by law Barber wants to expand the existing recreation building for more indoor recreation The addition would be by feet The campground will rezoned on a site specific basis Councillor Pam Sheldon was concerned that allowing the campground building expansion and toning amendment might not preserve the of the bylaw giving Hills con over future recreation uses In the rural area She proposed the bylaw in the first place at the time pointing to the pro blems which have plagued the Town since a couple of cultural recreation centres were established in the rural area Planner Ian Keith noted the amendment for Nor Halton Park would apply only to that property and with Barbers objection out of the way the Town could now Implement the new recreation zoning controls for the rural area Fire ran page John a Texaco Jeep was used to block they could see the smoke a away from Acton When they arrived on the scene they found the Acton firefighters had thine In ha under the direction of district chief Duby They could offer little in the way of direction or advice to the volunteers who were doing a great Job and made themselves helpful doing things like adjusting hoses The men the firefighters did fan tastic Job They all gave no per cent It was sad to see them there fighting a fire at the place of business of a fellow firefighter Lloyd Mclntyre has spent 20 plus years serving his community and helping others and to have the worst happen to him makes it hard Cunningham explained it took the fire fighters 30 to minutes to gain the upper hand to know we would win In the battle to protect the exposures the homes on either side The fire chief said be didnt want to sell the others short all 22 volunteers worked so hard on the blaze but he wanted to single out volunteer Duval for special praise He Duval took a lot of abuse a lot of heat and smoke protecting the exposure on the south side The chief explained with little chance to save Thompson Fuels all they could do was keep it contained and let the fuels burn off the main job waa to make sure the fire didnt spread to the houses by keep ing them wet He noted they were fortunate the two houses werent wood frame or they could also have been lost even with the tremendouseffortsoftheflrefighters a credit to their work that the houses suf fered no water damage Last fall a four Inch hose introduced In Acton and Cunningham said this lm provement proved its worth in this fire

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