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By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Call them, and they will come. The owners of two Georgetown cab compa- nies want to fill the void left when the Town recently refused to license Acton's North Halton Taxi, but both know there's just enough business for one of them. ""We've had maybe four or five extra calls a ILLAGE Rent-A-Car From Per Hour 856-0000 387 Queen St. East, Acton 286 Alma Street, Rockwood day," said McKab Taxi owner, John McKee on Monday, appealing for customer loyalty. "It's either us, or E-Z (Taxi), but we've been around the longest, and have 12 cars on the road and never stopped servicing Acton," McKee said, adding regular accounts, private customers and school runs total 15-to-20 Ac- ton calls a day. At E-Z Taxi, owner Rick Wood said they put a seventh car on the road on Monday, and if the business develops it could be dedicated to Acton calls. "The business hasn't been coming, but we've been running out there for every call, and what I suggest is that if you have an appointment or something, give us an hour's notice and we' ll get you a car," Wood said on Tuesday, adding they have one or two Acton calls daily. Wood is "pretty sure" some former taxicab customers are paying to be being driven around in personal vehicles, which he said is "very unsafe." "You're no longer insured that way if you're taking money to drive somebody, you're not insured for that," Wood said. There is no charge for a cab to come from Georgetown to answer an Acton call. The trip from Giant Tiger to Tim Hortons would cost $3 to $4, and it is approximately $5 to go across town. Oy Grane Dodge PY lct-te) 336 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-877-0149 Over 130 people paid trib- ute to Acton e itiz fthe Residents on Birchway have been warned not to cut plant growth more than four feet beyond their property fences. See Page 4. Acton's candlelight tribute | _ to war veterans on Friday evening membrance cenotaph Are you parking illegally on Bower Ave. to visit the post office? Then you'd] better read the story on Page 1 Acton, ON 357 Queen St. (Hwy 7) 519-853-0200 info@achillesmazda.ca Our Deskedap vot the Bagge Our goad to v0 be te Bead First Trunk Sale slated for May 29 (a Confusion over the date for resumption of the popular Acton Trunk Sale resulted when two stories in The New Tanner last week dealt with the loca- tion and date in different ways -- one from Halton Hills council and the other from the trunk sale com- mittee. The trunk sale commit- tee this week confirmed the,first sale will be on Sat- urday, May 29, not the May 15 date mentioned in the council story. HEARTFELT.THANKS: Veteran Hank Ford accepts a handshake and thanks from Acton's Keenan McHugh, 8, during the second annual Candlelight Silent Tribute to mark VE Day at the Cenotaph on Friday. -- Frances Niblock photo Students strike gold, silver at Kitchener skills competition Acton High School technical stu- dents captured a Gold and a Silver medal at the annual Ontario Technical Skills Competition last weekend in Kitchener. Kasimir Kosakowski earned Gold in the CADD (computer aided drafting and design) Mechanical competition, and Matt Locke earned Silver in the CADD Architectural competition. The first place finish advances Kosakowski to the National Technical Skills Competition in Winnipeg, from AMIFM CD Stereo Dual SRS Airbags Plus Much More RAR KRASARASA RAKES May 27 to 30. Kosakowski and Locke had ad- vanced to the all-Ontario competition by way of their respective Gold Med- als at the Halton Technical Skills Competition in Georgetown last month. In Kitchener, Kosakowski's project required him, and 25 other competitors, to use precision tools to measure all of the parts of a small office stapler, which had-been disassembled. The final step was to determine how 2004 Mazda6 Sport Wagon GS Very Well Equipped at only $26,995* the pieces fit together and assemble the three-dimensional parts so they worked. In his competition, Locke was re- quired to design and create floor plans, two exteriors elevations, a cross sec-* tion and site plan for a commercial building. The Kitchener event featured over 1,200 Ontario students competition in 51 technology-related challenges, de- signed to promote interest and awareness of the skilled trades. ee tae A B Ce ae georgetownchrylser.com Weeds, fowl blamed for Fairy Lake restrictions The goose poop-plagued Boathouse Beach in Pros- pect Park will be permanently closed to swim- ming, and the Town will dry dock its boat rental operation on Fairy Lake,'at least for this summer. The moves are in response to a staff investigation into ways to lessen the impact of the geese -- often described as insatiable at one end and irresponsible at the other -- and weeds on the Boathouse Beach, which was closed be- cause of high E. coli counts for 90 per cent of last sum- mer. At the suggestion of Ac- ton Councillor Mike O'Leary Council deferred debate on weed and geese control measures until after a meeting next month with members of the Friends of ~ Fairy Lake. That volunteer group's spokesman, Bob Jeffries, told Council he was dis- turbed with the proposed reduction of activities in the lake, and called the staff re- port a "bit of a downer." He presented a videotape of the park, including the Old Beach that will remain open, the wading pool, pic- nic pavillion and playing fields -- to give Council a continued on page 2 |