The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Halton Hills invites you to discover your own town on Saturday, June 19, for Halton Hills 1st Annual Town & Coun-_ try Showcase. The all day event has taken the mo- mentum and enthusiasm of last year's Communities in Bloom initiative, to cre- ate an occasion that encourages new residents to discover their town and long- time residents to reacquaint themselves with their community. This community wide event will showcase multiple locations throughout Halton Hills, highlighting lesser known attractions, while renewing interest in old favourites. Various events will be running throughout the day and residents are en- couraged to attend multiple locations. The different sites will display the assorted aspects of Halton Hills past and present, including historical, agricultural, environmental, civic and cultural presen- tations. Various performers, demonstrations, tours and hikes are in- cluded at many of the event's sites. Acton's involvement in the Showcase focuses greatly on heritage. Many of the community's churches will be open for public tours, as well as the Town Hall. Other Acton events include Wetherby's British Day and a free concert in Pros- pect Park from 2pm to 4pm. Keep in mind that events will be hap- pening all over Halton Hills. There are points of interest for the entire family. continued on page 2 Rally to support hospital A tally to support saving obstetrics and paediatrics units at Georgetown hos- pital is being organized by Town Council to take place at the Georgetown District High School Cafeteria on Wednesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. The William Osler Health Centre, an umbrella organization in cohorts with hospitals in Brampton and Etobicoke, made the announcements recently and it has engendered a lot of criticism from the mayor and council of Halton Hills as well as the family physicians, nurses and community leaders. "Fhis decision, which was made witheut consult- ing the Town of Halton Hills or the Region of Halton, is unacceptable to the residents of Halton Hills," says Mayor Rick Bonnette. The residents of Halton Hills must get a message to the board of di- rectors of the William Osler Health Centre and to the Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care that the obstetrics and paediatrics continued on page 3 Acton, ON 357 Queen St. (Hwy 7) Newstand Price 40¢ + GS TERRIFIC TOYS: The Acton Trunk Sale was back in full swing on Saturday. One of the more popular'vendors was this one with a vast collection of Beannie Babies. - Bar- gain Hunters can search for treasures again this Saturday morning. - Angela Tyler photo Sunny, warm day for Sale's debut Acton's popular Trunk Sale returned this past Saturday with a bang. Sunny skies and great spring weather made the opening of the 11" annual com- munity event perfect for organizers. "We couldn't have asked for a better day," said Trunk Sale volunteer Jake Kuiken. By 6 a.m. vendors were already lining Eastern Avenue. At 7 a.m., organ- izers were joined by many of them to help get ready for the morning. Although a cry for new volunteers proved less than fruitful, the organizers were overwhelmed by how the vendors pitched in and co-operated upon return- ing to the Town-owned land at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Mill Street. "It took us a little longer to park every- one, being that it was our first day here again. but everyone was super," Kuiken noted. By 8:30 a.m., the Trunk Sale was almost in a sold-out position. Early esti- mates have the number of vendors in the neighbourhood of 70. "The past few weeks we've had phone calls from a lot of new vendors," Kuiken said. Vendors at the sale were from all over including Barrie, Cambridge, To- onto and of course, locally. Along with the 'regulars', bargain hunt- ers were treated to many new booths and lots of variety including antiques, garden plants and more. Many of the vendors were ecstatic with the turnout and how it reflected similarly with their sales. Organizers are looking forward to an- other great season. The sale continues this Saturday morning. IT'S WORTH THE DRIVE Mayor to meet with Ministry of Health brass By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner The Town is enlisting top health ministry advisers in the fight to prevent the announced May 5 closure of the obstetrics and pediatrics units at the Georgetown cam- pus of the William Osler Health Centre (WOHC.) At Council on Monday, Mayor Rick Bonnette re- Halton Hills' fight to save the units, but his office had ported that he had _ notheard from Halton MPP scheduled a meeting on Ted Chudleigh who was Thursday (June 3) withtwo asked for help. senior policy advisors with Chudleigh's lack of offi- the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. "T hope to make an an- nouncement by the end of the week, because we're stepping this (the closure fight) up," Bonnette said, issuing a call to arms on the issue. "I'm ready for a fight and I know Council is, and I know the public is ready to fight on this one," Bonnette said, as he briefed council- lors on his meeting last Thursday with the directors cial response did not sit well with Wards 1/2 Re- gional Councillor Clark Somerville who said Chudleigh should have been on the issue like a "fat man at a buffet." In his address to the WOHC board last week, Bonnette said closing the units is unacceptable, and a betrayal by the board that faces a $27-million deficit that did not exist before Georgetown was amalga- mated with Brampton and of the WOHC_ in Etobicoke as the WOHC. Etobicoke. He said closing the units Bonnette thanked the 120 would hurt efforts to recruit people -- citizens, doctors, nurses who attended the meeting, and thanked the Acton Tim Hortons for do- nating Timbits for those who rode Town buses to the meeting. Bonnette also reported that Toronto Mayor David Miller, whose domain cov- ers Etobicoke, supports. more doctors to Halton Hills, hurt hospital fundraising efforts and in- crease. morbidity and mortality of both infants and mothers. On Tuesday, the Town announced it's staging a public rally on the closures on June 9, at 7 p.m., at Georgetown High School. 519-853-0200 info@achillesmazda.ca i Bae Ow Te Beal Owe Deslersy SAA BBEA KS EAR LER S Windows Batt 'Pius Much More: 2004 MPV GX w/Conventence Package Very Well Equipped at only $28,070* For 60 lies System includes:DVD Remote, : Wireless Headphones Offer is valid on all 2004 MPVs sold through oor