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14 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006 formerly Cones enjoy the Leathertown festival Open 12noon - 9pm daily Visit us online www.jaysicecr eam.com 4 Mill Street East, Acton 519-853-4567 146 Main St. E Milton 905-875-1313 Jason Van Der Veen Owner E-mail: jiujitsu1@sympatico.ca Acton Jiu-Jitsu 5A MILL STREET, E. ACTON Proud member of the Canadian Jiu Jitsu Association (519)853-2424 PROUD SPONSOR OF THE LEATHERTOWN FESTIVAL 519-853-5133 ?? ????????????????? ?????? ??????????????? IN THE GIANT TIGER PLAZA Come & See me at Mill & Main For Festival Specials. Support our Acton BIA FOREVER YOUNGSTERS Come IN & see our NEW Fall and Winter lines 5 Mill Street E. Acton 519-853-0011 NEW Childrens Clothing $2.99, $5 & $10 outfits Come early for best selection! OUTSIDE RACKS Leathertown Festival one big celebration Continued from page 1 same type of vendors. So we try to keep it to two face painters, a certain number of food vendors per block and that sort of thing, Bon- nette said. Some of the great food will be offered up on patios that will be operated for the day by Andys Restaurant, Starlight Cafnd Mill Street Crossing which is bringing in two bands. Also Jenny the hotdog lady will be in attendance along with the popular Chow Down people and Andrews Scenic Acres will be serving fresh corn. The days entertainment will take place on the street and at two stages the main stage will be at Elgin Street this year and there will be a kids stage at the Alexanians parking lot. Festivities kickoff with O Canada and a cake at 11 a.m., The Acton Citizens Band plays at noon and in the early afternoon, the finalists for the Acton Idol contest will try to impress the judges to take home the title. One of the judges is Ac- tons Jeff McEnery now on the Yuk Yuks comedy circuit who will also en- tertain the crowd with his award winning humour. Country recording artist Alysha Brooks will also take the stage, along with the Robert Little Every- body Dance troupe. Bonnette said the Festival committee had no trouble selecting Actons Emily Loewen, 11, as this years Festival Ambassador. Hands down, she was the winner, her letter was so cute, Bonnette said, add- ing shes confident Loewen will be perfect for the job of spreading the word about the Festival. There were 10 entries in the Leathertown Ambas- sador contest this year all from girls up from seven the inaugural year, and Bonnette said shed like to see the Ambassadors duties expanded to include a presence at more down- town BIA events. Bonnette said the Fes- tival committee a group of eight to 10 volunteers begins planning for the event in February with monthly meetings which become weekly planning sessions in June. The Festival has a bud- get of $10,000, with it 12:00 Everybody Dance Club 12:30 Spinuvo Nuvo Entertainment 2:00 Zero Gravity 3:00 Pie Eating Contest 4:00 Mr. Bill Show Nuvo Entertainment Leathertown Festival Street Vendors Vendor: Product: Bizzare Buckets Tye-dye clothes Decorating Den Interior Decorating Service Trinity United Church Pie & drinks Starlight Caf Outdoor patio Women to Women Fundraising, childrens game Halton Place Horses & event Xtreme Fitness Fitness Centre Acton Curling Club Curling Information After Dark Productions Screamfest Edward Jones Financial Service Heal Thyself Clinic Holistic clinic TD Canada Trust Banking Information Halton Region Museum Museum Display Amber Sales Italian Charms Gifts For All Occazzions Jewerly & Etched Glass J & K Professional Make-Up Artists Face & body art Water Depot Water treatment equipment & supplies Acton Seniors Promotion of membership for seniors Enjoy The Festival Margaret & Bob MacKinnon evenly split between enter- tainment, advertising and renting stages and bleach- ers. ACTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY CELEBRATORY QUILT Quilt Block Squares: Family Size $10 Group Size $20 Buy a block Sign your name Be forever immortalized by the quilt celebrating the new AAS building Visit the AAS booth at the Festival