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Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 10 No. 1 Thursday, January 4, 2007 THE NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST Whats Inside 336 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-877-0149 Georgetown Chrysler Dodge Jeep georgetownchrylser.com Rent-A-Car Daily Weekly Monthly 856-0000 286 Alma Street, Rockwood ILLAGE 387 Queen St. East, Acton Acton Figure Skating Club held its annual Winterfest Club competition recently with both competitive and fun events. Winners of the Junior Pairs above were 1. Samantha Tennant and Amanda Vickery, 2. Linda Christopher and Morgan McPhail, 3. Sioban Evans and Justine McIntyre, 4. Ashley Kenny and Jennifer Stirtzinger. More photos on Page 9. Plan new Acton medical centre Also plan to renovate old one Council endorses use of local schools Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 Vandals with spray paint deface town, area By Frances Niblock Halton police are investigating a hate crime in Nassagaweya after an ignorant racist spray painted graffi ti in Nassagaweya. On Christmas Day, a white, backward swas- tika was found painted in the intersection of 15 Side Road and Nassagaweya Town Line. One kilometre south, obscenities and other words had been spray painted on roadside signs, a large boulder and rocks. Halton Detective Sergeant Peter Hodgson said they are treating it like a hate crime. If somebody who was a Holocaust sur- vivor or had family that had gone through that experience, how would they react to it? I think its despicable, Detective Sergeant Peter Hodgson said on Tuesday. Incidents in Acton Halton police are also investigating numer- ous incidents of spray painted graffi ti over Christmas in Acton. The senseless vandalism angers and dis- heartens Rotary Club of Acton members whose $100,000 bandshell, still under con- struction in Prospect Park, was targeted. These deliberate acts of vandalism, boy Ill tell you, theyve got to stop in our com- munity, Rotarian Bill Beaton said on Sunday, after he and others viewed the damage with police. Having put together a pretty nice band- By Frances Niblock Plans for a new medical centre and improvements to the existing one should make Acton, which has a critical need for doctors, look a lot more attractive to potential family practitioners. Acton Doctor Nather Alshakarji plans to build a new medical centre on the former Force Electric site, a vacant property bounded by Mill Street, Church Street, Eastern Avenue and Fellows Street, used during warm weather for Trunk Sale park- ing. Dr. Alshakarji, who began seeing Acton patients part- time at the Acton Medical Centre following the Au- gust 2000 death of Dr. Brian Moore, has developed a loyal full-time practice in Acton, and helped establish an after- hours walk-in clinic. Planner Glenn Wellings said Dr. Alshakarjis plans are all about attracting new doctors to the community and also building a facility that is self-sustaining. The proposed plan calls for six offi ces and a pharmacy on the ground fl oor, along with a coffee shop. Preliminary drawings show An agreement that allows local resi- dents to use local schools and allows the school boards to use Town pools, sports fi elds and tennis courts has been endorsed by Town Council. The reciprocal agreement details how Haltons four municipalities and school boards will use, and pay to use, each others facilities, maximizing use of them while reducing capital costs to provide affordable rental space. To keep the fees charged for facility use affordable, only the direct costs are recovered. Last year, the Town received $186,000 from the school board for use of its facilities and the Town spent $124,000 to use board facilities. Through the reciprocal agreement, the community has access to over 650 facilitates in Halton. Acton Peewee Tanners took the trip to Midland and wrapped up the Silver Stick Championships during the holidays. Story on Page 13. Acton merchants worried by a lull in buying before Christmas report record sales for the season as business increased late. Page 4. Halton Hills Gymnastic Centre teams pick up med- als in Syracuse NY and Burlington Ont. Page 12.