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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 3 Leathertown Festival Street Vendors Vendor: Product: Acton Curling Club Registration and information booth After Dark Productions Screamfest haunt attraction Bizzare Buckets Tye dye items Esquesing Historical Society Book Promotion Acton, The History of leathertown Fisher-Odjig Studio Fine art & art therapy H.H. Dog Halton Hills Leash Free Zone Membership and information Halton Region Museum Local heritage services Hy-Grade Steel Roofing Steel roofing information J,K &L Professional Makeup Artists Face and body art/henna for adults/kids Jin-Gui Herbal and Acupuncture Clinic Acupuncture examples and information Papillons Purification Systems Inc. Water softening equipment & bottled water store Trinity United Church Pies and drinks Usborne Books at Home Childrens educational books Edward Jones Brokerage Firm and information The Kidsroom Toys, Gifts, & Croc Shoes Stephen Attwell Susan Seads Vintners Cellar Acton 41 Mill St. East Acton, Ontario Tel.: (519) 853-2255 L7J 1H1 Fax.: (519) 853-9574 Open Sunday August 13 Only to celebrate the Festival. Congratulations winners! A cover may be charged TANNERS PUB and GRILL 40 Eastern Ave. Acton 519-853-5231 * * Tanners Garage Join us this Sunday during the Leathertown Festival for the BOOMERANGS 1-4 pm Weve heard Elvis will be in the building! 519-853-5133 8 Main Street North, Acton, Ontario L7J 1W1 IN THE GIANT TIGER PLAZA Proud to support the Canadian Cancer Society Nancy Wilkes, optician Enjoy the festival Be sure to visit our booth! Come see us at the Leathertown Festival at Mill & John Street Enjoy the festival! Main St. torn up... Continued from page 1 if things go real well, and of course, if theres two days of rain next week, that schedule wont be adhered to, Goddard said. He said after the manhole is replaced at the intersec- tion, crews would continue to lay new sanitary sewer pipe in a section northerly towards Knox Street, and the next work would be re- placement of the watermain between Church Street and Mill Street. It will take the next four weeks to get the rest of the sanitary (pipes) in and do the rest of the watermain and then theres some storm sewer work on Vimy (street) to do and then well begin the reconstruction of the road, Goddard said, add- ing there havent been any surprises, but it take longer than expected to remove the old manhole out at the Church street intersection because of all the other services like gas and Bell Canada that are located in a tight confined area. By Josey Bonnette Acton BIA Co-ordinator Acton BIA is pleased to welcome visitors to the 16th Acton Leathertown Festival on Sunday, August 12 from 11am to 5pm. Located in downtown Acton and covering six blocks along Mill Street, this free fes- tival brings in an attendance of over 9,000 people! This years theme is Rock On To The Leathertown Festival featuring rock and roll music from Rolly Rocker and the Hemi Heads at the main stage. Hop on board the Getaway Double Decker Bus and find out what the festival has to offer young and old alike. Pick up and drop off locations for the bus are Giant Tiger parking lot, Sobeys parking lot, Acton Legion and Acton Le- gion Apartments plus the Elizabeth Street seniors apartments. There will be popular attractions includ- ing the Halton Hills Fire Station Safety House, rock-climbing wall, pony rides and petting zoo located in the Kids Zone. Also included this year is a Classic Car Show, with British cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles and lots more. At the Main and Kids Stage entertain- ment will include Mark Crocker world famous vocal illusionist, Bruce Heron - Elvis impersonator and The Ben Show to name a few. With a tradition of fun family entertain- ment for all ages, this years festival will not be without what has been a mainstay from the earliest days of the Leathertown Festival: vendors selling their diverse wares. What a great way to spend a summer Sunday enjoying a refreshment at one of the many restaurant patios, browsing booths containing great food, jewellery, clothing, arts & crafts, toys, music, candy, ice-cream and catching a free show as well! You might just discover why it truly is worth the drive to Acton, one of the GTAs last small towns and help us celebrate the Festivals 16th anniversary and history as a leather-town. Opening ceremonies begin at 12 noon with Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette, councillors and Festival committee mem- bers at the main stage. See you there! For more information call 519-853-9555; e-mail: actonbia@aztec-net.com; or check out our website: www.downtownacton.ca Leathertown Festival all set for Sunday Towns 57 bridges are safe By Frances Niblock Could a Minnesota-type bridge disaster happen in Halton Hills? With our maintenance program, were confident weve taken the steps to en- sure that our infrastructure is meeting the minimum standards required, said Chris Mills, the Towns Director of Engineering, Public Works and Building on Friday as rescue workers continue to search for bod- ies in the aftermath of the collapse of the Minnesota bridge. There are 57 bridges in Halton Hills 12 of them in urban Acton and they are inspected every four years by a contracted structural engineer. In the intermediate two years, the contractor re-in- spects those bridges where maintenance issues were identified in the four-year review to ensure the situa- tion hasnt deteriorated. Every two years we get the inspection reports from that and they are used as the basis to develop our capital (budget) program for repairs, Mills said, adding the last interium review was last year and the next full review is in 2008. In general, most of our issues, or maintenance items relate to the approaches and guide rails, before you ac- tually get onto the bridge structure thats where the majority of our issues are, Mills said, adding the review did not identify any bridges that had significant structural issues that would result in safety concerns. The 2007 capital budget includes money to begin de- sign work for the significant rehabilitation in 2009 of the Glen Williams bridge(s). Mills said there are no bridges in the Acton area that are on the list for re- pairs, but everything is subject to change depend- ing on the structural review reports. Mills said the Minnesota bridge disaster makes them appreciate how much work they have done in the area of bridge inspection. It confirms that weve set up the right programs because we have the in- formation about what that state of our bridges. I was saddened by the news and concerned and very much want to find out why it hap- pened, but Im not seeing a link to any of the Halton Hills bridges, Mills said.