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THE NEW TANNER2THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010 Beat the heatIn the event at Halton people who may be most Region issues a Heat vulnerable. Alert or if you are The public is advised to suffering from the heat, Beat the Heat by tak-the Town has designated ing these precautions: cooling centres for your Drink lots of water relief. and natural fruit juices In Acton the cooling Stay out of the blaz-centres include:ing sun or heat (UV rays Acton arena/com-are strongest between munity centre 415 the hours of 11 a.m. and Queen Street, 519-853-1 p.m.) 0020 Avoid strenuous out- Acton branch of the door physical activity Halton Hills library 17 Go to places that River Street, Acton 519-are air conditioned, in-853-0301 cluding shopping malls, Those most at risk in-libraries, community clude older adults (65+), centres infants and young chil- Never leave children dren, and the chronically and pets unattended in a ill, including people with car. asthma. The public is en-If you experience SAFETY BLITZ: Halton police and the Ministry of Transportation carried out a safety blitz last Wed-couraged to call or visit symptoms of heat-in-nesday on Highway 25, just south of an Erin property where a steady stream of dump trucks continue to family and neighbours duced illness, such as dump clean fill. Frances Niblock photowho may be at risk. rapid breathing, weak-We want our residents ness or fainting, headache to know that they have and/or confusion, seek cool, safe places to go medical attention right Dump trucks stopped to escape from the heat, away. said Mayor Rick Bon-Another great way to nette. We have been in cool off is to visit the Ac-touch with community ton Indoor Pool for daily service providers to in-recreational swimming. form them of the Towns For the pool schedules in second safety blitzCooling Centres as they call the Acton Pool at deal first-hand with the 519-853-3140.A dump truck without a Halton Hills-Erin bound-rade of noisy, dusty dump of the property where the working speed governor ary.trucks making their way fill is being dumped, have Actons Chip Truckand an expired annual in-The blitz, the second to dump fill at a property the necessary permits from spection sticker were the this month, was sparked about two kilometres north the Grand River Conserv-main infractions found by more angry calls to lo-of the Halton Hills-Erin ation Authority (GRCA), now OPENduring a truck safety blitz cal politicians and police boundary on Highway which must approve all on Highway 25 near the about the non-stop pa-25.applications to dump fill from 11:30am - 7:30pmIts up to the muni-within 120-metres of a rec-cipalities to control the ognized wetland. There are on Friday, Saturday and SundayExperience The truck routes, but we can two ponds and a wetland make sure that the trucks on the property and the fill on the road are safe, said is being dumped within Taste OfMTO transportation offi-45-metres of them.Mr. Cscer Jason Leeman, noting Dave Shultz, the GRCAs that the inspections are not manager of communi-much of a deterrent. cations was unsure how Snack ShackWe set up here for a much fill will be added couple of hours and the to the site, except to say a word goes out among the final contour plan has been is locateddrivers who try to avoid approved and will be in-behind the Acton Arenaus, so we set up again in spected at the end of the another area, Leeman job. The clean fill com-said, adding the owner monly dirt with no concrete Fresh Cut Friesof the truck with the in-or asphalt will be added fractions faces fines of to a sloping depth of four Homemade Hamburgersapproximately $700.metres in one area, and Large 3 Leeman said the in-three-metres in another.$.99creased truck traffic is a Shultz said this particu-Specialty Sausagesproduct of an improving lar permit was issued in item Pizza9+taxeconomy and with more January and is good for Poutineconstruction, there is more two years. to haul and that means Shultz said the GRCA Frozen YogurtCheesey more trucks on the road.does not have the authority $He said while neigh-to direct the trucks carry-and much more....bours of the land where Stripsing the fill to any particular 1 OFFthe fill is being dumped are route.unhappy he said there Weve been hearing ? ? ? ? ? ? ?is some NIMBY not in from some of the neigh-my back yard attitude in bours in the area and from TRY US!play, but at least the neigh-municipal officials so bours are assured that the were trying to organize a 372 Queen St. E.dotrucks being stopped are get-together with munici-oG stIActon, ON....safe, or they are taken off pal officials to see if there mmmmmmthe road.is something we can work mmmmThe Kentners, owners out, Shultz said.519-853-9191