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

THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010 3Acton should build on RONA MS RideThe arrival in Ac-port crews will provide it should capitalize on. OLeary, Councils rep ual stores if they just to engage the 600 riders ton of 600 cyclists and Acton businesses with a Thats the advice from on the BIA (Business want to sit there and say and their families from all over Ontario who will be their families and sup-captive audience that Acton Councillor Mike Improvement Area) and Im not going to get any-a former businessman.thing out of this, then in Acton that weekend.If I had a store down-they probably wont, but The family and friends are going to come with town, Id be putting big the guys who go after it signs them, and once the cyc-in my window that and promote it, probably said, Welcome MS bike will, OLeary said.lists are out on the Ride, riders, OLeary said those people will be a last MS officials thanked Thursday after MS offi-OLeary and the Acton captive audience, and its cials hosted a breakfast a great way for merchants to Agricultural Society for and the community to get introduce the MS RONA allowing them free use of Ride, involved, if they want to that this year, will the Dufferin Rural Herit-starattract the people con-t and finish in Pros-age Centre in the park for pect Park. While nected with the Ride, the BIA a Ride headquarters. He and severaClifford said, adding they l riders were said with major national at are very excited to be the meeting, no Acton companies supporting business owners or man-the MS Society event, coming to Acton.agers attended The MS Society will the event.the Acton Agricultural OLeary said have a market place in the same Society is in good com-Prospect Park and invites targeted campaign of pany.sales and specials, wel-Each cyclist will get people to set up booths, come signs, posters and a free pass to the Acton along with the sponsor smiling faces should hap-Fall Fair a marketing tents. The event ends pen in Acton East prior tool officials hope will with a free barbecue.to the August 14 and 15 bring people back to Ac-A number of Acton rid-weekend of the Ride, ton.ers, including Christian which was centered in Erin Clifford, with the Reformed Church Pastor Brampton in past years.MS Society, said Acton Ray Vander Kooij, are in As far as the individ-has a golden opportunity training for the Ride.Summer reading funKeep kids reading when school fin-is Destination Jungle, and registration ishes by signing them up for Halton Hills begins June 29 at both the Georgetown Public Librarys TD Summer Reading and Acton branch. Both readers and non-Club. Designed to help kids develop and readers can join. Kids will receive a free improve their reading skills throughout poster and booklet (printed in both Eng-the summer months, our program pro-lish and French) and a calendar to keep vides activities and fun-filled incentives track of their reading.to motivate kids to read. Studies have Theyll earn prizes and stickers for shown that school-age children lose reading at home. They could even win a MS RIDE: MS Society spokesman Mike Augustine (left) encouraged cyclists, many of their reading skills over the $25 bank prize from your local TD Bank. like Acton Pastor Ray Vander Kooij who will take part in the RONA MS RIDE summer months if they do not continue For more information, please call 905-that will start and finish in Actons Prospect Park in mid-August. The MS So-to read while they are out of school. Your 873-2681 x 2520 or 519-853-0301 or ciety unveiled the plans at a breakfast meeting last Wednesday morningpublic library can help. This years theme visit www.hhpl.on.ca. Frances Niblock photoGINSOLCMPPolice/Fire Report5YADSENDEW0 3ENUJNassagaweya fatalThe Halton Police Collision Reconstruc-tion Unit continues to investigate a fatal, single vehicle roll-over in the Puslinch Police/Fire ReportTown Line 25 Side Road area just after 10 a.m. on Monday that killed an unidenti-fied 17-year-old Puslinch man.Police said the driver of a Volkswagen Golf was southbound on the Nassagaweya/Puslinch Townline when his car crossed the road, went into the ditch, hit a hydro pole and rolled over. He died at the scene. Police said speed may have been a contributing fac-tor in the crash.Any one with information about the crash is asked to call 905-878-5511, extension 2210, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.Burning tree on wiresOnce Hydro crews removed a burning Birch tree from hydro wires on Highway 25, between 15 and 17 Side Roads just after 11 last Wednesday night. It was Police/Fire Reportquickly extinguished by Acton firefighters who then helped police secure the scene until neces-sary repairs were made.SEE YOU NEXT SPRING!