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The Acton Press Wednesday Oct 3 I the lens a Owen right was the tint winner In Saturday draw She bought her ticket Just a day or wo before the draw Pictured also are draw organizer San ford letl Esther Taylor who drew the tickets and Ted Tyler at the microphone Acton High School conducted its first car rally the year Friday after school The crew of the last car to start consisted of Lillian Graham driver Kelly George navigator Jenny Watson and Dayna George McKeniieSmith pupil Nicola presents Acton Cancer Socity representative White with a cheque School children raised the sum for the Terry Fax cancer drive Firefighters and police examine the car which crashed into a tree Friday after noon Firefighters peeled back the roof of the vehicle to release passengers Muriel and Melissa Sharp later died because of her injuries Her brother driver walkafler thecrasb Actario draw weeks winners Owen Churchill Just missed winning the big double prize in Saturday Draw Owen arrived moments too late lo win the televi set plus the as being the first name drawn from the bin She had to settle for the cash McClure Acton and Freda Lam Maria St won the merchant bonus prizes won bonuses from Acton Family Cleaners Shoes and the Acton Deli The package Lam consisted of bonuses from Superior Shoe Jug City Acton Camera and Acton Fam ily Cleaners The draw was made by Esther Taylor Tickets which are or the saving of the old town hall arc available Some MB have been sold Tickets are at the re duced rate down by B70 The next draw is day in front of Acton Family Cleaners on Mill St Shooting victim still in hospital An Acton man Russell Blake Elliott was still in Intensive care at General Hospital day when this paper con tacted hospital officials It was hoped he would be released to a surgical floor by Tuesday after noon He suffered severe internal injuries after a shotgun blast entered his back last week he was hunting It is thought by friends present that Elliott may have tripped or stumbled against his shotgun causing Hie dent Elliott and friends were hunting near Maple Rock Shooting Range when the mishap cured McKSmith hires grade 8 teacher Smith School has a new teacher Marilyn started Monday teaching grade eight math and social science In the mornings only The appointment has followed a reshuffling of grade eight students to provide a smaller pupil teacher ratio Mrs Brooks is mar rled has one son months old and enjoys sewing squash and cross country skiing in her spare time She and husband Michael have recently moved to from Prior to that Mrs Brooks taught in Burlington for eight years on the grade six level The peace and quiet of the area is what at traded the Brooks before noving here JoKffe SHOE STORE Spacnhi rig In Teens Ladies Men Five region road projects running out of bucks Five major public works projects started by Halton Region run out of money That is among the re velations about s financial operations un covered In a recent letter from the external auditors Members of the ad ministration and finance committee were told ad ditional financing for the projects will have to be found before they can be finished The projects including expansion of the Oakville water filtration plant ad dition to the Guelph Line Reservoir and George town Water Pollution Control Plant are financed because of a number of reasons the auditors said Among these reasons are changes in the way the federal government funds capital grants delays in filing tion3 for grants by regional staff Interest costs and funding res traints by senior levels of government Jim Stewart acting regional treasurer said the projects would re quire the issuing of add tional debentures In order to raise the required funds In total the projects require an additional They were originally budgeted at 1 million A further must be found to complete con struction of the Skyway Water Pollution Control Plant the letter noted although this amount should be found In the capital contributions funds Another of the pro blems noted by the auditor was the fact that special assessment rolls for local Improvement BINGO projects some of which were started bock In 1076 still have not been com These rolls must be completed before special tax levies can be col lected for these projects It vitally Important that we have a procedure that streamlines this system acting deputy treasurer Don Farmer told the committees The rolls have to be completed within three or four months of the finish of the project that we can hold the courts and don have to finance the work out of general said After work under the Local Improvement Act is completed a Court of Revision Is held to set the amounts that will be paid Because this process has been so slow in projects have been financed from the general revenue account Farmer also noted that with some projects car riedoutbythc region not all of the money budgeted as coming from the pro vince was received causing increased bor rowing That has been one of the most significant reasons we have had to be concerned about in creased interest costs iDIAN ODEON THEATRES GEORGETOWN 3 iinjiiiinniiuiiEiiii STARTING FRIDAY ll TERROR TRAIN IS DR GAIL announce the opening of her office General Family Practice Arlene Bruce for TRUSTEE BOARD OF EDUCATION Vote a full time representative who is concerned about education and the growing dollar required the preparation of students for the demands of tomorrow on Monday November 10 VOTE Bruce AI X