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Rockwood Firefighters fight flames with knowhow Using three hoses during one of their maximum pressure Rockwood Volunteer Firefighters water the schoolyard grass Monday night practices by Jennifer Volunteer I don t have much time to play cords This man force works an average of 300 hours a year f res saving souls and practicing always practicing Every second Monday night the firefighters answer a short toot on the alarm and gather for two to three hours of concentrated hard work A combination training and review period fire prac ice keeps the men sweating In one recent practice had an air pack race village hookup a rural hookup complete with portotank donut unrolling cardiac lion and discussion thereof No unroll is not breaktimc That the term used for rapid unfurling of a hose The force has been an officially recognized organization for years Before that residents formed own freighting brigade Herb Saunders the firefighter with the longest term has been putting Present firechief Carl Meadows has been with the force for years of them as chief Assisting Carl Tom as deputy chief and captains Newest member is Paul rookie of a few weeks who joined the force one week after moving to the village He receive his training on the being taugl t lifesavlng and resuscitation tech niques oneonone Tor the first six months Paul will follow and learn before he permitted to enter a house on a fire call Butch Given has recently passed the six month mark and was one of the fastest participants In the race firemen assemble and get into all equipment necessary for survival where oxygen is dim ml shed The month fellas are right up there with the older fellas commented one fireman while another chuckled we let the rookies go bomb into the re we re older and wiser The village hookup involved a mad dash round the block In a fire truck to hook up hoses to a hydrant In front of the f irehall Teams of four were timed to sec how fast they could blast leaves off the trees with several tons of water The exercise was per formed with such speed and finesse this reporter Continued on Firefighter Gary La tens fills the with a thousand gallons of water for a rural hookup An Inland Community Newspaper One Hundred and Seventh Year No I ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JULY 1981 14 Pages Twenty five Cents September start IGA plaza Construction of the new IGA plaza on the Doroi they will have some input Into the configuration of June but the delay caused by objection Hotel tc is expected to start th September the plaza He said It would appear any changes and bringing in a new partner it won start three months after plans called for ground which will be made to plans will be minor innature until fall breaking Also Landawn Shopping Centre objection to the Also site plan approval is still needed from Hat Ion Doug read explained he and his partner has been formally dropped and the OMB has Hill3 Roman a Toronto architect have brought The plaza will contain about six retail stores as in a third partner Green County Investments and hod hoped to get started on construction in well as a 15 foot IGA supermarket Wayne and Mildred Kelley were honored lust month In Gravenhnrst for years service as a volunteer firefighter mostofthalUroolnActon Honor exActon firefighter by Wilms BlokhUfs Former Acton Firefighter and resident Wayne Kelley was honored last month with the presentation of the Ontario Fire Services Long Service Medal The presentation was made at a ceremony in by John R fire marshal of Ontario His wife Mildred shared in the award when she received a brooch with a trilijum motif The award recognizes his entire 30 years of as a volunteer firefighter Kelley is a life member of both the Acton Fire fighters Association and the Fireman on of Ontario In 1077 the entire Acton Fire Department was recognized as the town citizens of the year Last year the department presented with a silver cup recognizing his years of service in Acton He has also received a certificate honoring his services from Hills I have always been interested in the flro department he recoiled I worked in fire prevention until a regular fire prevention officer was appointed retired as a volunteer from the Acton Fire Department in November 1830 after years of His volunteering began In Drayton in where he served for three years before moving to Acton Still aiming St Josephs open spring Separate School Board is stilt aiming for a fall start on construction of the new St Joseph School and a possible spring opening according to Trustee Irene McCauley She reported in an interview this week that the ministry of education has approved preliminary sketches or schematic drawings for the new school to be built on Milt St West not far from the Legion These sketches arc back in the hands of architect Michael of Hamilton and he Is preparing the final drawings The final drawings must still be approved by both Hills and the ministry of education a pro cess which should be completed in another three or four weeks and then the project will be put out to tender noted that last week board superintendent of plan John and Group Eight Engineering Bill Carr met with Halton Hills staff to make sure everything planned meets with municipal approval She reported the latest cost estimate for the new school Is Soil and drainage tests done the spring at the site turned out well said inside Flames gutted an Elmore kitchen last night K lira Its berry picking time and of Is ready for the season of strawberry shortcake and homemade There doiensof eActonarea year Woo ecu ay The George own Indeptndtn Family escapes Southeast Asia die in Sunday morning car crash Businesses affected by power shortage failure Acton was operating at about 80 per cent power capacity early last week after I struck the main line coming town early Sunday morning according to Us Hydro superintendent Campbell After a nearly three hour blackout in the early morning hours hydro crews to an alter native 1 which does not have the power capacity Hills Hydro and Ontario Hydro searched the main line for two days looking for the damage but it was not until Tuesday afternoon that it was finally found Campbell explained that lightning struck the between and Fergus Splinters from the hydro pole became lodged against the conductor and pole cutting the power off It took few hours to repair the damage the power back to the regular line Campbell noted Ontario Hydro la currently look ing into bringing the alternative lino up to full voltage week a incident he said Hills Hydro is going to push to have the work sped up The shortage posed problems for at least three local Industries in town was forced to send homo at least workers Monday afternoon when there was not enough power to turn the machines on The com for thespray painting function would not work properly Employees were back to work Tuesday but work was slow until power fully restored Over time was necessary to make up the lost production Acton Free Press computers were also not recelv enough Juice to work properly and all un necessary hydro in the building including some air conditioners were shut off to concentrate the flow of power to the machines It was alow going on the busiest day of the week until about seven clock at night says composing room foreman Tim Coles Presses were only working at about per cent capacity noted assistant production manager John McNabb While Building Products was not affected by the power shortage they were affected until day due to fluctuations and blackouts during the storm Plant Manager Tom told the Free Press the lights started flickering around Saturday causing problems with machinery which needs a steady flow of hydro By early morning midnight crew gave up totally trying to keep up with the machines By a Sunday they were able to continue to work noted many hours were tost in at tempts to get the machines working properly and repair damage done when the machines were off and then on again quickly As for the power shortage they saw little effect but pointed out they were tied up just try to get the equipment back to norma Dreams of a life of freedom and safety died with them Sunday when four members of a V refugee family were killed on Highway at ton Corners Brucedale Guelph OPP say was driving northbound on County the Road when he failed to stop for flashing red light and stop Polici say a vehicle driven by Wilson Wong also of the car killing four people and seriously Injuring a fifth Dead arc Onekhamphoul his wife and two sons Poung and Joy A third son Lee is J is ted in serious condition with head Injuries at Kitchener Waterloo Hospital Wong was treated and released at Guelph General Hospital Just two years ago the family escaped Southeast Asia with their lives in the mass exodus of boat peo ple They settled in months ago Bouchanh was a motorcycle mechanic while Sum vang worked in a factory A police spokesman noted the ly was happy In Canada and travelled extensively around the area Relatives in Canada will care for the only remain iogmember of the family upon his release from pita police say Speeder rips up Everton before crashing This car driven by a Milton resident wound up after a wild trip through through a fence on the Sixth Line of Naisagaweya A 19yearold Milton youth raced through Monday night on a flat t re causing considerable property damage before finally crashing through a fence on the Sutlh Lino of Nassagawcya just south of Highway Charges were pending against Douglas Norman Cameron GuelphOPPConstableJImChrlstlesaid The right rear tire on the car blew while the man was driving at a high rale of speed and careened off a rock tearing up several rest dents lawns hitting trees and nearly striking some children Christie reported There were gouge marks in the pavement all the way from the hamlet to where the car finally ended up through a fence Tho officer noted some angry residents gave chase but after receiving the call when he was in Guelph officer catch up until car crashed Ho reported the driver was going nearly 100 miles an Firefighters were called out to tho scene In washdown was needed Police were also investigating res dents reports that there were four or five other people In the car Continued on page