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Remembering 1983 GeorgetownActon Wednesday Jan bona page Toronto teenager say they risked their Uvea early Sunday morning to help occupant of Willow St escape their bouse Police My the probable cause of the fire was Improper disposal of smoking materials in the fire which claimed the Urea of Gene Miller and a 14yearold friend of daughter Kathy Wears International Peace Camp is preparing a new down sized plan tor development of toe old Twin Lakes property Just south of Speyside but the ethniccultural organiza tion Is still being taken to court by the Niagara Escarpment Comrolsston for build fag a road without a development permit A bid by Hal toe Hills Hydro Commis sioner for Acton Doug Mason to settle the Acton billing office issue Friday didnt get off the ground presented a motion to his colleagues calling for the office to remain open Indefinitely to serve Acton and rural area customers and assignment of a Tiydro knowledgeable clerk to work In the office The first mayor of Hills Thomas J Hill died Saturday morning In Georgetown Hospital at age Over was raised for the restoration of the town Hall and about 600 was raised for cancer during a funTilled action packed weekend The Market and Clderfest attracted an estimated on Saturday to Acton downtown as marketgoers browsed through booths looking and buying everying from ceramics to clothing to produce and wooden lawn garniture September Municipal tne Town solicitors office and Halton Regional Police are all investi gating a mysterious rock music festival ap parently planned for this Saturday night on property in the area of Highway 7 and the Fifth Line In the end the Town obtained an Injunction to prevent the festival being held there but it was simply moved to another Acton area farm Halton Hills has offered of EducatlonS2500fortheStoneSchool If the deal firms up it close until next June However the offer was later rejected by the board Hydro customers In Acton and can continue to pay their bills In the Acton Alice St In a recorded vote Friday morning Hills Hydro commissioners voted three to two to continue the service though only a small percentage of the customers pay their bills with cash Milton town will enforce their bylaw which they feel prohibits a weya track even If It means going to court to uphold that law This was revealed after about people turned up at a special council meeting to either defend or the development of a track on property owned by Mansell on the Sixth Line between Highway 7 and Slderoad commonly known as the Ponderosa Halton Hills round voted to offer for the Steven estate as a future home for a municipal complex The heavens must have been looking down on Acton on the weekend as storm clouds seemed to part at the most appropriate times for the annual Acton Fall Fair The third annual Terry Fox Run has brought In an estimated a big in crease over last years plus total The land south of Acton Is one of the potential sites for a dump con in phase two of the mammoth region study into what will be done with the regions garbage October After almost IB years of devoting her life to others Joan Waldie is closing the doors of Maple View Lodge to spend time with her family The field is set and the race is on for the Esquesing seat In the upcoming municipal Candidates are Tony Taylor Peter Norton Jim France Jake Kidken Dolly and Bob The election became necessary after the death of Tom Hill Acton is only three cents away from being in the club with the Canadian Cancer Society according to local campaign chairperson Gloria Coats Not Including Septembers Terry Fox Run which Is ex pected to take in more than for cancer research the Acton Unit of the Cancer Society rajsed a total of Thechalrrnan of the Niagara Escarpment Commission will be ordering the Inter national Peace Camp to totally restore the Twin Lakes property near to the condition It was In before the organization started developing the property without any approvals An Infusion of new blood is expected to revive the nearly dormant Acton Chamber of Commerce Steve Dawklns Is the new Interim president Ted Tyler Interim second vicepresident and Interim director Is Larry Greaves Phase one and two townbouse i In 1K3 They were back row left to right Will Duval Mclotyre Chris Grant Withers Bert Fowler Front Harold TowDiley Bern Van Fleet Leo Chief Bill Cunningham was on band for the special evening corporations and their members are con- actions over the past 18 months or so and sidcring fighting the regions plan to make plan to unveil their findings later in the New Mayor Miller is flanked by Esqueslng new Councillor Peter Norton left and Regional Councillor for Ward Two Jake Kuiken All were appointed December stalled on the road last year A longtime resident of Acton Clark celebrated her birthday at the Elliot Home for the aged in Guelph Jake was elected to fill the seat in Halton Hills council which was left vacant upon the death of Tom lull In August November Over years of firef service were recognized Saturday evening as nine retiring Acton volunteer firefighters were honored They were Bern Van Fleet Harold Leo Synott Wllf Duval Grant Withers Bert Fowler Lloyd Mclntyre Ted Curtis and Chris A Hills wide citizens protest of the towns acquisition of the Stevens property in Georgetown and councils pursuit of a municipal complex Is underway Council also finalized its purchase of the property for Regional chairman Jack an nounced his resignation Friday after months of speculation and with little delay five councillors Indicated they will be in the running to fill his shoes Bear dm ore workers voted over whelmingly for a new contract giving them a SI an hour raise over two years There are three industries currently looking at coming to Halton Hills One firm is eyeing Acton while two others are inter In Georgetown locations Mayor Peter said The annual Citizen of the Year dinner was more like a roast but this years honored recipient Ted Tyler took it all In stride helping to make It one of the most colorful banquets the 106 guests had ever been to International Peace Camp will appeal their cose to building a major multiethnic culturalrecreation centre on the old Twin Lakes property near The Niagara Escarpment Commislon rejected the plan at the request of Hills and Milton The councillors not only will the Town not be NEC is holding off ordering restoration of putting any money into the town hall the property The man who made it his lifelong project to restore the historic Academy Drenters Is dead at the age of S3 Frank Heller and Company workers in Acton and Georgetown plants recently became a certified bargaining unit of the United Food and Commercial workers union Ontario Council of Leather Workers Coming down to the wire in the race for the regional chairmans job predictions see Mayor Pete and Oakvilles Carol Gooding as top contenders Hills has mode a new offer of 68 for the old Stone School The citizens group protesting the Towns acquisition of land in Georgetown for a municipal complex has raised a number of new questions about the way council has handled this whole affair Russ Miller Ross Knechtel and Ric Morrow are the only announced candidates for the mayors job to date but Morrows bid may be thwarted if Halton Hills council opts for an appointment from within council The mayors seat will become vacant the moment Pete is sworn in as Regional Chairman He was elected regional chairman last Wednesday on the second ballot month Mike Armstrong Is making a bid for the mayors chair whether the seat is filled by appointment or election This brings the number of candidates for the spot to be vacated by Mayor Pete to four A at Wilson Car Sales on Main St North resulted in damage The blaze was suspected to have started after a bus was backed into the garage and hit a can of methal hydrate knocking it over The me thai hydrate was ignited by an overhead heater and the fire ensued Veteran politician Miller Is the mayor of Halton Hills He was appointed by council December 13 by a seven to five vote over his only opponent Councillor Mike Armstrong Councillor Ross who originally announced his Intention to run withdrew from the race In one fell swoop Halton Hills not only got a new mayor but a new Ward Two Regional councillor In Jake and a new area councillor Peter Norton all by appointment is a rookie councillor elected In October and Norton was the runnerup In the same elec on Actona citizen of the year Ted Tyler has been selected by the Hills Bicenten Comlttee to ring in IBM On New Years Eve Hills in sponsoring celebrations to mark the start of the 200th anniversary of the settlement of Ontario in both downtown Acton and Georgetown areas Its been determined Hydro customers will be paying 8 per cent more for elec tricity beginning January 1 Hills council may be asked to declare Hills nuclear weapons free zone Comfort of the Hills Action for Disarmament HAND and the group attended an Acton councillors dropin and bounced the Idea of declaring the Town a nuclear weapons free zone December A citizens group probing the municipal complex issue identified a great number of areas of concern regarding the councils FISHER ether their Usher was to her tap ember Captain Wttsos and Willi- Kerr art Hums Urn with away tart veiled to foyer