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Friendly army Invades local federal installation The heavy firepower positioned on the roof he monitoring station Saturday This militia exercise ducted to lest readiness to defend small government Installations See This Week thru the Lens on page j for details A small federal installation north of Acton was invaded Saturday morning Ottawa Acton Monitoring Station a facility of the federal Ministry of Communications was the setting of an exercise about members of the Toronto Scottish Regiment The exercise was designed to test the preparedness of the militia defend a small government facility Captain John explained the unit which came here was patrol sue a platoon commander John a Colonel added The Col pointed out that not only did the unit come with fighters but also support personnel who are necessary to the combat troops in the field One of the four vehicles which made the trip out here for the late morning early afternoon was equipped with radios it served as the command post which was quickly established Next a weapons deck employing a menacing General Purpose Machine Gun was established on the roof of the monitoring station amongst the and the heavy in place the troops next set out a perimeter guard for the small government install With the properly secured patrols were sent out to search for the These routines continued until the encmv a small number of Toronto Scottish troops began its The Toronto Scottish Regiment battle honors World War I as part of the 5lh Batallion After the war the federal government was going disband the regiment but was instead persuaded to form the peacelime militia unit the Toronto Scottish The unit came to train here since Col is in the Ministry of nitons REAL ESTATE EA GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8774173 NEWSPAPER GEORGETOWN BUCK CMC TRUCKS 338 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN 8770149 One Hundred and Ninth ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 9 42 Thirty Cents Little hope for an Acton ambulance There would appear to be little or no chance of Acton getting Its own ambulance That the conclusion of Councillor Dave Whiting after he and Mayor Miller met Monday with provincial officials to discuss the issue He explained they were told by Fred Rusk and Diane Cullen who are ambulance of of the Ministry of Health that Acton can apply for an anbulance service but because of the low volume of calls they have to recommend to their superiors that the request be rejected Iist year out of 1 calls handled by Georgetown ambulance service only 167 were to Acton Guclph ambulances were called to town another 19 times Acton warrant its own am unless the community had nearly lOOmore calls a year and the town was miles away from the nearest ambulance Whiting explained And even if that was the situation here then Acton would only be allowed the minimum level of ambulance icrviec factor against having our own ambulance he said was the average response time of just 12 minutes which is quite acceptable One reason a good number of residents have followed lead and urged have Its own ambulance has been the desire to see local people taken to hospitals instead of Georgetown Hospital 8532219 new Free Press phone number The tree Press has a new phone number Please call this number for circulation news and advertising The old Free Press number 853 still rings at Printing and Publishing Acton production facility News and advertising can continue lo be dropped off at the front counter of the production plant on Willow St North and bills may also be paid there Policies were explained thoroughly to the Hills officials Whiting explained person is unconscious then Ihey must be taken to the nearest hospital Georgetown because thai is law However if you re conscious then you request to go to and that will be done every case A victim in also be directed lo hospital by Iheir own doctor or a specialist working your regular doctor The physician referring someone to a hospital need not be on the scene either he can call his request in But if the doctor isn your doctor his request won be honored Whiting cautioned Another concern people have expressed Is the fear that if their case can the handled at Georgetown Hospital theyll be transferred lo llrnmplon or Toronto further away from him However Whiting noted records show that only seven Acton and area residents taken to Georgetown Hospital were trans to another hospital within hours In several of these seven cases it was a doctor who decided where person should go next nobody was transferred lo Only 2 per cent of all the cases resulted in people being transferred from Georgetown there were ambulance calls to Acton last year but that includes can etc Of those 164 calls 113 were classed life threatening another urgent but not life threatening and nine not serious The Aelon ambulance area is quite large Whiting observed square miles The majority of people were taken to Georgetown altogether however more were transported to General or St Joseph hospitals in one person was taken to In Three eases went directly to Toronto hospitals three to Hamilton and one to Brampton Whiting said he could sec and appreciate the provincial view in this matter He added it would be a waste of time for Acton to apply for Its own ambulance He said that with such complete records anyone with concerns who can recall dales and approximate can come to him and he cheek out the reasons specific action Continued on page Danny and Una Keith ICha dance up a storm during the rehearsal of Grease on Sunday The two hour lion will be open May 10 and 12 at the high school Curtain time Is i and tickets are available at the high school n Only small financial award for Colleen Dates family The family would be better off financially if Colleen died in a 1981 knife attack but instead been left badly maimed for life her widower Kevin says is very disappointed in what he considers on unfair Criminal Injuries Board award of he reeelved Friday Little daughter Amy now will receive which will be held in trust until she Is She witnessed her mother violent Kevin came home from work early one October morning in 1981 to find his wife had been savagely stabbed to death Howard Kcltar pleaded guilty to second degree murder in connection with Mrs death and was sentenced to life in Neighbors had been visiting the including the brother of one of their neigh bars the evening before she was killed Her husband left for work in Brampton and when other guests departed lingered behind The people at the home had been drinking Kellar heavily before the In Kevin returned home to find his wife dead and had rushed back to Acton after phoning home and receiving no answer Kellar was caught in Pickering a Tew days after crime says he went to the board seeking child care expenses He recalled going lo Manpower and fin salutes and about tM of fellow Minted him tick at a 90th Saturday at Branch T Tarn Inside for more local favorite party inside todays Free Press Talented local musician Andreas won in a recent competition See photo on page Top spot In the Hamilton Music Festival went la the MeKenileSmith choir Turntopbotoonnagetf There a a profile on the career of region al chair an on page Anna Doolda heading Friends la Deed Seepage din out would cost him to hire qualified live in babysitter Currently he is paying his mother Lorraine a week to cure for his two children He and his moved in with his parents after his death His mother had to give up her job which paid more than week to take over the child care duties She had been becking com for lost wages but received nothing when the board while commending her ruled it was her duty to care for the children because she is their grandmother was told he would have been now supporting his wife who working at the time of her death so he entitled to child care expenses He and his lawyer had been hoping to get a year from the board for the next eight years until son Shane can take care of himself Shane suffers from asthma epilepsy Gates acknowledged his wife working but then they wcren spending money on babysitters either He said he like to gel a permanent home for he and his children he I want to have to live with his parents forever but financial prospects make this goal dim A home of the own was wnat he and Colleen were working towards when she was killed There no way said he can afford both rent child care costs for them to have Iheir own place Another no to Yugoslavs Town council had an official of he Canadian Yugoslav Recreation Centre virtually promise Monday night there would be no amplifiers used at the centre July l picnic but opted to slick by its decision to veto a liquor permit for the occasion Already turned down the week previous in his application for a special occasion liquor licence for summer picnics at the centre Brotheihood Unity president Nick CCajic asked for a chance take one last kick at the cat Monday This time Cajic appealed for a single permit for the centres July picnic promising to have not one but three offduty policemen on hand to monitor the noise problem and later report to council and concerned neighbors Pressed by Councillor Pam Sheldon Cajic also said he was willing to try and find professional musicians who could entertain the 1500 to people expected at the picnic without amplifiers Speaking on behalf of neighbors who say ve found the picnic noise Intolerable on Con tinned on page He ned the ird said they were yimhimthemdximuni partofthe ird funeral expenses Hi tin cost of the funeral was si HID sill he winders when the r lis maximum awards reflect eosts He the award for feel his daughter the rest of f were properly for pain ind suffering got her mother blood on her urns she awaken her dead mother she crawled into bed with her where their father found hem when he home of the wice r determined thai evcrvonch isrecoveredwell from the tragic incident However wonders how his daughter ill be in the future Amy is moody and sometimes misses her molhcr Slid He said they were all left with the feeling that while believe heir lives were ruined the board felt since was his wife who was killed nothing had happened lo them The consequences to us were nothing in the board view Kites pointed woman liirbari Turnbull was badly hurt when she was shot in a robbery She has receded the maximum aw possible said she lived He says his wife and familv lie better off for compensation the bo if died in stead had been maimed for life then would receive funds to cover child care wondered what the would hive been for his wife if it had been he who w is murdered she was left with no job and n skills and two children Driver killed A 19year old Burlington man was killed instantly late Saturday night after being thrown from his rolling car on the south of Sideroad Sidney Van was driving south on the Guelph Line at about 100 kilometres an hour according to a witness when the car started weaving crowed into the on coming lane and entered the ditch on the far side Police say the cor continued travelling a high speed in the ditch before hitting a It came to rest on its right side after the driver was thrown out know whether the driver was wearing his pelvictorso lime of ihe accident