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The Acton Free Press Wed November Mohawks on the grow million expansion includes 2 superscreens Mohawk 500 expansion program announced three weeks ago and detailed by the Ontario Jockey Club board of directors at a special meeting lost week repre sents a new dimension in harness racing in North America according to Col Charles Baker cholrmnn of the board There is no question the expansion Is absolutely necessary Baker told a press conference Tuesday Mohawk Racewnj has exceeded our greatest expec tations Terming it a unique and exciting concept Baker and executive vice pre dent Jack Kenne outlined how the northcast corner of the present grandstand will be expanded to accommodate two large new indoor rooms- one a seat lounge the other a scat dining room each lo be provided with a giant 9 by 12 foot closed circuit television screen for race viewing More seats The addition will also provide an additional 1 grandstand seats Also in eluded are new lounge vcrnl new food and drink concessions and the doubling of existing pari wagering facilities Mohawk opened in 1963 and the overage attendance that first jear was patrons per day In that had lo said The present grandilond seats and the dining room has tables for Thi dining room is booked solid night Kennev said With lost attendance running around the Mill boasts a record in 1970 when 11 tons the World Driving Championship indicator of Mo hawk growth is the Increase m purses paid to horse 1963 to GOO in The Campbelhille track is so popular look racing days off Garden at St Catharines and togged them onto the Mohawk 197G race meet The local opened its current fall meet Oct and races con five nights a week Wednesday and Thursday are dark until Dec Baker called harness racing Canada fastest growing sport and Kenncy rails the OJC fastest growing facility No expansions are planned at the other frocks In Toronto or Si Cathar I Garden will begin this and the new should he ready or the foil 197f race meet Konney crlbedlheadditionastlG feet long feet deep and two storeys in height Directors expect construction work to continue during the race meet next spring Asked if the indoor super sere ens would be used for of f trick betting Kenney ad ml tied it has an application when off track betting is introduced in He slid the screens are for many other events loo ter instance and soles meetings a while He denied the expansion had to do with the success of the new Downs Raceway which opened earlier this year less than miles south west of Mohawk Mohawk expansion has been in the planning stage for three to lour years he explained If off track betting was to be legalized In Ontario patrons from this area could relax In comfort at Mohawk and watch races from Green wood or Garden City tracks or s Woodbine and Fort being piped In to the super screens Bill Gavin director of special events for the Jockey Club said the screens uses are virtually unlimited He hoped to see the rooms used oft season for conventions closed circuit boxing tele casts or any other events where a visual presentation is necessary Mohawk sits on acres of spruce and cedar forest on Guclph Line just north of The stable area houses more than BOO trotters pacers Many local residents enjoy port time employment at the track and its location has prompted many horse owners to move into this area MOHAWKS MILLION EXPANSION screens for watching the races via closed circuit includes 1 new grandstand seats more room pictured here is the lounge seating wagering and food drink facilities and two new A new JiOseat dining room with super rooms equipped with nine by foot viewing screen is also planned Coat of arms influenced Halton sets up Health Council by work of Thomson What possible connection could there be between well known artist Tom Thomson the Hills coat of arms and pine trees You guessed it the pine tree There a pine tree in the Halton Hills coat of arms it is no coincidence it might resemble something Tom Thomson would have done Dorothy Stone the local artist who designed the coat of arms studied under four members of the Group of Seven of which Tom Thomson a member She admits her work has been Influenced by his paintings Studying under V one of the original members of the Group of Seven Miss Stone said he told her not to draw another pine until she had studied them more After taking his advice she agreed there were many things of which she was not aware For Instance Miss Stone says a pine tree always bends in the direction the prevailing wind The pine is an emblem of longevity Miss Stone says It is a durable tree of soft wood and very flexible Did you know also that amber is the fossilized sap of the pine tree and It takes 1 years of buried pressure to turn the sap into amber The pine tree is also a source of Vitamin C as early settlers of North America suffering from scurvy dis covered The Indians taught them to make tea from Ihe needles and bark and as a result saved their lives As a result of her studies Miss Stone learned lo see pine trees as Tom Thomson saw them and when Hills commissioned her to form coat of arms for the new town she included a tall pine tree with five branches of green outlined in white represent as the oldest in the new own It dots look much like one Thomson might have painted The subject came up after Miss had seen the spread in state Marketplace in this piper October which with Tom Thomson painter and legend and Ihe Mi Michael collection of works of art by the Group of Seven it Kleinburg Miss Stone said she had donated a sketch to McMichacl collection about 1970 that is now at approximately SI Miss Stone idmitted she hid never heard of Tom Thomson until she was and saw pic lures of his on walls of she interested The 10 sketch signed Mr has small In on the bock in his hand writing He gave it lo Miss Stone when he learned of her interest in the Thomson legend So Tom Thomson in is now fell in the Hills mat arms T a pasl of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Hoard has been appointed the member steering committee that will set up the District Health Council The steering com chairman John Porter president of Sheridan wis appointed by Minister of 3Day Intensive Management Development Courses at Sheridan College POSTPONED ONE WEEK Mail Strike Now on three successive Saturdays beginning November 8 The mall strike has made It necessary to postpone the previously advertised program by one week However these courses are planned to start Nov and do give you a unique opportunity to obtain credits in Sheridan highly re Management Studies Program leading to a certificate it desired in only three sessions on successive Saturdays 8 a m to 30 p m COURSE Business tor Management Financial Management Human Relations Labour Relations Psychology of Professional Selling Supervision Administration CAMPUS Burlington Brampton or Oakvllle Brampton or Burlington Take advantage of this opportunity Its your future Fm per court Includes lunches For registration and details call Management Development and Training Sheridan College MS of Applied Arts and Technology Mr Raines said the Health Council will coordinate the planning and development of local health services and act as a and coordinating group with the Ministry of Health He explained that requests for additional or changed health services or to hospitals would first come to the council before going to Ministry of Health Mr Unities he hopes the new council could cut away some of the duphcition the health service and The steering committee members are T b lines Mayor Harrington Burlington George President of Hilton Children s Aid Ian Melntyre Burlington John Milton Lilian Parsons of Trafalgar Memorial Audrey man is still with us died of the lis in 197 warns- The Hilton Tuberculosis and Disease ACTON CANADIAN TIRE All 8 cylinder Engines All and 6 cylinder Engines Reg Price 95 Reg Price 95 23 20 ABOVE PRICES INCLUDE A CHECK OF THE FOLLOWING Spark Plugs Rotor Cap Points 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