The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

B MX race track being built just west of Acton Two Milton men building a BMX racing track west of Acton In North hope to have it open and In Operation by early next month In an interview last week Gary Mormon and Roy revealed their plans to build a track near Acton as well as details project However they declined to be more specific about the exact location beyond REAL ESTATE LTD REALTOR GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8770173 saying it is to North The BMX track is being built on private property and is an open air recreation and the developers this attraction they don t need much in the way government approvals There is already a BMX track in Milton near and the Niagara Escarp ment Commission doesnt have Jurisdiction over much of North The track will cover about an acre and be a quarter mile long BMX racing bikes are just special bicycles they motorized The track will be owned and operated by a profit organization called Acton run by Morrison and Halgh will be in charge of the Acton track The season will run from May to October with organized races most if not all Saturdays They expect the races will draw people from all over Ontario and the upper United States Crowds of to people are expected There will be bleachers built and a con cession stand There will also be parking areas and a picnic ground Young trees on the mystery site will be uprooted and replanted nearby The Acton club will be affiliated with the one in Drumquin Opening race date is June and const ruction was to be underlay this week with completion a couple of weeks later For more on this development and BMX racing see Sports GEORGETOWN TRUCKS XMQUELPHST GEORGETOWN 8770149 One Hundred and Ninth Year ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 1984 32 Pages Thirty Cents Grease was an instant success with the audience lani week as the musical production had everyone laughing and lapping their toes tor more about Grease see page five for stories and photos Organist dies in crash residents are this week quietly attempting to cope with the loss of one of Ihe village most active and respected citizens in a tragic car accident Friday Ada Rough ley died at Peel Memorial Hospital shortly after the car in which she was riding collided with a motorevclc at the GREAT CANADIAN CHALLENGE Fitness hotline set for Challenge Ihe citizens of Deer Alberta trying their best to outdo us Hills is being urged to gel out get active for at least 15 minutes 16 and phone in the results to the Ncilson Challenge Hotline Carney of ihe towns recreation department brought council up to dale Monday on plans for the Great Canadian Participation Challenge be held during Physical Fitness Week May through the William Company donating funds finance a Challenge hotline that will be manned by reported Ihe town is hoping in Hills will set aside time May to partake in some form physical activity not necessarily formal exercises Watching carefully from Alberta will be the city of Red which has been with Hills in the Canada wide challenge to sec which municipality raises the most interest and participation among its citizens Between and II May 16 Carney said we hope the phones will be ringing off the hook with reports from citizens who have gone for a walk done a mowed the lawn or participated in three adult swims set for that day Residents who just cant tear themselves away from their televisions that day might like to tine in to Cable to follow along with fitness instructors in a broadcast the own Carney said intersection of Winston Churchill Blvd and Motorcycle driver Edward Pell egrims of Georgetown is In stable condition with internal injuries in Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Margaret Jean Anderson of 1 was admitted Georgetown hospital for observation and released Sunday She was driving the car carrying four passengers to a rehearsal for her son wedding at an Ingle wood church that even Passengers BO of Mrs sister and Harlow of Ray I awn in Georgetown were taken to Peel hospital with minimal injuries and released the same evening I say the Anderson car had pulled up For the stop sign at the intersection which features a yellow flashing light before pro northbound on Winston Churchill The driver apparently failed lo observe bound motorcyclist approaching the intersection on 17Slderoad police reported investigation is still underway No decision has yet been made as to whether charges will be laid The accident took place at after Anderson and her passengers picked up Amanda girt at the wedding or Maurice Anderson son of Nell and Jean Mrs and her sister were Mrs Anderson as friends of ihe family Acombincd funeral and memorial service for Mrs was held yesterday after noon at Presbyierion Church where she had served as organist for ihe past years Mrs is survived by her sister and two sons Robert and David Her band Jack who worked as a jewellery repairman in Georgetown died in 1976 Ada will be greatly missed minister Rev Peter Borrow commented Monday She was always there and always to whomever needed her Limehouse is just a small church with about members so everyone mual pull his weight Ada was one of people who pull their weight and a half Dons Brown a fellow member of ihe Limehouse congregation and a longtime friend of Mrs recalled that Ada was a registered nurse in her native Brandon Manitoba The moved lo Limehouse about 1944 In the years before Georgetown hospital was built Mrs Roughley tended to the health needs of lagers There a definite closeness between Ihe choir members and Ada Brown com mented She was always ready help out when anyone needed her She was a very warm person Mrs was a lifetime member of both the Women Institute and the nowdisbanded Women a Missionary Socielj The new executive were elected and Insulted at the Acton Legion Monday night The newly elected executive are from left to right back row Alex Earl Waller executive James executive and James Milne Sergeant at Anas Front raw are Ab secretary Bob Doyle tint Went Leo Shone president Fred Alien second vice president and Jim the patt president Missing from the photo is Gord the treasurer Dr van der Bent Citizen of Year David van Bent has been chosen Citizen of Ihe Year After reviewing ballots and letters of nomination from the community Ihe Chamber of Commerce selection committee picked the popular local physician Dr van Bent will be honored at a din ner June the Aclon Curling Club Fortysix years ago David van Bent was born on his parents dairy farm near Thomhill He went lo the University Toronto medical school graduating at the early age of A rotating mtemshif- and surgery at Toronto East General followed his medical education Next van Benl went to Bay and worked with the federal health department before going to Algeria for months as a volunteer with the Mennonile Central Committee a relief agency Upon his return to Canada the young general practitioner came lo Acton to launch a practise with two former class mates Craig Hutchison and Dr Brian Moore Over the years the faces save van der and Moore have changed in the group van der Bent and Dr Moo are in partnership with Dr George McWilllam and Stephen Pun Explaining his extraordinary popularity with his patients van Bent sold I really enjoy what I m doing here in terms of medicine He admits he gets pretly in volved his and a rarity these days he still ntakes lots of house calls His community involvement though goes much beyond his role as a doctor four years chaired the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal In Hills His support particularly financial of the Halton Association for the Retarded well known van Bent recalls years ago very little was being done for the retarded up here but Ihe association has come a long way since Ihen The swans of Fairy Lake were donated by van Bent and he has with help from others cared for Ihem since He has quietly been buying feed catching and pinioning the young birds annually This past winter he domtcd a pump to keep some water en for the birds A Sabre sponsor over the years van Benl serves as the club doctor As for his other community involvement van Bent modestly shrugged it amounts lo the usual community supports I responsible for When hi first learned he been selected Dr van Bent said he was numb though he wasn completely surprised because people have been kidding him for years lhat his number would come up and he be Citizen of the Year He has been a perennial favorite for the award Now a few days after learning he s the Citizen of the Year he feels appreciative and allows thai it is quite an honor Beyond his service to Ihe community van Bent has many and varied interests He an avid fisherman breeds ornamental pheasants gardens quite a bit collects cutters and buggies and raises Tall Bearded III Vandals overturn damage 15 tombstones at Fairview Town councillors were shaking Ihcir heads in shock and dismay Monday night as snapshots of the damage done last week in Fairview Cemetery were passed around Police have no leads on Ihe identity of vandals who overturned 11 headstones the cemetery damaged tour others some irreparably late last Wednesday night or early Thursday morning Mayor Hubs Miller told councillors Ihe Town had just finished repairing damage caused Ihe same cemetery about IS months The courts sentenced a man to two years in prison for causing hat damage he said While Miller and town engineer Bob Austin who surveyed damage Monday morning with Acton works Alt had lo estimate of damage cost noted ihat the headstones arc owned by private citizens whose insurance will hopefully cover the cost of replacing or repa ring the stones Video store charged Peel police back off Charges against Hilts twin and Video outlets took another step toward becoming a weekly event Sunday While police in neighboring Peel region have been ordered slop charging Hit owners of video stores under Ihe provincial Retail Business Holidays A t their counterparts made their second visit in as many weeks lo and Owners of the Acton and Georgetown out lets will be summoned lo appear in court 16 charged keeping the stores open Sundays in contravention of provincial legislation and municipal bylaw and coowner Randy Humcmski told Ihls newspaper last week that the stores will continue Ignoring the law until Ihe courts decide on their validity Peel regional council came to the rescue of video store owners in its jurisdiction last week citing an exemption clause in ihe Retail Business Holiday Act that was im mediately endorsed by Peel head Crown attorney Peel regional solicitor Jim advis his council thai since the video outlets primary intent is amusement and since they rent products rather ihen sell ihem they should be exempt according to section 3 subsection of the Act Head Crown attorney Leo MacGuigan agreed with the interpretation and issued orders to police to stop laying charges against video outlets and to withdraw charges now before ihe courts Peel officials expressed hope that forth coming by Court of peals will clarity the intent of the Aci Inside from all over came to Acton Saturday Story and photo on page The Town municipal property com Is considering four options for development of the Stevens land Turn to page B l Hills Street Machine are plan nlngafalgcirshow for month In of Big Brother See page The new Bishop lor area will be Installed next month More on page