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THE HERALD Wednesday Febr Report from Queens Park JULIAN MPP Burlington Last April the Government announced a new Fitness Policy or Ontario intended to increase public awareness of the benefits of physical fitness and help people both In dieldunlly and through organizations to achieve a higher level of fitness In actual fact the program has amounted to little more than a pilot project the Waterloo Demonstration Project and Ira last assessment and consultation to estimated people in Ontario In its first year on the road Beginning In February the lab units each staffed by five fitness experts will retrace their respective routes six months to re est individual progress People will be given advice on the best way to improve heir fitness through a test formal which will Include an analysis of Cub leaders invested Tint Georgetown Cub Pack of Johns United Church held a Night last Thursday evening The meeting opened with the grand howl led by Gary But Cubmaster Jean Layman welcomed the parents and Mike Hastings receives his tic from father Dave during his as an assistant leader with the first Georgetown Cub Pack District commissioner Murray Harrison Following the opening Mr Harrison Invested Mike Hastings Wayne Preston Allan and Scott Mark Preston and Michael I held the flag for the ceremony Mr Dave Hastings presented Mike with his badges Mr Hastings was a Cubmaster and Scoutmaster a number of years ago with 1st Georgetown Scott Hamilton an behalf of his father Barry Hamilton presented trophies to the winners of 1st Georgetown own Kar Rally 1st Gary Butwell 2nd Lloyd Newman 3rd Bruce Juley A presentation was mode to Mrs Layman by Paul Watts on behalf of some ex Cubs Then Mrs Layman presented a camp cook set for the Scouts to lake back to the troop for future camping and Mrs Layman wished them good scouting Assisting with games and program was John Hayes Mike Hastings Wayne Preston Scott Allan The Mouse Howl was led by Cameron McLean Refresh menls were served by Scouts under the leadership of the Ladies Auxiliary FREETHROW WINNERS The district th rowoff for the Knights of Columbus t ree Throw Basketball competition was held Saturday in Brampton and the winners in each category are GIRLS Age 11 Tina Lord Georgetown Age Barbara McKeeman Georgetown Age Susan Bring Georgetown Age 14 no competitor BOYS Brampton Age IS George own Age AlexDeboya Brampton Age 14 Georgetown These winners will now go on to the regional throw of In to be held In Kitchener in March and the winners at that level will then proceed to the Ontario Championships Single parents form chapter Hallon Peel Pork Producers elected new directors and delegates to the Central On Pork Producers Association at Its annual meeting Feb Sixteen directors were elected eight from Italian and eight from Peel for a one year term In the new directors ore Bob Thompson Bob Merry Tom Foster Lance Pocock Dennis Mc Cturc BUI Robertson Casey Boss and Gary Brown The directors from Peel are Harry Charlie Fines Jim Johnston Clore Car berry Ken Pork producers elected Coffey David George and Brian The delegates to the Central Ontario Pork Producers Association year terms Two i are selected from region with one alternate from each region The delegates are Tom Foster and Robert Merry with Lance serving as an alternate Harold of Waterloo County lost years Pork Producer of the cor showed slides of his operation and talked about the way his business is set up He has a herd of about sows with a 1977 average of IB pigs per Statistics on pork producing In Ontario were provided by the Pork Marketing Board In 1977 V2 pork producers in feci sold pigs while producers from Ho I ton sold over 17 pigs Ontario pork producers receive the highest price in Canada for pork at on average price of The Georgetown chapter of Parents Without Partners will soon have the members required to obtain a charter from the international lion membership director Joan Eyre said this week The membership now stands at members but on Feb 9 the group will be holding a special orientation meeting for members of the Georgetown Single Parents sonic of whom have expressed an Interest in Joining Parents Without Part Tshirt winners Winners of shirts in the McDonald Quarter Pound of Gold Contest have been drawn from those who were spotted wearing I a Quarter dcr person buttons They art Andrew ihcnlon John Thorpe Kim Milton Sle fame Lynn Cook Ter Ward Jane Mclntyre Peter Marg Anderson Kevin Scon Ion Derek Todd These people can pick up their T shirts at the of Ike during bus I IsrSklllu with Mrs Lyre laid many of the members would continue as members of both groups The orientation meeting is expected to put member hip of Parents Without Part over and the group hopes If this is the case to apply for Its charter at the next meeting on Feb The Zone Conference for the Southern Ontario area is being held in May if the Georgetown group has lis charter by then they will have five votes in the conference Acton residents arc Joining the Georgetown chapter of Without Partners Mrs said ma ny of them go to which has older established chap ter of about members Milion and Bur lington arc also starting chap- Contract awarded A federal contract worth has awarded to Vsrtan Associates Ltd of Georgetown to provide the national defense department with chemical analysis tools the department of supply services announced Monday It was one of 172 unclassified contracts worth or more that were awarded by the deportment to Canadian companies during the week ended Jan Total value the contracts amounted to 198 Sports display The Ontario Sports Travelcade will be In HUUThunday through Saturday to provide resource and advice to coaches athletes officiate and managers The travelling van sponsored by the ministry of culture and recreation will be stopping at McKcnile- Smllh middle school in Acton Thursday and at the Gordon Memorial Arena Friday and Saturday IN COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND RECREATION THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE OFFERING TWO CLINICS FREE OF CHARGE SPEED SWIMMING CLINIC starts and turns WHERE Georgetown Indoor Pool WHEN February TIME fi 30 P SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING CLINIC WHERE Acton Indoor Pool WHEN Saturday February nth TIME support sculling 5 Star and s sequences ALL INTERESTED PERSON ARE INVITED TO ATTEND Sat Thurs Frl Til ABOUT FURNITURE from thoframo out quality is built In All rum manufactured on to maintain high wo proud of Our frnmoB hardwood and earner blocks Wu many stylos to from an selection of and imported fabrics Wo can ipl your own furniture dirorllv tin fi with low flivi ru BRING THIS AD AND WE WltL ABSORB THE PROVINCIAL SALES TAX Offer good fob till respiratory and nutritional ThL government push on fitness awareness has prompted by national stats tics which disclose the following Only per cent of Canada s population are in any form of physical activity one person out of five diseases those affecting the heart account for more than half of all deaths 40 per cent of all Canadians watch more than 11 hours of television every week and 13 per watch more than So per cent of adults examined by Nutrition Canada were overweight and per weight Less than IS per cent of Canada adult population meet internationally accepted standards of physical fitness Women between the ages of and have the lowest fit rating of all age groups related to accepted fitness standards While a person absolute level of fitness should peak at Illness of most Canadians begins to decline at Ihe ripe old age of 13 with some starling their downfall when they enter school at age While these statistics are discouraging to say the least It hub demonstrated that programs to improve fitness standards can be remarkably A Saskatoon project involving the city govern menl and rinsed tilt number of people described as regularly active from per cent in only three years A controlled experiment conducted by the Scarborough Board of showed that children In the program ol concentrated fitness Improved academically as well as physically to a measurably significant extent itness is known to increase productivity with fewer on the job less programs Some would he said derive the majority of their funds from the budget of his Ministry while others would depend large degree on Wintario and private tun ding for At that time the Assessment Program was to begin In October with the seven mobile vans In operation throughout the province In addition it was hoped that permanent assessment centres would be established in the future and government s projections indicated that close to 14S people could be tested an once the program became fully operational The Federal Government Is of course also involved in promoting fitness sport and physical recreation In this connection last November the Minister of State Fitness and Amateur Sport announced the appointment of 16 chair persons to conduct public meetings on the Green Paper entitled Toward a National Policy on Amateur Sport Meetings were held throughout the country the object of which was to elicit discussion on all aspects of Paper and the future direction of amateur sport In Canada After a complete study of briefs and opinions been submitted to the Minister a national policy on amateur sport will be presented to Parliament in the form of a While Paper Speaking to the Water lop Regional Sports Council hut April the Minister of Culture and Recreation indicated thai the government would be working In close coopera lion with them and the Par advisors to determine the effectiveness of the Waterloo project paying particular attention to the level of family and individual involvement mass media technknica and the degrees of support from ana business organizations He expressed the belief that the next three years would be extremely interesting for all involved in the Demonstration Project At stake he said was not only Its own success but the of the whole philosophy of fitness in On and even In the coun try Dine at OF MILTON Ml it let work efficiency directly at tnbutabk to better physical and mental capacity Ultimately it is believed higher of fitness will reduce on medical in the province Announcing the govern ment Fitness Policy last April Minister of Culture and nation indiealed the establishment of programs and spoke of the financing of ANNOUNCEMENT Drt Zosky Levitz ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW ORAL SURGERY OFFICE on February 13 AT S SUITE GEORGETOWN ONT For PLEASE CALL GEORGETOWN 1 OR 2799971 Urn rolls skill I tin rolls mill v ilir lie un in iho hi I rtnih id llus just in foil first approves loans all clay long lulls i Si i Il in I Ills Ami mi Ixlml mi should hivtit nisi I Insto mi issist mi Sunn Iltn I ill islxtttr liiiiniilniils I hits Mill In lllornlliiiH in l in ISXISS lllll II SX Mltlllllll 111 lli lorisn li mm I In us jiliiim Ik II ultimo In ijiprmi most loins nil hi sio Snmivini whins I oMoik mil i I Ins mini In intiiirsi in s IliniHiiOMiu iiii 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