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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 1, 1982, p. 1

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-877-5213- FOBERT RuJ Estate Ltd EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS ft ABOUT THE HILLS f muffler king 3 N 8770151 At Speedy You re a Somebody Real People pigging out in Guelph Georgetown the only area community destined for international film notice Skip Stephen son led a n crew from Real People the NBC television show into last week to find out what a behind the success of Playboar magazine a send up or girlie magazines which features a pig in Its monthly centrefold Already covered by Buffalo Magazine TV show to be telecast across the US and eastern Canada Sept and its publishers Pigskin Productions Ltd of Guelph have captured the public interest with their sometimes senoussometimes funny tabloid While the cameras visited Eden Mills to film the s November the producer and editors discussed a possible spread on So whos right Coun Pam Sheldon asked town planner Ian Keith in his forthcoming report to check on how much aggregate extraction is expected to come out of Her concern was expressed Wednesday amidst controversy over a recent ministry of natural resources charts which mapped out per cent of Hills for aggregate resource extraction Coun Sheldon said she would like statements checked that say the future projections for aggregate will be based on past supplies Aggregate producers say Us high priority but planners don she said St 80th St Anglican Church In Glen Williams will be celebrating Its anniversary this year and organizers have planned a gala birthday homecoming for parishioners The homecoming will be held Sept 11 with a special service at a m conducted by the Rev Canon Ken Richardson There will bo a dinnerdance at the church hall at m Any member of the church s men club has tickets Contact or for further details Carnival set help MD Apples will be bobbing In a big tub of water Sunday taunting you to dive for them teeth first Local youngsters invite you to a carnival against muscular dystrophy tilt the can penny toss and zip zap arc a few of the games they vc got planned A raven haired fortune teller will be on hand to tell you what you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask Those fond of food will have goodies galore up from a bake sale and food stand And moms fond of shopping can browse through the White Elephant articles for sate The carnival Is in Georgetown from noon to it promises lobe a success Money raised will go for research and patient service programs of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 Terry crew wraps up in Edmundston West Film magic drew on Terrys spirit CLEAR THE TRACK The moms and dads remembered his skating and scoring prowess and pudlied their little ones forward to ask hockey star Shack Tor his autograph The of Toronto Maple Lent forward now seen weekly on Ronnie Hawkins Took show Has In Georgetown sZellers store Saturday afternoon where he passed out paper cups of Pop pop and Joked around with shoppers Wearing a white Texas style hat ant red Jacket Mr Shack asked a crowd of giggling girls How boy situation In and then challenged them to a goldfish swallowing contest which scared Ihtmoff The giving out Tree goldfish Laughing heartily he told Paul left and brother Danny to say prunes for Ihe camera Herald photo by Pederian Filming concluded Monday on Hills segments of Terry with crew members unanimous how cooperative townsfolk had been Director Ralph Thomas kept his crew assembled for the million project by Home Box Office and Canada CTV network operating at a frantic pace to wrap up the local shoot on schedule Even day s sudden cloudburst as the crew kept things jumping between locations selected outside St Paul Church In at the George town Marketplace and Monday at Union terian Church above Glen Williams Filming at the Market place plaza late Friday afternoon drew the great est public attention after publicists and casting people failed to the way done for Never Trust an Honest Thief three years ago Neverthe less the plaza parking lot near the Intersection op posite Arena was jammed with filmmakerb vehicles the crew itself and at times up to interested spectators Adding to the clutter were some motorcycles brought to town specially for the filming by to club members of which had been recru led to recreate j occurence from the Marathon of Hope TOOK TURNS Crew members and spectators took turns peer into the Ford Mara thon of Hope van parked In the plaza as scenes were filmed Inside featuring American actor Robert Duvall portraying Canad Ian Cancer Society volun teer Bill Vigars with whom Terry Fox develop ed a close relationship during the Marathon Mr was also on set In Norval and at Union Presbyterian as were low actors Chris Make peace playing Terry s brother Danel and Mich Zelniker as Terry s So similar la background and personality Terry Fox and Eric Fryer demonstrate the onelegged gait that became an Inilantly Inspiring Image during the Marathon of Hope Eric In town Thursday Friday and Monday to Dim the story of Terry Fox underwent special therapy to learn how to Imitate Terry unusual run The sight of trie recreating Terras heroic Marathon of Hope was enough to move a number of who came to watch filming Herald photos friend Doug Ever present for the gruelling threeday shoot was Eric Fryer of Scarborough the acting rookie selected from among hundreds of candidates to portray Terry himself A former hockey player lost his right leg to cancer at age IB as did Terry but has since learn to ski and play wheel chair basketball lie snow the same age as Terry during most of the Mara thon that brought the young runner through Hills in July 1980 The movie crew is now filming closer to Toronto its schedule destined to take operations to Van Sept and to Newfoundland Oct According to publicist Novak of Robert Cooper Productions In Toronto we can expect to see a documentary film on the making of Terry In January It 11 be shown on Home Box Office In the S and on Canada CTV stations A crew from Film Enterprises last week working on the documentary Ions are now underway she said which would bring the actual movie to following Its cinema tic release next soring Director Thomas who Ticket to Heaven fast year director of photog raphy Richard Chupkn who shot Atlantic City with Burt Lancaster and the cast and crew arrived in Georgetown Thursday after two days work in northern Ontario Thunder Bay where Terry Marathon came to an abrupt end Continued on page At House morale low McDermid agrees By AL HOG AN Herald Special Morale in the House or Commons Is at Its lowest point says a recently released report a con elusion agreed with toy tonGeorgetown MP John McDermid Most MPs are dissatisfied at their inability to influence the decision making process in the federal government a report from the Canadian Bar Hide House thieves caught snoozing Two break enter and theft in connection with a break in at Aclon s Hide House There was 1 worth of leather goods including two motorcycle Jackets and gloves a pair of black leather pants men leather vests bomber jacket and a pair of cowboy boots forcing a window about Police arrested the pair this week at Cemetery where they were hiding out decked in some of the stolen goods Shes in the si semis One of contestants in the Ontario Dairy pageant Marilyn Nabb made through the semi finals Monday evening The Dairy Princess was the Ontario Guernsey Queen In Sec Inside ciation says The 112 page report on parliamentary reform released last Thursday concludes this is hardly surprising because the real decision makers the Prime Minister and cabinet HE AGREES Mr said last week he agrees with the I have heard from several Liberals that they feel they arc just there to vote the Conservative MP said But I guess that is generally the correct feci ing of nil members of Parliament Mr said MPs have an opportunity to have the r opinions heard only if they Join a committee on a particular movie stars They asked for extras but Georgetowners declined their chance at fame By Herald Staff Writer The gin m or of being In film a strong lough lure to bring onto the sets of the Terry Fox film last week Karen Pike In charge if rustling up extras told The Herald she even made appeals over the public address systems of tellers and day morning trying to hustle up more extras for the film She said up to 100 people were bussed in from Toronto as extras for the afternoon filming at the Georgetown Market Place In the morning the film crew was busy shooting on Winston Churchill Boulevard directly across from St Paul Anglican Church in The scene was that of Terry arrival in a sleepy Marlt town where children and parents came runn to greet Terry and give him money for his cancer drive We want the teens to come out as extras Ms Pike said When Terry was olive the girls and Streets In awaiting a shot In their gowns were actually Georgetown was one setrral featured la passing In extras bussed In from Toronto although several sequences tilmed Thursday far Terry Stationary and targe town en come along to watch were also mobile filmed Eric Fryer as Terr Fox Join to The scran were supposed to running up toward Mill Street while homeowner Terry Fox arrival In a small New and ran bio Ihe street to greet him and cheer town tarty on da Hoc the Marathon of Hope him an The two of whom can be seen Two teenagers who from Aclon to be extras were Melanle Cooper and Raymond Mueller said her mother had heard about the shooting and told her We wire nervous when we first came We know what they were tong to have us do Mel a we said She said there were only other extras when IheyfirslcameoutalS It a bit embarrass ing Raymond said we re supposed to be that we re seeing Terry If it was the real Terry fro would have been easier to be enthusiastic By noon the two had only done two scenes and expect ing the filming to take as lung as it had Next lime we II be better prepared and bring garden chairs said My backs killing me from standing up be a laugh lo see ourselves on TV Melame said We re big prob ably be only two minutes on film The film Is being financed by Home Box Office a US pay TV company and Canada a CTV network It expect to be ready for showing spring BOTH MISSED Melame Raymond said they both missed seeing the real Terry Fox a run through Hills In 1960 but seen m on television They found the young Scarborough amputee and cancer victim old Eric Fryer who plays Terry Fox a bit more muscular than Terry Ann of Georgetown disagreed The fellow Ihcy ve picked just to look at him makes you feel like Its Terry again Mrs Wickham said She said it was her first lime acting as an extra and said she was able to come out Friday because she wasn l working I think its great they re making a movie out of it Mrs Wick ham said It s a great She said she been planning to be on extra and had only come down with her sons Todd and Cory neigh bor Kevin Patrick fl because Ihe boys wanted to be there It fun lo particip ate Mrs said It feels like it real i m not really nervous She said she was more people t turned out and suggested perhaps people hadnt Con tinned page AX Recruited virtually in Ihe producer backyard follow tog Canada wide year old Eric Fryer right portrays the late Terry Fox In the runners biography setae for which were filmed here last week and Monday Seen here chatting between with a crew member and Toronto actor Chris Makepeace left the star of Meatballs and My Bodyguard Eric a cancer victim who had his right leg amputated age IS the same age Terry Fox lost his awn right ten Herald photo by Paul Doney I

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