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For those who like to hibernate all winter Herald Ontario Outdoors columnist Bob Olfivier has some ideas for those who love the Great Indoors This Is or all who are unable handle cold weather for any reason There ore a great many people who are in this category and others who able to labs part like thoy used to Great expense is not needed to keep busy indoors Try various crafts until you nd the one that suits you or one you re able to work at reasonable results You can always progress toothers as your skill Increases Many get into crafts that are so expensive that they have to sell what they produce in order to keep up their socalled hobby Then of course the hobby aspect la long Reading is something that almost anyone can do even the blind Bra lie books and tape books art available through various agencies and Tor the partially blind largo or even ant print books are the local Personally I read about books a month and re id on a great variety of though I do I ave my favor tea Recent toons from the Georgetown Library have come from as far away as London and Owen Sound In order to satisfy my needs Our local library aloft arc a great help and same of the nicest people you may wish to find any where Of course there arc many books available on that hobby or craft you may wish to get started in Many may Just want sit around a warm fire and relax Fine Just Our local flrt department and some of the suppliers of the popular woodburn stoves have copies of safety booklets and the fire department prints one especial J on wood burners There have at ready been home fires due to these fireplaces being improperly Install and operated this win alone and that a just Ontario Wood quality Is of the utmost Importance In any type fireplace Species of tree age of the wood when cut etcetera all the burning Too cool a lire will create gases In tin chimney and the resulting creosote wilt catch fire Age wood nine to one year No longer as It will then begin to rot Pino may need more than other woods in order to remove gummy saps as will other firs Another way to enjoy Ihc cold months Is herb teas That may sound a little odd but I spend a little lime each day rounded by the scents summer Throughout the milder weather months I collect various herbs leaves and roots to make herb teas A little know ledge goes a long way here and most books ore available at the library Identify by name local ion sight and then when to pick for peak benefit and flavor The method of prepar a lion is usually as as drying then steeping a teaspoon of the dried herb per cup Add honey to Increase the healthful benefits d learn to mix various herbs tor greater The summer and fall months come back lo me each time I prepare and drink such teas golden rod boroge birch leaf camomile red clover catnip and the vnr mints The healthful benefits act far outweigh other aspects of herbal teas but it all adds up summer in the winter 877 5213- FOBERT Eatats Inc Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5 1983 FORD SALES LTD 8776928 Highway Geoivatown YOUR BEST DEAL is A CAPITAL DEAL UfLLS Miles o power lines down as winds hit 120 kmh Ballinafad family left homeless A family was left without a home Dec 31 when a fire demolished their 35foot house trailer on Lot Concession Hills deputy fire chief Bob Hyde said the trailer owned and inhabited by Allan White was empty at a m the time of the blaze A passerby reported the fire for which cause has yet to be determined Anonymous baby The first Hills baby of the new year was bom at Georgetown Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon at 5 The hospital declined to name the newborn the request of the mother Off to great start An Acton family of five Is starting the new year Shelagh and Kirk of Eastern Avenue were ihe lucky w of a draw Dec A dental receptionist in Acton Mrs Wirth had bought a book of tickets as slocking for the family One of her three sons discovered they had a winning ticket Struck by train A 20year old Georgetown man suffered from a fractured left leg and arm oris and lacerat ions following an encounter Sunday at 11 a m with a moving train Just cast of Sixth Line on the CNR tracks Alex Patterson of Street Is In satisfactory condition at Georgetown Memorial Hospital Halton regional police said he had from the ravine towards the tracks and standing too closo to the tracks was struck by a westbound CNR train The driver of the train realized a man had been hit stopped the train and called an ambulance to the scene Damage There was 20 worth of cable TV equipment removed Sunday at 1 a from the Hornby Coble TV site on the Tenth Line south of Steelcs Avenue regional police said the theft was discovered by an equipment failure alarm signal at the relay station The alarm indicated that channel NBC was no longer functioning a slat on which is normally relayed from Hornby to northern Ontario police said thieves entered the by crawling into a three by three Toot air duct Meet the Pod Canada s Steve who dazzled the world of skiing last year with his slalom feats will be on hand at the Glen Eden Ski Area in Milton this Sunday Jan for the first Molslar Race Register from 10 a to noon and try your best against the world champion in bids for gold silver and bronze medals Call for more Information Chocolate Factory Series A of the University Women Club a Super Sundays series begins Jan with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the John Elliott Theatre For information call High winds put town in a spin Georgetown Choral and Can tan Singers director Dale Wood centre has been busy wllh another newly formed musical group In Adjala township which made its this Christmas season Called the A chill Choral Society It ha discovered some great new musical latent from all over the township and surrounding communities like Bolton Pa I grave and and at far north at Alllston and Community rep Marllynn Cook left and Ac hi 11 Choral Society member Lultgird Mayer dropped by Mr Wood Dawton Crescent house last week with a token ot appreciation from township for work he done directing the fledgling choir Herald photo by Chris Adf choristers come beann Music fans to the north out to steal our Dale away By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer As gusts reached 100 and kilometres an hour winds which roared through Hills at tail end of uhlenson ably mild weather last Tuesday blew trees fences and even garden sheds and knocked out power In many areas of town According lo Gordon Gee chief meteorologist at the Ontario Weather Centre wind speeds reached their peak be tween and m While Mr Gee dldn rule out the possibility that the combination of incoming cold with outgoing warm air contributed to the turbulent weather ho placed most of the blame on the largealorm system which clobbered the mid western with up to two meters of snow The storm bypassed southern Ontario Into northeastern sections of province before heading into cent ral Quebec Mr Gee commented that southern Ontario suffered the storm ively lightly compared to our In the south but crew members of Bell Canada Hills Hydro and Halton Coble Systems Ltd might disagree having worked through the night and well into Wednesday to rerig By AAGAARD Herald Staff Writer At the end of one recent Christmas concert enjoy by about residents of township one viewer said the perform by the Achlll Choral Society was Ihe best or Its kind he In years township and the Achlll Choral Society ACS share something in common with George town besides a rural Dale Wood Mr Wood musical director of the George town Choral Society and the Cantante Singers started building the ACS as a choir in Senlnmber Spotchecks bring 24 drunk charges drivers made it through the holiday sea son alive and Halton regional police a tribute the fatalities to Ihe spotcheck program We aimed to get through the Christmas season without a fatal deputy police chief Bob Mldoaugh said Tues day That was our tlve and there s no doubt In my mind that this program reduced them Last year there was one death compared nine in 1980 during the same time period The spot check program was Ins tit uted last year by the force as a pilot project Pleased with Its success In reducing deaths In car crushes put it Into force again this holiday season Although only a six week program Ihls year compared to nine weeks last year Ihe four off leers assigned lo the program checked 166 vehicles Deputy Chief said the spolcheck prog ram had been cut short this year due to a short age of manpower Of the 3 igg vehicles checked throughout the region warnings worn Issued to drivers and charges of scalbclt in fractions laid under the Highway Traffic Act There were 172 Highway Traffic Act charges laid During Ihe season impaired driving charges were laid this year and three charges for refusing to lake the breathalyzer test ALERT roadside alcohol tests were con ducted on drivers and drivers had their lie enecs suspended for 12 hours as a result The ALERT test was brought In last Decemb er allowing police to suspend drivers licences if a breqth sample shows per cent alcohol in the blood No charges are laid against the driver and no records kept of bus pension except for a tern one during the lime of suspension If a driver disagrees with the reading Of the ALERT breath lest he can ask lo be taken to a police station to use tho more stein lhallzer from framework discuss ed in April with music lover Martin Mayer a resident of the area bounded by in the south and Orangey Die to the west Over an eleven week period which preceded ACS concerts In All is ton and Tottenham Dec and Mr Wood spent Wednesday nights In the Adjala Central Public School grooming a fledgl choir Choir members in all come from all over Ihe township The historical signific ance of he name may be blurred with lime but it has its roots in the Lultgard have been great fans of the Georgetown Choral Society Tor about three years braving the foulest weather to attend concerts here Last spring Mr Wood and Mr Martin backed by the Community Asso ciation roughed out plans for their own choral socie ty An elaborate brochure Do You Like Music Do You Like lo Sing was published It asked whether residents would like to see a choir formed in the area whether they would support it finan cially even If they dldn sing whether they would attend concerts and whet choir of St Mary type of concert music Church on town they preferred ship Fourth Line Following a surprise Mr Mayer and his wife presentation last Wednes- I MB- DALE WOOD OF TORONTO W day of a basket of fruit and a fettive floral arrangement at his home by Mrs Martin and Community Asso ciation representative MarilynnCook Mr Wood recalled that Interest Id Ihe proposal was so great that an extra brochur were needed to meet demand The response from the viewing public to ACS first performance The Sound Christ mas and the enthusiasm behind forming the new group has been pheno menal Mr Wood said During auditions I think 1 was any more or less strict than I am here This Is going to be a really good group Mr Wood maintained PAIR SHARE The brochures brought out a fair share of tenors and ses and from the group Dale was able to coax a few solo perform for the recent Christmas concerts Like the Georgetown Choral Society nation In the ACS is a learning experience for many who while they have strong voices can t read music The of arts not only in the town ship but across the pro vince Is something to get excited about Mrs Cook said Groups like the Village Players and the ACS help bring our Mr Wood is now busy considering separate spring concerts for the ACS and Georgetown choirs In future he mused its conceivable that the two groups might do a joint concert miles of downed line SOME PARTS Power outages were re ported across town Hal ton Hydro manager Gerry Trudell told The Herald Wednesday morn Ing In some parts of the rural area particularly trees fell many places they literally took miles of I down he said causing power fail which lasted six to seven hours tor some residents All of the town hydro crews were called in lo restore power between and GOO Hills homes which were black out at some point during the day Two ate electrical contractors were called in to help adding eight more men to the town own com ml It By the lime they had restored power to all arena of town they had worked about hours straight breaking only for meals In one Incident a car with twn rigors tra Continued from page Charge uncle in stabbing of man 24 A year old George town man la in stable condition following gery at Georgetown Memorial Hospital for a knife wound to his Robert of Guelph Street was rushed to hospital Thursday at altera domestic dispute took place at a Main Street North apartment The uncle of the victim Michael Blake 35 of Georgetown was arrested and charged with attempted homicide and wounding under the Criminal Code Mr was released following a ball hearing Friday and will appear In Milton provincial court Four large pine trees toppled scroti one driveway last Tuesday when southern Ontario was by high winds While the unusually mild weather and Itmeantgoodbuilnesiforothers Clare Malhles Com ruction in Acton was out Wednesday morning wllh hit chain saw clearing the treestrewn driveway Just outside Acton eastern boundary on Highway Herald photos by Chris