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WAR GAMES Brians outnumbered and outgunned May IBM Herald Staff We ve been waiting for what seems an eternity But reality has only been about 10 minutes The men posted around me are getting nervous I wonder to myself Where s the enemy They should have been on us by now The guy beside me voices aloud my thoughts I suggest he go out and scout the perimeter to our right He answers bock no thanks why don go I tall him a chicken and laugh quietly as I start out around the swamp I force my way through thick brush stumble over fallen trees I hear a snap to my right and drop low Tearing an attack 1 m to crawl forward now as I near a ridge and the or the brush Suddenly I freeze and hold my breath No more than feet ahead of me I sight the enemy I count one two three four four of them just over the ridge under some large fir trees One of them spots me Down I own men there one a ad of us Suddenly four more madly odds I spring to my feet and rnci off in the apposite direction Again through the thick brush each step I and look behind mo All eight arc hot on my I turn and run atom as they fire a volley of shots at me and by I make It back and warn the men of the attack about to take place dive for cover then begins the appear and move out to my left trying lo out flank me I assess the situation to l Not battle to hold ry book recording some great war but no this is a hand experience my experience in The Great Canadian lure Game other friends of mine played another team of fifteen The object of the gome is lo run about half a mile capture the other team flog and return It to your post where you startrd All without being killed By killed I mean being shot with harmless dye pellet It may sound easy but it a not Having to run through thick brush over rugged terrain and sometimes through an occasional swamp or pond Is dcfl not easy We began at 3D Saturday morning they only operate on week ends and finished at 3D the same day By the end of our seventh and final game wc were good and exhausted and looking forward to Iho stiffness the next day All in all it was well worth the approximate ly wc each spent for the Initial cost extra cartridges and food And It gave us some good memories of fun com work Try It out I sure you It enjoy it HERES LOOKIN AT YOU After mo ing lo George in 1JG0 Mantle started work at towns Public Works Department Now Mr Morette is Hills Public Works Superintendent At this in llmt Works Department is busy cleaning up some of winter mess With the frost coming out of the roads calcium is used as a dust control and Mr Morcltc parks are getting prepared fur the summer months ahead Hobbles Woodworking golf watching Georgetown hockey team in winter Times Holidays and vacations Vacation Place da every spring I The Keg in Brampton Favorite Movie I doni go to them too often but I did see The fen Commandments last thought that was rather good Favorite TV Show Hill Street Blues oi or lie Author Leon To Glenn Miller era Tommy Benny Goodman Header Digest Golf favorite Year 1948 the year was nwr ed I of lie Always worked in the ib first and family second In some people lan quality but that the way wc vo lit would you like lo see yourself doing Id ten years Probably be retired playing lots of jnd doing some travelling Robot competition for Cubs Herald Special Last week tht 2nd Acton Trinity Club pack challenged other packs in north District to a robot competition 1st Acton 1st Hornby 1st and 1st Scotch Block part lei pa ted Theresa McLaughlin of 2nd Act on Trinity Cub pack had strict instructions for the competition with the list of material to be used Failure to use all parts would have points taken off A cub and one parent to work as a team had a hit of one plastic bottle one tin can two hair rollers pipe cleaners one wire coat hanger ten popslcle sticks four thread spools one piece of wood eight playing cards two golf balls two large buttons paint and glue to be used in their creation of a robot A wide variety of robots were made ing a hard decision for the Judges which was held In Optimist Hall last week at Scouters Ciub Troy Wolf Jell of the center of 1st Trinity pack was third in the robot Stealthy movements in Actonarea woods Herald Stair If you see stealthy movements In the Sixth Line bush near Regional Road 12 a pistol duck You might get shot at and it be fair because you won I have paid your for it Out near Acton 30 people repeater air pistols C02cartrid watersoluble mark pellets holster belt and safety goggles are roaming a rent ed property and playing Called the Great Canadian Adventure Game the game is only two weekends old in Hills and catch on The objective of the new sport is for one team of 15 members to steal away the other team flag and put It on their own flag station first A weekend game players pay to play at least four games a day Gamcsrunamaxi mum of two hours and are for those 18 or older The Great Canadian Adventure Game Is one of seven franchises owned by Toronto Tom Dollimore Gord Cooper and Rick Coop er s Wayne Mortimer and his sister Kim Mortimer run the Acton and franchises Other fields where you can play the game arc Kitchener Ajax and Milton All arc barely a month old CRAWLING Most of the fields range from 12 to acres and have a mixt of wooded areas and open spaces to allow for stealthy crawling under cover or wild dashes Getting shot is really no big deal The repeat air pistol the Mortimers supply uses water based dye pellets which break on impact They don t slain cloth ing or harm the and the safety goggles you re supplies with make sure you avoid eye injury The game organizers supply all the required equipment including the air pistol the cartrld ges pellets and the safely goggles Any type of clothing can be worn but of course players In a camouflage gain an advantage I think everybody longs for that sort of adventure George town Brian LeMay said He was playing in Acton Saturday It a chess game but it has more danger and real ism to it like hide and go seek Wheel chair clinic Saturday May between 10 a and m the March of Dimes Victoria Wheelchair and the Physically Handicapped Citizens tlon are having a wheelchair clinic It is being held at 301 St Georgetown courtesy of Capital ford Victoria Wheelchair is coming with a demonstration van and their mechanics will do minor repairs lor free Should you need major repairs they will loan you a chair until yours is returned The March of Dimes wilt have application forms for financial assistance to help cover repair cost as well as free coffee It is important that as many as possible in order to avoid long lineups Registration will be taken until May 18 at 1436 or Scotch Block Cubs was second Bridge as first and Jamie Woods right or 1st Hornby inking contest Photo by Jean Layman BLAUT SPOT Acton Free Press office closes by Barb Lye maktup draws attention to gorgeous of course but it can also provide corrective camouflage for less than perfect ones If you could use advice for small too prominent close together eyes over these sketches and learn how lo make jour makeup work for you Too round Elongate It with liner draw thin stroke on both top and bottoms lids don I Join at corner blend shadow out to beyond eyelid to lemple area as well unk lirinfc it with light shadow on the lid avoid dark murky earthy shades they make eyes look even deeper set Remember dark tones depress and Wide Reduce the too wide opart eyes by concentrating all makeup close to the stop at mldlid and leave outer half of eye bare of makeup Bulging Light shadow under brow teamed with dark shadow on lid will protruding eyes Keep liner or glossy finishes Natron Soft subtle shadow colors mauve gray taupe ire best teamed with off while under arch of brow Avoid dark liner and never Wear false lashes Drooping A band of darkish shadow on lid very narrow near the nose and widening upward at outer corner of eye will lift drooping lid Wear false lashes on outer third of eye Close set Widen space between by using light shadow near nose and darker shades on outer half of lid Use liner on outer half of lid only extend v Hi shadow beyond eye Police week in Halton Herald Special After 109 in town the office of the weekly Acton Free Press Is moving to Georgetown to share quarters with Its sister paper the Georgetown Independent Ken Bellamy publish er of both papers said the move is an effort to coordinate work tng more efficiently With staff operating from two separate Iocs tlons Hartley Coles the managing editor of both papers cannot always be sure what his 11 reporters and two photo graphers are doing on a given night We hove some people working very long hours and some hardly working at all Mr Bellamy said This way wo can even out the workload We re going to try It and sec how il goes We find we ve been chasing a lot of stories lately that t very newsworthy while other stuff down here t get done even though it was more important because we had no one to cover Mr Bellamy said Mr Bellamy said there will be no changes to the papers for the shift of editorial advertising and tion staff to George town The move is expected to take place May The printing plant on Willow Street that belongs to Publishing will continue lo operate as usual Mr Bellamy said coverage will continue except that reporters will bo assigned from Georgetown lo cover things In Acton and Its surrounding areas Whoever is free will be sent rather than It always being the same people who have usual ly been based In Acton Independent were owned by the Dills family until 1978 when the two papers and their sister publication the Milton Canadian were sold to Inland Publishing Inland was later pur chased by Toronto Starowned Metros pan Publishing Courtesy Guelph Mercury It was a dress up affair for Kim Aran del I left 11 and her pal Rachel Rodger Saturday afternoon The two look in Ihe rummage sale at St John Anglican Church on Trafalgar Road The sale was held Friday ai well and was organized by church ladles guild New members are welcome to attend guild meetings every second Wednesday of the month at In church NEED A TELEPHONE FRIEND CALL NORTH DISTRESS CENTRE The week of May marks Police Week across Canada On Saturday May members of the public arc invited to attend the official opening ceremo nies for the new Regional Police Station located at Elgin and Locust Streets In Bur Imgton The ceremony starts at 1 p m and hire will be lours of the building splays ng from day May 14 through til Saturday May 19 is the police at the Burlington Mall A Regional Force profile and me prevention d splays will be on hand as well as the v inous pi lice vehicles Members of the force will be on hand to meet with the public and answer questions that arise Awards night will be held Wednesday May at at the Oak ville Council Chambers located at 1225 Trafal gar Road Presentations will be made to groups and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to public safety or ihe malnten a nee of law and order Volunteering adds that bit of life Volunteer groups in town might consider working more closely together to pool ihelr resources and talents says Hallon Hills Volun teer Centre coordinator Maureen McCallum Volunteer could help each Mrs McCallum says Something to keep in mind for the future might also be an open house during volunteer week she says The volunteer centre is a referral service for those wanting to volun leer and an Information centre on all the volun organizations In Hills In the past year the centre has moved down the hall larger quart In their Guelph Street office 8770771 McDonalds Colouring Contest TAKE A TOUR OF MCDONALDS and see what goes on behind the scenes Great for groups of all ages Toreserveyourtour call McDonald s at 8770221 VAN VEBHEL BOBBY ANDREWS S3 Print Win McDonalds Gift Certificates And Radios Dont Miss The OPTIMIST BANGARAMA Mon May 21 GEORGETOWN FAIRGROUNDS GO SENIORS to receive your discount you must show your Seniors Card THEY ARE THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE GLENLEA BEAUTY SALON OFF on Reg Priced Service ft- Wed only Acton ROBERT S Georgetown J HAVE A NICE DAY Marguerite Taylor had a good life in Acton always putting business before pleasure Today at age she lives comfortably In the Willow Street home her father built for in 1915 She and her brother Mac finally sold the family hardware years ago to make more time for travelling and visiting relatives Church Still Mrs Taylor misses the store She went to work in Hardware on Mill Street in 145 when her father James died at the age of Prior to that she had kepi the books For life revolved around the famllj business wanted to go to art school but my father approve Airs Taylor recalls today He sent me to business administration school In Toronto I always felt that I was different My father talked business at home and we nil listen Whin I went out socially dating I would be dumb They talk my and I I talk theirs You oudn I bo interested lo talk to a girl about hardware would you the HERALD If you have a 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