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Pa SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday ABOUT fflllS Decern Sign language course language course will be offered the Library Cultural Centre Jan and continuing every Tuesday evening to March Successful completion of he 12 week course yields a Level I certificate Students will receive intensive instruction In American Sign Language from a deaf leacher A maximum of IS students will be accepted for the course and the novolce rule during classes ensures thai each student will have ample opportunities for practice during each two hour Classes 11 be held in the librarycultural centre meeting room from to Registration for the course will be accepted at the Georgetown or Acton Libraries commencing Dec and must be accompanied by the instruction fee of The Georgetown Llona Club is paying for the rental of the meeting room in order to make this course available to the community at a reasonable Senior lights tour The Kinsmen Club of Georgelown ore urging residents to put Christmas Lights In antic pat ion of the annual Senior Lights Tour The date selected is Dec 19 and some people are expected lo take part Seniors are picked upat senior citizen residences and after a two hour tour Ihe are treated to a light snack and carol singing at St b United Church More Information is expected next week on the tour Chickens free You can see the musical Wizard of Ol for free Dec if you re a member of the Chicken Club Sponsored by the Drug Abuse Committee the fa tickets for the children musical will be refunded at the end of 3 p performance and only for that performance Chicken Club membership cards are avail able at elementary schools in town for cents For more information Tickets are available at Young Pharmacy on George town Main Street Parking costs up Like everything else parking meters In downtown Georgetown are going lo go up Thol way It looks Next week town engineer Bob Austin will be presenting a report on overhauling the meters currently In use Asked their opinion the Business Improve ment Association agreed charge be Increased to cents per hour Two meetings left Town councillors have only two more meetings his month lhanksiothehollday season There be a general committee meeting Dec 11 and a council meeting Dec 17 Both meetings begin at In the council chambers on Trafalgar Road drinking campaign The Hills Drinking and Driving Committee Is planning a kickoff campaign for January Town Sheldon who chairs the committee said Ihe committee Is now ready to spend some of Us budget for the kickoff Sheldon said she d been intending to update councillors on progress of the committee but had been ill recently By her side Coun Harry Levy piped up and everybody laughed including Coun Sheldon Egg nog jog Get out your running shoes The Credit Valley Conservation Authority and the George Track Club want you to slip them on and Join their Second annual Egg Nog Jog Dec IS Whats an Egg Nog Jog Coun Mike Armstrong asked Monday night In town council met ting You just drink so much egg nog you gotta jog Coun Harry Levy answered with a Joke Where to quipped Coun Phil Carney On a more serious vein Coun Marilyn said the Jog is actually a 11 kilometer I never done It I gather anybody who it really needs the egg nog because It tough course she said The run takes place on Slderoad and Tenth Line beginning at In case of snow own is prepared have the route plowed The run begins the Terra Conserve lion Area For more information contact Sue Powell at Bureaucratic wasted It looked like a big agenda Monday nlghl when looked ihe fat while bundle of papers at Ihe town council meeting However Ihe middle of It pages worth turned be a thorough background on all the region has done towards its business development I disappointed we had to duplicate times these pages Coun Harry Levy chastised town staff This is a bureaucratic waste to be received and filed I m sure the first part of it only could have been put In our council bundle Coun Mike Armstrong said he had three copies of the papers already received from the Frankly all they councillors need is the terms of reference not all this background ho Trailer leaks gas Firefighters were called to on Slreel in Georgetown last Wednesday when a trailer had leaked about gallons of gasoline onto he parking lot The fuel was washed down by firefighters and no problems arose In the 39 a Oil I Phone HISTORY IN PERSON Student at George Kennedy Public School were treated to a special guest when a North American lodian Rtl Galaihk came to the school to talk about Indian lore He an Indian who brought with him sample of work The visit was particularly well timed because the students were learning about North American Indian history la their classes Seen here with Mr Galashkare Amy Adams and Ryan Vine en I Students try fund raising flea market By Herald Correspondent Georgetown District High Schools first annual flea market and will be held on Dec between a and p m in the high school Proceeds of this bazaar will go towards the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and towards extra curricula r activities in the school Donations of flea market type Items are still needed for this function Anyone wishing to donate saleable items for this fund raiser should contact the school Donated items will either be picked up or between Dec to The flea market and offers the sale of interesting and useful Items at rock bottom prices To avoid door door canvassers orders for Christmas gift Kerns can be placed at this bazaar A snack bar will be open for those wishing have lunch A raffle will also be held at this function for such as a JVC portable stereo system JVC cassette recorder a cassette Walkman headphones and Maxell recording cassettes The tickets will be sold for 509 cents a piece or tickets Tor a dollar Tickets will be drawn during bazaar high school fund raising committee wishes to invite all to come down and help support the high school at his flea market and BULBS FOR CHRISTMAS Six yearold Martkn tabes off one he Christmas tree decorations she likes while at the House Sol Sunday Many art Items were for sale and many were of the Christmas flavor Herald photo Yule spirit celebrated in Acton By SUZANML BROWN Herald Special Last Tuesday night Ihe Christmas spirit was much in evidence at the 15th annual Christmas dinner for senior citizens Over ZOO senior citizens attended the free turkey dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion in The dinner was sponsored by the Legion and the Rotary Club and members provided trans Rick Devlin president of the Rotary Club and Len Shone president of the Legion agreed thjl it was one of their best events Everyone Mr Devlin said With them at Ihe head table were Mr and Mrs Wtlf Mr McEachem is president of he Golden Age Club Marie Gordon and Helen Pickett both longtime residents of Acton were also among those In attendance Thcj both enjoyed the meal very much and Mrs Pickett added that it was nice to see so many of the senior citizens there A barbershop quartet from Guelph provided s entertainment and Ihe evening was topped off with each guest receiving a box cookies from Santa Separate schools Mediator is hired ELECTRIC WHOLESALE LIGHTING CENTRE full rang of electrical supplies 877 2264 SMvHstaMbarfaM Dave past president of the Acton Royal Canadian Legion I seen here with mother at the Acton senior citizens dinner Photo by Suzanne Brown DENTURE CLINIC J Kohari DT SI GEORGETOWN POPESTARRET 232 Guelph Street Georgetown 416H8731601 Tor 416h8462561 TAKE IT EASY TAKE THE TRAIN For TICKETS and Your Authorized Agent Is Barblk Heinle Btnlrma Established itZI 8772214 Herald Special The Education Commission has appointed Harry Wats glass of Hamilton to act as mediator in Ihe nego tiations between Ihe teachers and the trustees of the Ha I ton Roman Catholic Separate School Board Mr Waisglass brings an extensive theoretical and practical back ground in labour rclati to this appointment He has served as Cana Director of Research for both the United St eel workers of America and Amalga mated Clothing Workers Also he has taught Industrial Relations at both the University of Toronto and McMaster Mr has been a mediator at or and arbitrator In many labour disputes In the public and private Previous mediation experience in the educa tion sector Includes Secondary Sudbury Secondary and Northumberland and Newcastle Second BUSINESS DIRECTORY i E Clipsham Limited I Surveyors Consulting CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS MEN Goebelle Wagner A Special Day For You To sh i For Her SAT 151 SUGGESTIONS A Sports Closet ful of ideas Heavy Hands Hunts Shoot for tanning sessions lltnast tasting la m a mbers hi babysitting availably ml WORK THAT PROGRAMS 8770771 KEEPING HERIN LINE It something you may have overheard but will seldom hear discussed Yet it a brutal reality For every year one woman in ten is abused by her husband Put down verbally And beaten up the point of unconsciousness hospital or death In Tact wife is involved in one fifth of all Canadas homicides Clearly physical abuse of any kind is against the law Violence against wives is especially repug The children in these homes may conditioned to accept abuse or renew the cycle by abusing others ITS TIME ID BREAKTHE SILENCE For information write QucensPark Toronto