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Realizing an old childhood dream See Page B5 Know your festival 5HC lyrics Special Supplement Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1985 Says former delegate No party hostility after Grossman win Herald Staff The hostility between the Candida tea In the January provincial Progress- I We Conservative leadership I on wasnt there at the weekend convention an observer said Sheldon a Larry Grossman supporter although she had no vote at I last leadership meeting in which Frank Miller was elected wasnt there this time around Mrs Sheldon was a SHELDON voting delegate at that convention This time it was a sense of Its settled finally Weve made a and were on our way back to The gracious defeat speech by recovery she told The Herald Mon- ond was day didnt sense lr hostility of the Sheldon Tlmbrell summed it up tenifical- GROSSMAN United Way night The Board of Directors of the United Way of Hills an hosting an night Nov at The meeting Will In held At the Optimist Hall on Highway near In an open letter to the directors say we encourage you to come to our Information night find out how you can be a more supportive member of our community and help us all to receive the care and support we need within our own community Toy drive in gear Christmas wouldnt be the same without presents for young children opened under the watchful smiling eyes of parents To make sure every child in town has a toy under their tree Dec the annual Klnette toy drive has begun Chairperson Joanne Stiles Is ready to receive donations from the Communi ty New or almost new toys would be appreciated Anyone wishing to contribute may drop toys off at four locations around town Johnson Real Estate The Herald Georgetown Post Office or Mrs Stiles Heather Court For more Information call Region election A new regional chairman is to be elected Nov by regional councillor Last week Burlington Cora Joan Little said she would be bringing the matter up for voting at this first meeting of the new council The position of regional chairman Is one determined by the regional councillors and not by the general public Current charman Peter has Indicated his intention to hold onto his post Diaster collection Stores In Acton are being supplied with containers by the Acton Red Cross tocollect donations tor volcano victims In Colombia Residents are urged to drop oft their donations into these OTtfaiflersandifarecehitJidesiredto Include their name and address with the donation Residents can also send donations to Frits de of Place In Acton Holly Days Dec 12 and 14 were declared Holly Days for the Lung Association by town councillors Mon day night Volunteers about town will be offering fresh holly In exchange for contributions to the Association Last year over was raised this way helping the Association to extend health programs Into Hills The Association is working to fight lung disease through prevention detection and treatment Lung disease is one of the largest causes of absenteeism In Canada Santa in Acton Santa is returning to Halton Hills to be in his second parade In two weeks The Acton Santa Claus parade begins Saturday at 1 The parade starts at Smith Public School travels down Mill to Main Street and ends on River Street where the Old Acton Free Press once was If you or your organization still wants to be In the parade call Scotty McCrUtaUatSSMStS award An annua award is being Institut ed by the towns and driving committee At a recent meet ing the committee decided to present a certificate of recognition to any or organisation that assists supports the endeavours of the ly when be said Let no one In this hall harbor any resentment I dont You shouldnt the observer said She said when the results of the second and final ballot showed Larry Grossman win by a vote lead Unity Now buttons were Immediate ly pinned on by supporters There were other differences also at this weekend convention Held In the Toronto Convention Centre downtown the locale was much more pleasant than last Januarys convention In the CNE Colliseum building You werent so grimy and there were decent washrooms and restaur ants Mrs Sheldon said of this weekend facilities The most important difference according to Mra Sheldon was the different atmosphere in the convention hall this tune around Last time in my estimation there was an awful tot of hype This tune there seemed to be a real sense of purpose and more substance she said noting delegates were talking more to terms of issues than personali ty Keeping after the delegates to support Mr Grossman Mrs Sheldon said she was pleased to deliver eight of 10 HaltonBurlington votes for her candidate Some of tbem we got right there at the last minute The tightness of the second ballot had been predicted by Gftosman pollsters who calculated a IS to votes margin of win for the first Jewish leader of the party I had been be would win but those last 10 minutes I just fell apart Mrs Sheldon admitted She said she was pleased to see the solid well thoughtout decisions candidates were making at this convention not being on the January high of knowing they were the govern ment As a Grossman supporter Mrs Sheldon had tried to put delegates in whod be Grossman supporters also she said She also worked on the delegates keeping tbem faithful to her candidate all the way to the con floor I think hes a smart man and hes very capable of governing Mrs Sheldon said of Mr Grossman Now I think we will see extremely good opposition government and with the next election the Tory government back in power Asxea she thought the slim victory would create party divisions and lead to a resignation as did the last convention less than a year ago Mrs Sheldon replied Absolutely not absolutely not I still say the people never got to know who Frank Miller was He a very competent caring man It work she concluded ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS Its not the rock group Nylons but theyre In the same Nov and 31 Ticket are for adults and for senior These are four of the Knox Presbyterian Books Church Choir who are practising for their Christmas concert j church members or by calling Seen here are called The Sounds of Christmas The concert directed by to right Ian Terry Hallett Resale Van Dyke Dale Wood and with organ accompaniment by Fred cole Herald photo Hilton decides against recount Ward 2 town council candidate Ted Hilton who lost by IB votes announced Monday he wont be asking for a recount although he bad originally intended to do so The Metropolitan Toronto Police Sergeant said the decision not to lodge a formal appeal for a judicial recount was made after much thought Candidates Peter Norton and Joe Hewitt won the two local council seats in Ward 2 Nov Although I believe I have the legal grounds to apply for the recount the effect on Hills woula in my opinion be counterproductive Mr Hilton said Joe Hewitt would not be able to fully perform bis duties as a member of our council until after the judicial Inquiry was completed which could take a few months which would mean that council would not be able to utilize all council members as they should Not only that but the cost of such an appeal could be very high and the judge could rule that the town pay these costs I do not wish to place these burdens on the Town of Hills Mr Hilton said An appeal for a recount isnt automatic when the vote is close as It was In the case of Mr Hilton and Mr Hewitt An affidavit be submitted to a District Court Judge stating the grounds for requesting one Noting the pollbypoll breakdown of election results Indicated he had the support in ail areas of the riding except Hornby and Unhappy MARA calls town plan smoke mirrors Changes made to the town s Offlci al Plan by region last week were called smoke and mirrors by members of the Mountainvlew Road and Area Ratepayers Association MARA Dissatisfied the Association has written to the Minister of Municipal Affairs asking that the Georgetown Secondary Plans be referred to the Ontario Municipal Board OMB Were saying we take exception to this and want to meet with the town and region and members of the to see If It our concerns cant be resolved without going to an OMB hearing Association president Brian Mann said Friday afternoon at a press conference he d called In his home If we cant be reasonably assured that the town is going to look after our request to maintain the road Moun ts as It Is we have the services of a lawyer he added Association member Tom Hewer said the group doesnt want to take the matter to an OMB bearing If at all possible preferring to resolve the matter through negotiations Stressing the Association isnt opposed to development south of Hungry Hollow Mr Mann said it merely wants to know how the extra traffic that will be created with the additional population is to be handled Its not the developer were fighting it a the design of the develop ment Mr Mann said We know theres going to be a problem We want to force the issue now His group wants to know what solutions the town and region have up their sleeve to deal with this additional traffic along Mountainvlew Road lhaventheard anybody say well move the high density buildings away from Mountainvlew or the traffic Mr Mann said Im not prepared to wait until the frame goes to vehicles per hour to look at solutions Were asking for meaningful discussi ons where we can talk about what are the alternatives now MARA doesnt accept the recent amendment to the Official Plan which maintains a 30 meters right of way on Mountainvlew Road although it calls It a step in the right direction Mr Mann pointed out the fact another lane can be accommodated within that 30 meters right of way makes bis group feel less secure about the future of their road The region will Continued on page Roland invents his way to Bulgaria By SANDY CAMPBELL Herald Staff Being among some of the best and brightest in the inventing world can have its rewards Roland Knights robotic computerized arm design won him a trip to Bulgaria The Georgetown teenager was among inven tors from 72 countries attending the Exhibition of Young Inventors in Bulgaria The first year University of Water- trip to Bulgaria and gave him media loo computer engineering student exposure on CBC NBC The Toronto travelled behind tho Iron Curtain with Star and Saturday Night Of the over displays in bad their work with but the Over- Canadian government would not let all I was not that impressed There Roland take his be said were different stages of technology exhibited representative of the differ- the science world was a robotic countries he explained Most of computerized arm designed to Identify the Russian exhibits were mechanical objects and pick them up The Inventi- with Industrial applications he said on Is unique because It is inexpensive There was a barbecue from Africa compared to similar devices A digital and a device to screw in lights from camera that can identify objects not another country I guess It was in great detail reduces costs Roland something they needed In their said The camera costs country he said This May Roland won first In the His own Invention used current computer technology category of the technology tbelatesttmngbeaald annual CanadaWide Science Fair he Rather than also won best In the show award That world Roland found walking performance made him eligible for the about Plovdiv more interesting He toured the old part of the and the surrounding mountains His two days in Rome were the most enjoyable part of the trip The people in Bulgaria were not all that friendly be said Because his travel papers which allowed him in around and out of the country were lost by bis hotel Roland thought be might have to stay in Bulgaria longer than he wanted After a few phone calls at the airport the Bulgarians bent their rules for Roland For a person who Is described by friends and family as laid back Roland received a small scare in Bulgaria Roland Is back at Waterloo now occupied with the unglamorous task of catching up on his work Although school has never posed a major problem to him he finds Waterloo challenging The Milton High School graduate went through the fiveyear program In four and had a 96 per cent average In Grade 19 Rolands father Is a mechanical engineer for Atomic Energy of Canada and his mother has a degree In physics and math Alan Knight Is Rolands only and older brother by years He Is a mechanic In MUton for the Racers Edge The Knights home Is on the Fifth Line In a search for the best school for their son who had an understanding of electricity by age 2 they chose Centennial Public School Mrs Knight said He started out In At Centennial In Grade 8 Roland was introduced to computers Since Continued on page A3 BIGGEST IN MY COLLECTION Now that hes been fire chief for a day sis year old Paul Farmer of Georgetown want to be a fire fighter when he grows up La it Wednesday ftr department staff picked him op from George Kennedy School In the fire truck to the envy of bis peers Its bumpy sad noisy the youngster said of the ride organised tor fire prevention week with the sponsorship f McDonald Restaurants Herald photo