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DRY CLEANING SAME DAY SERVICE 8770387 HILLS SHOPPING THE SECTION Canada I urgent Leather Store Its Worth Drive Acton SECTION B THE HERALD Actons cloudy sky Main Street Malnstreeltng is usually what we downtown Georgetown greeting little was followed by an eager pack of tee politicians doing during he elect- children at the Union Gas Ltd build- children waiting to their friend on season But Santa Clans wanted to Escorted by wo pretty elves what they wanted for Christmas get oat and meet the people Nick Herald photo Waste disposal still key issue With most public attention negat when it comes to energy from waste incineration plants Regional Chairman Peter said be was encouraged by Halton Hills Interest in such a plant In his speech following his Inaugu ration as regional chairman last Wednesday Chairman said this positive approach taken by Hills will help region He said waste disposal will Holly Days Holly Days can signify the spirit of holiday giving During the Halton Lung on Christmas campaign fresh sprigs of holly will be brought to Ontario from British Columbia Dec 13 and you can purchase holly offered in sprigs arrangements bags at area shopping malls and hospitals In Halton Pot more Information call Bremen music tne Consort will be performing The Musicians of Bremen at tbe Halton Hills Public Library Dec Combining puppetry and live music these enter tainera will recreate tbe wellknown tale of a donkey a cat and a rooster who are unfairly cast out Into the dangerous world Tickets will be available at the Georgetown or Acton library Nov at a cost of each This show Is recommended for grades land family audiences a This performance Is hosted by Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture Outreach Ontario For more information call Bus to Milton month Tyler Transport are going to run a bus to Milton trial basis The bus schedule Is available at tbe library laundromat or the Acton Sccial Services and Informs Lion Centre For more information call 8533310 Stfim reBtraticiri- for Winter Swimming Lessons begins Dec IB at the Acton and Georgetown pools during regular office hours For a description of programs being offered please refer to our fall and winter brochure Help puppets You are invited to Inquire about the January training session for volunteer puppeteers to work puppets which depict a variety of disabilities Special puppets shows win eventually work their way into our children classrooms to help them understand why all of us are not the same No prior experience ir For more information call JoAnne at a Kids On The Block member News for senior A flyer called Special News for all Seniors has recently been put together outlining services and assistance available to seniors It has been circulated throughout Acton If you get one and would like one please call tbe Acton Social Services nod Information Centre at Career dropin A Sheridan college information centre will be staffed at James Street Georgetown weekdays In December to provide career education for adults in the community Staff at tbe dropin centre will provide information and registration for skills development and apprentice ship division programs The office is open weekdays from 10 a to from Dec No appointment is necessary continue to be a primarily Issue for the region deal with one that will continue to the region Public attention is focused on the negative but the facts are a great deal has been accomplished Chairman said In tbe area of waste the region he be said BotmaV Halton has curbside source separation In its four municipalities and is looking Into a regional recycling centre to handle the glass tin and paper being collected weekly A citizens advisory committee with volunteers from throughout the region are working to Improve the public image and knowledge of the solid waste problem Chairman roy said something that should raise public awareness in the highly subject He declared his personal commit ment to energy from waste I still believe in it as much as did before the chairman said The birth of a Hills United Way will help complete the United Way umbrella in in Mr said Indicating hell be helping to make the new system work In As for the financial workings of the region Chairman proudly reminded his listeners of the triple A He said it t Just happen but was a result of the business strength and diversity of the four Halton ties The last two years have been booming ones for business in the region and the chairman wants to keep that strength up In terms of regional spending Mr would like to see less debenture financing and spending limited to what a in the coffers That was the style of operation Mr was running in Hills when he was mayor of the town There should be more meetings with provincial officials and the local mayors he said Mr said he 11 be arranging for these meetings of the caucus as he called them Comet spectators shake their fists The skies did not cooperate with the Hills library board last week All who turned out to see Holley comet learned first band how clouds interfere with astronomy Star gazers did not see the comet Moreover they learned when the comet Is visible there will not be a spectacular trail of tight Francois Van Heerden of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada was the bearer of the bad news He gave two talks Wednesday at the Acton Library and Thursday at the George town Library about the comet The position of the comet orbit Is not as good for viewing as it was years ago when It was on exciting light show This time the best place to view the comet is not in the northern hemisphere but the southern So oil those travelling south In late winter should prepare themselves with binoculars Mr Van advised He intends to travel to St in the West Indies All this bad news does not mean the comet will not be visible On a clear night early in the evening you con see the comet near the horizon In the southwestern sky It can be teen In that sky in the vicinity of Great Square until the second week in January when it goes behind the sun At the crack of dawn in late February you can see comet again Mr Van Heerden said It will be visible until April in the early hours of morning The library board may sponsor another view of the comet next year Mr Over people attended the meet at the Acton Library Half of that audience consisted of children who were most disappointed by the cloudy skies But to everyone the comet has a magical quality Mr Van Heerden discussed bow people have associated the coming of the comet with history as If it affected history Bad luck Is associated with its arrival The comet was thought to be responsible for the Black Plague World War I and tile Con quest In 1456 a Pope even 3 groups can use your help If you have lots of patience and some time three local groups need you The Social Planning Council the United Way and the Drug Abuse Committee all need more members to represent Hills The Social Planning Council acts as an umbrella organization providing Initial research planning ana start up expertise A regional group it needs more north Halton members to improve the quality of life for Halton Hills residents The United Way is a new organize breaking into the Hills community Local people are working to set up a Hills United Way for 1986 to improve the community resources and services currently in town The Drug Abuse Committee open ed an office at St in Georgetown just this year With a parttime secretary and counsellor the group dispenses Information and counsels both young people and their parents on the problems arising from drug abuse Monthly meetings are held and more Acton representatives are need to air Acton needs on this subject For more information on these three groups contact the Acton Social Services and Information Centre at Norm Elliott nica ted the comet Another suggestion was that the star of Bethlehem we with the birth of Christ was actually comet Predictions the world would end were made when the comet came lost in 1910 The tail of the comet was thought to be filled with the deadly gas cyanogen When the earth passed through the tail It was predicted everyone would die Weil the people went crazy Mr Van Heerden said Women in Chicago were see stuffin the cracks of their windows to prevent en gas coming Inside Comet pills were sold to save you from the gas pills which were actually sugar The earth passed through the tall and nothing happened other than some great sighting of it comet Is nothing to fear Mr Van Heerden called it a dirty snowball about which little is known The comet is about one kilometer In diameter but It appears larger about one million kilometers In diameter because of the sun The sun turns the frozen parts of the comet into vapor which becomes a thin atmosphere around the core There are four probes in space to study the comet Two are Japanese one Russian and one American It is hoped that in the limited time they have to study the comet which travels 104 miles per hour its mysteries will be revealed Mr Van said That information could tell us how the universe was formed be added Topfloaters If you watched the Georgetown Santa Clam parade chances are you It remember the names of these organi zations The four groups represented here won prizes for their performance In the parade Seen here are front row the Emerald Cadets Drum and Bugle Corp from MIsilsssnga best float CarmJe Gllkes from Standard Product Lid best theme float back row Norm Gnthcrie best service club float Optimists and Stan accepting the best overall float won by the Lionesses of Georgetown Herald photo War toys free zone There one group In town that fed up with all the death and on built into plastic batteryoperated war toys being sold for youngsters Georgetown and Acton are being blitzed by posters from the anti nuclear group called HAND Kaltoa Hills Action for Nuclear Disarm The peace group want residents to know they feel war toys are not suitable playthings for children During the Christmas season when parents buy most of their toys for their children HAND are displaying coloring posters which say this is a war toys free zone Some teachers and children a supervisors are displaying the posters and churches have also been approached for their support of the project Colleen of Halton Hills Kinder School has accepted the posters Along with Donna Apple of Georgetown Nursery School Both schools do cot have any war toys for the children to play with Ms said she does not permit her students to make weapons out of Lego or any other material at tbe school Linda of HAND Is a special education teacherwho works halfdays at Sam Sherratt Public School In Milton She children roleplay and use toys they play with as models Parenta are more selective of the toys they buy for their children because of the rising costs Mrs Bobor said This should help the antl war toys move ment because parents will be buying more educational and memory type games she said Miss Apple who is an early childhood education teacher tells her student that guns hurt people and they should make other types of toys why encourage It It encourages aggressive behavior Miss Apple said information call SANTA S USED CAR SPECtALS 30 USED CARS I TRUCKS IN STOCK CAPITAL FORD SALES Guelph St Georgetown 8731626