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Country DRY CLEANING SAME DAT 8770387 HALTON HILLS SHOPPING CENTRE the HERALDl SECTION SI 11 Tilt lit it I Jar i THEOLDT Movie stardom near for Acton youth Herald Acton may have a young movie star in its midst Ten old Holly Shields of Drive Is waiting impatiently to bear if she nabbed the lead role In a chit den movie The Robert Little Public School student is one of five redheads on the short list to play Longs locking a popular European children Called The New Adventures of the movie Is about a very independent little girl with red pigtails lives in her own She s one of 5 redheads ready to take lead role One live are going to get the part and Holly Shields hopes she gets it The frecklefaced youngster wants to play Longs locking in the movie The New Adventures of Longstocktng and is waiting impatiently to hear whether she got the I m very nervous Holly said emphatically I uptight When ever I go to school I m afraid they re going to phone and nobody s going to be home and they phone and phone and give up She wriggled out of the kitchen chair to make herself a hot chocolate Saturday afternoon Holly is a student at Robert Public School and she s been waiting all through the Christmas holidays for someone to call I finally gave up hoping on the last day because I heard anything Then my mom found a letter in the mail from Productions California They had narrowed it down to five people and I could be one of them I was so happy I started dancing I might be making a movie But now 1 have to wait through January tly Holly said She s written a three minute long speech about her audition and screen lest experiences which she hopes to deliver to her classmates In the audition she was told to walk along a piece or tape on the floor pretending it was a telephone wire to save her pet monkey atop a burning building I guess they thought I was good They asked me to stay longer Holly said The next day she was back for a screen test They sat her on a table and pointed cameras and lights on her as they taped a piece she been asked to memorize the night before I was quite nervous then I did a they rewound it but I do any better Holly said The fellow directing this new movie is Ken the movie Annie Holly has taken drama classes so she s not nervous performing but this was her first time in front of a camera and it made her a little uncomfortable She was also nervous whenever the director put on his glosses It meant he was saying something very good about you or something not very good about you then write it down Holly said home and looks aftir herself because her father is away a lot She goes to school when she feels like it and leads life that considered every child dream Holly auditioned for the part in the Metro Convention Centre along with other youngsters for just doing a fun thing for on afternoon it really turned out to be exciting mother Margi Gibson said It unbelievable We re trying Holly s very excited Aftir the audition Holly three chosen to come back for a si lest the next day Productions of Los just auditioned In for parts for the upcoming film It conducted a world wide search for and her friends auditioning youngsters in London Engl Germany and Los Angeles New and Chicago USA The Listing director is Garrison True total of little girls were worldwide for the part of and Holly is in the finals re pretty proud she went that far Mrs Gibson said The letter saying Holly was still in the running arrived shortly after Christmas and said a final decision on who gets the port is to be made in Jinuary Once and her friends have been cast they head down for 12 weeks of filming in Florida If the movie is at the box office the company will consider doing a series of Holly starred as the nasty neighbor child in last year Georgetown Little Theatre production of Wait Dirk She played Gloria Small for her Holly is a good height for Pippi Although her hair is short in a serf cut now Holly is letting red hair grow With her classmates in the French Immersion Holly creates plays and co directed their Christmas play North American accent going for her Mrs Gibson said that was the film company was looking for March 1 65 sign up for open house Herald Special Hal ton Hills Community Open House scheduled for March 1 has different groups signed up for exhibits and more applications are being received every diy A similar event look place two years ago at Holy Cross Separate School With more than people in attendance the organizers were encouraged enough to want to host a repeat performance this year on a larger scale Joy Thompson Community on Officer for the event explained that Ihe move to the Georgetown District High School for this year should provide more room for exhibitors and for parking facilities The purpose of the event is to allow all leisure service groups in Hal ton Hills to demonstrate to the public their recreational Initiatives and to help them register more members There will be over 100 booths seme organizations will occupy more than Joy Thompson Superintendent Parks and Recreation can wall for Open House a chance for clubs and lions to show off their stuff to the community A town crier came along for the announcement of the open house jut to make sure everyone knew about the event The message was loud and clear Herald photo by Brian MacLeod one booth demonstrations will tike place at many or them The llolton Hills Jills will have a gymnastic demonstration at their booth The will have a craft for children and even the Society is joining In the fun by bringing Sammy the Smoker to their display The Hal ton Hills Computer Club will be setting up terminals at their display ThL event will begin Friday Feb at with three workshops on fund raising These workshops will include discussions on topics such as how to find sources of potential revenue fund raising ideas marketing techniques how to find volunteers workshop would normally cost a good to attend and there arc professional people running them said Mrs Thompson Anyone interest in attending any of the free workshops must register by Jan by calling or 3219 The gathering will pot be without Its lighter momenta The organization committee has employed the of a town crier in full costume to announcements throughout Saturday The provincial government has recognized the efforts of the committee by donating a Wintnno grant for the program A growing list of door prizes ranging from free membership at a club to T shirts will be given aw throughout the event Even Ronald McDonald wilt be making a special guest appearance to run a class Goth the baseball and soccer organizations will be holding regis a for their respective leagues at the open house so I hi organizers arc expecting a huge turnout Zimbabwe native speaks out Herald Special Why are people hungry Despite yeirs of foreign aid and efforts to improve farming education and health care why do millions around the world still live on meagre diets Theresa Chimombc of Zimbabwe will try to answer the question next Thursday She will speak over lunch hour at the Open Door In Si George Anglican Church and evening at Holy Cross Church a of the local 10 Days for World Development group which repre sents 10 local churches and four national churches Miss be is a young lecturer In Leon and STARS Brian lulu cant buff likes looking neighboring lirlp but be proud of the homemade ataxics and the most Impress his backyard thing lo show first lime Jll The astronomy and Herald Telescope matches star gazers dreams timid Staff It lakes visitors to his backyard remind Brian the thrill of seeing the planets and stars for the first lime The man has been hooked on watching the sky since when as a youngster he watched the I Satellite pass overhead I saw It and I was absolute the till man said that time it was tremendously exciting I remember a lot of people on my block were outside at the same time to see it That has stayed with me since Three yeirs later his dad woke him up early to sec the Ikeya comet through binoculars Then one ntht while at a drive- in near the newly buill Toronto International He looked up to see the whole sky exploding with light I can remember people getting out of their cars and fearing it was a bomb Mr said It was the Kincardine meteorite From that day on I II tell you I was hooked I read every book I could find lie said started out with tiny telescope he built himself with poor quality lenses he built himself a telescope that matched his dreams It got a four and a half foot long tube and the optical system Inside is actually 16 feet long The formal name of the telescope is 12 inch Cnssegrain A cheery orange color on a U shaped base that can swing around and let him sec the whole sky the telescope weighs almost a ton I not too worried about people he laughed The telescope sits in a bed of concrete five feet deep below the frost line so that as the ground heaves in the winter the telescope stays put Unbolting the roof of his tiny outdoor observatory Mr rolls It away and the sky is his This telescope is really his pride and joy From its design to all the machining Mr Lull takes the credit He did it all Including polishing the glass lenses An article In an International magazine called Sky and Telescope explains how to build Brian tele scope He wrote Ihe article and It was published in the magazine March is It took five years to build his f telescope he I forget eye pieces which him to photograph Ihe sky Ml be has to overcome now is his shutter freezing up in the wintertime during prolonged or the lenses dewing up in the summertime To take frost off the lenses Brian uses a hairdryer It ilso hilps to him up a bit Ml observatories are freezing cold in the wintertime Brian said There no observatory in the world that heated because would get Ihcrmila or waves of heat rising up ind vision through the lele Mr telescope Is actually thrct telescopes there is the which is a six inch used for photography Then there is the finder which allows him to point in the general portion of the he interested in then there the main telescope which enlarges that view and allows Brian to zoom In on a specific sighting mechanical engineer Brian hobby has extended mlo his professio nal life Prom designing steel mill equipment Mr joined Technical Marketing three years ago in and is now national sales marketing manager The company sells research Instrumentation to universities scientists doing research investigations He loves his job and especially being in on the latest discoveries by world class scientists It was the photograph he sent of his telescope that helped the job for him Now that he the father of two children the second horn just before Christmas time Is at a premium Mr only gclsoul about once a week to star gaze but sometimes he II stay out till a m What he really enjoys looking at arc Ihe galaxies nebula gas clouds and faint dusters I find hem aesthetically beau I to sec and it a challenge to find some of them becvausc they arc faint Brian said He finds it incredible that some of Itic galaxies arc millions of light years away and yet he can sec them through histeliscope However youdontneed of what above ind beyond Most people can sec wo and a hill million light years with their if they knew what they were looking at Mr Lulu said A lot of people don t realize they can sec that working on problems in with a us on cash crops and agribusiness She will be speaking in towns throughout the annual 10 Days educational campaign conducted by the churches at the end of J This ye the campaign looks at Hunger and Canada foreign aid program with a concern that dian commercial interests rather thin Third World needs are setting the agenda for giving tor example tied aid means that per cent of our government aid must be used to buy Canadian and services so create Third World dependence on our food spare parts while their farmers and ficlones sit idly by Often we don itc large scale glamour projects such as a satellite for Bangladesh when small scale projects like wells and clinics would help more of the poorest Past for 10 Days have been provocative and received with eat enthusiasm Cheryl era of Ihe local committee says Last year speaker Marta Bcnavi des quite literally changed our family s life Wchavei whole new outlook on the world and I m now taking university courses on development Could Theresa Chimombc open windows for you Don t miss the chance to hear someone who has been there Slip away There are two outdoor ice ready for use The Georgetown I- grounds rink has boards and nets in place for pick up shinny in addition lo recreational skating The outdoor rink at ready Our department has also equipped the two public tennis courts at and Joseph Gibbons Park with hockey nets for pick up hockey Be sure lo also try our Toboggan Run which Is located at Cedarvale Park The hill Is about meters from the main Park entrance along Main Street line The track at the Georgetown Fairgrounds Is also ploughed regularly for you All joggers and runners For more information call your and Parks Department at 877 210 Nominate now Applications are now available for the Municipal Awards Evening to be held April If you know of who has brought honor through hell achievements In sport or culture in 1085 be sure to nominate them before or more information coll 877 Preschool There are still openings in the Tuesday morning ProSchool Play shop Program held at Knox terian Church in Acton fromStoll 30 This Is a half day activity centre for children ages to years An emphasis is placed on fun learning and especially social Interaction Police work to encourage public to get involved By SANDY CAMPBtLL Herald Sin ft Getting more people involved in policing is the goal of the Helton Regional Police Community Relations Bureau In they will be working more with senior citizens and high school students These goals will bo reached through tho upkeep of old programs and the creation of new ones InHalton Hills Constable Bill PhJpps school safely officer and Constable Bob crime prevention officer will be leading the Community Bureau on crime The Community Relations Bureau has 11 full time officers Staff Richard Is in charge of the bureau There are two supervisors and two of fleers in each of tho four districts of I la Hon The three departments within the bureau are school safety crime prevention and public retail Crimes against senior citizens account for about 10 per cent of all crime Staff said This figure could be higher because often seniors do not report crimes Crimes against seniors Is a concern of the department Rather than wall for them to come to us wo are approaching seniors StaffSgt said is the s practice to stop problems before people complain about them he said The bureau started a pilot project In Burlington lo help reduce crimes against seniors Police are holding crime prevention seminars with sent groups By fall similar seminars will be held in Hills itnff said With smlors the fear factor Is so strong Our society owes our seniors something for the years of commit to ihe community Staff said The police arc particularly interested in youth because we could a tremendous influence on them he said Three to four years ago there was a problem with vandalism In Hills There arc no outstanding problems with youth now but there ore problems and improving police relations with senior students could help solve them he said Staff Sgt believes of police has improved among students When we go into school We don get the verbal abuse we got five years ago At C I was handed a big of Tim Mortons coffee when I That the first time anyone ever did that he added Talks on rights and rcsponslbllitl drugs and alcohol vandalism and traffic safety of tho topics police address when they visit senior schools There arc also coop programs on the force for high school students who ct credits for their work with crime prevention officers One duty of students is to look crime statistics and identify problem areas for crime prevention departments Crime prevention deportments do not have enough manpower to assess all of their statistics in detail Staff Kivcll said Students report back to class and arc marked by their crime prevention officer