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Smash hits with car derby Georgetown fall fair starts this Friday By SAND A Witt LI Herald Stall Its time or year to cat ice cream made from goat s milk while watching crazed drivers crash into one another in a demolition It fall fair time in Georgetown this Friday to Sunday The best place to view fair this year is from a hot air balloon The Cr radio station and Acton Midi House art sponsoring hot balloon rides If IhL weather is good the balloons will rise and tin again tor the second year in a the will have a demolition derby The event will begin it p m Satur day night this Car crashers art for plants jams uch more will be on exhibit hall Judging results will be known then Perhaps you a winner from your Harden or pantry entry will be received Thursday and Friday morning Judging begins at l Friday More sponsors ire backing the competitions this year Milne fur boird dent This year fair has put a greater emphasis on agriculture and the community said fair board member Bob The eat He show will have a place of greater prominence more the middle of Sunday is Children s Day Children under years old are id milled free Sunday McDonald will be at fair Children can show off their wheels in the bike show and their pet paws in the pet show The un Tent for children is open Sunday and Old Mae Donalds I hi- ferrets will squirm through the una is t tit I home of farm mil Wilbur the purple pig ire returning CI irks border will Ik tatklinL the task of rounding up ducks and sheep In three juinmutc shows and S d shows are a J and in I shiws ire ill J ind 1pm Paint horses ore a no her new event the fair compete m tests like those in the western rse show including pole Western horses are back at the fair as ire he ivy llht horses pomes sheep i its andar of Hie fall fair board his for 10 big rides In to will be children rides an of crimes for i prizes The Club is bingo in the Virion will be no triage of food it the fair Service clubs church groups an I midway owners will be offering a range of meals and snicks There is fast food trench fries the like food that cooks slow in a mothers oven such is homemade pies I- air visitors might find the unique Christmas present they been seeking at the craft tent Local craft smens work will be on display If after seeing and doing all there is at the fair and you still have energy consider competing in the Georgetown Track Clubs k and k runs The races Sunday rung The fair is open Friday at pm admission is free Friday the fair is open from a to J p and Sui day from to demolition derby headline he at the Georgetown hall When derby is over the field of yard The lair Herald file photo I BE lifetime Service Guarantee Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER PC Association New riding president Jim Sheldon By Herald Stall Jim Sheldon of Speysidc is the new president of the brand new North Progressive Conservatives Association He was elected last week at the in augural meeting of the new riding organization The riding was created recently by the provincial government About PCs turned out lor the first meeting and elected an ex for the new association John In the hills resigns The General Manager of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority has resigned to lake on a new career as an independent con Glen Schnarr has been with the for over seven years The Authority is responsible for the management of watershed natural resources Vicki Barron was chosen sue Mr Schnarr at a Aug ex committee meeting La meeting La Leche League Acton in pregnant women and mothers with babies who are in teres ted In learning more about breastfeeding to their monthly meetings The advantages of breastfeeding will be discussed at the next meeting to be held at the Acton Social Services and Information Centre on Willow Street Sept at If you like corn Sept MP John McDermid is inviting his constituents to the eighth an family corn roast starting at and ending around Tickets cost and arc available the gate or by calling The event is sponsored by the Brampton Federal Assoc la lion Less money Improvements to Stewart town Public School water and sewage systems were less than expected The Hal Ion Board of Education Will spend W0 The Board ex peeled the project to cost as much as Plans ore to enlarge septic tank and pumping systems A new septic field system will be Installed in tall The septic tank and water systems will be enlarg in the spring Greenfield Associates was awarded con tfacl for changes Aircraft display Classic and antique aircraft some dating back to the First World War will be on display at the Brampton Airport Sept The Great War Hying Museum which nan Its own collection of full scale World War One flying replicas will once again host the fly in of up to original antique and classic aircraft Weather per milting general public will be the rare privilege of close up viewing without Hon of was elected secretary Leo tcBockHorst of Rock wood treasurer Johnston of Georgetown director of membership Tom Kilmer of director of Colin Muspratl of director of organization and development Betty Fisher of Georgetown direc tor of social activities and Newell of Milton director of public relations A new constitution was accepted at the founding meeting with the help of steering committee members Ted Hilton Hetty Hoy Wood and Newell It includes a sunset clause whith will keep the infusion of new life into the organization Positions within the Association can only be held for three years after which the member must step down for one year Acton Georgetown and Millon members of the Assocu lion will be holding elections in lober for a director at large These four directors will jam the Halton North executive They be holding their founding meetings soon lo elect a president for each At last weeks meeting delegates were elected as well As there were no young men running two fern tie youth delegates were elected Susan MacDonald or and Maria of Hornby Jim Sheldon of Speyside Tom Kilmer of and Johnston of Georgetown were the three male delegates voted In female delegates chosen were Carla Berg of Hornby Betty of Georgetown and Sheldon of A number one priority for the new North PC Associ ition is go ing to be the search for a candid ilc to represent the PC Assocnlion at the next provincial election Mr Sheldon sold At the first executive meeting scheduled for later this month a committee will be set up lo get the candidate search underway he said It a new riding and we ve got a chance lo out with a clean as it were and establish good ground rules to keep everything on track and get a good organization going the new president said No one has come forward yet as a candidate Mr Sheldon said However there have been rumors of people interested in running in ihe next election As well as getting a candidate up the new executive will also be very busy with We 11 have to establish a goal at our firs executive meeting Mr Sheldon said Manor needs you Have you been searching for an interesting enjoyable and rewar ding volunteer experience Halton Centennial Manor a home for the aged located in Milton needs you A variety of volunteer positions are presently available For more details please coll volunteer at Make the commitment today Store Hide OPEN SUNDAYS rheUri Avion Nine hours of rain Stormy waters after rainfall Meet me at the fair shares i joke will it till Ontario I rimes trillion at In Tin I rgel competing ilnit i her Ontario princess Princes will Lost bus driver helps pipers win Three streets were flooded by creek waters last week following a nine hour rainfall overnight Aug Jameson Gourley water resources manager with Ihe Credit Valley Conservation said ram measured millimetres cording to a on the Credit The Ministry of Natunl Resources will iduse us of any weather patterns that might move into the jhj ibis lime though Mr slid We knew we were some ram but we didn t know it would be this much The rainfall is Just short of the millimetres dumped on Hills in 1U82 when there was considerable damage caused by flooding That was lho5ummer when Nerval trjiler park was flooded and there were washouts Eighth line of Glen Williams That storm dumped millimetres of rainfall in two hours The problems caused were pre minor this time Mr said Just mil or inconveniences The Credit River wis flooding in low King areas in some of our but that expected He noted there were some cases of driveways flooding in Glen Williams on and ir Highway 7 the water was also over the road ever since Wednesday morning By Wednesday afternoon it had started go down Hazard signs were put up by the lown to warn motorists The scenic route of Line north of Side road also had some flooding in the lowland area at the bottom of a steep hill That was bad Wednesday mom The road was for a white because the water was a couple of feet deep the town engineer said No invasions for teacher History teacher Tom singh t vader or a liberator He came to speak about learning The Georgetown District High School teacher In Grenada this lo Georgetown Girls Pipe Bond have been Pipe Major Vircini said an earlier report a daily newspaper stated won the best ladies overseas band However the ladies won the best overseas band beating ill mile competitors Aug the Georgetown ladies reluned home from a two week ex Scotland to pi ly it world pipe band championships The win Was not expected in fact was a bit of tin anticlimax said Ms The highlight for the ladies was to compete in front of some of the 176 best binds the world A lost bus driver m I helped the ladies she said On the way to the p grounds their bus driver got lost and the Georgetown group had only an hour preparation time No one hud lime to get nervous The pipers marched Into a circled area in front of Judges The judges listened to set how drummers and pipers complemented each other The Georgetown ladles scored very high on this togetherness between the instruments the drone sound of the bag pipes plus Ihe pip ing in general tor Ms getting the pipe corps to sound he same with little advance lime lo practise was a relief a moment she will cherish andrememberwell The spectators from Georgetown accompanying the tow- also boosted ihe spirits of the pipers The pipers brought back a number of memories about the trip that won t be easily forgotten One of the more humorous events happened when a bus driver taking the group to Inverness got lost The Georgetown visitors were on a bus from morning to midnight We were in a number of areas where you could tell it had been long time since the locals had seen a lour bus said Ms The delay prevented them from scar for the Loch Ness monster that day cry Mr said Town operations Ted said some res dents ex problems with flooded basements and thai Ihcrc were some storm sewer systems that t handle the over abundance of rain North district maintenance super visor Brent Marshall said the flooding problems were widespread although isolated cases There wis one home on Del rex Boulevard Air dale Court Elgin Street Duncan Drive and one on thai had storm water flooding problems Nothing like Ihe old problems of before Mr Marshall reassured What it telling us is work thai was undertaken on Itaylawn Duncan Drive and Weber Drive passed the test Mr Drewlo named the three road ways affected by the rainfall Wednesday he said the Glen Law son Itoad started having flooding problems depth of a pic of inches of water were going over the roadway Mr id way On the lifth Line north of feature address He was speaking ad inspectors and ministry officials in Grenada Mr s talk was part of a seminar arranged by the Organization and Co- opera I Ion of Overseas Development OCOD under he auspices of CIDA dian International Development Five top medals The McLeans of Acton came home with five firsts four seconds from the Canadian National Exhibition Ross McLean won first place in the team of roadsters class and horse Tanglefoot Mike won the ovcrbuggy class Mr McLean daughter Sherrf Lynn won the Junior exhibitor class beating out her 16yearold brother Steven who came in second in that class Baby Nunufr and her two month old foal Vicky won the reserve champion female class and also the standard bred class for mare and fool Lucky Colony won second place in small bike and small buggy Cocoa Hcmpt come in secondin the class MAGIC THREE Art students head back to school Okay all It lime to come out if the l Valley Artis ins ire The hive organized eight courses to keep you busy this fall from to to floral Dean will be teaching a workshop on dje techniques for various fibres He you which dyes to use for which fibres and how Sept from J a m to Em Ittgister for this course by mail y Sept tor Arlisans course fee is and for nan members Its The fee Includes fibres and dyes To be a member of the Credit Valley Artisans you pay at time of registration Joanna Dobbin will be teaching an Intermediate course Wednesday from Sept 4 lo Nov from fm to m There will be no classes Oct IS Nov you must have taken the begin course Mrs Dobbin will teach the drafting and reading of weaving patterns color theory and handfininhing work what the following terms mean overshot Iwillweave Ms Us Inlay Brook bouquet weave and double weave fee includes ill fibres for course It for members and 62 for no n members about the magic Ihret with Pauline Marllnnd Oct la She holding a watcrcolor workshop from lo 30 m for beginner and intermediate students You II enjoy the three primary colors Windsor red blue and yellow Tlie one day enjoying color workshop costs for CVA members 13 for members you like to come home with on arrangement of fresh flowers each Daisy Harris flower arranging course in basic design will allow you to do Just that Running from Sept to Oct the course will cover design shapes care of cut flowers proper use of mechanical aids and containers Thursdays from lo m The basic course costs members 31 and non members An ad 5 per night is payable to the Instructor to cover ihe cost if fresh flowers and foliage Mrs Harris Is also an ad vanccd design course in flower ranging whieh runs Oct to Nov from 7 to p m The course covers design new trends On en tills novelties and theme tecs arc the same as the basic course Want something special to adorn your Christmas table Mrs Hams is teaching a one day Christmas floral workshop frum 10 a to J JO p m You II complete four Christmas decorations for your home and receive ideas for many more Fresh and artificial materials will be used and you can get them from Mrs Hams for The course ret is for members and or members Children can also get in on the making of Christmas decorations Beth Peacock will teach a morning class for six to io year olds Nov from Sum to noon For 10 you child will Icam introductory weav and how to making Christmas tree decorations and a gift for mom dad All materials arc included in the course fee A last course being la tight by the Credit Valloy Arlisans Is a two day course in stained glass by Roberta Burrows of The Gallery in Terra Cotta Ms Burrows is teaching how lo make a for your window or a piece of jewellery It a class for novices as welt as ex penenced students running Oct and Nov i from 10 a to m The fee of for members and for members includes all materials Creativity will be stress ed as will free expression You can register for all or any of these courses by mall or in person By malt send In your cheque payable to Ihe Credit Valley at Box 162 Georgetown Registration in person is being done Sept from 10 a to noon at the Artisans Cottage Cedar vale Park Main and Maple Georgetown Telephone inquiries after Sept 14 should made to