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THE Wednesday November iht ABC meeting he Association for Bright Children A C announces Its next meeting Nov at p m at St Raphaels Separate School New Street cast of Walkers Line In Burlington The purpose of the meeting is to review ABC efforts to improve the quality of educational opportunity offered to identified girled and other students by both The Hal on Board of Education and The Roman Catholic School The meeting open to and will be of interest to parents and educators concerned with the education of gifted children In Hal ton Region Further Information may be ob tained from Rod Taylor or Ombudsman week Chairman has declared Learn About Your man Week for the week Nov Chairman and Daniel G Hill Ombudsman of Ontario coopera ling to ensure that the residents of Hal ton know what Ombudsman to reach his services The Office of Ihe Ombudsman has existed for over 11 years help people attain fair and equitable treatment from every provincial ministry agency board and commission Hal ion residents with problems they cannot solve with the Ontario government may visit the information display at the municipal offices or call the Office of Ihe Ombudsman of Ontario toll free Hold out your arm Hold out arm and help so icone in need of your blood The Milton unit of the Canadian Red Cross is sponsoring a blood donor clinic Nov 19 at EC Drury For more Information Horts meeting The Georgetown and District Horticultural Society meeting will be Nov IB at at Knox Presbyterian Church There will be a slide show of Peru including Equator and the Galapagos and the Upper Amazon Everyone is welcome Employment game A seminar has been planned for involved in Commer cial Retail and Private Business Manufacturers Government and Institutional Operations It will be of interest to those involved and concerned with the proper pro cedures for hiring supervising discipline and dismissal of part time staff The workshop will cover statutory holidays holiday pay mass termination part time employment unions volunteers sick and pregnancy leave pay equity and much more Gary a field consultant with the Ministry of Labor will be the guest speaker Garys presen tation style promises factual in formation on the spot answers and provokes controversial ques tions for eye opening answers The workshop lakes place at the John Elliott Theatre Georgetown from Nov Preregistcr before Nov IB and pay only For more Information and to register call the rcation department at Prizewinners The seniors at the centre Durham Street held a bazaar November 14 Prizes were won by Mrs June Lcnz Dresden plate quill Mrs Sadie Donald basket of fruit Mrs M Clarke fruitcake and turkey The Police beat A yearold Georgetown has been charged with willful damage after he kicked off the mirror of a car during an argument The suspect and the vie llm were arguing in ihe parking lot of restaurant on Road South at about Monday He will appear in December A year old woman wis charged with Ihcft about 11 a m Monday when she was caught shoplifting from the Canadian Tire store on Guelph Street She was found with a com pulcr diskette a personal stereo and head set curtain hooks and curtain rods Total volue of the goods is approximately said The woman will appear in court December Between Friday and Monday someone took the mailbox from the house at park Ave Georgetown The box Is valued at police said the HERALD HOURS MHdyloFrtdlyB30ttS00 Display Monday pm Monday pm Canoeist full of life like river itself Around every bend is a challenge on Nahanni in NWT By MARYLIZ SHAW Herald If Sandy Symmes had not become a whitewater canoeist she might been a flying trapeze artist or a cliffdiver The mother of three who lives in a remote country home In Terra Cot- Is someone who loved taking risks Sandy and her husband relumed In August from day canoe trip along the a bear of a river in the Northwest Ter A vibrant and energetic speaker Sandy seems as full of life as the river she describes People from all over the world come to do that river Sandy said a reverent lone In her voice And to think Its all ours it belongs to Canada The had been planning lo do for a full as many maps and on the urea as they could find Although she has been white- water canoeing for about years Sandy admits she was little ap- about traversing ihe from the source o lis base My greatest fear was dumping In a canyon and having no way to get out she said The average temperature of the water is degrees even during the hottest summer months But the Symmes went the entire trip without dumping and were forc ed to portage only once two small blessings bandy will always be thankful for Im glad Im into ferns and said Sandy That la the only good Ihing about portaging as far as Im concerned Sandy Symmes whose canoeing adventures have taken her across Ontario with Canadian Nature Tours describes the as a canoeists dream Every bend is challenge she said Part of the rivers attraction Is Us unpredictability Water levels have been known to alter as much as five feet In one night Perhaps the greatest experience though is what Sandy Symmes calls Mother or the land through which the river flows The area is full of rare and ex quisite wildlife one of the reasons the federal government named it a National Park in 1979 The Symmes also spent time at Moores Cabin a log house built by a young Ontario couple in the 1970s and now part of the Nahanni experience The cabin Includes an open notebook for canoeists following the A church is born Workmen hud unseasonably warm rather to do their construction The building la progressing quickly and the weather holds could con taiks at the or Ihe new Georgetown Alliance Church on the Eighth Line and Fifteenth tinue along Its present pice river Sandy Symmes who had read Mrs Moores book on her own wilderness cxtwrience describes her feelings of Joy at seeing the cabin and the notebook for the first time I was really touched by the book she said was wonderful to read the notes left by canoeists Some of the writings In the book date as far back as Sandy and spent their wedding anniversary cleaning out Moores cabin and neither could think of a more romantic way lo spend San dy said Sandy stresses that her trip was enjoyable and virtually troublefree because of the amount of Hon that went Into It Sandy packed and almost all of her own food Members of the ly also contributed especially those at Prestons store In Glen Williams who ordered a special quantity of goods for the trip She warns anyone considering a trip along the Nahanni to get a com set of maps and to plan to go in a group of at least four was shocked at how ill prepared some of the canoeists were she said At one point the Symmes party came upon six men who had brought eight barrels of Furnace malfunction A furnace man unci ion at Ac ton I G A caused smoke to fill the store Friday at about am Firefighters were tailed to the scene but there was no damage The alarm at the Stmors Cenlre on Durham Street went off three times Friday morning Fire of said he alarm was not working properly sounded at 6a m and a m Firefighter responded to two resuscltalor calls on the weekend The first occurred Saturday at about It a m at Main St S At ton second occurred Sunday when a male having problems breathing brought firefighters to lid The call about a m An alarm sounded Tuesday at about a m at the Heal Estate building on Street Fire of ficials said the alarm was false 25 years of service for VP Joseph Bray doesnt go unnoticed Herald Special Many students at Georgetown District High School stand the thought of being trapped in school for another year Some are already counting the number of days until Christmas vacation But other members of the school seem to enjoy their time there Last Wednesday one of the school vice- pnncipals Joseph received a Celebrating award for ser ving he Board of Education or years The presentation was nicely done said Mr Bray I thought it was inspiring In Joseph Bray began his career as a at Acton High School where he taught chemistry and biology After teaching for ten years in Acton he worked as an Ad ministrativc Assistant in Burlington for a year He left his job in Burl ington became vice- principal of Queen Elizabeth Park School Mr Bray worked there or three years He was also viceprincipal of Lord Elgin High School In September he started at Georgetown District High School where he has been ever since How does he feel being vice- Its second nature now Mr 11 ray explained I enjoyed teaching too There j lot of variety and personal with He said he wouldnt anything about his joh 1 guess I come accept everything it Mr said thai liavcnti much over years But Im always impressed he number of who work hard and are school citizens have changed though he staled When I out there DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TRENTON 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY IS AND CULTURAL CENTRE DRIVING SCHOOL NEXT COURSE Nov Dec Mod Wad fl DAY CRASH COURSE Dec Gift A Cou9 or Private Lesson PHONE Approved by Ontario OFF ON ANY NEW OR USED VEHICLE UPON PRESENTATION OF A GRADUATION DIPLOMA TO BE IIOMESnndy mes hugs her coffeemaker after describing canoeing trip along he ttiver in he Nortburst Territories In August She Ihrc in Terra Colin wilh her husband tic and her children Robin 19 IT and II photo beef jerky Of course it made them sick And you should have seen their faces when we brought them over a loaf of freshly baked bread The bread was baked In a reflector oven which sits close an open fire and works on the same principle a conventional oven Sandy had prepared the dough before the trip and separated II into individual loaves But the rip was nothing like a conventional holiday and during threeweek stint Sandys modem comfortable home Us microwave and coffeemaker must have seemed strangely unreal When I came back wanted to kiss all my appliances she said I was so happy to find they still work ed But when youre out there your impression of comfort changes comfort means a sleeping bag and a rocky lent bottom Its part of he wilderness experience to cut everything down to lis barest essen tials Sandy and Symmes will be giving a slide show on their trip on Friday at he St Church Hall in Glen Williams Pro ceeds from he show will go towards sending local Scouts to Australia The show begins at m Reception 700 Music By Davi Smallwood Special occasion permit GEORGETOWN PRESENTS 29th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BALL FRIDAY DEC HOLY CROSS AUDITORIUM TCKETS AT THE SHOP OR PHONE iFTOttGBGOT0TWGaETtlWHBnHCTI a shortage earners experience was minimal Now more qualified and ex perienced Its been an inercsting years he said I enjoy being able reflect back on Ihem Joseph Bray grew up in lie said that his own school career was interesting I liked school par ticularly when it was challenging Although he did not participate in many school during his own school career he is active in the program at District High School He assists who coach the high school cross country earns and Mr Bray also enjoys Jogging himself Mr Bray has an undergraduate degree in biology from the Universi ty of and a Masters degree In oceanography from McGiH University in Montreal NOVEMBER ONTARIO RECYCLING WEEK Recycling is Smart Do Your Part in Burlington Halton Hills Milton Oakville Follow these simple rules to save resources energy landfill space and dollars GENERAL Newspapers glass and cans are to be put out before 730 on the same day as your regular garbage pickup 2 Newspaper glass and cans are to be placed at curb side and kept separate from household garbage by approximately NEWSPAPERS 1 Please rinse all bottles and jars and remove the caps and lids Race bottles and jars in plastic grocery bags bags should be doubled for strength 3 Do not put out broken glass light bulbs mirrors plate glass or ceramics Only clean dry newspapers and supplements are recyclable Please bundle your newspapers Please include only the material that comes with your newspaper Do not include catalogues envelopes egg cartons cereal or soap boxes cardboard phone books etc In the bundles 3 Do not put newspapers out on rainy days save unbl next week COLLECTION HINTS If you have the space save the bundles for a couple of weeks if not Slack your bundles with your neighbour METAL CANS 1 Food and juice cans Rinse them out remove the labels cut both ends off and to reduce the transportabon bulk please flatten the cans if possible Pop cans are acceptable as is 3 Place all cans in plastic grocery bags bags should be doubled for strength 4 Do not mix cans and glass Please use a separate bag for each Recycling is Smart Do Your Parti RECYCLING DEPOTS As a resident of Region you can also take your newspapers glass metal and cardboard to one of our four recycling depots located at Transfer Station North Service Road between 3rd Line and Bronte Road Burlington Landfill Site North Service Road west of King Road Milton Transfer Station Steeles Avenue just east of trie overpass Halton Hills Transfer Station Armstrong Avenue Georgetown For more information contact your local municipality Burlington Milton Hills 8456601 3357777