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LIVING LIGHTING St Georgetown a Saturday Home Newspaper of Haltort Hills Established 1866 FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY MAY 2nd 32 PAGES Sikhs herded into meeting Chretien sweeps local Liberals BvBBNDUMMETT ByBENDUMMETT The Herald A group of Sikhs who were herd ed into Sacre Coeur Church Hall in Georgetown last Thursday to vote at the HaltonPeel Liberal riding association delegation meeting couldnt prevent Jean Chretien supporters from sweeping all 12 delegate spots for the Calgary Liberal leadership convention in June About 20 to Sikhs appeared at the hall near the end of the vote to cast their ballots in favor of a group of delegates supporting leadership hopefuls Paul Martin and Sheila Copps said the riding associations president Carol Lawless after the delegation meeting The associations executive ex- pected something like this to hap pen because Sikhs had suddenly appeared at other recent delega tion meetings said Ms Ms and the rest of the executive support Mr Chretiens bid to replace John Turner as the federal Liberal party leader so they took the necessary precau tions to ensure he would receive delegate support from I made several phone calls leading up to the delegation meeting to make sure we had over and above enough support said Ms Lawson Police seek missing woman The Guelph division of the On tario Provincial Police are ask ing for public assistance in finding a missing Hillsburgh woman Vivian Bremner was last seen at her residence around 10 am Sunday morning She is described as fivefoot fourinches tall pounds with short blond hair and blue eyes She is believed to be wear a dark blue vheck pullover dark blue walking shorts and white running shoes Police have already started using dogs and a helicopter in the search for Ms Bremner She was believed to be heading to Georgetown for a flag football practice Ms was driving a white 1966 Merkur XR4 with a six- inch black trim along the bot tom of the sides of the car The licence plate is 613 ERW Although she couldnt say for sure some of the Sikhs appeared to be confused and ended up voting for Jean Chretien delegates in stead of those on the Mar- tinCopps slate Milton resident Bill Gregg who was elected as a delegate confirm ed the Sikhs apparent sense of con fusion saying the group was herd ed into the hall They looked scared he said Several people attending the meeting didnt realize the Sikhs had shown up because they came at the end of the even ing said Mr Gregg By that time most people had cast their vote and left the hall said Mr Gregg Georgetown resident Tony Smyth who ran as a delegate on the MartinCopps slate confirm ed that a relatively large group of Sikhs appeared at the back of the hall near the end of the meeting Mr Smyth was one of two Liberals for Life supporters who ran on the losing slate Mr Smyth said an agreement between the higher in the Liberals for Life organization and a group of supporters led to his running as a delegate When questioned why a prolife advocate would support Sheila Copps a prochoice supporter Mr Smyth couldnt answer The deal was made between the higher ups in the Liberals for Life group and the organizers of the tinCopps slate said Mr Smyth suggested the delegation process be changed She objects to a system that allows for instant voting members Only longtime Libera party members who know what the party stands for and its policies should be responsible for determining delegates said Ms Members who wanted at the delegation meeting had to be members of the Liberal party by March 29 four weeks prior to the Continued on Page Abhor In Acton lor students and S3 for children and seniors Here Daisy