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Page THE HERALD Wednesday May 15 Community in Focus- Dancing for seniors The funky iiuslc and wild dance moves used by dancer Emily Tabuchl front and her dance part ner took some seniors by surprise at first but by the end of the performance the seniors were clapping and having a great time along with the dancers from Cherl Lindsays Dance Studio In Georgetown who provided the entertainment at the annual Lion Senior Citizens dinner held Thursday night Seniors such as back left to right Harry Miller George Ridley Joyce Gosling and Grace Kuenzlg were among approximately 100 seniors honored at the dinner provided free to area seniors by the Lions Club Herald photo by Lisa PC Riding Executive The HaltonPeel Progressive Conservative Riding Association held Its annual meeting with election of officers last Friday evening at North Haiton Golf and Country Club MP Garth Turner was the guest speaker Pictured above are the Associations new executive members Front row left to right Ted Fry Ross Husband Marilyn Turner Secretary Roy Wood Sue Miller Shaw and David Page Back row left to right Bob RIghtmyer Treasurer Bob Johnston Marilyn Mltlon Past President HaltonPeel MP Garth Turner Don Presi dent Bill Patterson and Norman Morris Ex ecutive members absent when photo taken Includ ed Bernadette Shaw LeRoy HoYoung Dennis Stephenson John Bartlett and Jean Skufa Herald photo School awareness No one can accuse Robert Little Public School In Acton and Its supporters of not being aware of en vironmental problems Last Saturday Robert Little students teachers parents of school children and members of the Acton community together to do their part In cleaning up their community Groups cleaned up the Fairy Lake shoreline the shoreline of Black Creek and the school grounds Herald photo Ballinafad News Helping the handicapped The challenges of helping the handicapped was an Issue three students left to right Rosie Peter Bukovcan and Sandy Carreiro addressed during education week at their school St Francis of Separate School In Georgetown This display of brail writing and a onehanded weaving wheel was part of the project the students took part In and displayed to parents at the schools open house last Thursday night Herald photo Heritage evening a huge success By BETTY SOJKA Last weeks Heritage evening was deemed a huge success with over 100 people filling the munity Centre The meeting was set up by the Esquesing Historical Society whereby a panel of residents each had a topic on which they would speak on Karen Hunter president of this group opened the meeting with several announcements and then proceeded to introduce the panel of Lydia Snow who also served as panel chairperson Alma and Norm Sinclair Will and Eleanor McLean and Ernie Each individual was impressive Much was learned about early life farms roads Womens In stitute Community Centre chs factories hotels feed mill general store mail routes etc It was noted that the majority of early settlers were Empire Loyalists Nathaniel Rotzel was the first settler In 1819 Nathaniel arrived to live on a 100 acres for a cost of plus a promise to settle within a determined time period A bargain price at todays standards even though he had to cut through miles of bush to get at it From here Nathaniel did what he could to populate the area by raising children A highlight of the evening was when members of the audience gave their own personal recollections of past life and personages The meeting ended with coffee and sweets being served The Club current session has formally ended with the Achievement Day being held at the Radial Museum last Vuflifrfh mining Joined rv in tri in I th nr I in wan UBt streetcars A safety video was viewed This excursion was most enjoyable for all attending The Hall Board attended a re cent Erin meeting to make a plea for funds The Boards capital request was initially not to be accepted due to Erin decision to restrict capital expenditures from the budget Karen Smith chairper son for the Hall Board addressed Erin Council outlining the importance of receiving funding The Hall Board is focusing their efforts this year in making the original basement section a viable part of the Community Centre again Currently this sec tion sits empty due to water leakage Funds are needed to cure the water problems and then refurbish the interior Erin will hand out their decision this week The Jim Dandies first game was a real nail biter for the first innings Carrying a score of it was not until the bottom of the that the Jim Dandies broke the tension by adding a few more runs Kathy Martin with her home run Elaine Bowman and Marion Lumbers were the strong hitters belting the needed runs in The final score against Black Brigade was 142