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r May 31 Ice rent meeting behind closed doors Representative of 12 ice using roups in Hal on Hills will meet with retreatlon director Glen Mayor and four coun at a behind closed doors meeting at Stewarttown Hall on May to discuss sub ice rote hikes slated to go into effect his fall Letters to officials of 12 groups Georgetown Skiting Georgetown District Minor Association Georgetown Support Group Gemini Raiders Georgetown Industrial Hockey Georgetown nan contact hotkey Acton Industrial Hockey Sabres Figure Skating Club Waterloo Wellington rep hockey and Legion Minor Hockey lost Wednesday by Gray in forming them of the meeting with and Councillors Booth Harry Levy pat Pal tcrsonandEdWood Several people involved with the various groups expressed disappointment regarding the meeting and town plans for conducting it behind closed doors Georgetown figure Club president Ron Snow who is spokesman for Georgetown groups who recently urged council to rescind the rate hikes and renegotiate said he found it surprising the meeting will be in camera without the press or public welcome Snow claims that after the recent meeting with council Gray told him it was Mayor Pomeroy idei to hold discussion of the rental hikes in cumin in March when they were proved not his Gray s Last Monday Gray said it would be up to Booth of the special council com miltee to decide if the meeting is behind closed Friday this newspaper talked with Booth He Mid he sure If the meeting would be behind closed doors He said other council committee members would be consulted on this point before a decision was m but indicated he favored a closed meeting since he thought more would be accomplished it an informal meeting without the public present However Grays letter to vinous groups clearly the meeting will be is dated May 1G Snow said he thought at Inst Hie press should be at the meeting so ihe be kept properly informed ice group spokesmen made the same point Snow also noted the letter says tin meeting is to deal with the common problems of the use and rental of arenas Hi doesn t think there ire many problems with use of arenas but there is treat concern about the rent hikes Tin groups wont to see rales rolled back the meeting will be closed press ind is r used speeul tic council is worried about some questi m be raised at the meeting becoming public knowledge Bob of the Raiders his suggested the groups will isk some very pointed questions at the riLardmt deportment Hooper iloesn the true figures reardinj hue come to light Don of minor 1 tin meeting will groups the opportunity to air numerous beefs about till reercation depigments procidures with ei r first lime WEDNESDAY MAY 23 One Hundred and Fourth YearNo Second Section Three pole head group I aimers Acton High School pole vaulters were very much in evidence the Peel Track and Field Championships Elobi coke Centennial Mad turn Thursday Acton topped all pre vious performances qualifying five compel tors for the Ontario Federation of School Athletics Association regional including take it 1 don I Willi It hands baton off Karen I for Ihe second leg of the junior jlrls 100 metre relay The team placed fifth at Peel but failed qualify for he Other members of the relay leim were Deb Clarke and J Truman three Ted Nadhazi had the most successful day for the Rcdmen topping all competitors In the Junior boys pole vault despite a pulled leg muscle jumped metres for the honor A jump of metres earned Don Weaver the right to travel to Niagara Falls for the regional meet in the midget boys pole vault Weaver jump placed him third in the overall competition with the lop four qualify Larry Kurtz gave Acton representation at all three levels in the rcg ional meet with a fourth place finish at the Peel Kurtz cleared metres and the fourth and final qualify ing position other Acton ath lcles qualified for the regionals one on the track and one in the field Meredith McLaren fin ished second to Olympian Julie White in the senior girls 100 metre hurdles qualifying her for the regionals Miss McLaren ran the race in sec onds far from her best time In the Halton championships Meredith ran Ihe race in a record 15 seconds Rcdmen coach viceprincipal and father I yn McLaren be lieves that with two weeks hard work prior to the OFSAA regional Meredith will Miss White a run for her money Miss White won the 100 metre event in a new Peel record of J seconds The other Acton tier for the regionals was long jumper John ho with a second place in the mid get boys event Label I who finished fourth in the championships reached 37 metres at the Peel giving him the chance to continue Other top per formances for Acton in eluded a fifth place finish for Linda Osso in the midget girls shot put competition Miss Osso throw of metres was one metre behind the first place toss Both junior and senior girls relay teams placed fifth in the four by 100 metre event Thejun lor girls made up of Cor Karen Leg ill Deb Clarke and Jane ran the race in J seconds of a second Taster than they had run at the Ha ton meet Senior girls team of Meredith McLaren Sharon Cook Sharon Mc Gregor and Karen Chap man ran their race in 3 seconds being overtaken at the wire by Nelson of Burlington Spnngle and Deb Clarke added individual sixth place finishes to the Acton total white the lor boys relay team added another sixth placed sixth in the midget boys 100 metre hurdles in a time of 1G 1 seconds Miss Clarke was Ihe sixth place finisher in the mid get girls metre sprint in a time of 13 seconds one tenth of a second from fifth The junior boys relay team of Neville Porter Steve ingle Dave Williamson and Rob izky finished their four by 100 in 48 seconds The five competitors Acton will send to the is a definite improvement over last season when they sent two The regionals will bring together four areas in competition with the lop placers ravelling to the Ontario High School finals It If he look or determination won the midget boys sixth In a few seconds In time may have metre hurdles at the Peel championships even In a lime of I seconds Concentration Is what lilted John from fourth place at the track and field championships to second at the Peel Ha lion meet last Thursday in The second place finish qualified for regionals in wlllmakethe trip Ilium tin lop performer Ihe M Smith I if is eijht first place hi ilfjil Mills fir tin intermedlaic girls the lunj jump pit Miss Dunn jumped Story on page B7 Rockwood slugs Innout midgets In midget boys Softball team opened their exhib ition season last week by dropping in III J decision to The In held even the first inning is neither team could I rmt run across plate It wis IhL only in which Bockwood failed 1 Don Weaver Is out of the three pole who will represent IIIlIi School at tin regional raile and field championships In tails next Header plated third in tin midget boys competition while Ted Naitliaxl copped the junior crown jml I Kurt qualified In fourth pa I amount seniors inning runs wood brief f the contest but a bit eight run inning for Acton put them back in the the eight runs was a homer by starting pitcher Denis came back with four third inning markers to take a lead they would never again Randy Smith provided a big bat for itnekwood In the third pounding a home run Three more fourth inn ing runs extended the lead before got their final run of the tame as crossed the plate solo home run by Don Buchanan in the fifth and four runs in the sixth including a Brad Billings homer rounded out the storing Hornby suffers setback at hands of Merchants Acton Merchants split action last week in the Georgetown Industrial Fastball League The Merchants could manage only two first Inning runs against Pee Police last week in a losing effort The locals rebounded to top pre viously unbeaten Hornby Greenhouses The Merchants struck early against Peel Police and things looked as if would extend their modest two game win streak but the lead would not hold up Steve and Chris crossed the plate for Acton as both Don Richard and Terry got wood on the bat for doubles That was the end of the Merchants hitting for the ball game as Piel Norm Topping an ex Merchant held the Acton team at bay retiring the next 1H batters in order Peel counted three runs in the third inning and singles in the fourth and fifth in re cording the win The Merchants kept their record above 500 at home Thursday night as they pounded 15 hits in nipping Hornby 107 in a slugfest Hornby looked as if they would record an easy victory In the first inning as they jumped to an early lead riturned the in the bottom of he first inning as they matched Hornby four run outburst Steve Marshall started things off for with single A in bills lo Don bun by Spears singles by Chris linnunt and Don and a by Jim Cole all helped out Merchants rabbed the lead in the second inning is fuur more hits brought three more runs to tin Marshall Don Richard Chris retinanl and Dun Arch all hit Merchants went score less for two innings be fore a triple by Dick Spears and home run brought another pair across the Hornby got one run in the sixth as George hit an infield the park home Steve Marshall added Ihe last Acton run with a sixth inning double ring Bill Hon Hedge single Hornby made a valiant effort to even the count in the final inning with two runs but fell short pro ducing a final storing setting Hornby down for the first time in the early season Merchants will try to improve on their three md two record tonight Wednesday when they meet Curwood of the Merchants art at home to C and S Plumbing Game lime if slated for it m Jr B loop unchanged Junior hockey fans in town and Milton will see the some visitine teams next season as they did the past season The OHA has decided not to alter the 12 team Central Junior loop one little bit That means Gemini Sabres and Flyers will again be calling Streetsvlllc Oakville Blades Brampton Chcvys Burlington Cougars Dixie Beehives Oak Ridges Dynes Thunder birds Dame Colls and Travclways lodge brothers At league mtctniL member clubs had indorsed a plan which would hive seen two new divisions formid with interlocking ploy One division would been made up of Georgetown Brampton Dixie ind while Milton would be lumped in with Burlington Grimsby Hamilton Oak Ridges Thornhill Onllia and would ive shifted into Toronto based league