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Acton Apr law briefs New coordinator Halloa a Children Services Co ordinating and Advisory Group has ap pointed Patricia case resolution With ten years experience in child care work in Peel and Toronto will work with Ha ton community agencies to coordinate a range of ser vices for Hardtoserve children Parents service providers and provin officials will be referring clients to extension Endorsed Regional council a recent endorsement of Land Division Committee was reaffirmed last Wednesday when the planning and public works committee turned down a landowners request for special consideration The northeast Burlington residents application for a second severance on her fiveacre pro perty had been rejected by the The ruling won the planning committee sup port despite arguments that the applies tion fit the constraints of the regions official plan Sitespecific circumstances that merit contravention of official plan policies are regularly noted by the LDC Coun Bill Johnson told the applicant Choral Society concert fine prelude to Easter Maureen Brovatt right sang the soprano solo parts In the part of Three Choral Masterpieces at the John Elliott Theatre in the Georgetown Choral Societys annul Spring concert A Dale Wood conducted the choir and youth orchestra In an Impres sive performance of religious works Laser video discs now at library Winners at Bridge Club Denlse and Bon Jones were the winners in the northsouth section at Georgetown Duplicate Bridge Club this week Art and Bill Din an came second and Duke Wilson and Denis third In the eastwest section Bob Clark and Mark took first place with John Flanagan and Peter second and Lois and Clayton Barber third Just when you thought libraries contained only books Hills Public Library is offering something new There are two Laser Videodisc players available for public use along with titles in the Laser Video disc selection The most exciting capability of the Loser Videodisc system Is something called Interactive television Very simply inter active television means there is a two way communication between you the viewer and your TV Hocus Pocus History Disc Quiz and Mystery Disc No 1 are the three Interactive television discs the library has This new way of Viewing television is only possible because of the unique features of the Laser Videodisc system The system Is basically a special turntable that plays a special kind of audio video disc through a TV set The laser beam in the video disc player scans the sound and picture Informa tion stored on the disc and relays that in formation to the TV screen The system available at the library plays discs with up to GO minutes of program time per aide It can also scan forward or reverse three times the normal viewing speed It has a scan that takes only IS seconds to scan one side of a disc and the button can stop the picture or step It back and forth one frmae at a time It also has pause control There may be frames stored on each side of the disc tout the special search capability of the system allows the viewer to locate and display a given frame The player also has a chapter button which will allow the viewer to select sections or chapters like a book Because this is a pilot project the Hills Library Board will be evaluating the service and may Introduce changes to the service during this initial period The two Laser Videodisc players are available from the audio visual department at the Georgetown Branch of the Halton Hills Library A borrower must be years There Is a charge of per day or weekend Saturday noon Tuesday noon for the Videodisc player unit For further information on the Laser Videodisc system contact the Audio Visual Department Three Choral Masterpieces the spring concert offering by the Georgetown Choral Society and special guests came at the appropriate time of the year on the hold of Holy Week and Easter The choir and the youth orchestra set new standards for religious music In Halton under the direction of A Dale Wood Starting with the solemn Requiem by Gabriel in the first half of a splendid choral concert the program swung to the majestic Fantasia and exultant by composer R Williams in the second half Soprano Heather Dickson and baritone Pave Shrubsole of the choral society were the soloists in the difficult requiem sung in the Latin Pianist Patricio Kreuger accompanied the choir and played the cadenza for the work created from the Old Psalm tune Patricia is a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and serves as the orchestra piano accompanists in rehear sals Her performance on the grand piano enhanced the evening Soprano soloist Maureen Browne song the solo parts in the exuberant and joyful Benedicte Ruta Axis also accompanied the choir on both the organ and piano Organist at St John Anglican Church Weston she has accompanied the choral society on three previous occasions in a capable unassum ing manner Unfortunately the Friday night perfor of this selection from great com posers did not fill the John Elliott Theatre to capacity as It should A great deal of preparation went into the concert Including making baffles for placement aver the stage so voices would project better for the audience The entire effect with choir or and accompaniment was at its best in the final almost overpowering In its strength Requiems are not useful vehicles to at tract concert goers but it takes a versatile and melodic choir to achieve the composer intent The sonorous Latin words ore a challenge to any amateur choir Giving them their dignity and proper phrasing takes even more ambience for choir and conductor Dale Wood and the choir vous at first gradually mastered the work particularly the Agnus Del where the voices and orchestra dominated by strings was particularly enjoyable The switch from the requiem to the Fantasia in the second half brightened the mood from sombre to majestic an effect heightened by lots of tympanl and brass from the orchestra This joyful mood con llnued In the where the ambience between choir orchestra and conductor was evident from the first and Maureen Brown clear and strong soprano enhanced the work Again the orchestra of young people provided the vehicle which made the final selection the most enjoyable of the evening which might have succeeded more in a church sanctuary rather than In theatre bare of religious symbolism Conductor Dole Wood has been trying for years to raise the musical tastes of the town and district He and the choir succeeded again in showing they are a versatile combination and we look for many more pleasant evenings from them Pianist for was Patricia Kreuger the Toronto Symphony Is a cousin of Dale Wood The Town Inlands undertake the following two rood reconstruction project located Georgetown area Contract No involving the reconstruction of Street Highway No f Smell Avenue approxi mately 90 Km easterly to DeireM Boulevard the widening of the driving surface to frv lanes the of new curb tide watts and and grading and landscaping work Involving reconstruction Street from King Strati to S trout and AJben Street from Gualph Stroat northerly to Union deluding it munition new road base surfacn asphalt grading and landteapBig work Plana trio proposed project be pubic the Count Chambers Municipal Trafalgar Road between the hours of on Thursday April ISM antabvaa of the Town Department and the for protect be in attendance to explain the prefect and any DATED at Town HO AUSTIN TOWNENOINEffl TOWN OF HOIS MAM SOUTH HALTON ONT COOP FARM and HOME CENTRE STREET GEORGETOWN APRIL BUSINESS HOURS OPEN TILLS MON FBI SAT TILLS