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Page HERALD May 9 1 By Tony Sports Editor Nominations for the Ha I km Hills Athlete or the Year and Builder of the Sports Builder Award have begun to trickle the Herald office As somewhat of a veteran on these affairs after being part of last year athlete of the year program know that most of the nominations for Ihe awards flood in as the deadline draws near Last year there were approximately nominations for the Athlete of the Year with most of them coming in the last week There Is still quite a bit of time remaining before nomination deadline expires for the Athlete of the Year for the Builder award readers have until May 14 this coming Monday to submit their ballots TOPFLIGHT The nominations we have received so far for both wards arc of the top- flight quality The Athlete of the Year Award was established last year to recognize the superb athletes of this area All areas I have their great athletes and last year featured nominations from all over town The Sports Builder award was established this year to pay homage to the many people who by their efforts behind the scenes make it possible for Ha Hon Hills athletes to compete There are many great organizers coaches like who deserve recognition They will not be i as possible recipients of the award unless readers fill out a nomination and either drop it by Herald office or mail in COMMITTEE The members of the committee which select winners and runner both awards appear elsewhere In this paper Choosing only six members to make up what we feel is a very Important committee is not an easy task However we feel we have assembled a group which will Rive all nominations received for awards a fair suitable winners and four noteworthy runner Members of last year committee Bryan Lewis Bruce Andrews and Jack Handy will remember how difficult it was to pick among the final five athletes When it got down to the final three who all had a very impressive list of accomplishments ihe task was monumental How docs one chose between likes of Prior Kris Barber and Ion Clark The task will not any easier for this years commute Georgetown athletes and teams have had outstanding campaigns with many taking very honors However selecting a top and top builder are only a of what project was originally set out to do Thefirsl phase of ihe project is up to the readers It is on over used phrase but simply being is in a large honor For an or builder to know that someone recognized their feats or hird work is in itself quite an achievement Ballots nominate people or groups of people for each of the awards appear on page Because the ballots appear it may give Ihe misconception that two ballots have to be filled out Of course separate ballots may WE SERVICE ALL MAKES OF TVS STEREOS IN HOME SERVICE 4593194 SAVE ON OUR CARRY IN SERVICE WAIT WHILE WE FIX ITI BRAMPTON COLOUR SOUND Committee is selected to pick Towns award winners The committee has been selected to chose the winners and for the Hills Athlete of the Year and for the Sports Builder Award This year a committee of six will chose from among Ihe nominees who will be nominated by the public Tony Sport Editor of The Herald will be the chairman of the committee He will only vole in cases of ties THE SIX The committee Is composed of John Rick Mc Arthur Karen Harrison Ruby Wilkes Brian Junes and Michael McCauley Is a veteran National Hockey League referee In a poll of the league coaches midway through this current season McCauley was chosen the best NHL referee Unfortunately at ap proximately the same time the poll was McCauley a resident of Crescent in Georgetown was attacked in a New York restaurant He suffered extensive eye Injuries because of that attack and has been forced to sit out the second hair of Ihe season McCauley also coached the Brampton Excelsiors to the Canadian cham pionshlp round two years In a row Last summer McCauley was coach with the Canadian Field Lacrosse team that won the World Championship in a tournament in England McArthur Is a physical education instructor at Acton high school his job McArthur is of course no stranger to any sport coaching and leaching in a variety of athletic en BASKETBALL has shown a special love for basketball as although Acton has a relatively small population he has turned out some excellent teams by any standards Two years ago McArthur was the coach of the Acton Senior and he led them to a great year Acton hosted the pionshlps that year and the Redmen took a third place finish In the event This past year Acton did not have a senior team so led the junior team Through the regular season McArthur and his took several tournament victories over schools from much centres The team then ente red the Halton playoffs and were narrowly defeated in I the semi finals Harrison is a school teacher by profession and she spends many many hours of her free time as an organizer of minor PRESIDENT Late In April Harrison was selected as the new president of the Georgetown and District Minor Hockey Support Group She had served as he group first vicepresident last year Harrison also has an ex tensive background In ihe minor baseball program in town She is known and respected for her dedication and tireless work Her son Blake Is a rep hockey player and soccer player and their other son Craig plays In the Georgetown District Minor Hockey Association Wilkes is best known for her work with Ihe Georgetown Legion the defending Central Junior Girls fastball team This year the will compete In the ladles provincial loop Ruby and her husband Ted founded the Ted is manager of the team and Ruby works extensively In the background The Wilkes are also very Continued on Page II come rain or shine to bamboo loft 8778412 Hey Kids Win McDonalds Gift Certificates and Watches GET YOUR CRAYONS AND FELT MARKERS GOING TO WIN GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR DELICIOUS FOOD AT MCDONALDS ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED ON ORIGINALITY AND EACH MONTH THERE WILL BE A DRAW FOR A UNIQUE RONALD MCDONALD WATCH ENTER AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE 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