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Moore Park kids boost cancer funds By ASTRA Herald Staff Writer These kids could put adults to shame with their display of Illative and community minded spirit They have taught many of their parents and neighbors that they should never underestimate the cap abilities and the go get cm attitude kids have These sentiments were echo ed many limes during the carnival organized and held for the second year by a group of seven Moore Park children to raise funds for a worthy cause A Avenue backyard was transformed Thursday morning Into a mini fair com plate with garnet refresh ments and plain good old for those who cared to join In Over forty neighborhood child ren and a few grownups who managed to sneak In were treated to a wide range of games testing their skill and luck Tickets were five cents apiece and entitled the young pin knock over tin cans go fishing or play bingo Prizes offered to the talented and just plain lucky winners were chocolate bars and McDonalds vouch ers The result of he fourhour extravaganza was a hefty cheque for the Canadian Cancer Society The seven organizers rang in age from six to 13 first got caught up In the fund- raising spirit last summer when they saw the arrival of Terry Fox and Ins Marathon of Hope In Hilton Hills They were also Impressed by how the residents of Hal ton Hills opened their hearts and con tributed to Canadian Cancer Society coffers Not to be outdone the child ren felt that they should do something to contribute to the community fund raising effort Ten year old Jane Campbell said that they had wanted to organize a circus last year but had problem getting acts together Jane said that they had already seen the ads at McDonald urging children to organize their own carnivals and they got the ball rolling from there Last summer they held their carnival and raised for the muscular dystrophy association This year a carn ival seems to have been a much greater success with the organizers almost quadrupling the final amount raised Not many fund raising campaigns can boast of such an increase All the organizers agreed that holding the carnival was a lot of fun for them but that belles the fact that a lot of hard work and behind the scenes organization was in volved before the big event They spent a month and a half pooling their talents and doing promotional work Not only did they make their own flyers but they also distributed them to almost all the home In the Moore Park area and even prompted tome of the areas merchants to display posters promoting the They also contacted several businesses to help with the carnival NeUson offered to contribute chocolate bars and McDonald supplied the vouchers that were given away as prizes Trio Discount Stores supplied the makeup toed In painting the children clown SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday 1081 Page Erin phone rates irk long distance callers A of rouge here and a smear of lipstick there and presto a clown Is born Jean Meek led spent a day making up countless new clown at the carniva Thursday Twoyear aid Ths children were aided by Police theft Mr and Mrs Meek who offered to hold the TJ in their backyard while JjfGKiTi Mrs Campbell helped operate some of the games deckled to plonk down money and become a clown for a day at the carnival that rs la four for the cancer society rings gangs disbanded Halton Regional police have disbanded two gangs of Juve niles in Georgetown respons ible for 14 break Ins the past five months and have laid a total of charges against one adult and 13 juveniles Constables Ian and Bruce Lindsay broke the case when they apprehended a IB- year old Georgetown youth at the HI Neighbour Mini Mart on Main Street Wednesday also helped the Canadian Can- morning They bad grown Society in their search for after noticing that the glass door was In Jane Campbell said they hoped Ibey could do it next year again since they had a good tune organizing the earn and staging the production Thursday They also enjoyed creating a little fun for their friends In the area Judging from the many happy faces they not only succeeded on both counts they After a subsequent Invest gallon they charged the youth with breaking and entering In connection with the store break in and a previous break in that had occurred at the Arcade on Mill Street last Monday A crowbar bad been used in that incident to break open the door and ISO was taken Pollen then discovered the identities of the juveniles who range in age from 1 to 13 forming two separate gangs In connection with tbo arrests police recovered in stolen property consisting mainly of golf equipment and cigarettes The break ins have occurred since March at the following Georgetown businesses Quick Variety Store Restaurant Beckers Bobbins the Arcade Georgetown Bowl Kay Variety HI Neighbour Mini Mart Georgetown Golf and Country Club and George town Fruit Market Continued from page AS subscriber use between the two exchanges and if an In rales will result from the per cent of the subscribers must agree to the Increase has more than SO per cent use with while Erin almost as close an Interest In Georgetown Mr Searle said Percentage points don mean that much Mr said and each area Is so tantollilngjy close 1 think it only four per cent for to get Orangeville and eight for Erin to get George- Vie re so frustrated that we re actively looking at turn Erin Into a giant cooperative and renting our own long distance lines While they t be allowed to make money off the there doesnt appear at this point to be any reason why they couldn do it on a co operative break even basis Mr Searle said If companies can do It there no reason why a com ra unity can t be said The has allowed us to buy our own phones and put them on Bell lines so maybe they 11 let us do this too One or our members flgur If even 50O people joined us at say a month we could have access to Georgetown Acton and there nothing to stop us even going through and getting a line to Toronto If Erin do manage to arrange It they will be the first community to do so he added To make window appear taller add valance above the window to camouflage the real height Mr said CBS is working out the mechanics of the scheme and hopes to appear before the CRTC by this fall Bell Canada Gueiph area manager BUI Salmon group last week Bell is install ing new wiring so that oil applications for new or Improved service will be cleared up and once problems resulting from poor cable will also bo correct by the end of the year By January 1983 new trunk lines will have been added both between Erin and and between those exchanges and so the number of busy signals should drop In and Bell will rebuild its exchange plants In Erin oral Hillsburgh and at that time each exchange will get automatic number ldectifl cation Mr Salmon said that since Bell has only owned the Erin exchanges for a year he can trace any trends or predict how quickly the exchanges will reach the per cent community Interest which would qualify them for Courtesy Mercury 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