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Helping the visionimpaired read Town seeks appointees Advertisements are appearing In Herald Inviting residents to apply for a number of position on municipal agencies There are positions open on the towns committee of adjustment library board parking authority safety council and land division committee for resident who have some free time to span Town council Monday night decided not to advertise for he towns property standards committee position which open up this year because the committee has bad no need to meet In Instead council will ask the person currently serving In the spot If he would like to sit for another term The appointments will be reviewed by council Other Individuals already sitting on the committees have terms which end In different years Current board members may reapply Cancer unit bazaar Toe Georgetown of the towns cancer society will hold Its Christmas at St Andrews United Church on Road South this year The will be open from 1 m to IS Tuesday Dec Everyone is welcome to attend King Street bust A 19year old Georgetown woman was charged with possession of a narcotic Nov act after Hallon regional police arrived on King Street doorstep with a search warrant Shell be appearing In Milton provincial court Dec Two arrested Two young people were arrested but Friday at in the Halloa and charged with possession of marijuana A 19year old Georgetown man and a old Scarborough woman will appear in Milton provincial court Jan 10 Bring warmth to winter By CAROL CLARK VeuuUecr Centre Coordinator get out too often To be able to tit quietly and read tnelocal papers can be quite an enjoyment If you cant get out the papers can keep you up with the local happenings whats on and Volunteers- Canadas greatest natural SIMPLER TIMES Saddle up and let bale oat George Kennedy Public School left to right Adam bond and Kerr got Into tat mood of the good old day of Canada Wednesday alterooon Dressed to long calico print with match tag Grade girts whirled around the antique artifact their bad set op to the pioneer lifestyle resource who doing what But what If you couldnt read the paper Would you appreciate a friend HELP OUT The North Volunteer Center his the need for such a friend Someone in Georgetown has Impaired vision and Is in need of a volunteer to spend a few hours a week to read the local papers or to put the highlights on tape so they can be listened to at this person leisure This la not a difficult task but a friendly voice couldmakesomednesohappy If you are interested In being that voice please contact Carol Clark at In addition to needing someone to help the vision impaired the volunteer centre is also looking for an individual who can teach needlepoint to someone with muscular sclerosis The person must have a strong needlepoint Interest and patience Meet AHS Blade expert Clares stays sharp spirit reds hobby turned into trade for Georgetown man J HtraM Staff Writer Clare of Gibb ons Place la sharp on lug scissors knives cut ters and other cutting equipment for the pan ten years until its be come his trade Working out of the for mer garage behind his borne Mr Remple M provides a service to many Georgetown and A former tool room grinder he decided to take a fourweek course learn more about the sharpening trade Although It was Just an Interest at that time he considered It might dev Into an occupation once he reached retirement age Company equip ment Mr the basics and through subsequent years bought one piece of equipment at a for bis own back yard workshop He foll owed op bis first course with a second on carbide lag and all of a sudden waking up and having nothing to do Mr err gnu To be sure be wouldnt be sitting still Mr bought a saw filer ten years ago then a retooth- and setter Since then be baa added eight more sharpening pieces In cluding a surface grinder grlOkter and grinder All this equipment means Mr Remple can sharpen drills from one- eighth of an inch to three Inches in diameter Be sides woodworking tools be can also sharpen ind ustrial and saws Inches in diameter To understand cutting edges is a prerequisite in sharpening Mr said Hell be sharing some of his knowledge In Gait next month where hell be teaching a one- week course for the sole Canadian distributor of Foleys A hi the most dangerous tool you can have la the bouse Mr said With it you have to exert extreme pressure and the pressure might tend the knife or sharp knife you dont have to exert any press ure at all be said When a good knife la really sharp youll cut yourself sndyou wont even know it Mr Rem pie said Although be doesnt be- electric knives he sharpens them for cust omen If youre going to cut cut Don saw It would nt be caught dead with an electric knife Mr said Advising purchasers of knives to buy a good set of knives from West Ger man Trid ent or or the Japanese makes Mr Remple said if you pay about youre getting good set A persons set with three bares a peeler a bread knife and an eight- inch chefs carver kntfe be said His wife Ebue led to recommend a curv ed peeler instead of a one saying theyre very good for potatoes and carrots Generally Speaking sharp knives cant be bought Mr said because after all the packaging and bashing around they get before Ibey come borne theyve dulled He said after a good knife is bought It should be taken to be sharpened Doing It yourself with a steel will only ruin a knife Mr said And the tinferbeus who trudge up and down suburban streets with their carts ready to sharpen housewives kravesT Forget it Mr Remple claims tbey ruin more than they ever do properly Not a glamorous trade sharpening hasnt caught on much with the younger generation In Canada Mr said there are three times too few By JOHNSON Our school spirits name brred Fred a very guy once you get to know him He drifts throngh the hallways and classrooms tastUUng good feeling special or in thtt month Spirit days or spirit weeks are In hopes of bringing the school doner together proud of their school and Its accomplishments Sounds good doesnt Unfortunately Its not true As you may have alrea dy Fred Is not real but there Is a real need for school spirit and the student association The student association or short is a group of devo Indivi end staff who try to raise school spirit at Acton High School The has various ways of doing Una some are a follows dances are held monthly with a As many of you prob ably know spirit dan ere the days when thawed dress code is set and activities are planned around it Take for instance Hat Button and Sock Day where your funniest hat ugliest weirdest pah- of socks sad buttons galore are put