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SECTION Thursday December Cabbage kids glory days assignment BY PAUL BARKER Herald Brampton II was a chance for glory the assignment every re porter longs for It was a chance to be the new Clark Todd the Jack Cahlll of Brampton the chance to win my spurs on the battlefield without having to visit Lebanon Nicaragua or Grenada Grabbing my equip ment and the day first coffee I set out at dawn for he battlefield the Miracle store In Bramalea City Cen where Uons over the latest shipment of Cabbage Patch Kids was about to take place But this morning It was different There were no fights no weapons no screams no scratching The number of casual ties nil BATTLE Just three weeks ago this same store was the scerte of a pitched battle when grown adults trampled over each other to get their hands on the runaway toy hit of 1983 This time store em used a different tactic They distributed tickets at 8 a to people caught up In Cabbage Patch Mania FIRST ONE Cheryl Shand of was the first to arrive at 4 a I m usually very sensible but when It comes to these dolls well that a little fercnt said who came armed with a thermos of coffee and a book to pass the time away Dorrell Grimmer Danny Blagioni and Greg Wells had tickets two three and four Like the disappointed correspondent they too were on assignment The three J students were there on orders from teacher Sid Morris If I come up with two dolls I was a dead student Grim mer said No dolls no passing mark They walked all the way from the Kennedy Road area to the City Centre at 4 a Wary of muggers they carried a couple of baseball bats just In case At the command post store manager Gerry Moore was arranging a display of the dolls ship ped Into Ontario Tues day I 15 years and never seen anything so crazy ho said They re ugly looking dolls Tell that to who ready has her hands on They re not ugly she said defensively They re absolutely ad orable Whatever the opinion Josio was left out In the cold With two young child ren in tow she arrived at the store at 30 a m only to be told she was out of luck Disappointment show ed all over her face When Mr Moore and his staff opened the doors it looked like a congregation walking Into church very order I was shattered And my chance for glory was put on the Courtesy Brampton Times Good things like chocolate rum rolls come out of Joan Hyde kitchen She won recently In The Heralds Christmas recipe contest Mrs Hyde received the cheque from Monica of The Herald advertising department Second and third place winners were Diena Devalk and Mrs Norman Long respectively Group wants brick company plan stopped ByTONYKOCCHI Herald Keep Brampton Brick out of Cheltenham a residents group urged Caledon council on Mon day It is imperative that you turn down this application empha Ileal ly aggressively and with authority said Alan Hunter chairman of People for the Pre servation of Rural Living Brampton Brick Ltd has asked Caledon council to redesignate acres from open space to extractive Industrial Hunter said council would betray the Intent of Its official plan if it approved the cation He said there Is no guarantee the re location would bring more jobs Tax revenue would total ally 40 per head PER HEAD Is that what the Intent of the official plan Is worth per head asked Hunter We do not want a 34- hour a day smoke stock industry Imposed on our escarpment at any price We are not pre pared to sell the Intent of the official plan The PPRL protest was followed by another from Pol lawn Country Club located south of the old brickyard This application should not be approved on tho basis of avail able Information said lawyer Richard Arbla ster 1 urge you to defer it until you conduct an Independent study Caledon mayor John said the town Is already conducting a study which will be ready by February Hunter said on Brick can easily find plenty of shale near its plant on Main Street North without having to tear up the Niagara Escarpment A report by the Gay Brick Association that million tons of shale are available in southern Ontario Demand until should total to million tons Mr Hunter said Brampton Brick still has 15 to years of shale reserves enough shale to rebuild the pyramids 10 times MORE SUITABLE He said the area be tween Brampton and is more suitable thanks to these featur Highway a CNR railway flat land less than feet of over burden parcels of zoned land The use of this site would leave the Niagara Escarp ment area free for land banking for 150 years said Mr Hunter There Is not a lack of avail able shale resources There Is a lack of co operative and ate planning Tho group also wants Caledon council to conduct on study of the area before making Its dec I Courtesy Brampton Timet Safe HAVE A SAFE HAPPY CHRISTMAS VARIAN CANADA RIVER DR SEASON GEORGETOWN MOTOR INN With Compliments DOMINION SEED HOUSE SET PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY SI Hwy Georgetown THE EXCHANGE TAVERN 37 King SL 3541 Georgetown tram Go Specials Hot Cold Lunches HAPPY HOLIDAYS HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY 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