Speyside Highland Games Their day in the sun Herald Staff You sec lots of hairy legs out and about Saturday Two of them may even the mayor but that a wee bit of speculation Once again the annual Highland Games will lei the menfolk unashamedly show off their shapely limbs That part of the fun when Hills goes Scottish for the ninth year in a row Don miss this grand celebration of Canada Scottish heritage The Lieutenant Governor or Ontario Black t going to He be ally opening the festivities at 40 m Saturday after a colorful parade in downtown Georgetown Thi parade begins at 11 30 am from Georgetown Remembrance Park proceeds down Main Street along Park Street into the Georgetown Fairgrounds Escorting tlic parade and the Lieutenant Governor will be the Color Guard of Toronto Dressed in colorful ceremonial fashion the Color i Along oils dignitaries like MP John Her Julian Heed the Mayor Chief loin of Games Henry Mac Shanion Mnskr of r Macintosh the parade will pi bands and different dans the Us mil ir ICOPTHt After he par Highland Games will to the Lieutenant Governor to tht Georgetown Hospital He bt a it the hospital landing p d to take him to K where Mr Is to But don be everything begins and Lnds the parade Not ill Over Scottish dancirs and from to pipe bands will be flaunting their stuff from Saturday morning til m at night There lie activities Ike the hammer shot put caber tossing and a lug of Contestants art com from the S and Quebec to ike p in One of the contests has them walking with vcr he ivy weights in their hands j HI we that normally take two to three people to I ft Organizers have arranged for a special sheep dog demonstration in which spectators will be amazed to see sheepdogs controlling a lock of to a man with a whistle Kent Robinson karate students will be giving a demonstration on the effective and ancient oriental techniques of martial arts Don stand too close or you come to blows with them of course FIRE TRUCKS And the by now very familiar regional police von and the fire department trucks will be on splay for the kiddies to check out Women church groups will be in attend ante selling baked goodies as will some Scottish concession booths with ethnic mementos There s a warm up to the Saturday events v Ih a Scottish party Friday night from 11 p at the Georgetown Fairgrounds The Highland Fling takes part in a beer tent with the folk group With your admission you get a Highland Games button which gives you si off on your admission fee Coop open house The Morley Mills Co op is holding an Open House Sunday afternoon and everyone Invited Residents of the coop be there to answer your questions about what a coop la They ve got a slide how for you to see as well as a tour through a couple of the residential units The Open House runt with MP John and Mayor Ruts Miller ing a chat at 30 The first annual elect ion of a board of direct ore for the Mills Coop on John Street taking place tomorrow Thursday at the Gordon Arena hall Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 WEDNESDAY JUNE 1 WORD HOUSEHOLDER mm ABOUT THE HILLS I Antique plane display The Great Museum will be hosting an antique aircraft fly in at the Brampton Airport Just west of Highway 10 Sunday June 10 at In addition to the old aircraft to be viewed will be a ground display from am until Tickets are adults and children free For more information call Bob at Play it safe Play it Safe is the theme of the Red Cross Water SafetySmall Craft Safety Week June 3 Q this year It at this time of the year when the lakes and rivers look so appealing especially to your young ones Let make sure they re conscious of safety rules before you let them go out on their own If you like more Information on Water Safety Small Craft Safety gel In touch with your Georgetown and District Red Cross Branch at Through Red Cross everyone can learn to Play It Safe both in and around the water Wilfrid Laurier gratis Two Georgetown students were among the 960 students who received graduate and under grad degrees at Wilfrid Laurier University spring convocation Keith Morris and Laura Shepherd both received a General Bachelor of Arts degree Builders association The bricks are being laid for a new ion in Halton Hills Developer Al told town councillors Monday night that he in the process of form a Hills Build era Association He said he hopes that anytime council Intends to pass bylaws to affect the building industry the Association will re ceive draft copies of the bylaws and be invited to give its position on the bylaws Councillor Mike Armstrong said he was happy to hear about a Builders Association being formed They are in the field We are in the office And they are totally conversant with what going on out there Armstrong noted Disarmament meeting You arc welcome to join the meeting of Hills Action for Nuclear Disarmament group June 12 30 p at St John United Church Georgetown The Agenda will be the Peace Petition which Is coming this month to as many homes as possible In Hills and across Canada Peace camp vandalism An estimated In damages occurred at the International Peace Camp which is located on the Hills Town Line Sometime between May 31 and June a Ford truck which was parked there had been completely burnt A Bell telephone located in the area had been torn off a hydro pole and some of the picnic tables had been burnt The Incident Is being treated as mischief by regional police Bottles flying A surprised driver of a 1983 Chevrolet pick up truck received in damages after a beer bottle was thrown through the window of his vehicle The Incident happened at Boulevard and Court New process could solve waste dilemma Robert was generous with his time paintings of the Ibrary sponsored the Friday for the opening of an exhibition of hit early opening at the Halloo Hills Cultural Centre Patrons flock to see Bateman Herald Surf A former professor of Robert old the audience at the Hal tonHlllsCulluralCcnlrc Friday night a bit more about the man and his work they had come to see We see the persist once of curlouslly that makes him a great uralist says former teacher John Hall Mr Bateman the spirit of an animal and he draws with strength and mic designs he said Bob very Involved with his subject concerned with he curacy of his work everything is skillfully composed he said A capacity crowd fill the gallery al the cultural centre to see the famous Canadian artist known mostly for his stunning wildlife and landscape paintings Mr spent time saying a few words at the opening then later gave a group tour of his paintings from the earlier days Two hours later he was signing autographs for people holding out books about his work and prints of his paintings You can t appreciate my present work with out seeing what here he said This is a bridge a message Norval school bell stolen from centre Herald staff A new technology for storing industrial and toxic wastes unveiled Monday by MPP Julian Reed undermines the theory that a clay base is required for a waste management site That means ihe three candidate sites in Milton chosen by the Ontario Waste Management Corporation no longer need to be considered If techno logy Is sound said the Halton Burlington MPP At a Milton press con ference Mr Reed out lined a new type of storage system that eliminates the need for clay a prerequisite in which the select ed eight possible sites in southern Ontario In addition M Reed said he has information about clay burial sites In Europe that have grad ually turned granular and porous allowing for chemical seepage STUDY The MPP wants the to study further the technology called the Rollins Environ menal Vault The vault system consists of an above ground encase ment with three protect ive barriers The system was dev eloped and tested In Houston Texas and units are under in West Gcr many The process been endorsed by the JULIAN REED Social Democratic Par ty of West Germany and the environmentally sensitive Green Party Mr Reed said As outlined in a press release the advantages are firstly and most for Milton it eliminates ihe need for clay secondly it is easily accessible Incase a rupture in contain might occur or in future years there may be a desire to recover some of the chemicals contained thirdly It Is being continually mon in a very late sense and fourthly It has no to a water table Mr Reed lliat all of the Milton sites are located on prime agricultural and the Rollins Environ mental technol would prevent Ihose sites from being The vault technology would provide to locate sites near the Indus trial areas cur producing the toxic wastes rather near farmland Mr Reed said The costs are probab ly more expensive than the clay storage propos ed by Donald Chant and the but its important to look at the long term Implications such as poslble leaks with cloy and prob lems wilh Ion for a large central waste site he said The Rollins vault sys tern could be adaptable for a number of smaller sites he said chairman Donald Chant was ap proached with the find ings of the vault method a week ago but Mr Reed t received any response He expects his own Liberal Party to end the new but In the mean time he is waiting for more detailed Informal Ion from the United States It used to ring in children in but now the whereabouts of the old school bell is unknown The 24inch diameter bell was discovered stolen from its resting spot in front of the Norval Community Centre Friday Thecalrninwhichthe was used at the old bell had been welded school before sits closed It It darn shame a The bell hod been mean lowdown trick erected on the cairn in Mrs Loulh of Nor as a centennial val told The Herald It project by the Women s Agatha Christie where are yon has a mystery to be solved Jamie Pa It ft and were scratching heads Monday afternoon trying to figure out who would take the over 100yearold school bell from Its calm on Highway Institute Women members gathered the stones far the man ument from their fields and gardens In the bell began to ring in school child for the two room located near the cairn site In 1953 the which served as many as four generations of families was lorn down and a new school built adjacent to the old location The bell survived past attempts to remove It In school was closed by the Hal ton board or education and until residents pro tested workers attemp ted to remove the bell for safekeeping I really don I hold out much hope we 11 sec it again Dorothy Mc Lean keeper of the Women Institute hist book of the village said It pari of our hist It certainly mean near as much to person who took it as to the people of our community Whether it some body who collects them or somebody who was going to sell it I don t know Mrs Louth said The Iheft hasn I been reported to Halton rcg police Stuff Sgt Roy Smith said Fisher declines comment AM Herald Staff There ore five run ncrs so far for Ihe Progressive Conserve live candidacy in provincial riding of Hal Ion Burlington One is from George town two from Milton one from and he fifth from Bur lington Although there FISHER arc rumours that board of education chairman Fisher Is running for the post she t put herself on the nomination slate Riding president for Conservatives Ken McDonald lold The Her aid lhat he heard anything from Mrs Fisher a Georgetown resident to the education chairman got a no comment response Mrs Fisher declined to say whether she was considering running though she said she was of the rumours about her It hot rumour Mrs Fisher said If I have any formal announcements 1 11 let you know But there nothing to print at this point Mr McDonald refus lo name the people who ve come forward as nominees He said the party currently has a search committee on the hunt for a winning candidate I ve a lot of people sniffing around for can dldates as well as peo ple coming to me saying Ihey re Interested In running Mr McDon aid said Asked what kind of person would be the perfect PC candidate Mr McDonald said It would have to be some body who can stand up and talk about the Iss Continued on Page BEAR HUG yearold Metallic McGugan makes friends with her new bear which she won for telling 105 boxes or chocolates In support of the youth bowling program in Georgetown The top seller picked out her new friend at year ceremonies last Wednesday night at he Georgetown Bowl Herald photo by Gerry Timbers Section A A parade of hones ends In One man fights for a tax reduction became ef urea Insulated home Mm Croatian Centre disagreements Section principal Carl Hymen trad ed In a career at hockey or teaching nun Saturday In the sport Autocrats Days cornea life- Jane Line and more Section C gym teacher Jim a manage the Canadian to Acton Derm overall