Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 2, 1989, p. 3

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IE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday September toller some his work at the Georgetown Cultural Centre until Sept ft Mr Cotter the craft of marquetry creating figures piece Herald photo Ross Colter exhibition starts at cultural centre For over 30 years J Ross Colter of Georgetown has chipped away at his hobby of marquetry and has produced- lifelike portraits and landscapes using wood Some of his works have won awards in competition at the Cana dian National Exhibition His ex hibition this month at the Georgetown Cultural Centre in Georgetown marks the third time since that his works have been in that gallery Wood veneers for marquetry come from trees grown worldwide There is rosewood from Brazil Tamo from Japan teak from In dia from the Philippines eucalyptus from Australia Golden circle The Golden Circle Seniors Club will hold lis first meeting on Sept 5 at St Andrews Church Hall on Mountainview South in GeorgetownaU30pm Seniors meet By FLORENCE SMITH After another quiet summer Georgetown and District Seniors Association is ready for an active fall and winter Many projects are being planne May I suggest that you tune into Cable at pm on Sept 6 or if yo miss that one tune in on Sept- 20 to see and bear at interview with our presi dent Mellish It will be in teresting and informative The interview will do much to explain our aims and plans from Africa and maple from Canada Marquetry is described as the ancient art and craft of making pictures and design using various aspects of wood veneers The thin wood veneers are cut to shape using either a knife or a fret saw The pieces are put- together in the same manner as a jigsaw puz zle Mr Colter says The work is glued to a firm backing sanded smooth and oated with a clear finish to pro duce a finished picture Mr Colters exhibition opened Aug 23 and runs until Sept 9 at the cultural centre Serjeantson wants report on roads Halton Hills Regional Councillor Marilyn Serjeantson said Wednes day that she wants a status report on the roads review committee formed this spring under the Region of Halton Coun along with Loan Fred Oliver Oakville Milton Bill Johnson and Burlington Barry were assigned to the roads com mittee to report on the condition of Haltons roads The four councillors toured the Region recently with Sgt Ken Bonham of the Halton Regional Police traffic division The group made comments that have been distributed to Regional coun cil members Serjeantson said Halton Region investigating food poisoning Halton Regions health depart ment is investigating an incident of load poisoning that affected to w people attending a wedding in Georgetown last week North area health super visor Neil Patullo said the affected people were among a group of people at the wedding The food served was purchased at Loblaws groceteria in South Common Mall But Peel Regions health depart ment says therejjavf been no in cidents of food poisoning connected with the Mlllcreek Drive store En vironmental health said the food itself may not be the cause of the food poison ing Preparation of the food could result in illness he said The food at the wedding was prepared by a caterer Haltons health department is contacting all those suspected of haying food poisoning and asking them what they ate at the wedding An investigation is ongoing Mr Patullo si id 14 Remote Control COLOUR TELEVISION BtriHrfl A Sleep Timer 21 COLOUR TELEVISION BuM Cable Convene Stereo Monitor Style COLOUR TELEVISION Remote Control afci Cattle Converter 26 Console COLOUR TELEVISION Remote Control Ai Builtin V Converie 759 RCA Mitsubishi Toshiba GoldStar 28 Monitor Style COLOUR TELEVISION demote Control A Cable Converter 689 RCA DELUXE VHS VCR WAS 39900 rkflOulMT 349 VHS VIDEO CASSETTE PLAYER Designed lor In home or portable uie MICROWAVE OVEN Special on All InStock TVs VCRs Microwaves These tykes celebrated winning the boat race at Park last week The was one of many by the Hills Recreation and Parks Department Each winner got a balloon with a candy inside Herald photo What does AMO do for us Region asks Halton Regional councillors questioned Wednesday what the Association of Municipalities of Ontario has done for Halton n A report prompted by a com plaint from Oakville Coun Fred Oliver caused Regional staff to in vestigate what AMO has done tor Halton Region The answer must be that has not done anything specific for Hon the report says but the question however can be revers ed to ask what would the Provin cial government do if the efforts of AMO were not there at all But councillors were not satlslied with the staff report in my opinion is costly operation with no results Oliver said its a useless organization aid Milton Coun Bill Johnson Some councillors argued that could protect i interests by staying in AMO and continuing to send representatives to meetings Burlington Hob Forbes said at membermunicipalities size makes it very dif ficult to alter to change the direc tion of what he calls an elephant organization But Halton should stay in as long as the municipal body that lobbies the provincial government exists he said Chairman Peter Pomeroy said Halton has done our share in contributing to AMO The only disappointment in all this is the fact that has a lot of work to do to establish itself as a credibletorce Halton Region was not voting on whether or not to stay in at Wednesdays meeting the chair man said SPECIAL Bring your Vehicle in for our Complete Interior Cleaning Package on any Rainy Day and Receive a Coupon for a FREE hand Wash on any Sunny Day Nothing Is overlooked with our complete Interior cleaning package It In cludes interior vinyl and leather cleaning and dressing and complete interior detailing to bring back that new car look arid FREE RUNNING BOARDS A Full Line of Custom Car Truck Accessories A SHINE BOARDS FABRIC PROTECTION SUNROOFS RuST PROOFING SPLASH MAMS TOUCHUP PAWT COVERS WINDOW TJHTWQ 8734570 St Georgetown OPEN MoruTtmrt Saturday

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