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THE HERALD Wednesday October 31 1990 Page Optimists celebrate special youth week a member of the Optimist Club of Georgetown I have been part of a team of interviewer who contacted and interviewed gifted Georgetown teenagers to 18 years of age for the pur pose of finding the best ones for a junior and a senior achievement award Optimists all over North America celebrate Youth Ap preciation Week this year from November to November On November 13 we will hold a dm at which the awards are an and presented Let me state right away I was tremendously elated about the young people we encountered during our interviews All of them were strongly motivated In more than one field They excel ed in their school work they were active in sports they par in religious activities and they belonged to groups with environmental concerns All had challenging hobbies such as sailing gliding wood carving and music to name a few All of them worked part time All of them had a pretty clear idea of what they wanted to be and how they would get there but establishing emotional and spiritual values Every time awards are given oily a few will win and many who deserve thim will not would like to say to all those who will not win this time the search for excellence has not that much to do with awards The search for excellence is so satisfying that the search itself becomes the award in the end and their choices in regards to future jobs and professions all contained elements of service All were conscious of the stresses our society is going through and all wanted to do something about it Not one of them mentioned as his or her goal to become rich to own cars to leisure These youngsters I thought with a happy heart are going to be the leaders of tomorrow and they are going to be different It was also obvious that the parents of these boys and girls supported their children to an extraor degree Not by drowning them in material goods however The gremlins that infest places where newspapers are made managed to change considerably the meaning of my column last week The amount of oil from Iraq and Kuwait the United States wastes every year because of inefficient cars is a whopping barrels not the paltry barrels that slipped into print With a friend I drove through the lovely late autumn Caledon Hills to Orangeville last week Our goal was The Terrace Gallery on 76 Broadway in Orangeville There Ian Ramsay a very young ceramic artist from Scotland is exhibiting to December a spectacular group ot large riders titled Posse Apart from the art technical and formal achievement works so large in size are extremely ficult to fire Posse is a hilarious send up of men and their readiness to band together and raise hell am sure you will laugh when you see this witty tableau it would be just right for a police or army headquarters The Terrace Gallery exhibits the art and craft work of many other interesting artists and artisans and is well worth a visit Right behind The Terrace Gallery the former Orangeville railway station has come to rest It is a restaurant now with a truly delightful gift store attached to it The gallery and restaurant are open on Sundays too and I sug gest that you go there before Christmas for a change of scene Orangeville is a grand old town anyway with many places of in but these two new ven are unique OSBORNE DECOR Custom Mode Verticals Drape I And Bedspreads I FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE 21 Mill Acton McDonalds commences recycling campaign Last Friday Mi Donalds of Georgetown officially started its recycling campaign While the actual recycling program started about three months ago it finally got into full swing with the stallation of proper recycling bins just a few weeks ago The owneroperator of the Georgetown McDonald Rich mond Chandler was on hand to make a presentation about recycling at McDonald On hand for the presentation were Mayor Miller Halton North Noel Duignan Regional Chairman Pete and Gary Manager of the community relations div sion of the Reg on Conservation Authority The main concern for McDonald and the environment is the company s polystyrene containers which take up space landfill sites and are virtual non biodegradable Polystyrene containers are however 100 per cent recyclable and McDonald s plans to have over stores across Canada participating in polystyrene recycling McDonald is also one of the 18 founding members of the Cana dian Polystyrene Recycling Association McDonald is also recycling it s styrofoam cups plastic utens Is and cutting down on napkins lids for cold drinks and paper products While all fast food service restaurant packaging only counts for a minimal amount of landfill space a of one per cent McDonald s packaging is just a fraction of that of one per cent Even with these statistics Rich mond Chandler wants lo do more Tor the environment which is why he started this recycling pro gram The McDonald s Corporation of Canada as a whole will use 2o per cent of their annual profits S10 million to benefit the recycling program Mr Chandler also took part in the official ribbon cutting for the recycling program which Mayor Miller Noel Duignan Pete Pomeroy Gary Hutton Richmond Chandler Dave Crop per the Area Supervisor for the three McDonald owned by Mr Chandler and Arnold Store Manager for the Georgetown McDonald Wide Horizon Tundra Swans by Robert Unframed Framed 00 DEADUHE DECEMBER Georgetown McDonald kicked off its recycling program last Fri day with a press conference and ribbon cutting McDonald employee Kcnee of Georgetown is pictured above showing the generation four year old Cheryl also from Georgetown he proper Hems recycle For a Spiritual night to remember come take a stroll down Ghost Alley Adult Costume Rental plus a wide variety of balloons and novelties to en sure your party is a howling success YOUR HALLOWEEN Main SI South 8732334 HEADQUARTERS OPEN Mon Sat 96 Fridays 99 MAIN STREET ARTHUR FABULOUS FALL ST0REWIDE SALE Continues now SAVE All Famous Collections From 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