Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 29, 1991, p. 17

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THE HILLS HERALD THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday MarCk Page Buying or Selling List With Success BRAND REALTY INC Georgetown 8734300 8332773 Sports and I Recreation ROB RISK Herald Sports Editor 8772201 Meet 18 18 Blue Fins GDHS Athletes 19 Sports Calendar 20 Successful season for ladies volleyball The Georgetown Ladies Recreational Volleyball League wrapped up its 199091 season on Monday at Georgetown District High School with its annual championship day won this year by the Burgundy team Burgundy was the strongest team in the team league finishing the regular season with the best record and only losing one game in the round robin championship League president Elaine said this year was another successful one for the ladies involved with all teams maintaining a full compliment of players throughout the season We have eight players per team with a waiting list of Some leave due to school or mov ing but we always have enough to take their place said some of the ladies in the league taking play ing very seriously but most come out purely for the fun of it One of the things several players said they liked about belonging to the league was that there was lit tle pressure and making a mistake wasnt the end of the world to their teammates said she would be playing again next year but is letting some of the others have a turn on the executive taking a break after two years as presi dent She said the schedule for people thinking of Joining up isnt very demanding with the games held once a week on Monday nights from 730 to 1000 pm from midOctober to the end of March The Burgundy team of the Georgetown Ladies Recreational Volleyball League posed for a group picture after winning the championship at Georgetown District High School on Monday night From left to right back row are Teri Korzack Janice llofslade Mary Becker and Lorie Sinnaeve Front row left to right are Helen Nelson Anne Kor zack Robin and Valerie Diehl Herald photo New Halton Hills recreation programs Nora Savage hired Hills puppets she has made make them Savage is Georgetown library with to conduct several spring programs for the and Parks Department shows off some of he and uses to help teach adults to learn how running a popup book program he young children Herald photo By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor The Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department is in troducing a local resident who will be running many of its new spring programs for this year most of them geared towards children Nora Savage who lives just outside of Acton has been involv ed with childrens programs for several years and is currently the secretary for the Ontario Pup petry Association and a member of Visual Arts Ontario Savage said she had approach ed the recreation department for a letter of reference when apply ing for a provincial grant to run her puppetry workshops when the Halton Hills staff decided to put her valuable resources to work for them I thought it was a great idea I love working with children and running the programs is easier because everything is nearby Puppets arent the only thing Savage will be doing for the local recreation department She is also involved with the Saturday morning Peanut Club and Kids in the Kitchen The Peanut Club is comprised of games stories songs crafts puppets and other fun The kitchen program is a cooking class that will teach eight to 12yearolds how to put together a complete meal Ill also be teaching a course in basic kite making for families 1 got the idea when I was travell ing in Bangkok where I saw many people taking part in family kite flying days Savage said step by step in structions for building the kites will be given with several dif ferent levels provided according to age level The workshop is a half day in length and will be held May at Park in the morning and at Prospect Park in the afternoon Im also looking forward to the Walk Talk and Be Happy pro gram since it gives people of all ages the chance to do something together Its a leisurely hike along the Bruce Trail taking about an hour Savage said many groups have such walks in the summer but are usually geared to a specific age group The recreation departments walks will enable children parents young couples and seniors the opportunity to share an experience The two dates for the walks are June and June Currently Savage is involved in teaching young children how to make popup books at the Georgetown Library on Satur days After the spring programs are completed Savage said she will be offering a puppet workshop in the fall for adults in terested in learning how to make them For more information on the spring programs call the Hills Recreation and Parks Department at ext 268 Figure skating club wrapping up season The Georgetown Figure Skating Club held its final test days of the winter at Alcott Arena this past week wrapping up an eventful season Members of the club passed the following tests Preliminary Figure Annettes Brand Mark First Figure Jessica Hepburn Sharon Richardson Second Figure Leilani Lee Christina Fourth Figure Hart Heidi Preliminary Frees ate Sharon Richardson Junior Bronze Freeskate Michael Novice Competitive Test Katie Cochrane Dutch Waltz Jessica Mac- Donald Leslie Ransom Canasta Tango Miranda Jamieson Janice Somers Alan- na Baby Blues Eileen Hancock Julie Ann McDougall Janice Somers Swing Dance Cindy Benner Terri Parker Fiesta Tango Jessica Hep burn Jacqueline Ledez Sharon Richardson Willow Waltz Andrea Bren- nan Brown Holmes 14 Step Heather Parker Brooke European Waltz Sarah Arnesen Christine Dawson American Waltz Jennifer Cook Paso Doble Katherine Johnson Starlight Waltz Tracy Blues Katie Cochrane SPORT SHORTS Crushers win Orangeville Crushers last years AllOntario Jr C cham pions defeated Port Dover of the Niagara East League 54 Wednesday night winning the series Crushers who swept Acton in the MidOntario final series ad vances to play Bruins in the Central Ontario League who blanked North in their series Details of when the Ontario Jr semifinal series begins were unavailable at press time Acton hockey- championships Actons Hockey House League Association is holding its day of champions tomorrow Saturday at Acton Arena beginning at 800 am and con tinuing through the day begin at 800 am followed by Atom Novice and Tyke There will be a break in the activities resume with other divisions at pm un til approximately 1000 pm Gretzky camp Cameron Hunter 11 of Terra was one of two players selected Saturday at the Maple Leaf Gardens regional hockey clinic from among other hockey players earning him a spot in Wayne Coca- Cola Classic Hocke- Camp on June in Richmond Hill This marks the second year in a row Hunter has been drawn in the CocaCola contest with his high placing in the skills competition in Toronto enabl ing him to meet the Great One at the camp this summer As one of the regional win ners Hunter will have his hotel expenses paid for during the camp and will meet special guests such as Brett Hull and Denis More than children chosen from clinics across North America will be attending the camp which is emphasizing the basic skills of skating stick- handling passing and shooting Skate success Georgetowns Duplicate Bridge Clubs winners for this weeks play at the Legion were 1 Karol Tobiasz and Rene March 2 Blaine Hillock and Mike Don Walker and Larry Bridge club Michael Fedchyshyn a member of the Georgetown Figure Skating Club placed first in the AllOntario Inter- Club competition held in on March 16 was competing in the pre- juvenile men s division

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