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Rock and Broom mostly corn What Is the matter with the Acton teams They dont seem to be visiting other dubs as much this year Is there too much going on that they Just havent the time to take In outside The ladies section seems to be visiting more than the men Is it because of Womens lib Here is one ladies team that has been visiting Kae Hansen Lucille Cooksley June Girth and Ruth visited the Erin Club on the and came home with first prize In an open To win that prize they had to defeat a team from and another from Grand Valley Congratulations If any teams are travelling to various bonspiels we will be happy to record it Just give me a buzz at and Ill include It in the next column You dont have to be winners to get your name in the paper Anumberof people have asked me how I record the standings that are published weekly in this column Well some clubs and reporters credit two for a win one point for a tie Others use the five point system I use the five point system for a win that some other clubs use It makes for a higher total points and was the system that I started out with in my first curling club Its hard to teach an old dog new tricks they say and Im not getting any younger Next Saturday is the Industrial Mixed It Is being sponsored by the Company and should see some of the best mixed curling at the club for the season Spectators are always welcome at these bonspiels Who knows it might give someone the itch to get out there and throw a few rocks Another remand When Barry Stevens appeared again In court In Monday he was remanded lor another week He Is charged with non capital murder following the death of Calvin Peddle in Acton the Anyone interested In trying the game out should get in touch with any of the members and Im sure they will be happy to arrange for a time to give Instruction to any newcomer Last week we discussed part of rule 19 of the rules They are on page of the latest rule book This week we will take the a section of rule If In sweeping or otherwise the course of a running stone be affected by any of the party to which it belongs it shall be removed from play by the playing side but If by any of the adverse party It shall be placed where the skip of the party to which It belongs shall direct Should the position of any stones be altered by such affected stone the skip opposed to the party at fault shall have the sole right to replace them Sorry there will be no league standings this week Sunday when I should have gone out to the club to get the results of last weeks games I went to the big city and when I got back the place was dark Then after holding the copy for this column until Monday evening the roads were skating rinks Since the only pair of skates that I own are old auto I felt they were a lot safer In the store room than on my feet Will try to bring the standings up to date at the end of this week It might give me an excuse to be a spectator at the mixed bonspiel on Saturday There are Just two teams left in the Adams Trophy Marathon On Sunday last Len Lovells team defeated the team headed by Dr Moore It Is expected that the final will be played this coming Sunday Just the Lovell rink and the Steve Dubois rink are still in contention No charges No Acton traffic charges were scheduled for court In Milton last Monday A new type of artificial leg with a hydraulic piston which ac tivates the foot is available in Canada thanks to War Amputations of Canada and funds from sale of key tags The Acton Free Press Wednesday February Robert Little cagers upset Fairview Robert Little School boys basketball team will carry a 13 point lead into the second game of their two game total points series with School as a result of a win they chalked up in the Robert Little gym yesterday Tuesday afternoon Winners of the semifinal Series advances to the North Halton finals against either Milton Martin Street or Stewarttown Good defence Defence played a big part in the first half of yesterdays game as Robert Little held only a lead at the half John Kavanaughs crew came to life in the second half and completely outplayed the visitors from Burlington High scorer for Robert Little was Kevin Jordan with eight points Bernle Taylor and David Galbraith hooped six apiece Barry Payne had three and Rick Baginski two Rounding out the Robert Little lineup are Van Fleet Jim Hurley Kent Kentner Tim Mclntyre John McCutcheon and Matt Playing in the eastern division of the North Robert Little won three and lost three One of the losses was by one point to M Bennett finished in first place in the western division Second game of the semifinal set is slated for Fairview School tomorrow Thursday Survivor of the North Halton league goes against teams from Oakvllle and Burlington for the County title Organize minor lacrosse CUFF JOHNSONS team rounds the final turn In the dog sled race Ken Marshall captures dogsled competition Actons Ken Marshall and his five dog team of Huskies headed by Karu raced over a five mile course in minutes and seconds in heavy snow conditions to capture first place and possession of the Acton lions Club trophy in Saturdays dog- sled races at Acton District High School Races held in connection with the schools winter carnival were poorly attended because of the damp weather Cuff Johnson of Gait placed second in a time of Al Davies of Gait last years winner grabbed third spot and Don Gimmer of St George captured fourth Six contestants entered Charlie Marshall and Gary placed fifth and sixth Lions Club representatives Neil Miller and Art Gordon were on hand to present trophies to the first three finishers and a plaque to the fourth place man Spotters for the race were Bob Shane Dave Dave Lee and Donald Cunningham Acton Rams Junior lacrosse club will be charged an hour for use of the community centre for games and practices this summer it was decided at Thursday nights regular meeting of Acton Parks and Recreation Committee The figure which represents a one dollar charge decrease over last year was suggested by committee member Barry and unanimously approved by all other members Minor Ram Howard and team manager Alan Hall told the committee they hope to enter a Juvenile team In addition to a C Club in the Ontario Minor Lacrosse Association for the first time this year They will also organize three house league teams one tyke one and one bantam which will likely play in an house league Mr Hall explained the Junior team will act as a parent club for the Juveniles and house league teams He said he hopes the Junior team will be able to support itself on gates I d like to see the hourly rate dropped to since theyre starting a minor system at no cost to us Mr Inscoe explained It was Mr Inscoes opinion an hour would more than compensate for any charges such as hydro incurred by the committee as a result of the team use of arena facilities He predicted gates for Junior games will increase this year and the Juniors would probably be able to partially subsidize minor teams They re a very responsible party he said They leave the arena neat and tidy If we had more parties as responsible our Job would be a lot easier he said Councillor Peter Marks suggested the committee work on a gate spilt with the Juveniles who will probably play home games Friday nights If we find the committees receiving revenue we can alter It he said All members backed Mr Marks suggestion that floor time for the house league teams be provided free of charge Tentative arrangements have the Junior team playing home games Monday night and practicing Sunday mornings the Juvenile team playing Friday night and practicing Sunday mornings and house league teams playing either Tuesday nights or Saturday mornings Fees high With referees fees so high Mr Dwyer told the committee the Junior team was lucky to make a profit from a game that drew people last vear The committee also agreed to purchase new mesh for the lacross goal nets at a cost not to exceed and granted the team permission to use dressing room number one with its additional storage room facilities and erect a team booster sign in the arena lobby Decision was reserved on a request that the committee sell lacrosse sticks from the arena booth Mr Marks felt the committee should first investigate to make sure they t competing against local merchants in the sale of sticks Hockey sticks are sold from the booth but Mr Marks explained that is done for the sake of convenience since hockey sticks are easily broken Will repair arena Acton Parks and Recreation Committee hopes to have another worth of necessary repairs done on the arena this year At Thursday nights meeting chairman Hugh Patterson reported the committee will go ahead with things specified In a Engineering report namely repairs to the east and west walls the ends of the building Another worth of repairs to the north wall will have to wait until next year Its the real guts issues were dealing with councillor Peter Marks commented Basically well try to bring the roof back up so its straight said councillor Orval Chapman Repairs to the south wall done last summer cost including engineering fees you are a stranger but once I 40 WYNDHAM ST N TELEPHONE MENS APPAREL GUELPH CANADA Toilon On Tht