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The Acton Press Wednesday 1978 Grants grants and more grants do we have any takers around Minor sports teams travel ling to tournaments or on exchange visits can receive financial assistance through a grant if they start now to raise a matching amount of money to travel next season Bill Crease field consul tant for the provincial Ministry of Culture and Recreation said at Satur day 8 Community tion Day the excursion can even be Inside the province of Ontario There Is a false belief that in order to apply for assistance a team must travel outside the province of Ontario was one of three government experts on hand to explain the system of grants and how recreation and cultural groups may apply to them Also attending were Barb Heller project officer in the job creation branch of the federal Ministry of Manpower and Immigration and Barbara Weaver social development officer at the Hamilton district office of the Secretary of State Creasel said It imperative to start now for next season after Doug Brownlee president of the Georgetown and District Minor Hockey Association complained that hockey groups often don get tournament Invitations until they re will Into the season They occur In too short a period of time to take ad vantage of them sold Wintario grants of per cent of the cost of noncapital items can also be obtained If the group can show that they ve raised or have plans to raise the other 50 percent will pay for a third of the total cost of capital projects after other federal and provincial funds are deducted The group once again must match the grant by raising their own third of the funds Six conditions must be met by groups applying for a grant The money must support outlined by the Ministry within the province the group must match the grant with funds raised on their own except for fitness projects and community cele brations the grants are not to be substituted for regular government programs groups must prove that they can carry on any project they are Involved In or beginning it must be for the public good and be available to the genera public Organizations applying must have been in existence for at least one year and should submit their operating budget fee structures conditions for admission etc A group which docsn t need the grant until later In the year may apply but must submit working plans of how they will raise the matching per cent If those plans don work the group may have to return some of the money Mrs Heller explained that the deadline for Canada Works grants under his ministry la June 24 That could change if a federal election Is called The grants pay for such projects as renovating an old school Into a community making a slide show building a creative playground organizing a mobile library single parents centre or energy conserve program helping senior citizens or the handicapped researching environmental problems and community history or beautifying a local park or public buildings with murals The ministry is also operating Young Canada Works a summer program which replaces OFY George Balnea representing the Falcon Soccer Club suggested Chapel St School be renovated and used for a youth club Mrs Heller reported a grant was used to renovate an old school in ShannonviUe which Is now used alternately as a youth centre and for senior citizens The grants are labor Inten They supply very little aid for materials Last year Halton Hills used one of the grants to hire park assistants who painted bleachers and recreation buildings around town cover project of at least six weeks duration A Canada Works grant is also assisting preparation of he towns Master Plan for parks and recreation pointed out that it also created the need for another study costing tax payers 000 said he never saw anyone take a survey of recreation which was part of Phase 1 of the Master Plan They talk to the GDMHA I know that he said Mrs Heller said the survey was a sample survey Mrs Weaver touched on the availability of grants from the Secretary of State for programs to official language minority groups such as the frnn minority in George town women a programs the Canadian unity program groups dealing with questions of human rights racism and the rights of the handicapped and to native citizens to help retain their culture In response to a question from Ralph Mrs Weaver said funding would not be available to the staff of the Community Legal Clinic Itself but would be to any group who wished to work on better educating the public about its operation Presumably the clinic board all volunteers could handle such a project Of particular Interest to young people is the Open House program In which Individuals between the ages of or groups which Include the ages can obtain remuneration for travelling expenses to visit another Individual or group In any part of the country The only exception Is that if the trip is within your own province the visit must be with a person of the other official language Mrs Weaver said a hockey team would qualify as a group reported the had a request this year to send a bantam hockey team to Dawson City in the Yukon for an exchange visit College hockey seminar is set Bantam midget and juvenile age hockey players who are interested in attending a seminar explaining what college hockey is all about can obtain registration forms from sports editor Dents Gibbons at The Independent office Main St The top colleges from the US and Canadian universities will have representatives at the seminar which is scheduled for University in Waterloo Saturday May Registration fee is a person Both the NCAA and CIAU will make half hour presentations with an open question period and forum to follow Canada tries for tourney JEFF HARRISON of Acton is among the pupils at Milton s Tinker Bell Nursery School growing for Mother Day Acton High School student Elaine Dawson is a volunteer at the nursery Packets of marigold seeds will be given out by the North Halton Association for the Mentally Retarded during its Powers of campaign May 14 to 20 Streetsville Canada is one of 100 countries from all over the world to set themselves a new and exciting target for their young soccer players It Is The CocaCola Cup in Japan That is the location of the next FIFA World Youth Tournament for The Coca Cola Cup the second edition of this colorful spectacle for under 19year olds The FIFA Tournament Organizing Committee chaired by Harry Cavan Northern Ireland took this decision during a meeting near Munich In West Got many The qualifying event for each country will be Its con federation youth tournament 1 the youth tournament of Asia 2 Africa South America 3 Europe and North and Central America and the Caribbean Several of these tournaments have already been set Thus Europe will produce Its six qualifiers for the event from Its youth tournament held in Poland from May 1978 Interviews for grant seekers Community group representatives or in dividuals interested in applying for grants through any of the ministries represented at Registration Cedarvale Saturday may make appointments through the recreation department 877 to see Mrs Heller Mrs Weaver or Mr Creasel Two dates have been arranged for Georgetown and one for Acton They are Wednesday May 3 from 2 p m on Wednesday June 14 from on in Georgetown and Wednesday May 24 in Acton The dates will be advertised again by the recreation department heads drive Registration for Acton Minor is going at about the same rate it did last year according to league president Bill Shannon He said the league Is planning one more registration day to catch the late entrants Ron Canada leading harness driver in is honorary chairman of the Race against Mult pie Sclerosis a fund sing event being put on by the Canadian Trotting organization May Drivers at 15 tracks have pledged major financial contributions on that date to help fund medical research and services for Canada victims or MS says track manage ment and horse owners arc also pledging substantial contributions and that the overall a raised could exceed Greenwood Raceway in Toronto is one of the 15 tracks taking part in the charity event trails in final Streetsville have fallen behind 53 in points in their OHA Junior B championship series with the Stratford Cullitons Cullitons who defeated the In six games to win the championship last year doubled the score on Streets ville Sunday In Stratford lo take the lead in the The Stratford win came on the of an overwhelming victory in Friday night a third game at Streets The series opener ended in tie and Stratford won the second game on home ice Fifth game of the eight point series was played In last night Tuesday dave Mcmullen GENERAL CONTRACTOR FLOORS WALKS DRIVEWAYS PATIOS POOL DECKS CURBS 91 SECURITY PO Box 351 1P94 To on Do on Ccnl Won bo C D I C T Ont Ril Five Year Bonus available Guaranteed to investor Investment 60 years of Certificates age or over Interest paid annually Youth bowling by Dale Anderson BANTAMS For the first shift the Scor coached by Melanle Hard e scored the win in the semi finals while coach John Dunn fired up the Fireflies to take the win for the second shift These two teams will meet next week In a three game playoff at 10 and will be a little later getting home In case the bantams forgot to tell their folks The first shift Caterpillars cata to the consolation win under coach Minnie Johnston and will meet the second shift Beetles coached by Jackie for their final gomes also at am Saturday These four teams will be the only bantams who bowl next Saturday Hope to see all of you at your banquet Satin- day May 13 1978 Top Ten Linda Bottero 303 162 Robert Jennings Stewart Hoy Monica Parker Kevin Galloway 276 Scott Kennedy Chris Gervals 143 Dianne Little 140 Annie Greln 252 Winning the Coke and Orange Crush for their teams on the first shift were Linda Bottero with pins over average and Robert Jennings with 104 pins over average The second shift winners were Trevlynn Mason with pins over average and Blair Gilbert with pins over average JUNIORS Coach Linda Perkins put her Poodles through their paces to win the first shift semi finals while the second shift Beagles t blow It for coach Gary Mandarino The Collies collared the win under the direction of Nancy Masters and will meet the second shift Chihuahuas who finished the season with out a coach for the consola tion finals These four teams will meet next Saturday at 1 clock to pick a champ and a consolation champ All the Juniors will get together at their banquet on Thursday May 11 Top Ten Teresa Dunn Tracey Gordon 223 Edge Allan 198 John Peter Mills 505 Gordon Glenn Todd Wiseman 494 Gail Robb 488 180 Steven McDonald 486 SENIORS The Pines t pining as they took the early lead In the six game total point playoff The Redwoods are ready In second place with the Cedars sawing off third place and the Elms In fourth place prepar ing to fight harder next week The Palms breezed Into first place In the consolation round but the Birches are barking at their heels Top Ten Kevin Archibald 216 Brian Reld 604 246 John 557 Gary Mandarino 555 Trevor Hoy 212 Carrie McCristall Dole Anderson 234 Bob 191 Debbie James Kathleen 496 202 Sportsmen stock ponds Sportsmen will be stocking various streams and ponds in the area again this year for the trout season which opens this weekend It Is the fifth year the has stocked the ponds OUTDOOR BARBEQUE time is near the J Bowles Co introduces COOK OUT FLAVOUR without cookout THIRS fill Si APRILS level cooking arid 163 squad cooling faco Goal to bond potatoes con v Noflare Spec g one ease a cup ho No mo a guns moat ACTON TENNIS CLUB REGISTRATION Prospect Park Acton May 6th and May 7th TIME 10 12 noon FEES Senior Junior Family FOR FURTHER DETAILS CALL Joan Morris 8532354 Acton Soccer Club FINAL REGISTRATION McKENZIESMITH GYMNASIUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOCCER TRAINING SESSIONS THURSDAY APRIL 27th AGE GROUPS TRAINING TIMES Squirts Atoms 7 p m 8 p m Mosquitoes PeeWee 8 p m 9 p Bantams Senior 9pm 10 p m 1 Adult1 Child 9 2 Children same family l 3 or more children same family IV ANYONE INTERESTED IN COACHING MANAGING OR COME TO THE GYMNASIUM OR CALL FRED BLAIN AT COMPLETE BARBEQUE PACKAGE MODEL 1395 BOWLES STOVE CO LTD 71 Rd N 8770551 Georgetown