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GeorgetownActon a Several summer programs being offered Held playing time and keeping mil the total rammer sports groups happy the staff the HiUa Parks and Recreation Department hare also been busy for the rammer season year the local department hires students to ran the summer fun for local youngsters and adults alike This sum mer the department Is looking at hiring 79 young adults will be handling a variety of different programs from skating lessons and swim to day camps and nature camps Roller Skating lessons are one of the first projects on the Parks and Recrea tion agenda this with Tins beading up a six week course that Is a basic Introduction to roller skating balance rhythm and style The course begins Wednesday May IB at the Georgetown Memorial Arena and the following night Thursday May 19 at the Acton Community Centre The fee for the six weeks not including skate rental is Tennis is another area in which the recreation department is active but only in Georgetown Tennis players In Acton can attend the Acton club functions or Join the other half of the Town at the lessons and fun morning tennis is a good way to start the day The Town offering the use of Joseph Gibbons or for S3 per person per hour beginning this week for ladies morning fan and exercise Lessons will also be provided in Georgetown by Ed Serjcsusmm for those wishing to Improve their game Those interested in lessons on the Acton courts can can Joan Morris at Chess is another recreational activity that the Town Is trying to promote this summer and anyone in In terested in participating in a local club call Joy the Department est the summer Is upon us hockey is In the recreational minds and the Town of Halton Kills is planning both level One and Level Two coaches clinics The Level One Summer Technical Hockey Coaching Course scheduled for Georgetown District High School and Gordon Arena Tuesday August from to 1030pm Pee for the dime Is and coaches will need skates sticks gloves helmets and a clip board The Level Two stage Is Saturday August at the same locations only Round Robin details be found I begins at a and ends around pm The cost of this course 834 This years summer programs for youngsters include Tot Lot day camp nature camp and summer activity centres and sports camp The centres will be placed St Josephs Separate School and Middle School in Acton while George Kennedy Public School will be the home for George centre Admuonal centres Include Community Centre Hornby Community Centre Glen Williams Public School and Public School Fees for the centres vary but an average centre will cost 335 per week with cut rates for families More the Dps can be found this summer Park to Acton and Cedarvale Park Georgetown The camp tench such skills as archery orienteering sad camp crafts SWpovers are scheduled for the second Thursday of each session with outdoor cooking and singsongs The camp runs daily from a m till pm and costs ISO per wsluti Sessions are approximately two weeks In length The nature camp is offered at Rock wood Conservation Area only and runs three days In August This special trip Is designed for campers between the ages of 10 and It Is a two night three day adventure in hiking orienteering and more The cost 0 including bus pick The Tot Lot is run for the three to live year olds It takes place at Wriggles- worth School in Georgetown or Knox Church Acton and runs July to August 19 The fun Inhidea painting and games Fee for the Lot is 335 per week with reductions for families and special weeks The sports camp is once again offered at Georgeto and Acton High Schools with basic instruction in a variety of sports organized games and swimming Susan Ackroyd once again in charge of the summer activities program Susan be responsible for a staff of which have already been hired She is a Child Studies Major at the University of Guetph and is in bar sixth year with the Halton Hills summer The pools will also be busy this with swim lessons sod other activi ties Lessons are off In a wide range with Parents and Tots being a newly added course In addition Recreation Department offers handicapped swimming lessons at the Georgetown Indoor Pool on Mondays and Wednesdays from to JO Masters swimming la also off at the Georgetown Pool Tor adults over while the Swimming Stars of Acton offer recreational yet compel swimming for Acton youngsters AlHnall It promises to be an active summer for youngsters and adults alike The Town is offering several ways to get in shape and have fun and there are several other local ball soccer and tennis groups that will be willing to help too There should be no reason for having nothing to do In the summer of 1983 Solid pitching efforts help As open season Pitching of vital importance in fastball ind if the first two games of the Acton Junior A season Is any indication they are n for a banner year The local club headed into the Ontario Junior Fastball League this season hoping be competitive and that tbey have been The As have had sterling pitching from Pick Spear and Dave in their opening matches scoring a of victories over Cambridge 144 and Friday s opener in Cambridge Dick Spear allowed three hits striking out 16 in leading the As to their first win In their borne opener against the same squad Dave Wilson hurled a nohitter and reached base three of four times helping them to a win In Cambridge the A scored six times in the second Inning and five more In the ninth on their way to the rout Don Cassd Dick Spear and Tun Baker all pounded out two hits for the All three reached with Mayors Race just around the corner The summer season is upon us and that means track meets for local youngsters tennis golf soccer baseball and the fifth annual Mayors Road Race For the past four years local runners both competitive and pleasure have been snow up at the crack of dawn for their mor ning run with Mayor Pete firing the starting gun This season the event will take place on Sunday June 13 at JO am on a brand new course and with several features The Ova kilometre race is open only to of Hills and has several liferent categories for awards purposes Youngsters under the age of will in a special Junior division at the Race with first second and third awards for the boys and girls The class Is usually one of the fiercest classes with 13 to 19 year olds wung for the silverware The senior class Is for those to while a Veterans class of JO to 39 keeps everyone on the run The Masters for those over 40 will also be A class was initiated last season If or anyone using mobility aids and the Town hoping that even more competitors take nrra up the challenge this time out A new feature to the five kilometre run will be the North Halton Sports challenge which Is for team entrants Five runners will make up a team of which two must be females The score of the top four finishers are combined to decide the Partici pants must all be members of a common club or work place The Family category will again be an award category with a child under and parent combining for a score The kilometre race Is open to anyone that wishes to compete with prises awar ded in an Open class for those years and under with a new Masters class for those and over wishing to tackle the long haul Entry fee for the event is per person or 33 per family before June with an increase to per participant and per family from June7Ul819am on race day TbelO kilo metre race will commence at JO ajn with the kilometre event following the start of the race A pancake breakfast and awards cere mony will follow the race at the Alcott Hall Entry forms can be picked up at any Town office For more information call triples as did Glenn Scott and Roy Spear Dick Spear batted in four runs with brother Roy cashln in three In Mondays rematch at Prospect Park enough to count six rims Glen Scott pounded a pair of singles while Kelly McArthur Roy Spear Dave Wilson and Gord McArthur also reacbedsafely Kelly shot was a solo homer In the seventh inning Gord Baker and Hark Duval touched the plate Scott singled and scored in the sixth and seventh Inning homer moved the score to before Cambridge got on the board with a solo run In the eighth Last night Tuesday the travelled to Kitchener and next Monday host Marybill at Prospect Park Game time Thomas team triumphant The Acton Thomas Video Bantams got off on the right foot In Intercounty Bantam Softball play last week aa they took a win from Gait In their season opener The Thomas team fell behind the first Inning as Gait picked up two runs but the local side fought back getting over a case of the early season Jitters and scoring three times In the bottom of the fifth Randy brought the Thomas Video bats to life leading off the fifth with a double followed by a bunt single from Kevin Mark Pries Jon Hammer and Peter Cargill all reached base safely providing Acton with the lead Gait got even In the sixth on an errant throw by the Video squad video rallied in the bottom of the seventh for the win Hammer and Cargill singled to lead off the Inning with Hammer home on a double from David to end the match Hammer picked up the win for the Thomas Video team striking out seven The Acton team is up against teams from Guelph Gait Woodstock Preston and Kitchener In league play this season Their next home game Is Friday si when Woodstock provides the competition at Prospect Park Sunday the Thomas Video team play a pm home match In against Preston The Aetna High Redmen ire In the middle of another rugger Here Junior action from a game last week On Ttmrvday the Redmen hotted J A Tamer The Acton Midgets dropped their natch 2M while the Juniors defeated the visitor 134 on a try by Ken and kkka Iron Rich Klips trick The drew their match Paul Nolan had the Acton try while Tony Wright booted two penalties AHS track and field School meet marks fall Shutouts inAIFL Shutouts and ram were the order of the week in the Acton Industrial Fastball League as three games resulted In shutouts and four were rained out inning contest this week the Acton As handled the Bears A five ran fourth fanmg wee the big differ ence for Desmonds their win over the Bears scored twice for the winners with Ron Wood Depoote Greg CUst Peacock Tarty Powteas Don Archibald and Bay Russian crea the plata far singles win three in the first two is the second nod three more to tot fifth to mercy the match Kevin Franks scored by Nolan Toe Acton High track and field team recorded six firstplace finishes Including five meet records at the prestigious Father Redmond Memorial Track Meet at St Michaels College in Toronto on Friday and Saturday The Acton group also set many different school marks at the annual event attended by athletes from schools and was selected as the outstanding Junior Girl competitor for the meet winning three separate events over the weekend broke meet and school records In all of her races She won the Junior Girls in a time of the Junior Girls with a 4 38 clicking and the Junior Girls running a 10 1256 Teresa Dunn set two meet marks by winning the Senior Girls Discus 3326M and the Junior Girls Soot Put Teresa placed third in the Junior Girls Javelin with a toss of George Gldman set two new school records running first In the Senior Boys BOOM withal the Senior Boys with a J As well George ran third in the Senior Boys ZOOM 23 Tom Shannon placed second In the Senior Boys Shot Put with an 49 loss He also placed third in the Senior Boys Discus throwing Sandra threw in the Senior Girls Javelin to finish In second spot and set a new school mark In the process The team is competing in the meet qualifiers this week Two school relay records were set by Acton High teams at the Rebel Relays at Sheridan College April 27 The Junior Girls team of Mahal Janice Jickling and Teresa Dunn set a new record In winning the Sprint Medley event in a lime of 4 The same team placed second In the relay race In It they set another school mark of 4 The Senior Boys squid of March George Gtdman Les Dobisz and Richard Martin won the Sprint Medley In a clocking The same runners finished fourth In the event with a time of 3 3900 Street rivalry gives birth to Acton Condo bah loop Dan crossed Is the second Frank and Vtsee Thornton the Dick most of the deauuatlar Ifiring Utter and sojrtag three riatedte Sunaeymoi rone Ray Spear and Sob McKay added a the Mi bell R Spear and Bob McKays others the over the Bears by Nolan sounds fine until you ask Acton Ball League president Dave McLean how the loop began Once the south side of the street challenged the north side of the street to a game and thats bow It an started Sounds like sotnettdng out of West Side Story AD thats needed are the Sharks to complete the scenario There are four teams In the league Jug Cttv coached by Bob Doyle Weaco coached by McLean himself The Spirits by Don Weaver and TfasLune- lad coached by Frank Wood Sounds It could be quite a The games begin Oris weekend There ail season under Park Games are also me MX Bennett bad league has adopted a more social tone than normal Industrial hall It attracts crowds though dont be fooled A lot of the fan support comes In the form of wives and children As well If a ball player is company around game time they will often be shuffled off to the diamond for a couple of hours explains The games a normal playoff structure Weve been going for six or seven yean now Informs McLean During the off season the league lost two teams from last year and picked two new ones up The Spirits and the dreaded There you have it territorial rivalry in the gravel pits of Acton The president has one last thing to say Thanks to an the wives and who come oat to support us and dont us at the artS