Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 31, 1980, p. 1

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rim YEAR jy PHOTOS HERALDS NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR There little doubt that Tr rrj ox is the of the ir Marathon progressed across Canada Terry won the heart or people In fieri community he through Hills The Marathon of Hope had to be called to lit in Ontario when was discovered the cancer had la Terrv lank to the Inspiration he cr TO million vas raised or cancer research See also pages A2 A4 A7 Sports week HERALD PHOTO OF THE This candid photo of seven monthold nam ton Jenkins by former sports editor Mark has been selected by Herald staffers as our Photo of the Year Mark grabbed the ladles exhibition soccer game in August at the Held Taylors picture of Nicole kit and Leslie browsing at the Hub annual book In May Is runner up the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills December Escape from Glen fire may have been impossible chie It could have been worse they might have been home it t Staff day fire which I ill if len Will house id lift family of four li less could have been worse they might bet home at the I It one lung Terry I ton engineer ink technician told The Monday night The fix told us that If wed the house we may hue bet able to get out Nurd to started in i hutment the 1 have spread up tin Willi of the building kh engulfing the wooden li aluminum siding h fin chief Bob said that damage was it may be the i i of the fire Mr and his wife irl an and Iheir two child and Julie have Itled into quart tr it Mr Campbell house on Ann The hod at opened their presents id on their to Tirrv parents home In Sound when ret police called in the at j1 am Five liter Georgetown vol Heir firefighters were still it Iht scene cleaning tip on mated worth of l in to the old Glen home only two months be- rt 1 t believe il f sow it Mrs Camp- recalling Mint the was informed of the they arrived in Sound think I was Doth she and her husband si refurbishing efforts on the house which im luded wallpapering re ring the kitchen and car the stairs reduced to islics along with newly nod Christmas gifts and family memor Il ddii t really I I I down here to brother a place said Then Ii7ed wo haven got any lost priceless lhe chronicling I enjoyed by r Id and r Id Julie as well as a antiques turn of the century in kitchen and I which called our etc of furniture I liyei lamps prt Friends store aid firefighters Record breaking cold weather Christmas Day added in firefighters difficulties In combatting the Glen Williams Confederation Street blaze Two shifts of firefighters were needed because of the keeping a total of men busy for five hours A close was also kept on fire hoses to ensure frceie firefighter Bill Cunningham told The Herald Tuesday However extension ladders froze In their positions requiring a Burns Transport truck to It iuI them back to the station to thaw he added at the scene were especially grateful to resldtnls who provided hot drinks while they fought blaze district chief Cunningham said The Moore Park liundrnmot also offered to clean the firefighters soiled dolling Friday free of charge I is gilts over the I fl were also lost Hit il with quilts r il which Mrs had made At the only things to il i the blue unharmed the kid and the front An year veteran bus Irwr for Charterways on Gibbons li I route Mrs Campbell s relieved find rifikhtcrs had been able w re her school bus it nut of Ail had with us were vn suitcases and a couple of bags between the of us for our overnight in Parry Mrs II said Mr Campbell that his fumily II nil have too much ible letting back on its hi it tin the immediate i un and he hopes he con phnmng a new home by A fire of undetermined cause roared through this twostorey wood frame house on Glen Williams Confederation Street Christmas Day leaving the Campbell family of four without home Damage In the blue Is roughly estimated at MS and numerous Irreplaceable family heirlooms were lost The Campbells are now staying with relatives In town Herald photo Clean regions house first mayor advises For the Campbell family of Glen IBM will probably be remembered as one of the wont holidays to their Uvea While ft started out with the usual festive opening of nil It ended In tragedy hours later when the family learned their bouse which they had just had been completely destroyed by fire visited with Mr Campbell parents In Parry Sound But the family spirits are good and Terry Campbell hopes he can begin work on a new home In the spring With Mr Wayne wife Barbara and daughter Julie By LOR TAYLOR Herald Staff Writer Things the region will get worse before they get belter in 1901 Halton Hills Mayor Pete predicts Mayor who will be heading up the regions fin Psychic predicts Another movie to be shot in town By LOR TAYLOR Herald Staff Writer The Hills library cultural centre been completed yet but psychic Jessie Zucst predicts that by 1983 its organizers will bo wishing it was bigger Mrs a former resident now living near Milton has a list of predictions for the Hills area and further afield for the coming year Mrs Is affiliated with the New Age Cenlro In Burlington She predicts that the con of the library cultural centre will proceed without much difficulty but the organizing of a manage ment structure will have mony I see redthere a lot of anger there There a a middle- aged lady around GO outspoken strong in her views I see her carrying a lorgc load on her shoulders Mrs said A split will develop in Georgetown with Highway as the dividing line This will happen In June or July and will have something to do with taxes or tax assessment The issue will be highly con trover slot Mrs said There will also be some controversy over a proposed airstrip north of Georgetown In spring but it won amount to much she said Also In Georgetown will be an upset over the cutting of trees along a major street necessitated by construction Mrs Zuest forecasts a new industry In Acton for 1981 or 1902 probably related to trans ft will be talked about In the next year but It probably won t get started until the following year Dlvlslvencss among the municipalities of the region will continue with Hal ton Hills becoming more from the southern municipalities and pulling further away dur ing the coming year Mrs MOVIES Area residents will also have another shot at stardom when yet another film is shot In Georgetown This film which will also be shot partially In Toronto will have a plot which Is political In nature A well known figure In the legal field locally will resign and be replaced by a woman Mrs said she sees robes and thinks the man may be a judge The provincial election this year will again see a minority Conservative government Mrs Zuest sold On a national level the economy will Improve In the last nine months of the year following government inter vention partly in the form of wage and price controls In spile of this however Mrs says the year will end on a note of pessimism and frustration because of the economic picture Prime Minister Is now making arrange ments for his future on the world scene and secret talks arc taking place in London and New York Mrs said The new Liberal leader will be a western Canadian tall with a stocky build and with light brown hair slightly gray There will be major earth quakes early in the year in Japan Bntlsh Columbia and California with the quake in Japan happening within a month And Prince Charles will finally get married a nee and administration com this year said he hopes lo convince council to re evaluate the region capital expenditure program in an attempt to hold the line on expenditures until the region organizes its finances If were doing it myself and there other people involved my advice to the region would to forego some of the expensive projects and gel our financial house In order he said I think the people In the region are well serviced and I think these things can wait another year Regional council discovered in 1980 that it s not a good Idea to leave the running of a large corporation like the region to staff the mayor said The problems the region I expect will get worse for three or four months but if the regional councillors accept iheir responsibility council will be able to work things out At the local level was a holding year for the most part Mayor said Council managed to hold the line on tax Increases and got projects such as the librarycultural centre under way and others completed In 1981 again werehaving the same problem every busl ness is having keeping costs down without a loss of The mayor predicted council will resolve the problem of a municipal building in the com year He also said the urban boundary studies In Ac Ion and Georgetown will resolve several problems I expect a couple of things in the development picture Continued on page AJ Psychic forecast a mixed bag Taxes split Georgetown Transport industry for Acton Furors over airstrip Red skies over arts complex More wage and price controls Tory minority at Queens Park Japan quake next month and a bride for Charlie See also page Trilight album due out soon Those fortunate enough to the first concert of the Hilton Hills Arts Coun Musical Trilight Concert scries featuring Maple Sugar will soon bo able to get a more permanent souvenir of the An album Tamarack being released Jan by the trwof Gordon and Bird three of the rive who appeared at the concert will Include almost an entire side of songs recorded at the concert Oct The concert at Georgetown District High School featured five musicians Randy land James Gordon lies I osier and Dawson all members of the Miplc Sugar troupe of per formers Sutherland Gordon and Bird who perform as a trin outside Maple Sugar recorded an album partly in a studio in Hamilton The was recorded here in If the album Is not stocked in I record stores after it is copies can be obtain by sending ST to B Box 152 Rock wood Ontario N0B2KO The musical series will back Feb with a concert featuring the Tapestry Sincere Acton District High Hospital goes shopping Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital will be purchasing a fetal heart monitor within the next few weeks thanks to funds raised by private groups Hospital administrator Fred Morris said last Monday ho expects a recommends lion from the hospital medical staff as to the best monitor to buy within a week The monitor will cost about will be used to detect heart problems of unborn infanta various groups thon sponsored by Jake Disco last January LITTLE CRAIGS FIRST CHRISTMAS Mavis and Verne Nell and their ton Kyle received a special Christmas present this year when Craig arrived a moot ahead of schedule Craig was bora at Day and weighed In at seven pounds Herald photo by Taylor

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