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Countryside residents taste urban life Herald Staff There are lfl new residents in downtown Georgetown Nine of them are living at Mill St and seven or them at Market St Who are they Theyre the mentally retarded adults who were formerly living at Hornbys Countryside Residence for the Mentally Retarded The North Ha Hon Association for the Mentally Retarded sold that home on Trafalgar Road and Steelea Avenue last month and bought two centuryold homes in town We made the decision three or Tour years ago to try and relocate from Countryside Association director David Williams told The Herald It was big and extremely isolated The downtown move gives the residents easier access to the community and its resources They no longer have to be bused up for banking or shopping needs The move improves the ratio of Mentally handicapped find a home staff to client as well Mr Williams said In he past if a resident needed to go to he dentist it meant a staff person had to drive him into town leaving the other 15 residents with only one staff person This way residents can go on their own and more staff at the homes are more available to the residents There are five staff members between the two homes Instead of one home for 16 people there are now two which makes for smaller sellings and a nicer atmo sphere residential councillor Tom Maczmarskl said He works full time at the Mill Street home He said It makes it easier for staff to teach and do programs with residents when the group is smaller All the mentally retardM adults who live at the two homes arc Involved In a day program either at ARC Industries or In an adult development program which teaches life skills and pre- vocational work Both fullday programs are held in Hornby five a week The major difficulty with the other place was the number of people It really hard to hove a decent home life when you got 18 people around and staff on top of that Mr Kaczmarski said By splitting them up theres lots room for them less commotion and less or us on per shift We get as much accomplished as at the other place but it intrusive With oak flooring and trim in the Mill Street home and a fireplace theres more or a homey atmo sphere than there was in the Hornby residence Mr Kaczmarski said Already neighbors have been over to clcome the new residents The North Ha Hon Association paid 110 MO for the Association Seen here lounging at the Mill St home Market Street home and for the Mill Street home clients left to right Carolyn Bradford Karen Molr Together with renovations and upgrading of both homes to Albert Taylor Jacob Petri and John Ritchie Continued on page provincial standards the cost was to the Herald photo The Mill St 8779766 the HERALfJ TRW fi SECTION Winter at Crosscountry suing skating tobogganing and are among the activities youre invited to enjoy as Mountsberg Wildlife Centre presents their Winter Experience program Toboggans and crosscountry skis may be rented from the centra which offers en kilometers of groomed ski trails Special events are held every Sunday afternoon and include bird feeder building snow snake competitions and winter camping work Mountsberg Wildlife Centre Is open week ends and holidays from to Dec til Feb Admission is SO per car and further information may be obtained by calling weekdays or 8542276 weekends Super Sunday series Tickets are still available for the Whlleley Brothers and the Junior Jug Band at the John Elliott Theatre Sunday Jan at 30 and 3 30 before the performances P of the Super Sunday Series the University womens Club who are presenting the show label production family entertain Street dispute A 16 year old Campbell Street Acton resident was charged with assault possession of a narcotic and being intoxicated in a public place Friday night The charges were laid by regional police after the young man punched a year old man at the Mill Street taxi stand In the face and kicked him Pot shots Taking a pot shot out the window of an apartment at Mill St in Georgetown with a 23 rifle Dec earned a Georgetown man a court date on the charge of dangerous use of a firearm The 20year old Victoria Street man was charged by Halton regional police at a Police responded to a call about a shot being fired Nobody was hurt The man was visiting friends at the apartment Young By KAY WILSON Herald Correspondent Nerval village people were treated to a group of carollers last Wednesday evening Members of the group were from the Beavers and Brownies Cubs and Guides along with family members They numbered around 30 Susan Dona Appleby Jim and Luc were In charge of the evening which finished off at the Norval Community Centre where a Christmas party was held Special service By KAY WILSON Herald Correspondent NORVAL United Church had a special service for Christmas Sunday School concert on Friday Dec had the pupils taking part Sunday Dec 23 was the annual carol service with the Senior Forever One and Junior Choir all singing numbers interspersed with the scriptures under the theme Jesus the Light of the World TheChristmasEveServiceatlOpm was in charge of the Forever One choir with Rev Ridley serving communion Get well wishes to Don Cleave Norval who Is recuperating at borne following a short stay in Peel Memorial Hospital Volunteers wanted Centennial Manor in Milton Is looking for volunteers who are interested In working with the elderly Volunteer positions available include clerical friendly visiting recreational assistants adjuvant aides mom and tot visiting and craft room volunteers Centennial Manor now offers trans portation to and from the manor for volunteers If interested or for more details call Mrs Smith at 8781141 Survival shop At Mountsberg Wildlife Centre near Milton there will be a wilderness survival workshop Jan 13 from 13pm Richard Elop from the Scout House in Hamilton will explain how to survive in the wilderness the scouting way It a great opportunity to discover shelter buildings edible plants snaring animals and much more For more information call week days SAUCERFOERTWO Enjoying the Icy slopes of a hill behind turned cold provided a of skating rinks and Georgetown District High School are daredevil tobogganroni However pedestrians and saucer experts Shawn Eddy and his friend Keri lm nappy with the ley conditions 1 Ice created around town when a thaw Herald photo Rehabilitation centre opens for alcoholics Video tape classification met with general approval By ROBIN BAKEWELL Herald Staff Approval and class for video sold or rented in video retail outlets will become law In the new year The Ontario lure gave final approval to a revised Theatre Act on Dec which will have the same standards used in the classification of theatrical films being applied to home videos The changes which include the Ontario Censor Board now being called the Ontario Film Review Board will be phased in with licensing and video approval requirements proclaim ed by early spring 1969 Local video retailers In Hills reacted to the Ontario Theatres Amendment Act with mixed feelings If they Just classify them videos thats great but If they censor and cut parts out I feel negative about it and feel it Infringes on peoples rights said Vince manager of The Video Station in Georgetown Censorship of any thing is crazy If you dont want to watch something turn It off and If you dont want to read something dont he said Mr Patcheson referr ed to the December issue of Penthouse which was banned because of a picture layout of woman in bondage and said in same issue there was a 12 page section on lesbians No one complained about the lesbian pictur es but to me that was more offensive than the bondage My morals are different from yours and yours are different than others thank god or wed all be going out with blonds or some such thing he said Mr said all the adult movies in his store are marked as such and the policy in the video shops is that if a person Is not 18 or over they cannot rent movies Harley manager of Vldeonicks in Georgetown agrees with the Ontario Film Review Board on the classification aspect but thats about it Once they start cutting It interferes with peoples rights she said Mrs said the rating would help customers choose videos but can see no harm In adult films being shown In the privacy of a home without censorship Both managers from The Video Station and Vldeofllcks made refer ence to the phrase Its a free country Other video outlets contacted by The Herald felt the revisions would be beneficial to them and their customers Gall Rutherford from Citizens Against Violent Pornography feels the revised Theatres Act is great It has been one of our objectives over the past- two years to have the act changed Now the retail Will be happy because they know what Is legal and illegal which has been a probl em in the past and it will be easier for them to keep within the law she said The areas which Mrs Rutherford said will not pass the rds approval are scenes which show pro longed violence children under IB involved in explicit sex and scenes of penetration or a I Ion By AM PEDERIAN Herald Staff For those trying to make good their new years resolution to stay paces from the bottle theres now help in town Halton Hills gained its own rehab litalion house for alcoholics over the Christmas season Halton Recovery House moved into the former residence for the mentally retarded on Hornby Trafal gar Road near Steelcs Avenue We took over Dec land we were pretty well moved in by the assistant director Bob Dalton told The Herald Already 11 men are living In the home which Is the only resldental service for alcoholics between Toronto and Hamilton The home serves the Peel and Halton regions Some residents also come from Toronto and Hamilton Halton Recovery House Is the recent expansion of a program that has been operating since 1976 in a Milton farm house on Its funded by the Ministry of Health region various church es and service groups and Milton United Ways and by private individuals The new home has three full time staff and one part timer Mr Dalton said Peg Arden is the executive director for the two homes The program offered by the home is tailored to the individual Mr Dalton a former alcoholic said It helps Individuals recover from alcohol ism teaches life skills and gives job training to enable residents to get a Job olid become an Independent the community Its up to the individual to decide what he wants What the house actually does is provide the milieu in which he can learn through Interact on with persons in the same boat He learns from them how to stay sober Mr said This is one disease that the individual has to want to recover from Residents at the home which can house IB are referred there by hospitals doctors Alcoholics Anonymous and detoxification centres in Hamilton and Toronto The overage slay for residents is about seven months Mr Dalton said Were openended on the stay It depends on how long each individual requires he said While the residents are at the home theyre not supposed to drink alcoholic beverages Probably better than BO per cent of loern leave without having a drink Dalton said Their stay interrupt their drink ing pattern but the long term over two years is something else be said When they come to the Recovery House approximately per cent of them are unemployed and when they leave that same figure will have Jobs Mr Dalton said People are more inclined to come to the home now than they were a few years ago Mr said He attributed the change to a higher profile for the resldental service and the media which has played up the dangers of drinking Its helped those approaching a problem to reassess their drinking patterns and it may be that it will keep them from necessarily going the entire route lo alcoholism Mr Dalton said The home is only for men alcohol ics as are most homes for alcoholics Its not because there arent women alcoholics but because its much more difficult to get women to go to a recovery house The woman alcoholic Is hidden protected and feels she should not be away from her home Mr Dalton explained Ho noted a detoxification and recovery home for women is to open shortly in Hamilton There are over Recovery Houses In the province but only about offer facilities Some are active treatment centres Taxis kept hopping Halton Hills Taxi dls Barb Wilkinson said her company does most of its business between September and March but said New Years is the busiest Around this time of year we are handling about 2500 calls a week while In the summer It may be only 3S00 a week she said Mrs Wilkinson said every car available 8 will be working hours around the new year Currently a person may have to wait about five minutes for a cab but Mrs Wilkinson said that during peak hours 8 a 34 p and after the bars close a wait of minutes may not be uncommon Mrs Wilkinson said that the RIDE program really increases the cab companies business A lot people seem to think they can take more chances in town from one house to rather than driving out of town to bigger places such as Bramp ton We loose a lot of cars to out of town runs she said Want a new hobby Try a Want to pick up a new hobby Something that will challenge the part of you The Credit Valley Arti sans CVA are willing to share their skills with you and Invite you to take part In the wide variety of courses theyll be offering this winter Registration is Jan 19 from a lo noon at the Cedarvale Cottage in Georgetown Clay sculpture is being taught by Dawn Connell through February and March The course begins with modelling In relief and objects will be bisque fired at the end of the course Special Is Is on the human onalomy The course costs and Includes materials Grace of Char la Pottery is con ducting an adult pottery class from February through to early April Shell teach you hand work like pinching slabbing and coiling as well as how to use the potters wheel Various forms or ornamentation will be introduced Including grazing from glazes Learn how to load the kiln for bisque and glaze firings The course costs and includes clay and CVA membership Miss McKnight is also teaching the imaginative use of clay to children with the same basic hand building techniques of pinch slab and coil Cost is 130 Including clay For those interested In folk lore painting Rlnny Is teaching how to decorate old or new objects of wood metal or glass using the tradl tionnl Dutch motifs of flowersandbirds Cost Is Gall Spence Is teach ing the techniques of shadow quilting scmln patchwork and machine applique Learn how to apply these tech nlqucs for bags hoops and clothing Cost is CIS plus for materials Time weav ing Van dor Mciden will teach beginners how to use the four harness loom warping and basic tech niqucs in weaving All materials will be suppll in the cost of the course The classes begin Jan 28 How about a weekend workshop on oil and techniques Paul Thrane will talk about the materials on the Friday night Satur day and Sunday you get lo work on your own project with your own materials Cost is and the weekend is Feb 1 Monoprinting consists of applying oil colors to a sheet of plane glass and impressing a sheet of paper on it The different means of applying the paint pressure and movement to the paper Creoles the unique tech nique which Jo Walters- is teaching in a one day workshop Feb Cost is tie Ron Warnock another local painter is giving a one day workshop in watercolor painting including demonstration and general assistance The course is for beginn ers and advanced students Cost is 1 18 and youre advised to bring your own materials and equipment March Marquetry techniques will be taught by Ross Colter beginning Feb 7 Whats marquetry Its an art form in which different grains of wood are carved together like a Jigsaw puzzle to make a picture Cost is For more information on these courses call Albert Dewdney at or Searle at