Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 17, 1988, p. 1

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Civic Centre tally down Rugby showdown Bl spormki SIMM Semce Guarantee US THE HILLS Open auditions Georgetown Little Theatre will be holding open auditions for their first play of the new season Angels in Love The auditions will be on Wednesday Aug at 30 at the GLT facility at Rd Anyone wishing more can call Mary Jane at 1733 Monthly winners The Optimist Club of Georgetown has announced the winners in the Trip of the Month raffle for the month of August 1968 A travel voucher for valid for any travel facilities through Travel Inc Georgetown wis won by Patricia Herri of Georgetown with Ticket No 112 The consolation prize of cash was won by Lisa and Scot Browne of Brampton with Ticket No S3 The Club thanks all ticket pur chaser for their All pro ceeds are returned to the com munlty through the clubs many projects The next draw will 13 Registration Special night school registration sessions have been scheduled In conjunction with the Continuing Education programs of the Halton Board of Education In Georgetown registration will be held Tuesday Sept 13 from to 30 at Georgetown District High School There Is also a registration set for Milton on Wednesday Sept 14 at Milton District High School from to p The Milton high school is at Williams Ave For more Information about the North registration sessions call Lions square off The Acton Lions will lake on the Georgetown Lions in a chanty baseball game this Sunday at McKenzleSmlth Middle School In The local Moris clubs meet at l 30 p and the day will include a number of draws In eluding one for a propane barbecue Tickets are It and an available at Acton Automotive Sit Pull in Acton and the Carpet Barn Last chance It the last chance to get a ticket for the Rob Power performance at Halton Hills Public Libraries to day August 17 Join us for an even of exciting magic and stand up comedy in Georgetown at the John Elliot theatre at p m Tickets cost each and are available at the Georgetown library For further information call the Library at Supports plant If an energy from waste plant to be built somewhere in Halton the town of Hills will support it Town councillors acted on i re quest by Region Chairman Pete Vug 8 to voice their support for an energy from project in the Region Councillors voted in favor of an EFW plant in as long as It Is built to the highest standards available to the Region Granddads day It a Grandparents Day at the Region Museum located near Milton In Kelso Conservation Area on Sunday Aug from 1 Kids bring your grandparents participate in Picnic and Parlour Games butter making spinning demonstrations and pomanders old fashioned air fresheners If you arc unable to bring a grandparent bring an older family friend neighbour or relative to act as your adopted grandparent There Is no charge or grand parents adopted grandparents and the children who accompany them All other visitors pay a small admission fee tours of the Museum will available Please pre register by calling the Museum at during normal business hours Immunizations Regional Health Depart Immunization Clinic Is now held the first Wednesday of each month 30 p m at the Burl office Brant Street A clinic Is also held he second Tuesday of each month alternating between the office at Main St and the Milton office at Main Street For an appointment call the Health Deportment office in youi the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills AUGUST IBS8 Established 1866 SECTIONS HIP DISTRIBUTION OPEN 10 10 Its Worth the Dm to FeeFiFoFum Although it may appear bo thin grim looking Irlo it not being punished in an old lime stockade The three members of the Rugby from Ihe left Brian Collier James Paul and Ted King were working nut on scrum machine during a tram practice session last week Is preparing for lis biggest mutch season on Aug when a touring rugby club Tom England Georgetown For the I Herald by Brian Municipal Elections 88 Politicians declare their intentions Hearing of necessity called Willow Park residents gain reprieve Willow Trailer Park residents have been given a reprieve The residents who in mobile homes at the park on Highway in have asked for and receiv a hearing of necessity which will delay the expropriation powers of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority until at least early in the new year said Vickl Barron the General Manager of In such a hearing the province ap points an independent person to review the case to determine if ex proprialion is hearing is set for middle of September and tht Authority is ex peeling approval or expropriation but It delays the process of owner ship said Ms Barron The Authority is expropriating the six acres because it lies in a flood plain and it will be subject to dangerous flooding conditions due to storm water runoff when Hills Village Is complete The Authority had planned to ex prop ri ate the land sometime this fall but we weren expecting a hearing of necessity said Ms Barron The hearing could give the trailer park families until next ing to find another location for their Willow Park Community lion Chairman Perrymnn said in July thai a piece of land lust cast of the intersection of the Sixth Line and Sideroad 20 Is pnmelocation for a trailer park The land owned by Hank and Bill is undergoing several studies to find out if it is suitable for said Mr Perrymnn Right now the location still looks positive he said Its the properly not a nogo by any means re just at tacking all the angles said Mr Perry man The residents would like to settle on a piece of property within Hills but will consider any possible location within reasonable distance at this time a press release from the Association says We are responsible family members and hope we will be welcomed Into any community Trailer park residents arc sear for a property which is pro tected from the wind has ample supply and good soil for septic stems Residents want lease the land from the landowner much the same way they lease Willow Park from owner Norm We still feci pretty confident we re going to lino a place said Mr The two vacancies left by Hills Regional councillors who will not be running in the November municipal elections his prompted two town councillors to try and make the jump from town politics to regional politics Ward Coun Joe Hewitt plans to run for the vacant position as Regional Councillor for Ward left by Sheldon who Is taking a run at the mayor chair this year Hewitt wilt be seeking his second term in municipal politics after being elected for the first time in 1965 Although Coun Sheldon run at the mayors position made the dec easier for Coun Hewitt I had Intentions of running for the Regional position regardless he full term Ward Coun Johnston is the other town councillor who will at tempt to make the jump to regional politics Johnston has served on town council for three years and the Ward Regional position has opened up because John McDonald mov to Milton last year He has con to serve as W ird 3 councillor Johnston said the open tion make running Regional more viable 1 probably would not have run against an incumbent as long as he or she was doing a good job she said In the other Regional positions WArd Rick an nounccd earlier this summer that he will seek reelection and Ward Coun Marilyn Serjeantson also con firmed her Intentions this week to seek reelection for the position she has held for the past three years Before winning tht Ward Regional councillor position held a town councillor position for eight years Word Coun Usher an she will not seek reelection because of her new job as Executive Director of the Hills United Way Word 1 town Coun Norm Elliott who returned to municipal politics In 1985 for the first time since the amalgamation of Acton and Georgetown has not yet made a dcci on whether he plans to seek re election Coun Elliott said he will definite ly know within three weeks what he plans to do this year Before returning to politics in 1985 Elliott last sat on Acton town council from to All the other town councillors ore seeking reelection this year Ward Coun Peter Norton sold earlier Ihls summer he will attempt to retain his scat and Ward town Al Cook also plans to seek re election Ward 1 town Coun Gerald will be running again this year and Si Inns to make that announcement in a few weeks Ward Bowman will also seek her second term as town To date no newcomers hove an they intend to seek election town or regional councillor In Tact no other than current have announced their inten tion to run municipally Seniors centre still possible The Halton recreation building on James Street In Georgetown could be the site of future seniors centre The town reversed an earlier Ion Monday to sell the recreation building In order to keep the chance of a seniors centre In Georgetown alive At the urging Ward Sheldon the town decided to hold on to the recreation centre until the council can conduct a feasibility study on putting a seniors centre either in the current building or on the land held by the town The recreation building has too small for a seniors centre She believes the Halton Hills Hydro property on Mill Street would make a better site for a centre The town will stilt sell oft the modular building behind the centre as scheduled Brampton man killed in single car accident A Brampton man is dead following a singlecar accident south of Monday night Police say John Camurn of John Street was ejected from a 1973 Volkswagen when it roller over several limes after lcav Ing the road The car went out of con while on Sideroad west of Winston Churchill Boulevard around Mr and a passenger Randy Newman also of Bramp ton were taken to Peel Memorial Hospital Mr Camara was transported to St Michael Hospital in Toronto where he died of massive chest injuries police They add that Mr Newman who was wearing a was not ejected from the car An autopsy scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was to determine the cause of death and If alcohol was a factor In the accident say police Regional Traffic Unit is still Investigating the accident Fighting the sense of hopelessness Anglican missionary relates plight in Peru By Hill Herald In November Rev Alan Winslanley returned to his native England for only the second time in This time it was When Rev Win Stanley returned from Peru where he seven years as a missionary for the Anglican Church he brought with him a wealth of experience and knowledge people facing tion terrorism poverty and In many cases a sense of hopelessness He explained Penis plight to about too attentive people at St George Anglican Church in Georgetown on Sunday After spending nine years as a priest in and around Liverpool Rev his wife Vivian and heir three children uprooted and took on an assignment in Lima Peru In The city holds a population of seven million people in an area the size of Toronto None of the pastors family knew Spanish the native tongue of Peru After a our month Intensive language course in Mexico the Winslanley moved into small house in I ima It was to be their home for next four years Slowly Rev Winslanley built his congregation up from nothing through a process called church planting to Include two weekly bun day prayer meetings which drew between and 103 people each After four years handed the congregation over to people he train in his tenure there and headed on to a city with a population of about one million people 1 kilometres south and feet high In the knownusArequipi There Rev and family lived atop a small church where he again built up a congrega tion from virtually nothing to in elude services for about GO people The idea was to plant churches in the contrasting rich and poor areas and tie them together socially so and poor people who might never meet normally would mix with other he said Hut the huge capital city of Lima and the smaller city of brought with them different pro blems In the Shanty towns a lion of rickety houses Limn there arc no services like hydro water or sewage The area is extremely poor said Rev Winstanley Tuberculosis is Just one common disease found in the towns The disease spreads mainly because of the poor diet of bread and rice and the lack of medical programs he said Of the million people who live in employable he said The rest are too young or too old Half of Peru population Is under But of that six million people only three million are employed another I million are underemployed About half million peoplcart There is no government assistance for the unemployed Vou either employ yourself or you steal or you die of starvation lid Rev Very few actually die of lion Diseases such typhoid or pneumonia usually kill them first he said the level of medical treat ment available depends on whether job Services in North America take for granted such as a blood bank art unavailable in Peru One young rrrtin who was found in a of glass with slashed wrists was in need of negative blood Despite advertisements all over television asking for blood man died Many Peruvians find solace in a cheap drink called a fermented juice of purple maize Seven bouts of drunkenness replace the more persistant forms of alcoholism in Peru said Rev Winstanley You walk down the streets of the city and it not unusual to find peo ple laid out in the gutter Still they re amazingly cheerful given the circumstances they live In Through American television pro- like Dallas Peruvians are exists in the US he said Peruvians have a love- hate relationship with the States because of their dependency on the US buy their fun meal cotton silver and copper Yet tht low prices the US pays return little profit he High in the Andes terrorism dominates the Two terrorist groups whose aim is violent overthrow of the socialist democrat government create havoc the people They citizens who don I feed and them If they cooperate with the terrorists gov mm en reprisals are inevitable Penalties often Include burning their village to the ground or even execution Terrorists govern ment troops often use the same tot tics as punishment The said is credit The International Monetary Fund and western banks cut off credit to Man centre his poncho which Is typical drrai lor Peruvian prints SI Anglican Church In on Sunday llr la Joined Peru in 1985 declaring the country That year a country 14 billion In debt with no hope of even paying the Interest on the money said It Is cancelling its debts Peru offered to pay credit on 10 per cent of their exports If richer nations paid a fairer price for Peru ex said Rev they d gel more money in return The IMF responded by cutting off and dtel a ring Peru bankrupt here by Brian left who It the million contact person and Rev Hick curate at HI George the church on Sun day Heraldphoto The is lor the IMF to be realistic and to get negotiating again with Peru to find a realistic solution the debt problem Rev Winstanley said And the credit should have no Ings attached he added It crucial to let Peruvians lift themselves out of poverty rather than have other notions go in and do It for them said Rev Winstanley Thats the only way it can be done with dignity

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