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Highland games at Georgetown Fairgrounds today The Georgetown Fairgrounds is the site today Saturday of the distinctive sounds of the Scottish bagpipes and a sea of tartan kilts with the arrival of the Annual Georgetown Scottish Festival and Highland Games The main attractions will once again be the more than 20 pipe bands more than 250 of Canada best highland dancers Scotland version of the Canada Paul Bu nion the heavyweights and the Cheer Garden said games organizer Nauncette Spicer Mrs Spicer expects between and 5 people to be in atten dance today to see the many par ticipants who have come as far away as Detroit and Ottawa The Highland Games are so popular that a lot of people follow the bands from event to event said Mrs The new attraction this year at Georgetown is the staging of Scot country dancing which starts around am and runs throughout the day Scott try dancing is Scotland s version of ballroom dancing except it per formed in groups of four six or eight explained Mrs Spicer The Georgetown Highland Games were founded by the Scot tish community in Speyside It was held in Speyside for four years and then moved to its present location she said This year there is camping spots at the Fairgrounds and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis said Mrs Spicer A schedule of today is as follows The Highland Fling 10 a Hammer throw followed by the Weight throw and the tug of war preliminary heats 30 m Final solo competitions and the Shot Put am The arrival of the official party 30 The Massed Highland Fling 12 50 m The Massed Pipe Bands Scottish Country Dancing demonstration in Centre Field Band competitions Sean Tribhas and the Weight Toss 30 The Bass and Tenor Drum Competition and Cabor Toss pm The Drum Major Champion ship p m The dancer prizes award presentation and tug of war finals 15 Mrs Spicer said the Cheer Garden will be open to so that visitors can mingle with the games participants In BusinessJor Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services SI Georgetown 8772282 8771485 Florists BOUQUET OF TEN ROSES Z Guelph St Georgetown CENTRE J FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY JUNE 9th Recommended option PAGES Guelph Street may expand to four lanes Coming through Crystal of Joseph Gibbons Elementary Schools track and field meet staged Wednesday at School flies through the air with the greatest of ease Georgetown District High School track and Held In preparation for landing In the girls long facility For more pictures and results see pages ll jump competition at the Georgetown Elementary and 12 By BEN the Herald The million expansion of Guelph Street from Maple Avenue to the west end of Georgetown to four lanes is the recommendation Hills councillors will be asked to consider when the issue goes before counicl in August said Ron Goddard a town engineering technologist The town along with its engineering consultants Corporations are recommending a four lane instead of a fivelane ex of the strip because the lat ter scenario will cause a lot less property damage said Mr God during a public hearing at the Civic Centre Wednesday night There were a lot of adverse comments from people during the last public meeting held earlier this year about a fivelane expan And we looRed at these and it was obvious people didn t want it Mr described the im pact of the fivelane option as fairly devastating That option would mean the destruction of 29 large trees a lot of which are maple and oak trees said Delcan representative Dave Smith It would also mean demolishing eight buildings both residential and commercial he ex plained Contrastingly the recommended option will result in trees being destroyed which Mr Smith describes as smaller and easily replaceable And only the Carpet Barn at Guelph and Mill Street will have to come down if the plan goes ahead he said The Carpet Barn has submitted a plan to the town calling for the building to move to the property next to its current location The fivelane option is also at least more expensive Mr Smith explamed the fivelane op tion would cost 8 million ex eluding the cost of acquiring the necessary properties The 5 million estimate for the four lane option excludes only the cash need ed to buy the Carpet Barn proper ty said Mr Smith The benefits of the fivelane op tion include a left hand turning lane that would reduce traffic con gestion and would also reduce the potential for accidents said Mr Smith But he also said the safety factor of the fourlane scheme is quite acceptable Any benefits of fivelanes were outweighed by thedisbenefits Mr Goddard said the comments that came out of Wednesday public meeting will be in into the final report which will be finished late this summer The town will have paid out about to complete the report said Mr Me couldnt say if council ap proved the recommendation in August when construction on the expansion would happen The town s first priority is starting the road improvement on Street from Mountalnview Road to Maple Avenue which is scheduled to begin m But property acquisition for the Guelph Street expansion from Maple Avenue onwards and fur ther designs could begin in four to five years said Mr ft NOW OPEN Softeners iron Filters Canada Pollutes SeeEnviroSense icf