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·w THE OAKVILLE W 25 Cents Friday July 17, 1981 "A Century O f Service To Our C o m m u n ity " J m u m a, lR e c o r d 24 Pages At the point of no return? Psychic Helga Ten Dorp, played by Barbara Hamilton, puts Deathtrap. The thriller, which is a complicated story about multiple murders also stars Robin Sydney Bruhl, played by Jack Creley, on edge in The Oakville Centre production of Ira Levin's Ward. The play runs until July 27. Curtain time is 8 p.m. | Deathtrap will keep you on edge of your s e a t By CAROL STEWART-KIRKBY OJR Staff Writer Pick an evening to tear yourself away from the television set within the next two weeks because Deathtrap -- the thriller now on stage at The Oakville Centre -- is well worth seeing. The two-hour play written by Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's Baby, the Stepford Wives and Boys from Brazil, never allows the audience to anticipate a single move, unlike so many of the bedroom farces in which the action is so predictable. The plot thickens, changes, surprises and keeps the audience on the edge of its seat. Deathtrap is actually a play within a play. Jack Creley portrays an aging thriller playwright who is encountering a dry spell. He receives an excellent manuscript from an upand-coming writer and plots to kill the young man and claim the play, called Deathtrap, as his own. But, this isn't what happens, as you'll see when you get to the theatre. Jack Creley is wonderful as Sidney Bruhl. His timing is perfect and his delivery smooth. He adds all those extra facial expressions and body movements to help create an aura of suspense or an atmosphere of fun at exactly the right time. He is indeed Sidney Bruhl -- a desperate man trying to regain his lost fame as a playwright. Robin Ward, best known .for TV roles, plays the young playwright, Clifford Anderson. He is sharp in his delivery of lines and his large, striding walk gives him the appearance of strength which is necessary for the role. Continued on Page 3 Bennett to councillors: Region is here to stay By DAVID GREENBERG OJR Staff Writer The province's new minister of housing and municipal affairs has squashed any hopes that Queen's Park might be willing to dismantle regional government. Claude Bennett, former Ontario housing minister who took over the * newly created double portfolio last week, told a special meeting of H alton R egional Council th a t regional government is here to stay. "I will not entertain requests," from individual municipalities who w ant out of tw o-tier municipal government, he said. He described regional government as " a very positive force" in deliver ing some services to area residents, and pledged to make it work more effectively. " But I doubt very much if the provincial treasury will have the money," to subsidize sewer rates, as Halton has requested or to make it easier on property owners by in creasing provincial subsidies to municipalities, he said. In response to a question from Oakville Councillor Terry Mannell, Mr. Bennett said the province will try to keep grants in line with in flation, but warned councillors not to expect more than that. "In today's world if we can keep abreast of inflation w e're doing a fairly adequate job," he said. Mr. Bennett said his own housing ministry had gotten a lower increase in its budget, last year than the average municipality. He said he would be " less than honest and somewhat foolish," to say that grants would exceed in flation. Oakville Mayor Harry Barrett ask ed Mr. Bennett if the province is prepared to foot the estimated $250,000 bill for an environmental assess ment of the proposed Site F garbage dump in Milton. Mr. Bennett said he was "not prepared to make any out-of-hand com mitm ents." But he pledged a flexible ministry Continued on Page 3 INSIDE Q The legacy and the thanks m a p ^ y P m from its staff are on page 8. D isabled cyclist A 31-year-old victim of multiple sclerosis will be arriving in Oakville on a specially adapted tricycle tomorrow morning as part of a cross-country trek designed to draw attention to the mysterious disorder from ivhich he suffers. Page 5. Wintario $100,000 -- 271715 $25,000 - 784248 $25,000 -- "296583 $25,000 - 499760 $25,000 -- 133269 $1,000 - 97173 $100 - 2111 $10 - 732 Winfall -- 42 Index Bon APPetit o l lr R c L e s G n the Record ! ! ! S p o rts ................................... 7 Editorial ........................... 8 3 5 ! ! ! !6 A complete list is on page 11. TMTis«ings . . .. u Classified .......................... 15 Real E s ta te ........................22