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ftReFJERALDI Home Newspaper of Halton Hills HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIl IB A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFF Publisher BILL JOHNSTON Editor PHONE 877 Second Clou Mail tared Number QMS Action We hate to bring the whole dam subject up again but we fear that perhaps the point was missed A recent article dealing with the topic of the old Paper Mill dam contained the I conclusion that the dam should be removed The conclusion was that of a Glen Williams resident Dave Williamson However it one that we and some much more knowledgeable experts on such things as water flows and levels concur with The dam is serving very little practical purpose Historical ties with it seem to be the strongest reasons presented thus far for keeping It Yet ties with reason would call for its removal It has an effect upon the annual spring floods It could have a very harmful effect should a flash flood occur at any time of the year And as we prepare for another fine season of fishing on the Credit River there is the very practical reason that it would definitely aid the re stocking program of salmon and trout in the Credit As has been occurring frequently in negotiations between the town and the authority Communications seem to be the problem here Neither one is prepared to push the other into action be that action financial or physical Mention spending money on the Credit River valley and both parties seem to instantly become deaf Action must be taken even if it a study which shows for some yet unknown reason that the dam should remain The matter must be examined and hopefully some definite steps taken Step one oil well By Gerry Land borough Have you ever held a crystal ball Well up until last week neither bad I A recent article I vo been researching has taken me down the strangest pathways as of late I ve Just had my first experience with a voyant one who sees into Ihe future Now I m for the most part a very practical person I believe in dismissing everything until Its either proven or So with on open mind I started out to explore the world of the unknown the world of the occult This particular clairvoyant wishes to remain anonymous Her name was given to me by a fellow writer In Toronto I had a mental picture of a little old gray haired lady In a small little room Perhaps she would be covered a shawl Perhaps she would hold her head and and as she tripped off into the world of spirits Dark curtains gypsy earrings and strange noises filled my imagination To my surprise I entered a very swank where a very chic and attractive society matron greeted me war mly at the door I paid no fee Instead we chatted away most pleasantly on an elegant The conversation centered around the Indian culture and present life in India as we sipped tea served from a most beautiful gold china service Now according to this very believable lady a true clairvoyant can read anything a crystal ball tea leaves water reflection mirror reflection Even a hard boiled egg if I had to All the object does Is to help focus the concentration of the mind Clairvoyants have ESP Extra Sensory Perception or perception beyond the senses When the conversation centered on ESP he lady produced a beautiful piece of round crystal about the site of a small baseball There are really only two sizes she said This one and one a little bit smaller The great big ones you see on TV and In the movies are not real at all She then went to a beautiful sideboard and brought out a piece of dark red velvet very much enjoyed I Indicated nothing that would imply that I drink up to nine or ten cups of coffee a day and sometimes more For the rest of her predictions I have to wait and see but most were to start almost mediately Either she was a better con artist than Mordecai Jones or she really had some type of gift Many things were too specific to be work I really haven come to any conclusion as of yet but I am very very curious She told me that the best crystal balls German Her was from France and coat Now I for one wouldn begin to con aider spending for a crystal ball Some weeks 80 would be too much But I can for the life of me tie her down to being a fraud She believed In what she was doing and thus appeared very belleveable When I arrived back home I tried looking Into a pop bottle bottom the closest I could come to a crystal ball I only succeeded In spilling coke drops on my clean table cloth I immediately predicted that unless this cloth quickly falls into the machine of the great automatic wash the stains would become permanent Now before you all rush out to have your fortunes told remember most are phonies especially where money Is concerned The recent revival of the occult the hidden arts- may or may not be the truth but for the most part the greatest claims are made by frauds My recent travels have shown me Just how gullible people are in the world of furtuno telling and the occult and most can be hurt deeply by following these practices In my case I can call it researching but I really don t recommend it unless you want to be up all night trying to figure out where the information comes from Let s hear it for Hamilton They laughed when I went to Hamilton on Friday night They told me the old Hamilton Joke about the contest in which the first prize was a Friday night in Hamilton The second prize was an entire weekend in Hamilton They laughed After finding out why I didn t As one Hamiltonian told me the best thing about Hamilton is that it s not too far away from Toronto That can be said about Milton too and who wants to be in Milton on a Friday night But the Premier wanted to see me so I went to Hamilton The Premier had the right idea He had barely settled down and he headed off for leaving us in Hamilton Having had enough trouble just getting there there was no way I was going to unfold my Esso map again and start looking for So the logical solution was to make the best of it and thus a fun filled Friday en sued First thing a compliment to the taxi drivers in Hamilton The manner in which they pleasantly inform you that you are going the wrong way on a one way street would put some to shame They start by flashing their headlights which because they are buried into the centre of your grill are not too visible Catching onto that fact they then provide the personal touch first with mild gestures with their fingers I would describe the gestures but an Italian fnend of mine informs me that doing so would probably offend every person with a questionable parental background New mood in teachers talks which she said was oiled with musk If you don keep your ball oiled with musk it just won right she casually remarked I hope my face didn betray the smile as I and could Immediately see the need of the musk oil The next step was to wash the ball get rid of other peoples acidity Then she gave me the round crystal which was heavy and quite pretty to look nt to hold and to warm in my hands Once the crystal was ready I placed It on a stand on top of the red velvet cloth and the reading began No no aha no ah or mmy She merely looked Into the crystal and started to speak to me very calmly quite rationally I asked what could she see In the crystal Auras she said and he color helps ell me what Is going to be I also see Images faces of things that might happen in the near future The crystal clouds and clears and sometimes shows a great deal In mine she claimed to see a golden aura one of the best of he signs What else did she see Well it would be unfair to repeat all bul the most interesting lung she said was You drink too much coffee Now that in itself la not that unusual but she bad previously served me tea which I BYDONOHEARN Queen Park Bureau Of the Herald There well could have been more than a smidgin of significance in a speech universities and colleges minister James made a while ago about colleges and heir staffs You may remember it The minister sold hat if college staffs started illegal strikes work to rule booking off or otherwise disrupting Me colleges he would lake a simple step he would close down he colleges concerned for a term One reasonhe gave was hat itwasutfalrtostudents many of whom had worked to get to their college to give hem an on again off again education There could however have been another explanation a practical one a political one The Dovls government may now be ready for a showdown fight wllh our teachers Teachers at all levels have been getting more and more demanding in Ontario Demanding and irresponsible We have had wildcat strikes And Just currently Toronto elementary teachers have been demanding a percent raise They have had the government here over a barrel Direct negotiations of course are carried on local boards The government could step in bul it has not done so Tor what has appeared principally as fear of offending the teachers and the large vole they represent They have played them patsy There now could have been a government decision to reverse this Both Mr speech and recent stronger positions by Education Minister Tom Wells would indicate there has been And if his Is true It could have been assessed by the party leaders that politically it could be wise in the election now expected this spring for the government to be taking a strong hand against the teachers Liberal leader Bob Nixon regarded as he main threat In he election has been having what appeared o be a public love affair with the teachers The is In a position where ithasn and wouldn publicly oppose them Yet every in cation Is that he majority of public is now thoroughly fed up teachers and what at least comes across as their griping The average voter par if a parent them as coddled working a nine month year taking paid sick leave at every chance always complaining about the sire of classes and their big workload and always looking for more money As a realistic gamble the government may well have decided that It will pick up many more voles Ulan It will lose by bucking Ihe classroom community and pulling it into line Wynfield Farm sells 140 horses From the file of the Herald IS Years Ago would be burglars the night watchman at Meadow glen Mushrooms and got away with an electric motor Masks made from towels were used to hide the identity of the assailants Colin a Georgetown District High School student will be sent to Ottawa to participate In the Adventure In Citizenship concentrated our that will show how Canada Is governed Over 180 students from across Canada will be attending through their local Rotary Clubs which sponsor he project Van a General Store was robbed Inst Monday evening The Silver Creek store lost In he Incident An adding machine was damaged when one of the thieves threw It he proprietor The home of W G Edwards 35 Edith Street was broken Into In the early hours or Saturday morning The break in has been linked with similar cases in the area n using heEdwards home were recovered later Police suspect the thieves were looking for cash when ran sacking homes 10 Years Ago Costs of building a water tower to serve Georgetown have risen to total of for Ihe project The addition of the lower will hopefully give Georgetown adequate water pressure throughout the day Fire Chief Erwln asked a burning bylaw be Implemented in the town to control he burning of grass by permits Some 17 fires In the past week have caused con by he chief and he membere of he Ire depart ment The permits issued for life contain valuable in formation about fires and means or controlling them E ght hundred people at tended he sale of horses at he Wynfield Stock Farm owned by Roy Ionian Georgetown One Montreal shopper purchased 17 of the 140 horses shown at the auction Some horses were shipped from Saskatchewan for he consignment auction at the farm Years Ago Approval has been given to Implement Red Cross Service in he Georgetown area The Red Cross will furnish service with the county paying proximately SO per hour and then with his fists Now that was not too hard to figure out the meaning of Actually probably a bit this by BILL JOHNSTON misunderstanding was brought about my naivete not at going the wrong way on the one way street after all convinced if you followed all of Hamilton one way streets you would all end up on the mountain with no way to get down but trying to be a bit smug in the middle of the When he quietly yelled into my ear t you see the arrows I perhaps should not have come back with that old joke Arrows I t even see the Indians Oh well they say the insurance will cover the damages Next I would like to compliment the articulate gas station attendants in Hamilton Having visited every back street in the city travelled through the Stelco parking lot a couple of times and gazed longingly over the city from that stupid mountain I decided it was about time to find out where I was going Where the Royal Connaught Hotel I asked the attendant The Holiday Inn he replied No the Royal Connaught Hotel I insisted The Holiday Inn he aijain came back with this time pointing it out with a screw driver that whistled rather close to my nose No I want to go to the Royal Connaught Hotel The O This really threw him because he I discovered could barely spell where he thought I should go H E By this time I thought perhaps there was some connection between Hamilton Holiday Inn and the Royal Connaught Perhaps somebody obviously a visitor told some Hamiltonian that he was going to holiday in the Royal Connaught and they ever since have thought the two hotels were the same Anyways for lack of any better go I did make it to the Holiday and here I discovered someone who knew where the Royal Connaught Hotel was Unfortunately it was a rather large bellman who was rather ticked off that I would prefer another hotel over his Fortunately I spied the doorman at the Royal Connaught who was even bigger than the bellman at the Holiday Inn Well we eventually straightened everything out and went through the press conference with Premier Bill Off he shortly went and we asked Well what there to do in Hamilton on Friday nights and everyone came up with the same reply the name of a pub right across the street thank goodness It rather discouraging when you find that there only one interesting place to go to in a city the size of Hamilton Its sort of like being told You will like it or else It was a matter last Friday of or else Another bouquet to toss out This time to the waitresses of Hamilton We had one who was not only punctual but had a terrific memory She was so punctual every minutes she would drop by tfl see if we wanted another drink No drunken drivers in Hamilton thanks to her blinding speed And as for her memory Well We first time she brought the round around we discovered that it cost Fine that snot too bad The next time around she forgot to pick up the money Until about minutes later We gave her a bill and away she went again they didn trust her with any change When she delivered the next round about an hour later I reminded her about the she owed us I m a fair tipper but not that good She quite willingly returned the bill although it was a bit uncomfortable pulling it out of my The next round for some reason was We paid her with another and away she disappeared again V really should have left well enough alone but the idea of creating a disturbance was now about the only excitement we could see in store for the evening So the next time she came by we asked her for the If ever you should want a list of all the four letter words in the EngliSh alphabet I now happen to know where you can hear them all in less than two minutes Everytime she happened to cruise by our table she increased the list By the time she had made five flying passes at us she was up to 16- letter words Mind you she was cheating a bit tying four four letter words into one But the impact was still the same No the next time I hear that the Premier wants to see me I m going rf ask that he make it somewhere besides Hamilton Even Milton