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Royal to serve Year decides Co lotted English readers write I you find I his edition of our newspaper interesting on account of its report on the tie Of rebuilt oily ins ires may interest it lias been a lovely modern I deeply J receive t id courtesy f ind Cheerio dearlj God Bless Georgetown I like In John Hill keep m loucli with all the I Ivmouth England Letters to the editor Wednesday Janmry Letters to the editor Reader praises car dealer for years of faithful service To the editor of The Herald 1 im believer in the fact that we all these days complain and criticize a deal but hardly ever say thank you It appears to be an ever growing case of I all right Jack and not my money belongings car or whatever so who cares So here is my accolade for 1J7J Since I had the pleasure of dealing with Geo British Cars in Georgetown which was where I bought my first new car and recently my new car During lime I hue deal with this company I hue been given service tesy and friendliness above far above the call of duty not loo per cent as any good company should offer but 150 At a time when good man ners seem to be a last art I have come across real gentlemen in the true sense of the word and this includes employees who have since left the company There is of course been the goof this has been cheerfully I re illy the hone sty and kindness of Mr one f owners I he friendship kindness gill of Hi I will remember he does know how many grey days he has inured up put ill right by i joke i ord or an jet of kindness The nucl too descrie high praise or good work friendliness first contact the I on the switch Educations good old days not the answer for today They we cm death and taxes and education is something a good portion of our tax dollar goes towards You also cant avoid heated opinions about anything people spend lots of tax money on MP Ross Milne recent town hall meeting the assembled audience had the strongest opinions on education provincial matter Much of the MP s question period was deleted to discussion of schools rather than federal business Disturbingly to me man of the gripes expressed wererclatedtothc liberalization Milne of education KING SLATS At the same time getting back to the basics was a sentiment voiced by many of the candid lies seeking school board scits In the November municipal elections And a strong bhsl of hot air can be fell from Hills south in Milton as Reverend Ken Campbell of Renaissance International in anil sex education pro group makes his regular pronouncements for purity Reverend Campbell and his group were successful in the past in getting the school board to pull excellent books they deemed unfit for young minds from the local schools curriculum I view this all as a big step in the wrong direction I recently had the opportunity to discuss this of parents of school aged children wilh the principal of Georgetown s Howard worth School trie llalkind J CONCERN Mr acknowledged this trend and shared my nccrn about it He said that basically the conservatism manifests ilsilf on two levels spending and curriculum It seems those parents bemoaning the death of the old diys want more strictly disciplined siliools with a more limited curriculum at a lower cos While not denying that are probably In the school board budgets where money should be saved Mr says educators should be prepared to save where possible but also to spend where needed I have to agree To begin with school boards must remember that every unnecessary expenditure and every inflated administrator salary discredits the legitimate expenses of the board That said I maintain lhat it is foolish to embrace the cutback trend by wildly reducing school board budgets SOCIETY BENEFITS Mr Balkind argues that society benefits by proper spending on education now rather than on reaction spending later He means thai money spent on for example a problem child now lo help solve his or her problem is more meaningful dealing with their problems later in life when all society can do Is react to rather than try to solve these problems At of cutbacks the supposed frills ore the go Unfortunately these frills are often extremely Important programs In Toronto for example special education ore a beating as special teachers are from the board payroll Since special education teachers usually operate with small groups they Michael Hollett Herald editor ire not thai They ire also extremely Important since eh Idren needing education often would simply be flinch in without help And who knows how valuable programs have seen the light of day is educators respond to cost The curriculum is related many things including lixpiyers school desire to cut ISdir It certainly cheapest to slick strictly to the three s After all how much docs it cost loss a few textbooks in the direction J room Ml of public school kids have Ihcm wrile pifc of The Taming or the lenlimts mem multiplication iblis and have their sptllmf dune for tomorrow Win one could supervise kids involved in basic as in back to si I in I useful it is As Mr Balkind says perhaps problem with the education system is thai kept up rather thin moving too fast I m com that the education system of the Fifties and other good id days is really worth getting back When the Sixtiesr lledarouiidandctlucatorstnedlostickwilhthc Id students complained about the of rekv nice in their ill DRASTIC erl things hive changed drastically since the Id Fifties when towards yiung people w mm sexuilily ml r mi itself were draslicilly different 111 in I Little Jre no longer simply expected be sex is lntiLir something people talk about inly wedding night ind authority including ii rs iocrnn are not always excepted These positive ones thai pose new h Illinois fir developing children To get back an iduciti system hit does not it with these challenges children less equipped for society iround them of course in the good old diys children did not I de with Television IS the new literacy nil il are exposed to a seemingly limitless inioui information so much that may have trouble handling An education system rooted in he 1980 i decade is almost upon us has to this reality A dialogue on education is needed The public and iilucitors themselves must be encouraged to find new directions to deal with the realities of teaching in this period But a kneejerk regression to the good old days will surely mem that the current of school children will Irony in OMBs ruling To I hi editor of The Herald There is irony in the receni ruling hold evening sessions during the expected three garbage dump hearings at Milton In almost Alice in Wonder land lofic the Board decided lhal Iho hearing which is a PUBLIC on presented for and against destroying prime farmland should be held when it is inconvenient for the public affected Attend Surely when only two mem of the ore involved and they like every other agency attending at the hear arc funded with tax doll those paying those tax dollar should not more dollars for three months try lo save their land Apparently the evening inns arc so repugnant that the OMB rejected having even one per week It a no wonder the OMB isn elected they don play fair with those who pay the Yours truly Julie Bates Burlington Ins such a nice inf voice the ad goes at Speedy well it G 11C y a somebody and is most important to me is lint when I pick up my a repair or servicing 1 in know it will be safe and is rcisomlbi is possible ho you ill at a hippy ind pr New and thank you all Sincerely Ann DONT MISS LAST 4 DAYS The WALLPAPER AND PAINT OFF ON WALLPAPER SALE ENDS SAT FEB3 On of the many books to choose from FANFARE SUPER VINYL ARMOUR WALL jji More than 200 BOOKS ff to choose from Paint Specials DRYWALL PRIMER SEALER FLAT LATEX ft Gal FOB WALLS AND CEILINGS PLUS MANY MANY MORE INSTORE SPECIAL VALUES 65 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8774193