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PEOPLED Peoplelover runs McDonalds publicity JO LISTER Transferring land uses is owners big worry Hi lOHITAMOIt Lint is a scarce commodity and the major concern of landowners is its transfer mm one use another Professor lold mem of the Land owners Association Richards professor in the Land Resources Science Department of Ihe of spoke to and quests about land use particularly as it relules to agriculture I know 1 m talking to pie who ore 111 the front line in concern about land use don t have remind you land is a scarce commodity Richards said in Canada land use has not been related to the quality of the land land which is Hie most fertile is often used for dove as opposed in lure r Richards said be cause it presents problems Ih in poorer iviaht land I lOMil EMI I think people have been lulled mio 11 false sense of land 111 lr Richards said There II 101 of Hand in Ontario located of the Canadian Shield he said and this makes up per tent of the Class 1 rheManlimcs hue no class 1 land and JihIhc has viri little The IB per in the Because of a to develop Class land farmers mas find themselves pushed into farmitiR lower land Richards said In same weld Milium in in er eased land costs increased capital costs lor equipment and materials and therefore food Mill cost more Agricultural land is also be ing by the number of people small building lots 111 rural areas and building homes on Ihem People want lohvcui rural ireas and then Ihey complain Ihe iosI of food Richards said We have a job 111 agriculture to explain why food prices are liifiher here I hail other countries On Ihe other hind he said agriculiure and farming should not elitm all the quality land Iflnwns ire to grow and Hie only land available is Class land then thai is higher priority use Richards aid would Town reviews United Way plan ask 1 hat is the price tag being a Or Richards tte operate 111 a hostile We have a viable agricultural and It than it does DOilSKY Herald Whatever agency is selected to the proposed reg ion wide United Way must lake re not to Interfere with Ihe efforts of existing social service groups Coun Mike warned Men day Commenting on a brief circulated by ihe Burlington Social Planning Council Coun Armstrong complained lo town general committee that the concept of establishing United Way to coord inate fundraising activities for local social groups and charities seems lo have got ten out of hand group or public agency chosen to organ- lie the regional United Way if It E indeed approved all concerned must not lose what our social he said AGREED Mayor P etc agreed Coun Armstrong but said that the collective concept has many advantages After meeting thus far with regional chairman Jack he said the mayors of HaltnB fourareo municipalit ies are generally agreed that loo many chanty dollars are fbwtna cut of the region Ha I ton could raise much mas money on a per capita basis for Its social groups and charities if fundraising efforts woe co Mayor explained Certain in particular will from a regionwide United Way despite the crest shown some splinter groups winch will prefer to continue their own individual fund raising he said added that a regional United Way is still probably five years down road even If immediate sup pert is demonstrated flic issue was raised ay night in respoisc to the Burlington Soaal Planning councils brief which express concern over the suggestion that the Council is the appro body to carry the organising task flic council has nattier the mandate nor the resources lo organize a United Way executive director Kar en Hill explained in the brief The task is a vast one After research to support the conc ept has been carried out years of full time com munlty organization work would be required Ms Hill acknowledged that regional councils recent decis ion to have all grant requests forwarded lo Its attention rat her than that of local municip alities is seen as the first step toward a Halt on United Way Burlington Social Plan council she reoorted has supported a move toward a federated United Way since late 1977 People arc putting farmers 111 a real hind because they want to keep them on the land but they donl want pay Can idinn food prices Jack Martin said during the ques lion and answer period follow Richards talk the consumer has said through the marketplace that he doesnt 1 hoot about I Itnnk the farmers will survive I think the guv going to suffer is the city guy Otto Conservative candidate for the riding the meeting that shortly after he was married lie want In buy a north llallon a without paying through the The farm were unable lo even gel a If Ihe farmer can prove that Ihe piece of property he wants to severe is ihe why he have the right to severe it not for but for beautiful homes Mr asked farmer Peter Branch said the region has all sorts of industrial development offic ers urban planners and indust rial strategies and Is spending on an industrial study But what arc they doing for agricultui he asked Richards said there is a need for a rural planner as opposed to an urban planner to assist in the Integration of land use and the University of has been studying the possibility of a course of study for rural planners Ely HANNAH Herald A basic love of people is what keeps a public relations person going says Josephine Lister public relations person for both the Georgetown and Md ton McDonalds outlets and former program director for the Georgetown YWCA I like people Mrs Lister says Id have to or Id go crazy You never believe what people expect us to do for them She rolls her eyes and it to read between the seem to think McDonald sis made of Taking the ideas people come 10 her with and throwing McDonalds resources behind them so they become a profit able project for both the group with the idea and McDonalds is a big part of Mrs Listers work Dreaming up ways to enhance McDonald image in the is another part of it there is a third part She is responsible for staff gather mgs as well as training hostes ses to fill some of her jobs in the store I STORES In the beginning when there was just the Georgetown store 1 could do things my self she soys But now that here no stores 1 jus cant get around everything I have girls trained now so they can look after the birth day parlies for and the craft nights and fun nights They re even beginning to look after some of contests for me I come up with the idea and get it organized Then they actually look after it I like to gel the managers involved with things too When theres a prize be given theres no reason why it should always be my face in the paper I hate getting my pic ken There s no reason why they can do it Mrs Lister says she had no training in public relations before she took her two years ago At least nothing that seems relevant at first glance She was born in a small Yorkshire England town where her father had his own bakery and confectionery She worked in a library and then in the trustee depart ment of a bank Her hobbies however involved Little Then ire and dancing school shows and pantomime She took let stage dancing and musical comedy routines so that she learned much of Ihe behind the scenes machinations pulling a performance together Little Theatre was big in England when I was growing up she says and we had good constructive criticism I enjoyed it and I was involved right up until we came to Canada That s one of the things 1 always wanted to get into was the Little Theatre here But Ive just never made the time You have be pushed after y re away from it you know CANADIAN SPOUSE Mrs Lister married her band Wayne in He was born in Regma and went to England with his parents when he was eight His father was English and they went over lo visit and got taught in the war she ex plains They never did get back Wayne always wanted lo come back It was coming home for him The Listers arrived in Cana da 14 years ago and went to Gait for a short while They now live on the Fourth Line and Mr Lister owns his own steel fabricating business in Georgetown They have three children a married daughter Stephanie a daughter Joanne working in Georgetown and a son Jonathan who will attend university in the fall Mrs Lister says she waited until her son was in school full lime before she went back work She had however be come involved with the in Gall while she was living there and soon found herself caught up in the Georgetown after she moved It was from that her first job stemmed I was on the Board of Directors of the Gait when we moved she laughs and the way it happens with so many organizations they warned the Georgetown that was coming 1 was invited to join the board here and wound up as vice president just before I joined the staff side of things She became the Georgetown program director in and was only paid staff member at that lime apart from part time secretary Thel ma Dobson TIN In those days the was in a liny office in the main building at there was no place hold courses schools and church halls Neither the recreation depart ment nor the recreation com mittee existed at that lime and the was soley responsible for the s recreation Mis I says lhat was a town with new houses in both the cast end of the subdivision and Moore Park gelling first residents A lol ihese families were v and I much money but needed something to of then lung 1 the requests grew A lot of ihese young firm lies had one car she- recalls and the husband took thai one In work Ihe morning and Irfl the wife stuck at home with the kids all day There stuck wiih the kids driving her up I he wall and there was a 1 he need for inexpensive lo get women out of the house rcsulled in courses with such as Ladies Like Break Facilities or courses were extremely difficult to find so lhat the used every nook and cranny find Mrs says of is has been late letting courses be held 111 lis buildings Georgetown High School was about only full size gun Ihej could find I know the problems from Ihe other side loo she says because I been there camp was a lug thing during her early years with the- since it was he thing in town No one had backyard pools as thev do today she says and the indoor pool of course I exist Children wire bussed to Terra Mrs Lister led the in December lake up her Asked for highlights of with the Y Mrs come up with any Ihing specific She enjoyed leaching pre school rhvtbmics the children themselves were fun pari and specific funny incidents have been lor gotten she savs Another project she enjoyed was ihe one day workshop on communications family law and rape Death is a subject you lend back off learning aboc she says but had ing and I enjoyed it but as program director and director had lo be motivating every else There were constant financial problems and a con slant turnover of volunteers Afier eight years began lose enthusiasm 1 felt it was time for a change WORTH NOTING It is worth noting thai while there were 27 s m inula when Mrs aster be came executive director for Georgetown onlv three of those groups gave Ihe position iiseiith it in order to present Ihe workshop and 1 came out of 1 feeling better about the whole thing Rape was also an interesting siibjeel lo deal with she says There very definitely is two different feelings about rape she says and no matter how understanding and com pas sion a man is I don think there any way he can ever fully understand what it does That workshop had its light moments in retrospect she says because of her dailv in which she listed meet mgs and daily work remind I realized I had to be cartful about where I left it laying around she chuckles because have a meeting on he workshop set up for 10 am fur example but my diary would say am rape Now how would thai look to anyone who know what It was all about Mrs Lister met McDonalds franchise owner Richmond Chandler through the Y and began working for him in January It I all ideas and office work she smiles She had to learn how to operate every position in the including using grill one Friday night when the high school was holding a dance It has hod its interesting moments however like when the CBC came in to film Day at their store when the place was already bedlam with customers and help and all the sion attendant to such a big Training or not Jo Lister is now far away from solitude of an English library or the primness of an English bank a room under Canada Trust offices was used for the Teens group Church halls were all Ihej had fur onlv courses she re having at that were ladies keep fit anil lies lake a break gym for hois and girls 11 and camps during the I remember when we up peel the dues for badminton tents a week from a she chuckles and shakes be id II go down well 11 all People paid a qu a week if they attend and we warned to and those fie- aim but thev VISIT YOUR LOCAL BUTCHER Al Red Brand Beef ROASTS Sirloin Tip lb Top lb- Rump lb STEAKS Porterhouse TBone Sirloin lb Watch for FRESH FISH next week FROM OUR DELI Schneiders Cooked Ham 299 Take the work of entertaining this spring with our delicious salads meat cheese Beerwurst by lb Round Tilstt Cheese money So manual campaigns were hard she notes The in that department mil her in good now be feels since she understands ill icki well the sort of difflcul ies clubs are in when they Barbs Meat Moore Park Plaza DECORATING FUN GEORGETOWN MARKET 8774942 A LOT MORE THAN PAINT WALLPAPER Benjamin Moore paints Fhcto Trawox Wallpaper Rubbermaid Carpets Curtain Kadi Poly Product Cq