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Home of Halton Hills rill lHIl JuH 19 A of Canadian Newspapers Company mited SI uptown I II 1 I I II 1 I r HUM Si I fl Number On Privatization of town arenas not the answer Despite the well intentiontd desires of a group of Acton residents Its good the town does not hand over the Acton arena to be administered by the group In the heat of Hills council s bungling of the recent per cent hike in arena rental rates a group of Acton residents with Brian Caraill as their spokesman offered to take over administration of the arena in Acton In an effort to diffuse Acton residents anger about the fee hike town council recently voted to commission a study by the town clerk about the legalities of turning over the arena operations to the citizens group Mayor Pete Pomeroy wisely convinced council to abandon this idea apparently realizing it was primarily a ploy to get Acton residents off councils back The mayor told last week s council meeting there was no point in using a town employee s time to conduct astudy that council was unlikely to enact While it s obviously important that users of Halton Hills sports facilities be more involved in the development of the town recreation turning over one of the towns arenas to private citizens is not the answer Theoretically one of the reasons municipal governments become involved In the con and administration of recreation facilities is that as democratically elected bodies a town council will ensure a facility is used to the greater good of the community as a whole At the same time the council is accountable to the community at the very least every two years at the ballot box for their decisions If the arena were to be administered in by an arbitrarily appointed group of citizens there Movies production should help town For the third time in less than two years Georgetown has been chosen as a location in a feature film but in the latest venture Never Trust an Honest Thief the town has its first starring role In Equus and the yet to be released Running the town makes brief appearances in the films Georgetown will be the major location in the upcoming mysterycomedy and that s great for Georgetown The immediate benefit to be felt locally because of the movie shoot will be revenue generated to maintain the cast and crew during the production period Local residents will also have a shot at roles as extras in the film and area tradespeople and the like will be kept during the filming But the after affects to be felt once the film is released will be of even greater benefit to the town Moviegoers around the world will get a good look at Georgetown to Be known as Madison in the movie and this screen unveiling of the town should at the very least perk an interest in the community that should result in a few more tourists passing through Georgetown It never hurts to have one community showcased to a world audience in good ole technicolor so it good to see the positive reception the film producers have received from municipal officials the business community and Georgetown residents in general The producers of Never Trust An Honest Thief are now busily searching the Georgetown area to come up v ith locations for the film we d like to welcome them to town and look forward to the arrival of the entire of the movie in early August Region gives hostel vote of confidence Its nice to see that council is willing to stand behind the region s fledgling Women Place hostel Despite the advice of the region chief administrative of Ernie Halton cillors went out on a bit of a limb and agreed to rent the building currently housing the Milton detachment of the regional police to be the site of the new hostel for battered wives and their children The building is being rented to the group for the token fee of one dollar per year on the condition they purchase the building from the region in Mr Held argued that the group might have in arranging the fundng Decennary to purchase the building He wanted the building put up for sale on the open market tor tuna more com passionate heads prevailed and council decided to give the hostel a much needed and deserved vote of confidence The region decision demonstrates their faith in the organizers of the project and should help the Women Place committee convince other potential donors to the project that they re for real Having a site already arranged will also help the hostel committee arrange for a mortgage necessary to purchase the building Were glad to see the much needed Womens Place move yet another step closer to reality r j would be no guarantee the facility would necessarily be used for the good of the general community At the same time the private citizens arena group would nave no accountability to the community at large Council would have ab dicated accountability in the arena operation by turning its over to the group And because they t be elected by the general public there would be no means by which the arena group could be held countable for their actions No matter how well inlentioned a group might be council should never give complete control of a public facility to a group who unlike themselves are not countable to the electors The Acton group s suggestion along with the entire ice rates fiasco clearly points out the failings of the town recreation policy making While many of us are starting to feel a little over it would be worthwhile for council to set up some form of user committee for the town s recreation facilities Communities like Orangeville and Cambridge have successfully created Leisure Advisory Committees consisting of users of these communities recreation facilities as well as members of the municipalities councils The groups meet throughout the year and while having no binding power play a major role in charting the direction of the communities recreation policies Considering the recent example of Hills councils being out of touch with the local recreation community such a committee would seem to have a major role to play But certainly privitizatlon of the town arena is not the answer to Halton Hills recreation woes Davis dislike of Liberal Smith turns into ugly confrontation Queens Park liurrn Hernia William Davis distasle Smith is ben g pushed loo fir The tunc of House is suffering sometimes di enenting into or ugly confrontation Davis never is much it answering questions in the legislature showing ilmosl an instinctive preference for duck and wciving Bui with Smith he goes far nd Ih it Contempt fairly drips from his this recinl incident in the House when Davis dislike reached a new peak Smith i very reasonable ibout i statement made by the counsel lo government inquiry into food store kickb It was of such a thai he thought iht counsel should resign totally ignored the question which is fair enough but then he went on in this fashion Mr Speaker I don counsel and I am really as prompt to express personal views about people as is the Leader of the Opposition without having had the benefit of some discussion some knowledge and some insights that 1 am sure he has had But Smith had said nothing about counsel personality only the man point of view Bui Davis went on lighting into Smith the sircasm deepening each sen 1 would say one of the great short comings of the Leader of the Opposition is that lie is too prone to make personal judgments about people I know lie has discussed this with counsel at great length and is satisfied in his view thai counsel is THICK Donald jump in to repeat Smith s basic question about counsel opinion and lo ask Davis Bui than respond Davis con his itnck on Smith accusing him of playing for an Emmy Award and then I realize am not us knowledgeable or as expert in all fields as he proports to be I confess to that I don to hive his knowledge or the arrogance that goes with it The of all this on Smith is dramatic The man visibly stiffens in his fury at the Davis issaults responds angrily with waving finger and interjoc lions NOT GOOD Whether that in fict is Davis aim is an open question As a political tactic it raiher successful diverting alien Hon from the point Smith was trying to And ii may be that Davis just enjoyed under Smith s skin But one also the impression that Davis means every word of what he says or more importantly the tone in which he If so it Is too bad That kind of personal assault Is twoedged and if anything it Divis who in fact Is acting as though Smith is successfully getting to him Trudeau is eager for new role but his future seems grim i Bureau The If mild In ill his public Liber il I enter Pierre gives the impression he is just itching for the imentarj billies as he begins new career as Leader of Her Opposition He will n he has declared despite the fiet tint he led his pirly it in i general election and Hit the re ults inditated his reached a p niucle of precedenled unpopularity in Western Cm ida He has for his I iber folio vers to rally around him in defeat as they did Hi victory Liberals by tradition tend to do this Unlike Tones they don subject their executions preferr int insle id to quietly shut the door settle hull diffieulties without in emerge with irms around other Tin did sal their first pctelcc ion emeus of Mis many of whom privately held personally respon for the government defeat r Graham the party dent emerged from tint closed meeting to siy We hid a brief post mortem on the election ind basically we gel as in votes as government even though we got half a million more votes in the last election No one blames Trudeau The former prime minister actually received a rousing standing ovation when he entered Ihis caucus Surrounded by clapping MPs he appeared lo be parading in a winner circle HIDDEN But despite Ihc backslapping the stirry statements of admiration and assorted oaths of the defeat prime minister there are not thai many Liberal MPs who privately relish the thoughts of another general election impugn under Pierre Nothing short of imincle can revive the Trudeau led Liberals in Western Canada Hut these same MPs desperately want Trudeau iround for the forthcoming referendum battle- in Quebec and the former prime as desperately wants to thai battle while still enjoying Ihe prestige of the party leader ship He has made it clear since the election of separatist government in Quebec in 197A that his public mandate will not be fulfilled until he tackles Rene in the battle of Confederation He had of course to do this as prime minister While it now too for this Trudeau will nonetheless wield influence as the parly leader whose tough campaigns have won consistent and overwhelming support in Quebec In fact there are many who feel thai will be even more effective without the partisan trappings of the prime ministership TIMING So the idyllic Liberal scenario would be for Trudeau to emerge victorious from a classic confrontation with though Quebec Liberal Leader Claude ftyan may want his fair share of the Ihcn announce thai his per goal had been achieved and he would therefore coll leadership lion Then the rejuvenated Liberals would go the next election with a fresh leader But if were only that simple as Premier Lcvesque wan able to time his referendum to suit his own partisan purposes so can prime minister call an And if Prime Minister Joe Clark lacks expertise in this area he can always consult Newfoundland Premier Brian By next spring before the Liberals will have had time to select a successor following the referendum campaign Clark could decide to seek a majority government By then we will be hearing the normal minority government refrain ibout obstruction And on the heels of the Quebec referendum regard less of the outcomethere will be a government cry for a stronp majority to either face the separatist threat or ilternatrvcly to renew federalism Unless that miracle occurs the Liber pari could find itself in a rather unenviable position And despite those standing ovations and cries of confidence most Liberal MPs know il LARRY MARTIN Phone 2201 History from our file PLAN THIllT A0Thc depart of education will sanction no deck on Ihe location of a central high school for North until after George town has joined the district in January executive assistant the depirtment told coin and school board reprisentalives al meeting the department favored locat ing a in or adjacent tilt largest centre of population in an although if there was substantial major on Ihe board favoring another site the department should be willing lo approve While work was In progress on the- Iding of an addition o Glen Williams Public School on Monday part of building collapsed An excavation had dug beside the senior room by the firm which had undertaken the contract Two workmen were on Ihe scene the time wheri without warning the bricks tore loose from the structure the whole room collapsed in a pile or rubble The were able to jump clear and no Injuria were reported I third shop ping area In will make debut next Thursday when Mark Centre becomes a pari of the local merchant community On that day the large slore will make Its debut The gas price war spread from llie city to reach Georgetown last Friday Most local stations are advertising and 37 a gallon a 12ctnt drop per John Bingham farm has been chosen as the site of a new golf and country club The farm is on Line east of town with the Credit River forming the west boundary of th property One of America s foremost designers is preparing plans to transform 175 acre properly into a championship hole course Last week lightning struck and set ire to the barn on properly of Comer The Erin fire was summoned to the scene and ed the blaze from spreading into the buildings The barn valued at was completed destroyed along with ninety tons of hay quarry equipment and some farm machinery In all Iheloja was estimated at of owes his life lo a Kilchener nurse applied artificial respiration for Saturday lo revive him after his plunged fully clothed into Credit River rescue him Three hundred people attended ihe annual picnic of the ess of the Ontario Stec Company of Milton held at Terra Cotta and watched John Mills of Burlington bring Thibodeiu to shore after he became exhausted in the water IIARLtM VISITORS Incl High School has six Ontario scholars in their final year they each get a govern ment award of Douglas Stephens Mary James Henderson Ron lid Linda Carey and Richard were the students achieving the Thirty five children from New York Harlem arc halfway through a holiday here which they are spending with families of the Christian Reformed Church The youngsters all in the to age group are having a fine lime during their visit to a Canadian small town When the Moore Park on Main Street north is completed It will have a units and parking apace for cars a spokesman said Tuesday Phase two on Ihe soulh side the first stage currently under construction and should be ready for occupancy In three weeks Students in County who ore convicted of drug offences in future will face prison terms county judge Alan said In a stem warning from the bench week Judge was sentencing four youths on charges of possessing and trafficking In drugs County may get its first authentic middle school comprised of grade 7 and by September A pilot project school could be followed up by more if successful trustees of the board of learned last week At present several senior public schools In the county provide Hon for Grade pupils do not incorporate an Integrated Grade through the middle school program SCALLENSLNTECED AGODenis Edward of was sentenced Monday to six months in Jail for defraud in three residents and two residents of of more than by impersonating a Roman Catholic priest Dressed In the garb of a priest Scallcn told County Court Judge Alan Sprague that Ihe charges laid against him leaned on whether according to Canon Law he is a Roman Catholic priest The committee save the old Acton town hall has applied to Wintsno for grant towards the project The sum will cover half the cost of restoring the exterior of the year old brick building which a feasibility study for the group last week estimated at The new plaza under construe adjacent to the Alcott Arena on will feature three movie theatres with a seating capacity of I people Jerry Sprackman public relations officer for Shopping Centres Ltd of Toronto the company building the plain told the Herald the theatres will be opening at same lime as he rest of the time in February or March next year After a study of land In the Georgetown area Hills council has concluded that there la no land available for a new library board member Betty who opposed ihe of a new library on the Ccdarvale site said the decision really a surprise to the board or the vtv Out Parkland committee since tvxh groups knew what land was before the Ontario Municipal Board on library was held spring