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Page Tilt Jit It I A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown 17G Ontario WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFfr Publisher PAUL DAVID BEATTIK Advertising Manager IHONf- I Registered Number Are we waiting in vain new candidates Nomination Day is 12 days away the election itself only days away and we have a disturbing dearth of council and school board candidates to choose from we newsmongers can write about current flurries of activity on the Board of Education scene but voters in general will suffer greatly for lack of candidates At presstime ten of town council s incumbent members had stated they II seek reelection Nov 10 two remain un decided but all four regional councillors are among those ready to run again Only one candidate has appeared outside council Speyaide s Sheldon will challenge incumbents George and Pat Patterson in Ward 2 coin or not they re the only in undecided about retaining their council seats For membership on the school board one incumbent is out of the running altogether and the other has switched wards A two way race for the board seat in Acton is at this point Ihe only definite battle set for Nov Newcomer Betty Walker is thus far unopposed in Ward 2 Less than a month shy of election day these facts are appalling It is not a matter of incumbents doing a good job and maintaining their constituents support it is a question of democracy Loss of interest in a political ad ministration at such a grass roots level foretells of much worse developments to come Such seemingly innocent short comings on a community s part can only harm the democratic system and with it that community welfare in the long run Let us consider some reasons an incumbent might be acclaimed in a municipal election 1 He is indeed doing a good job or at least one adequate enough to meet the basic needs of his or her ward This inherently suggests the ward is getting its fair share of local municipal services roads are maintained and tidy snow is cleared garbage collected van property replaced private properties are safeguarded against poorly planned developments sewer services provided and maintained and civic rights along with civil rights are protected from abuse Potential candidates are simply scarce their jobs and private lives con most of their time Would be candidates were either scared off the last election or remain too disillusioned about the acknowledged political game playing that sometimes prevents council from progressing steadily A Voters who might otherwise con running are waiting for others to declare their candidacy fully expecting a last minute battle before ejection day and all the while abhorring the concept of themselves Do any of these reasons strike responsive chord in you Arc you like many others simply intimidated by in who are increasingly astute in political matters and well practised at brandishing the political tools of rhetoric and soapbox panache If so we suggest you hear the truth from the horses mouths as it were Satisfied with your councillor or trustee Give him a call and tell him so but at least make some suggestions for any changes you d like to see observe his response and responsiveness Too busy with home or work Phone Ward Is Ed Wood who runs a cleaning business and serves as regional councillor or Terry Grubbe who keeps involved with family and a host of social services or George in Ward 2 Ward 3 John McDonald Ward Harry Levy and Mike Armstrong all of whom have day jobs and other interests Wary the political ploys Ask Marilyn Serjeantson or John McDonald both of whom entered the fray with precious little experience but specific issues in mind and plenty of determination no great speechmakers both have never accomplished much in their terms Marilyn since 1976 and John since and both are seeking re election that must mean something Waiting for the show to start without you Don wait too long you have only five more issues of The Herald in which to advertise your virtues before the election arrives But why would any incumbent reassure about the job and thus encourage possible challengers We can t say they will but surely they must for the democratic system that elected them rests upon freedom of choice and electoral competition They realize that better than most BUT I JT a Federal government leaks slow to an effective trickle Letter from the Editor Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod Bureau i- Herald While we were all busy watching the federal provincial constitutional conference and thinking ibout the implieittoas of that leiked fcdenl documenl on the there was another monumental leak from top echelons of government It topical as that massive page document prepared by the Privy Council Office for Prime Minister and which provided blow by blow prescription for pitmting the constitution should he federal provincial calks down None trie less the second leaked document deserves some passing since it a page outline of proposed industrial I dun pr pose to go into the of tin subject I havi i deuce if a time comprehending pollens but the act Ihil we have experienced second major leak within one week period is worthy of some reflection It makes me feel like in iging sportsman looking back on tin of tht document to rtmtmber what it was like whin collecting leaks wis a classic journalistic competition Ah those And tIS list grcit cycle of the leaks time to an abrupt end in 1968 when Pierre Trudeau assumed office and at his very first news conference announced that henceforth there would be no more government leaks If any minister so much as hinted at a secret document he sud his career would come o an abrupt end He won be around very long at ill said the shining new prime minister And all the leaks were immediate ly patchid Not a of information would tome from behind those felt covered government doors Until last week tint is And while two major leaks within a week is an encouraging outburst it rtiliy something short of the torrents we once knew The leaks thai occurred in the lost stages of government wire undoubtedly the most sensation They ilwiys seemed to involve level policies such as defence or And the sources were ilways exotic such as foreign Diet himself manned to And who II ever forget that reported scrap of paper on which resident Kennedy was alleged to have rib ltd something about being a SOB That w is dandy Icik in its day Hut it was under the Pearson riimc thai actually achieved government by teak Those were the never tobe forgotten days when you phoned cabinet ministers o ask there were any good leaks today Reporters would buttonhole leaving cabinet meetings ind more than not get a fairly complete rundown of what went on in that secret conclave By the lime Lister Pcirson left the room he was asked embarrassing questions out the rationale that went into decisions that were supposed to be top Pcirson exasperation reached a peak when as he left cabinet meeting he was asked knowledgeable questions ihoul a secret memo he had just drifted asking ministers to guard igalnst leaks A reporter had a copy of still fresh memo as he questioned It may be purely coincidental but the leaks which dimpencd both the and Pearson govern mints began their regimes were running Into severe turbulence successors were ing to inch out of the woodwork two leaks don make i iltliige but it makes you wonder Paul Dorsey Song for Terry the poem that grew up to be a rpm record in the space of a week quite dramalic moving classic I hoped it would be but given the circumstances of its recording and varied of its creators Hit single is a fine effort worthy of special note in history final report on Terry Fox s Marathon of Hope For plus 14 tents tax you Ret a pleasant melody by Victor and the sometimes stirring lyrics provided by Georgetown s Stokes all brought to life by Dona Michaels who herself grew up in Georgetown before moving onto bigger and better as o nightclub singer The poem composed by Mrs following Terry withdrawal from the in Thunder Bay had already lurned up on my desk and sent through the typesetting machines ready for framing somewhere on that week when news came of the sudden attention it had received The next thing we knew its author wis in a Brampton recording studio Evolution on Rutherford Road collaborating on for Terry with area musicians With Victor on keyboards his brother David Dellamora on bass Paul on drums and Dana singing the group Vision mode sure that Song would become an audio as well as literary sensation Terry was in a Vancouver hospital bed and interest in new and unique fund raising projects was keen The media and radio stations in particular have been publicizing Song for Terry as a listing tribute to the Marathon and a classy way to raise more funds for cancer research The Cancer Society gets it all less the single production cost Demand for copies wis immediate and overwhelming some pressings vanished during the flrsl weekend and orders poured in from Fox fans heard he tunc on CKMW CFRB CHFI CKEY CFTR and other stations Copies are on sale at various Hills locations I got mine at the Acton Fall re more at Ellis Meal Estate s Dairy Bar and Country Fair in Hornby It no earth shaker of a pop single as for as I concerned Song for Terry tribute that it is warrants anyone for determination within each oi imp ntnl people i poet a singer not be st but then hi in J in into word ind note Compassion common sense mingle in health policies Queens Park By Derek Nelson 1 to bun si pes of Miunl Si Helens No milter what you do eventually thi job will explode in your fict Ik Hill minister Timlin II l rind hint lesson igam last wtck leading what he called the most paintul moment of his Tin of a hurt iltaek who dnil it being refused lo hospital emergency ward blamed financial restraint policies The doctor in iharge said warned a year ago Ihilsomione would die unless more moi wis for il beds and nursing staff the lumber Memorial In Toronto Then i normally closed meeting medical advisory committee wis opened to press to can reject ligation is did and note lint he does not believe tny doctor would turn away si mione in d of their life Out In impression lingers hot sunt how of cash from the mini stry was limitlnf on the of at And find it ruird In inept l it become more prtviknt istimepisses Ik i in silicon in the world has found di minds for seniles smiety s ability lopiy for in not mi Talk reduied of be nth e in in is bunk as one Ink il figures prove in billion in 1979 billion this ye ir SI billion llospilils drew billion in billion next veir and will year figures for those arc million million and Sin million res lively Whit Timbnll critics art really If in he province Ind beds more stuff a CAT si mint and so on lives undoubtedly would sued But how many At what price Is spending SID million lo ivt additional life reasonable On nnkiii that decision we have no hut to rely on a combination of mixed with common inst in my health minister and Timbrill good this task The line is that with an iriiu population new medical skills mil drills and free access to die ire costs are going to rise thin he In real wealth mured to finance It all must be made s History From our files THIRTY AGOCoun Thomas Lyons kept a fire in check at his home on the comer of and Church while waiting for the fire dep irlmcnt to arrive Although the house was seriously damaged In the children playing In a nearby shed are believed lo have started a bonfire which threatened the house Town council voted themselves an additional two cent an hour increase five Jerseys Guernseys and competed in the Milton Fall Fair shows held Saturday October 1 Members of the Lome Scots regiment visited Camp Borden recently to attend a weekend course conducted by the Royal Canadian School of Infantry Soldiers learned fire the most modern weapons Including flame throwers TWENTY MIS population has passed the mark with a corresponding inernse in municipal assessment Assessment for I960 is an increase over the previous year of SI US The population of the town In 1953 was people rose to 10 in seven per cent increase welding was added lo the curriculum at Georgetown High School recently A proposal to introduce the welding course was made by shop teacher Oscar and supported by members of the high school board at their regular meeting The high school will purchase the equipment recommended by Mr The future of the Acton Arena remains In d ubt this year but it looks like the doors will be locked all hockey activities out In the cold A reider writes that Georgetown councillors have performed well Council by steadfastly refusing the efforts of various entrepreneurs to enrich themselves at the expense of Ian payers in Georgetown have aid the foundations for reason able taxes in the town AGOMr Ed Starr superintendent of fairs for Ontario will officially open Ihe Georgetown fait Fair Saturday The opening parade will be led by the Georgetown Majorettes and celebrities will include County Dairy princess Susan Dixon ind Queen of the furrow Mary Pickett Georgetown new ambulance will also be on d Widening plans for Street between the Mam Street corner and the maple Avftiue inter section ore on the drawing board An overall plan for Street revision will lake three years consultants Damas and Smith report Drag racing at the Golden Horseshoe Dragway in will have to end by 10 on week nights council has decided A new bylaw lopping off one hour of the sport will allow people In neighborhood get lo sleep if they have loget up for work the next morning The bylaw also forbids camping and house trailers on the dragway property The Georgetown senior Rebels squad christened a new field with a solid victory over visiting Milton Mustangs A strong defence good kicking and strong quo rlerba eking the Rebels win AGO The Interested Citizens Group CO will continue to fight a through Hills despite an Ontario Supreme Court decision have an Ontario Municipal Board ruling on the corridor quashed A regional police officer Constable Joe Prasad has been charged with common following an incident in Aclon The was laid against the officer he stopped a car for a routine check The officer charges the driver of ihe car subjected him lo a number of racial slurs Constable Prasad is from British Guyana Spurred a large lobby of Sixth Line residents town council has withdrawn its approval of mining at six wayside gravel pits Mcinwhile the ministry of trans porta lion and has indicated it Is witling to provide i full lime supervisor to Insure lhat gnvel laden trucks conform to the highway code ind slop operating at illegal hours Police protection in Acton was the biggest issue raised at the sparsely attended Meet The Candidates Night in Acton both Terry and Whiting agree thai the regional police are doing i better Job in town than they arc given credit for The candidates are concerned about the lack of i strong Acton voice on council and feel it was necessary to improve communications between the town administration and the people lyiiu Inl of railed minting by the AN TWIN The implication left by media stories was that Timbrell tight fisttdness on money was and would be indirectly responsible for deaths thai I Wlnl host critics never do of course is other men society should receive less to make up he difference HOW Mill IP The essential question Ihnl land 1 rank Miller or divvying up tax revenue is in turns of healthcare Is how ninth is a human life worth A difficult problem in real An offer no one can refuse Georgetown Fall Fair This Friday and Saturday At the Georgetown