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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Htrftcn Hfe Since 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited IS Street Georgetown Ontario TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PAUL DORSEY Editor 9 PHONE DAVID BEATTIE Advertising Manager Second Clan MiH Registered Number Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday April J A Herald Education Week inter Its Bette versus Betty in the budget battle Hat ton school trustees are taking the flak for their new million budget but Halton Hills Betty Fisher thinks you should knotc where most of the blame really lies By PAUL Herald acknowledging more the board of education can do In future to money Georgetown trustee Belly isher believes most or the blame for the board per cent budget Increase In lies with Ontario Conservative government Ontario education minister Ste phenson It trying to ruin the public education system Mrs Fisher told The Herald last week I don know If she realizes she doing it but she s out to get us Responding to a recent Herald editorial which suggested that other citizens may be able to do a better Job of curbing board spending than have Mrs Fisher and 1 Hills colleagues a Betty Bruce Mrs Fisher outlined how she believes the ministry Is focusing its long range development plans on Independentlyoperated schools like the Georgetown District Christian School Mrs Fisher spent part of last week at Queen s Park discussing the recently approved million Helton school budget with those who would listen That amounted to the New Democratic Party education crlilc she said who took note of her appeal for the Opposition parties to pressure the government about Its education policies Burlington Julian Reed has yet to set up a meeting between Mrs Fisher and his party leader or education critic as requested the trustee sold and Mrs Ste phenson herself Conservative education minister since refuses to meet school trustees on such matters unless 11 under the auspices of their parent provincial Mrs Fisher said she believes that Mrs Stephenson regards the independent schools provincial funding and resources The public school system suffers as a resul Mrs Usher said with Queens Park cutting back on funding In a time of economic hardship The Herald Interview will Mrs was arranged after the trustee complained about the newspaper April editorial One lost one won In budget battle which wished Hills three school trustees good luck In next fall s election using to the difference between the town nine per cent budget increase for 1982 and the board s 19 per cent hike Asked why she voted In favor of the new school budget after publicly declaring her dismay over Its lie Mrs Fisher pointed out that she was voting to express her confidence in the board finance committee which shaped the budget to the trustees specified lions Given those board requirements and the restrictions Imposed by provincial policy she stressed the committee could not have done a better Job Asked whether she could guarantee Hills ratepayers that the recently revamped board administration and a new method of budgeting will prevent large budget increases In the future Mrs Fisher expressed optimism If the board passes another budget like this one it II be over my dead body she said Mrs Fisher outlined three major areas where trustees can takt steps to curb spending and limit next year budget increase they can freeze their own they can flatten the administration by doing without special consultants and the lie and they can declare war on provincial government policies As far as the trustees salary of Just Mrs Fisher believes that Continued on page STEPHENSON He did our best this year despite the policies minister of education Be tie Stephen son says truitee Betty Flsber the board passes another budget like this one next time It II be my dead body USHER Letter from the editor Paul Dorsey Dreams of the wind To the editor The Ifcrold My name Is Lisa Walters My enrichment class and I are each doing Investigations on worldwide problems I am doing my Investigation on energy sources and problems I that we arc wasting quite a bit and that we should try to save more of It I feel that we should use more cheaper sources such as j be wind force and water force Could you please give me jour opinion Yours truly Lisa Waiters Dear Lisa Thank for taking an interest in the problems the world It II be YOUR world soon enough And while today big problems are mostly loo complicated for young people to understand sometimes It the youngest who come up with the simplest and the best solutions Almost everyone agrees with you that too much energy is being wasted and In the last years North America and Europe In particular done ft great deal to cut down on the waste In Canada and especially Ontario the government has spent a lot of money on television and radio commercials which tell us how to down on the amount of energy we use at home and in our can Still a lot of the waste continues Abigpartoftheproblem think Involves the kinds of energy we use In North America we rely too much on types of energy that are not very efficient That means not always easy or to cut back on how much we use every time turn on the furnace or the some electricity or natural gas Is going to be wasted PLENTY TO DO AND POLKAROO TOO All this slew needs Is a frog Georgetown s Centennial Public School stage became the centre of attention for over 1 people Saturday during three performance of Polka Dot Door The popular children show aired weekly on TV Ontario Channel is proved no less popular live Witch Richardson and Jim Parker had children dancing and clapping with them Sponsored by the Jayceltes money raised by the shows Is going Buckle Up Baby Herald photos by AnlPederlan I personally believe that you re also right about the need to use more wind energy and solar energy from but is one of those I don Is too lent As for wind energy you and I are among the very few people who think it will w on a big scale Most people think It s only good for tittle things tike the famous windmills In Holland they use for grind grain or Irrigation And our government t willing to spend too much jet on solar energy which we could use to heal outdoor water pipes that can hold onto the heat until we need It But I believe government should start spending lis money on research us how wind and solar energy can be put to wider uses like powering big factories or lighting up whole subdivisions of homes One thing should keep in mind while re studying energy Lisa some experts say wind power won work and some say it wilt You have to read a lot about and draw jour own conclusion and then let your government know what you think The Herald has said In one of Its editoi that we should be developing wind and solar energy sources instead of nuclear energy which we feet Is dangerous but like I said and me and the Herald itself are among the minority voices who speak out that I hope jou can see what Ihe energy Question boils down to decision is Important now but it s going to be more Important once you re old vote Thanks for wn ting Paul Many journalists little news tarnished the Queens visit By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau The Herald What fllwiiya strikes me as a paradox is the way Royal visits inevitably bring out the best and worst in us The recently completed visit for instance was an event of historic significance and national magnlflc The Queen was at her gracious best her elected hosts particularly Prime Minister performed for her with great dignity and feeling and from the official viewpoint every Hung went swimmingly The Queen appeared to enjoy the Parliament Hill proceedings she was obviously delighted at the gala concert put on In her honor and wherever she went the crowds were warm and enthusiastic The ceremony Itself was a we II organized and very human occasion Finally we saw something on the Hill that rose above partisan politics Withthepredlctabloexccptlon of the Quebec government the great majority of Canadians were able to celebrate something together Some spectators even had tears running down their cheeks It was all very moving Thcrclsnoquostionaboutit it was a great occasion ALL UNNECESSARY And It would have been even greater If there these Utile touches of slcazJncss around the ring of the Royal visit Nothing earth shattering mind you just unnecessary annoyances some of them caused by too many journalists chasing too few Frankly I would have felt better had I not seen the guest list to that gala performance I would have been quite happy to go through life without knowing who was In the National Arts and I made no effort to find out But there It was In my morning newspaper a list of every present Liberal former Liberal temporary Liberal and visiting Liber They could easily have held a Liberal leadership convention at inter mission I know we must be realistic about participatory patronage but It strikes me as nn unnecessary aggravation I am sure that If the Queen had her druthers she would prefer a more representative audience around her Then there were all those smart a leek remarks by ant monarchists who used the Royal visit as an excuse to get their mugs on television and try to the monarchists who can be equally strident Does it really matter what ana individual happens to think about the Royal Family DIDN T1IELP And speaking about aggravations II did nothing for my digestive system to read about Barbara Frum husband trying unsuccessfully to get Into a royal media reception while his wife was being quoted as saying I don curtsy or bow to anyone That telling the Queen isn I If Then there was the story about Michael Warren head of the Canada Post Corporation who according to one written version had trouble with his hair dye Just Ihe type of thing that enlivens a Royal visit There was on endless variety of other petty nonevents that helped to bring out the sleaze In us But the one I round most distasteful was the CBC bringing In four prominent Canadians at the corporation expense so they could be casually discovered in the crowd and then interviewed They were athlete Diane musician Bobby shoemaker Thomas and actor Gordon A official said the four were Imported to Ottawa because it might be difficult to find people who weren t members of a political parly of one stripe or another or who t civil servants Out of people the CBC find suitable people to inter view that Is it any wonder that civil servants get Inferiority complexes At least we now know why the four chosen ones were so enthusiastic about what was happening around them If I am not mistaken I thought I even heard Gordon say It was an honor to be Invited All things being considered as honors go I don t think that would rank up there with the Order of Canada Tory womens caucus meets to discuss delegation issue Queens Park By Derek Nelson Queen Park The Herald More than women gathered here a Progressive Conservative organized women caucus confer to hear how women could gain access to political power in our society Or as the sponsors put can women effectively influence political and governmental decision makers The assumption underlying the conferenceappeared lobe that women do not have that access now an assumption best proven by comparing the per cent of voters who are women to the eight per cent of MPPs It is a premise that bothered this observer during the course of the oneday event There seemed to be a fundamental split running through the audience as pjnel discuss and speakers cover aspects the political system as widely different as how to get elected and how to influence a cabinet minister Perhaps it was best caught in a comment by Tory Susan a downtown Toronto politician who ran against the Grand Dame of the Legislature Liberal Margaret In the 1981 provincial election When being screened for the job Fish was asked whether she would have objections to running against another woman Her response was that she was not running as a woman but as a Conservative candidate But that attitude from Fish bothers a lot of women They see two women running against each other for political office as somehow splitting the vote It Is a question of whether a woman views herself and Is by men us a representative of her sex or as an Individual who Just happens to be a Is being a w a profession or Is one a professional whose gender Is Incidentally female STILL TOUGH Nona of this is to say women don t have in some circumstances barriers pollster Allan Gregg said women politicians sufferalOper cent disadvantage going Into a race because some people still believe males make belter politicians But those numbers have fallen by half In recent years he added How deeply such negative the backrooms of the corridors of power can only be Judged subjective ly But it was noticeable at the conference that successful women thought they could climb as for and as high as their skills would take Ihcm As one participant advertising executive Tom Scott suggested maybe women who use gender as an obstacle arc women not going any where anyway The point Is clear Women as a group don have access to power and never will Nor do men Nor bunny rabbits Indlvidualsgainaccess to power In any system And how individuals who happen to be female do so was the real theme of the conference For those obsessed with women as women Ihe idea inevitably though gingerly touched on was quotas or numerical equality if per cent of voters are women then per cent of for example riding delegates should be But a better approach would be that the Tories abolish their woman delegate position and let any woman take her chances against any man for a delegate position The last is what should aim for in society at large too THIRTY YEARS AGOThirtyelght delegate representing Local Unions throughout Ontario were In Georgetown Legion Hall Saturday for spring meeting of the Provincial Council International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Secretary treasurer of the Electrical Contractors Association William Booth was guest speaker and spoke on the necessity legislation making it compulsory for everyone making electrical installations to be licenced by the province He pointed out that any member or the making electrical Install lions has passed a rigid test before receiving his journeyman s card In many new homes have been started Russell Miller will build a house this spring on a lot on Ihe northern extremity of the L Miller farm Eighth Line On the highway adjacent to the lot of Clare Bums a new home Is being built by Lloyd Grace On the lot south of Mr and Mrs Bundle on the highway Lome Norton will build Good progress is being made on the bungalowtype Corbett and on an adjoining lot Mr Bailey of Nerval has excavated the cellar for his new borne A quite rare bird of prey was captured recently by Don Souther It was a great horned owl whose wingspread measured four and one half feet Don who Is interested In amateur photography got an Interesting shot as well as ridding district of the poultry pest TWENTY 1 AGOlf the present attendance average continues Bantam Hockey tournament will have attracted something llko spectators by the time the front door hinges drop off sometime Saturday night Public Interest Is topping lost year when the tourney in its initial attempt relied on curiosity as well as Ian Interest to supply the old magnetic pull on localities Right now they arc Docking to the John Street Ice house at the rate of better than a day Since last Thursday list in The Herald the siren has sounded times and all blazes In this period have been grass Firemen rushed to douse fast spreading flames six times Saturday end another six times Sunday Until rain clouds dampen the fuel or whoever is putting the torch to dry grass Is apprehended the pace is likely to keep up Police chief Roy Haley said everyone from those who ignite fires to those who chase he trucks should realize that worth of flro fighting equipment goes on the road every time la necessary to summon the brigade and compcnsatl on for working volunteers amounts to about an hour while they ore at fire The grass fires have become so serious that the Mutual Aid agreed to call a meeting of chiefs from all over the county to sec what can be done about creating legislation which would be a deterrent to people contemplating lighting fires Ratepayer Robert Litis thinks the town got a lemon when a used truck was purchased recently for The motor burned out soon after and had to be replaced he said complaining to council Monday But It was still a good buy he was told by property chairman Jim who said that addition of a new motor and new tires made the complete price You can t expect to get an K truck for and wo foresaw possibility of a new motor when wo bought the truck Harrison said TEN YEARS team that finished fourth In Niagara District Intermediate A rankings when the schedule concluded almost two months ago became Ontario Champions for the fifth time Friday night Georgetown North Raiders protected a first period goal successfully for a 10 victory on Durham Ice and completed a four game sweep of the best of seven final with the Georgian Bay League champs The Raider feat ended title droughtthathaslastedsiifeiosowhen wearing the Realtors label disposed of four straight to win the Intermediate title That was their fourth provincial championship In 11 years Two seasons earlier Raiders were Interme diate A champions defeating Tlltsonburg four games to two In the Ontario finals They won their first Ontario Intermediate glory In 1950 in another four game sweep from Beavers and two years before that In 1948 won their Ural provincial title In A company by beating Markham Mllllonalr four to one In games Sixteen have been received for the position of police chief They are now In the hands of the Ontario police commission who will elect a few hen turn them to the Georgetown police commission which wilt moke their final choice In May Recording artists the Stampedcrs wll be the main attraction at a rock concert being held In conjunction with anniversary The concert will be the arena JulyM Appearing with will be the bands King Biscuit ONE YEAR AGO- Council has foiled to show concern for what fair an Acton resident angrily charged last Tuesday night as councillors began feeling repercussions from their recent rejection of equalized assessment In Hills You owe it to taxpayers In Acton to reopen discussions on Seel ion Rosemary Road resident Rick Smith told council proposing a proa and coos panel debate on the controversial scheme aimed at Ironing out property tax ties among the town four wards One of about people who packed the council chamber and spilled out into the corridor Mr Smith warned that the town refusal to switch to equalized assessment may force the province to do it for you Paul Taylor has been appointed publisher and general manager of the Hills Herald It was announced today He replaces Bill who Is resigning to pursue other Interest I really pleased lo be moving to Hills Mr Taylor said It close to Toronto but retaining lis own Identity and building its own future Mr Taylor comes lo Georgetown from Niagara alls where he served circulation manager for four and a half yean Originally from the Woodstock Paris area Mr Taylor started his newspaper career in 105 and has also worked at newspapers in Woodstock and POETS CORNER Joy of Spring The birds they I liter in the tree We frel lac warm son and soft Time Is here we fear no freeze Spring and pleasant days does please And all the buds in lower come out Grass and grain and shrubs will sprout Ducks and geese with they about Then comes along hooey bee Cover every blossom they can see From flower to the blossom on the Oh how great spring time Is for me broken hope oar courage gain Warmth of spring faith now doe reign No time la the year Is the same A real live picture frame By Albert Brooks RRI Acton