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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 A Division Canadian Newspapers Company Limited IZb DAVID Advertising Manager PHONE Clin Page SECTION A THE Wednesday June 23 Put vandals on the run The Herald has taken strong stances in the past in support of unique educational programs that step beyond the mundane and the memorized and work to stimulate young minds to look for their own an swers Such is the case once again with Centennial Schools van dalism survey an ambitious task thats occupied the minds of Grade students there since early this year Last week the youngsters presented their fin dings and recommendations to town council and were pleased to note our civic werent too busy or bureaucratic to show genuine interest Were not sure whether Mayor Pete was being politically coy when he congratulated the Centennial kids on a report that was more complete than some of the reports we get in council but no doubt he was referring sin cerely impressed to the sim plicity of the surveys questions and the thoroughness of the students analysis Challenged to select a topic of concern in their community the Centennial enrichment students came up with one dangerously close to their own lives and crucial to the town Coached by teacher Pat Ball they headed out into their community in pairs and small teams interviewing homeowners and businessmen with a list of questions The children ended up with far more than a collection of statistics although their figures are an interesting story in themselves The vast majority of those polled for example believe vandals are nothing more than bored kids What anyone will find reading their comprehensive report is quite an eyeopening learning experience especially for young people getting ready for nigh school the students finding out firsthand from a store owner that millions of dollars are involved or to learn from a neighbor about how a prized heirloom was smashed is a disturbing image But in learning the truth in its most realistic easily- visualized form the students are discovering things no classroom can teach them And the proof as far as this project is concerned is in the youngsters recommendations alt based on the general con- sensus that the best way to beat vandalism is through fostering community in volvement As well as encouraging citizens to report all cases of vandalism to the authorities the students believe education and discipline among young Time gentlemen please Brewhaha people are critical They suggest we all take steps to protect our property and to rally some help by launching or joining neighborhood protec tion groups Mailmen and cab drivers in other centres help the authorities combat vandals and programs like the police- endorsed Neighborhood Watch and Operation Identification should be promoted they say In addition the students took note of a program in Gravenhurst similar to the I Love Georgetown campaign conducted here last summer by the Ratepayers Association and Chamber of Commerce To promote public pride in the community the students reason is to shore up individual responsibility to ones com munity And in Gravenhurst the campaign is augmentedJJy much antivandalism infor mation and a Teen Patrol ideas which the students feel could help here Other recommendations are equally commendable and the overall project earns Cen tennial top marks for going to the root of a serious problem Our thanks to the students Ms Ball the school and the board of education for making such learning leeway possible Rain rain go away The rain on Main was mainly a pain again Friday and Saturday when all anyone really wanted was a little fun in the sun Downtown Georgetown merchants and the Halton Hills Arts Council pulled out all the stops for another great Pioneer weekend and ended up bringing down the deluge With six consecutive weekends generally ruined by rain now and a nasty report circulating that southern On tario has seen all of hours of sunshine since Victoria Day wise citizens should perhaps start planning for the worst It may be a volcanic cloud or a Russian shroud but we can beat it if we put our minds to it Theres a in a windsurfing supply shop in the Glen ana enough lumber between Beaver and McKen- to whip up an ark that would do Noah proud First come first served couples only Watch The Herald for further details No matter how you pour it the Brewers Retail decision to expand Georgetowns beer store Is probably good news We say probably because spokesmen for the government- controlled agency are thus far mum about the details Wed hope however that the thousandsquare foot ex pansion will entail more customer service space as op posed to just storage space Georgetown may not nave much in the past decade ut there does seem to be ten extra beer drinkers for every extra travelling up and down Guelph Street the com munitys other indicator of progress And since our consumption of beer has not declined in the face of rising prices perhaps a reward from Queens Park is in order If not beer at the ballpark how about longer operating hours at the Brewers and the to accommodate our increasingly sophisticated tastes A 6 pm closing hour weekdays is no longer justifiable in a town this size Regardless any business expansion in Halton Hills is the kind of news we all crave Symbols and signs of the recession are all around us so perhaps there la no better way to lift our sagging spirits than with a boost at the Brewers Reading between the lines of Senator Daveys strategy By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau or The Herald Senator Keith Davcy It seems Is fellow Liberals to urge Prime Minister to slay around and fight another election And why might well ask would that to happen Well the theory goes the Senator wants this to happen so thai his favorite heir apparent Jim can gel himself elected to Parliament gain some ministerial experience in a government and ready for a leadership convention At the moment would have virtually no chance of gaining the pirty leadership having been humbled in Toronto Inst long shot New Democratic candidate Dan Heap who moved from the prime ministers backroom to the Toronto riding so he could gain entry to parliament Is knownto have high ranking ambitions and It was obvious that the prime minister was helping him on his way since he opened the Spadina seat by appointing the sitting member Peter to the Senate so a byelecllon could be held It was nil too contrived and the voters responded accordingly KEEPS TRYING However the dlmunltlve Coutts doesnt give up easily He has already succeeded In getting nominated again in Spadina In preparation for the next general election But in organizing such an early nominating convention he managed to anger a good many members of his own riding association and Its difficult to know whether this will afreet his chances In the next election which could be several years away But it is obviously with a view to being elected that Senator Davcy Is urging to stay on at least no one has ever come up with any other reasonable explanation What other contender but Coutts could possibly gain anything from remaining on as leader It certainly wouldnt do anything for such other leadership hopefuls as John Turner and Donald Macdonald Nor would help Jean Chretien or other serving MPs No it must be a ploy in aid of Coutts And regardless of what Senator Davcy may think of Coutts ita well known that he holds him in very high regard it seems to mc he Is asking the party and perhaps the country to pay a very high price on behalf of his candidate NOT HEALTHY Considering the state of tho Liberal Party particularly In the West and considering the state of Trudeaus personal popularity It isnt easy to understand why anyone would be pleading with him to remain around and have another go at the electorate First of all there Is no reason to suppose he would win another election Even if he did there Is even less reason to suppose he would carry any scats in the West And I have yet to meet anyone who feels this Is a healthy situation Since It Is generally acknowledged that the Liberals will once again become a national party only when there Is a change In leadership and with everyone agreeing we desperately need a political realignment to correct regional alienations it seems almost irresponsible to be urging to stick around particularly when he has already announced his plans to step aside If Senator gets his way which seems unlikely its quite probable that the next election would result In a ConservaUve government and with Coutts still looking for a way Into Parliament And surely the Liberal Senator with his reputation as a brilliant strategist could offer his party a more encouraging scenario than that Interfaith vigil clogged with social science rhetoric Queens Park Derek Nelson Queens Park Bureau or The Herald To write about the Inter faith vigil that on the Queens Park lawn tor hours in a negative sense is very difficult But it has to be done In theory no one can object to the purpose of the vigil which was to draw public and political attention to In the words of one supporter needy people not getting the support they so desperately require And there is no question that many of those who took part in the vigil arc personally and honestly concerned about the plight of those poorer than themselves But the vigil organ Iters relied a lot on emotional cant Utile on facts when staging their protest Their literature was full of nons ense lines like the following- current social policy Is characterized by a callousness Onlorlo has not experienced In decades government Is creating class of disposable people who have no public voice all are challenged to bring social injustice to an end when social neglect is allowed to prevail we violate the collective integrity or the community in which we arc all members MUCH JARGON This kind of social science high school Is good enough for classroom but it has nothing to do with reality When one cuts through the rhetoric of the vigil wo are dawn to two basic points Ontario citizens live below the poverty lino and the denominational leaders want to spend billion to improve their lot That the poor are getting poorer Is their theme They claim government social assistance today provides only per cent compared to per cent in 1975 of poverty line income This sounds terrible until one asks what the phrase poverty line really STATISTICS CANADA The vigil types used the Statistics Canada definition has concluded that if a family spends more than per cent of Its Income on food clothing and shelter it is poor Now thats rather wideranging Interpretation which many people myself Included have fallen under at different times in their lives Real poverty Is when a person doesnt have food shelter or clothing all a situation almost nonexistent in our society As best one can Judge government social assistance programs while hardly generous are at the same time far from stingy An Income of per cent of the socalled poverty line seems quite adequate MAIN POINT But there Is a further point that needs to be made about poverty and being poor and about the clerical pa limiting of people they really dont know very well The semi hysterical drivel record above from their literature Is an example of the modem tendency to see any form of suffering or Inequali ty as only slightly less horrible than nuclear war Some Individuals and families do have problems We have an expensive billion Community and Social Services Ministry to help them And thats good What the poor dont need are fat cats from the pulpits using them as clubs In what In essence Is a political THIRTY YEARS AGOA second Georgetown candidate for the next federal election has been named At a meeting in Milton last week Stan Allen a member or the town council and president of the union at Smith and Stone was chosen to contest the riding for the CCF Sybil Bennett K C has already been chosen as Conservat ive candidate At present there Is no Liberal candidate to replace MP Hughes Cleaver who has announced his retirement TWENTY YEARS federal member of parlia ment Is PC Sandy Best or Liberal Dr Harry remains In doubt until armed services voles are received In one of the closest elections in county history silting member Best emerged with a majority in a recount of Returning Officers figures Tuesday night In Burlington An estimated servicemen In Canada and Europe also were eligible to vole and until Ihese results arc complied the issue will be in doubt Nationally the Conservatives are assured of a slim parliamentary majority Latest figures show PCs Liberals Socrcds and IS elected The service vote could affect up to a dozen seats including where a candidates margin is 100 votes or less TEN YEARS AGOForty years of leaching will draw to a dose at the end of June when Wriggles worth public school principal William Klnradc retires from the profession Mr Ki teaching years started when he graduated from Hamilton normal school now called teachers college in and taught at Kilbride for three years From there he taught Mohawk Indian children in fora year then went to Klrkland Lake for four years He completed his BA degree at Sir George Williams University and taught next at Preston for six years before coming to Georgetown years ago to become the first and only principal at the newly opened school Mr Klnrade was presented with a blank frame on an easel which will be Tilled by a Frank Black painting chosen by Mr Kfnrade ONE YEAR Cistercian Monastery of Notre Dame will leave Georgetown for a new site in Mono Township as soon as the place is ready for them probably In the next year Father Andre speaking on behalf of the group said that property has been purchased 10 kilometres northeast of and it is hoped that construction of buildings can begin this fall with a view to moving In late 1982 or early The monastery Is awaiting permission to begin construc tion from the Niagara Escarpment Commission Father Andre said the order likes to be In a solitary place and their present site is less than a mile from Georgetown and has no room for expa MISTRESS MOUSY AND FROGGY Mr Frog Goes was part of a special dints production pot on for parents by members of the Jill Mary Evan School of Dance Saturday morning In Georgetown These four youngster perhaps bound for the National Ballet one of days played bridesmaids to Mistress Mousy The production which delighted lis audience was held St Johns United Church on Street Photo submitted POETS Its time Man should wake be needs a If I bad power It would be love Present path Is hopeless pain All he dreams more gain To all life does pass away He does not think of that day Has no hopes In heaven gales Earthly pleasure all he rates not speak the truth no more Unless behind some closed door Or you will some one offend Who Is out with rule to bend Its not the world as meant to be Will of God yet to see Men who weaken left In trust They deteriorate Just tike nut Theres a power heavenly blight Reads your thoughts day night By Albert Brooks lIsItoaHlll Future me I sit on my bed staring out the window si dusk sets to wondering What will I do When time runs on and on and I am lilting here Wondering my life will be wild and exciting or quiet and reserved Ill sit here and wonder Acton High School student Pause At limes 1 sit and wonder who I am where Im going where Ill end up what I really and the things I dont really need who I will someday be If Ill be among the city lights or among the bird and trees If IIIIm rich or Ill be poor will I be or will I be sad One day I shall know the answers to the questions unknown ByJullTjers Acton High student