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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited JlGuclphStroit Georgetown PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PHONE Stcsod Clan Mil Kuntat- Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Jane 183 Nosey Neighbor finds support Last Tuesday night there was a meeting of Cres residents who wanted to find out more about a program called Neighborhood Watcn Unfortunately the trickle of people who were able to make the meeting did not total the per cent required for set ting up the program A new date has been set and these homeowners are prepared to contact their neighbors who couldnt make the first meeting The meeting represents a revival of Neighborhood Watch in Georgetown The program hasnt been active in our com munity for a number of years but there are new reasons for making sure the concept lives on As Constable Bob explained the past years have been harder for the police in preventing neigh borhood crime because of the downfall of the nosey neigh bor Studies and experiments have shown that increasing the number of officers doesnt necessarily help blanket an area Whats needed most is a described as elp crime prevention to reduce threats to you and your neighbors property Statistics convince us that Georgetown is not immune from crime There were reported house entries in Georgetown year with a value of stolen from residents In keeping with the trend of preventive policing in Neighborhood Watch helps our police before a crime may oc cur Recently Acton has banded together in groups to combat a rising number of break-and- by forming their own Neighborhood Watch groups Their program has been greeted optimistically and parallels the success of other communities such as and Milton Halton regional police are hopeful that Milton will be completely covered by Neighborhood Watch by the end of the summer Another positive benefit from the program communities have found is that neigh borhoods have been brought together and now socialize on a more regular basis rather than treating neighbors as strangers Neighborhood Watch could stir up interest in your own street If it does there are many reasons for pursuing the project and attending the two required meetings Were all responsible for the community in which we live With Neighborhood Watch residents can have a more ac tive role in helping to keep their community crimefree So long Enid By the end of the week Halton Hills arts community will lose one of its strongest supporters Enid Williams interest and spiritlias helped moved the ar ts from the wings to centre stage where it shares the limelight with other recreational pastimes residen ts enjoy A noted singer and poetess shell be missed locally and in Brampton where her work with the Brampton Musical Society has been enjoyed by residents there Enids list of accomplished is lengthy she form Nornic Studios in Georgetown as a means of grooming new performing arts talent she worked behind the scenes producing for Nornic John Bardons The Hollow Crown in 1981 and TS Elliots Murder in the Cathedral She helped bring together John Smedley and Lyn for a memorable concert last year and she was one of a num ber of ambitious and perceptive people who realized that musical theatre has a place in Hills leading to the re birth of Globe Productions two years ago Enids influence has gone into Globes Anything Goes and Oklahoma of which were highly acclaimed by Halton Hills theatregoers hungry for the vigor of musicals Her work has not been without personal costs Following a Herald article about her job as executive producer in Oklahoma let ters to the Editor stressed that Oklahomas success was a result of the work of many people working as a team and not simply one person Time spent on various projects has kept her from more personal enjoyments like voice instruction and creative writing Regardless of their measure her contributions to the performing arts have been energetic and devoted We wish her luck m new ventures shell be a welcomed addition to any progressive arts community and trust she wont become a stranger on many opening nights back in Hills Privately owned nursing homes The rarest of discussions in the Legislature is a clash over philosophies yet thats what we Just had here over the Issue of privatelyowned nursing homes The linchpin of the dispute was Heritage Nursing Home In Toronto but it could have been any privatelyopera ted institution of the same ilk Lender Bob noted he home made profits of or by estimate on revenues of 1 million last year Just over half Income from the taxpayer Thats or profit per resident per day He asked Health Minister Lorry Grossman If It wasnt time we started regulating the profits of these compan ies to guarantee the money earned Is rein vested In the same nursing homes and not taken out by the owners But Grossman noted has not provided me nor anyone else with the slightest evidence that the nursing home la not providing an excellent standard of care That Is my concern NO CONCERN It was not his concern where the owners reinvested their money found that astonishing that the minister would be spending hund reds of millions of dollars and not be concerned about what people who ore receiving the money are doing with it Queens Derek Nelson borne profit bought a nursing home In the United States But was Gross man simply saying go and play the market with public money Grossman lr reply guessed proposition could be applied equally to preventing employees of nursing home using their publicly paid salari es and wages to pay dues to a multinational American union or to buy stocks on he New York Stock Exchange When the member adopts those positions then he can talk to me about changing ours progressing beyond astonish ment said he found Grossmans position absolutely Incredible when the home If run on a nonprofit basis would require a smaller public subsidy or lower resident fees or a higher standard of care for exactly the same money NO AGREEMENT Grossman said Rae didnt accept or understand that money whether ii is earned In wages salaries or profit the properly of the person who earns It Whether it involves a nurse or a nursing home operator provided that person has given value to earn the money and met all the laws the money then becomes his or hers He said no one told the caucus who to do with Its money Use responded that private profit medicine should end In Ontario and if Grossman wanted to continue it he should to right ahead but he is going to have a fight on his hands And there the clash of two irrecon cilable premises paused The Just does not believe In private profits In the health care field preferring government ownership profit coops or at minimum a government regulated return on in vestment Thats fine My only dispute with is his claim that non profit institutions can give a higher standard of care for exactly the same money His assump tion is that a bureaucrat with access to unlimited tax dollars wilt be anywhere near as efficient as a private sector entrepreneur Thats especially true where non profit really means big salaries for administrators as opposed to profits Our innermost feelings are never fully put to the test Ottawa Report By Stewart McLeod By coincidence Just a few hours after cult ural Ism Minister Jim Fleming announced that Ihe govern ment wants to establish a special parliamentary inquiry into racism a group of us sal around a dinner table with Mosl Rev Edward Scott primate of Anglican Church in Canada The dinner had nothing to do with Flemings announcement but the conversations which centred on the World Council or Churches kept touching on the testy topic of racism and Its funny how often a simple Incidental Illustration can drive homo a point In Canada Its easy to go through a lifetime without thinking much of racism many of us have no close daily contacts with the visible minorities most of us have never been forced to make difficult decisions regarding other races and our inner most feelings are never put to an exposed test And when Fleming told his news conference that eight to per cent of Canadians are Rockhard bigots It didnt seem to be a shocking statistic Around Ottawa what with unemp loyment inflation and Interest rates anything under IS per cent seems marvellously moderate When the minister talked about the difficulties being faced by Haitian Immigrants In Montreal the recent flareup of antiSemitic feelings In Alberto the of blacks in the Halifax area and violence against Asians In Toronto there was a natural tendency to feel removed from these problem areas Since we havent assaulted or directly Insulted anyone were not guilty of any racism GIVES EXAMPLE But now I was listening to Archbis hop Scott talk about a trip be had taken through Western Canada Intro ducing a high ranking foreign church man to the various Anglican dioceses in the country including those on Indian reservations And as we sat down dinner one Conservatives oppose contentious legislation Over Ihe past few weeks the Liberals have introduced some extre mely contentious legislation in he House of Commons What is all this fuss about the Crow Rate BUI The Western Grain Transportation Act repeals Ihe Crow Rate statutory structure contai ned In Section of he Railway Act The statutory rate is a constitutional pillar which provides stability simpli city and certainty to Western Canadian producers and also provided he social and economic base of Western Canada which was founded on production distribution and mark eting of grain II was a recognition that Canada as a trading nation must be competit ive and It buffered farmers from the artificial and natural advantages of other grainexporting countries There are seven sections to the new Act Administrative measures Include the creation of a Grain Transportation Agency and administr ator who will be appointed by Cabinet MPs report by John for seven years A senior Grain Transportation will be crea ted The Bill gives the Minister power over railway cars He may acquire and administer his own cars he can administer and control railway- owned cars subject to railway agree ment he by Cabinet can transfer and control any C W B held car to himself or any ether cars under his control to the Administrator Cabinet may appoint a person to Investigate cor allocations who shall report the findings to the clerk of Why arc Progressive Conservat ives opposed to this BMP There are many reasons The principles of the Statutory Freight Rate are not retain ed in this leglilalion The freight rate will provide for openended escalation without any consideration for farmers profit positions or the value of grain The 31 million tonne cop will provide a disincentive to Increased grain production The blended freight rate and prospect of variable rates will create a further disincentive The Bill la a cosily bureaucratic mechanism There are many other substantive reasons why this BUI should be amended As it stands It is an example of Ihe Liberal hallmark It Is controversial incomplete and complex On May 18 1983 Bill was introduced in House This legislat ion seeks to establish The Canadian Security Intelligence Service a civil ian security agency and to establish a concurrent Federal law enforcement role in relation to offences arising out of threats to the security of Canada It is proposed that The Canadian Security Intelligence Service will be built on the foundation of the present Royal Canad ian Mounted Police Security Service One of tho main recommendations or the Commission of Inquiry Concern ing Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Mc Donald Commission was to separate the security service from The Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Commission on Security The Mac- Commission also recommend- in that the Security Intelligence Service be separate from any law enforcement agency There has been a great deal of controversy over both of he above Bills The Liberals are very foolish to think that such important pieces of legislation could be slipped by House of Commons while Official Opposition Is conducting a leadership convention Although he leadership question must be resolved we are still a parly committed to ensuring that business of Parliament remains in the best Interests of this country night my guest pulled me aside and said Sit close to me and listen carefully iu my conversation with the two chaplains across from me And I listened very carefully as our guest spent the entire meal asking questions about native people their families their culture and their living conditions And you know what per cent of the questions were answered by the while chaplain Here was a visitor trying to get firsthand Information on native people and was fortunate enough to be sitting across the table from a native chaplain and percent of his questions were being answered by a while chaplain And the frightening aspect of his is that if our visitor hadnt specifically asked me to pay attention I probably wouldnt have noticed But having noticed I began wondering Just how many times I might have done the same thing INQUIRY WELCOMED If the primate hadnt noticed its a fair bet that the vast majority of us would have noticed even less Archbishop Scott spent a good part of his life among native people and for a time was Director of Indian Work in the Diocese of Ruperts Land And as modertor of the central committee of the World Council of Churches he devotes much of his time to working with various races and creeds around the world In terms of racial Intolerance hi little story aboul the Saskatchewan dinner might not carry any historic significances but it hit me with a greater Impact than any of Jim Flemings statistics Apart from everything else It makes you wonder how that Indian clerguymon felt at the dinner table sitting silently while his culture was being explained cross brow by wellmeaning people Perhaps this Is even more hurtful than some overt act of racism that could be held up to public contempt Flemings statistics might nave been Impressive even frightening But it was the Archbishops little story that stuck in my mind And any parliamen tary committee that helps focus attent ion on such Incidents has to serve some useful Duroose So with much beln from the Archbishop Ill applaud Flemings announcement THIRTY YEARS AGO What Council did They were asked by Sam to have something done about dogs running at large In town He reported his dog which was tied being badly mauled and kilted by other dogs running at large The chairman of the police committee reported that the matter had been taken up with the police and in future If citizens would supply l hem with the names of the owners dogs running at large charges would be laid Councillors passed a motion transferring he property on which he Hydro subst ation on Guclph Street is situated to the local Commission now that the town hall property has been sold TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO Bramptons Armstrong Brothers were awarded two lenders by council Mon day The company will pave the Maple Avenue extension at a price of and Install a crime on Ann Street for Seven tenders were receiv ed An estimated BOO in materials and for excavating for the Ann Street project are not included in the tender and will be handled by the town Fred Harrison property chair man pressed strongly for replacement of the refreshment booth under park grandstand which he says Is in deplorable condition He suggested completely tearing out the and erecting a new cement block one with floor price of which estimated at Mayor Armstrong said he had been talking recently with a service organization which is seeking a project and this might fill the bill He was empowered by council to promise control of the booth by any organisat ion which wished to undertake the work Meanwhile Harrison said the old stand would be ripped out Immediately TEN YEARS ACO A near riot was quelled late Saturday night by Georgetown police after an employee Of a carnival In operation at the market centre allegedly struck Ron Ihe face with a pipe wrench McLelland a former resident of town was taken to hospital with cuts to nose mouth and lips and cheekbone has been charged with assault The battle developed when 300 young people converged on the plaza to avenge the assault on McLelland Tales of a tractor being used by Carnival employees rush the group have not been con firmed The situation was saved when the young people obeyed police and left the scene Mayor Bill Smith rushed o the market from the weekend beer garden and order the carnival closed The owner refused saying he had a contract to last until Tuesday night The mayor immediately contacted Karl Magid and Sigmund Levy plaza owners and received their permission to break the contract and to order the carnival out The mayor met with the carnival owner Sunday morning and insisted that he leave That afternoon the fair was closed and out of town The employee charged with assault was taken to Milton jail when 12 of his fellow employees continued to hang around the Georgetown police station Chief of police Floyd Schwartx com mended his men who stayed on duty past their regular time to ensure hat no more trouble erupted ONE YEAR AGO Beer and liquor will flow at sites at the CanadianYugoslav centre July but town council and neighbors of the centre about two miles south of Acton on Highway arent completely that enough steps have been taken to curb noise problems during celebrations there Meanwhile embittered by coun cils two hour debate on Ihe liquor licensing Issue Monday night Canad ianYugoslav Cultural Association CYCA president Nick Cajic told reporters later that he fell councillors were trying to box him intoa corner ensuring that if charges are laid for noise violations hell be held respon sible Last year three charges against the association for noise violations under own bylaw were dismissed In court when he town could not prove whowasdlrectlyresponslble Although town endorsed the Associations application for a July special occasion liquor licence four other dales on which the Association had hoped to hold festivities were rejected Without town approval It unlikely Liquor Board of Ontario will grant the permits to sell alcoholic drinks but prevent celebr ants from bringing their own liquor Coun Mike Armstrong pointed out POETS CORNER SPECIAL THINGS Special thin happen to special people And only at special limes Bat only If you act according And alio be on time For special things to be nice Yon have wish a lot And pray and hope It will come There are special people and Special Items and very special To peels people these are special things Things that could be shared i to say sore share Is really not that bad Bat trust a friend And theyll Iras I you And that a special thing ByKMMcLaBsuaa Georgetown