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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario GARNET COWSILL Publisher and General Manager J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager DAVE Editor PHONE 8772201 Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday October Make taxation fair Everyone loves to grumble about their taxes and with the present system of taxing in Halton Hills theyve got lots to grumble about especially in Acton As the town treasurer has said the present assessment and taxation system produces many tax inequities This week retiring Coun Ross Knechtel reminded councillors again of the unfairness in charging per cent higher taxes to many Acton residents and 20 per cent higher taxes to many Esquesing residents He en dorsed the provinces Section 63 of the Assessment Act and urged his fellow councillors to do likewise This is the time to make the change to market value assessment and the system of property classes which keep the proportion of the overall taxes each class pays like residential the same For example if the residential class Says 20 per cent of the overall property taxes under See- on it will continue to pay a 20 per cent share at the time of assessment With new development being encouraged in the ex panded urban boundaries of Georgetown keeping the tax system as is will create severe problems town treasurer Ray King has warned Already 75 per cent of Ontario municipalities have accepted this system of levying taxes If council doesnt get itself out of the confusing tax quagmire its currently in things will only get worse Residents in the new developments will be appealing their assessments and questioning why their neighbor is taxed less when he has a similar home The time for change is now before those new homes are constructed Letters to the editor Unfair to candidate Dear Sir I refer to your paper dated Wednesday October 10 1965 Section A page three and In columns titled Election Update One has to be dismayed at your lack of discretion In your coverage to the upcoming election and in particul ar your coverage of Ward two Your article covered Incumbents only leaving a ward two ratepayer with one of two impressions 1 The Herald has Implied by the absence of the other two candidate namely Jim France and Joe Hewitt that there are only two people running for council In Ward two and this fa In error The Herald has Implied with writeups on two candidates in Ward two The Herald is endorsing these candidates In the best interest of The Herald and In fairness to all Ward Two candidates your article should Include each and every candidate and allow them the same forum as the Incum bents The Inaccuracies in your article will be left for the politicians to defend Yours for fair represe of all candidates About computers never mind Clergy Comment by Dr John Lutheran Church A scientist had a running debate with me He said a computer could be Jdeveloped with the ability to translate prom one language to another He did loot know what he was talking about understood computers He did not understand languages He tried to prove bis point with stock phrases like good morning That is no problem A machine can certainly go back and forth between languages when there are equivalent words and phrases The problem Is that there are very few equivalencies beyond the standard expressions In a travellers phrase book Take the word see A computer could be programmed to substitute a similar verb in another language But It cannot catch the difference between literal perceive with the eyes and figutative perceive with the mind In the latter case a whole different expression might be required In the other language And that is only a very simple example I Language is personal Linguistic I communication can only occur bet- jween minds The mind is not Just brain The brain is only a physical organ The mind is the spirits ability to understand to think The mind not only understand idioms nuances figures of speech am shades of meaning It positively relish es them That Is what makes wors fun and beautiful No machine can deal li categories of good true beautiful funny At moat it might be program med lo ape the mind A computer operates in terms yesoroo period It doet not think at all It is not simpleminded It has no mind at all What is computer Never mind I It la only a matter a machine It Is not a person and there can be no personal common Icatlon no personal relationship with It That Is what bothers me about books movies cartoons and TV shows that portray robots or acting human or communicating on a human level Fables about talking animals can be good At least animals are alive To ascribe personality dog Is not true But Is a cute Innocent little game we play know we are playing To ascribe personality to bolls and wires Is shocking What does that say about how our culture views human nature It hardly reflects the Image of God Our society is in danger of viewing people as machines or worse yet as parts of machines not as persons What will our children think Will they think Are they being taught to think or are they being programmed to interface with machines Technology no matter bow high is not culture learning wisdom or personal ity It is only levers and wheels in complex combinations Computers compute People Computers may be expensive but they are just expensive junk Persons are valuable The Bible says that God loves people says about Hun loving robots Christ dk pot for machines We may not know the details of heaven But you cJubt sure that the pearly Igamarenotooroputertaod Being constructive Ottawa Report Bryan Lewis Member of the Country Committee to elect Joe Hewitt EDITORS NOTE Mr Hewitt was profiled In a Sept when he first announced his candidacy His name has been mentioned two general stories abort the election Sept 11 and Sept 18 In addition Mr Hewitt was listed In a chart together with all announced candidates Oct Every Incumbent and every newcomer candidate has had one story written about hem on their background Because candidates do not their decision at the tame time it Is Impossible to together articles naUl after nominati ons close Oct pm The articles Mr Lewis Is referring to dealt with profiling wily the Incumbents raised Dear Sir On behalf of the Acton Terry Fox Run committee I would like to thank all the people who helped make our Terry Fox Run in Acton so successful Thanks lo all the participants and their sponsors to all volunteers who helped during the run and to all the ants who donated foods and services With your help and commitment The Acton Terry Fox Run pledges and donations this year exceeded This was the Annual Terry Fox Run and so far including Terrys Run over 40 million dollars has been wised across Canada for cancer research Thanks again to everyone for your help in keeping alive the hopes of cancer patients and the dream of Terry Fox Sincerely Jon Hurst Send us a letter Got a gripe or a reason to praise Then send The a letter to the editor All letters mutt be signed and Include your address and phone number became we need to verify tbem The Herald reserve the right lo edit condense or reject letters We have found the most effective letters are those that are concise and to the point no more than words Send letters to The Herald Street Georgetown Stewart MacLeod Okay its time to be constructive Lets end momentarily at least this constant carping about the blunders of the govemment and replace it with a positive proposition We will return to the carping tomorrow Come to think of it there have already been a few allegedly construct ive proposals offered to Prime Minist er Mulroney by assorted pundits that he replace half his cabinet that he fire most of his office staff that he look for a new principle secretary But I would offer a far simpler solution one that could be implement ed without replacing anyone All the prime minister has to do is hire one more body and in an office of people who would notice The only catch is that none of Mulroneys old cronies from university days would appear to qualify and based on hiring trends so far could prove to be an insurmountable problem Anyway should the prime minist er be enticed to go shopping outside the crony circle I hereby suggest that he hire a political instinct consultant someone who would do nothing else but think about the publics likely percep tion of Initiatives and other ministerial activities He or she should be paid by the Progressive Conservative Party not the taxpayers SMALL PROBLEMS You see one of the seemingly obvious problems In Mulroneys office although no one In the establishment cares to agree is that most of his friends and cronies are short of experience In positive political think ing The majority of them grew up outside the Tory Party establishment spending their time with outsiders who wanted to burrow their way in This naturally gives rise not only to an inherent negativism but also a lack of feel for the political fallout from positive initiatives I suppose this was what Justice Minister John Crosbte had In mind when be talked about the lack of political astuteness in the prime ministers office What that establish ment needs is someone who knows Instinctively what will fly and what wont the Canadian people Many of the difficulties that have befallen the are relatively minor In the overall scheme of things and most could have been avoided if ministers and MPs had sat down for a moment or two with my proposed political consultant I am not talking mainly about earthshaking events like billiondollar bank collapses which tend to be beyond normal political strategy But even here a seasoned politician with that elusive gut instinct could help smooth the subsequent debates What has been more bothersome to this govemment are the smaller unrelated events that have come tumbling down wilh embarrassing frequency And if there was an open door with someone like Robert Stan field or a Don sitting inside most of these problems would have been avoided COMMON SENSE If Revenue Minister Elmer MacKay had checked before speaking to that Taiwanese National Day cele bration in Toronto surely it would have been apparent that this would aggrav ate the mainland Chinese It was no big deal but it certainly offended the Peking government And so has that Junket to Taiwan by 10 parliamentarians most of them Tories who are having all expenses paid by their hosts No politically astute person would sanction such a Journey at this moment And worse still was that African safari by Immigration Minister Walter McLean his wife and one aide They zipped around Africa in a government Jet for a month and the cost of transport alone is estimated at The prime minister noting that McLean had been a missionary in Africa and now was representing Canada in a noble way would have been better advised to declare simply that this will never happen again McLean didnt develop this life style as a missionary And if he couldnt get to every last destination by commercial jet it wouldnt have been unreasonable to revise an itinerary Other people do Not politically astute Perhaps because they were so long on the outside many members of this government seem somewhat over eager about embracing the trappings of office And a competent consultant would probably begin by advising the prime minister himself to be a bit less presidential In this respect The enormous expenditure on refurbishing ministers offices also should have been avoided As for the tuna affair a great deal of that stink could have been prevented if everyone around the prime minister had simply sat down with my proposed consultant and got their stories straight Having offered this unsolicited advice it goes without saying that It wont be accepted Politicians will admit to Just about every shortcoming from a lack of economic knowledge to a fear of heights but none has yet confessed to a shortage of political savvy Itsllketherestofuaconfesslng that we don have a sense of humor It Just isnt done But I still maintain the govem needs help in this respect A big thirst There must be a big thirst in the region According to Heltons treasur er water consumption has increased by per cent over what the region was expecting Analysis indicates that consumpti on by both residential and commer cial users Is following this trend of increased use There is also a per cent increase in the flow for sewage by these consumers Waste generation Is no exception to trend Its projected to increase by per cent in 1983 ana inventor of Fire Escape died at St Josephs Hospital in Rev Alfred Barker of First Baptist Church assisted Rev John the former minister of First Baptist Church with the funeral Threeyearold of Main St South is in critical condition is Sick Childrens Hospital otter being run over by a car Hendrik was knocked down and run over when he ran into the street he arrived from Holland one week before Cliff is opening his second Safe Driving School in George town The first is in Clarkson He Is a former field representative of the Ontario Safety League At the this week Alan Ladd stars in Drum Beat Because there Is no school Friday Hopalong will be featured in a special matinee Robert Mltchum and Marilyn Monroe star in River of No Return next week FIFTEEN YEARS AGOMisa Laura Trebles Petunia a Keeshnnd from Kennels of RR1 in George town won the best opposite six championship at Racetrack dog show Mr Sandman of Kennels is also a champion Twins Woodworking is expanding their Limehouse shop from 1800 ft to 10000 ft Owner Joseph Meurer and his wife Margaret came from Cologne Germany and lived in Toronto until opening the business in Pat is the director of Georgetown Little Theatres latest production Theres a Girl In My Soup which opens at the new Georgetown High School Cafetorlum plans to have their own fire department because they pay per cent of the Georgetown Fire Departments budget Wilfred Leslie said The budget totals TEN YEARS and Mrs James Marsh of Sargent Road in Georgetown died in a collision with a truck on the near Etoblcoke Creek Their 46yearold son Marsh suffered numerous Injuries and is in General Ben Case of will be attending the annual reunion of the Battery Association at the King Edward Hotel The World War One veteran has never missed a reunion Cllvo Llewellyn of Shelly Ave in Georgetown won his first two wrestling matches at the Pan American Games in Mexico City said he was staggered by the 120000 crowd attending the opening day The Georgetown District High School cross country team won four of six events at the Halton Champion ships where over runners compet ed MikcDixonIanClarkCathyClark and Jenny Thompson won their events FIVE YEARS AGOMayor Peter Pomeroy and Peggy chair man of the board of directors of Halton Womens Place officially opened a hostel in Georgetown for abused wives and their children Legion Lines By RUBY BAILEY Herald Special Anyone wishing to place an order for Remembrance Wreaths please do so now Contact Harry Brown at Poppy Week is Nov to Anyone who would do tag on tag day are requested to let Harry know as soon as possible CAR CLUB WINNERS Oct K McHugh G Powell 92 A Dobble G Webster Knight D Engleby EUCHRE WINNERS Oct IB Ladles 1st Switzer 2nd Mary Lou Ireland booby Bessie Allen Gents 1st Bill Richards 2nd Tony Held booby Bert Porter SICK LIST BWaitesB walte Cowan G Hayes and Carter in Georgetown Hospital Cord Bottoms in St Michaels Hospit al P King in Sunnybrook Hospital Stan in St Johns Bill in Milton Manor Bryden Bill and Fanny Weaver in the Bennett Centre Chubby SUpleton Hennes sey and Sharkey at borne At our meeting Thursday our president Flo Carswell asked Marion Carney to drape our charter in honour and remembrance of Ann Collins an old and very valued member or our auxiliary We welcomed a new memb er into our fold Margaret Elizabeth Doyle Betty Aleda McCartney is home from hospital and feeling better Bubbles Waltes came home from hospital this weekend as well and we all hope for a speedy recovery for you Bubs Oct zone bowling in Brampt on- Marion Carneys team came in third congratulations to Leanne Hall Barb Burns Ann Nicholson Monica Southan Hazel Dumper and of course Marion Oct 12 zone darts in Bronte with Rita Rudlgers team taking first Congratulations to Mary Franks Thompson and of course Rita Oct there will be district darts at and Nov district euchre at In next wethB column I will have the schedule ready for you so make sure you cut it out and use it as your guide for coming events Marion Carney now has her full quota of tables filled for the bazaar Nov 16 Have your articles down to the branch as soon as possible Marlon will be receiving all contributions Thurs day and Saturday at the branch The following were winners of the draw at ladles night Oct 18 at the branch ticket No L Barnes ticket No too Donna 119 Chartrand ticket Nos Audrey Davles Ella Gibbons 112 Nancy Webster 113 Barb Davies Oil Pay Loyde Penny Rand 125 Mert Zlllio A building boom Editors notebook By Dave Rowney A building boom In Georgetown We recently asked our planning department about a big Increase in construction around town They refut ed that theory pretty quickly Construction figures for August in Halton Hills seem to support their case HoweverIcanthdpbutthinkof all the new additions weve seen creap up on us Its changing the face of Georgetowns Guelph Street Theres a small plaza at Norman dy Boulevard being built an addition to McDonalds restaurant A and is expanding and theres a retail- commercial building going up beside Baz Motors Credit Union looks like theyre ready for business after building on land at Mountainvlew and Guelph Street which have been Included in motor cycle statistics since 1983 but that doesnt account for all the difference In there were seven ATV fatalities and 31 injuries and 19 ATV passenger Injuries In 1983 there were three ATV driver fatalities Do you congratulate someone whos just retired Two bard workers from the Georgetown were recently thanked by that organization for their help Pastpresident Frank Young stepped down from the advisory board as did Janet The recently held their annual honor and recogniti on night to thank their volunteers There have been two cheque passings lately worthy of note Recent ly the Georgetown Lions Service Club presented a cheque for to Hills Chief Librarian Betsy The money goes towards a book collection for the blind offered at the Georgetown Library The Lions ere helping the CN1B raise money for special projects and theyve just completed a moilin campaign for funds The donations for talking books or taped stories are an ongoing project by the Georgetown Lions for the library In town The Georgetown Kinsmen last week presented a cheque for more than to Assistant Hospital Admini strator Brian Pollock FRANK YOUNG JANET BOREEN How do you get publicity for your club or organization The Volunteer Bureau of North held an information session with the newspap ers and Cable last week Maureen McCallum the Bureaus coordlnator bad lota of promotional Ideas to get you started If you the talk you might want to contact for a copy of their helpful hints Many people know how to contact newspap ers but John talk about Halton Cable was particularly interest ing Theres several ways clubs or groups can use their local cable company to get their message across Dont believe everything you read Reader Allan Johnson and I recently had a conversation about motorcycle statistics It seems we both had a very different set of figures both produced by the Ministry of Transportation on motorcycle deaths in Canada In Ours said there were deaths up from the year before His statistics Indicate there were deaths caused by motorcycle accidents up from In 1983 Some of the difference might be accounted for the Increasing number of AU Terrain Vehicle deaths Although Regional Chairman Pet er is seeking reelection wont need to be elected by the people this lime When be was first elected as Regional Chairman it was by his fellow regional councillors At that time he was Mayor of Hills Rather than running for a Region seat In order run as chairman again Mr Pomeroy just has to wait for the Nov results After the election regional council will hold own internal election This procedure was also followed when former Regional Chairman Jack Raft- is sought reelection in bis second term Poets Corner THIS EARTH This earth was meant at a garden of Eden Its wonder and beauty untold After all lifes a great purpose of friendship and love we now hold to be bt great out bold The freshness and beauty of the mornlna we we are If we could live without pa In or to enjoy it rather than gold heartaches