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the HERALD Homa Newspaper ol Halton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario GARNET Publisher and General Editor PHONE J r A TllfcllfcIULD January Ij land Double dilemma Dramatically rising insurance rates provides double dilemma We want to be treated fairly when we ve been wronged when someone else has caused us permanent in jury and grief In this growing age of individual rights more lawsuits are eaping laiger rewards for plaintiffs The flip side of the coin is that all of us eventually end up paying more In some cases rapidly escalating in surance rates are causing hardships for schools businesses and municipalities This year the Halton Board of Education had its liability insurance rates increased from 32 to 140 In Wellington County all school athletic programs have been cancelled because the school board was unable to secure proper liability insurance The trend to pie in the sky judgments must be cur bed Lawyers and judges must realize there isn t a pit there will eventually be a backlash an ce companies and those who carry insurance must do more to make sure our facilities are safer We have to realize that keeping costs down is a responsibility lor us all In the meantime we eagerly await a provincial review that has been promised on these soaring court set elements Her lifes in shambles after turning to drugs EDITORS NOTE The following article was written by a member of the Drug Abuie Committee of The DAC ponton a parent support group and are preparing for Drug Awareness Week Feb to March 1 Jane No more school No more pizza parties with her girlfriends nights punctuated with giggles and howls of teenagers having a good lime Jane at 15 was seduced by drugs A months after sampling the wares of the 32 yearold exconvict who got her hooked she ran off with him Me was the father of the three young children and she was their babysitter At 10 Jane life was a series of shoddy hotels apartments heroin prostitution and shoplifting She sold herself to support herself and her boyfriend to feed their dally heroin habit Janes is a true story from the suburbs of Chicago circa 1932 in the days when we classified crime with big cities It ends on a morbid note and is welt seasoned with anguish and trauma For parents who wish to discuss the presence of addictive substances in our community the Drug Abuse Committee sponsors a parent support group on Monday evenings at no charge This discussion group Is not necessarily for parents with problems Anyone may attend We often have questions out of sheer curiosity Come to a support group discussion and exchange your theories experiences and qualms For more information or literal please phone the Drug Abase Office at Office hours are Monday Wednesday p m and Friday from to noon Crime stoppers coming If jou have Information about a crime committed In could turn It into dollars Crime Stoppers Is coming to this year Staff Richard when but said arrival is a certainty The program has been studied and approved In principle he cold The Regional Police have already received calls from people who think the department has a Crime Stoppers program and who want to share their Information Crime Stoppers Is a nonprofit crime pretention program Involving police media and cltiiens Money from fund of community donations Is used to encourage people volunteer Information about serious crimes Callers do not hate to reveal their Identify and receive rewards from o depending on how useful the information Is Toronto and Hamilton have Crime Stoppers Letters to the Editor Toy drive success Super service clubs Dear Sir The Kinetic Club of Georgetown has completed another successful Toy Drive thanks to the generosity of local citizens and businesses The Kinetics working In conjunction with the Good Neighbor Service filled bags with toys books and games for over 100 area children Special thanks must go to the students at Georgetown District High School They collected a generous amount of money and purchased many new toys and items suitable for the teenagers on our Christmas list Many thanks to them and to all the other groups and Individuals who donated money or toys A special thank you to dropoff centres toys to Arthur Johnson and Associates Finn The Herald The Post Office Miracle Mart Food Store Joanne Stiles Club of Georgetown Club outing Dear Sir On Saturday December the Drug Abuse Committee of Halton Hills served up hot chocolate and for Chicken Club members participating In the free skating at the Gordon Alcott DAC volunteers would like to express their thanks to the following local businesses who very generously contributed to this event Tim Mister Donut Time Loblaws Miracle A and and Thank you for your support Sincerely J Sconnell Drug Abuse Committee Dear Sir 1 would like to take this lo thank four Service Clubs in our community who provided a valuable service this past holiday season The Georgetown Lions Club and the Acton Legion Branch 197 and the Ladles Auxiliary sponsored both the Acton and Georgetown Indoor Pools The Acton Rotary Club and the Club of Georgetown sponsor free skating at the three arenas In town In total over residents took advantage of this generous opportuni ty On behalf of the residents of Hills and the Recreation and Parks Department thank you for your conti nuous support and for the contributions you make to our community Sincerely Joy Thompson Superintendent of Services Super Sunday Dear Sir Another successful Super Sunday Series has come to a close On behalf of the Georgetown University Women Club I would like to thank The Herald for helping with our publicity campaign and Pennies worth and Georgetown Fabrics for helping with our ticket sales A special thank you Is extended the people of who have enthusiastically supported our family concert series right from the start We will be back with a season So watch for further details yours truly Carol Russell for the Super Sunday Series Committee Poets Corner They drop their folded bundle sometimes with a shortform kill sometimes with a grunt a fractured door In ill cases first step from the blocks The day race begins DICKSON of erosion of in the inking Tories predict spring election Queen Park TORONTO The big guessing tan ere in coming months will be whether tht Liberals will call an election during rcmler David Peterson says no he has hedged his bets by the Grits could be forced to go lo tht polls under certain clrcum These would include opposition mean Progressive Conservative obstruction of their legislation Meanwhile the Tories are openly predicting He spring election Their scenario goes like this The special winter sitting of the Legislature that began last Monday ill introduce the rest of the Liberals rclorm package Then Inter this spring wc II have a Throne Speech from the Liberals promts further adventures In the bright new Liberal world ahead This will be followed by a good news budget from Treasurer Bob Nixon whose million in tax increases last year only come Into effect this year This gives him considerable financial breathing room to promise new expenditures without raising additional taxes At that point assuming the polls look good It off on the electoral trail The Issue Peterson would use is free trade with the S Give me a mandate to defend Ontario a manufac Curing against the sellout Ottawa Conservatives would be his battle cry And it is true that Peterson has been trying to set that tone since he got into power Of course this Conservative analysis which on the face of It makes a lot of sense lacks credibility when one considers how often the Tories have cried wolf before Former PC Leader Frank Mliler saw a Grit plot to go to the polls every time he turned around first calling for one in early autumn then late autumn and finally even winter None of that made any sense The Liberals would obviously have to stay in power long enough to establish the high profile required lo go Into a new election campaign And the easiest way to do that would be to Introduce the legislation they promised during the last election campaign But having accomplished that goal as Ihey will have by later this spring why wait longer The polls show twothirds of Onto runs like how the Liberals govern whllemorethanthcMpercent needed for a majority government say they vole for them And going this June would solve a couple of major headaches that are going to develop for as a government within the coming year or example the Liberals bousing policy is pure charade It promises both increased Incomes to landlords and lower rents for tenants a palpable absurdity That has to come back to haunt Moreover the longer they stay In power the more enemies they make The problems become tougher because the public will increasingly Identify the Liberals with them And perhaps the federal Tones will refurbish their image The current low standing of the federal PCs can only benefit Petersons Grits so the conventional wisdom goes In any case wc know In five months Troubled Tories in Quebec Ottawa Report There is to the resinilion of Suzanne Grcnier which must be of considerable concern to I r nister and that the effect it could have on his party standing in Quebec Things we not been going well for the federal Tones in Quebec In recent months this resignation from cabinet will do absolutely nothing to reverse the trend Just as focused attention on the federal cabinet weak tat i on from Montreal It also points to wider problems in Ihe province These problems were already pointed to rather directly by the on polls which show that despite the fact the Tories won of Quebec Just 15 months ago the Grits now lead them in popular support the latest polls probably haven yet reflected the full impact of the landslide victory by the provincial Liberal Party in early December There Is absolutely no doubt Quebec constitutes the greatest regional worry for the prime minister While the Conservative party had strong historic roots planted in the rest of the country long before IBM overwhelming victory remarkable showing in Quebec was more like a spontaneous happening As much as it reflected personal appeal as a native son it was also undoubtedly Influenced by the departure of another one Pierre and the immediate tabillty of his successor John Turner Many factors were probably at play but the fact Is Ihe Tories captured the province without those deep organizational roots that sustain parties when the bloom starts to fade as it Inevitably docs And apart from helping the Hyundai automakers select Quebec as the site for a Canadian assembly plant the Mulroney government is not able to point to many significant achieve ments In the province The removal of shoe quotas will hurt that industry in Quebec and the sale of that Montreal Gulf refinery which triggered the G renter resignation can bo considered a poor seller In political terms Of course the departing minister made public her resignation letter lo the prime minister In which she said the influence of Quebec ministers in the decision making process of the cabinet seems to mc to be insufficient PRESSURE MOUNTS This had been a common complaint from Quebec MPs long before Blais quit and left Montreal without francophone H8BE Hating the sin not the sinner Clergy JOHN HI I m a mi el in Church The way I first heard of u was by reading the Bible a teenager Now children learn about it through many media It Is a very pressing issue today Is it right or wrong Is it sin and perversion or merely an acceptable alternative life style Wc hear a lot of propaganda saying lhat homosexuality Is a perfectly normal sexual orientation or llonal preference Those who oppose It arc derided repressive oppress ivc and narrow minded A talkshow host even threatened preachers with hell for opposing It But let us respect God and not fear any television personality This Issue Is no different than any other moral issue It Is of primary importance to remember that bating the sin does not mean hating the sinner God loves the sinner while hating the sin That is precisely the attitude that He wants to foster in His people Christians should always too inspltcot their many sins Even if we are not temptedtooncpartlcularsin there are other specific sins that do give us a lot of trouble Some people do not want say that homosexuality is a sin That is also nothing unusual There arc many people who do not want to say that adultery drunkenness or Income evasion arc sinful But that docs not matter It Is not our will but God s will thai determines what Is sinful It is a plain and simple fact that the Bible does condemn homosexuality as sinful To name Just a few Now Testament passages consider Romans 1 1 1 and Corin thians The ancient world knew what homosexuality was and these verses In the original text contain the Greek terminology for It Those who believe the Bible must admit that homosexuality is a sin But God still loves homosexuals and Christ died for their sins too Some or the Christians at Corinth had been guilty of homosexuality but God forgave them for Jesus sake Read 1 Corinthians God forgave them and turned them into former homo sexuals Homosexuality Is like the other sins condemned in that passage God loved all those sinners Christ died for all those sins God forgave and the sinners and He also directed and moved them by His Word to urn away from all those sins Homosexuality is nothing less than a sin but It Is also nothing more than a sin It is not It Is contrary to God will expressed In His Word and also In the way He created Adam and Eve Gods design for human life includes marriage between one man and one woman or for some Individuals a single celibate life When God forgives departures from that norm He also says He said to the person guilty of adultery Go and sin no more John 11 God Word of forgiveness provides the only power for escape from a sinful way of life I hope that this article has made it clear that ho true Christian attitude toward homosexuality is no less kind no less loving than Christian opposition to drunkenness murder Idolatry stealing or any other sins The truth of Gods Law hurts But the truth of Gods forgiveness heats THIRTY T installed his son James as worshipful master of the Credit Mason Lodge At and AM It is the second time in years the lodge had a father Norm Long was elected the new president of the Lome Scots Band at their annual meeting at Ihe George town Fire Hall Bruce McKcrr was voted vice president The high school cadet corps were guests of the Theatre manage ment Thursday night They paraded from the armory to the theatre to sec The Long Gray Line starring Maureen and Tyrone Power The Provincial bowling team is still number one In the Big Ten bowling league Last week Jack bowled which was the best triple HIS AGO En man was named Queen of Georgetown District High School Winter Carnival Other contestants were Colleen Few Nancy McNeil Janet Richmond Debbie Gummerson Rose- mane Burke Pat Zorgc Cindy Gray Muriel Holmes Janet McLeod and Constantino After a year of using the Masonic Temple the Georgetown Pentecostal Church is moving lo the empty First Baptist Church outgrown our facilities Pastor Jack McCoIlum Ray Ellis is the new bond leader of the Georgetown Citizen Band he replaces Mr Ellis is a native of Nottinghamshire England Goal scorer Blair Joined the Georgetown Raiders After lengthy negotiations Mr Blair left Woodstock He has also played for Gait TFN AGOHalton Hills Meals On Wheels began to roll day The program was organized by Ihe Opti Mrs Club of Georgetown Councillor Roy Rev Peter Barrow of Knox Presbyterian Church the Georgetown District Memorial Hospital and the Georgetown Red Cross Association Fran Grady of Georgetown won the Labatts Ontario Breweries Ltd award for being the second year student with the highest academic achievement In Family and Consumer Studies at number College Chris Barber son of Mr and Mrs Paul Barber Is competing in the Canadian Figure Skating Champion ships in London The Glen Williams skater and his partner Patty Fletcher of Scarborough are In the Novice Pairs Dance category representation in cabinet for the first lime in living memory Not long after the resignation a Quebec MP suggested to a reporter that Ihe prime minister might have to urge some Montreal Member to quit so a high profile candidate could be brought into cabinet via a by election Then as an afterthought he said But the danger here is that the Liberals would probably win the scat He insisted he Since the Quebec election lost month when the prime minister was perceived to be favoring the Parti many provincial Liberals have remained angry And as the victory Indicated they are well organized Furthermore the federal and provin clal Liberals traditionally distant cousins have been growing closer or late Not long ago Turner drew a surprising 1 people to a f65a plate fund raising dinner In Quebec City and his audience was studded with members of the provincial party Nothing like that happened in the federal election campaign The federal Tories are nowhere close to a panic situation In Quebec not with the next election some three years away but there are a good many of those MPs deeply concerned with the way things are going The prune minister they say will have to do something Trouble Is no one seems to know what The Ministry of Health has expanded its assistive devices am to include adults up to years of age Three years after Its introduction in 1932 when it began per cent funding for children the Ontario government Is finally extending the coverage of devices such as mobility and communication alas to some adults Only who were assisted before they turned years old will qualify Although this Initiative is come it is only the first step In a long awaited expansion and certainly a disappointment for the disabled community At present an Individual must apply to their municipality for necessary aids and municipalities have the discretionary power to grant or refuse Ihe request for a medical device This forces the person to approach a table organization such as Ihe March of Dimes or War Amps imposing a considerable strain on their budgets In light of past statements made by David Peterson In support of full implementation rather than the criminatory and unfair method of phasing in the program by age group the route that has been taken seems contradictory lo government claims My recent visit to the Aids for Living Centre at Hospital revealed that there Is still considerable work to be done before this centre will be fully functional Presently they can accommodate persons needing special footwear limited artificial limbs reconstructed body parts noses ears etc or wheelchair seating All appointments must coincide with the availability of required specialists who assess the persons needs and requirements Specialists In many of the areas arc called in and are not full lime staff at the centre All assistive devices are being collated by computer in order that access to the information will be readily available as required The committee reviewing the accessibility section of the Ontario Building Code have met on several occasions Discussions have centred around definitions such as barrier free access accessible route infirm person and disabled person This is necessary for consistency and clarity within the Code and safe means of egress during emergencies have been debated Numerous alternatives were considered including sprinklers fire safe zones elevators protected against fire and smoke movement baJcooles audible and visual alarms and exits alternate accessible The committee agreed that the disabled have the right to use all facilities within a building and expose themselves to risk It was also the general concensus that the level of safety for disabled persons should equal as near possible that provided for able bodied people