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Home Newspaper Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario GARNET Publisher and General Manager J SI VFN Editor Manager I THI lebruarv5 A tourist haven Reporter Sandy Campbell is right Something big IS happening in Glen Williams The former Beaumont Knitting Mill has been tran sformed into a large indoor market where specialty items such as teddy bears and blown glass will be sold along with antiques and homemade candy The re opening of the Glen mill couldn t have come at a better time Hills needs more tourist tions The town needs to encourage more tourists to visit our region The owner entrepreneur that is making this all hap pen is Douglas He already transformed the sleepy town of Alton into a bona fide tourist haven called His marketing genius has already been proven there While the Glen mill concept is far from being com pleted free thinking individuals can see its potential Glen Williams is one of a long string of small hamlets and com munities in our area that offer a variety of shops and amusements to entertain cityfolk out for a pleasant Sun day drive Other Glen businesses that cater to visitors will also prosper with added tourist traffic places such as the Cop per Kettle Chans Pottery and the Glen Gift Shoppes The Town of Halton Hills and the Georgetown Chamber can help re direct visitor traffic by placing signs on the highway to note places of interest such as Terra Cot ta and Glen Williams All in all it a great start and a creative way to use the once vacant historic building called the Glen mill Thank you Jean Thanks Jean Layman Through the Lions Service Club the community has chosen you as Georgetown s top citizen There s no better way to say thanks for all your devoted years than to award you with the Citizen of the Year Award We d like to congratulate Jean Layman for her award and the Lions for an excellent choice of candidates Herald staff know Mrs Layman as a devoted com mitted and hard working person Her duties with the cubs and scouts keep her occupied on weekends on weekday nights whenever there s a spare moment to lend a hand or offer her support To humble Jean with a sense of humor we offer out- thanks and congratulations for years of Scouting School day memories only where trustees can ask questions ViSi Editors debate the issues Am weeks board trustees lheir decision The board J V meets every two weeks One difference between the two systems Is that our town councillors have less to f make an initial preliminary decision By Dave They meet once per week The other if difference the one that also put a bee 1 Betty Fisher Is that Backatschoo things were always councillors are being criticized for easier simpler their preliminary judgements ft That Ihe way Councillor Betty gotten so bad that Coun Fisher a Fisher feels about the structure of our year veteran of school board politics town council meetings When she was a is considering a protest by not voting Hston Board of Education Trustee and later Chairman of the Board meetings at the board were structured better she says What the problem It frustrates during general committee meetings At the very least agendas ready by Thursday rather than Friday as they are done now The public has to know the vote on something that I don t structure pushes us Into this have enough information on she says I don t want anyone to be forced says to make a decision without sufficient is concerned that she information doesn have enough time to research Fisher feels the public her decisions before voting at general t realize that council voting committee meetings decisions are not carved in stone at Unlike school board meetings general committee meetings town councillors are often asked vote at general committee meetings It mill town council meetings a week later a final vote is required to put decisions into law In effect councillors vote twice on each issue brought lo their attention venture to guess that she right about lhat Herein lies the problem memb ers of the public become frustrated listening to general committer that to their liking The solution There be She receives her agenda Friday for one By having councillors state their a Monday night council meeting You positions In public at general commit can very call town staff on the e the public the press and fellow weekends about council matters she councillors have one week to argues so time Is left to prepare lobby research plan letters and or ask questions speeches in an efrort to have town council change Its mind Pity our poor town council report An She receive her agenda II not easy taking criticism tor until Monday that goes for you making decisions before they are members of the public too finalized But It does give us all a At Board of Education chancetoseejustwherecouncllstands meetings trustees don t vote on Items on an Issue with or without all the first time they are discussed They information they need to make a final are on the agenda for Information decision Tlllim George town Lumber Co established 35 years ego by Howard Kcntner was sold to Beaver Lumber Whitney Campbell is manager of the new store He is from Campbell on New The insurance firm acting for Barber Agency and Walter Evans and Co suggested the town buildings need more insurance and others not insured need to be The report stated only So insurance is carried on the municipal hall which Is valued at Mrs Art Hurst received a tele phone call from her husband who is playing hockey for the Canadian Olympic team in Italy Mrs Hurst and children David and Billy were her parents Mr and Mrs Jimes Murphy at Ontario Mr and Mrs Dean Leslie of Acton arc spending the next few months In t lorlda after their marriage in December Mr Leslie and former Mrs Fred Blow ire married In Knox Presbyterian Church In Acton A matter of the perspective TOitONTOIt is one supposes simply a matter perspective A doctor is quoted on radio about the Ililtcrian decision of Ihe liberals to ban extra billing their putting the final nail In Ihe coffin of his freedom The Ontario leader or the New Democratic Parly demands lhat free speech and free assembly be curtailed at University of Toronto The University s crime Is that a member of a despised minority group a white South African would dare appear to speak for his people The Wall Street Journal entitles its tonal piece about the Liberal takeover here last summer People Republic of Ontario The Journal writer had listened to the Grit campaign promises The leader of Ontario Conserve tlve Party says political debate nowa days is about how well you do the Job What both really mean is that the bounds of debate in Canada In fact advocating extreme views a whiteonly Canada the existence of an international Jewish can and have led to jail Wc have various some governmental like the Ontario Human flights Commission some private like Hie Ontario Press Council some in between like the municipally sponsored citizen group that sought to censor the Toronto Sun hounding people and attempting to squeeze written opinion Into correct channels Meanwhile federal Customs has accumulated a list of forbidden books that would make the Roman Catholic Church old Index blush The old line politicians all three shades of PC Liberal and are either silent or approve In Ottawa they passed a law for election campaigns that forbade advertising of views lhat met with their prior approval first This Is becoming an increasingly country with or thought shrinking almost dailv And yet that is only half the In the cosmic scheme of things this planet is an insignificant dot in the corner of an overage type galaxy But to Ihe people here it Is everything So too it important not lo lose perspective on our Canadian freedoms Yes they are diminished both in quantity and quality from the past But because it is happening close at hand it impacts on us more than it would if we looked at it In the context of Ihe cosmic story of freedom Some politically unacceptable books are banned here but most Free speech limited but much still exists Most important perhaps we lack Nlcaraguan or Sovietstyle Committe es for the Defence of the RevoluUon to monitor our lives dally to check our visitors and listen to our compulsory revolutionary rhetoric In this society you can still be free in your heart And in contrast to genuinely evil societies where they at you crossing the wall if you don t love it you can leave It Is Canada Christian Clergy Comment By OR JOHN HICK AM Ell Lutheran Church Is Canada Christian No country is Christian for Christianity Is a matter of people believing In Christ It Is a personal not a national mailer Is Canada Christian even in the secondary sense that a majority of Canadians ore Christians Most of them tell StatsCan lhat they are affiliated with some Christian group But that is often heritage not nation Their parents or grandparents were active in some church cannot know how many Christ there are in Canada That belongs only to Gods statistics Aboutathirdof Canadians attend church regularly Subtract from that the number of those who attend without believing in Christ Add the number of those who believe but arc genuinely prevented by illness or isolation from regularly attending Only God knows he numbers Only He can look Into the heart Christians arc a minority within Canada In fact they are a persecuted minority The persecution is not overt but covert It is very subtle but very real Compare Christians with other minorities on one Issue that has had a lot of publicity in recent years Many groups have been very much concern about how they have been portrayed or not portrayed in education books movies and the media in general When was the last time you heard someone mo major novel in a feature film or on prime time television moke a credible confession of faith in Christ Occasionally someone may pray but it js hardly a true Christian prayer Sometimes a priest or pastor may be depicted but hardly in the way any Christian clergyman would want to have his profession or confession presented Pastors are usually led as spineless wimps who have nothing relevant to say to anyone The modern media should not suddenly start spouting religious They should not because they could not The media would collectively misrepresent Christianity in any number of Jways That would only lead to more confusion than there already This article simply draws attention to a fact For the most part the powers that be In education and entertainment as if Christianity did not exist or were totally irrelevant to modem life That may well be the personal convic Hon of many of the people behind the scenes Bui that docs not justify silence about a matter of vital importance to a sizeable minority in the audience What if Canadian television portrayed life in Canada as If everyone here could trace his descent to the British Isles The objections would be loud and long But Canadian is being portrayed as if there were no Christians here The media should not try to promote Chns i in detail That is their competence That is for Christians to do But the media could at least act to some extent as if Biblical Christianity were a live in the modem world The world will never be a friend to God grace in Christ The bottom line is lhal Christians must remember that they arc a remnant people living in a hostile environment That is true in every country in the world are swim mmg upstream and that requires superhuman strength the power of God EN YEARS C Lindsay is leaving politics after years of service to the township He served as clerk treasurer until 1969 when he became deputy clerk Mayor Bill Smith will be racing Deputy Reeve Russell Miller of in a Jayccc sponsored snowmobile race Mr Miller accepted the challenge of the mayor the race between Georgetown and councils The Planning Board agreed with Em Hyde suggestion to meet with Skrow owner of Growers discuss plans for a mushroom plant Residents near the proposed site on Mountalnview Road North petitioned the placement of the 100 feet from Ihe road William Chopp of 17 Steven Cres came so close to winning a trip to Hawaii Mr Chopp ended up with a consolation prize for entering the International contest TLN YEARS AGO Town Council Is considering building another skating rink at Gordon Arena after large accumulations of snow on Memorial Arena forced it lo close The arena condemned in any shape or form It temporarily closed for safety reasons Mayor Tom Hill said Stephen Meadcs of Main Street South in Georgetown died in hospital after an accident Jan 31 The accident happened in Brampton at the inter section of Drive and the First Line The name Betty comes up a bit too frequently said a Burlington trustee Mrs Chairman of the HI ton Education Action League was criticized by Trustee Tony Goodyear at the last board of education meeting Driver Jeff Walker and his tor Tom Tedcr placed first in a car rally sponsored by the GT Motoraport Club of Georgetown Lee and Hugh Cree placed second uniformed volunteer firefighters were the pall bearers for Herbert Wild who died trying to protect the properly of Meadowglen Mushroom Growers his employer for years He was trying to prevent Ihe theft of a frontend loader when he was injured Kris Barber of Glen Williams and his partner Kelly Johnson will repre sent Canada at the world figure skating championships They earned that right by coming second at the Canadian championships In Halifax Raider forward Gary McFadyen and Bill Marcolllni president of Georgetown Support Group Hockey are opening a sports store In George town They bought Bros Sports on Road Clarence Williams Carter a permanent resident of McGlbbon Hotel died in the hotel dining room when he choked on a sandwich He was revi ed for about half and hour but was pronounced dead at Ihe Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Letters to the Editor Need for facility to help mentally ill being a split personality It Is much more serious and complicated no known cure rendering its victims crippled both mentally and physically They sometimes are not capable of seeing hearing or functioning proper ly Even the medications can have terrible side effects Hallucinations and delusions can cause bizarre Dear Sir Towns vary In size and accommo dation but I question Georgetown logic Why arc wc still so isolated Surely by this lime the town population has grown to the extent where we warrant support to modate some very serious so that wc may handle them hero than having to go all the way to behavior which in itself is terrifying Brampton Toronto or Hamilton Far six long tortured years my son was a very sick young man He since taken his life and it is very difficult to understand unless you too have had to live with his disease So many people and some of my friends hod gone far out of their way to help but there arc limitations One such person I take the liberty to mention Is Mrs Gear Jessie Hayes The illness I refer to is a monstrous disease a brain disorder called schizophrenia Uncommon popular belief It anything to do with Tips to prevent accidents Ode to Life He was a very cautions man He never romped or played He never moled nor drank nor chewed He never a And when be tipped and pasted away Iniuranca was denied For since I lived They he never died The natural proem of aging la a and our associated with geriatric such arthritis and mats parkinsonism and the side effects of certain medications decrease our awareness and agility making us accident prone According to the National Institute on Aging each year In North America about persons over age die from accidental injuries and more than others suffer injuries disabling them for at least a day The greatest number of accidents In this group occur in the home falls and burns being the moat prevalent Outside the home motor vehicle accidents rank first Falls can bo prevented by well lighted halls and stairs using night lights In bedrooms and bathrooms wearing sensible shoes using skid mats In the bathtub fastening down carpets and scatter keeping steps free from snow and other obstacles Installing grabbars In bathrooms avoiding ley sidewalks swallowing your pride and carrying a cane To prevent bums practise good habits such as never smoking In bed or when drowsy Avoid wearing loose- fitting flammable clothing near stoves and fireplaces While driving most elderly people ore aware of the hazards and drive more slowly and avoid rush hour traffic on Ihe highway Glare and decreased vision make driving at night more dangerous for some Be careful Don t become a statist let Oldago is winter to tho foolish but to the wise man it is a time for harvest An old Jewish proverb and dangerous They as well as their families suffers under such stress It Is exhaust Separation and divorce can result from the strain They arc at times restricted even resented such is tho ignorance of a public in general These victims live in constant fear mental pain and anguish Most of us can hardly endure being ill for a couple of weeks How would wo feel when weeks turn into months and months then finally into years and years You lose Just about everything you have ever owned Including friends become withdrawn and isolated retreating into a nightmare of a world hearing voices that won t leave you In peace even believing in your own immortality which has proven fatal and is always a possible threat Most families live In fear of reprisals for the bizarre behavior of their loved ones They are afraid for them because of tho lack of regarding this disease The lack of facilities In George town is of gross negligence Even most must be made long distance When these patients are In need of Immediate attention panic sets In when you are unable to get to the hospital you are supposed to I am not exaggerating when I say ate I have lived with ill Families of these stricken victims aro here living In this very town and their lives are hell on earth In my own case hysteria was not uncommon my own sanity at stoke For those families who are in dire need of support and are desperately trying to look after their medication must be closely monitored and is still administered by trial and error since each Is unique and in need of constant change This In Itself Is deadly serious and a very responsible position to be In The nearest Half Way House is in Acton even then half way what leaving them with what kind of hope It is terribly inconvenient having to institutionalize them at such a distance when the patients rely so much on their families and friends for much needed and constant support It Is too lute for me but I feel my son would not have taken his life had he been closer to home much closer I know for a fact he was miserable when he was admitted in Acton six weeks prior to his It was my last resort but It was last straw for him He asked me how I would feel If had to go to a home He felt useless deserted and unwanted certainly not without reason They are not devoid of feelings if anything they are over burdened He was a loving and compassionate person who did try to be considerate as well Actually a good friend of his told me his desire was to be of help to those worse oft than himself I have met some of them since he would bring them homo for a meal now and then all of a month for spending money and expected to support all his personal needs such as shaving equipment clothing cigarettes transportation etc not exactly what one could call realistic He did have some pride Most friends t friends for long when you haven t any money They have trouble enough supporting themselves This Is a disease that is all in the head as so many wish to believe It Is in the head and tho body both One cornea with the other Mind and body become crippled It has been proven Steps must be token for those famlles here who arc almost paralyz socially They should not have to go own It is frantically exhausting and through the helplessness and agonies I they deserve better have had to endure This disease can be a sentence Their only crime being born I The Lola Richardson Effective January 1 1966 Ihe Ontario Government introduced a million dollar per year program that covers per cent of the cost of dentistry for children with a cleft Up or palate Approximately children will benefit by this program as well as others with rare congenital defects of the face and jaw Treatment some times takes years and may cost as much as ten thousand dollars A child must be registered at a designated clinic and be assessed by experts from different health fields in order to be eligible Clinics are located in Toronto Ottawa London Sault Marie Thunder Bay and North Bay Murray Elston Minister of Health said when announcing the program that It would cover the cost of consultations prosthetics tics dental orthopaedics feeding therapy preventive care and restorat Ivc work Medical and surgical costs are covered under OHIP Further to my earlier column regarding the assistive devices program 1 am now Informed that all Individuals from 19 to years age will be eligible to apply for per cent of the cost of their appliances The program became effective January 1 1986 for this age group and will cover costs such as wheelchairs artificial limbs hearing aids mobility aids ostomy and Incontinence supplies respiratory equipment visual aids and communication aids A new distributor for wheelchairs and related manual mobility devices has opened in ihe area Mobility Products carries a line of products manufactured in England At present Is working from a private home and feel greatest strength will be fast service with most repairs equipment be carried out at the home While I cannot comment either for or against this new enterprise I do recommend that you compare before making any purchase can be reached at 8564410 For more information about KMP and other suppliers please feel free to contact me For those of you who have Just received your new telephone es there is a change In the number of office for services for disabled customers Page of your directory should read not The 1800 numbers and Iho TDD remain the same Tonights Against The Odds on Cable features the president of the blind organization of Ontario with help tactics boost