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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1B66 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario Publisher and General Manager J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager Phone 877 Page SECTION A HERALD Wednesday June Superstitious 13 Thirteen is an unlucky number if you re superstitious or if you live in Acton Coun Rick Bonnette is questioning Halton Region sion not to allow Acton to put up new homes Lack of water is the obstacle holding back the develop ment Mr Bonnette as Acton s regional representative is deeply disappointed Can the estimated gallons per day use by each of the 13 households make a dent into Acton water supply Public Works Director Bob Moore thinks so He t willing to sign a permit based on his experience as an engineer He won risk Acton s water supply That leaves Acton high and dry with little more than a wishing well If one is willing to think optimistically a 55 study in to developing new water wells may allow the development to start by the end of the summer If thats so why not let Acton build its homes now Surely they can t be completed much before September Acton has been waiting patiently enough The town needs a positive sign that its civic is working for them If anything the building of new homes might spur on the efforts of those working on the Acton well study to hurry things along Bricks bouquets Subtle changes are taking place in our community some for the better some for the worse From the newsmakers of Halton Hills here a list of bricks and bo from the past week BRICKS To the person who pulled the airplane in distress trick on police firefighters and a helicopter rescue crew from Trenton Our people are obliged to check out all calls even if there is a suspicion the distress signal is bogus The rescue search was costly in time money and manpower BOUQUETS To the Halton Hills Chinese Canadian Cultural Association By forming their group they will help to preserve Chinese culture for their children In turn all the residents of Halton Hills will benefit by the cultural diversity from our variety of minority groups When will we stage an event similar to Toronto s Caravan BRICKS To the federal Ministry of the Solicitor General who denied money for a Crime Victim Ser There s already one Burlington but the rest of Halton isnt serviced BOUQUETS To all of our fitnessconscious members who participated in the Participation Challenge and helped us win against The staff at the Recreation Department deserves some praise for their good organiza tionof the event BRICKS To any student complaining he or she can find a job for the summer months As of last week there were jobs available at the Canada Employment Centre for Students BOUQUETS To the Halton Hills Community Legal Clinic Sensitive to the needs of our citizens the legal clinic moved into more accessible headquarters on Mill Street in Georgetown Thats good news for seniors the disabled and young mothers We hope the staff will be happy in their new office surroundings allowing them more space to handle their daily workload Frustrated over our values tragedies How right are human rights Short notes on long subjects First takes strong ex to a comment of a critic here that the farm cry section of the arm machinery and food pro cessing technology In Chatham Is a failure The truth is Just the opposite Fossenier sold Both segments arc doing equally well He Is of the Ontario government owned tre He also rightfully objects lo not having had a chance to answer the criticism before it appeared for which I apologize Like the tech centres Chatham helps appropriate small and medium sized businesses adapt relevant technology lo their current needs An essential difference between it and the others however said is because Its client group is smaller and each can and has been approached individually by Staff comment This is a sad column grieves with the parents who have lost a child the walling child whose birth they rejoiced in the chubby child they kissed and cuddled the curly haired child they laughed with In the park the frightened child they felt sad leaving for his first day of school the Inquisitive child who brought home art work and math problems and good and bad grades That child is no more SEND US A LETTER happening Hill In Ihti province across the notion and around world We are Interested In your opinion The Herald Invites its reader to express I heir opinion through our forum section All lellers be signed and In elude an address Your phone number should be listed In order for us to verily the signature Please keep your letter brief and the point The maximum length Is words The Herald reserve right to edit all letter a to length good and possibly libelous material Send your If Iters to The Herald Street forge town This Is a column of frustration frustration over the tragedies this community has suffered and will continue to suffer because of drivers who drink Stop in at any of the local drinking holes one night from Ihe upper class golf and country club lo ihe lowly tavern There sure to be a bunch of men huddled around the bar ready to tell you This is only my second drink dearie With great they reach for the glass How are these men gelling home Why Is getting bombed such a highly regarded accomplishment in our society Is there nothing more worthwhile for adults and teens to do wonder sometimes about Ihe values of our society remember the kids in high school and the kids in university Those guys with the damp beery breath were and their ex consisted of how many they were able to swing back without throwing up How boring to say nothing of revolting Just this week one young person was seriously Injured in a motorcy accident and another died They were at the crest of lhat exciting voyage of discovering Independence and themselves A crash and within seconds their future wos as mangled as their bodies My heart goes out to their parents I share in their shock fear anger guilt and that pain that will stay with them for a long time as they remember their golden child Students nowadays are hearing about the dangers of drinking and driving and one progressive school is even taking young people on tours of Medical Centre where the victims of drunk driving are being cared for Nothing strikes home as much as seeing someone your own ago In a coma or for life Perhaps the new genera will be teaching their parents right from wrong ana the dangers of drinking and driving I sure hope so It lime somebody smartened up The most recent centre newsletter Sprouts has two examples of aid lo farm machinery companies One was for improvements Id the hydraulic system of a bagging machine for silage Another was Ihe addition of a monitoring system to liquid manure spreader said in the last fiscal year small projects completed by the resulted in million In direct savings and million in creased annual sales by clients The farm machinery and food pro cessing centre recovered per cent of its Derating costs last year up from nil per cent Ihe year before and half way to the government sanctioned target of SO per cent Second In paragraph 16 of a statement by Environment Minister Jim Bradley concerning PCB clean up in Bradley men lions the task has been granted an exemption from hearings under the En vlronmcntol Assessment Act How ironic Bradley Liberals hale for years whined about the need for environmental assessment hearings on virtually everything And the storage in Smith vllle have been necessary if the Liberals plus the NDP Tory backbenchers local politicians and environmental activists had not op posed high temperature Incineration of in in Ihe first place Third An Ontario legislative committee has approved an to Human Rights Code ihot would pre vent homosexuality being con sidercd a factor when a person is For a species threatened with extinction they seem calm Citizens forum Disheartened by Bill MD Dear Sir Please excuse me for my long let ter the subject is complex If you prefer conclusions or a solution skip to the last paragraph I am disheartened with the ap proach the Ontario Government is taking with the health care issue They say we arc going to end extra billing of fact there can be no debate Then they say let us negotiate how to end this lice All we hear is You are going to die which way do you want gun ral poison or snake bile Confrontation produces the ex peeled results heightened rhetoric unhapplness and reaction from the other side eg strikes This is NOT the way solve problems in On lario If the doctors arc forced to bow to this might of the they will react In lhat will be damaging to the care system I personally donate free unpaid 10 hours a month to our hospital to ensure it runs safely If Bill passes I will cease to function on all these committees So will most of the other doctors This Is a result of Mr Peterson confrontation Government must work with the medical profession lo ensure cooperation and Ihus quality 1 am on call 84 hours a week or hours a for anaesthesia In Georgetown for which I am paid nothing If the government remote one of my freedoms what will be my reaction Will I continue to be as conscientious Not one of Ihe IB In Georgetown thai respected the On Medical Associations call for withdrawal of services bills above the OH1P rates not one We com piled because we feel this Issue Is so important We don t want more money we do not want absolute government control When we Ihlnk of government rolled medicine we think of the Workers Compensa lion Board It is a mess ask any worker or any doctor Ask anyone who has moved from Quebec what the health system is like there They banned billing over 10 years ago Think of Ihe National Health Service in Why are there so many private health schemes How soon before governments for excellent reasons of course will limit the number of visits per week month and year you can pay to your doctor or which doctor you can see Government desire to control and regulate our lives is Insatiable The government wishes equal for all to medical cart They also want the a year they lose while not conforming to the Canada Health Act this Act may well be unconstitutional as well as Bill How can we accommodate the freedom of the doctors on one hand with Ihe wishes and needs of the government on the other hand Tie OMA will ensure that in every com munity en every speciality doctors billing OH IP rates will be available Now Ihe problem Is not too great Add to this Mr Peterson suggestion that If the patient was ex billed and complains to the I government patient will reimbursed from the doctors account Pass the bill banning extra billing to comply with the Canada Health Act and thus get your 53 1 million a year but remove ull penalties except the compensation clause I think all parties with such a solution We must work together government and medical profession Alex Getting it straight Regarding last week s Do we need corner store 1 iquor Some people you asked seem to think that Brewers Retail is owned by Ontario Government Well let s gel it straight Brewers lie Is a private company owned by 11k Breweries of Ontario They were given the complete monopoly some years ago to distribute beer in On Only beer brewed in Ontario can be sold In these stores Brewers Retail says so Four of the people you spoke to were really negative thinkers Anytime this subject comes up they try lo turn It into a moral issue And we all know It Is not It realty a common sense Issue No one considers the guy in who has to do a six mile round trip for a six pack or Ihe senior citizen who has no car He cither takes a taxi or walks The same applies the people in Hornby Glen Williams or even the people in the west end of Georgetown There are more than 1500 owns and villages in Ontario where one cannot buy a can of beer Good thinking AI Cook and Betty Usher tht other four will sure be surprised when they discover we ve already Indented the wheel Regards rank Georgetown Speyside reunion Dior Sir Vic would like to welcome all former staff parents and students of Public School In a rcu on Saturday June 14 A variety of are planned al the school from in Come prepared for games fun and social time followed by a barbecue If pi on mending please call Eve Martin at or no later than June Thank you School Support Group In your opinion Whats great about outdoors MlkeLawr I like he quiet I like the and solitude freedom Mike Rusi Coen of Laior of Hamilton Georgetown said sold For me Ihe When I think of great outdoors is tho great out Belter than the doors I think of great indoors the outdoors in the wilderness where man t Inter rupted nature It gelling away from business telephones and other people Krikor those are the two things that appeal to me the most of Kitchener Waterloo said I find the worst place to no where nobody else wants to be and I go there to camp Bob Callahan The great out doors Is peaceful quiet with nobody around to bother you Bob of Georgetown said It s clean and fresh relaxing and It It the quietness and be ing surrounded by nature Carl or Acton said love the animals and of course the fresh air that goes wllh it George hired or fired from a Job Except of course In the Roman Catholic separate school system There it would remain totally legal to discriminate against uals under Ihe separate system mandate lo ensure teachers display church approved lifestyles That won be acceptable in the public system But then this double standard is nothing new It has long been illegal for exam pie to discriminate against a Roman Catholic who applies for a Job In the public system under that same Human Rights Code The Roman system however is under no such restriction when It comes to nan Roman Catholic teachers except lor high school teachers displaced by ull funding It kind of makes you wonder about the fairness of It ail It also has to make you wonder about how much a human right really a right when it only applies to one group of people and not to I like the quietness of it That the main thing George Cooke of Misslssauga said There s nothing like getting into bush and Just walking In the 30 years ago Georgetown purchased a second fire engine After listening to representatives from three com panics council decided to buy an American Marsh Company pumper mounted on a CMC supplied by Scott Motors The cost of the pumper is TOO John Kenneth Carson son or Mr and Mrs James Carson of IS Edith St received his Master of Com mercc degree from Ihe University or Toronto Barry Timleck received the Lt Col John Barber trophy awarded to the best cadet Barry is a lieute nant colonel and commanding of high school cadet corps Town Line neighbors and other friends attended the shower for the twins of Mrs James Mrs Roy Coupland was the guest of years ago Wayne Thomas of RR1 Georgetown drowned Saturday in small quarry near his Georgetown home It is believed cold water shocked his system mak ing him unconscious and he located No water was found in his Redd Harper Mr Texas of Graham films will be in Georgetown for an evangelistic vice at Mountainview Baptist Church Mr Harper Just returned from South East Asia Brian Beaumont and Bob Elinesky were drafted from Georgetown Midget Hockey by the Kitchener Rangers Only four other players were drafted by OHA Junior A clubs 10 years ago Roy Booth own councillor and Georgetown merchant is in the cor unit of Toronto Western Hospital He Is listed in fair lion Two members of the Georgetown Majorclte and Drum Corps travelled to Markham to participate In the On Championships Lisa Sheenan finished fourth In the Advanced Twirl and Kim Marcel finished fifth in the Strut The first sod to mark the bcglnn ing of construction on Georgetown new sewage treatment plant was turned Hills Mayor Tom Hill Councillor Dick Howltt Chairman Allan MasscT and Environment Minister George Kerr turned the sod years ago The most money collected during the walk a came from the of Fisher Laura Blair and Janet Milton They said it was a blistering effort The Georgetown Parents Without Partners presented Interna Youth Exhibit Awards to four Georgetown youngsters The four winners whose work was shown at the PWP national conference in Win Include Kent Burke Vickl Hughe Cilani Munro and Hughes Vclernn NHL referee and Georgetown resident John Me was appointed director of of Delating or Ihe NHL He will be tioned In Toronto and will assist Chief Scotly Morrison A fall off the beam dropped Georgetown gymnast Sara Aggis from a fourth overall to seventh place finish at a notional gymnastics She received top marks for a vault but a nosebleed suffered in the fall from the beam prevented her from competing further in Ihe event and she did not finish in the Poets Corner IHWNOF A THOUSAND POEMS If life be for joyful praises Where glorious anthems ring Fresh flow bring If life be of no purpose serving 1 11 my kindness do Forever will I work unswerving Humble In love for you