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the HERALD Media get mindless and vicious Home Newspaper of Hatton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario GARNET COWSILL Publisher and General Manager DAVE Editor Phone J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday October I3H0 Election flaws On paper it sounds so simple But electing French trustees for the Roman Catholic School Board is turning out to be a complicated affair Nominations and voting will be held tonight in Oakville to elect three French trustees The positions are new created by revisions of Bill 75 Across the province Catholic school boards are electing French trustees to serve until the next municipal elections in 1988 Until then successful candidates will complete a two year term elected under unusual circumstances Firstly there is no representative by region This means there are Burlington and Oakville candidates wooing the Georgetown Acton and Milton vote Conversely our one local candidate is forced to persuade voters in the south to consider him worthy of representing their interests Secondly nominations and voting all take place on the same night Johnny comelately candidates can enter the fray tonight in make a five minute speech and be crowned the winner without any other planning or commit We feel sorry for the candidates who have put money and forethought into the campaign who want to preserve the interests of the school in their area It s true things will be back to normal in But two years is a long time to elect a candidate using a system that has so many flaws Keep status quo Beer and wine in every corner store is not going to make Hills a better place to live We can think of few reasons to pass legislation allowing convenience stores to sell alcohol The provincial Liberals are trying to make good on an election promise It was a popular move more than a year ago to present an alternative to the Brewers Retail monopoly on beer sales Now thoughtful people are evaluating the costs of sell ing beer and wine as if it were a grocery item such as bread or milk There is a greater chance of alcohol abuse when there is convenient access Already Halton Hills has been devastated by news of local accidents involving impaired drivers We have no guarantees that easier access won en courage people to drink more often drink to excess and drive while impaired Selling alcohol in corner stores would mean staff under would have to be let go or re assigned if the legislation is passed Hard working students would be victimized Beer and wine t be seen as the sole savior of con venience stores If a corner store can make a profit without alcohol on the then it s time to re evaluate its marketing strategy The ultimate computer program latest weapons without warning Just or target practice In effeet then we can write and LIST the Star Wars- program but can t HUN it until It needed and then It has to work perfectly Even officials admit that at best the project could only be about cent accurate letting through enough missiles to kill 40 million people right off the bat As a special bonus for Canadians those stray missiles arc to be shot down In the atmosphere right over Canada before they reach the US border One proponent says the program might work with even 100 errors and maybe it would but the Venus space probe went astray due to a single programming error and two- thirds of the computer guided Cruise missile teats have failed as well Thousands of computer scientists and physicists have rejected and refused to work on SDI including many American and Canadian university faculties The only person who really seems to believe It could work is Ronald Reagan even Mr Gorbachev sees It as a political threat not a military one since it will be easy enough to circumvent by the time Us ready Why is It going on then SDI is the ultimate in gravy trains Literally trillions of dollars arc to be spent diverting some of the best minds and businesses on the continent to research and build a fraudulent concept says US Navy computer scientist David who quit in disgust Its taking public money to build a protective shield that will not pro tect but that will pump billions of dollars Into public and private groups who are willing to accept the money Canadians should be telling Mr Mulroney and he should be telling Mr Reagan that wo put for more trust In a world with ewer nuclear weapons than in Star Wars Prime Minister Mulroney who has a recognized inclination to exag Berate probably did It again when he said the media coverage he gels is vicious and mindless Admittedly the press has been fairly lough on the Conservative minister and perhaps there ave been a few occasions when at least In the eyes of Tories it would appear rather vicious But mindless I doubt it There are many viewpoints as to why Mr Mulroney press coverage has been somewhat less than flatter And while the media might deserve its share of blame the prime minister himself along with certain cabinet mlnistcs are not without responsibility Many of them Mr Mulroney in eluded had to make a fairly fast ad from politician to statesman and It obviously been easy In fact the prime minister continues to express some surprise that reporters study his every sentence for contradictions And why they It might be acceptable for campaigning politicians to contradict themselves in the heat of battle but prime ministers can afford that luxury It creates problems of trust and credibility and the relative of the Issue under discus si on Is basically irrelevant Little contradictions tan be as damaging By JANET DUVAL Herald Special The recent Iceland summit came within hair of historic agreement on huge missile cuts by both sides but It finally broke up in failure because of a concept lhat should In teres every computer user Star Wars or the Defence In illative The vision of Star Wars is a system thai would be able to shoot down enemy missiles in space before they ever reach the United Stales Thais rather like intercep ting thousands of bullets fired this way from Orangcvllle Computers will do all the wot and give the battle com mnnds officials say that the software will require 10 to million lines of computer code which Is more than 100 times as long as the biggest existing computer program This Is far too complex a program for any human to write so new Ar Intelligence computers are to be developed Just to write the pro gram Arc you willing to on all of this But wail there more Imagine writing a program that you can test or debug That a the case here we can t exactly ask Mikhail to fire a few thousand of his SEND US A LETTER What do you think about what Is happening In In Ihi province the nation and around the world We are Interested In your opinion The Herald Invite readers lo express their opinion through our forum lection All letters must be signed and la tin an address Your phone should be listed In order lor to verify the signature Please keep your teller brief and the point The maximum length The Herald reserves the right to edit all letters as to length good la lie and possibly libeloui material Send your letter lo The Herald Guelph Street Georgetown Ottawa Report as big ones Just as little cxaggcra can be as dangerous as whop- On the other hihid there Is no doubt that Mr Mulroney is being monitored by the media more close ly than any his predecessors Not only does his bent toward tlon encourage this but the Parliamentary Press Gallery is far bigger than it used to be ACT IMPORTANT Perhaps what has caused Mr Mulroney more grief than anything else Is the Access to Information Act something that been around long enough to seriously bother previous prime ministers Under this act reporters arc usually able to get information much of it poten daily embarrassing that previously remained confidential It was under this net for Instance lhat we learned all about the cost of Mr Mulroney travels including those horrendous hotel bills In New York and Paris Without this act to disclose the expense account of Suzanne Grenler she probably would still be in the cabinet And without this act the prime minister chief tions adviser would not have had to face embarrassing questions about reporters he was alleged to have entertained And without the act there pro bably would have been none of that unfavorable publicity about a se cond airplane being used to carry video equipment for the prime minister s various appearances Without the act the prime minister likely would not have had to deal with those embarrassing ques tions which he dealt with badly about taking a butler and maid on his Asian tour This last example incidentally would seem to qualify as an example of over 1111 Wtiv the prime minister of Canada have adequate personal staff on foreign trips I know of no country where the press Is so preoccupied with a leader s personal entourage ALL NEW But perhaps our Interest In this will wear off once we become more used to the costs Because the act is new and wc have no comparisons we may be over awed and over reading to a travelling head of government But this is only a part of the pro blem Mr Mulroney is having with the media Surely there can be no doubt that his exaggerations bear some of the responsibility for the in tense scrutiny of his sentences For instance he should not have told a national television audience that he didn t take his maid or anyone on that Asian trip Clearly he had And his comment about drug abuse becoming an epidemic could not escape examination since Just about every authority in Canada disagreed with him There was also his revised version of events rounding the resignation of John now Commons Speaker as fisheries minister And the prime minister figures on Jobcreation in relation to previous governments have not always been accurate And more recently in commen ting on the Tories dismal drop In opinion polls Just two years after their resounding victory Mr Mulroney Is telling us that he ex the records and the same thing happened to the Trudenu Liberals two years after their 19GB In fact it happen that way at all Through most of 1970 the the Liberals was than in the 1968 election bo is It any wonder that remarks such as this send reporters scurry to the research libraries But whether such action Is vicious and mindless is I guess a matter of very personal opinion Citizens forum UNICEF helps worldwide Dear Sir The annual Halloween campaign is a wonderful or Canadian children to give something of value to children in a less developed pari of the world Col lecling for Halloween Is not only an in giving to others but it enables our children to learn that they can help children in developing countries ve happier healthier litis Through the collection the world needy children receive health care roved nutrition clean water and a aslc education Each over million children under the age of five die from dehydration caused by diarrhoea simple mixture of sugar salt and water known as Oral Rehydration Sails prevents child from losing essential body fluids which causes death What a simple and effective solution costing only cents The which children raised lust year for UNICEF meant that millions dchydntion can muse death All Canadian children should be aware of the generous gift they to other children when they rry the black box this Ihllowecn encourage SDI program stumbling block Anopcn letter to President Ronald Reagan The White House Premier Mikhail Gorbachev The Kremlin Moscow the many 1 rick or Tre iters this October lliur Us I to your door your donation will give million I hate asking for money DcarSir I hale asking for Yet that what I and several hundred other volunteer canvassers have been doing for the past three weeks all across Hills On behalf of the people who arc helped by the United Way supported agencies wc have been out night after night often in unpleasant weather to ask for donations to make this years first campaign a success The responses from people have been generally positive almost all people voicing support for the cam paign Donations have ranged from over 100 lo several dollars with many people indicating that they donate through payroll deduction I think many people myself Included don usually have a lot of cash on hand when a canvasser calls That the reason 1 donate through payroll deduction where I work My con tribution comes right off the pacheck and I don t miss the couple of dollars every week II we all used payroll deduction to support our United Way then have go around asking for money 1 hate liking for money But I will again next year sec then I Yours sincerely Jim Kinncar A volunteer for the United Way Dear Sirs You came so close Milluns around he world would hive rcjo al the agreement which you almost re in Iceland lo remove all micleir warheads In Europe and to reduce long range wuipons at home on each side Hut SDI or Star Wars was the block of a technologic tress American to be achieved through over the to become the statesman of Ami so the best minds and businesses on he continent and tnllioas of dollars will now be diverted towards building a system that most think will fall ana that will raise higher the walls of fear and trust dividing you and the Soviets Mr Gorbachev you have admit led yourself that SDI is more of a political threat than a military one that It will be easy enough to vent If and when It Is ever ready Would It not have been possible then to compromise more Reykjavik In order to achieve such an precendented arms agreement You have both said that nuclear wor cannot be won and must never be You both hove many times more weapons than are need for deterrence Please get on with agreeing to them Family marriage status changing tlHTOKS NOT The following letter been sent the Honorable David Peterson I airy i ronsman Bob Honorable Ian and Jack Johnson WPP In my dictionary the definition of family Is parents and their children In all the history of civilization the family thus known has been the basis and tre of all societies The amendment lo Bill 7 was tabled on May It has not yet had third reading but already the juggernaut is rolling On October G a proposal for Metro Toronto to provide FAMILY health benefits to the sex partners of homosexual and lesbian city workers was refer red to a committee for further study not resoundingly voted down but gu passed a Ion I I strongly urge you to do all in your power to defeat this sexual orientation amendment Section to Bill 7 to amend the Human Righto Code The Implications resulting from passage of this bill arc horrendous and would affect every citizen of this province It Is Imperative lhat It be removed from the bill I appreciate your reply to this basic challenge to the quality of life In Ontario Margaret M Willis children better tomorrow rely tlizabcthlialg I rovincinlChalrmin Ontario Committee Wanted former youth campers United is fir participant its camp in bit the years 190 is planning i on next August for all participant leaders of Ihe camp pro grams since records of addresses for part between 1970 1971 hue been lost nc this informal on contact Education and Public lions United Co operatives of is City Centre Drive mo L5A the of our 00 mm and women ittindeel camps always held it Geneva on Lake The program with 37 boys in attendance became in 190 and wab renamed Co op Young leaders Prognm in 1984 Taxpayers paid for school lion Mr It Miller Mayor Town of Hills Dear Sir I read an article In The Herald which stated town Is Interested In School Part of the article states The large cost of pur chase I don understand this statement If the town wishes to buy the school should It not be for the sum of one dollar Was it not for the amount of one dollar that the Town of Hills sold the indoor pool to the Board of Education Taxpayers paid for the schools to be built Taxpayers dollars maintain the building If Board of tion wishes to sell the school back to the town why should the taxpayers pay for it again at market prices How can you justify your reasons for paying market value for property hat technically belongs to the peo ple of Hills Yours truly Georgetown Canuck reunion Dear Sir The Canuck Reunion Committee asks your help in trying to locate past players coaches trainers management and Booster Club for a Moose Jaw Canuck hockey reunion The team started In the early 1930s and was here until it folded in 1964 need to contact many people before the planned reunion date of July August land 1907 arrives if anyone was associated with the team or knows of anyone who should be contacted please send names and especially addresses to Canuck Reunion Committee Box Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Sincerely Donna Kasper Secretary Reunion Committee years ago former Georgetown Raider star was appointed coach of the Georgetown Haiders In term ate hockey club He sue Scolly Patterson coach for the past two seasons Mr and Mrs Carl Hill now of 7 Sarah St were married Calyary Baptist Church in Brampton The local minister of Grace Church Bruce Penny assisted in the ceremony A minister association for North is being promoted by three Norval ministers Rev J E Max well Rev G Royal and Rev Edgar Gill met at the United Church in to discuss the association Corey was Installed as the noble grancf of the Orion Odd Fellows lodge Other officers elected Include Alan Edmunds vice grand David Hastings recording secretary and Roderick King business secretary years ago The lights illuminating the Cedar vile ploying field were turned on for the first time Georgetown Kinsmen Club vicepresident Warren McLay flipped the switch The lights were a Kinsmen project Premier Bill Davis announced GO transit service will be coming as far as Georgetown He said he hopes the system will be ready by late 1973 Three taxi owners went to town council to complain the COO by law minimum insurance was do tough and that they could not afford it Carman Moltby of Flash Taxi and William and Leonard Verschuere of Glen Taxi challenged the bylaw Gloria Sinclair won the Indies championship the North Golf and Country Club She defeated defending champion Deborah Young in four round medal play years ago Two Herald carriers from Georgetown and one from Acton were honored for National Carrier Day A poll of readers decided these carriers were the best Geoff and Jayne of Crescent in Georgetown and Paul Carter of Victoria Avenue In Acton were the winners Cloud Picket of Georgetown resented a at a ceremony A of received the Breeder Herd award The presentations were at the West Central Ont a no Hoi stein Show in Erin Georgetown schools dominated the North Public School Cross Country Championships In Milton Centennial Public School won the junior and senior team Harrison Public School won the bantam team cham plonships and Stewart town cap tured the intermediate champion ship Cheryl Thompson and Mike of Centennial were the junior girls and intermediate boys champion respectively Georgetown Legion were honored at a banquet Janet McKay won the top batter award for her average She was followed by Charlene Milton and Barb Curry at The most improved player was Pattl 5 years ago Georgetown Gougeon Home Furnishings closed after years on Georgetown s Main Street The owner Bob Gougeon decided to start new career with Pascal Furniture Ltd on Highway 10 near Malhcson Rood In Brampton Past president of the Georgetown Optimists Club Stanley Nolan welcomed three new members to club The members are his sons Carl Mark and Gord The new dent of the club Is Bruce Totten Parishioners of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church were Joined by Bishop Paul Reding at the church anniversary Father vent a former father at Holy Cross also dropped In from his new home In Downsvlew Brad returned to hockey after an eye Injury sidelined him for lost season