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Freedoms not iust another word THE HERALD Wednesday lKTPagal most precious Ask Georgetown District High School student Jessie what our society most precious heritage is and she might hand you a copy of her gold medallion essay Out of 14 competitors Jessies essay was chosen to represent the Georgetown area In the annual Op timist Club essay contest The topic for the contest Freedom heritage At the Optimist Club meeting March Jessie was Joined by her fiilow competitors to receive the results Suzanne Parker was given the Silver medallion and Mark Crane won the bronze The essays were judged for their organization vocabulary style grammar punctuation spelling neatness and adherence to contest rules All essays were between and words Jessie first place finish entitled area from Highway to North Bay and to the Quebec At that level Jessie won second place Judges of the essays were Mr Mike Stankowitsch of the Waterloo Board of Education Mrs a former Superintendent of Education In England and Elizabeth Ann Hill formerly of the Ontario Institute for Studies In Education and now with the Peel Board of Education Other participants In the contest included Joanne Bet tea Chris Linda Ho Rob Kemp Garry Murdocx Ashley Richards Graham Shcphard Stephanie Siebcr Andrew So ward Dairy 1 Thomson and Christ Ion Wasser The following friendship personal liberty The fight for freedom seems to be an endless struggle for mankind Since the beginning of lime men been conquering other men and enslaving them The men who con enjoy greater freedom However the conquered men lose their freedom lose the right to trues Hon and are compelled to obey Human beings enslaving other human beings to achieve greater freedom for themselves Is an idea we In the West find hard to accept Once a society earns its freedom It has the tendency to abuse It To day many of our freedoms are token for granted We in the West arc fortunate enough to have had our fight for our freedoms At times we have forgotten what they endured We have the freedom to do whatever we want as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others We have the freedom to elect our leaders We have the freedom to tell than what they art doing wrong without fear of persecution We also have the freedom to build nuclear weapons resulting in the freedom to destroy our planet earth a few times over 1 believe however that our ancestors wanted us to use our freedom only to promote pro sperity brotherhoodandhopplnes3 Ultimate freedom means unlver and the absence of undue restrictions not universal fear of one another not the fear to express ourselves nor the fear to worship as we wish We must not neglect to remember the struggle that Blacks undertook In the United States to fight for their rights and freedoms Totalitarian countries do not enjoy the freedom of speech the freedom of religion the freedom of the press the freedom of assembly and other freedoms that we enjoy Every person living under democratic rule regardless of col our creed race age and religion has these rights The American Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights have given us these freedoms and It is Important that we unhold and practise them As John Kennedy once said We are con fronted with a moral Issue It is as old as the Scriptures and as clear as the American constitution The heart of the question Is whether alt Americans arc going to be afforded equal rights and opportunities It Is whether wc are going to treat our fellow Am cans as we want to be treated Harris Janet The Long Freedom Road United States Book Company pl For in actuality this freedom really is In conclusion It can be reiterated that the fight or freedom is an endless struggle The goal Is of to encourage the demise of unhersal fear of one another and to those who sacrificed their lives to at tain the freedoms we possess today Indeed freedom is our most precious heritage and It should be abused or taken for granted Sell surplus land report Years of April 1218 is National Citizenship Week Canadian Canada It is a time to cele brate and reflect upon the strengths and values of Citizenship Canadian life equality diversity and community Share in the spirit of our dynamic multicultural society Share in the J la A The cedar bush on Princess Anne Drive could be sold for development into homes a Holton Region report says Signed by the Regions Chief Ad mlnitrotlve Officer the report says the Town wants to get ownership of the surplus land at the municipal wells site back from the Region Originally an asset of the town of Georgetown the eight acre wells site bounded by Mary Street to the West princess Anne Drive to the South and Charles to the was handed over to the Region in 1974 with Reglonahzatlon Public works staff and a consultant have said a portion of the Princess Anne Drive well site fronting on Princess Anne and Charles Street could be declared surplus and developed fpr residen use Some of it could also be used for realignment of the Princess Anne omf Charles Street tlon Joan Little said if the town Is out to make a profit by selling the lands then the Region should share in that profit 5050 since the Region has been maintain ingthe property for years The Regions Property Agent Don Williams said Hal ton should sell the surplus lands back to the town Tor as the lands were paid for originally by the town He noted a similar case in Burlington Elizabeth Gardens where four homes were built on surplus Regional lands and Burl kept the profits Just as in the Princess Anne case Burlington had owned the land before transferred the ownership Back In 1B74 there probably I proper allocation of what the Region should really have Regional Treasure said If done properly the Region may have taken a much smaller portion at the time The fairest way Is to refer It surplus land back to the municipality WI has a Maritime twin Jiiut Strulksma was hostess for the Brampton West Women Institute meeting March 10 Betty Florence and Dorii provided dessert and assisted the hostess McKay president opened the meeting with thoughts on leader ship training and self development of the individual and their service to the community given by Young In action Many young people and com are benefitting from the ac tivities of tie Lois recorded the minutes In the absence of secretary Isabel Fraser Wllma presented the treasurer report Plans were made for a com munltj euchre to be held May I star ting at at Public School Members answered the roll call by naming a place they hoped to visit The topic for the meeting our twin focused on Prince Edward which is Ontario s Women Institute twin nee for three years Florence introduced Dons Sharpc who showed pictures of a summer tour she and her husband enjoyed to the Mari times The I of were given permission to publish a I booklet on the world famous author LM Montgomery Marion McClure thanked Doris fur her pictures and display of many tides depicting life In the Maritimes Janet Strulksma and the 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