The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the HERALD PC party impressive in fundraising Nnuimnnnr n nil Home of ills 1866 A Division of Canadian Company Limited Guclpti Ontario lONlUNOt M DAM I ilUor rtlnliit JulylJ 1W7 Time for changes The fun expected at one of our most popular parks came to a sober and chilling end July A man visiting from Portugal was found drowned in six feet of water in a swimming area at Kelso Lake in Milton We hope park management will consider some changes a result of the incident Two years ago there was also a drowning at Kelso There is clearly a need to reevaluate the safety measures in place at the popular and sometimes overcrowded reser voir The lifeguards on duty are well qualified for the tasks they perform But with even six lifeguards on duty July 19 the large crowds lured to the lake by the hot humid weather make it hard to supervise Perhaps a more frequent clearing of the area for routine searches by volunteers linking hands and wading to the deep end is required There is a need to reexamine the number of people allowed to use the beach and swimming facilities As it stands now Kelso controls the amount of people entering the park on a basis That means when 1200 cars enter the Milton park the gates are closed But that include those walking in or cycling to the site The overall number of bathers is not regu lated Park management may also want to reexamine the practice of closing the swimming area at p m Saying that lifeguards are off duty and bathers can swim at their own risk act as an effective d eterrent To save a potential life it would be better to close off the swimming area entirely Or during a hot spell when the evenings ate still extremely steamy and humid extend the hours of the lifeguards until dusk An inquest has not been called for this drowning The felt the lifeguards had acted in a competent and professional manner We agree However park manage ment should consider implementing some changes as a result of this tragedy Pretty boring Put some POWER into your week Tomorrow evening at the Limehouse Memorial Hall there will be a meeting of concerned citizens They 11 be talking about quarries and dumps They 11 be talking about water resources Theyll be talking about government and business secrecy Pretty boring stuff Not when you think about he implications that are at stake POWER stands for Protec Our Water and En vironmental Resources A firm is considering the possibilities of creating a huge garbage dump near Limehouse at the site of a abandoned quarry There are concerns over the disturbance of rural lifestyles increased truck traffic and a lowering of proper values But more importantly people attending the meeting are worried about the chance of contaminated ground water Thats where we all should be a concerned Georgetown and Acton doesn benefit from being near a large body of water like Toronto which draws its water from a Lake Ontario Our depends very much on groundwater and underwater aquifers It would be a very sorry state of affairs if one day we were all told our drinking was unsafe for consumption POWER wants to inform citizens of their rights of their need to organize of the necessity of banding together early tof development proposals the dump If the potential contamination of the bothers you then drop by the Memorial Hall at p tomorrow You don have to be a ebel to be a member of a protest group concerned citizen Party loyalties I the in I runnrkablc political of the past was the fund raising of the On tnrlo Progress t Conservatives Ihe party took In I he most It had in its history In a non lection year Tills Included million It raised Itself plus more than raised the level for Hie central pur II does not Include Ihe local constituency associations raised for their own use somewhere between another and million What ts more impressive raw statistic however is that the Tories raised more than the Ontario Liberals The also took in 1 million but only SI million of that was new money All money raised at the level by the goes to the party first before a portion of it is returned to the ridings An equally pertinent fingure is how much a party is In debt and here Liberals win hands The story is beginning to heat up a bit about Liberal candidates Bruce Hood and Joe Hewitt Several cot calls were made refer ring to the two Liberal candidates at the Progressive Conservative riding association meeting Thursday They both have been accused by ihe Tories of having links with their par Editors notebook Dove Obviously the Conservatives In the North riding would like nothing more than to discredit two of four possible candidates running to replace retiring MPP Don Knight To have Liberals In a divisive mood bickering over party loyalties would only help serve he PC Hut quest ion really comes down to whether or not its In a long standing member of a party in order to become the best candidate for MPP loop with the party were the only then year Liberal party veteran Walt til lot should get the nod hands down Hes worked In the party for many years campaigned for other I Iberals and ran twice against former MP Jim Snow Hut then we have a young can d I dote full of en thus asm and willpower burning with desire to win the nomination His name is Ben Col owed nothing going 1987 Is now The still owe the Tones are in for million Mill raisn more money than the Liberals remains quite an achieve ment for the PCs It is a of politics that a par In power always attract more money than when it is in opposition Thai s especially true when party is popular as the Ontario Grits are holding a consistent from the public during the two years llicy been In office And one might odd that the have one additional ad vantage in that they adopted a federal I party scheme for raising money that smacks of toll gating This Involves a government minister sending out invitations to his client groups to attend gather ingh with ministers or the premier In exchange for cash The most recent stir over ihls method involved Health Minister Murray who solicited from various health care profes sionals have them come tell his fellow cabinet ministers their to quote the invito thoughts and concerns at cocktails One might have Jobs were to hear those thoughts and con without the need to plunk down The suggestion is that people dependent upon Elston decisions for everything from their salaries to the grants their organizations and institutions receive from the health ministry might be reluctant to risk antagonizing the man who can say Critics of Elston were suspicious too that he obtained the potential guest list by raiding ministry mail ing lists although he denies it The former provincial Conser government never Indulged in this form of raising although its federal counter port Whether that was as a matter of principle or simple lethargy however Is an open question For the record is plain that the Conservatives under former Premier Bill Davis lust didn I pay fund raising the attention it re quired party was millions in debt when Davis resigned While his sue ccssor Frank Miller raised enough to cover the expensive 19B5 election it was a party owing million that Miller turned over to current Leader Larry Grossman And white the actual debt has been reduced by more than MOO the 3 million remaining is a huge albatross to hang around the neck of the PCs going Into election ex peeled this September Ironically ihe good news for the Tories is that for the first time campaign will have spending limits about million per party plus MS per riding Such a low figure is half of what the PCs spent and raised last time Should the year old economics student be excluded because of his lack of I con I certainly hope not Youthful Is needed to attract more younger voters to gel involved in provincial Issues which are ting us all I personally don I believe a per son party affiliations should be the primary reason for a con dldote Look at all of us Almost everyone in our newsroom has at one time or another voted for each of the three mninslream parties f were free lo become o can dioate should they be discounted tor Iheir lack of loyalty to any one par ly That a tough question nice to have Individualism and indepen dent thinkers as much as it nice to have loyal staff and party workers This t an at tempi defend two of the Liberal candidates Joe Hewitt and Bruce Hood of whom have contacts with Tories In this It Isn on attempt to persecute I hem either However certainly the old guard the ones who have stayed with the party during good times and bad will be looking at the candidate who stuck it out and helped even when things looked bleak That why Ihe old time Liberal workers will bo an important factor in the Grit nomination race Aug 7 Tliey II likely be rooting for their long time member Walt Elliot It will be up to the other inree declared candidates to bring in their friends and sell tots of new member ships to up for Walt Elliots strong foothold In the race Like It or not loyalty will be a foe tor in the Liberal nomination Evangelist Roberts never did make claim In response to Mr Weirs column of July 17 television evangelist Oral Roberts I suggest he 11 Do not touch My ones I Or 10 We also read In ind be the Lord guiltless tells of God Hire it Moses life when hi filled to his son This is Biblical precedent to the on Oral Oral has never nude a to through his prayers This is reported often In the Bible borne examples art found in II 18 Acts 19 and of course tin account of Jesus after days in the tomb In true churches today there are many reports of people being brought back life through prayer but these are never reported by the i Only lie weird and demonic healings are ever reported so the general public is often confused and misled licv j 10 says lhat the faithful ore Kings and priests to serve God and they will reign on the earth forever The ex plains that body of believers the llndc will be removed from the for a time but will return to reign on earth with Jesus This Is cunt to which Oral been rust Huso will be of Weed spray dangerous Dear Sir 1 writing with regard to a com mon occurrence thai I have seen many times in the last few months spraying lawns for weeds While this does not seem to be a problem at outset if you take this situation one further a rather deadly problem could develop Many of these people who arc having their lawns sprayed live in country and rely on well for their water supply They do not seem con that same poison ore spraying on their lawns will illy wind up in their drinking and the water of their neighbors Since clean water is issue today pcrhnps we should think twice before our lawns AfUr oil few weeds con look that bad New guidebook Dear Sir The enclosed public service an noun cement about a new French language guide to Ontario govern services should be of interest your readers We would ap preciate any space you could gi this announcement this summer Need to contact the provincial government and can locate the right office Services public outlines all the Ontario government s services for tells you how lo reach one This handy new guide is S3 Is available by calling 1 toll free Charge it on your Visa Mastercard years ago Barbara Carol daughter of Mrs and Robert Gordon married William John Ken- son of Mr and Mrs Kerr at Nor vol United Church July The Ontario Soil and Crop Im Association brought IDS to British Columbia to study farm there Georgetown Agricultural representative travelled throughout the province of British Columbia Paul McCumber grandson of Mr and Mrs Alex will travel to England to participate in World Jubilee an international gathering of boy Georgetown residents working at Airport watched the unveil of ihe Defence Ministry lro Jet Engine last week Minister Gtorge of ficnled 15 years ago Gloria Sinclair successfully defended her North Hal ton Golf Club lidlra section championship last week in four rounds of medal play Party leader Robert will visit Georgetown and next week as port of his cross tour He will be by the ridings itivt Connor an Willi him learn won three of trophies in the Second Softball Tournament Saturday Tourney rjmiers Shirlev net the In your opinion QUESTION Do you the liberals will win next provincial Can Liberals win election was great success The Health Unit will apply to become general contractor of home core service offered to Da in Georgetown Milton and OJcville Most of the services will be provided by s Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses 10 years ago plans for a nursing home near were submitted for approval to the Niagara Escarp ment Commission last week The site Is located one mile north of Lime house on the Fifth Line on property owned by Jack Cutler Hills librarian Betsy Com well says the existing Georgetown Library on Church Street is inade quate to servo the community Her report comes in the woke of a review a proposal to build a new library Cedarvale Pork She added that any renovations to the current building would also be In adequate The first Georgetown Venturer Canoe Trip lo Prince Edward Island ended last week as Howard Powell and the rest of the Ventureres crew returned home Mr Powell said the group Is tired but in good Phil Georgetown a singer composer and entertainer has a leading role in Saturdays War nor a ploy to be held in Weston Aug 13 5 years ago Betty and Peter raised for the Cancer Society in 300mile motorcycle trek through Canada and United Stales The couple travelled on a bike Mrs Bot won top prize for collecting the largest number of sponsors Roy and Rosa Bradley Durham Street celebrated Iheir Wed ding Anniversary last week at their home The couple sold they ve had Iheir and downs but been sound and good Two Georgetown brothers finished within ton eight at an interna competition for bicycle held in Dayton Ohio last week Tim finished sixth In the expert class and his brolher Mike finished eight in the novice class Gail married William Vtestwood at St Andrews Church April 17 The Reverend T Handy officiated at the ring ceremony Poets Corner KfNTNFR Certainly Welt Yes I think they re Id say there Is a Ihey re Liberals he popular choice of possibility with the only ones who the people right now unpopularity of can run our They II get a the Conservatives try federally it will lead the Liberals into power DANNY i I don I think so The No I think the popularity it not will lake Ihls time where should be We re due Tor a ami I don think it change In govern going ment VIEWPOINT Misery Is happiness looking for a set of tracks to follow Misery Is troubled waters looking for a vessel lo fill Misery is Gods promise yet unfulfilled Marlowe Dickson Ontario