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the HERALD Sunday shopping decision looming Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown L7G 37G Ontario DON Publisher and General Manager DAVE ROWNEY Editor Phone CARL SINKE Advertising Manager Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wed Hud ay December 16 Stepping down Thursday after two years as the chairman of the Board of Education Bruce of Acton handed her gavel to Pat Hillhouse With quiet competence Mrs Bruce guided the board through the rough roads of change in education There were many issues which required strong leader ship along with logic and sensitivity during her term The board had to tackle a number of unsavory issues which af fected students teachers and taxpayers In these days of declining enrolments the board had to make hard decisions about school closings The provincial government had to be lobbied and issues of primary about separate school funding and transfer payments had to b carefully negotiated Always difficult are the day loday budget problems of administering a large school board and tackling teacher salary demands while upgrading facilities programs and equipment for students Through all the hidden turmoil Mrs Bruce handled herself very capably as board chairman Without the blind ambition of other politicians she carries on constantly re inforcing to others her concern for students and s education system Mrs Bruce conducted herself with maturity and understanding She promoted cooperation among her co- board members There has been little of the in fighting on the Halton board that we have seen elsewhere from other government bodies One gets the sense that school board members are willing to put aside personal differences or philosophical variances for the good of the schoolchildren The challenges will continue for Mrs Hillhouse who is sure to carry on the traditions of high calibre leadership at the board level Buy locally Shop locally Buy locally The words themselves may oft repeated but the meaning to them bears repeating It Christmas tinw and local businesses depend on a good record of sales in December to make a profit Some won last another year without enough support from residents We would be ill advised to encourage anyone to buy locally if they t happy with the quality or price of a product sold in Halton Hills But local stores do deserve our support Here are just a few reasons most of our merchants live in town they know the peo pie and what they want parking is the cheapest anywhere Especially around Christmas when downtown meters are paid for courtesy of the BIA where else can you get so much service and friendly smiles than from a store in Halton Hills around Christmas Besides chances are the store t as crowd ed as the big Toronto malls local stores pay taxes locally into the community Their tax dollars allow us to buy more library books and expand our iceskating facilities merchants in town are community minded They sup port chanties such as the United Way and sponsor special town events by donating products time and money a strong base of local stores allows residents to save time in shopping and money by not having to pump gas to the car all the time for town trips All local firms ask for is a fair shake from residents Support their businesses and theyll put their expertise time support and money back into he community That s how you build town spirit with the operation of business citizens and government In the news again Editors notebook By Dave Farmer Herald publisher and Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Secretary Walter Is making headlines again Mr Blehn wrote in Slar nlst George Gamester about a Toronto streetcar driver who went beyond the call of duly lo help a passenger when her packages of groceries spilled The driver hopped off trolley and collected the Hems for the lady Says Walter Just as I was about lo call the driver he appeared on the road to help her pick up To me this was beyond the call of duly Mr Is enjoying his busy re rem en I in St Catharines where he is now living paid also about trends in medio she said a man otter my own heart Jeff said he learned from the reporting seminar how it jour nnllsml has changed how Its get ting better all the time and what qualities takes to be a good Jour nails l None of hot money stuff At a recent careers day at Stewart town Public School I was asked to speak to two classes about Journalism and reporting Part of the fun was putting Ihe kids on the spot find out what they think about careers careers day and jour Most surprising to me was a with making money a career Whatever became of Ihe Idealism of the sixties Tonya DaleJohnson likes careers day because you don t have to do school work School boring and I don liko math she says What does Janet Miller wont to be when she grows up I don know right now she says Using and marketing slit adds Jennifer Beeslcy is looking for ward to the seminar on Business She wants to know more about business and how it is run We received a press releisc from the Better Coalition a lobby group mainly concerned wllh our congested highways and roads Their objective to improve and ex Ihe Ontario system Below are some of the interesting statistics the coalition has been keeping Congestion is the number one pro blem with our road system today It is caused by too mnny vehicles using too few roads It Is aggravated by the worsening conditions of this system per cent of oil Iravel in Ontario is by road During the lost 15 years motor vehicle registrations In Ontario has Increased by per cent Two years from now one third of all of Ontario bridges will need to be repaired or torn down Two years from now per cent of all of the roads and highways in On will be In the government in fair or poor condition Over the last 20 years provincial government spending for highways and municipal roads declined by 31 percent There is a local angle to all this as well According to charts by the coalition Highway in the Acton area has increased 57 per cent In use from It is considered ono of the hot spots in Ontario ex Increuea In use Queens Park Hut itllv what the rules will be Nor will be changed until sometime in The existing Retail Business Holidays Act will be enforced until on Dec will priori the law that day on the roenmnu of the eminent It took Die team of Inn and Solicitor General Join Smith to ex plain of riasonlng Sort of pointed lint Boxing fulls on Saturday which menus Unit under Holidays Business most stores will h to e lose Dec B normal of law this mean rctnl would hive Day and then ill in a row in lletail Holidays Business is something in I led the exemption which permits stores to open Sunday if close Saturday applies to stores with less than eight employees and square feet of space although definition Is flexible tint larger stores can also open if they rope off enough spjte to convenience stores can lie As Scott explained purpose of this exemption was to reduce the poet of the legislation on those religious groups or whom is the Sabbath Such people arc put on footing with other by allowing Ihem lo substitute Saturday for Sunday as yof closing But the three old line par lies PC NDll insisted the Sundiy law had nothing lo do religion were simply try lag to ensure a pause day for employees he was written so as to avoid the necessity of a state- conducted inquiry Into religious beliefs said But this means the exemption will be available to all small retailers on Dec but not the larger ones which would be unfair Thai the law has always been fair discriminating against larger therefore more successful slore owners something he men Nor did he note that Ihe socalled Sabbatarian exemption only applies those people Jews Seventhday Adventlsls whose holy is Satur day However others whose holy day Is Friday such as Moslems re in out of luck In case with the government faced by this loophole In Ihe law for smaller stores has decided that police should even things out by the law as it applies to larger stores for thai day Everyone can The rest of the tune net will be enforce I THE GOVERNMENTS JOB CREATION PROGRAMS ARE GEMS Citizens forum There is a King coming Dear Sir I would like to ask tic question people whit ire you being toughl in your In the few vein I have lived in lie of Georgetown I it tended churches Irving find one where 1 fell 1 would HSU to spend my Sundiys worshiping oil I am hat after our years I have found one am not to criticize other dtnomlna lion just lo stale few facts pie what are jour Pastors mil Priests telling you They probably tell you you are a christian and you are all brothers and sisters in Christ They will tell Jcaus did this Jesus did tint but very whit Jesus can do for tint ever you in your lifetime is con about You may sav Jesus wis he is like The Force guess meaning or lorce is youl Wake up people you intelligent class Jesus is and those of who say tie Holy Spirit is of Devil you are about God Worship God not Mary church not your handsome Pastor tall yourself christian you hive said ICome into mj I earl Lord Jesus I have lot of slickers Pastors about God I like to show my God to all Why ire you biding God You roll the red carpet or Santa for the Bishop the Queen Well people you jet nut the est roll of red carpel from he closet of your hearts There A Kim Coming Jesus And we nil belter be Andrei Monte town Out Ripped off on Dear Sir again the of peace goodwill to man is upon us A time prepare for the special days of hnsts birth We ill dillircnt of buying gifts for thers baking Christ cookies ind friends ind One of our en is don rite our hone and oul This find licjiis stripped Iv their light lulls I find is i time i in our home but others i mill isa time of 1 Hipped off on Yell Strike causes business chaos Tens of thousands of passengers Inve seen their business and holiday plans hrown into chaos because of the by a Crown Those who defend Crown corpora lions that some services are so essential that they must be guaranteed through government ownership and control They also that bceiuse some sen ices be provided i profit they must be provided by government The emptiness of both these irgumcnts has been shown clearly by the Air Canada and the two strikes this yjr of Ihe post offices lelti curlers and inside w Since the airline is owned by the many of the employees who are tin highest pud In the industry in Canada no doubt believe it the purse Is bottomless If Mr Cunadi had been privatized several years and had to sink or swim without government subsidies or loan guaranteed these sinking employees would have been less willing out The and lurgc part of tht work force of Air Canaan the airline privatized However Prime Minister personal ly vetoed Its privat nation this fall We believe It lime he sidcred put Air where il belongs in free enterprise Sineerely President TheNiionnlCiti7ens More Through Less Government Brighten up festive spirits The Christmas season is always a hectic time of year for all of us We rush around busily making gift at tending numerous school church and family unctions shopping planning parlies baking Christmas goodies making travel ar rnngements and tiling ready to celebrate the holidays We wonder if there arc enough possibly get everything done Wllh this in mind I would like lake the opportunity lo thank those of you who sacrificed a few of these precious hours to put up out door Christmas decorations to up our streets All too we hustle through life oblivious to Ihe efforLs of those around us However this time of year it Is a pleasure to for an evening or dnie to see he lights and I would like assure all of jou who look the time to decorate your efforts are truly appreciated you for brightening up my and have a healthy hap py holiday Your Appreciative and Neighbour NOTF As rule The Herald docs run unsigned let tern decided to make an exception due to nalurcof the content In your opinion Question I you Hunt to be when yuu grow up he Slews Mown Public School career What do you want to be TON Id like e a Jj Id like ten land lor developer like mj or a J fed you get Become Probably he test people In lolerelod in would be ling ndexcllln you make lots mechanic it fires 11 bud I money grandpa con leach describe and me of others Thai until legislation is brought in to scrap it Smith had the unenviable Job of defending the new Liberal approach on Sunday openings to municipalities She was hampered considerably by her own comments a week earlier that such a course of action would be the chicken way Squawk squawk And what she didn explain was whether Ihe municipalities would have olal control over such open ings or whether they would have to operate within broader provincial parameters The analogy would be cocktail lounges which municipalities can allow or reject by referendum but if they accept them they must fallow standard licensing rules such as ours of operation I That I been decided yet of at Smith s office said Still at least the Grits should be congratulated on recognizing what everyone else has known since the Retail Business Holidays Act was passed about a decade ago it a complex discriminatory and generally absurd law Good riddance toll 30 years ago Georgetown had Its 26th annual Santa CI a us parade Saturday with over floats participating Santa distributed 1G00 bags of candy Jim won a pony from the Open Kitchen a restaurant operated by Mr and Mrs Sam Tur Mr Costigan won Ihe prize through the Key Merchants Assoc a lion Developers have already added rooms to the proposed Stewart town School in on effort to accommodate the large amount of growth that has taken place In Georgetown The school will have five more rooms than originally planned making it an eight room school Jim Andrews has been elected the new president of he Royal Oak Loyal Orange Lodge No Jim Andrews succeeds Tom Clark years ago The provincial government will announce proposals for regional government west of Toronto early in J ami try Treisurer Charles Mac said be government should be operating as early as next April The minister added hat a build lag for the government will likely be built somewhere in the middle of Ihe region Don Kyle has been elected presi den I of Ihe local branch of the Cancer Society Also on the ex arc Steele Leslie Clark and Lillian Clayton Malcolm Freeman who lost out by a single vole in his bid for a scat on council on December A has decided to call for a recount Mr Freeman who garnered 899 votes lost Six outdoor skating rinks will be operating in Georgetown this year This service of the town which was in danger of being cut from the budget earlier this year has pleased Director Doug Colhnson years ago A housing developer planning to build 1 homes In Georgetown is asking alliens for support for the proposal Focal Properties is in a heated struggle with the town over the proposal The issue is now before the Ontario Municipal Board The Ontario Heritage Foundation has told Acton citizens that it will not be announcing any grants help restore the old town hall The group has now approached town council for some money Georgetown and High School students circulated a petition this week asking for subsidies to students who must use public buses lo get to school Students estimate Ihe cost be a year They arc also asking that Ihe school cafeteria be off limits to Ihe and the staff You wouldnt In yours Hie petition said 5 years ago A grant has been given to the town to restore the Acton Town Hall The money comes from Employment and Immigration Canada In the form of a jobcreation project Over 300 teachers appeared at a recent Board of Education meeting to protest the Boards slow pace on contract negotiations The and the Board entered negotiations last spring and a con tract has been settled yet The town has cut its budget for snow clearing to keep the costs down for the Department of Public Works Town engineer Bob Austin said lost year heavy snowfall broke the department bank large amounts of money going into repairs and maintenance John McDonald newest regional councillor was officially sworn in Wednesday by Judge John Robinson He Joins Pomeroy Miller Mike Armstrong and Dave Whillng as the Hills representatives al the region Poets Corner I watch a stock on weight Is growth pleases so Just as quickly srfown the scale Where he did those Inches go By MARLOWE C DICKSON