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THE HERALD Wednesday December 1UI New executive director named A busy Christmastime Mr Ted Smith Chairman of the Halloa District Health Council is pleased to announce the appoint of Ms Marlene as Ex ecutive Director of the Ms has twenty years ex perience in direct patient care health care program planning and n inagement health service evalua and administration Ms Lonjfdon holds a Bachelor Degree in Nursing from University a Master s Science Degree In Psychiatric Nursing and Research from the University of and Is currently a PhD candidate In the Department of Sociology at York University She Is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry McMaster versity Currently Ms is the Manager of the East Region Menial Health Service of St Joseph Hospital In Hamilton She Is also Chairperson of the Ontario Mental Health Foundation and a Board Member of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry Ms replaces Mr Ronald Marr the current Executive Dkrec tor of the Council Mr Marr has cepted the position of Executive Director of the Catholic Health Association of Ontario Get your car checked now With winter weather officially here the Hamilton Automobile Club encourages you to maintain a smoothly running automobile A well maintained car benefits everyone You II avoid costly repairs and have fewer problems on these cold winter mornings by and check your voltage regulator Check the headlights parking lights directional signals tall lights and brake lights for proper opera Have the brakes checked and if needed properly Jdjusted to ensure braking on oil four wheels Check your tires or wear and tear and if necessary purchase snow tires or all season dials Have a mechanic check you ex haust for leaks Check radiator and hoses for leaks and cracks and add a dent amount of to your vehicle for coldest weather Test heater and defroster for proper operation Check your wipers or proper Replace blades that streak and fill the washer voir bottle with an antifreeze washer Carry the following Invaluable Items in cass of an emergency small snow shovel extra clothing traction mats ice scraper booster cables wamlns devices such as lores or triangles a small bag of abrasive material such as sand or kitty Utter snow brush flashlight cloth or paper towels and blanket The advises motorists to drive with extra care and caution when roads get slippery Beating the holiday travel rush Plying away to a holiday on a modern airplane a sleek smooth speedy airplane is terrific It the waiting In airports beforehand and afterwards that terrible At this season are bombarded with warnings about how congested the airports are and how much worse they will soon become Ex pens sagely counsel us In print and on the air to allow plenty of time as If that would never occur to anyone otherwise A genuine expert would answer some of the more difficult more pressing more fundamental ques tion such as Why do so many airlines and air ports make the airport experience as disagreeable as possible Why do they dispense so little reliable Information and In such in comprehensible form Why do they instruct you to pro ceed to Gate C when that gate is go ing be kept closed for the next quarter hour And why do they all seem to behave as if the last thing they ex peeled to sec was passengers Well let It be granted that passengers that is friends of those actually departing or arriving often are in the majority thus adding to the congestion that is by travellers and airlines alike But at busy times a Friend at an airport Is worth four friends anywhere else BE What can you do to make your air port experience less of an ordeal especially If you have to travel the peak holiday period First before setting out from home call the airline to learn whether your flight is expected to depart on schedule That is more easily said than done of course since some carriers don t keep their taped announcements up to date You may however save yourself an unnecessary trip to the airport to catch a flight that hasn yet taken off because of a winter storm Try to acquaint yourself with your airport layout in advance so that you can look for a parking space as close as possible to your check In counter A few airports are designed stance between curb and while others arc Travel With Vince If there a feasible choice opt far an early morning night The risk of delay Is reduced if your airplane or rived the previous night and should you miss your flight or fail to make a connection along the way you have more alternatives than if you were on one of the last flights of the day THE RIGHT FLIGHT Connections arc often inevitable but naturally a direct flight to your destination is better and a nonstop Is best of all for avoiding airports Note that there is a growing tenden cy among airline schedulemakers to apply the term direct to flights that actually Involve a change of airplanes en route simply give the same flight number to two con secutive but distinct flights If you must make a connection to another airplane at an intermediate point request a seat close to the exit usually the front of the airplane so that you can be among the first off A minute or two can make the dif ference between making a and missing it Take along a survival kit In case you are seriously delayed en route or your baggage should go tern astray Pack in it your over night essentials any medication you may require and some snacks to ward off hunger Should you unexpcctantly find yourself In a position where you and doiens of fellow passengers have to make new reservations when you have missed a connection or exam pie or your night has been si and you are facing a long lineup at the airline counter in the minal find a public telephone and call the carrier reservations number to rangements TRAVEL NOTEBOOK Here are notes on news of current Interest to travellers Until March any two passengers flying from North America to Brussels aboard Belgian World Airlines are entitled to a week a Tree use of an Avis rental car including tax and unlimited mileage KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plans to add Ottawa and Halifax to its Canadian services sometime in according to Jean Paul manager of passenger sales and vices for Ontario and Manitoba The carrier already operates and Montreal Amsterdam nonstop plants Starting this month the 10 plua uniformed employees of dlan Airlines International are new outfits predominately navy blue but with red and white touches At Toronto Terminal One has lust opened its own check In counters The Dutch carrier s Amsterdam bound passengers had previously been processed by The three moat popular in London according to new guide to the British capital are the Tower of London where crown Jewels are displayed the British Museum and the National Gallery Admission Is free to the recently opened museum of the Bank of England on Street In the heart of London City or financial district It traces the color ful history of the central bank founded In and at Its present site since 1731 although the building now in use was constructed between the First and Second World Wars On Feb 1 the Canadian branch of the German National Tourist Office will be transferred from Montreal to St East Toronto telephone OTTAWA The morning of Dec I walked Into the House of Commons for the first time as your Member of Parliament What was that like It was a moment I won forget The room la caver nous stone chamber decked out In carved wood and gilt with rows of seats facing each other and the speaker a throne between them This Is a special place This la where laws are made and Canada are taken Being here is nothing short of an honor Well learned a lot on my first day saw how the Speaker is elected I saw the GovernorGeneral read the Throne Speech in Senate chamber I saw the golden mace carried in and the ment of Canada get rolling I saw Dorothy beaming as she looked down from the gallery But then I taw what partisan politics Is all about Just minutes after the Parliament opened the cus began Just as If an election on the free trade deal had never taken place the Opposition parties started obstructing business Two recorded votes were forced and things on for hours As a rookie had some trouble understanding what the procedural wrangling was about but things have become clearer each day now the Liberals and the say the election dldn matter and they re going to hold up the free trade deal from passing into law That may not mean much to you right now as Christmas approaches hut let roe give you a little Insight Into what It means for your MP The other guys have demanded time to debate free tradeagain after IS months of being before Parliament and after the seven- week campaign What should have been a formality here has turned in- On The Hill The House is sitting until midnight most days and at the end of the ses sion no later than lam a vote forced When that happens the belts ring for 30 minutes and then MPs have to be in their seats The government does not want to lose a vote and so at no time from the morning until after midnight can 1 be more than about minutes from reaching my desk Among other thins that means no Christmas stopping or even going home for dinner And what are all these votes Tor Nothing muchJust little tests on meaningless points And because votes can come at any time my en tire day Is spent sitting In the House listening to election type partisan speeches trying to do some work down the hall or rushing to reach my seat in time It is 1 m sure not kind of thing you sent me here to do But this Is the and un til this fight is won It what I have to do The House of Commons Is sit ting all this week and has agreed to take only one regular day off for Christmas It absurd and It pointless After crossing the riding for more than two months debating free trade In Georgetown Acton Bolton and Burlington we re In the middle of It again The same old half truths and scare tactics that you and I are both Sick of hearing arc ringing out in the Commons I have to tell you that all this is Let there be light in Peel There are many other traditions besides Christmas- that are being observed at this time of year The Region of Peel Museum part of the Peel Heritage Complex has captured the essence of these In a show which began last month Let There Be Light The Origins of Festivals Around the World features exhibits and sculptures relating to cultural celebrations and festivals areound the world It s unique because of Its multicultural flavour The work on the sculptures Is impeccable and the research Is excellent says Bill Barber museum curator Nobody anywhere else has a show like this one More than in sets and 30 sculptures have been constructed to display diverse celebrations such as the Druid Festivals In Britain the New Years Festival In China and the Festival In India All the works have been produced by Kim Sutton exhibit designer for the museum The show runs until 3 1989 The Region of Peel Museum is located at Wellington Si East Brampton During the holiday season the museum will be open on the follow days Dec and 30 from 12 noon to lit will be closed Dec and Jan 1 Regular hours are noon to 1 p m Tuesday to Sunday and from to m on Thursdays For more Information contact Joanne Bishop Special Programmes Assis tant at to be done there are a lot of Israel to consider other than free traoevhlcta has been argued to death I think we need to be talking about affordable housing protecting the environ ment getting the deficit downend a boat of other Instead the first days of ment are being used to go around In the same old circles In a sense I writing this to say I am sorry This doesn t feel like the agenda you wanted followed It a not a productive use of my or your tax dollars Worst of all it say the decision you made in the election was the wrong one A least the Op position politicians data it was But I will be tberein ray seat every time the bells ring and I will stand up and be counted no matter if Its another midnight vote and I have slept on another couch If thai what it takes that what they got And after the trade deal panel we 11 have a lengthy recesstime for our new constituency office to open tune for some Town Hall meetings time to hear what you want me to or back to this city when ment sits again I ve learned this Job steals your time 1 also learned- In lust a few dayslhat the games politicians play on Parliament Hill can come to con sume them Already peopleeven some of new MPaare jockeying for position Already I sense a few of them have forgotten who sent them here and why And I know how Important It is to struggle against that Fortunately I have help One person from home dropped me a note yesterday I don t know Wayne but the advice on his postcard Is now part of my desk What can a backbencher do he wrote Keep talking about the real issues Housing that affordable for us all cheaper good food for everyone jobs that are suited to the people not the corporation taxes spent sensibly 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