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Page 14- THE HERALD Wednesday February IBM Taking a good look across the riding When I left Ottawa one afternoon last week there was a foot of snow on the ground and waisthigh piles stood where people had shovelled their driveways out The air was thick with flurries the temperature was plunging and 16 out of the city was danger zone But when I home the fields were bare the roads were dear and it felt almost warm The contrast was stunning Ottawa is the secondcoldest capital city in the world after the capital of Mongolia When US president George Bush was there a few days ago he shivered in his trench coat and told reporters the place was colder than hell He was right Well after thawing out Ive had another busy time The Caledon Ratepayers Association asked me to give a talk to the annual meeting and I was pleased to see a hundred or so turn out This group of citizens ruffles a few feathers On The Hill With Garth Turner with its stand on rural develop ment but its exactly the kind of watchdog that every area should have A similar group is POWER the environmental activists from the Acton and Georgetown area It was a real pleasure to be at the workshop they sponsored in Georgetown last Saturday and to bring special greetings from cien Bouchard the new federal en vironment minister I am really starting to get en couraged by whats happening on the environmental front Effective Legion Lines Hayes Branch PHD Winners in the Royal Canadian Legion Georgetown Branch 120 car club draw for Feb 16 were Neil Rick Appleyard 150 BUI Hilts and Cyril Engelby 125 Cecil Greenslade 212 Betty Brown and 354 Carol Copland The deadline for confirming your invitation to the Invitational Curl ing Bonspiel is rapidly ap proaching Entry fee should be paid to Gord King prior to Feb 25 Today Wednesday an exhibi tion entitled Total War Peel in WW II will open at a special pm reception at the Region of Peel Museum Wellington St East Brampton In Friday night euchre High Lady was Marg Tutty while Emily Sargent was second and Lois Richardson had most lone hands For the men Rod King was high winner with Oliver Scragg second and Albert Porter recording the most lone hands In the Saturday afternoon meat draw this weeks lucky winners were Jack Picket Eric Howell Donnelly Dorothy Vinkle Frank Terry Nellie Bell Earl Haskins Don chford Meredith Dickson Engels and E Pickett Entertainment in the club room for Feb will feature mimbingo with Bob and Corey Harry and Gib will also be awarding a door prize RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN CONSULTANT 6 ffeezee Top Sirloin Steaks 20 pes Maple Leaf Cheese Slices Prestige Farms MiniPizzas 5 Deluxe Pes Buy a Lb or Buy a Box Price In Effect White Quantities Last Specials In Effort Feb 22Mw Brunswick Mini Cooked Shrimp OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8530101 5 MILL ST ACTON ONTARIO 599 Whole Baby Carrots 3 LBS SirloinTip Roast A 1 or S LBS 1299 HOURS Monday TuBSuy 900500 Saturday Sunday 1200500 lobbying has pushed back a deci sion by the World Bank on a loan to Brazil which would see a great part of the rain forests wiped out I wrote Mike Wilson the finance minister asking him to vote against that loan and I know some other MPs have done the same Hopefully the issue will just die The Brazilian loan is a good ex ample of the tension between pro tecting the planets resources and economic pressures Its one thing to be crusaders from a distance but I also think we have to look just as critically at what our own socie ty is doing So its good to see Ontario taking a strong stand against those pro ducts which break down into CFCs chlourofluorocarbons These are directly responsible for depleting the planets ozone layer which leads to the warming of the earth That greenhouse effect will seriously harm our crops flood our coastlines and boost the chances of us all getting skin cancer So Ontario will be banning styrofoam cups and containers and eventually coolants which are harmful to the environment This week I am writing Bouchard to ask that the same be done on a national level I dont think we can do enough in this area Canadian scientists last week discovered theres a hole in the ozone layer in the Arctic and that shodld worry all of us Now there are two we know about over both poles and theyre expanding as we pump more harmful chlorine compounds into the atmosphere Its got to stop soon a message which Im told the prime minister is taking to an international en vironmental conference in Holland next month Just to make sure Im sending him a letter too Locally my advisory committee on the environment is being put together and Ive been really im pressed at the number of people who came forward to volunteer There are a few spaces left however and if youd like to be in volved then give my office a call Out tollfree phone line is final ly installed 8006684322 This Thursday Feb 23 is a special day for me Im excited to host a Free Trade seminar at the North Halton golf club in Georgetown featuring a clutch of experts from both sides of the border The seminar kicks off at 830 Optimist winners announced The Optimist Club of Georgetown has announced its winners in the Trip of the Month Club for the month of February The top prize for the month of a travel voucher valid for any travel facilities available through Travel Inc of Georgetown was won by Michelle Starret of Georgetown who held Ticket No The consolation prize of was won by Pat Barber of Georgetown who held Ticket No All ticket supporters are thanked for their support of the draw which provides the Optimists with funds to continue their many com munity projects The next draw is scheduled for March 14 am and runs through lunch Everybody with an interest in how Free Trade will affect us here in HaltonPee is welcome to attend Well have four hours of useful talk plus a bunch of background materials including an updated version of my Citizens Guide to Free Trade It strikes me that the more here know about the trade deal the better they can exploit it The bottom line will hopefully be more business and more jobs Making a debut at the seminar will be my Free Trade Advisory Council chaired by Frank An thony of and including citizens from across the riding Im really looking forward to working with them as they tour from Burl ington to Palgrave talking to peo ple about free trade and our own communities Together well make sure we squeeze all the good we can out of the deal By the way the seminar in Georgetown will be very much in the spirit of Free Trade Its free SAME DAY TAX RETURNS SI Georgetown 8772217 HAVE WE GOT USED CARS PICKUPS from All Makes Models FEBRUARY SSl SALE GEORGETOWN 8460913 8731818 SALESSERVICELEASING DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC AW TRENTON DT 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE 8772359 MOST SINGLE LPs CASSETTES 15 REGULAR 999 or LESS NOW REDUCED Were expanding so so were renovating to serve you better COME ON IN AND SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF CAR STEREOS TREAT YOUR EARS VIDEO TAPES SONY BASF 599 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