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THE HERALD Wednesday September 1989 Page Opinion Page see garbageberg 30 years ago Three teachers from Harrison Public School in Georgetown returned from touring Britain and the continent this week The lucky ones were Marion Scarlette June and Mrs Thomas Camp bell The three travelled Europe the entire summer While they were receiving one form of educa tion other staff members from Harrison were getting another one Principal Harold Henry spent his summer at the University of Toronto enrolled in a post graduate course in education Logan Mac Donald was pursuing an arts course at the University of Western Ontario while Bruce Mackison was studying an art supervisor course in Toronto San dra Fox was also in Toronto taking a departmental head summer course 15 years ago Janice was one of the local girls who signed up for the Air Cadet program in Georgetown after girls became eligible to sign up only this year under full govern ment sanction Recent legislation permits the girls to make full use of the courses that until now have been only available to boys Sherry Allan Krusa Rob Hayes and Chris Greggie were the four organizers of the Muscular Dystrophy Carnival held this week at Silver Creek The carnival rais ed 85 25 Two draws were held during the festivities and Mrs of Islington and Mrs Henry Burns were the lucky winners Mrs won a big doll and Mrs Bums won a jar of mints 10 years ago The German company A Berger Precision Ltd was given permission by the federal govern Foreign Investments Review Agency to establish a firm in Georgetown this week The manufacturing company specializes in the manufacturing of precision metal parts for the automobile industry FTAA said the new company would lead to in creased employment new invest increased resource process ing more exports enhanced technological development proved product variety and in novation and compatible industrial and economic potential The Glen Williams boys ball team lost their bid to take the championship when they lost a series with the Hamilton team Oneida at the Glen Williams ball park this week However coach Brent Hall was pleased with the team s performance saying it was a very close game with very few errors But they t capitalize on the other team s er rors he said They t win the championship but coming second isntbad he added 5 years ago Georgetown and District High School showed off their math skills when it placed second Peel Halton and in Canada in the Math Contest Ten students participated in the contest and Paul Long achieved the team s highest mark with a score of 74 placing him second in Halton and overall There were students from across competing GDHS student Tim Hancock also made the Canada honor roll with a score of 63 The two along with GDHS students Peter Carson Jeff Streuker and Shawn were also named to the Halton Peel honor roll Recently arrived Georgetown residents Bob and Lorraine Tad- man started up Open Door a youth program sponsored by Anglicans in Mission that will be run out of St Georges Anglican Church The centre is open to all teenagers and is to act as a place where friend ships can be made Mr Tadman Whos California dreaming now The leaves are showing tiny pat of red and the air is getting cooler But everyone looks like that just got off the plane from nia Fashions are a big part of going back to school The big thing when I trotted to the brick building in elementary school was blue jeans particularly Levi s The worst assault an enemy could launch was to pull off the tab on your right cor pocket But todays kids have much higher aspirations Tiedyed shirts make them look like the hippies we used to see walking down the streets We were afraid of them then The associations with what those tiedyed shirts concealed were they really human were frightening But today the shirts are no fashion statement Like any other piece of trendy clothing they are a passage into social accep tance Masses of children waited at buses Tuesday morning their hair looking similar their clothes all likely purchased from the same shopping mall And I flashed back to where all the girls in my Catholic school to be carboncopies of the bestdressed Todays bestdressed has rips in her or his jeans not rips but massive holes and pants that slide off their hips but are propped up by leather or leather alike belts They wear colors that were poohpoohed as garish a few years ago and they say that everything they wear Is They wear surfing Tshirts with doubleentendre statements that can be taken gulp sexually and they wear shorts that used to be the exclusive domain of the tourist And like any good kids who go to school and want to go with the fashion flow they cost their parents money I returned to old high school a few years ago to see a play and found that everyone was wearing plaid skirts and cardigans I thought maybe they had imposed a uniform regulation But it was only teenage children trying to look like they thought their parents looked And now its teenage children trying to look like unemployed peo ple on the beach look professional students look or hardcore hippy looked My only problem is this How do we know when someone s really from California And do you close your eyes when you rip jeans NOTE The following to John Sweeney housing and municipal affairs minister was filed with the Herald for publication Mr Sweeney As the minister now responsible for GTA we would like to welcome you aboard Your newest fleet of ships ready for inspection The SS is one of your smallest ships but it s the pride and joy of Mr Peterson and Mr and is guaranteed not to sink if it hits a Beware of that state ment after all the SS GTA was launched during the Ides of March We should warn you that the SS GTA has sprung a few leaks and is running a little erratic The cap tain Captain Herrema a direct descendant of Bluebeard himself shows no compassion for his passengers at all Our captain is not sure what ocean his ship should be sailing on garbage transports housing but sails on anyway breaking hearts every port His crew Is a rather motley bunch irst mate Bean hasn t really sign d on I guess you could say he was shanghaied Then there s first mate King and first mate Pome who have signed on but can t make up their mind on which direction to to Then we have first mate Tonks who doesn t care which direction the ship goes as long as it s away from Metro Lastly we have the bng master Church whose job it is to toe the line and keep everyone from jump ing overboard Oh by the way don ask the cap tain to see the ships log they t keep one but if you pressu e them they may come up with something The ship has no accountable port and as such it flies the pirates flag The only suggestion that I can give you before the crew mutiny is to scuttle the ship and save the resi of fleet Happy Sailing Lloyd Thomas Resident of Whitevale Main Street needs new life Dear Sir After several unsuccessful at tempts to locate an address for the downtown business association I am sending this letter to you with a suggestion for them II is apparent that our Old G Main Street is dire need of some new life and the re cent loss of Whimseys is a sad one The addition of the Campbell House Gallery above McCarthy Tea Room is a positive step and the suggestion by Rickvicius of a Farmers Market on the main street s a great one 1 trus the local council will do everything their power to assist in the fulfillment of this idea I would like to nuke a sugges lion on of man people who feci as I do and s no make the downtown area a parking meter free zone The eft ciency of the local meter maids perhaps adding dollars to the coffers of the town is doing irrepatrable damage to the downtown area The number of tickets being handed out for short term violations e minutes overtime is making for poor public relations Many local people now just won t even take the chance of parking downtown anymore and are taking their business to the plazas There must e a time when we must place people values ahead of money values and perhaps that has come for the unique Main Street area of our town Could we not all pull together to and vibrant and a people place Yours sincerely Mrs Dawn Lmngstone Electricity shouldnt be taxed electric association chief says EDITORS NOTE The following letter from Carl Anderson chair man of the Municipal Electric Association to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was filed with the Herald for publication Dear Prime Minister am writing an open letter to you on a matter of significant social and economic policy As currently defined the Goods and Services Tax will apply to tricity In todays society elec tricity has become a necessity like water food and medical services all of which are to be excluded Low cost electricity has played a major role in this country s economic development As trade barriers are lowered we need to re tain our advantages As an elected Commissioner in North York I am concerned for the customers I am elected to serve and for the businesses which make our community healthy As Chair man of the Municipal Electric Association I know that over 1 other local utility commissioners in Ontario are equally concerned Electricity should not be taxed Weir Parents have the stockade blues Boy you got to admire the determination of the good people of Arkansas When it comes to coping with the problem of juvenile crime these folks don t mess around According to the newspaper the town has just come up with a fascinating new way to persuade kids to obey the law town council has adopted an ordinance making it pos to place the parents of lawbreaking minors in a public stockade Well Sounds like just one place to raise your kids doesn if Every adult knows that having kids will reduce his freedom a little but Dermott town council has just opened up a whole new dimension Here at home it common to hear parents lament that they haven had a proper night on the town since their eldest was bom Down in apparently there are parents who haven t been out of the since the kid discovered matches Naturally though it best to be openminded about these things And perhaps Dermott new law merits some dose consideration Just for starters it fascinating to see someone bring back a Medieval punishment like the public stockade It s the sort of thing that could establish a useful precedent I e believed for in stance that something particular ly dire ought to be done to drivers who sit in front of at an in and wait lor the light to turn green before signalling a left turn But I knew the rack might be an option Still I have mv doubts about Dermott s bright idea To begin with it seems just a tad unfair to chuck a parent in the stocks just because his kid is a lit Granted it s undeniably true that the kid s parents were respon sible for bringing him into the world But surely everyone allowed one mistake You also have to wonder if chucking parents in the stocks would really reduce juvenile It possible that it might even have the opposite ef fee Show me a child whose parents are in the stocks because he set fire to the Dairy Queen and I II show you a child who has of free time in which to blow up the 7 Eleven Still you cant the threat of being chucked into the stockade would inspire parents to do their best to control their rids Close your eyes and Us easy to imagine the responsible parental discussions that must be taking place down In this very minute Walter that boys done it again This time he hot wired Bil Jo Jimbob s new pick up and drove straight down Main Street at miles an hour Dang So what do you want me tod about it Emmie Seems pretty obvious to me Walter You re just going to have to shoot him This of course serves to il lustrate an entirely different sort of problem Let s face it if this sort of law had existed in the town where we grew up very few of us would have happy unstrained relationships with our parents today In fact a number of us would not be here to day at all All in all then don t think I d favor a widespread initiative by councils to follow s lead At least not unless its ac companied by a widespread dec by parents to embrace George Bernard Shaws theory concerning the ideal way to raise children Which is to leave them in a test tube until tbeyre and then break them open Or perhaps Instead Paren thood is a solemn responsibility and It always best to remain on the safe side