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the HERALD Editorial Friday July 12 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division Canadian Newspaper Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario 3Z6 ROBERT MALCOLMSON Publisher and Generat Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES Il001VMmanlh 8772201 GIBSON Managing Editor ADVERTISING- TAYLOR Manager fry SI Time to vegout Ah yes its summertime and the living is sleazy By this of course we mean wearing shorts that normally no selfrespecting pair of legs would be caught dead in ripped Tshirts with beer drib bles and finger marks and of course the obligatory pair of wellworn and smelly sneakers that curl around the toes emitting the fragrance of a stale ham and cheese sandwich Isnt it great when even the squirrels vacate the neighborhood in disgust once the abovementioned attire is donn ed Well to all the friendlies and inlaws and outlaws and even those who purport to be one of the tribe lis that allowed I bid you adieu for at least two weeks Its back to the bush time again as I take my annual sojourn to the West Arm of Lake Nippissing for some and R Thats Desert Storm talk for fishing and fooling around Dont worry about the spelling its allowed because of something terms freedom of ex pression An almost extinct jour nalism perk As I See It by Colin Gibson Ive had some adventures perhaps misadventures might be the correct expression during my summer treks up north I almost lost my son off the back of a boat I came close to be ing rammed by a US gunboat lookalike while catching rays and teasing fish and I was very nearly marooned on an island when I didnt properly tie my rented boat to a nearby sapling Whatever its that time again and to paraphrase some of the friendlies Im off As I see it anyway A Poets I WANT TO BE FREE You dont get something In the early morning air for nothing the worlds so quiet And nothing in life is free while the wind ruffles my hair You wont get wise With the sleep still in your eyes The pale sky so calm and blue No matter what your life clouds moving gracefully may be As the sun comes breaking Jason Campbell Acton through Golden warmth shining so MEMORIES bright Walking through The worlds only true hope trampled leaves Its enduring endless light the sun breaking through the trees I remember that I once had No sound and deep In my soul except the silence I feel lonely and sad Death is near Quietly And I think of my love quietly Calling in bed No one As she dreams silently not Listens knowing And I walk on What goes through my head going no where Tracy Hicks Acton but finally breaking out into the open An ending Yet a new beginning From the cold lifeless graves and is gone To the bright and new world of the afterlife A deep motionless sleep Awakens you to your world of neverending dreams Sue White Acton BREAKING RULES 1 knew we couldnt WORLD OF DREAMS make love last The sleep is still In my eyes I dont know why we tried The dream is still in my head I shaed with you my feelings I sadly smile and heave a sigh And you kept yours inside And I lie awake In my bed Were you afraid to trust me The rules you wouldnt bend I wish that it might come You said youd never hurt me to pass But you left me in the end Not fade like all my dreams 3 Brooke Acton Just thinking of what my life might be LONELY AGAIN In a world like I have seen I cant explain The way I feel I dont think I can carry on Ive lost at love This cold and empty life The pain is real My spirits are low in the Loneliness my soul invades depths of despair No time for fun The pain cuts like a knife Not even trades A band is tightening Waiting for someone to call Round the heart And turn my life around I give my all Looking for the answers to And then we part All the questions I have found B Brooke Acton TRSMMGimSMOHS RePORTiPUTTD Mom Arnold for US President I dont know about you but Ive been feeling a little edgy ever since I discovered that Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to become president of the United States Gosh It seems like only yester day that Arnie was just another after photo in a Charles Atlas ad Now hes about to become the most powerful man in the western id How the mighty have risen Actually I should probably qualify this a little As far as I know isnt going to become president right away But according to a news story I read the other day none other than George Bush is actively grooming for a future career in politics Apparently Bush has taken to calling him the Republican and appointed him Chairman of the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Well And you hadnt even had a chance to get used to the idea of Dan sitting in the Oval Of fice had you According to the news report the presidents interest in is partly because of Schwarzeneggers intelligence and ability and partly because the president has discovered that hanging around is an ex cellent way to dispel his own wimp image This makes remarkable sense when you stop to think about it Indeed Ive done this sort of Weirs World Thomson News Service thing myself I managed to avoid getting beaten up by the tough guys in Grade Eight by hastily befrien ding Steve Cottrell who stood about sixfoottwo Steve and I didnt have a whole lot in com mon but tagging after him was a wonderful alternative to getting my head stuffed in the toilet At the time tagging after Steve seemed just a simple survival technique I never paused to con sider that it might work for world leaders too If only Id kept in tough with Steve after graduation I might be prime minister today But I digress We were talking about the possibility of President Schwartzenegger Im not sure how I feel about the sound of that apart from the fact that its infinitely better than the sound of say President Trump In actual fact the notion of Ar in the White House isnt even preposterous This is quite remarkable when you stop to think about it failing to be flab bergasted by the idea that the Americans might elect an Austrian- born exbodybuilder whose main qualification for run ning the nation seems to be that he succeeded quite nicely as Kindergarten Cop Presumably the lack of astonishment is explained by the fact that theyve already elected Ronald Reagan Twice Once youve already suspended disbelief past a certain critical point its impossible for the mind to boggle properly again When its viewed in this con text you dont really ask yes but how does Arnie stack up against Abraham Lincoln You say well he compares pretty favorably to Sam The fascinating question of course is whether this penchant for electing matinee idols will catch on north of the border Its probably not that likely con sidering that as a nation were a little short on matinee idols Mr Dressup is a very nice man but Im not sure youd send him to a Group of Seven summit conference In any case I suppose we should simply wish luck with his political career Hi Mr Schwarzenegger Lov ed you in The Terminator Im sure you have lots of nifty ideas about geopolitical relations and macroeconomics Say hello to VicePresident Stallone for us Peoples Forum New protest group formed Dear Sir Ontario taxpayers can take heart A new group called On- tarians for Responsible Govern ment has just been formed to op pose the ruinous economic pro blems of NDP Premier Bob Rae A project of The National Citizens Coalition ORG is a voluntary organization dedicated to lower taxes lower government spending and free enterprise Its independent of all political par ties and neither seeks nor would accept government handouts ORG has three aims First it will focus pressure on Raes government to moderate its radical agenda second it will en sure the defeat of the NDP government in the next provin cial election and finally it will en sure that Ontarios next govern ment embraces free enterprise and smaller government policies which allow the province to com pete and thrive The time for action is now In four years Premier wreck ing crew will have done a genera tions worth of damage to On tario unless we the taxpayers of Ontario stop him Thats why concern ed about their future and the future of their children should take a stand and support in its campaign to end ram page For more information about and its goals please write to Ontarians for Responsible Government No 100 Adelaide St W Toronto Ont Yours truly Colin TBrown President for Responsible Government