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Editorial Friday July 26 US Home Newspaper Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspaper Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario L7G K ROBERT Publisher and General Manager 8772201 EDITORIAL- COLIN GIBSON Managing Editor ADVERTISING- TAYLOR Manager rilling til III SI 111 CI In dam Meaning and purpose comes in surprises Its amazing how its always the small and unlookedfor moments that you with the realization that your life may have Meaning and Purpose after all I had one of these moments yesterday morning when my eyes were suddenly opened to the possibility that I may have been placed on this earth to make ex istence just slightly less unbearable for parking meter at tendants Better put on your mask and snorkel now This column is go ing to be very Deep It was odd in fact quite Cosmic really that I should have encountered a parking meter at yesterday Because Id just finished reading a newspaper trivia item about the invention of parking meters As you might have imagined parking meters are an invention of the Twentieth Century along with the hydrogen bomb mustard gas and male menopause Parking meters were invented 35 years ago somewhere down in the States and apparently they actually caused riots when they were first installed This in itself says something quite fascinating about the changes in society over the past years Back m it seems people had a much sterner notion of what constituted a violation of their rights If they were prepared to lay violent hands on a parking meter imagine what theyd have done to a bank machine that swallowed their card and then flashed a lit tie message urging them to have a nice day Anyway we were discussing my parking meter attendant I d parked outside a store you see I d gone in side and spent oh say seconds making a purchase When I came back out the door a small and reprehensible person was putting a ticket on my car I shudder to think what might have happened next had this been I presume the mob would have had him before I had a chance to intervene As it happened I found myself sauntering over grinning foolishly and saying Whoops Im not sure how to explain this cringing response Perhaps it was because Id gone into the Weirs World by Ian Weir Thomson News Service store to buy a pack of cigarettes and was thus feeling crushed and unworthy under the weight of mortal sin In any case he just stared at me jaw slackening and eyes widening You know he said in wonderment you know I just gave a ticket to a fellow just like you Well not quite He was a lit tle younger And a little better dressed and his car was more ex pensive It occurred to me briefly that this fellow was doing a splendid job if his aim was to make me sympathize with him He had phrased this just about flawlessly except for the bit that came after you know That other fellow swore at me for five minutes my new friend continued plaintively Why do people DO that I was tempted to say that it might have something to do with his own sure touch with com phments but continued I m only doing my job Sometimes I just have to ask the Lord for strength I confess this took me aback It had never occurred to me that giving out tickets like minister ing to the homeless in Calcutta was a job for persons of deep spiritual conviction I had a sudden piercing insight into the misery of this man s life and felt a surge of relief that I had spoken kindly to him Some people are pretty in credible I said sadly shaking my head Swearing at a guy over a parking ticket Well no he said Not ex actly Its Then he jumped into his Jeep and drove off so quickly that I didnt even have a chance to start swearing at him If only the Lord will give me strength Poets Corner Being Me Being isnt that bad At times though lam quite sad When I am sad I think of my good qualities and it makes me feel pretty glad I realize that I am human and I like everyone else have good points and bad I remember that as an individual my accomplishments great Being me Isnt bad after all I just have to think of rj thing good about me and not spend so much ing about m mistakes Janet Banks Georgetown 1 FROM ABOVE As I gaze down from way above It is your sparkle that I love The deep blue sky does surround you The earth the waters so abound you The glare of moonbeams shine on you By morning comes the glittering dew They are your beauty width and length For your bounty your very strength Lois Richardson Georgetown Peoples Forum- Military needs advanced equipment To the Editor The Iraq war proved without a doubt thai sending troops to bat tie with anything less than the most advanced equipment is really suicidal With the apparent collapse of Rusia even though Russia still has the world s most powerful nuclear submarine fleet Canada decided to save money and not build three nuclear powered submarines During the Iraqi war our few surface ships were deployed well out of harm way and very little air time was spent in real danger zones Don blame our men The pro is our equipment Last summer I spent several hours on the Athabaska and was shocked when I was told of one problem that occurred m the building of the first new frigate by the M I Group Inc These thips are normally block ed four feel above the deck of the drydock This one was but while building the superstructure they forgot to install the engines or turbines The ship had to be to a height of 12 feet and large holes cut in the superstructure to install whatever was left out then Later in the year I was talking with a gentleman associated with the Great Lakes shipping authority and he con firmed this event to me Furthermore I understand the refitting of our destroyers in Quebec shipyards is well behind schedule The I L Group Inc is owned about two thirds per cent by the government of Quebec Ac cording to a recent article in the Globe and Mail 75 per cent of the contract price for three frigates has been paid to I already yet one is only half built anoint r about a third and the third ship just started contract overruns are already approaching million and With Parliament on summer holidays its a good time for the Federal Government to announce they will give I all the money it wants After all has the G S T funds to play with Why should the rest of Canada put up with such incompetence This is not petty stealing this is a major robbery made legal by Mr and other Quebec politicians This is Canadas major pro blem today D Pinkney Georgetown Ont Incineration should be explored Dear Editor Your bold editorial asking for a reappraisal on the Energy From Waste alternative July is timely and worth the exploration you recommend Unfortunately the garbage disposal issue ends with the for both the Ministry of the En vironment and many lobby groups The real issue is whats next after per cent reduction in the waste stream The con tenders remain EFW and Land fill The Carbon Dioxide emissions from a well designed boier are of the order of 12 per cent by weight for fossil fuels It is unlikely this figure will be ex ceeded in burning garbage C02 is heavier than air and of course plants breathe it It migrates into the ozone layer slowly and then only heats the layer being rich in oxygen it does not react with the ozone Landfills emit significant quan titles of methane This gas is lighter than air and migrates into the atmosphere quickly It reacts absorbs 29 times its weight of the ozone layer That barrier is both depleted and warmed The socalled trace elements halogens many varieties of carcinogens remain locked in landfills to quietly form toxic compounds which eventually migrate into drinking water No one expert witness or knave can predice when they will make their presence felt The same dread chemicals in EFW can be identified and scrubbed and often neutralized because they can be isolated The Editor and Miltons Coun Bill Johnson are correct EFW is the lesser of two evils The debate should be opened and soon before the technical reality is totally eclipsed by wrong political postering Yours truly Bill Hyde Editors note The Herald hanks Mr Hyde for his letter in response to the newspapers 17 editorial however the focus was on the banning of on being the lesser of evils compared to landfilllng Write us a letter The Herald wants to hear from you If you have an opi nion you want to express or a comment to make send us a letter or drop by the office Our address is 45 Street Georgetown Ontario All letters must be signed Please include your ad dress and telephone number for verification The Herald reserves the right to edit letters due to space limitations