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Paget THBHBRALD Wednesday November 1IT4 Theres nothing to do But whos to blome Is Georgetown a turkey town Is really nothing for the young people to do but hang around the streets and look for trouble IfthereisnothlngtodolnGeorgetown The town the parents or the young people themselves In the next few weeks the Herald will be conducting a of lnlervlewt of various In Georgetown to find out what can be done about the problem and whose responsibility It la to see that our you are kept occupied ana on tne streets We will interview town councillors police teachers parents social service agencies and of course the kids involved Since the Contact Centre has focused on youth problems and the Children Aid Society are Intent on establishing com unity resources where they are most needed perhaps this would be a great place to start This week we posed the preceding questions to the kids on the street adding one more question What are you doing about If And believe It or not we discovered that underneath all that hair there are real people with feelings and needs Here what our youth feel and need TRUDY IT Guelph St We need a dropIn centre where we can have dances and rap sessions and maybe think up some useful activities We need a movie theatre but they say It Is too small a town to be bothered Sometimes I think the town is to blame but a lot of time tt Is the kids fault because they don t think we could run a dropIn centre and organize it for ourselves If we had some support But the adults don t trust us with responsibility So all we do is hang around the pool hall and the restaurant and waste our money DAVID THOMS 17 Stewart town Can you imagine a bunch of long haired guys going up to council and saying we want something to do They d laugh us right out of the place Nobody wants to waste money Even if they did start a dropin centre d go if the cops were there why don t they keep the drags trip open It was taking the dragging off the streets and putting It where it belongs DON McNIVEN 17 Albert St There should be a meeting place where we could have dances and rap sessions and maybe a pool Cable and other games where we could play cheaper than 75 cents or IS minutes At Lake Simcoe they have a hall where everybody meets every Friday and Saturday nlghi and they get groups to dance to It a great But here the town don want to be bothered with us If they had a dropin centre they d have to hire a cop and they don want to put out money for that The and the Boy Scouts have everything too organized and the activities are too young for us Why don t they get with It and do something modern LORUSSO 17 John St I went through all that with the brownies and girl guides when I was younger I outgrew It Some parents wont let kids bring their friends home because they don like long haired wierdos If we cant have a place to go why don they let us hang around Main Street without all the hassle Other places like Toronto have centres that are really successful Why don t we go and visit them and find out why It works for them When they try it here It a flop Maybe we need a different kind CONNIE MARY DON RODGERS DON McNIVEN of centre than the ones they tried before We need a movie theatre ihm DAVID TRUDY SHOEBRIDGF You cant spend what you havent got David Coons at and furniture financial David Coons Burlington Regional Councillor wants region heads to stop spending money which the region does not have Coun Coons presented a motion to the regional ad ministration and finance committee Wednesday to stop departments from spending money on office furniture until after the administration committee studies a detailed report on startup requests We ve already been told we don t have anymore money to spare he argued Let try to bring some stability back here I don want anymore funds spent on furniture until we can study a detailed report His motion which the committee agreed to was made after a report from Regional Treasurer Don Farmer was presented It outlined a list of Items which were not included In the year regular budget but were a part of the special startup budget Earlier the Ontario government decided not to give Halton Region what was requested for startup pur poses putting the region In a difficult position said Mr Farmer Included In the list of startup costs is a regional pedestal ashtray at and furniture replacements in the public works department at Oakville Coun Carl said that the was far too much to spend to equip only seven offices He recommended reducing the amount to Coun Coons said he could not support the motion because It Is not strong enough and proposed a motion to stop all department head spending for office furniture The committee passed two other motions one to have the Regional Chief Administrative Officer Ernie prepare a detailed report on where the money is being spent and a second motion to Include the monthly financial statements for September and October In the report If the- department heads were establishing offices In their own business they could do it for a lot less than Is listed here Coun Coons added There no concern for the dollar in this budget Mr Farmer told the coun that a majority of the money In some start up budgets has already been spent by the department heads He had recommended that money from the regional reserve fund be used to pay the in eluded in the rest of the startup budgets Sports Tack OPENING SOON 128 Guelph St No Hwy Georgetown Ontario Safe ANNUAL DIAMOND SALE BUDGET ACCOUNTS AVAILABLE Selection from 100 00 up GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8771230 show A drivein would be nice All year round roller skating would be great CONNIE 15 River Dr I stay home a lot watch TV and do my homework Then we walk around the street for a while and then go home again I never really thought about whose fault it was or that something could be done about It It Just is that way in Georgetown and nobody seems to be bothered about It I m all for all year round roller skating DON 17 Mill St I don t think anyone is to blame They just don t realize there Is a problem They always say there lots to do In Georgetown If you want to look for It But we d be called down by our friends if we volunteered todoanyofthatsquare stuff or If we offered to help somebody I d like to see more car rallies and rock concerts We are always getting kicked out of places because they re elders and they don un derstand when kids laugh and have fun They forget that they were kids too Snowmos prepare for another winter The will be dealt with thanks to the the Georgetown club will open will deal with the affects display featuring the from Georaetown Snowmobile Club cooperation of a number of the evening Tom Massena of snowmobiles have upon the two manufacturers The night has already plans for groups actively involved in the St John Ambulance Corps environment will close with remarks by its to promoting snowmobile safety will present Instructions on first Safety films will be shown Halton Hills councillor Mike be held In the Georgetown and Acting as emcee for the evening aid for and there will be a snowmobile Armstrong District High School be former mayor Bill Survival kits a necessary cafetorium Monday Smith himself an active Item for snowmobiles will be November 18 snowmobiler explained by Ron Johnson All aspects of Doug Carrier president of Snowmobile maintenance will be dealt with as well D a Fields of the TfireClT Georgetown Police Department 1 ii locfll fln A false bomb threat In Acton Montreal received an clal bylaws dealing with Is still being investigated by the anonymous telephone call at snowmobiles and Ihelr use Mr Acton OPP reported Cpl Bob p on Friday saying a bomb Fields was the founder of the Arbour was planted In the bank and safety clinic idea here in A clerk at the Bank of would go off In five minutes Georgetown and was the chief After the flvemtnute time organizer of the first such Missing Acton received two separate reports of missing wallets containing large sums 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