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the PIER ALP Home Newspaper of Halton Hills j Wednesday November A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario PETER BROUWER Publisher BILL JOHNSTON Editor BOB GRAVES Circulation Manager PHONE Second Clan Mall Registered Number This noise bylaw is unsound Do not shout Do not ring bells Do not blow your horn Those and a whole lot of additional are included in the latest bylaw of the regional municipality of Halton ifills bylaw is a lot of nonsense according to Councillor Ernie Sykes Its difficult to administer but it allows us to act when somebody is being obnoxious says Councillor Roy Booth The bylaw approved by council last week is a result of problems in the past in connection with sound trucks according to a report during the debate on the bylaw So we wonder why not a bylaw regulating the use of sound trucks and public address equipment Would it be so difficult to make up a new bylaw for a specific purpose What weve got now is a standard noise bylaw of the kind that has been op the books of some municipalities for so many years It still includes the ringing of bells A bylaw is a good law only if it of fers the possibility of being applied equally to alt This one doesnt because it gives a police officer the discretion of charging some long haired hippie or other undesirable while letting off the clean- cut kid who may be making just as much noise as the Whats an unusual noise under the bylaw Get this any sound made by pet animal or pet bird which disturbs the peace quiet comfort or repose of any individual grating grinding or rattling noise or sound caused by the condition of disrepair or maladjustment of any motor vehicle What all that means is simple We need policemen who are experts on the degree of bark in a barking dog and the degree of meeow in a pussycat and the degree of chirp in a bird all in relation to the degree of disturbance created by same Then also all our antinoise enforcement officers will have mechanics licences to determine whether that grinding noise of your cars starting motor is a result of disrepair or of malad justment or whatever Things could become very in teresting before long in a court case over the difference between a usual and an unusual noise or is it sound To sum up the bylaw is unfair to the makers of sounds but more so its grossly unfair to the policeman who will be required to be the judge And a sound judge at that A dump by any other name Take a sanitary engineers title away and you have a garbage man Take a sanitary landfill sites misnomer away and you have a garbage dump And thats precisely what the residents of Ashgrove are fighting a garbage dump plain and simple We offer full support to those citizens of and the rest of Halton Hills struggle against Halton Region highhanded and somewhat devious plans to transport garbage from alt sections of the region here to Halton Hills Their reasons for opposing the proposal are ones and ones which the rest of us should look at and heed To develop either one of the two sites presently being considered would be to take out of production prime agricultural land We dont have it to spare Beyond that there are the many hazards which any dump regardless of size of operation or method of operation may pose to the surrounding area In this area we feel the region has been far less than honest not only with the people of Ashgrove but with the regional councillors who are presently looking at the dump plan Maps showing the area do not include a number of streams which through or adjacent to the two dump sites and then continue on to connect with Mile Creek Nor did the maps show that Is located very nearby and thus would be affected by the steady flow of trucks to and from the dump However we hope that when the Ashgrove situation is carefully looked at planners councillors and citizens do not just dwell on whether or not to locate the dump in Ashgrove Lets take a look at whether or not another garbage dump is really necessary In dealing with that fairly basic question possible alternatives- such as a close tiein with the provinces planned reclamation centre for this areashould be looked at- But then going even beyond finding mere alternatives we would hope that finally a level of govern mentbe it regional provincial or federalwould take a fullscale look at cutting down on garbage at its source Frequent targets for groups such as Pollution Probe are the extremely expensive and extremely wasteful packaging standards of North American manufacturers A look at shelves in any super market offers bright colorful examples of almost totally which in a matter of and in many cases just hours will be bright and colorful examples of garbage which have to somehow be removed and disposed of The con sumer pays at both ends for that package the buying of it and the removal of it Thats the kind of thing we would like to see closely examined First and foremost must be a study on the need for a new garbage dump in Halton When the need has been proven to be undeniable then and only then should we begin to look for a place to put it Speoking of illegal acts If theres such a thing as getting the last laugh when receiving a traffic fine I think managed to do it Heading home last Wednesday evening after a full day of work plus an enjoyable time at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerces dinner meeting I was pulled over for speeding Guilty There was no denying it Caught with my speedometer up and my defences down A constable who shall remain nameless did his duty by handing me the ticket All well and good As I was getting out of the cruiser I was still sort of kicking myself for a speeding in the first place and b getting caught Just before closing the door I looked down and saw this flattened red and black thing where I had been sitting Gee constable sorry about your nice hat Georgetown may have the only cop whos flat at both ends flat feet and flat top Speaking of Illegal acts Ken our ad manager here at the Herald brought In copy of the Ren frew Mercury On the front page was a story from provincial court In that town One case dealt with a guy who happened to miss the road and Now the computerized report card Whether or not you have teenagers attending high school or even if you are a teenager this latest sign of the times will get you probably as much as it got me I have a son 15 in high school He came home a few days ago to tell us that his next report card will be a piece of computer programming Apparently the next report is going to come out with the teachers comments done up the same way as one of those Readers Digest com puter printout sheets It works this way While marking the number or percentage on the report card Im given to understand that for this term at least the teacher will still do that he teacher will nave a choice of comments he or she can tick off he or she finds these apply to the student whose report is being made up The 50 comments cover the whole range of good bad or indifferent attitudes the student may have developed In during the term In question Im not looking forward to the I think weve got to draw the line and heres where I draw It If report card docs Indeed come tomrhouse as currently I intend to raise the roof so igh the minister of education will wish he was dealing in reforestation I hope youre with me in this one I cant say unfortunately that I by PETER told you so because at the beginning of this whole new idea of open school and more liberal attitudes towards students and all that stuff I was all In favor It was time for a change said I After all it had been only a few years since Id been in school and I had certainly seen some of my teachers do it all wrong Well today Im not so terribly sure anymore I met more kids who have never learned the basics and who cant spell wortha damn and Who wouldnt even pass the mark of the worst kid in my class when I was in school Yet theyve graduated And the saddest part of it all is that there are thousands of students who have become victims of this new thing in education Kids who have simply missed out on the basics and who will have a helluva time the rest of their lives and trying to catch up Many never will Ask some of the teachers today Yes there are still the diehards who say the new way is the only way But there are it seems to me many more who have come to the conclusion that what was good enough for grandpa and dad ana myself is good enough for Johnny in fact a whole lot better Lets hear from some of you people out there How do our schools stack lip today compared to when you went Are the kids in the class of 1974 whatever grade really getting their moneys worth The more I see of it the more I doubt it And the more worried parents I meet the more I find Im not alone in my opinion sheered off some guldeposts and a fence His defence He was necking with his female passenger The Judge sternly admonished him stating that we used to stop to do that for careless driving In another case in the same court by BILL JOHNSTON that day an constable reported that he was driving along one day when he happened to notice a car coming down the road with a boy sitting on the roof Ah but the driver of that car had an Ironclad defence I wasnt going far he told the court Guilty the court told him Having been in court many a time as a court reporter of course think I can hold my own with any lawyer when it comes to telling funny stories about incidents in court The best one I think occurred in provincial court in Cobourg Things had been dragging along on this fine summer day A rather looking fellow stood up to plead not guilty a charge of drinking In a public place After an impassioned plea that he would never do it again he returned to his seat in the back amongst a group of his cronies The court settled down to its tone due respect Suddenly Crash The entire court stopped and slowly looked around There under this fellows chair were the shattered and soggy remains of a mickey of rye Guilty Liked this joke After boss slumped Into his office chair after a too liquid lunch the secretary picked up the ringing phone Im sorry she said tactfully Hes out FROM lunch Switching the subject completely If you noticed in last weeks paper almost all of page five was devoted to letters from you our readers Thats terrific Keep them coming for a community paper should be a com munity voice I was involved in a thing called 74 this past summer in which a group of industrial designers from throughout the world came to a small community to study how it could retain its still existing in the shadow of a large all- consuming centre Toronto in this case It was extremely interesting because all the designers who represented countries as diversified as Russia Australia and Brazil came to the same conclusion Close friendly and open com munication among the members of a community is totally necessary if that community is to exist with any semblance of selfidentity Putting that into more practical terms one group presented methods of doing it The communitys newspaper they said offered the most obvious and most effective means of doing so Another suggestion which they made was a community Bitch Board It would be nothing more than a board placed in a prominent spot in the community on which citizens could anonymously express their views on things going in the community through letters signs drawings It would also serve as a community information centre about upcoming events or just a place to advertise that youre free on Fridays to do some babysitting Communication though was the key and is very much the key to the whole process of retaining a com munitys character So communicate YEARS AGO 60000 for new bridge at station From pail editions of the Reeve John Elliot has announced he will seek reflection Bill Smith has also in dicated he ill it third as councillor in Ward Three Thus far 11 nominations have been received for political office in the December election For the first time since he down from command ten years ago Col John led the Lor Scots regiment to SI Georges Anglican Church Friday 13 was not lucky for Don Chapman a local farmer While driving to work he struck dog forcing his car into the ditch blowing tire in the process While trying to help dog he was bitten and his suit ripped Upon re luring home to change he found lie was locked out While climbing In a cellar window he put his foot In some home brew he was making for Christmas holidays When Mr Chapman arrived at work he was docked an hours pay for being late Some days it does not pay to get out of bed It was estimated that If would cost to construct a foot bridge across the CNR tracks at Ibc station Increased train traffic forced to close the crossing to both cars pedestrians The John Street subway Is the only way to get from one side to the other Costs of improving the subway would be YEARS AGO Five new members have Joined Lions Club The Initiation ceremony was under the direction of Lion Harold The new members arc Vic Dlgglns Mayor Harold County exceeded Victory Loan Bond sales by 1 million Georgetown and District exceeded their objectives by percent This week at Carrolls Pancake Flour 15 cents a package Quaker Quick Oats 19 cents Bird Seed 17 cents Palmolive soap 2 for cents New Brunswick Sardines 2 for IS cents Bell Telephone reports long distance calls have Increased by 10 percent over last years total YEARS AGO The farms of Mrs W Bruce William and Cleave which moke up 1258 acres will form the new subdivision Delrex Developments will appear before the Ontario Municipal Board to seek annexation of the land Former Georgetown banker Bob Ireland has been transferred to the head office of the Bank of Commerce This follows a recent transfer from he Georgetown branch to Nick and Blake each scored a hattrick at the arena to lead their club to an victory over the Milton Coops The Raiders showed plenty of scoring punch and checked well to give fans a good brand of hockey Elmer the Safety Elephant files over Chapel Street and Wrtggkwworth School for the first time Harold Henry and William Kinrade welcome the Elmer campaign as method of reducing caused by the carelessness of children