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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills WEDNESDAY A Division of Newspapers Company Limited 103 Mini St South Georgetown Ontario I I Publisher Si I Mill Do we really win with Wintario The Ontano government should do something about cultural grants It should decide to either loosen or tighten regulations governing money derived from its immensely popular and profitable Wintano lottery Today the government agency responsible for handing out cash to cultural organizations has proximately 20 million sitting around doing nothing It s doing nothing because of confusion surrounding regulations and because of bureaucratic rigidity And it is being bombarded con by organizations which believe they are entitled to a share of the money for their cultural and theatrical endeavors The government agency is in a tricky position It has money from the taxpayers but it recognizes that this money was not received through taxation it was voluntarily placed there by salary and wage earners who took chances on the Wintario draws In that sense taxpayers can hardly complain when certain monies are directed to theatrical groups and others which might not be capable of generating profits from their tures The agency must balance this knowledge with the fact that much of the money used by groups will never be seen again and many of the organizations will exist for only as long as the money lasts However taxpayers who are fed up seeing their tax money squandered on unprofitable theatrical projects might be more tolerant of Wintano money being used to help struggling groups which have something in and worthwhile to offer officials are in a bureaucratic bind They cannot help groups more than once and they have been told to avoid getting involved with professionals rents and salaries This effectively curtails assistance for many theatrical organizations The Actor Repertory Company of Toronto is a classic example of bureaucratic rigidity The company tried last summer togetaSlO grant from Wintario It didn t The company raised privately rented a theatre in Toronto for a month received from the Ontario Arts Council a govern funded agency and started presenting its productions It went out of business three weeks ago owing Needless to say the company is bitter toward Wintario for not providing money We sympathize with company members ana with Wintario officials who have to interpret the regulations But may we also ask a question would the company not have gone out of business anyway even if funds had been provided Has it not occurred yet to the company that its inability to create a profit was perhaps caused by public rejection of its cultural offerings These questions and others should be asked by theatrical groups and by Wintano itself Someone going to have to decide where to draw the Tine between financial largesse and the validity of cultural ex On The Homo Front- Viewpoint Conservation should start at Queens Park Queen s Park should in the in terests of providing Ontano citizens with a proper example of con servation of energy something they re very good at to begin with take a few of the suggestions offered free of charge last Tuesday night at the University Women s Club forum on energy conservation and possible alternatives If anyone can make use of them Queen s Park should be able to for example Where else are you going to find such a constant supply of hot air As far as methane gas derived from animal manure goes there are few farms in Ontario that have as much bull readily on hand as found on that funny farm in Toronto The only area where they might have problems is making use of solar energy When was the last time you can remember anyone from Queen Pork seeing the light Not too bright some of those boys They just love to cloud the issues Solar energy have a chance What Margaret Trudeau did we should all do by 1 Hang on to your hats Viewpoint readers this is going to be a knock em sock em no holds barred column Where I ask do the people in this country get when it comes to the type of criticism that Margaret Trudeau Ins been subjected I listened lo several bits from radio call In shows about her recent sup social faux pas I say supposed or definite reasons which we shall go Into later seen prcs criticism that almost borders on slander I to Canadians who have probably never been oft heir doing anything for Canada say the following She really going off the deep end this time to lock her up and throw away the key the dummy can even sing To the above and other cheap shot that don deserve to be printed I say shut up and listen for two minutes Margaret Sinclair Trudea is different Because she is different does not necessarily mean she is or nuntally incompetent What image docs she project for Canada She She can play all the protocol and political games She finds It difficult lo relate to people except on a personal basis Is that really so terrible What she does may be socially according to rules and but if you ask why is done this way or thai the answer you Invariably get is It has always been done this way Right there folks is what s wrong this and country In the world Our from perfctt world Our far from perfect that minis First Lady Did Mrs an Immoral act Is she then lady Has she hurt someone itb an acid tongue like a very well known other Lady NO All the woman did was try to put a per stamp on an occasion that recks of pretension when it comes to protocol If ins arc ashamed of a act of love then I am ashamed to be a Canadian What Is so wrong in what she did and has I drone her breakdown like the breakdown of so many gentle souls came Because she play the game It damn hard look someone in the eye and a bunch of nonsense that his been written and rehearsed and handed to I stopped playing thai game years ago and I been called lot of things but I assure jou I not All Ins or It at this point in time ore real feelings Margaret Trudeau shows real feelings If re pretending lo be something re not pretending to like love to act a certain wnj- Mil missed the boat whole life Is I sham God help us all feelings from humanity Good manners arc always in style but I can see anything offensive in telling someone you love them When see Margaret notice her youngsters arc with her almost all of the thavc to lug them around She wants to Wake up Canada What do you want for a First Lady I m anything but ashamed of our Prime Ministers wife I Just wish we had more like her Let look what she Is not She not pompous She not a liar She not hurtful She not without a family She not rude She Is a genii compassionate sensitive spontaneous woman not a Utile girl What ask you Is so wrong with that admire people who refuse to be put in a slot because everyone else soys they belong there So she s not a singer or a fantastic poet thai not the point She was trying and is trying to do something her way Cannot Canada be a land of individuals Do we all have to be sheep all the time Docs Margaret have to be a carbon copy of Jackie or the Queen In order to be What wrong with the people in this country anyway Our Prime Ministers wife is a young mother with small children who Is trying desperately hard remember her break down be her own person and at the same time fulfill her duties as the wife of a Prime Minister Can the pompous of Ihls country who place value on social protocol give this woman a break I wouldn want her Job but she has my 100 percent support to do it her way UP CANADA Please pass the bySuianDetaccndli Dinnertime that wonderful time when the family assembles local exchange news and generally participate In intelligent conversation Togetherness This of course Is ho the women picture the occasion fortunately my family members don t read he same articles because it simply docs not work out quite he same way In this house When dinner reaches that final preparatory half hour critical stage I cannot move for the bodies cluttering up the kitchen peering Into the oven and removing saucepan lids Ian t it ready yet I starved How much longer do we have to wait Then with usual childlike perversity dinner hits the table and I discover they have scattered with the wind Should be fortunate enough to have on e child within reach I have learned never to send that one to search for the other two as I then finish up minus three That old adage of a child In the hand Is worth two in a neigh hours back yard certainly applies in this household Their return usually coincides with the congealing the soup and the youngest is covered In enough dirt that suspiciously query her Identity There hove been past occasions when I have found myself mistakenly feeding a hungry stray The middle chdd has Inevitably managed a snack and declares she Is no longer hungry and he eldest regardless of what Is placed on the table before him says What that again Richard is the type of child who on Christmas day will say Turkey again We had that last year Once they are finally seated it Is then just downhill all the way Richard our fount from whence all knowledge comes kicks off the con versa tionol gambit Hey Dad Did you know you have ten feel of large Intestines and twenty feet of small intestines What s an intestine number two Father turns a shade pale Tell me what you learned in math Instead Do you want to hear a Joke number three enquires hopefully Pass the wine mutters Father also dissected a frog in class Louisa our tenderhearted one starts to It was already dead you nerd Don t you want to hear my Joke I am sure Spock must have covered this situation but at this point I am too busy trying to retain my sanity to remember what he wrote I hopefully suggest Don t you hove some homework t like to watch Sesame Street Call on a friend Aw Mom You never want to hear the real neat stuff I was going to tell you about the reproductive organs What a reproductive organ You never listen to my Jokes Father who is now a truly alarming colour Inserts the only intelligent comment thus far Out In the ensuing silence my husband looks Do me one favour Tomorrow night when you call them In for dinner Just don I call too loudly Pass the wine I mutter Togetherness The parents who imbibe together survive together On Parliament Hill Lets scrap the Order of Canada By STEWART Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Now that we have given a hearty round of applause lo the latest batch of outstanding citizens being appointed to the Order of Canada and before the Governor General ad council starts working on the selection of a new batch it might be an appropriate time to consider scrapping the whole business Oh I know such suggestions bring cries of outrage almost akin to an attack on motherhood and bound to misinterpret them as a slight toward those already honoured with the No such slight Is Intended The hundreds already named since the Order was established in 1967 have In one way or another mode outstanding contributions lo their com mlllesbut the point Is there are many thousands of others who for various reasons have made equal contributions but will never be honored How can anyone possibly achievement in relation to ones contribution to Can da Most people can t even agree on who makes the greatest contribution to a home let alone a whole country I been slaving over this hot stove all day while you ve been down In that nice cool sewer etc II s fine to honor a famous surgeon fordoing what he likes best but are his achievements any more outstanding than the country physician who quietly answers calls all through the night have been Justly recognized for assisting service clubs and voluntary organizations but what about thai woman In the small village who has no organizations to join and In stead devotes all of her lime to helping neighbors Sure she could be nominated but who is likely to do It Is the great university educator and many have been honored any more deserving lhan the small town school teacher who molded he sense of values which sent students to that educator Docs the great symphony conductor make a more out standing contribution to Canada lhan the great old time fiddler Some great writers have given awards incidentally novelist refused his but how many great auto mechanics have been on those Hals Ha When former prime minister Lester Pearson established the Order during the heady days of centennial yeor there was warm approval for his idea Since Mackenzie King began discouraging British awards for Canadians there was no way of honoring the out standing achievements In this country and Mr Pearson felt there should be a Iruly Canadian award to honor distinguished contributions It could also be noted that for similar reasons he established a public servant award annual prize for the best performance by any of Canada odd federal employees And after nine years this has become a ludicrous Joke The winner is selected by a panel of five judges none of whom live In Ottawa Recommendations arc made at the deputy minister level and by a curious coincidence all but one of the winners have been at that level or higher The winner this year was Jake Warren Canada a am bass a dor in Washington and former deputy minister of trade Theprcvlousycarlt was Gordon Robertson secretary to the cabinet for federal provincial affairs and up until this year a member of Ihe Governor General s advisory committee on the Order of Canada This year Mr Robertson was made a companion of the Order As I sold earlier there is no doubt that all the awards have been well deserved But its a crying shame that the thousands who are equally deserving will never be And lets not have any suggestion about Increasing the number awards The federal and provincial governments did that wilh the once distinguished title of Queens Counsel And at the rate these arc mushrooming they soon be going lo law students Liberals new leader should get moving By DON O be an early election so that he Queen sPsrk Bureau will have time to become Of The Herald known throughout the province TORONTO New Liberal and establish an Image leader Stuart Smith has one Quite possibly he is on the thought very much fixed In his wrong track in Ihls mind HAS MOMENTUM He Is hoping that there won One con see where too much of on Image Is Just what within a year from an unknown injection of spirit It gave itself has to start travelling the Smith doesn need to his parly leadership at the convention province and meeting people At the moment thanks lo his And who showed along And no mailer how much win a convention way signs of being something It is doubtful If over coming charm and intelligence he is new lender has a louch of quite special weeks there will be any gains able lo turn on he Is bound to be magic connected to his name Also he is leading at present for either Smith or a bit of a disappointment His image lo Ihe public la a party which has momentum party People will be expecting a mainly thai of which still Is rolling with of all the new leader political Lancelot will be faced with a human being Then again the party Itself is bound to peak off a bit Post election momentum simply can be kept up without an Immediate target to aim at Under these circumstances Smith and his party might party should be able to pick up be much belter off if they could most of lis momentum before get lo the country quickly it slows down to an Idle On his convention record and All In nil the best deal for what the public thinks it knows both the Liberals and their new about him ho will pick up a lot leader could be a vote of voles quickly as possible And with a quick election the Years Ago From he files of the Herald Five Yean Ago Some trophies and close to in cash were divided up amongst the best pilots of tome snowmobiles entered In the two- day Georgetown International Snowmobile Races held In Stewarttown The Herald learned Ihls week that a group of local people ore making plans tor the Brewers Retail moving from downtown location construction of a medical centre which would be on acres laud on Anne Drive owned by Nell Investments Ha user will take over duties manager of Ihe Royal Bank hero next week He succeeds George manager for four years A familiar member or downtown business community Miss Kathleen Given retired at the end of January from her position In the Beaver Lumber Company office Miss Given has been Beaver Lumber for the past ten years She was with the Georgetown Lumber Co for 39 years before It changed lo Beaver Mrs Dora Sutherland lamed president of the Georgetown branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society the society a annual meeting held this week Mrs Sutherland succeeds Mrs Judy Kiiffncr In position Judy received Ihe Pries Memorial Trophy this week for showing the mosl improvement throughloul the course of her swimming Instructions held at the Georgetown Community Swimming Pool Fifteen Year Ago Georgetown Is seeking an unemployment insurance office Council on Monday for warded Ihe request to asking such consideration Ihe present time Georgetown is served through the Brampton office The Brewer a Retail Store part of downtown scene for many years another location In the spring Sod was broken on Monday for a modern 3 square foot building facing the Plaza which will be Ihe now Brewers Retail outlet The new slate of directors of Ihe Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service was chosen this week at the annual meeting Brigade Chief 1061 is Harold Gilmer