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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Till- JINF 2D A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Mam St South Georgetown Ontario MEYDOKIMOFF Publisher PHONE Random thoughts Its been a random sort of week so some random thoughts Pioneer Days again brought the crowds downtown There was plenty to see and do and for that the organizers should be congratulated However would be nice if there wa a little more of a pioneer atmosphere to the whole thing Rock bands are great but t a Rood session be that much Better Even a jazz band closer to fitting the supposed theme of Pioneer Days A few more store fronts featuring the old time motif would have helped as well Otherwise the Pioneer Days were a lot of fun While some of the Hal ton Board of Education trustees were tossing words like amicable and frien dly around last Thursday night in reference to their new contract we were a bit disturbed to hear a few other trustees muttering no alter native and we got shafted With that kind of opinion coming from our representatives it looks to us as if the provincial government through Bill 100 has put the taxpayers on a per pet us I merry go round with the teachers setting the speed We help but feel sorry the s works committee They had been handling the selection of the regional landfill site right up till last Wednesday time they lost all ontrol Granted there is justilicauon behind the Trtmaine Britannia ratepayers asking why their area seemed to have been marked right from the start to be high on the 1 of considered sites But for some councillors to turn around at tins point and accuse the consultants and the works committee of having produced a simply a report justifying site selection low politics The entire matter appears to be coming down to a political decision and rarely have those been to the the taxpayers The decision should be made with an eye on eventual costs not stnetly on the political implications Last but certainly not least Schools out Now more than any other time of the year parents should be ever wary of what their children are doing and where they re doing iL Accident reports of bicycle and tar run ins seem to be getting more and more frequent We avoided having a fatality thus far lets keep that record straight Queens Park Commentary Pressure groups- pro or con by Don O llram Park Bureau Of The Herald of the fuels of I today which ii no too well realized is the rend meter which we are more and more being subject pressure groups Quietly in recent years there has been a consistent growth In the number of disgruntled special interest groups who make representations here land at other seats of government on ever widening spectrum at topics ranging from gay liberation to our trucking rules The growth of these groups in itself is not something to be regarded with any particular alarm In essence they represent our more participatory society of today But the trend toward power they have been reflecting should be a cause for concern Beer Drinking The reason or this concern is thai he noise which these pressure groups make tends to have on influence far beyond any judication Our public and social policies generally speaking ire set by general consensus if society is working in good order But pressure groups can disrupt that order As just one example and perhaps it isn t the best one a while ago there wis a move underway to permit the sale beer at porting events In large stadiums A certain church denomination and not one of the larger ones immediilely storied a campaign against this Some fcttcm irrlv in the offices of the minister in Leaving no doubt that this designed was Ihe fact hit nearly ill the letters were similar not ex idcnticil but with the general points This protest obviously was not Iht result of any consensus The bulk of the public probably lure whether beer wis sold or not Nevertheless the prolesi worked Tin idea was dropped Then Report This is a small example of whit is hap pening on a larger scale fiery dnj it seems then is new special interest group of some form or is getting least the of then there ore the reports This is i of reports reports reports Anyone with long with government reports has learned to keep them it i distance has shown that almost alt reports are biased to some degree and that conclusions are lo be regarded as opinions only and then be carefully weighted reports no mitter what on and by whom art beginning to tarry the some is the pressure groups In Iht minds of the public and at least some of our politicians hey ire loading a w which is far beyond their worth There are many conclusions lo be drawn from tins trend Too to gone into here Hut the basic one is that we ore heading more and more into an situation On Parliament Hill Love A temporary form of insanity curable by marriage ikI Ottawa Hurra nirllernlrt If you re going write politics its virtu illy to keep issues in pi rspi tint without ti nl to bilk tailed Tin Devil s in flu trouble is I hovint hud out for wars suite th rose n seen suite isn easy to pick up other copy have been searching for weeks mt 1 sjid to girl in store do you a cop of The Die Sure she replied you II find it under occult II ill Satanism I if She led m to i section which dull with ghosLs It I be here I tried to see it s humorous book It defines those who hive liarmd In rise the principles What humorous thai sht iskeil librirnn rigidity win I vou w nil will be wilh the diction ines over tin re I dun think so I Ii ok defines a I ill who is of Killing ills is distinguished from thi who wishes I rephtc with others That i dictionary sin sill Not Thrrr Hut Ihe book in it section annul il she Well I hi of povirty number pi ins or its ilMhtionenuiIs that f Ihe ref rmirs who suffir from it plus thai if the who know nothing il lets look tinder rl sin No no this book ilso describes Senile as a of gentlimin d with high nil That confused her so left went to mother bookstore I looking or The Devil Die 1ki k which politics as I if I thai the of principles conduct of public iff for inlage Iht sales excited Is hit the that dcfinis rcprisinlltiu as i member thi House in Ihus world ind without discernible lope of promotion to tin it Iff to mother stun Do iop of The Devils book defines Opposition as hull prevents the government running by it I remimberthal book he clerk Il a lighthouse is I tall I inkling in tin shore in tin maiiiliins I imp the friend I politician Thut it I repeiKd again il described Love as a temporary curable by marriage and a lawyer j icntion of Ihe skilled the pan interested it which scribes union of iwotlniieswhohivt inserted each others it tin i si plunder third Hum I il for jears hi said Hut if it Ml mi be it the next store remembered it I II the d finilmn of hi was described is which shrug Ins definition push ont erf two things mainly conducive toneless espcciiillj The other is jutll owner of the joined the con He recalled the book and the of consul person who having fitted to secure in office from Ihe people is one by the administration on condition he leave he Hut he 1 slock the book However he kne w in old fellow dawn street who wenl in for this sort of lly golly slid the old think ri is copy in the basement I be right back I hear him shuffling through books down then there long panic followed by i Hey this be it he shouted is one who enjoys sacred privilege of inling for the min of mother mini s etone Eh inn up tin Mi rs looking at word diplonuey the art of lying for Any w or at least most it 1 mi now going to I ike a week off and put in perspective Viewpoint But do they learn anything by This week s Viewpoint lollows is sequel lo column child abuse it time of I if formal lining we give our people towards effective parenting This this of knowledge on the part of Icids to syndrome used children ire result f irentmg as opposed to i ipproach flu being iblt to nuke i tare or a dem indmg tiny human being is the ca pi neel parenthood retime pregnint Here in illon is fir luck is six com mi mil ions were m by program councils in educadon for the need of parent 1 1 lining before parenthood The program councils were set up as means lo prowde methods of improving the w thin system Those who served on these councils were often educators themselves pinpoint changes were needed within the system whose miTidalioiis re meant enrich the itionil progrimmmg of our young The results of these w ippear lo have given only slight consideration lip service if you will Here if a leather want his or her caching and knowledge with leave of absence it is present a brief of proposals to thi board for approval before any such leave is granted Wink on ihe teacher salary is pud in full long with tuition fees md costs In the past few many most knowledgeible iducator line found Ihit liter returning system their spcci lining hat is phee them in program that would use their skills to the best In today we have educators who believe in parental training beginning school level One such teacher with mtri than years experience has without success lo apply his special iraming in the field of parental training before parenthood here in Hilton The boards hesitancy appears to based on a walking on eggshell to public reaction change when the change in the case of formal in parenting his been studied recommended in effect pud for in terms of teacher upgrading dollars are Ihe most ibused monies around tod En enterprise com is to justifv of employees peels made Within hi Hilton teachers upgrading sihbilicils hive to justified from proposal point of view I hi done with the finished pmduet One case in point here in involves leive of wis paid ox dollars i program for one After completion of ipproved courses by the Hilton board his leather found that the approved training could not be put into practise the board Ironic isn vvnen we wrote oi the necessity of raining before parenthood we were not aw ire of he of proposals thai have already been made to the Board of 1dutition from within Ihe system Smew he re in the upper echelons of and idministntion there is a wide gap between what has ilready been paid fir and what be put into practise But why justify it its only tix dollars Hindsight seems to be a truly Canadian virtue When we see results of people in court hall syndrome seem o forget that ill people were once children ind in ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure Edueotion will not cure troubled society but with the removal of true ignorance often tomes the light of the first step towards our brave new world On The Home Front Ten years of life By Now having a family of my own a family that appears determined to hurtle themselves through the years is is I can sympathise and relate to my parents and the problems they faced a deferent perspective entirely For years they must gritted their teeth I do now over the org menu and fights J had with my younger brothers sure in their minds that we would never ever become friends This aspect of roiauigaomlly however compare heordeaUllpnrentsmustincvitably fact as one by one their family leaves home whether through ifutrriagc work or a need to express Independence I can only say that In this regard my parents were exceptional They faced it three tlmef hid their tears from us the door was always open I am sure every family must have a mixture of rebels and conformists While I certain that majority or flqHHn safety and security for their children above nil else this does not always reflect the needs and wishes of Ihe younger generation who ippe ir to slroigly the of heir lives raiher than safely In lys his is i swing of the pendulum in lime have been raised in m of comparative security ind now yearn for adventure of us surviving i depression or the long uncertain a succession of wars in turn look only for a secure lifestyle What is in ston for our children know 111 we tun do is love them guide them prepire them to stand on their own feet Ihen let them go This week I would like share a letter with you that I recently received from my youngest brother now living in i more or less perm inent who left at the age of to travel work his way around i greater portion of our globil village for a period of five years I hope you will find It somewhat thought provoking begins As decode or my life comes to in end I find myself drawn by state of introspection to he typewriter where I in tend to share some of my observations with flu my friend end of one cadi is a curious r young nor old rout Inyond the in prccoetousness of the of lu wtnlies mi stands on of full m mil ldullhoixt overnight thi blow seems more furrowed perhaps there is ly ore hi id on dmphy out becomes comic illy out of lie in one is tasti in music clothing tie In some eases the mdlviduil his completely be bchulurl to cite a famous wisnihtrdeiidorpenhiuslyclosi toil by his thirtieth this formidable milestone I eel it wry to have a look shoulder for a spill What could be more imporlont than on occasional glince a is it on Hit of When I Ixuk years to beginning of my third du I a young iv with deep y liming for Ihe groves and if ipy provincial own In a man biding his lime an empty page at Mr Oscar in that duet between and ihe rati young liltgniph boy that someone will to wrIK on Well whalideende All of you more be sideshave scribbled ami scrawled upon me to iter lesser degrees or indelibility Bui what larks I drunk wine with royalty hoboes mel Reggie le Ihe Wlutt Hi use and been in burned my bullocks on the in scorched beaches of ind hot irk d on In in i s I c t m Hill win he trand Monaco itched the ind boh in one lie been divorced but never married J sienllu Ihffmui ind larger I ve with wimin in fonss uul mountains on descried he mil in did an rns ami appeared in tin same Lire migazim is I leh I ve O I seven till I sung in the sunshine and laughed every day Ivi people In Germ in Inllan reek Dutch and on tongues i du grilled by rvln mid hitch hiked from Allien to Diego to Dawson a to from llerktley Toronto I walked from and space of a mere iKaite I hive earned and spent nearly nine ten thousand I hear you saying that all vtry fLselnating what have done lately I I ill here in little room r a quiet tree shaded street in the end of Toronto listtnmg to music of Mr on the I m first that I not selling ihe world on fire from it Hut then I nol dead either So to become of mo Just Inst week I played golf with fellow from South Africa who recommended homeland for its excellent climate ibuiuhiiite of living and strong but it s probably hard lo avoid buying African goods Another recent suggestion New Zealand Apurt from the fact pobobly I let in I can think of much wrong with tint of twin isles I like sheep and mild certainly live without again hearing in Tigir Williams Olympic coins Ontario I lace Mel I the waiters at Ihe air traffic controllers or the CDC weather forecasts Knowing me though I IE probably still lie here when the snow falls again griping about the cold the price of beer leafs and all the usual ennui Am I boring you There won be much more I hought that turning thirty called for some kind of slalemcnt It funny really I ve it for years now that it so what Here I sit newly shorn as befits an older man My room a mess Things don change much If you have nothing better to do give me a call and we II go out for a couple of beers OK This then is the brother whom I in turn fought with protected and bossed He lias probably packed more experiences and living Into his few years than most people do in a lifellme Whether or you agree with him is Immaterial Ills after oil his life I can only add that he Is one of the most Interesting people I shall ever knowand undoubtedly the happiest I am extremely proud that brother but my friend