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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills WEDNESDAY MAY A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario ILLIAM EVDOK1MOFF Publisher BOD BUTTER Editor PHONE Second Clan Mall View fund removal with extreme caution From outside appearances the proposal by regional administration committee to reduce the level of capital working funds by seems a regressive step It is a step that regional council must view with caution The com by regional chairman Morrow hat trie move could lead to bankruptcy on the level of New York City are extreme but worthy of noting is a rapidly growing com munity with increasing costs escalating through development and inflation The true cost of government and services must be shown to the taxpayer The purpose of the capital working fund is to offset the need for borrowing while the region awaits the collecting of tax monies Any reduction in the amount used to offset borrowing couia result in an nual interest payments which much be paid for from current expenses It seems that it t just a matter of robbing Peter to pay Paul but blindly attempting to save money paying more in the long term Members of regional council would do well to review closely its actions on this particular matter Regional treasurer Don Farmer has mended million for the fund which now stands before any cut at 600 During the next few years every effort must be made to bring the fund up to the maximum We wish you a Happy Mothers Day By SUSAN DE hope you oil have a very good Mother Day and are duly held In esteem the way you should be all year around I am sure we will be treated over the airwaves to the usual recordings of Mama and Silver Threads Against The Gold Quite frankly don even known any tiers today let alone mothers who will admit to having silver threads unless they are referring to iheir patio pyjamas As it is usually a mothers destiny to graduate eventually to being a grandmother on this one special day a year the two are indivisible However times arc changing and whereas Mothers are still much the same kind of role they have grand mothers are no longer quite what they appear lobe invokes a certain image in most people s minds a pleasingly plump grey haired little old lady who sits in i rocker darning gnndpa socks or produc ins a quilt Unfortunately this type of cookiebaking is fast disappearing ore generally getting younger all the time and arc far more likely now to take their grandchildren out to a discotheque lhan they ire to read them Little lied Riding Hood I even heard recently of one dutch grand mother who at the age of loured Europe en the back of her grandson motorbike but 1 think she is still definitely an exception swinging granomotnera although a recent phenomena have existed down through the ages My grandmother for instance liked to back the horses and I believe in turn it was her grandmother who during in infimous poker game gambled away her carriage her team of horses and what must have been a very surprised coachman Therefore when my own mother the only grandmother my poor children possess announced she wis taking up yoga I could hardly claim to be surprised I did suggest that possibly transcendent it meditation might prove to be slightly less physlcil but when she retorted there was nothing wrong with her physical il Hies I decided there wis rcilly mining I could do about it except possibly pny has proven to worry though I find myself envisioning my mother tripped on the 14th floor of an apartment building with her ankles lucked up around her irs somewhere her get untangled though I advised her to do her exercises close to the telephone I wonder if apartment superintendents consider it part of their Job to rescui gnome from the lotus position Supposing she suddenly decides on a me day to meditate while stinilmg en her he id out on the balcony A sudden gust of wind could carry mother away anil she might never be heard of again I can help but wonder what the of all this is having on my children What kind of reply can they make to friends who brag about the sweaters their grandmothers knit or crochet for them Is it enough for mine to be able to say lint grindmother is teaching them how dance in Strangely enough my children don t seem to realise arc being deprived They appear lo be hippy with Ituir grandmother as she is Inly f infinite variety Peace people theme marks Red Cross day Mark the eighth day of May with a bright red cross on your calendar That World Red Cross Day and Peace Through People Is Ihe theme of Ihe Red Cross throughout the world Webster defines peace as a stale of tranquility or quiet within oneself a harmony in personal relations We are much In need of such peace loday to counter the oppressive ness of restraints at home war clouds abroad the hectic acceleration of our modem lifestyle and the disquieting realization that our world is finite in space as well as finite in resources Peace depends on individuals It begins with individuals like us who believe that harmony among people grows by being good neighbours caring for others and sharing both our goods and our concerns Although he programs differ from nation to nation the aim of all Societies Is to be compassionate to understand and help late the differences that can fragment a nations drive toward a stale of relative for Its individuals By protecting the life and health of all peoples and by treating all Individuals with the respect and dignity due to humans Red Cross hopes to bring about mutual friendship cooperation find lasting peace This Is the meaning of Peace Through People In keeping with Its principles Red Cross believes that each person should have the basic assurance that he will be alive row next week and next week health permitting and mil no will prevent crops from growing or prevent people from those crops thus providing themselves with Food and a living In many Third World countries where population exists on a few cups of grain per day even that food pittance Is not assured for In addition lo an often unfriendly nature interna strife or unrest can alter or even hall the production of goods needed for survival It Is all nations be self sufficient as possible for despite aid from other countries the population demands of some needy countries outstrip the or aid tendered But in order to provide for themselves individuals first need a climate of peace otherwise no hope of a future is The various programs of tied Cross emergency assistance health and water safely services community projects for specialized groups and blood donor recruit merit arc all designed to promote preserve health and encourage greater pirti cipation by individual in their To promote peace the Red Cross Society through its links other Societies is able reach Ihe thousands of people who hove no peace Working quietly and busily In groups throughout the world Red Cross with Its millions of volunteers is living proof it It is Individuals people like you indme whin moke Peace Through topic linn just a slogan I am a born collector 1 m a born collector Mention the word collecting and my nose starts to twitch and my eis glue over I collect anything and everything I ni sure you know the type neat little sticks of Inst s paper which I throw out religiously e ich year Just fore Christmas whin 1 buy new piper Old Christmas wire moving to our new cards important things like They ill go in to my collections Aside from early Salvation and Indnn and odd buttons old post I also love to collect all kinds of Special people for special places in hurl Special songs and smells after the rain smells crisp winter morning smells collections of wonderful memories and awaiting memories yet to tie discovered Definitely a true collector Part pack rat magnet I swe ir som of the things I hue just sort of snuek upon me tvervnuw in I iLainmv collections start ind soul This is when I ilk put pi in into operation A is 1 1 sort ill into kind of r Thi order is known nk tome Ihe system if sorting is rt only during the rmled word Volutins ind volumes jvcrflowing iwr nook and erinnie It wis during a r ire mumtnl of unusual thai i came following be forever gelling pregnant with this one or one dogs of halt been filled with IUD devices to prevent conception Bless wee little hearts joes to show you once ilways stranger than fiction well read friend Ripley says strong issue needed in election Ontario voters whether they like it or not are heading to the polls June 9 in what may be the least of recent elecbons Growing criticism is evident among voters that the election call is unnecessary and an opportunistic move on the part of Premier William Davis While the premier denies such is the case the single issue on which the government was dissolved does not fire the imagination of the voters nor does his call for a strong majority to allow an adequate voice in the program of national unity Minority government has been working in Ontario The past months have proven that the government can function under a could of uncertainty by providing strong leadership through con cessions to the valid points raised by the opposition Already the election call has been dubbed the two per cent election because the relevant point borders on the two per cent reduction in the ceiling of rent review legislation passed Friday But the fire of rent review as a strong election issue as it was in the 1975 election will not provide the electorate with a sense of urgency to give Ontario a majority government Unless a strong issue is found during the next 30 odd days of cam paigning we are more likely to be subjected to an election thud which will resound at the polls with the prospect of another minority government Jimmy Attis mused a distur when he tried to enter the army with new name Hi thought his was too ordinary and wanted handle that everyone would notice The one he registered In Probate Court however was pushing things a bit too far Little Jimmy wanted his name changed to Sir Adolf Hitler Picture Mr Adolf Why people help but notice Baked spider and a side order of grasshopper to go please Sound Well Professor William of University of Toronto tells us that we might ill hive to eat the little before the turn or the to v off st Bon appetit From my collection of groovy gravestones comes these words of wisdom Here lies the body of Robert Mouth almighty and teeth Stranger lightly over this wonder II hi opens his mouth jour i goner by Election budget Second thought says indeed The following list his e fact ski The Sen nee 1- oundalion in United Stilts has to liter J Hock to study birds use Well thai s our little enllcetlon for II iv vou guessed the truth iou arc there I my fiction lis HON out Park Of The Herald Wis it in election budget This of course was the prime question reporter iskcd themselves when they enter lock up room hid their first look at this ear pack igc the first reaction was a quick no tor the budget had tax increases on tobacco motor vehicle licence fees and real wn on leverage it his been a mailer of writ don Increase particul irk consumer taxes in in election year NOW RESTRAINT Bui second thought changed the picture it very well could have been an election budget for this election when it comes is going to be fought on grounds like no other we have in the past Historically elections in Ontario and in hive been fought on spending The parlies ivt vied w each other on how much they would spend and where It it it li is far is the government is Concerned in our next vole it will be directly the opposite It will be going to Ihe people with an ised on spending llskcynotewill And this was the dominant in the budget as It is been in lis pre on fiscal policy of lis problem in making this ipproach valid ind successful is lo convince the public or lartc sector of it that Embarrassed to defend press ll ttll Ottawa llurruu II very difficult for mc to write a column in defence of Ihe press largely 1 am by Ihe imount of time we will devote lo llns project Hut in the light of J ick Horner sion or defection to 1 ibirallsm along with the criticisms of the Conservative by MP J iiques I think s fur to ly a few words on behalf of the medn You see the press has been Inking quite a for dieted rumor monger ing is Ihe principle in these toyed wllh vin us firms of denl I hive heard callers to open line ridto shows s ly ill sorls of horrible things aboul irresponsible reporters in the Inst few weeks Whit sour press coming lo some would ask how any intelligent reporter could sufgis1 lint J Horner could possibly ilibnl Si nil tunes tin would snicker limes there would be anger the w ly the press kept persisting despite statements from Mr Hi nil Prime Minister Trud th it tin re were no plans for a conversion iirihfecliin Ami I know the rcrjorter who wrote a story In the Ottawa on March about Hie possibility of Homer becoming a I ibenl bee inie of some high So now it this particular case has been siltkd mil Horner is a cabinet minister I don think it would be unfair rivicw a few highlights of the Of course it will be a mere coincidence if we to Imply ill the irresponsibility resl with the media When Horner called i press conference on April to innounce he could a iter to Can id i by becoming aliberil he wis when he id first been by a rcprescnlitive of Prune Minister in I id phone call from Jim Couils rude iu s pnnclp secretary il my ranch the w is March 10 He went on lo suv he met nulls again two or three liter ind he frightened the out of me with tin lone time ritfil wing Tory take a walk leross he ommons floor 1 then went on lo re Into how pilnful and soul decision process id been lie wis obviously he wily preoccupied with issue thai March 10th phone ill On irch hi is lo in Ihe Citizen story that he wis actually considering in offer from the I I don know whit its all tout he replied is the Toronto Globe and M ill ported he vigorously denied reports lint he is Dunking about leiving the He s ml I wouhin I entertain the Idea the following a full weeks after secretary the daylights out of Horner with his suggestion Ihe Prime Minister as isked question at i news conference Hive you or anyone on your behalf asked Jack Horner to cross the floor of the House of Commons and invited him to Join the can net No 1 afraid not replied Trudeau 1 1 the rumor He one of his staff members had ith Horner on the basis of friendship mil no other this is common practice with opposition MPs Horner was saying the rum might have been by the Liberals just to sow in Conservative ranks Naturally the press look all the blame fur iding these malicious rumors Even the Mil and Mall made an reference to rumors and hallucinations as It pondered Ihe possibility of Horner silting next Minister Lang We wouldn put it past the Liberals si the but we would It beyond Mr Horner say no mo on that The of Is much shorter He s he would consider Joining the Liberals if the Conservatives adopt more effective pohcus Bul a day liter following a friendly chit with Conservative Leader Joe Clark he issued a saying he had been misunderstood He h id been quoled correctly he said but the quotes hod been misunderstood me Ihink about this for a while In the mcintime 1 don t think press should suffer from any guilt complexes And a hack in the book can be at lust a stimulant to Force thinking in this thoughts aside the budget really is commendable one Over the past years or so anyone who took a long view of government hid lo be terribly worried with Its crash course in spending and the frightening debt only our government but all governments in Cinada Spending was mounting much faster than the growth in production meaning that government was eating up a bigger and bigger share of our resources and heading us And the mere ises in debt were menu mental his put stop to this His financing approach is probably now the most realistic of any treasurer in Canada His spending will increase this year But it wont as much as the Gross Product which is the key point He been aide to knock out the growth of debt But he has been able to cut down on it And he has a five year plan which hopefully will sec Ihe province wllh a budget In