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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Page February IS Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St south Georgetown lG3tj Ontario Publisher MIC I HIT Second Clan Mall Number Parenting course must not fade away Lets hope Georgetown Eric proposal for parenting courses docs not end up being dropped by the school board simply because they can come up with a way to implement At Thursday ntght s board meeting trustees were told that the provincial government would not permit making parenting courses compulsory for high school students However the ministry decision still leaves the local board with plenty of options A few trustees have suggested that the parenting program be taught at the grades seven and eignt level but as board employee Robert Dixon says it might be a little premature to begin the course to that age group However it still would be possible to offer the course at the nigh school level either under the Family and Child Development or as part of the board s course programs A key to either option is that the course must be taught by qualified instructors using a course Fitness Week short on Acton out lint by Hit board Then is no point in putting such a program under the guidance of teachers who may approach the course in a half hearted manner Board trustees acknowledged that the proposal for parenting courses has been positively received by their which makes it doubly important thai the course be implemented Trustee Elaint comment that the community and religious groups are now getting involved in parenting instruction is a little disturbing Thinking like hers can lead to the board dilly dallying waiting for someone else to pick up their responsibility and as a result the course could die We would hope that a parenting course offered by the public school board would differ greatly from one offered by religious or com munity groups Georgetown trustee Barry Shepherd warns that it sounds like Mr Balkind original proposal which he supported is Ming rapidly diluted We hope the board does not allow that to happen Are you all feeling physically Certainly the people at Hills Operation Action did their best to instill a fitness consciouness in local residents during last week s fitness week With demonstrations slides lectures and participatory events organizers best to show us that its not that hard and in our best interests to get in shape Our only complaint with fitness week is that although the event was supposed to encompass the entire town of Hills the schedule was a little slim for Acton Surely if the event was meant to include the town a greater effort should have been made to provide Acton activities The Fitness Travelcade van made the trip up highway 7 only twice in the evening to show the people in the north how to get in shape The only other Acton event on the was a Thursday night badminton clinic Maybe the thinking is that the hearty residents of Acton who live in Hills north country are already fit Still its events like fitness week that provide the opportunity to show that Halton Hills is an cohesive two town community Or that it Regions restraint commendable As predicted in these columns last week regional council members did vote to give them selves a pay increase for the current year of 5 per cent However we must also mention that in taking the per cent hike the councillors waived LARRY MARTIN Sales Manager Phone 877 2201 the option of giving themselves a pay increase at the same level as the Canadian cost of living in crease which is almost nine per cent Costof livina increases have been the rule for regional since when the precedent was set Even though the increase was reasonable a number of the council members voted for the hike reluctantly while some councillors even voted against the salary in crease Acton Ed Wood and Bill Johnson of Milton both opposed the increase In fact BUI Johnson will refuse to accept the increase When one looks at the recent hefty salary hikes both federal and provincial members of parliiment have received in recent years the reluctance of regional politicians to take bigger increases is com mend able Haltons History From the Heralds files Ills SI I lllim fire which broke out last Thursday afternoon did ox to a workshop belonging to Mr fcd Logan College The shop Is Incited in separate build ng beside Mr Ixigan s residence and action by the I re I rigade confined the flames thai Mr lost most of his woodworking tools and Ihere was damage ton well Ontario Hydro out of control according to utilitys critics By Derek Nelson Queen Park Bureau The Herald TORONTO Two images of llvdm arc abroad in the land Thi general public holds a favourable view it our govcrnmeni owned utility parucularly In regard to its ability lo itchier fosi and efficient service among a considerable section of poiiilcal leadership ihere is a deep and suspicion of the In his on a Hydro MPP Julian Heed Burl ni contends ihere is something very wrong the corporation Hydro is accountable lo the people of he said naturally laying the blame on government Tory Mickey Hennessey IPC William was just as harsh when TOO STRONG The far is run on autonomous body and nobody no elected official tan do anything about Hydra They say they done and inn is ihc way is going lo be done hey have so much power and influence Hennessey said Simplj put the Reed and Hennessey statements are a varialion on a common one hears Hydro from its emits both political and otherwise that the utility Is out of control The irony here is that was far more independent and arbitrary in pa si than 11 is today The prime mover in Ihc founding of Sir Adam Beck was a man whose vt rd ihc was ind who could topple government by his presence r absence I NTH His successors have quite thai until 1972 Hydro was a on following Us vision of Hiding power cost to Ontario Affairs chairman Don NDPYork who has a less critical view of Reed or Hennessey said rising rates halt the change The On arm Energy Board now rev ilws cerium decisions the leglslai his a Hydro committee and commissions Porter Solandl have examined aspects of Hydro policy also points to the Jan 1 appointment of Hugh Macaulay who just happens be one of Premier William Dans closes political advisors and as Hydro chairman POST The theory is that Davis is attempting to make Hydro even more responsive to political direction in short bring it under control The one flaw in the ointment is the energy ministry to which Hydro is nominally responsible although there arc conflicts between heir respective We acts More than once an energy mlnlslry his in the House lo defend a Hydro policy that he been told nothing about by Whether Macaulay will help straighten out the lines of authority or whether the ministry will remain circuited by Hydro is something thai bears close watching At the same time he have work hard at defusing the hostility of the Heeds and Hennesscys Special status concept still frightens federalists THE HERALD WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau llfThr Herald After that Pepin reporl on inadian unity I thought thai the term Special had finally been hauled out of the closet and clothed in res pec tab hut apparently Quebec Liberal Leader Claude Ryan wary wearing It No sooner had The Canadian Press distributed details about Quebec Liberal proposals for a renewed federalism than Ryan was busy denying any suggestions of special status for Quebec don t know what it is about thai expression drives politicians lo panic nut ilunci delicately in its presence And it s strange because now that we have become so accustomed to talking about separatism independence and even sovereignty association the term special status seems as comforting as Con federation itself And lhat Pepin report keeping Canada tact certainly shy away irnm any form of special status The report is chock lull of references to special character of Quebec its special place within the federation and its special responsibilities In maintaining the of the territory HABITS finally thought special status has been accorded respectability and it now can be discussed in the company of But I guess old habits nre slow to die as soon as the CP story renewid ledcralism made reference 10 special status Ryan felt forced to point nut that the press ion was never used in the working paper That was more an interpretation by the press of some passages in the said as If it matters And he was equally quick to say that his party yet decided to support special status again as IF matters When you get into the substance of renewed Federalism as when you get into the substance of sovereignty association you are facing such mous potential upheavals that a little ex press Ion like special status is scarcely noticed Just think of the possible fallout from these general observations in the I iberal working paper Quebec must have the legislative power necessary to ensure proper development of Quebec society federal services operating in Quebec must respect the French character and society there must be special rules permitting special con legislative or administrative arrangements even if other provinces do not equal powers There is also an observation lhat Quebec should have special representation on Federal agencies which affect culture IF this docsnt amount to a form of special status I don l know what does Ah RAID And remember what lhat federally Funded Pepin report said In new distribution the powers allocated to all provincial legislatures should provide the framework which makes it possible for Quebec lo fulfil its additional role and responsibility wilh respect to the French heritage in its own territory should the other provinces not wish to avail themselves of such a distribution powers related to this ad role and responsibility of Quebec should be allocated to Quebec alone And 1 contend would constitute special status Whai seems equally clear is that il Claude Ryan hopes to satisfy Quebec nationalist aspirations within the framework of any renewed confederation are going to have to be far reaching accommodations His particular problem Is lo bring about the changes with as little disruption as possible while convincing that it being done within Ihc framework Federalism Premier Rene has ihe op posite problem accomplishing much the lame thing while convincing its being done outside the federal framework Yet for reasons that escape me politicians such as Claude Ryan seem skittish about special status Theatre last Saturday at tenth in a scries of rnoon shows lor js by all of two contests a balloon Mow a contest with Lewis Jackson winner of the Wednesday for Talent contest entertaining with singing and dancing idvertised special with House selling for a pound selling or cents for a one half pound tin shortening silling for tints a pound oranges Archie Wong took over management of the lost week from the former Wong who has to Toronto Mr Wong has spent many irs in restaurant mess in 1 is thi Wong I mils which runs one of 1 s Finest I iivn ireiti a I flood a portion of lluntrj Hollow would tost in intimated quarter a million dollars was told Monda by Alex Mr MacLarcn an ex reeve of the and Georgetown s representative on the Credit Valley Conservation Author ity was present to give a report on the Aullnntys activities and renewed a budget For 1959 the town share which is 374 of unemployed men and women lo date was ported by Kelvin Brown at Mondy council meeting Mr Brown has headed group Mai ton lolunteers who w council cooperation have organized the Georgetown tin ploymenl Service where data job seekers is available to potential employers Addition of a machine shop room will enhance Georgetown high school next year when the addition presently in process s completed Monday meeting in Georgetown North high school board voted to add this facility to the school Since shopwork was introduced to the curriculum several years ago boys have been transported toother towns for this part at their studies first to Milton and later to Acton when that school had an addition built Wriggles worth auditorium was Jam mid both nights when pupils of Chape St School presented an operetta on Thursday and The Green and Silver Bowl was story with an Irish setting with colorful costumes and generously interspersed songs and dances Allen directing the play with Kenneth Harrison and Mrs directing the music Mrs Evans played piano accompaniment CLUB RIVIERA N AGO Two families lost all their possessions and Ihrec business places were wiped out in a fire that destroyed and Motors Wallys Auto Body Tandem Tire the corner of and Mountain view Monday night who operates the Club Riviera at has submitted written applications to Township Council for approval to build single family dwellings in the form of lownhouscs on land adjoining the Riviera property Council application pending approval from County Health Unit and Ontario Water Resources Commission Two separate tax bills one setting out taxes for education alone and another for taxation were again advocated by l nun trn Hyde Coun Morrow Monday nighl The discussion was sparked by a letter from the board of education asking an extension of the deadline for the submission of budgets until March 15 They pointed out that provincial grants are still unknown making II impossible for them to strike a budget or allocate costs to each municipality Fund raising appeal RED The human race has created an extremely organized and complex society By the act of banding together to live by recognising needs of other members of this community man expressed Ms com mil merit to the continuation and develop ment lhat society There is no one member of the community who has not something to contribute Ihc betterment of Ihe whole community Out of this concept arose great helping societies of the BOO among then the Red Cross first created to medical aid for wounded initial purpose hove sprung mori lhan a dozen services which Red Cross branches reach out assist of the community These services Include assistance or senior citizens and young people alike and range from direct care to Improvement of the quality of life for disadvantaged None of these services can continue without contribution of other members of the community whether be a contribution of time volunteered to old in direct delivery of service or a contribution money lo help fund the out of pocket expenses of the services Your contribution may even take the form of a commitment to donate blood regularly March Is Red Cross Month What belter time to express your commitment the rest of Hills by making your contribution In Morch The Ontario Government was asked Inst week to study the possibility of constructing a mult I million dollar sports professional palace on site In rural that would put the province on the sporting map North America The super sports complex would be designed to ac commodate major league baseball football hockey basketball track and field events Grand Prix racing and Olympic competition Georgetown will have to hire Its own plumbing inspector after September 1 a letter from the County Board of Health informed council Monday night The Board of Health plans lodiscontinuethla service which they have carried on throughout the county They contend they cannot find enough Inspectors and the plumbing task interferes with ihe jobs of inspection septic bed inspection and restaurant inspection HONORED UNI- AGO Being picked the Year by the Georgetown Lions Club was a highlight his life Walter Gray AS measures to marrying his late wife Edith the Church Street resident told The Herald in an interview from his bed at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital But he missed the dinner Friday night in his i honor Mr Gray entered hospital Thursday suffering from a painful arthritic hip School trustee Don Long resigned from his scat on board of education Thursday Ina letter to the board Mr Long said business committments in the next six months prevent him from discharging hto duties as a trustee and From representing Wards and Georgetown in Hills Hills will not be getting the financial assistance from the province it had hoped might help bring the erosion of Georgetown Metcalfe Ravine under control