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Home Newspaper of Hills Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday 1 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFF Publisher PAUL Editor DAVID BEATTIE Adertismg Manager PHONE Second Class Mail Registered Number February is Heart Month Why that donation is so important Replace it or pay for it that was the rule 35 years ago for Canadian patient requiring a blood transfusion Either he found friends and relatives wlllfng to replace two bottles of blood Tor every one given him or he paid an average of 1 per bottle service charge of to per bottle Today thanks to thousands of voluntary blood donors across- the country the Canadian Red Cross Society and the financial support of the federal and provincial governments no patient faces hat dilemma Any one in Canada who needs a transfusion of blood or a blood product receives It freeofcharge The move towards a blood supply based on the voluntary donation of blood and the provision of blood to patients freeofchnrge began after the Second World War During the war the Canadian Red Cross had collected Wood from volunteer donors to supply the Canadian Armed Forces with dried plasma More than million bottles of blood were processed and shipped overseas for the treatment of wounded soldiers and war victims When the war ended the Red Cross was asked by the federal and provincial health ministries and hospital associations across the country to set up a similar peacetime blood service In January 1947 the Canadian Red Cross established the first provincial unit of the national Blood Transfusion Service In Vancouver C Later that year blood transfusion centres were set up In Ed monton and Calgary and the following In Halifax and Charlotte town Today there are 17 blood transfusion centres across Canada handling the blood needs of the entire country The Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service has grown from a fledgling service that collected 32072 units of blood In to one that collects more than one million units of blood annually The Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service has also grown In efficiency and expertise In recent years Advances in technology have improved methods of collection testing storage and processing of blood One unit of blood can now be broken down Into several different com ponents each used to help a different person with a different condition or disease Red Cross staff and volunteers are continually working to improve the technical side of blood collection methods for recruiting donors and for maintaining the extensive records necessary for ef fective operation But one thing never changes And thats the Red Cross commitment to the voluntary blood donor system The system that means that blood will always be freeof charge to anyone Canada who needs It Dont forget your next Blood Donor Clinic this Monday Feb 16 at Holy Cross Church Auditorium SUMMARY OF DONOR SELECTION CRITERIA birthday Frequency Minimum haemoglobin blood Iron content Minimum weight and height Good general health PERMANENT EXCLUSION SHORT TERM DEFERRALS male and female donors between and birthday accepted with written parental consent Every three months Females 12 Males 13 loo lbs GO in below 100 lbs consult nurse No significant Illness or prescribed medication HEPATITIS HEART DISEASE ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE STROKE AND OTHER CIRCULATORY DISORDERS CANCER KIDNEY DISEASE DIABETES on medication EPILEPSY THYROID DISEASE Hyper or Hypo BLOOD DISORDERS PERMANENT MEDICATION except birth control pills prescription vitamins and menopausal hormone replacement Minor acute Illness Medication alter last dose Aspirin containing medication Flu and colds Active allergies Allergy injections Influenza vaccination Polio vaccination Tetanus typhoid small pox or yellow ever vaccination Rubella vaccination Travel to malaria areas weeks hours minimum discuss nurse week minimum hours minimum iweck hours lSwceks weeks 3 months months LONG TERM DEFERRALS Maloracute illness Major surgery Mi nor surgery Hepatitis contact Infectious mononucleosis after full recovery Pregnancy alter delivery or abortion Breastfeeding after termination Blood transfusion Earplercing acupuncture months minimum months minimum months minimum months months months months months months Essential medications should n purpose Of donating blood be discontinued for the in a series About exercise and cardiovascular fitness A major phenomenon of the decade has been the exponential growth of participation En physical activities jogging running bicycling tennis etc Proponents and opponent of exercise have made exaggerated claim regarding the benefits or dangers of exercise particularly insofar as cardiovascular disease Is concerned In the course of preparing guidelines on fitness testing and exercise programmes the Canadian Heart Foundations have had some comments to make on desirable exercise and those who wish to participate In it avail biomedical and scientific information regular physical activity of the type contributing to cardiopulmonary or endurance fitness la considered to be beneficial for physical and mental health provided that any major increase In physical activity la performed gradually An individual who does not have known or impacted health problems particularly of a cardiovascular nature and to Increase his or her level of physical activity should do so gradually either as aa vidua or in a true lured programme physical However for those with known or suspected heart I sen si high blood pressure palpitations chest pain diabetes unusual breathless or other medical problems medical clearance is essential before undertaking a major Increase in physical activity Individuals over forty years of age who feel in good health should also undergo an appropriate medical examination The type of exercise in which one should participate to Improve cardiovascular fitness is a rhythmic continuous exercise such as walking Jogging swimming bicycling and ropeskipping Individuals should try to work up over a twelve week period to an optimal heart rate of 170 minus their age Each session should comprise five minutes warming up maintaining the optimal heart rale for IS minutes and five minutes This programme should be repeated at least three times a week preferably four times a week and optimally five times a week Any exercise does not raise the heart rate lo the above levels may be fun but It is not sufficient raining for or improvement in cardiovascular For free information on exercise and exercise testing contact your provincial Heart Foundation Smith must convince voters Grits can run economy better Queens Park Derek IN el son Queens Park Bureau The Herald What Liberal Leader Stuart Smith has to accomplish by voting day in the provincial election is get one succinct message across the Conser have failed as Ontarios economic managers Alter years It is time to give the Liberals a chance to do better How he gets the public to perceive this is no easy task but Smith has practiced for four years at finding the chinks in the Tory armor Last week his target was the Conservatives SI billion economic blueprint for Ontarios future called of course which he denounced as a political magicians trick like pulling rabbits out of a hat purely good theatre good showmanship full of little but sound and fury The hat Is void of new ideas containing only money already all oca ted programs recycled or with fresh labels In short gloss unveiled with enough fanfare to give the impression that It is something new and historic OLD MYTH Smith alms to convince Ontario lhat is actually a confession a long list of Items and Issues for which the government failed to have policies for the post four years For the Liberal leader believes that It is the myth of Tory manage ment which over the years has kept this government In power Even though people would like new blood in government and the civil service and arc dubious about having one party wield power for so long they have always hesitated to change be use of the thought that things are pretty good In Ontario he said But thats changing declares becousewhatweflndnowis a party which does not quite manage the way it used to Around him he sees the signs of economic decline Ontario now stands tenth and last In economic growth among Canadian provinces and an inability or the government to come lo grip with the malaise MORE KNOCKS He notes that million dollar proposed cities like North Pickering are now In suspended animation and lhat education quality is on the skids What has gone wrong is not lie people but the leadership Grits claim polls show them neck and neck with the Tories right now and that the election can be won on the hustings Here they count on Smith who proved in the 1077 campaign as I said at the time that he could run a televisionoriented race and express fresh and innovative Ideas in an attractive manner Experts who expected the Liberals to be demolished at the polls were surprised when the parly held its own in seats and moved from third to second place in the legislature NOT GOOD A polished Intelligent analytical quick thinking performer who turns on like a light bulb when a television camera points way Smith is a highly effective stump speaker If he can make the same Impact this time and he must win he could overhaul the Conservatives main asset which is the kind of respect that exists at the present time for Premier William Davis as man and leader On the other hand what sometimes come through from Smith on the tube especially since 1977 is manufactured indignation shouting for the sake of shouting a shrillness to his voice when such Intensity t required It turns some people off and could do him harm The key success may lie In how he handles himself with Davis and NDP Leader Michael Caasidy If there Is a televised leadership debate this campaign Thats if the Tories are willing to give him exposure by agreeing to debate jobs preoccupation must overshadow Tory BILD NDP Leader Michael Cassidya closing line at his press conference here last week was sec you on the buses a Journalistic in phrase that means an election Is Imminent and its almost time to board the coaches that haul the party leaders around the campaign trail Sporting a fresh haircut and wear Ing a pin stripe suit kicked off his campaign on the assumption Premier William Davis would make It official within a few days He did too Jobs and the economy are the issues Cassldy said reversing the long standing tendency of the to concentrate on sociol Issues like rent control or the environment The days of automatic economic growth when the politicians argued solely about how to spend the wealth been replaced by the more vital task of generating that wealth The recently unveiled billion Tory economic blueprint for Ihe called naturally is simply an election scam in eyes film flam According to Cassldy partly unreal lo begin with Ihe rest to be Junked once the voters are counted The provincial government should be Judged on Its record not on Its promises Cassldy said It is fine for the Tories vow aid for the food process Industry the mining machinery Industry auto parts and microelectronics but where were they during the past years Conserva tives have been In power he asked It s all been said by the Conserve lives before he suggested many of the more Innovative Ideas in sound suspiciously like specifics the NDP have long pushed Cassldy said he isnt worried thai once again another party has stolen an NDP votegetting plank Enough differences still separate the parties he said mentioning in particular the NDP negative view of foreign investment their desire to see broader aid to Ihe Industry But wilt the public perceive It lhat TAKEOVER The New Democrats have to worry Ilia l will feel the Tories have preempted the high ground of aid to the economy or industrial strategy and all that remains is to argue over the details And who best manages those details The Conservatives backed by polls showing Davis is far ahead of and Liberal Leader Stuart Smith as peoples first choice for provincial leader ore counting on the premier has to overcome that Tory edge but It doesnt appear to bother him He sold hes been underestimated before which Is true although not by this corner and believes election day will tell the tale NUMBER TWO In response questions Cassldy predicted a minority government gains for the and stated bluntly lhat the Liberals ore in decline Polls showing Liberal growth and NDP losses he discounts as misleading At no point however did he volunteer that the Conservatives were in trmblo or would lose the election Mind you he didnt say they wouldnt cither but It was an Interesting omission One has the distinct impression that expect a rerun of the contest which saw the Tories impi on 1B75 standing but fall to achieve the majority they were Jobs and Ihe economy Is the issue the hopes will overshadow leadership images and Tory Jokes like to Id their own or improve at a time a lot of people are writing ihem off Halton s History From our files THIRTY YEARS raises averaging each were given to teachers at Georgetown Public School when the salary schedule was revised meeting The new schedule calls for a minimum of and a maximum of with an annual Increment of 100 during the first three years of teaching and COO a year thereafter farm forums arc of the unanimous opinion that agricultural production should not be controlled when surpluses seem likely to develop After hearing the broadcast Feb 5 all forums reported lo county headquarters that with a world wide need for food It would not be proper to talk of controlled production The weather insects and plant disease exert their own controls over production without the human element Doug playing coach of the Merchants and a former coach of the Georgetown Raiders narrowly escaped serious injury in a car train crash last week He returning home and proceeding down a steep grade to the tracks when he became aware the train was approaching The brakes failed to slow the car and he leaped from car which continued to slide down the grade and wasatruckbythetrain The car was thrown him and he was knocked into the ditch suffering a leg injury TWENTY YEARS Georgetown man has perfected a new wrinkle in the conventional power drive principle and the result is worth the interest of farmers and Industrialists FredRuddell whose form is located on the Seventh Line says the new type powerdrive he developed is adaptable to industrial road or farm machinery Facelifting of the downtown area la a subject which interests council But there Is scant hope that any present legislation would provide financial support from either or federal govern ment for any redevelopment plan At a meeting of the Georgetown Businessmens Association Moor Hyde explained that council is Interested in any proposal which would create a better downtown business area but that the final answer would have to come from merchants themselves A resolution from School Area asking for for a proposed fiveroom school near was read to Esqueslng Township Council Monday night However the school board was split 32 an the question and J Cunningham asked permission to present the minority report Viewers on Channel television Monday might have noticed a local touch in the commercials on the Don Messer show A TV crew spent a day last week at the Massey Ferguson dealership of Murt Allison on Highway making commercials for the show They were filmed on videotape TEN a lapse of several years court will again be held in Georgetown starting April according lo a letter received by council from Provincial Court Judge James Black Provin Court will be held every other Tuesday at 10 a in the new Masonic Temple on Highway 7 with Judge Black presiding Georgetown Midgets were still progressing in the Drummondvllle Quebec Midget Hockey Tournament at press time The locals look 32 in overtime in their first test yesterday morning Beaumont scored the winning goal after and Robinson had scored in regulation time for Georgetown One Toronto man Is dead and another is in Halton County Jail in Milton charged with non capital murder as a result or a shooting Friday DeadlsKcIvinGordonPeddie3IofToronto A poet mortem revealed he had died of a single small calibre gunshot wound in ihe head Themurderwas the third in Actons history There will be no Increase in mayors salary during this term Mayor Bill Smith made this quite clear at council meeting Monday night when the bylaw to set the mayors salary came up for renewal The mayors salary Is a year The Herald learned this week hat a local group has plans for a medical centre which would be built on a four acre parcel of land on Princess Anne Drive owned by Nell Investments A Georgetown youth was arrested at gunpoint late last Wednesday afternoon after firing four blasts on the high school grounds One shot narrowly missed Georgetown police Sergeant Frank Arthurs and another shattered a glass door near where a high school teacher was standing The youth was armed with a doublebarrelled shotgun and had extra ammunition Police did not fire their guns In making the arrest ONE YEAR AGODespllo investigative efforts by town works employees a critical situation continues regarding discarded garbage alongside Halton Hills rural roads according to town officials Town works superintendent Frank Morette told The Herald last week that since the closing of the Georgetown landfill site on Armstrong Avenue the amount of garbage strewn along the shoulders of Hills country roads has increased dramatically The price tag on alterations to the paper mill dam In Glen Williams may go up another The design firm or Sims Consultant Associates Ltd which Is designing the alterations to the dam Is recommending the addition of a second sluice to the dam partly to permit the passage of fish and to further alleviate the icejamming problem The rustic bridge north of Ihe Intersection will be demolished and replaced with a more modern structure probably next year However Ihe new bridge will be of the same quaint structure according to Don Tefft vicepresident of Philips Planning and Engineering the consulting firm lhat researched alternatives to the existing onelane bridge on Regional Road 19 Winston Churchill Boulevard A controlled deer hunt will be held In Region this November despite determined opposition of some members of regional council The hunt set for Novembers approved following a volatile debate last Wednesday The expansion of Its wiring parts division and the subsequent hiring of additional employees has enabled Smith and Stone Ltd to capture the Georgetown Chamber of Commerces first annual Business of Ihe Year award The expansion commemorated at last Wednesdays Chamber banquet the direct result of a merger between Smith and Stones parent company Canada and General Electric of Canada last April POETS CORNER Mans pedigree Three monkeys sat on a cocoa out tree things as theyre said to be Said one to the others Now listen you Theres certain ir that cant be That from our noble The very Idea la sure a disgrace No monkey ever deserted bis wife Starved her babies and ruined ber life And youve never known another monk To leave her babies with others to Or pais them on from one to another Till they hardly know which one la And another thing you will never see A monk build a fence around a cocoa nut tree And let the cocoa null go to waste Forbidding all other monk a taste Why if I put a fence around Ms tree Starvation would force you to steal from me And heres something else a monk wont do Go out at night and get on a atew Or use a gun or a club or knife To take some other poor monkeys life Ye man descended the ornery cuss But brother he didnt descend from us