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the HERALD Home of Hills A TIIL Wriinday A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown iZf Ontario IVIIIIAM Publisher Editor DAVID BEATriK Manager or Re- Pierre were worried about the Beaver and other passing concerns This week an editors roundup of issues and events in the news Its not all bad and Its not all good Most these items deserve only passing attention pending their ultimate resolution and thus the shortened commentary An editorial DART is aimed at Pierre Prude u whose lingering Liberals claim the divine right to amend our revitalized Constitution with or without the help of the produces admittedly dealing with the tines incessant demands could delay the process indefinitely but alas that seems tobe what this democracy stated within most national constitutions Is all oik DART to that Conservative gentleman across the Commons floor Joe larks Tories we feel are indeed making a mountain out of a molehill Despite the well intended but poorly planned efforts of Conservative MPs like Otto whos arranged public forums to hear what the people think the party seems bent on the politics of confrontation when it comes to unilateral amendments bey appear more Intent on bringing the Grit gov down on some grandiose point of order than in resolving the issue through open negotiation While were poking at the politicians lets chuck some more DARTS at Ontarios Three Davis for making political when It counts most to the Tory power structure Site bulletproof vests and Smith and Cassldy for providing voters with such simpering alternatives to ahem Strong Leader ship Hill Just to show we can be nice guvs too heres 1 LAUREL for Ronald Im no crook nor will I ever lie to you Reagan whos doing all of us liberals a big favor very quickly making good on our preelection warnings his economysaving ambitions are doomed to fall his militaristic tough guy stance has the Soviets upset for the first time since Kenttedv vs Krushchev his quasireligious February is Heart Month fundamentalism aireaay smelling of corruption from On High recalls Nixons Quaker roots and Khomeinis thick headedness and to top It all off his best friends from Sinatra to Ilaig appear to have marched right out of the latest comic strip With the world as a whole apparently heading for hell in a shopping curt the local scene offers some truly deserving Items or interest LAURELS to the Red Cross for putting a great show with the mock air crash didnt look a KIT like a anyway an only slightly flawed demonstration of what might happen here in a real emergency LAUREIS to the residents of Acton who made believers out of skeptics both on and off the police force of them attended special meetings Just to say hello to the new 12man detachment Another DART for another politician Jack looks like a reactionary buffoon every time his eves narrow he peers around the regional council chamber and he vows to hang the councillor whos leaking secret Information to the press Raftis boarded the chairmanship amid criticism over his disdain for councils democratic rules of procedure now he seems to be taking that one step further getting ready to impose martial law at regional headquarters Another LAUREL Tor another local group the Hills Arts Council did us vet another big favor by bringing the Tapestry Singers to town by all accounts that kind of classy entertainment is just a taste of what the new arts complex can do for Georgetown A special LAUREL for Dud James and his recent benefactors the Hockey Heritage Council The stars who turned out for last weeks annual banquet were evidence of Georgetowns status among hockeyoriented communities and James provides plenty of evidence himself of the kind of talent and spirit that resides here Halton s History From our files THIRTY YEAIIS raises for all town employees were made at a special council meeting Monday The four town men who work hour week received an increase of eight cents an hour and will now bo paid at the rate of an hour Any new employees will start at cents an hour and will be raised to 1 the end of three months if their work proves satisfactory Arthur of Toronto suffered a broken shoulder and other injuries when his car went into a skid as It was going down the hill The car crashed into the guard posts on the hillside snapping off four of them wavered on the brink of a 100foot drop over the embankment then plowed sideways Into a cor driven by Stuart Myles of who was proceeding up the hill Mr was unhurt Georgetowns protests against Milton using illegal players has been turned down by the executive The OHA ruled no protest and returned Georgetowns bond which had been posted The Haiders management had questioned Hie use of three Brampton players Haines and Crulkshank on the Mlllon team claiming that the players lived closer to Georgetown and the Raiders should have had first call on their services The famous agency was colled in by Georgetown to prove Ihelr point Clarks leadership review more than just percentages By Stewart MacLeod one seems to agree on what this percentage should be Ive heard some of Clarks supporlers say he could easily carry on if GO per of he delegates voted a leadership review In fact Ive even heard one belter than thai Dont forget that Newfoundland entered Confederation with only a SI perc il major High blood pressure deadly but controllable Much Joe distress his fellow Conservatives keep talking about the percentage of support he will need at the Feb national convention If he is to remain as party leader 1 tie one llilng that Clark wants to avoid at all costs is having his future to a specific level of delegate support And at every opportunity he and his support rs downplay he importance of actual figures important they always say is the mood the Technically Clark can survive the leadership review if si per or the odd delegates vole against it But everyone knows that if the percentage is even close to this figure it would be Impossible for Clark to try and carry on without calling for a leadership convention The trouble is would take a serious view of this comparison DROPS Until very recently It seemed that commentators and parly insiders were talking about the magic figure being In he per cent range If not more than per cent vote for a leadership review they were saying Clark could probably survive If the opposition was at per cent be would be relatively safe If It was25perccnl he would be a shooin But and this must be of colossal concern to Clark the magic figure seems to be dropping as the convention draws closer There have been several writers who have said the Tor leader must get at least BO per cent support to survive with any com fori And now we are getting the same message from the party president MP Robert Coatcs If vote leadership review is per cent or less he has no says who is not noted for his admiration of Clark pointed hat Prime Minister Trudeau was opposed by nearly per cent of Liberal delegates a few years ago and he was able to continue The same benchmark should be set for Clark he figures MANY BENCHMARKS If anyone had the lime Im sure they could research various party conventions to find benchmark votes that range anywhere from five to per cent At the laat Liberal convention which came after had announced his resignation some 13 per cent voted for a leadership review His people had expected fewer lhan five per cent express their displeasure in the circumstances In several interviews Clark refus ed to discuss any specific percentages Isimply think that what is going to be important Is the mood or the meeting rather than some statistics Conceiv ably one could manufacture a very high vote or some disaster could happen just before people voted what would count would be the mood of the meeting and what I need is a sense that the party is prepared to be led It would be nice for Clark If it were hat simple But so long as people talk about percentages and specific figures he cant escape And if it becomes the conventional political wisdom what the leader needs support from or even per cent of he delegates hen anything under that figure could force him to call a leadership convention Its obviously frustrating for Dark but its not something he can do a great deal about During past few years Canadians have been to a mass of information through si on radio newspapers and magazines on he of high blood pressure and the necessity for having blood pressure checked of screening programmes have been carried on by the Heart Foundations and other group help Identify Canadians with elevated blow sure and persuade them to check with their to establish whether they do or do not have high blood pressure all the fuss Is this Just another in a long list of pi no lions to persuade us do or not do something because it is good or bad for us Much of this advice counsels us to do things dont like to door not do things like for the sake or our health Is this another of these punishments we seem to merit because of our lifestyles in Canada or North America or the western world The reason for fuss of course is that high blood pressure is the single most important and identifiable factor contributing to heart attack stroke and kidney disease and is also a factor in more than half deaths due to heart disease two million Canadians have high blood pressure Half of hem dont know it and many of them will risk premature death and disability unless their blood pressure Is reduced Of those who know they have high blood pressure only half have it treated and of the latter only a small percental e cooperate with their doctors in the longterm control of their condition High blood pressure Is an Insidious problem and can occur at any age It usually produces no symptoms until Its loo late In most cases the cause is unknown and it cannot be prevented but It can be controlled and control pays dividends Obviously therefore everyone should have a blood pressure check rcgulorly The test is simple painless and inexpensive and If your doctor should diagnose high blood pressure it can be- controlled usually by drug and diet therapy While Ihc means of controlling high blood pressure are readily available the incentive to seek out and continue treatment is too often lacking in those who have it This despite the fact that doubles he risk of heart attack and increases the chance of stroke by four limes Data based on long term studies has shown that control of high blood pressure may prevent stroke Therefore he most promising key to prevention of stroke is Hie early detection and control of high blood pressure Surely these facts justify the fuss and continuing programmes of the Heart Foundation to alert Canadians to the dangers of high blood pressure and the need for regular blood pressure checks The question of whether high blood pressure is a problem only of North America or the western hemisphere has been answered by Ihc World Health Orguniiation which In cooperation with iho International Society and Federation of Cardiology and all of the national heart Foundations declared April 1078 as World High Blood Pressure Month In an attempt to draw international attention to this disease and Improve efforts control it Among eastern countries playing a prominent part In this project were India and Japan where high blood pressure and stroke have a much greater Incidence lhan Canada or United States For free detailed information on high blood pressure contact your provincial Heart Foundation Our low ranking have Tories on the defensive Volunteers pack kits for Red Cross canvassers Outent Park Bureau of The Herald Week One of the provincial election campaign appears to have unearthed a couple of soil spots In the otherwise solid front of confidence the Conservn lives are wearing Reporters accompanying Premier William Davis say Liberal Leader Stuart Smiths repeated charge Ontario has sank to lenth among Ihc provinces has the Tories defensive And he He Investment quagmire where he collapse of a provmclally licenced company wiped out the savings of several hundred Investors is making the govern ment look bad Davis has tried a doublebarrelled approach defusing the issue of Ontarios economic growth On the one hand hes said hat excluding the auto industry Ontario is up near Ihc lop of he economic growth heap although how he Justifies excluding such a big chunk of our manufacturing is hard to see A second tack is to send out Industry and Tourism Minister Larry Grossman to say Smiths charges compare apples and oranges BIG LEAP One or two major plants would Prince Edward Island into flrsl place In terms of rale of growth because- the province starts with so little ho said The same plants would have little impact on Ontario The real measure Is that Ontario is first away ahead in terms of total dollar growth almost twice Quebec and better than nearby US stales compete with us Mor leaves an impression of a heartless unfeeling government that is reinforced by campaign confrontations between Davis and worried pensioners The Conservative is to provide compensation only If the courts find governments handling of Re negligent Both Ihc Liberals and however say a legislative has already concluded that and the government should pay up pronto SMITH TOO Meanwhile Liberal Leader Stuart Smith officially kicked off his campaign lour by frying to dampen the lory charges hat hes simply a purveyor of doom and gloom He lauded Ontario potential Its strengths and virtues suggesting all is lacking Is a government in touch with the limes He found it ironic Davis was making leadership the issue Its not confuse leadership with image Lets not confuse leadership with a smooth smile and a ready handshake Leadership isnt govern ment by poll he said THEN And with that Smith attempted to bypass one of the other pillars of the Conservative campaign Davis personal popularity in the polls Whether will work or not well not know until March 19 Smiths kickoff speech had elements In reminiscent of Ronald Reagans successful quest for the S presidency Including one almost Identical line Are there any in this province who feel better off today lhan they did five years ago he asked ft is an explicit attack on what has always underlaid Tory power In Ontario the belief In peoples minds lhal whatever their fallings in other ways the Conservatives knew how lo run he province By licencing and by placing tenth and last In economic growth what the Conservatives are doing Hie myth they are good economic managers or at least thats message the Liberals hope Is coming through TWENTY YEARS AGOThe Brewers Retail Store part of the downtown scene for many years Is moving to another location in the spring Sod was broken Monday for a modern 3565square fool building on highway frontage just east of the office building A private project which started as a hobby for Ron Clarke become an assembly line product and consequently provide more work locally The which Is basically a pontoon with wings was designed and built by Ron in snatches of spare time last summer and its pcrformonce in early trials exceeded expectations Even at high speeds the exciting craft proved exceptionally stable A stubby cigar shaped Is the centre of attention loday at Kitchener Waterloo airport When its wide rotors begin to chum the crisp winter air the pulses of Avian officials at field will accelerate pa helically The aircraft is the Avian IRQ a prototype of the ill autogyro which rose and Tell In a crumpled heap of twisted metal In a freak accident at he same field over a year ago Frozen water sources are having their effect on township farmers Freezing and the lack of snow or rain have made water so scarce tank trucks are being kept busy hauling thousands to the form wells and storage tanks Some farms are without water entirely Ambulance calls averaging three a week were answered by the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Association In 19G0 it was revealed in a report of the years activities at the association annual meeting last week The organization a first In Canada when it was organized came into being In 1957 when the local funeral director found it Unprofitable lo continue such service on a private TEN YEARS than 1600 eligible dele gates from Ontario riding associations made the final selection at the Ontario Progressive alive Parlys leadership convention in Maple Leaf Gardens which concluded early Saturday morning Local delegates to the convention which resulted in the election of William Davis as the new party leader were Fran Baines and John Armstrong A 19yearold Georgetown youth remanded to Clark Institute of Psychiatry by Judge James Black for mental examination last week He was sent to the institute for up to GO days prior appearing on a charge of attempted murder The youth was arrested after four shotgun blasts were fired at Georgetown District High School One of the shots narrowly missed police sergeant Frank Arthurs United Church on the Seventh Line between and Hornby has a woman in the pulpll Reverend Adams stepped into her new role as pastor of the Hi lores Bethel Sunday after two years as minister of United Church In Toronto Three familiar faces on television commercials have created a new parlour game where watchers exclaim Isnt that oh you know The three faces belong to Julian Reed Bill McKcown and Bill and up regularly on screen The Georgetown Fire Department is solidly behind the Idea a having a full time paid fire chief it was revealed In a loiter from the department to council at a meeting last Thursday night The motion backing a paid fire chief was passed at a meeting of the firemen In a unanimous vote of the members present The Terra Cotta preservation committee appears to be generally in favor of construction of a new bridge to replace Ihe old structure according to its president John Mr said approval of the new bridge by the Peel good roads committee came as no surprise ONE YEAR AGOA long evening of contradictory tallies and confusing reports ended in Brampton early Tuesday morning with reeicctcd Progressive Conservative MP John crediting Georgetown voters Including two Hills politicians he singled out In the his return to office by a scant vote margin The accolades poured in a neverending stream at the 1B79 Georgetown Lions Clubs Citizen of the Year Award Dinner Karen Harrison who was awarded the honor last Friday for her outstanding work in the community told the audience In the Lions Hall that she was overwhelmed and truly proud to be the recipient of this award The Ontario government has no interest In developing Hal tons potential energy resources according to a spokesman for the ministry of natural resources Bob of the petroleum resources branch said last week here very well could be amounts of natural gas remaining In the pockets In Ihe area but the ministry is plugging existing wells which have been abandoned and lef I to deteriorate POETS CORNER Home sweet home Iniiuirnt smile a child v the older youth who lives no wild A preacher with a worried face has to deal with a difficult race The lady wrinkles and grey hair old fan I help you my friend I did say He said I can help myself In my own kind of way It far the rest of my family thai I pray The situation life thai they live What could be worse than a broken Is lonely wherever you roam Utile children from their families are So many homes where they cant be Jual for my life 1 dont care Cruelly lo children I cant bear Be good lo your children mid love them Then you can be happy In the natural way Musi learn lo love for Ihe world Is wide They may grow up nil no pride Any kind Of deed thulvou IK rand do They will natural follow Iti only you who can make life worth while Bo lets all try and have a reason to Albert llrooks