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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Page SECTION A THE HERALD March A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFF Publisher PAUL Editor DAVID BEATTIE Advertising Manager PHONE 8772201 Second Class Mail Registered Number When rehearsal becomes reality When the possibility of an emergency suddenly becomeB grim reality Its somehow comforting to watch our emergency services In action Wed like to extend out heartiest thanks to policemen and firefighters from the area and their helpers for putting In three long days of gruesome volunteer work last week searching for the body of Scott Kovas Conservation and municipal officials were generally ready Tor flood conditions along the Credit and parents everywhere were aware of the grim potential for some to give Into temptation get too and slip Into the rising river but no one anywhere was ready for the fate that befall 12year old Scott It was one of those terrible things you hear about each In the news but Its hard to accept when It happens here at home The Toronto boy was on a school outing with his classmates and teacher as the early thaw swelled the Credit After hiking back and forth over a footbridge to a midstream Island Scott reportedly lost his footing on an Ice floe along the and vanished into the water Thus began three long days of work for offduty policemen and volunteer firefighters and divers The sight of a police helicopter waiting behind the Georgetown station near arena was a visual reminder Thursday that the search con tinued against adverse conditions The local Red Cross unit has done a commendable Job rehearsing our emergency Services and educating the general public about such potential disasters as aircraft crashes and rail ac cidents and no one would doubt that they and their coworkers are ready for most small emergencies Then along comes an accident like this and there seems little anyone can do that Is not already being handled If the Red Cross and groups like It played any role in last weeks episode it was likely a small one The only Job to do Involved searching and police and diver were already wading through the current and swimming beneath the tee The helicopter brought In by the Ontario Provincial Police to extend the search downstream from Nerval was barely used a diver from Brampton spotted the body nearly buried by silt at a spot already searched twice before Our sympathies and oar hearts go out to young Scotts family his father was In Georgetown throughout the vigil and there must have been some tense moments both along the riverbank and at the police station where Tire chief Mick Holmes and others plotted their rescue and recovery strategy But more Importantly our gratitude goes out to the men who conducted the search Its reassuring to know youre ready In time of crisis Letter from the Editor Paul Dorsey Keep the bags packed Watching the standing ovation that greeted Ronald Reagans defenceheavy budget recently I was even more Incredulous than before about a letter Id received at The Herald from a Toronto solicitor and notary public As a member of the postwar baby boom generation who came of age Just as Americas presence in southeast Asia was being challenged around the world I cant help but look at Reagans election as a step backward for morality for peace for the American people and for North America as a whole But there It was Reagans landslide victory To be sure Carters apparent Inability to deal with the Issues was a factor and yes the possibility that these were the operative factors were the voters en masse ignoring his record of political corruption In California and most importantly his hawkish view on military confrontation Was it then a vengeful Instinct among the American electorate that swept Reagan to victory in the hope that hed show those Iranians a thing or two and strong arm the Soviets Into complacency Because of the scale of Reagans election victory and because of the enormous Moral Majority foundation on which that victory was based I the moneyminded evangelists of fundamental Christianity who sermonized their TV viewers into voting Republican for Jesus Id Justaboutgivenuptbegbost If Indeed the West has forgotten the lesson of Viet Nam forgotten the bitterness if fostered at home forgotten the tragedies of Kent and Jackson States then lets Just pack our bags Martha and quietly slip out the back door We can be painting moustaches on the stone heads of Easter Island even before the bombers leave the airstrip Suddenly to and behold a letter from Robert S Kartell a Carlton Street barrister Cable address Peacemaker casually Informs me that Im not alone in my steadfast pacifism A covering note sent along with the letter to oil area news editors explained that the lawyer Is developing the idea enclosed It goes something like this- What would you do if Canada were Invaded Suppose the United States invaded Canada what would you do What would the consequences bo of such takeover Now suppose the Canadian government refused to oppose a conquering army again what would you do decision not to resist means learning live in changed circumstances refusing to kill even IF attacked Canadians should understand their society excels over virtually all other nations Canadians would not only withstand any Invasion they would merge enemies Into their way of life What is superior In Canada would prevail After all what would an aggressor doT He envies and seeks us Why should he spoil what he sees works well That would be against his interests A wiser course would permit Canadians to continue running the country while imposing yet another tax Is this more onerous titan mass suicide Finally once a stand is taken not to kill you You start at once to negotiate differences You settle all problems regardless of difficulty knowing you have prohibit ed yourself from murdering your opponent no matter how unreasonable he is Your own code compels you to let everyone into your home you cooperate with him to ensure he does not smash the furniture Hardships may have to be faced Yet you do so knowing you are In the right and behaving sanely It has been said in a nuclear war the survivors will envy the dead More about this attitude toward nuclear and other wars next week YMCA READY FOR AUCTIONEER Preparlag for tie Georgetown art auction March auction left Jobs chairman Ralph Vincent and director Cheryl to pose for a plotsgraph Friday The auction slated to get at pm following a preview at win be held la Cross Chared Auditorial and win ature paintings and bklao Ticket at a piece are by or Herald Floras unifying motion brightened shoddy affair Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau of The Herald Every once In a while there Is a rare glistening moment In Parliament when the Institution risea above the humdrum of dreary debate to excite even Inspire its audience It may happen when some shy back bench MP gets an opportunity to Influence a major world event Or it may happen when MPs put partisan politics aside to pay tribute to a former colleague Itcanevenhappenwhealhe prime minister and opposition leader agree on something thats important to Canadians And to my way of thinking It happened a couple of weeks ago when Flora the minister of external affairs In the Clark govern ment rose and presented the following motion That this House go on record strongly supporting the nomination by the department of external affairs that Mrs Zena and Mrs Pat Taylor receive the Order of Canada for the courageous and role which bey played in the rescue of six Americans from Tehran For a few magic moments the entire House of Commons was united on something MPs on all sides cheered the initiative Without a dissening voice Parliament had expressed Itself And frankly I cant think of a more deserving motlod NOT CHANGED No its not because have changed my opinion about the Order In Canada I have always felt that the Pearson government In creating a multitiered honors roll was establishing a high- level class system that was open to outrageous distortions However I wont harp on that again But nowhere were these torn more apparent than In the awarding of honors to eight Canadian embassy personnel who helped smuggle six Americans out of Iran while the two wives who sheltered the Americans were cheerfully Ignored So long as we have national awards the eight recipients were obviously deserving but how the two women could be ignored is to me preposterous had been recommended for the honor by the external affairs department The advisory committee which recommends names to the Governor- General baa never officially explained why the wives of Ambassador Ken Taylor and First Secretary John were not included when the eight awards were handed But one report says that the committee headed by Chief Justice Bora Laikin considered the two a pair and that Mrs a Guayanese native who is not yet a Canadian technically ineligible NOT GOOD I suppose that excuse is as good aa any But it isnt very good First the cabinet has the power to bestow citixenahip on any person who has provided outstanding service to Canada And secondly Just think of the irony of Mrs being refused an award on these grounds when the event for which she was considered involved the Canadian government providing faked and forged passports to sue Americans Talk about overcoming Anyone who baa seen those television documentaries on the escape of the six Americana knows what those two women went through As John himself has said Myself and my colleagues had the escape of going to the office on a daytoday basis Sometimes we went In wben we didnt have to go in merely to relax But this wasnt possible for the ladies Is It any wonder that he announced he would return bis decoration if bis wife were not similarly honored Mr Justice says the two women will be reconsidered I think we can safely assume they will be given the bow but It wont be quite the same The only bright note In this whole shabby affair was hat moment when all parliamentarians united around Flora MacDonalda motion and spoke for all of us Seeking the disadvantaged in pursuit of equal rights Queens Park Queens Park of The Hera More and more a strange concept known as equal results is replacing equal opportunity as a driving principle within our relatively free society The new system Involves first classifying everyone into various categories rather than treating people as individuals and then seeing how each group stacks up against another The assumption is that unless each group does equally as well as the others In terms of results then equal opportunity did not exist in the first place The latest recruit to the equal results theory Is Toronto City which now has a race relations committee surveying city hall staff to see how many nonwhites are employed and in what type of Job It takes little genius to see that If the exact proportions do not reflect what the surveyors think then discri mination against the nonwhite population in Toronto will have been proved QUOTA SYSTEM The solution will be an affirmat ive action program a polite way of saying a quota fir nonwhites will be established ant people will be hired and promoted the basis of color Our new federal constitution which supposedly ban Discrimination such as Job preferences based on color actually legalises such affirmative action where those benefitting Ml the category of disadvantaged And how does a group obtain the label disadvantaged In the United States where these Ideas originated the criterion usually accepted is hat a group deserves quotas if society guilty of past discrimination against it But that can hardly be the Canadi an approach The only reference to Canadian disadvantaged who might deserve quotas was given in a federal govern ment survey of business leaders last year It named eight disadvantaged groups people over or under the handicapped natives women FrenchCanadians Asians and blacks That covers almost every one except middleaged males of non- French European extraction And at least two of those categories Asians and blacks have in the main not been In Canada long enough to have suffered past discrimina tion Thr Worldln country in the past 13 years which makes it a little difficult to swallow he argument that their arrival here somehow Indicates past discrimina tion However It Is often suggested that government employees because they serve the public should reflect the colors and cultures in society In general WELL DONE In theory thats a sound concept but again It assumes equal results and the only way it can be applied la by a quota system It also Ignores criteria other than color for reflecting culture Moreover the federal government appears to go Employment Minister Lloyd Axworthy having suggested that businesses dealing with government are also going to have to Initiate quota programs for the dis advantaged The argument doesnt apply there and in any esse again assumes equal opportunity only exists where equal results can be measured The Ontario government which has both quotas called targets and unofficial quotas baa not gone quite that for But one suspects such a law is coming Halton s History From our files THIRTY YEARS A GO- Negotiations for the purchase of Mount Pleasant Church have been completed by two Georgetown ladles Mrs R McLaughlin and Mrs M Mover The ladles plan to use the building to house a new Industry KirkKraft Studio which will produce and sell handicraft products It Is believed his may be the only such venture in Ontario where handicraft Is produced on a large scale and sold direct to the public Plans are progressing for Georgetowns new auxiliary public school on which construction will start this spring Last Wednesday John Parkin representing the architects John Parkin Associates met with the school board to present the Initial plans The school which will be built on highway property being purchased from Jack Tost will contain six classrooms and an auditorium as well as a combination health and lady teachers room and a principals office Mr and Mrs Russell Klrby opened heir new store In Brampton last week It will be known as the Margaret Klrby- Shop and features ladles wear Mr KlrbycperatcdKIrbysSpecialtyShop here for seven years before moving to Brampton in IMS Their store was located In the premises now tenanted by he Empire Lunch TWENTY YEARS man responsible for keeping post of fice grounds the picture spot of the downtown area All is retiring Mr for twelve years was eligible for retirement three years ago but has had numerous extensions granted at his request A visit lo a performance by the Canadian National Ballet was a treat enjoyed recently by Diane Greenwoods ballet class They watched the Nutcracker Suite performed by with Angela and Lillian dancing the lead roles Martha Kennedy formerly a teacher from the Georgetown district and a resident of Centennial Manor for the past three years marked her birthday last Thursday at the manor A Provincial Paper dart team came within Inches of competing at the Sportsmans Show wben they advanced to the finals in a Guelph Tournament Feb The team captained by was ousted by a team for the honor A member of the Georgetown Revolver Club All Long went alter something bigger than paper targets last month Alf who is an Acton resident returned last week from Nairobi where he had just completed a big game hunt arranged through White Hunters Alfprovedhls effectiveness with a highpowered weapon by bagging a rhino an elephant and a lion during the hunt TEN YEARS Snow of Georgetown East MPP was one of seven new faces named Monday to the Ontario cabinet by Premier William Davis Snows promotion from the back benches to minister without portfolio gives County two cabinet ministers George Kerr who represents West is energy and resources minister A fulltime paid fire chief a second fireball south of Silver Creek an aerial pumper fire truck and an additional two bays with hose drying tower at the existing fire hall were some of the recommendations listed In the report unveiled at committee meeting last Thursday The report was the result of a joint meeting with representatives of Georgetown and the Ontario Fire Marshalls Office Policemen in the Hal tonPeel region were advised last week to begin Immediately to protect themselves against regional government Spokes men from eight police departments in Hal ton- Peel gathered in OakviUe to discuss problems related to any move that would bring the twocounty area into a regional unit A plan to build 150 townhouses on the land near the old bottling works on Mam tain view Road was presented to committee of council last Thurs day Samuel Black of Economy Construction asked council to send a letter to Ontario Housing Corporation stating there was a need for such housing in town Acton Mayor Les has no strong objections to the new airport being located near Acton He said the town Is on the edge of development and can move ahead to people very quickly airport or not He emphasized the town will have to take care not to go over 13000 people or It will lose the atmosphere that means so much to the eon unit v ONE YEAR board of education finance committee estimates it will cost Just over million to operate the school system this year Committee chairman Florence said last week the total is an increase of per cent over last years Among the areas Inflation has hit hardest during he past year are fuel prices which have Jumped per cent hydro which rose 13 per cent interest rates which rose IS per cent and tenders for supplies and services which so far have risen to 14 per cent A application for Chapel Street School site in Georgetown calling for the construction of four singlefamily homes and the renovation of the existing building to make room for up to onebedroom apartment units has been referred to town staff for a report The application by Chateau Developments Ltd asks for a from third density residential to fourth density residential special So you thought wood- stoves were cheap How You Can Save Money with a Wood Burning Stove A oneyears review Stave pipe Installation etc SO Gas and Maintenance for Chain Saw 44 Four- Wheel Drive PickUp stripped Maintenance FourWheel Drive Pick- Up 418 Replace Rear Window or PickUp twice 310 Fine for Cutting Unmarked Tree In County Forest Fourteen Cases of 19600 Uttering fine Beer Cans SO Doctors Fee Removing Splinter Safety Glasses 19 50 Tow Charge from creek Doctors Fee Broken Toes Tree fell on foot IDS Safety Shoes Replace Burned Living Room Carpet 80380 Paint Walls Celling In Living Room Chimney Brush Rods 49 Log Splitter manual 1BS0 Log Splitter pneumatc Thirteen acre wood lot 900000 Taxes on Replace Coffee Table chopped up burned while drunk Divorce Settlement Total First Years Cost Savings In Conventional Fuel First Year Overall Cost First Years Contributed