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the HERALD Home Newspaper of HBs Since 1886 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager Editor PHONE DAVID Advertising Manager Second Mia Number 0943 Page A SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Council was right on Croatian plan Town councils decision more than a year ago to block elaborate plans for a CroatianCanadian social and recreational complex seems to have been justified in recent weeks by police action against some individuals at the Croatian centre near and the YugoslavianCanadian cam pground south of Norval Both sites which share the ability to attract hundreds of otherwise residents make good use of passive rural areas the Croatian cen tre just south of on Winston Churchill Boulevard and the Yugoslavian gathering spot on High way south of Acton The recent Feast of St Anthony celebrations at the former centre at tested to the rich cultural heritage of these Canadians and the colorful ethnic festivities are always a joy to behold Its the more regular gatherings most weekends at these two recreational centres that has angered some neighbors and drawn police to the sites however and clearly there is reason for public concern Council was originally asked to approve legislation that would have enabled the CroatianCanadians who own the Norval site to launch a lengthy and ambitious construction program which might have turned the former pasture land into a miniOlympic stadium complete with tennis soccer and swimming facilities and room for thousands of visitors Despite some initial enthusiasm over the idea council voted against the more elaborate plan and the have developed their centre as far as existing bylaws will allow Like Ac tons Yugoslavians Croatians play host to hundreds of their former countrymen each weekend the rural picnic ground at mosphere understandably a attrac tion for those who live in Metro Loud noise late at night is the only consistent reason police have visited the two centres neighbors tiring of the celebrants alleged un willingness to turn down the volume on sound systems There was of course the isolated incident in which two of the Croatian organizers were charged by police with weaponsrelated offences after workmen involved in the St An thony celebrations were allegedly threatened that cose comes before the court again this week but clearly is not representative of the general behavior at either centre Instead the noise of the parties and aggravation among some neigh bors over excessive traffic are the only ongoing problems ones which hopefully will be controlled through mutual agreement Councils foresight in withholding permission for a much larger Croatian operation must be lauded in view of the minor eadaches provided by the current centres The big day Were now only about days away from opening the Halton Hills librarycultural centre easily the areas biggest step forward in terms of passive recreational development And were only halfway to reaching the public fundraising objec tive of Not that the arts complex on Church Street will stay closed without the full amount raised but the publics share of the financing must be in place soon for corresponding grants to be ob tained So it comes as welcome news that project organizers are increasing the fundraising pace after a brief summer lull A massive campaign blitz will start just after Labor Day and we hope everyone in Halton Hills who hasnt already done so will contribute to this historic and worthwhile cause Certainly there are many in town whove done far more than their fair share to get this project virtually a Georgetown Little Theatre pipe dream just a few years ago off the ground Rex Heslop as an individual and a Rotarian his fellow Rotarian and a fine musician Ralph Ursel building contractor and building com mittee chairman Tennant ar chitect Keith Day and her fellow organizers in the Arts Council Mayor Pete John Roe and others in the Little Theatre the Choral Society and artisans groups librarian Betsy Cor nwall these are the citizens who should take the final bows come opening day tentatively Oct To all those devoted patrons of the local arts scene who purchased a piece of history in the form of GLT- arranged seat plaques to the hundreds of youngsters who helped collect money by decorating the building site with colorful murals organized by the Arts Council to all the individuals who took part in the many special events set up by local clubs to raise funds a big tnankyou Georgetowners of the past present and future And to you who will now pool your donations to put the essential public fund over the top you shall reap the vast benefits of your labor Letter from the editor Paul Dorsey Wolf The mail strike was over and JeanClaude Parrot pulled the plug suddenly were deluged with all the thirdclass mall that was building up at the poet office during The Longest FortyTwo Days Once the stuff not worth reading is brushed soybean competition results from Alberta and the usable news is dispatched to the typesetters we have the material requiring more careful and longrange perusal Alas Into this category last week fell two mora from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd they keep sending me this stuff honest I dont go searching for it maybe theyre trying to set me up as the Boy who cried Wolf There was Ascent the companys quarter ly typically expensive magazine but that had more dull reading about Radiation How dangerous la It and look at the social and ethical Issues of energy which pointed out that your average antinuke protester and those who profess to speak for the poor are almost all opponents of current lifestyles and of the present uses of energy and are rather affluent themselves Then there was an press release from try dropping the Nuclear Research Establishment which explains haw the company is going to experiment on nuclear waste burial with a nonnuclear underground facility The folks around Lac Bonnet Manitoba should be delighted to hear what the undertakers from the have In mind for their new cemetery and well all be glad to pitch in on the million expense wont wo AEC will set up several small rooms at the bottom of a metre deep shaft from which the underground environment can be monitored The AEC could then use that Information to build computers that would predict how nuclear wastes would behave over thousands of years if made highly insoluble and burled deep In the rock of the Canadian Shfcld ir I were punster I might suggest that we taxpayers need a Canadian Shield of our own to protect us against the potential hazards of the nuclear industry against the effects of energy causes that create highly insoluble problems But Im not Recalling MPs pointless too much empty talk already By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau of The Herald As leader Her Majestys Loyal Opposition Joe Clark naturally wants Parliament recalled so he and his colleagues can rail against the govern ments alleged Inaction on our econom ic woes We have a country In crisis and a government on vacation says the former prime minister And he argues that Parliament should be recalled immediately so the govern ment can draw up a new economic program The New Democrats loo would like to see Parliament recalled Oppo sition parties always fare off better when the House Is In session and they have a forum tot their anger But apart from providing such a forum 1 see much point In recalling Parliament Over the last six months wc have beard Just about everything parliamentarians have to say about the economy And what we need now Is a little apparent attention from government not parliament The government con take Just about any action It wants without first going through the parliamentary process NO MAGIC An emergency session of Parlia ment in itself would do nothing to prop up the declining Canadian dollar in terms of the US dollar nor would It do anything to dampen Inflation The opposition parlies have no magic solutions that are being saved for a reconvened Parliament Having said that there Is no reason for the government to appear so Indifferent to the economic situation We may not require an emergency session of Parliament but It would be nice to have our leaders Including Prime Minister displaying a little concern lor our economic plight Its not good enough for cabinet ministers to emerge Iron holidays long enough to say dont panic and then go back to he cottage There will be a budget sometime In the fall and there Is no need for panicking at this time says Justice Minister Jean Chretien And he quite rightly pointed out put even if Parliament were In session this would not stop United State President Reagan from increasing his interest rates But while we all accept the fact that many of Canadas economic problems are imported and the governments options are limited there is no excuse for this Image of Indifference The dont panic message might be comforting to economists but It doesnt do much for the homeowner who Is negotiating a new mortgage at per cent CONCEHN HIDDEN There must be great concern in government about outrageous interest rates no one In his right mind could be unconcerned but you dont get the Impression that anyone in the cabinet Is preoccupied with the situation In fact when you couple this with other recent even there to be an amazing lack of sensitivity In high places When Transport Minister Jean- Luc Pepin announced a drastic reduc tion in rail passenger services he seemed totally oblivious to the historic role of railways In western Canada And when PostmasterGeneral Andre said businessmen should stop depending on mail services he seemed totally oblivious to everything These events are never assessed in Isolation And now that Prime Minister Is hopping around Africa and Finance Minister Allan MacEacben Is spending most of tut time at his cottage and other senior ministers are coming Into Ottawa only long enough to say dont panic its difficult to think the government is really seized of the situation There are limes when the appearance of concern Is as Important as the concern Itself And this surely is one of those times Political cowardice abounds over radioactive soil issue Queens Park Derek Nelson Queens Park Bureau of The Herald Too cute and loo clever by half an outraged MPP Scan Conway called It and he was right Conway the Libera representing the Chalk River area responding to the suggestion that tons of slightly radioactive soil from eastern Toronto be dumped In his riding The suggestion was made by Premier Bill Davis In a telex to the federal government It climaxes a sod tale of how a combination of Irrational protest and political cowardice has disrupted what should have been a perfectly simple operation The soil In question about as much as would cover a football field a couple of feel deep Isnt any particular health threat where Is The radioactivity is low about three times background normal maybe similar to some populated areas In Elliot Lake or about what a luminous dial on a wrist watch throws off A subdivision has existed at the soil site since NEED MOVED I But however marginal the risk residents understandably want the stuff removed from their backyards and In fact should be removed from the vicinity of buildings which can In theory trap the radiation And as Conway points out this would be no problem if the province end the federal government would discharge their Joint political responsi bility for setting up a formal lowlevel waste management program Ottawa bears the brunt of the blame since It hat legal responsibility but as the Davis telex indicates Ontario is also Involved up to Its neck The moat useful means of dispos ing of the soil would be as fill for a golf course or some other openspace use away from buildings where It would be no hazard whatsoever but the province vetoed that Idea BANCROFT TOO Next it was suggested the soil be spread over uranium mine tailings near Bancroft which produced the usual emotional local protest followed by the usual craven provincial After all local MPP Jim Pollock is a Tory Then the Ontario Environment Ministry suggested a military base for Interim storage and the federal government unilaterally picked Camp Borden near Barrie Again local protest erupted and again the local MPP is a Tory George McCague and an Influential cabinet minister to boot Hence the Davis telex to Ottawa Ontario even went to far as to agree to pay any extra costs incurred by shipping to Chalk River rather than Borden One suspect the Chalk River location was picked partly because people in the area are lets emotional and Irrational about the atom than they appear to be In much of the rest of Ontario Besides the area already has large quantities of contaminated soil that were removed a Tew years ago from Port Hope although tons remain at that town And maybe theres Just a touch of Conways being a Liberal Conway Justifiably calls the suggest i on una cceptable although hes not panicstricken about nonexistent dangers Instead he argues people else where must accept their share of the waste burden that Chalk River hat done enough and that the province and Ottawa must slop playing chicken with the whole waste question and come out with a comprehensive plan to deal with low- level waste One has to agree with him although the political realities are such that It is unlikely to ever happen THIRTY YEARS AGOGeorgetown Public School already overcrowded to capacity will expand Into St Johns Church auditorium when school opens next week With the creation of another class this year the school board was faced with a decision of staggering classes or securing a room until a new school Is built Many local listeners heard the program Georgetown on the Air a 15minute radio program broadcast over CFRB Monday A brief sketch of the town was given telling of its Inception In 1864 and steady growth to Its present population of Council members town officials employees and their families celebrated summer at their annual picnic In Erin Thursday They spent an enjoyable afternoon playing horseshoes races and numerous other games and topped off their day with a picnic feast Due to misunderstanding among parents the school board wants to clear the issue regarding school textbooks Saying they will not provide books for classroom use these books must be purchased by the pupils themselves The board will make greater use of supplementary reading books which are paid for by a government grant and has decided to purchase more of them In the coming year TWENTY YEARS AGOHiLo Equipment manu facturers of steel for warehouses has completed moving its heavy machinery into the King Street plant formerly occupied by P Graham Bell Associates Limited and If things go smoothly theyll be in full production In two weeks The newest local industry will employ people but BO per cent of the staff Is being from Mlmico where they are shutting down their plant Construction work on Highway 7 in has created problems for some area residents council has learned With the lowering of the raod some sidewalks and driveways are too high according to Superintendent William Mr and Reeve Sinclair will meet with Department or Highways engineers to discuss the problem A request by Zellers for clarification of its status in setting its own operating hours has caused a stir among local merchants and town council A spokesman recently told council the store would only locate In Georgetown if It could maintain a six day weekly operation and be open two nights a week Currently town merchants are governed by a bylaw which allows them to set their own hours by a majority vote Most have adhered to a closed Monday open Friday night policy Major renovations are being planned by one Main Street merchants in conjunction with the towns new sidewalk building program Contractor William Hamilton appeared with Enrico Caruso at Mondays council meeting to outline plana for a new front on Caruso Fruit Market and the adjoining Goldhams Meat Market The fruit market will be set back from the street to allow an open air display of goods TEN YEARS a major reconstruction of Highway Is not in the immediate future there is a good possibility It will get a smoother surface between John Street and Maple Avenue This narrow portion of the highway left for future decision some years ago when the eastern portion of the highway was widened and Improved Georgetown Transportation Company will offer a bus service to Georgetown high school students living inside the town limits who dont get bus service from the Board of Education A company official said they will inaugurate the service on the second day of school at a cost of cents per student If an insufficient number of students use he service It will be cancelled the end of the month Esquesing council placed a ban on rubber tires at their Fourth Line dump to put an end to a problem An Acton man is In the used tire business and torts through the ires keeping those which can be recapped The rest go to the Esquesing dump The result after seven months of this process Is hundreds of bald rubber tires on the Esquesing landfill site They cant be legally burned and there are too many to be buried MP Rud Whiting and Acton Mayor Lea Duby said they have been right on top of the possible extension of the GO transit system proposal being discussed now by federal provincial and Metro Toronto representatives It was their Joint feeling that the service be extended as far as Guelph so It would reach the KitchenerWaterloo market Mayor Duby said hes sure Acton residents would use the service If It were available ONE YEAR AGOA new school board trustee positionallocated to Halton Hills Monday following a regionwide shuffle of representation on the Board of Educationwill go to Acton and town council has decided Clerk admini strator Ken Richardson told council that clerks from four municipalities in the region sat down last week to recalculate representation on the 20- ember board according to an equalized farm and residential assessment ratio Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital will not be closing down for three weeks due to lack fo funds the hospital board has announced Hospital spokesmen denied reports from a Toronto newspap er say he hospital board was considering dosing the facility In an attempt to keep this years deficit down The bed hospital is facing a possible deficit of this year compared to a deficit last year Despite a flurry of protest Jim Barrett says he is not bowing to any minority pressure In the community to cancel the Junior Miss Halton Hills beauty pageant proposed for the Georgetown Fall Fair In October The idea has already been approved by the Georgetown Fall Fair board and contestants will be sponsored by various service clubs in the community Town council approved a preliminary design for the reconstruction of Highway between Highway and Acton Under the fiveyear construction plan the ministry of transportation and communication will widen the highway to four lanes beginning Just sough of the to Regional Road The ministry would not commit Itself to a starting date but will host an open house at Speyiide Public School to review the project with area residents POETS CORNER The Cat The lady knew she was to die She had I tell yea why Made make a pledge to care for her tat He didnt gin much thought sure ke would do hat And everywhere he wants to go that est It must be fed When be away from boms Ike cat wafts In Ike The cat It to a a promise he wont break It a man cant keep a promise Its he take Though his memories are deep with She may be witching him from above Then that cat was missing he thought he was free A week later she returned kittens number three I dont what became of then be never did say The last lime 1 was there the cat was there that day la spite of loneliness sad sorrow Us faith we do accept It It a the promise will be kept By Albert Brooks Acton