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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hahon HSs Since A Division at Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager Editor PHONE DAVID Advertising Manager Second Clin Mall Registered Number T1ll A THE HERALD Wednesday Business boosters must await urban studies results Our initial reaction after hearing about regional councils response to a major business promotion proposal last week was one of anger and dismay business development director Matthew Fischer unveiled his plan for the biggest industrial promotion weve ever seen here poin ting out that the 200 per cent cost in crease it entails merely puts Halton in the mainstream alongside other regional municipalities ana their self- promotion expenditures While the new scheme if ap proved by council would increase our per capita spending on business promotion from 68 cents to he reported wed still be more than cents per capita behind Ottawa- Carleton Our initial reaction then was what has Mr Fischers office been doing these past six years Councils response to the proposal was cautious the members concerned more about taking on the added expense in one lump sum for a largely unknown product rather than in the program gradually A airly typical political response we believe No one denies the need in Halton for more industrial assessment a fac tor that would balance the tax ratio and thus lower household taxes We applauded the creation of a regional business development office and had several occasions to commend its ef forts under the first director Bill Mar shall In the past two years the depar tments efforts seem to have inten sified helping the region as a whole by attracting a few new industries but in variably locating them south of High ways Burlington and may be more attractive locations for incoming industries but until we see some regionsponsored development in north Halton our endorsement of the depar tments work must be less than total Surely Actons ambitious Leather- town campaign stands as a better example of how a communitys com mercial identity if not its industrial sites can be promoted Another reason why Halton Hills regional representatives in par ticular should hold off approving Mr Fischers scheme which would annual spending in his department from to involves the longawaited results of our twin urban boundary studies Recent revelations about the studies preliminary findings suggest there may be more capacity for in dustry in Acton as well as Georgetown than we previously believed No local political decision is more important to Hills than the one council must eventually make on the final study results the Focal Properties Ltd issue the shopping plaza issue and a dozen or more other development questions will be resolved in one fell swoop Once Actons and Georgetowns sewage treatment plants have been accurately measured and their capacities to handle industrial effluent gauged Halton Hills council will make some farreaching plans of its own Un til that is accomplished any local san ctioning of Mr Fischers promotional blitz must wait Letter from the editor Its NOW or never forgot Both dallies as well as CHUM have carried short recently on Torontos newest newspaper called simply Now and each in turn has quoted Its founder publishereditor Michael If the name doesnt ring a bell some ears must be clanging Mike is my predecessor at this post He edited The Herald for about a year jobs at the Orangovllle Citizen and the Workmens Compensation Boards communications department Now is basically patterned after New Yorks Village Voice an upbeat news and entertainment voice as the logo states geared both to ihe young and heart and to those seeking a different perspective on Toronto news Now you see is weekly due out each Thursday starling Sept 10 and available at Toronto newsstands for cents Both before and after a preview issue received selected circulation last month the financial backers were lining up Mike always was somewhat precocious his flair for journalism fostered by his father and it grandfather who were editors respectively and Got a call from Jim Barren erstwhile community booster who moved to Alberta last month leaving Halton Hills a legacy In the form of a trophy to be presented annually to ihe Service Club Person of the Year Jayccc Jim Dudley la currently handling the preparations Busily dispatching Infighting helicopters into the burning brush near Lake Jim tells me hes planning lo help out the Grande Cache Elks Lodge and wants to start an Optimist Club In the same community which has a population of about And in keeping with his penchant for publicity Jim continues to attract the out there No sooner had he stepped off Wo train he says when a television camera crew nabbed him for a manon comment about Ottawas plans to discontinue some VIA Rail services Ill keep you posted about the further adventures of Jim and Barrett as I hear ihem but I suspect wc may ail soon be reading in the dallies about a certain new Liberal challenge facing Conservative Premier Peter Lougheed Are you ready for the Acton fall fair In order to print on accurate catalogue Acton Fall Fair organizers are urging farmers planning lo show at the fair to register early While the bed section is already filled a Sept 12 deadline has been established for dairy entries Forms are found In ihe Fall Fair brochure and entry fees of allow Individual farm or stable to enter number of classes and any number of different The cataloguing especially useful in the dairy show listing the name of ihe animal milk production and pedigree The Acton Agricultural Society Its Mlu Acton Fall Fair Committee are looking for young women of age or over Interested In succeeding Miss Fall 1930 Lisa McGrath The pageant takes place during the Friday variety night which marks the first evening of the fall fair Sept IB If you live In the areas served by Iho Acton or poet offices or attend High School call B531B65 or before Sept IB Kent Commission report subjective or objective of The Herald Right now I dearly wish the Royal Commission on Newspapers had never been established But the report is silting here staring me like a stack of unpaid bills begging for comment It is after all the biggest thing to hit Ottawa since Parliament recesses with the possible exception of Jim Cowls delicious defeat in he byclcc- lion and it just cant be Ignored I wish it could Commenting on anything fee ling the newspaper business gives me an acute case of discomfort On he other hand there is precious Utile comfort In running away from such comment Thats why the report Itself would just go away Trouble is I am not even confident of my own objectivity Sure It easy to piously proclaim idler objectivity but how docs one really know 1 bet the Royal Commission Is absolutely convinced of its own objectivity but is if How Tor instance did the commission arrive at the conclusion that the Ottawa Citizen is not a very good newspaper As a regular subscriber which is more than 1 can say for the royal commissioners I think its fairly good ALL BAD Thais the trouble with this report Its crammed full of subjective view points the key one being that chain ownership of newspapers Is alt bad As an employee of a chain would be easy for me join that chorus Look Ma I am not scared and applaud the commissions observations Or on the other hand it would be even easier to join the predictable reaction from owners and publishers who would have us believe that all three royal commis sioners are madmen Trouble here is that publishers have always reacted this way to any suggestion of govern ment interference In their affairs Back in the early 1960s when then finance minister Walter Gordon brought In legislation preventing the sate of Canadian newspapers to foreigners the Winnipeg Free Press ran pictures of some of the great dictators of our time Including Walter Gordon and Adolf Hitler You see its very difficult in this business to know when youre being entirely objective Just as some people including Ihe royal commissi oners adhere to Ihe inherent belief that chain ownership of newspapers Is the work of the devil so do many industry people feel that If the govern ment offered a carrier boy a free trip to Disneyland it would be an infringe ment on freedom of the press WILL WAIT Its not only the extreme positions hat cause such Journal 1st discom fort its the manner in which we attach such inordinate Importance to things affecting our industry Already this 300page Kent Commission report has received more attention than the entire findings of the Royal Commission on Corporate Concentra tion in 19TB But then the Report on the Moss Media received far more attention than the Royal Commission on Taxation five years earlier Personally am going to be Far more interested In Ihe eight volumes of research material this commission will be releasing within next few months So far It seems to me the commission hasnt made Its case that chainownership Is particularly undesirable And until there Is far more meaningful data In this respect along with far more realistic assess ments of alternatives It strikes me as Inconceivable that the govern ment would take a serious view of the commissions recommendations for selective divestments by chains and nearchains But thats perhaps an unconscious ly subjective view And rather than pursue ibis I think Ill just wait until the shouting has subsided all the research papers are In and then tit least my subjectivity will be based on fact Negative response minimal over jetsetter Bill Davis Queens Park Derek Nelson Queens Park Bureau of The Herald Now that all fuss has died down about Premier Bill Davis sleek new million Jet maybe It is lime to step back and take a longer look purchase I must admit to a great deal of puzzlement about the strange way he government handled he purchase as well as lo the overkill publicity given It by he press Davis office has only recorded seven telephone calls and letters In the two weeks since the story broke although mind you all were negative Still compared to some issues like whether beer should be served Blue Jays baseball games here the response was minimal And letters newspapers appear to be equally It Is as though politicians and press thought It was a big Issue while most citizens didnt give the purchase a second thought or If they did dismissed as a typical waste of taxpayers money FEW FACTS While I doubt ihe Challenger Jet is absolutely vital to the successful running or the Ontario government seems reasonable to accept the conten tion that It part of the ongoing When Ihe Challenger arrives after a million refit In Texas because theres nobody available In Canada to do It one of three existing aircraft used for executive travel will be phased out The jet will obviously bo more comfortable for cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats not to mention faster than the current turbo aircraft Moreover the province currently Jets soil is hardly a new mode of travel for the governments upper cabinet NEXT QUESTION Why hen the rather defensive attitude adopted by government types towards talk of he Challenger It Is almost as hough they eel guilty about buying 1 After all cabinet was quite careful never to authorize the purchase during the six years of minority government The Initial press release omitted Utile details like price and hailed the Challenger as a potential air ambulance as well as an executive jet even though it can land at only out of Ontario airports Some thought he government acted skittish because of embarrassing revelations back in he early 1970s about Davis and other cabinet ministers using government planes for personal rather nan public business ENVY TOO And hat maybe It On he other hand it just might thai an executive Jet Is such a lovely symbol of what separates those who spend ihe money Ihe politicians and senior bureaucrats from those who pay the taxes that allows buying a Challenger Everyone feels governments waste millions of taxpayer dollars anyway but when nothing concrete is there before the eyes It Is very hard to become greatly aroused So the Jet makes a lovely target Still the mild reaction received by the premiers office might mean Davjj and company not to mention the press are overestimating the hostility to Iho purchase In most peoples minds THIRTY YEARS Lome Scots band has done It For the third year in a row they took top honors in section 2 competitions at Canadian Notional Exhibitions Music Day The band was awarded i points In their competition The Lome Scots have won some ten first prizes during their years of competition at the CNE In recognition of their win a civic banquet Is being planned by the town council next month Increases of cents per month for two party residential telephone service in Georgetown and cents for residential Individual lines are proposed in Bell Telephones application for revised rotes filed in Ottawa with the Board of Transportation Commissioners for Canada No change is proposed In long distance rates Saturday women of St Guild in Glen Williams will present their fifth annual fall fair a small scale version of he older established Georgetown fair exhibits school exhibits fruit and flowers home baking and hobbles Plans for he Georgetown Fall Fair have also been finalized for next Saturday when C Graham deputy minister of agriculture comes to town to open the show Scotty Pattersons Legionnaires decisively won the first of their series lo decide the champions by a score of over Glen Williams Tuesday The score was not Indicative of Ihe play since the Glen team seemed to have an off night and piled an impressive list of errors TWENTY YEARS AGOHlghway construction between Brampton and Georgetown wont be completed until May 1062 and it could take even longer if the holdup on Hill any length of time Department of Highways official said per cent of work has been completed according to Mr and the total cost would be Councillor Ian Cass again evinced Interest at Monday nights council meeting that narrower sidewalks might create hazards if signs jutted Into the street Town engineer G said nine signs might be affected by Highway 7 road widening and said dial he would be seeing owners this week about adjustments which would have be made Plans for construction of a new school for retarded children in North Ballon are still proceeding according to a report from Gerry Addison chairman of the North Association for the Retarded Childrens building committee The architect is working on plans for the which Is to be built on the Seventh Line north of Hornby Total cost of proposed school is Approval for a proposed bus service between Georgetown Brampton Bromalea and Malton was given by Georgetown council Monday Tho local Georgetown Transportation Company operated by Art Scott Is interested in providing this service and requested councils sanction Mayor Hyde said the firm would also be interested in providing a local internal service as well TEN YEARS AGOBy a unanimous vote Monday night council backed a motion asking Gray Coach Lines return to Main Street and if possible reestablish a bus agency downtown Councillor Era Hyde pointed out that a great many older people live In the downtown area and emphasized the primary concern is the route change although a bus agency would also be an advantage Council approved in principle a plan for a subdivision for the land owned by Nell Investments adjacent to the hospital This land does not Include controversial townowned land on Princess Anne Drive and cedar swamp behind It The land approved is only the land originally owned by Nell Investments before any negotiations to buy the townowned land began Differences of opinion about the long range policy for commercial signs resulted in a withdraw al of two motionsone for Canadian Tire and one for Camilla Developments on Guelph Street Canadian Tire spokesmen asked for permission to creel two pylon signs on Guelph Street and Mountalnvicw Road and said they dont allow their stores to open without the signs Canadian Tire plans to open heir new Georgetown branch in eight weeks Councillor Hyde said hed hold the motion for a few weeks if a decision on the signs was made soon The Recreation and Parks Department has compiled a report explainlnglts decision lo boost Ice rental fees at the arena this season The boards move has drawn Ire particularly from Canadian Legion officials sponsors of Saturday childrens hockey who Intimated that will not subsidize the program If coals increase In the report the department outlined Ihe price changes and how ihey arrived at he new figures ONE YEAR AGO- Willi the municipal elections still wo months away seven of Hills 12 council members have already decided theyll try for reelection November 10 In Ward Acton all three representatives Ed Wood Terry and Rosa are ready to run for reelection Miller is the only Word member whos made up his mind Ward north Georgetown John McDonald has decided lo run again and Mike Armstrong and Marilyn will be back on the Ward south Georgetown campaign trail Four hundred employees of Maple Lodge Poultry Farms In Brampton could legally walk out on strike by midnight September 14 IT company and union representatives fall to negotiate the workers first collective Union spokesmen said the company and Ihe union have tried on several occasions since January reach a contract for Maple Lodge production and delivery personnel saying theyre still miles apart Participation In Hills Divide and Counquer program is remaining constant but town works department supervisor Frank Morelte still anticipates by he end of Ihe year While town is not receiving a financial retribution sufficient to cover he coats the program It does reduce tho amount of garbage going Into regional landfill site In Tim Divide and Conquer program began In Georgetown In 1978 as a pilot program sponsored by the provincial govern ment to encourage householders lo separate recyclable goods such as paper and gloss POETS CORNER True Marriage I could not let her leave me My heart would bleed with pain With all my love and my life I could not stand the train All her love and faithfulness Together we must remain If she walked out of my life Her gentle smile no more How could she let me suffer grief No shadow by the door The emptiness within my soul No fool steps on floor Ill do my part my love mast We have greater days fa store With tenderness she loves me I Deed do proof to see And we will cling together Or theres no life to be