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Hom Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited I tiro TAIOR Publisher and General Manager PHONE Stcand Clan Page SECT A THE HERA Wednesday August a 1W Ignoring town citizen rights Bill Davis has given On its best demonstration in years of how dangerous majority government can be Entrusted with the Con servative majority at Queen s Park the premier seems to have borrowed a page from the prime ministers book and ungratefully showered us with political arrogance Complete disdain for other levels of government is the central issue behind the province newly proposed Mineral Poll outlined in a series of maps and reports compiled by ministry Of natural resources staff working throughout the Golden Hor On those maps almost per cent of the Halton Hills land area is designated for gravel extraction In other words if the maps and the new mineral policy are approved at Queen s Park following several public hearings and appeals all man of development on those earmarked lands will be frozen and future development will be severely restricted If not out right prevented Keep in mind these are not public lands we re discussing Such is the nature of majority government that years of heated confrontation between Hills and Queen Park over limited ex traction work has failed to deter the new policy authors one bit The mining of aggregate in Halton Hills for highway construction projects scores of miles away has been tolerated marginally because much of the town after all is traversed by the mineral rich Niagara Escarpment Even so town council had to strenuously defend the rights of its citizens when digging went on too long at night and when gravel trucks raced too quickly along quiet rural roads Months of trying finally got some restrictions on the mining but clearly council was merely whittling down the tip of the iceberg Lets not just grit our teeth and accept what the province demands Why is so much gravel necessary How long supplies last anyway Is the right to own private property undermined Would a development freeze seriously curtail the town s progress What kind of restnc tions can the municipality im pose on actual operations The long range impact of this policy approval must not be underestimated in any case Whether the province Is asking for too much aggregate from Halton Hills is a secondary issue municipal rights and especially citizens nghts are what must be considered first WHAT TIME IS IT If your calendar arm I already marked don forget that It a fall fair lime In Halton and both the Acton and Georgetown agricultural societies are pulling Ml all tie tops year to make the belt eve for fair goers of all age Bumped ahead from October the Georgetown fair lake place Sept II and 11 offering exciting greyhound race a new attraction The Acton fair follow the next weekend for three days and feature the Miia Acton pageant and a gala variety show And oh ye both fair will highlight the midway a It anyone could do without Herald file photo Letter from the editor Paul Dorsey Hurtin music Got a lovely note the other day from the president of the Voke Information Center which seems to represent some thing of a mini Industry built up around the talent of one Howard Vokes sylvanla King of Country Musk coun try fans pardon my Ignorance regarding Mr Signing herself Always Country Kitty While the president just wanted to compliment The Herald on Its writeup about Michael Wall The Singing Newfoundlander who visited George town recently She also sent along a bulletin about the latest releases on Country Boy Record I the Vokes Brand of Country Music which describes one particularly heavy record Perhaps if I mention the Vokes Center address BuUer St Pittsburgh 1531 Ms While wont mind us all having a little at he expense of the Man Himself Real country music fans of Howard Vokes can get his album Tragedy and Disaster In Country Songs tarda Records by mall order The LP heavy with fiddle and dobro and contains Howard hits of Old Shep Willie Roy the Crippled Boy The Miner Put My Little Shoes Away The Sinking of the Titanic Death on the Highway Engineer Last Ride Yellow Tomb Mommy Please Stay Home With Me and Don Make Me Go to Bed and 1 11 Be Good On the back cover of the LP are photos of Howard with Roy Buck Owens and WSM Grant Turner This album la a real collector gem Sounds like real hurtin music to me Keep it country Kitty Ryans many shortcomings overshadow contributions By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau of The Herald Now that Claudo Ryan has thrown In the towel as leader of the Liberal Party In Quebec there Is a natural temptation to recite all the personal shortcomings that led to the painful decision his austere Inflexibility his aloofness his platform lectures his lack of warmth etc History is never kind to politicians who have failed the only test that seems to count winning on election But It would be a pity If historians overlook the enormous contribution that Claude Ryan has made to the party he hot led for six years Whoever succeeds the year old former publisher will Inherit a party that far different from the one be began rebuilding back in 1973 Intact there might not even be a Liberal Party In Quebec today It a easy to forget the d state of Liberalism In Quebec when the remnants of that party turned to Ryan for salvation As the exciting new regime of Rene Levesque crested a state of electoral euphoria throughout the province the discredited Liberals stumbled from one disaster to another BECAME JOKE Former premier Robert left the country to da some consultative work In Europe and most of his key ministers quit politics altogether Hardly a day went by between 1978 and 1978 that you t read some story of alleged political that bad happened under the govern men Not only had that government been turfed out of office but the provincial Liberal Party became a virtual joke Memberships plunged donations slowed to a trickle no one wanted to lead the troops Only two candidates came for ward and both of them Ryan and former finance minister Raymond Games had to be coaxed into the ring The challenge facing the winner would be monumental perhaps oven Impossible If there was one thing the Quebec Party needed in it was Integrity And if there was one thing that Claude Ryan could offer It was Integrity not to mention credibility and Intellectual honesty Sure It would have been nice if he could also be a votegrabber but an enormous amount of work had to be done before the party could even think of appealing for votes Apart from everything else before an election would be held there would be a referendum on Quebec Independ ence and the person heading the No campaign against Rene Levesque would have to be the new Liberal It little wonder there were few volunteers for tho The way Claude Ryan tackled hi assignment astonished even his most severe critics Moving from a publisher office to the backrooms of constituency offices this lofty intellec tual expended Incredible energy on the massive rebuilding project And within a few short months the Liberal Party had not only clearly survived the disasters of preceding years it had taken on on unprecedented credibility in the eyes of tho voter Under Ryan leadership the Liberals won 11 straight and under the general direction of Ryan the Parti wss defeated in the Independence referendum It was assured that when the subsequent election was held Ryan would automatically become premier of Quebec WORKED HARD But it happen In the 1981 election with Levesque promising not to bother the people with another referendum In a new term he monog to Ryan on the hustings When It came to actual campaigning it Politics Is a very unforgiving business and having led his party to defeat future became rather fragile When surveys Indicated that only a fourth of the delegates might support him at next month convention he had little choice but to rather than risk humiliation That the reality of politics But at least Ryan will have the satisfaction of watching potential successors Including his predecessor line up for the privilege of leading a party that had to go begging for such candidates just six years ago Meet the Legislatures chief moralist John Sweeney Queens Park By Derek Nelson Park Bureau of The Herald In terms of willingness to speak about moral matters there la no one in the Ontario Legislature within hailing distance of MPP John Sweeney Wllmot There is almost a crusader quality to Sweeney a utterances on matters as diverse as abortion mindcontrolling cults and values in education AnditwaaSweeneylastyear Inan exchange with Education Minister Bette Stephenson who got to the crux of the matter in any discussion of morality in the schools On the one hand churches and the home hopefully he wisely added are making fairly definite state ments that In essence lay down a rigid value system for children This is the value system We are not asking you to make a choice at this point Sometime later on as you get a little older and more mature you going to moke decisions anyway that we cannot prevent YOU DECIDE But then the children go off to school where they receive the Impress ion here are no absolutes no one Is going to tell them what Is proper behavior If you decide It Is good then It Is good Stephenson said her ministry understood the problem Some things are right or wrong and we should be damned well brave enough to say so In the educational system And you are probably going to hear a whole lot of noise from people who object strenuously to our move ment in that direction but It seems to me that we have been hanging out there on the leaf for long enough she said In response the ministry Is draw new guidelines for teachers to use lr the classroom In helping children choose the appropriate moral path to follow In the meantime the ministry has recommended against using such value training examples of relative morality as the lifeboat situation TWO DIE This is where a group of 10 children for example are told they are on a lifeboat In the Atlantic Ocean Who gets thrown overboard Stephenson noted that while the lifeboat drill could bo an Interesting exercise for those with some expert In making decisions related to moral structure or human activity adults most kids lack that experience Unfortunately ago and the new guidelines were supposedly under development a year before that Yet nothing has shown up at the school level for use by teachers It Is doubtful schools can actually teach morality the old saying that values are caught not taught has validity but at least the education system should refrain from undermin ing basic JudaeoChristlan morality GOD TOO As Sweeney notes the traditional belle within Ontario is that one appeals to an outside authority to justify what we do ranging from God to parents while some educators argue instead all authority rests within yourself He left the point there when he might have gone further As someone once said morality Is an affair of the heart as well as the head Look at Sweeney He feels his values He knows right and wrong He would approach a lifeboat situation a rare happening far from the heart of a moral life from a strong moral base I d sooner be in the lifeboat with him than a moral relativist a Norma Elliott and daughters Breads Slsnett and Lois Kroner owners of Terminal Warehousing a In Georgetown continue to the local arts QjlQg community with a vey reasonable rental ment for a Georgetown Little Theatre rehearsal Mrs and the John worked out details for rehearsals at the Armstrong Avenue A big financial boost from the Elliott family last fall Inspired the town to name lis new librarycultural centre theatre after Mrs Elliott late husband John a former member a new home A THIRTY reopening of the public has been delayed until Sept 3 library has been closed for the weeks while remodelling is it progress The face lifting of the includes putting asphalt shingles portion of the roof and the Inclusion tf the old auditorium In the library The former auditorium will house the adult section of fiction and fiction BatUeshipttnoleum has been placed on the floor and enough space allowed In the cent or meetings of cultural organization The old section of the library will for children books and a referent room Consider able redecorating been done and workroom and washoom facilities for the librarian have ako been added to the building TWENTY YEARS school In Llmehouse dosed its doors for possibly the lost tine in June after 117 years and pupils w enroll In a new six classroom school the village in September Just in case demand exceeds supply the will be retained for a few yus if the new school becomes day the school had a remlon attended by 339 former pupils TEN YEARS AGO A bus service running from the east em la downtown but excluding Moore Park Is the recommendation of De Calher consultants who have out a transit study of the town The lengthy report forecasts a detclt ranging between 18 and on for the bus service without Moore Park and an additional deficit runnog between and WO If More Park is Included The town wouldpay half the deficit and the departmct of trans porta Hon and communlcaion pay the other half However the government has a maximum of around The route propsed In the report shows the bus stating at a loop in Delrcx and Galrey Dive along Weber to Mountalnvlew to Camp bell Gate along Prince Charles to Edward up to Guelph to Mill Street to the downtown ana ONE YEAR AGOThe bent Erin twice this past to take an early lead In their list of five quarter finals Tuesday night In the Glen saw the seals rally early in the game to a 3o lead over Erin Terry Hainesthrew a steady game giving up two talks four hits and striking out eight a the Erin batters Terry pitching anl the good defensive play by the Glenleam left Friday with a win under their belt thT players travelled to Erin for one exciting games this year They won POETS CORNER Lime Kilns Lime- house First came the ft la Llm choose still remain They Ume shipped It and piles of cord wood for In their yard Men with hammers stone work was very hard Some with drills were through the rock When the charge was set would heller front the They used hone carts for lag wood and stone Firing up the Ume kilns worked alone From the quarry to the kilns car and track Hone drawn the load empty ear they ran back The product was a lump tele shipped on the rail Fortyeight hour It was to shovel on a ad scale Those days they slacked lamp lime It took a lot of It made a putty to be with land to use for mortal Then came the draw kiln belter working way It produced lump lime a quant ity every day Soldier from the Boer War in old lady told me Came here to work the Use kilns a long ago In HIS moved location a mile or so away They called It Dolly Varden at that of date A few years later the Company bought to the kilo Disappointed workers thought they would build new grinding mill At this present location crushing stone A million dollar outfit not r from home By Albert Brooks HUls