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Home Newspaper of Hills Established A Division of Canadian Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown L7G 3Z6 Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager DAVID BOB LIGHTBOURN Editor Advertising Manager PHONE 877 Stcond Mall Registered Number 0943 SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday February Safety on our roads Senior citizens and mothers with baby carriages have had their patience tested this winter in Hills Snow clearing services in town just haven kept up with our above average snowfalls As Mayor Russ Miller pointed out in a Jan Ward 3 dropin meeting now is the time to re evaluate our services before council votes on a budget for The dangers have been evident to drivers and pedestrians alike Poorly sanded intersections and icy spots on sidestreets have caused havoc for drivers on a number of casions this winter For pedestrians it has been most difficult if not impossible to use sidewalks or at the very least cross intersections without an impeding snowbank The droptn provided a forum for a number of com plaints which clearly showed the need for im proved service On a positive note no one will argue that our public works crews haven t been responsive to phone calls when citizens com plained about the safety of our roads A number of incidents have been cited where the crews went directly to the troubled area after being informed of the location Whether it is more manpower or the purchase of more equipment to battle our roads the town does need help for next year When budget requests are being tallied we hope the safety of those who use our roadways will be con before purchases are made for less fun damental items ureter Short notes long subjects ParaMed service If rhy in Mill iH Dorothy K a public Health Nurse has had an Interesting and varied career which has taken her to faraway places Twenty Ave years ago she travell ed by dog sled arid in Igloos In the Arctic to bring health services ad care to the Eskimos Later working with the World Health Organization she served for five years with the African natives in their mud huts There she fought diseases common to us but that continent Today the la the owner and director of Para Health Services for Region with offices in Burlington and Georgetown Speaking to the and Beau seniors group she explained that Pant Med an extension of Ealendlcare Through services nursing and special care is available on a 24hour basis for individuals in their homes The staff are registered registered nurs ing assistants bomemokers and other professional and skilled personnel aim is to keep the patient particularly the elderly and the capped safe secure and Independent In tbeir own home This Includes almost any need convalescent care care while family is on vacation routine medications treatments and dressings meal preparation and diet planning companionship and travel assistance Other support services include shopping cleaning laundry light housekeeping library and correspondence help When contacted the case Is assessed help provided ana the type of care reviewed and adjusted weekly in consultation with the client and their family In response to questions Mrs Knight assured the group that they are not working in opposition to local health services but rather as a complement to their work Since Para Med charge a fee or service she urged that local services be contacted first especially those covered by Many patients have private insurance plans which help to defray Para Med costs For more information contact Para Med Health Services Trafalgar Medical Building Argus Road Oakville Ontario 24hour service Tel Some short notes on long subjects The almost reverence which most of the politicians of his country have been expressing lor Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang Is enough to make one Not that there is anything wrong with senior Canadian and Ontario officials or politicians indulging in the usual diplomatic niceties with the representative of the Chinese dictator ship That well and good It Is part of the ritual that is necessary for contact between governments And It might helptrade But was it necessary for the federal government all parties In the House of Commons Included to soil Parliament by allowing it to be addressed by a man who sends his homegrown democrats to be gulag or worse It is or was an honor or a foreign leader to address the source of our liberties The least we should Insist upon is that it go only lo leaders of tree countries Anything else Is degrading DAVIS MISSING Premier Bill Davis absence from the kowtowing line greeting Zhao apparently had nothing to do with politics Davis was at his winter vacation retreat in Florida and nothing interferes with that even the visit of a Chinese premier SUII reports Indicate Ontario will likely be twinning itself with a Chinese east coast province an idea based on the assumption here is something in common between our socioeconomic and political worlds Maybe we can compare concentration camps And China might open a consulate In Toronto the better for the Communist regime s continuing attempts to exercise control over Chinese who settled in Canada On the other hand there Is school of thought that says Ism In China Is the best thing that could ever happen for the West in that it keeps China backwards poor Incom and no great military threat yet Imagine the results if the entrepre neurs of Chinese Taiwan Singapore Hong Kong or Malaysia had a free rein on the mainland LOTTO CRAZE Two good things have come out of the Lotto craze hat saw a million Jackpot One is the probability that a million cop will be placed on any Lotto prize as Tourism and Recreation Minister Reuben Bactx said he d advocate the lottery corporations next meeting This mean he thought people could handle is million but not million as some news reports indicat that mill on Is enough and any difference could go towards more prizes for those holding partial numbers The second good thing is that millions of people had a fine old time fantasizing about what they would do What wrong with a few dreams GOOD POINT Housing critic Ross McClell on Toronto Be woods is complain that the former Cadillac apartments that triggered the trust companies affair and which are now essentially government owned are seeking 30 per cent Increases on thoso apartments paying more than a month the rent control celling Unless this huge loophole is plugged rent control wiU simply phase itself out McClcllan said There are those of us who think that been the Coaicrvativc govern ment s game plan for a couple of years now It Is good to see government controlled apartments confirming it Our new General The computer great invention There are Just as many mistakes as ever but they are nobody a fault Volunteer drivers are needed by the Children s Aid Society to transport children to appointments In the Halton Region and to outside points such as Toronto and Hamilton There is a particular need for this service in the Georgetown and Acton area Remuneration Is cents per mile plus parking and other incident Contact Sue Monaghan at B7B237S Venez amuser EDITORS NOTE For the benefit of our residents The Herald has agreed to publish a to be written periodically about events la the community Chers amis francophones Pour la amtee grace a la participation trois to conseil I SacreCoeur club Troubadour association parents et I Stole SacrfCoeur API la region nous franchise la fevrler 19M Void pour la dimanche It dun brunch sua crepes a la salle oil vous vous procurer dea en francjds mis voire disposition par le centre franca Is dans atmo sphere grace i clowns qui les noire bonhonune Dans lopres nous vous proposons du la de Georgetown pour la salle devant breuvage de dellclemes patisseries Des films pour aeront projetes a I SacrCoeur un gultarlste nos Jeunes concours de des prix seront tires dans le cadre Carnaval Samedi 11 fevrler nous nous retrouvons Manor pour des activities en pleln air skis pallnset venez la danse la St Valentin S la paroiulal noire semaine francaise plain ir revolr pendant celte Bonne el bpnne ComllecultureldelAPI By Tom Herald Special One can hardly argue with Prime Minister choice of re commending to Her Majesty Queen Eliza both II Queen of Canada that the Honourable Jeanne Sauve Speaker of the House of Commons and former cabinet be Her represents live as our next Gover nor General of Canada Canada twenty third Governor General She has made history in that she was the first female Quebec to be a member of the federal cabinet and the first female to occupy Ihe Speaker chair By birth she Is a Western er She Is a native of the small Frenchspeaking community of Prod- homme Saskatchewan She was first elected to the House of Commons In for the riding of Laval Rapides in Quebec In the cabinet she held the portfolios of science and technology environment and communications She took over Ihe Speakers chair in April I960 and has done a most credit able Job in a difficult period in Ihe life of the House of Commons She master parliamentary pro cedure and exhibited a great sense of under standing and tolerance to all M As Speaker of the House of Commons she has a staff of over 3 and a budget of million She reformed the House of by Wring people through the merit system and less patronage reduc staff improving service and lowering the cost of running pari is ment She will be remembe red as the Speaker who presided over the bitter and sometimes rancor debate on the patria lion of the Canadian Constitution theBNA Act and the Omnibus Bill Ringing of tbe Bells JOURNALIST Before entering the political arena the was a Journalist and broad caster Her experiences and talents will serve her in good stead in fulfilling the role of the highest office In the land Maurice her band and a former net minister will undoubtedly cample her In this import ant office Mrs brings lo this high office many qualities that she has demonstrated in her various positions Mrs Sauve Governor General Designate will carry out her duties for example ibe opening and closing of ment prorogation and dissolution of Pariia appointing people to the Senate and sign all bills and Orders before they become law Her role la largely there Is a crisis in running of the country The Governor General can lion govern the nation until such time an election can be colled or a leader Is found as was done in Commonweal countries such as Australia and more recently Grenada Her greater task however will be to act as the head of slate and the symbol of unity for all Canadians to be kept Informed of the goingson in parliament and lo offer advice when necessary Her duties and responsibilities will be one of honour and dignity by gracing lions and occasions with prestige Impartiality and above politics She represents the window through which the world looks in on Canada All official guests Invitees and visiting dignitaries to Canada are hosted by the Governor General Visitors sec Canada and Canadians through the Governor General hospitality and friend FIRST The first Canadian bom Governor General was the Right Honour able Vincent Massey in The practice of alternating between English speaking French speaking Carta as Governor General is intact Ihrough he appoint or Mrs She will replace Governor General Edward in a display of the usual pomp and pageantry In the Parliament Build ing early In 1984 nor General Ed Schrey five yeor term ends on January She and her husband will occupy the official Governor General residence of Rldeau Hail which Is a short walk from Sussex Drive the official rcsi dencc of Canada prime minister Tom Is history teacher at GIMIS He has clpntrd in the Youth Parliament of Canada as Sergeant at Write us a letter i that all parts of letter are clearly legible Letters must be Excessively long letters may have to be edited due to space conalralnU Letters may be dropp ed off at the Herald or milled to St Georgetown If you would like to write your Federal Member of Parliament or Member of the Provincial on some matter of Interest below am their mailing addresses Alio If you send us a copy of your letter It might be suitable for our letters to the editor column John McDermld Member of Parliament BramptonGeorgetown Parliament Buildings Ottawa Julian Reed Member of Provincial Parliament HaltonBurlinglon Ontario Legislature Queens Park Otto Jelinek Member of Parliament Ha Ion Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont THE WAY WE WERE In cooperation with the Historic Society The Herald will be periodically running a number of historical photos In brstlon of Ontario bi centennial and the part Halton Hills played In the development of our province over he past in years Most of the photos require dates sad names for the Socie ty collection If you can help call us al mail THIRTY YEARS playing at the theatre in George town a theatre ihut prides Itself on style entertainment The Girl Men Can Not Leave Alone Tobacco Road and Grapes of Wrath We pride ourselves in being progressive Canada bulwoareway behind Europe in public sanitation sold Reeve Stan Allen In discussing public toilets at Monday council meeting The discussion came a the county health Inspector who had been naked lo Investigate a nuisance reported behind buildings on Main Street The inspector had found ihe public was using a certain location and intimated council might consider providing tabic facilities Lyons properly committee Is to study FIFTEEN AGO An historic announcement by Minister of Mun pal Affairs McKeough forecasts of George town as a self municipality within two years Mr McKeough regional government for and Peel counties comes into being and the minister left no doubt that it will preferably by dec of Ihe IS odd councils involved George town 11 become part of a completely new area composed of Georgetown and Ihe Inre pari of the township around the two communities Ileal Moores played Lewis the witch and Kern Hegslrom Hansel in the Georgetown TEN YEARS AGO Four teenagers died In late model Mustang when it collided with on Ontario Hydro truck on about one mile east of Nerval Dead are two Georgetown brothers Leonard Stephen Horry Christie and Donna of Another passenger in the car Cathy was rushed to Peel Memorial Hospital where she Is in satisfactory condition The three boys wen going to look for a job In Brampton having been laid off ihe week before Local councillors will now draw larger pay checks in any other with the exception of Burlington The new local pay rates will g Mayor Tom Hill an annual larj of councillors will receive In Mayor George Harrington collects an annual while his councillors get FAILS board of education voted ten to four In favor of accept a proposed settlement which would g 1 300 elementary teachers a per cent raise In to plan and other benefits The agreement also includes the hiring of new teachers A full I para legal worker has been cut from the staff of the Hills Legal CI to save in the 1979 BO budget This winter has been similar to I remember a child with snow cling to tree branches or glistening pearly white For those who can see beauty truly appear like a winter wonderland For the blind or visually impaired it only creates If snow covers both roads and sidewalks it becomes d cull to tell where one slops and the other begins particularly where Ihere arc cut curbs Drivers arc advised to proceed and be alert for those who find winter an extra hand cap Our downtown presents several obstacles some in the name of aesthetics Cobbles uneven at the best of times become icy Unexpected barriers such as parked cars protrud ing from lanewnys across the wide- walk and walkways force the visually handicapped Into unsafe areas with unseen dangers Fire hydrants trees street signs and bus stops must be negotiated although one can learn where to expect them trimmed hedges protrud or low brnnches or even trash out for collection often n unknown until too late Next week is White Cane Week Sheridan Mali and Charity Basaar In the Burlington Mall will be having a display on Feb io and 11 The work of tho C I carries on thanks to donations of groups and individuals In the Lions in Georgetown raised toil through their Journey for Sight Residents or the George town area donated and Acton area contributed Recently the C I has been Issuing a national ID card which enables the holder certain national concessions With his blind and heir can travel on VIA Roll Greyhound and Grey Coach for one ticket 11 also provides free entry to several theatres such as Famous Players and Odeon If you qualify for this and many other benefits arid programs contact Ihe Peel Halton CNIB in Misslssauga TIL THE END Why did you let go so easily Waslt One moment almost caring si most a safe harbor In some bitter storms then within blink of an eye you simply went from now to yesterday No goodbyes Jus not there It dldn end you re not free I II hold you with my love til the end of my time be ByMAHLOWEC DICKSON