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the HERALD Home Newsp of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario L7G PAUL J Publisher and General Manager Editor PHONFH77 BOBL1GHTBOURN Advertising Manager Second Mill RtgWiml I ay J THEHHtALD Wednesday September Run for Terry box made us believe in our inner strengths He forged a courageous path along the winding terrain he followed The Sept 23 Terry Fox Run is our way of thanking one man for what he tried to do to prevent cancer Lets do our part to take steps that Terry could never manage With all the grit and determination one can muster at so young an age Terry carried on through the pain and the rain swept highways tie asked little in return for his endeavors It was a dream for him to accomplish a goal and see it to the end We feel strongly that Halton Hills shouldnt turn a blind eye to his Marathon of Hope Through his brief jour he united Canadians coast to coast and made us believe that one man strong desire and strength could in f luence others We wanted him to be our hero and he was If you cant run walk or stroll Sunday pledge your support through a donation The cause is good and it would be a shame to let such a glorious story be in a chap ter of Canada history without any current reminders of his good deeds i History Youre in luck instead of a raise weve decided to put you on our profitsharing scheme Chief justice spells out his good deeds Were not immune patronage problems It was a bold step that our neighboring Peel board of education took by making hiring of staff contingent on get ting clearance from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The extra question added to their applications might not have been necessary had it not been for an unfortunate incident involving one of Peels janitors He was charged with sexually assaulting seven young boys in a boiler room Halton is not immune from the same type of in as was the case the summer of when a teacher from a Georgetown public school was charged with indecent assault In neighboring Wellington County to the west both school boards there arent yet willing to follow the exam pie of the Peel board The director of education for Wellington believes their board takes enough steps already to ensure it hires people of suitable character by thoroughly checking references In Halton the public school board is examining their hiring practices in a report that wont be released until December The separate school board in are satisfied that their screening methods are sufficient However we feel that asking an applicant about criminal convictions is a fair question considering the delicate nature of their work If there is any chance their past history is tainted in such a way as to endanger a student s well being it would be well worth knowing Its an extra step that unfortunately is needed Criminal checks might not solve the problem but its a measure thats worthwhile for a childs added safety By A WILSON The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada has Just put his finger on one of the most compelling reasons why Canadians should vote In ways thai break up Ihe patterns of power established during an unduly long period of near monopo I nation of power fay single party Chief Justice Brian Dickson would probably be appalled by lhat interre lation of one remark he made to the Winnipeg meeting of the Canadian Bar Association since he seems to have had no intention of saying anything at all political These however arc the words he used The public Is entitled in my opinion to be reassured our Judges are appointed on Ihe basis of merit and legal excellence alone Then he added that he will await with interest the conclusions of a Bar Association study of the methods of appointment He also said however thai he is confident of the high quality of judiciary and of Its ability to fulfill new roles demanded by the Charter of Rights On Ihe pace of it the core statement of the chief Justice Is little more than a statement of the obvious of course the public should have confidence that Judicial appointments are made on the basis of ability and excellence alone The problem is that every Canadian from childhood onwards knows lhat is not how they actually are made The biggest factor In Judicial appointments Is political patronage It has been that way since the beginnings of the federation and while extremely useful steps have been taken along the way to place some constraints on the practice still prevails It is fair to say that during the last years or so there has been a clearly observable effort by the federal government to avoid judicial thai might later on prove disreputable and bring the judicial system into bad odor There has not however been any equivalent effort la avoid the appoint menl of mediocre men to high Judicial posts The worst case In point Is the Federal Court of Canada the tribunal before which the citizen normally must appear when he challenges the actions and ordinances of the government of Canada With very few exceptions Indeed both its trial and appelate benches are made up of Liberal politicians with far too high a number or Liberal cabinet ministers among them II would be of great interest but impossible to ascertain whether Chief Justice Dickson of Supreme Court of Canada feels in his heart of hearts aggrieved litigant should be seized with a sense of perfect when he appears before his stacked court It is simply a matter of fact that it is stacked in exactly the way that Franklin Roosevelt efforts stack the S Supreme Court touched off one of the greatest contro versies of all in American judicial history The litigant can hardly foil to be he Tiny well be challenging a ruling made by one or the judges hearing his case while that ex politic was still a member or the cabinet or if not thai a prominent member of Ihe ruling party That is not a situation conducive lo confidence Some past history makes one of the most recent patronage appointments lo the Federal Court particularly unwelcome lhat of former Justice Minister Mark McGuigan In the first place the minister of justice is also attorney general of and hence a party to much litigation lhat goes before the of which he is now a member Beyond that however McGuigan sought legislation aimed at curbing criticism of the courts just about the Inst thing likely to inspire respect for any of them It is not by repressive constraints any court Inspires confidence That attribute so earnestly desired by Ihe Chief Justice or Supreme Court can only be earned by Ihe quality or a court s decisions If they are distingushed frivolous or even malicious criticism The justices of this court would be hard put to cite many landmark steps in jurisprudence Zero growth The Indians of Esquesing YEARS AGO Mr and Mrs Vincent returned from their honeymoon In Windsor and this week after their marriage Church of Our Lady In September 4 William Teeier of Town ship won a new Pontine car when his ticket was chosen in a draw in lost week The Georgetown Fair will host the Ontorio Hydro a on wheels contain ing information and displays in the huge to 60cycle standardization program C Pat Patterson of Is pleased with the second third fourth and sixth plnclngs of the five members of his Hereford herd which he entered in a heavily contested class at the Canadian National Exhibition live stock show FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Kanaka a German Shepherd from the Georgetown Tanhardt Kennels nosed out the first positive clue In the BOO kidnapping case Golfers and curlers over GOO strong were on hand for the official opening of the North Halton Golf and Country Club course The large addition lo the George town High School Is expected to be ready for occupancy by next and should bring the student accommodation up to roughly 1900 Mr and Mrs Sid Williams sold the Glen Snack Bar and built a new home in Cobourg Jim Snow MPP helped chicken at the all Tory picnic in Hornby park YEARS AGO A landfill dump to serve much of the region has been proposed for the Ashgrove area says William Johnston pollution fight and chairman of GUARD Group United Against Rural Dumping Members of the Lions Club began demolition of the change rooms at the Georgetown swimming pool New change rooms are being built to handle the increased number of swimmers Peter has been appointed publisher and general manager of the Herald Carol Ann a first year member in the H Club had the first prize Junior Calf in the calf class at the John has been led VicePresident Sales Abillbi Provincial Paper effective September Tom of Georgetown graduated from Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology with highest honors in Electronics FIVE EARS AGO Only two Candida have tossed their hats In the ring for Ihe October byelection to fill the seat left vacant with councillor death Dove Whiting and Terry arc in Acton by election The University Women Club presented a scholarship to Chrysta the outstanding woman graduate from Georgetown District High School The Acton Citizens Band led the Acton Tall fair parade Saturday morning Fair board present Brent Marshall said everyone involved with organizing feel it was Ihe fair year Queens Park Councillor Phil Carney should be commended for what he is proposing in the way of a committee to look into unsnarling any roadblocks to development in Halton Hills It s commonly known that Georgetown and Acton haven t kept pace with our neighbors to the south and this has affected both businesses and residents who share the burden of zero growth By attracting more industry to town we could be creatine more jobs locally and broaden our tax base The committee may find that the problems are largely not of our own making and development road blocks can t be solved in Hills Nevertheless the involvement by councillors in speeding up the process is sure to bring the topic to the forefront of discussion and shed new light on how to tackle the question of slow growth Capital punishment has second thoughts Consistently about bo per cent of politicians cither have or are close to having that viewpoint Meanwhile 80 per cent of the general public remain wedded to the concept of capital punishment The difference says something about he lype of people who supposedly represent us Yet thepoliticians argument Is In general Irrelevant to the capital punishment question and In specifics wrong It may or may not be true that the threat of dealh deters Individuals from committing firstdegree or cold blood murder or murder carried out during the commission of another crime The evidence Is contradictory but currently leans against those who believe In capital punishment at a general deterrent Bui as a specific deterrent It certainly works A murderer who Is hanged or gassed or injected which ever is most humane cannot decide break out of prison or kill a prison he has If dead hetscertolnly deterred from killing again Federal SolicitorGeneral Robert Kaplan reflecting the politicians confusion about whole business said prison inmates who murder should be executed meaning he thinks the sentence Is a deterrent inside prisons In short one killing outside Is okay but In here we II get you That frankly Is a morally indefensible By Derek Nelson So Attorney General Roy is having second thoughts about opposition to capital punish Or least that what he told a reporter at the Canadian Bar lion h annual meeting In Winnipeg Ihivcto tell you as one who has long opposed the death penalty 1 developed a much more open mind about the Issue given same of the frightening killings that have occurred in recent years he is quoted as saying He spoke after Canadian Chiefs of Police had called for return of Ihe death penalty for all premeditated murders I can understand their coll The difficulty is I don think the majority of legislators will be convinced it will prevent Ihis typo of tragedy ho said And in a nutshell is what is with Canadian politicians view or capital punishment NO McMurtry la saying thai politics sec no deterrent value In capital punishment they would support It only if killing a murderer would be shown prevent other murders For about a century ihe demise of the Huron In the mid this area remained unoccupied Then Ihose with gathered mocassins came from Manltoulin Island and the lands about Lake Superior lo hunt here The Ojlbway were nomads hunters and fishers They were unlikely remain in a spot long enough to grow crops as the Huron had done so there are no village sites to be excavated to tell about them as there are for the Hurons The white man was always a part of Ihctr history here and Ihe very names show this relationship The Mississaugns would come to Ihe mouth of Ihe trust river or Credit to trade their furs first with the French and later with the English They would gather along the banks of the river to hunt and fish and generations later spring thaws would Ihrow up arrowheads and other facts to the surface of farmers fields The river forest and the wildlife all had their own spirits to which the Indians of the Credit would offer sacrifice Tobacco was often left the opening of fissures in the limestone of the escarpment the special dwelling places of the spirits Or il was burned so lhat Its smoke could wafl to heavens In As Upper Canada developed treaties were made lo cede Indian lands to the crown In JS05 the gave up a border along the front of Lake Ontario where Mississauga and Burlington are now reserving some fishing rights and lands adjacent lo the rivers to themselves Then In Toronto township on October 1319 the Chiefs and Utlves of the Otter and Eagle tribes Principal Men of the Nation put their totems on Treaty No 19 granting the crown a large tract In the Home District In return fo an annual grant of pounds and 10 shillings Within a few months three of the townships in the Mississauga Tract were under survey and the Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine decided the following names should be given to them Chinguacousy Being Ihe Indian names of Ihe principal Rivers in each respectively The Indian names or Ihe rivers from Niagara to the Trent had been listed and translated almost a quarter or a century earlier by the surveyor Augustus Jones Jones whohsdmarriedthedaugh of a Mississauga chief their son Peter would gain fame as a Methodist missionary lo the Indians at Ihe mouth of Credit Letter to the editor mop bearing the name Esquesink one on the south shore of the lake and other on the north shore and gave its meaning as the Last Creek in going Down or the last one A later tradition hallowed In the 1877 Halton County Atlas translated the Indian words as land of tall pines Chinguacousy actually means land of the small not tall pines Shlngwauk being the word for being a diminutive But was a land of majestic pines in fact if not In name Most of Indians returned to the Bruce peninsula and to Manltoulin Island and the settlers who began to enter would rarely er any of Its previous inhabitants Pride in Crawford Lake opening day Dear Sir The people and surrounding communities who have provided the funds to the Crawford Lake Indian Village and Conservation Centre should feel a great sense of satisfaction and pride following Ihe recent opening of the complex More than people visited Crawford Lake the twoday open festivities highligh ted by the unveiling of two plaques by Ontario Lieutenant Governor John Aird The Region Conservation on still must raise about HBO by next May to complete the project as originally scheduled but that goal certainly becomes easier now with the longhousc and Con servolion Centre open to Ihe public The money still needed will help furnish the interior or each building with appropriate art facts and exhibit It has been a great privilege lo serve as chairman of the board of he Foundation and to see our efforts so supported by the public Of course this would have been possible without the generous and continuing coverage of our camp aign by the media Sincerely Louise Chairman Region Conservation Foundation POETS CORNER A recent review of library services in Ontario indicates that there is a real need to improve the extent and level of public library services to disabled persons in he province This has resulted in the appoint ment of a Provincial Coordinator of Library Services for Disabled Persons This individual wilt work with a specially appointed advisory commit tee the library community other organizations serving the disabled persons and concerned individuals to ensure the implementation of services to all Libraries must offer more than accessibility andor home delive ry service Disabled patrons should be allow experience the same range of recreational Informational experiences enjoyed by others They should not be denied access to information simply because they do not have the physical or menial capacity to handle the standard format most published materials Over the next few months Ihe Provincial Co wants to dls cover the library needs of the disabled and how to best meet them If you hove concerns with regard to library services contact Elizabeth Provincial Coordinator Library Services for Disabled Persons 129 Church St South Richmond Hill 1W4 BS4H395 Last week a meeting was to discuss Acton branch and seek recommendations for Improve ment from interested groups and individuals On October 10 a similar meeting will be held in the Georgetown branch October a show of aids and devices is being held Tor the public at Howard Johnson in This Is an opportunity lo sec many products at one location and enable you to compare their utility prices OLD lilt LINE TO Toe seventh line to Oakville it was a main line Most all the settlers day for them the sun did shine There was flour mill somewhere down way Where sell era travelled market their wheat that time of day As the rolled down that trail like road Horses with wagons full of wheal hauled a heavy load Hotel and livery stable they were miles apart Along road the pioneer that how they got their start The stage carried mall and family goods It was a new life line stretching through woods Same out by walking most limes got a ride Men those days were welcome our country greatest pride By ALBERT HOOKS Liberated Woman bo adamant 1 do Nothing for you get you a coffee not fix your shoe pick a dropped parcel floor not aside held a door That I tried lo give my heart That why