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Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario GARNET COWSIXL Publisher and General Manager J STEVEN FOREMAN Editor Advertising Manager PHONE 877 2201 Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday October 30 IKS Futures can help job It never easy being young and looking for your first Now the provincial government has a program thats set to help Ontario s hidden resource our youth Last week a program called FUTURES was an nounced The program will training and educational upgrading for those to years of age It was a bold initiative launched by the Liberals a program we feel deserves a chance to succeed In Hills were fortunate YES Youth Em ployment Service operating under the auspices of the YMCA is established in town and ready to service this new youth program The program FUTURES serves to supplement what the Y youth program already offers Now young adults who have left school at an early age may find it easier to contribute in the workforce FUTURES also offers an in centive for youths to return to school at night while working during the day Both programs require support by local businesses If you can help think twice before saying no to a youth looking for their first job Joint purchase plan There seems to be new hope for residents in who are unhappy about a local auto wrecking yard We were told last week that money might be available for a joint purchase of land owned by Halton Auto Wreckers Ivor Chairman of the Niagara Escar Commission told the Region money might be available for a joint purchase if a municipality was in in preserving property There s good news and bad news in that statement Good news because the only solution to the problems of a wrecking yard located in the middle of a rural hamlet is to buy the land Good news because a joint purchase between the NEC Halton Region and Halton Hills might make the project feasible Heres the bad news It wont be a popular move if councillors suggest Halton Hills come up with the funds The land probably wont be offered at a cheap price Also a park would serve only a small portion of the town total population but wed all end up paying for it Were also concerned the news about a possible land purchase could result in the town becoming more lax about policing bylaws relating to auto wreckers Mr McMullins comments should be considered in a way However until a definite solution is found the town Limehouse residents and Halton Auto Wreckers must work together to solve the problems that exist bet- ween them Foster Parents help save lives Citizens Forum By PAT Herald Special Now that the daily sight of children dying from hunger in Africa Is do longer appearing on TV many people think the problem has somehow been solved It has not Band Aid Northern Light Live Aid and all the other fund raising activities have done enormous good work but alas there la still much more to be done If you contributed Jo these efforts you may have already saved a life perhaps more than one You responded to a crisis situation Would you be Interested In contributing to an organization that is trying to prevent this crisis from spreading Preventing a crisis may not be as dramatic as responding to one but it makes a lot of sense The organization Is The Foster Parents Plan of Canada A donation of a year will keep an entire family In some cases it will contribute to the welfare of an entire village Africa is not their only theatre of operations The Plan is at work in South America and Asia as well My foster child lives in Mall Africa Mali has been affected by the same draught that has stricken Ethio pia Tidlene my foster child is now thirteen He has never gone to school He lives in a village and works in the fields with his father The crops were poor even before the draught The extended family is still very much in existence in Mali Although Tldiene has only one brother family consists of 47 people All are dependent upon the family plot of ground for food Hie Village of Koronldo where Tidlene lives baa a grave shortage of water The Foster Plan is helping In the digging of a communal well As well they are assisting in the founding of a village cooperative to provide such staple goods as oil salt sugar soap ana In the past they have given two donkeys and carts to village Perhaps that doesn t seem very exciting Small steps in a massive war against hunger But perhaps these small steps will save this boy his family and bis village from the ravages of famine You can belt There are many children es many villages in need You can be part of saving their lives You can also turn your back and do nothing The choice is yours If you are Interested in learning more about Foster Parents Plan of Canada write to them at 153 St Clair Ave West Toronto Ontario IPS Hi Im the new captdm wheres the cockpit Rent control double speak Queen Park TORONTO The ongoing stories In the media where Housing Minister Curling muses about an end to rent controls to be taken seriously The fact is Curling always any discussion about an end to controls with other remarks about enough affordable bousing being available first And that frankly is where Curling and Premier David Peterson a Liberal government are on the hook for the nonexistent possibility of an end to rent review The Liberals campaigned in the last election on a promise to bring almost all rental accommodation In Ontario under controls This includes previously exempt units built after 1B75 or those renting today for more than fTSO It has always been clear that any such policy would force most develop- In your opinion to abandon the rental housing Moreover Curling hired as his executive assistant Sean Go don a socalled tenants rights activist who developers believe Is fundament ally hostile to the whole concept of privately owned renta property To many of them that was a signal of the new government intentions The negative Impact was compounded by Curling himself when he said controls are good for develop ers because they eliminate uncertainty and keep prices where people can afford to rent Developers could only shake their heads at that kind of reasoning But what the public at large and developers can do la charge the Grits with hypocrisy The Liberals campaigned on a policy of strangling new rental housing and are now simply going to keep their word OTHER OPTION Of course that begs the question of what you replace it with The only obvious answer lies in government financed or subsidizing housing The Liberals have promised units of affordable houslns That expensive but with the extension of rent controls that can be only a first step What we are seeing is acceptance by government of the assumption that affordable shelter is a basic right Note that it just t accommodation that a right but low coat accommo dation Like all basic economic rights It is up government to provide It or so the assumption goes WHERE HEADED Interestingly is an example of where we could be headed He occupies space In a downtown Toronto profit housing coopera t According to Nicholas Patterson of the Canadian Development Institute all such housing la subsidized by the government paying much of the Inter est charges on the mortgages A rental housing unit under the program costs In taxes Almost per cent of those so subsidized are middleIncome earners like and such cooperat ivc housing is very popular among people who big fans of private development la it to be the way of the future Whats your reaction to the governments budget at Barbers Gift Shop where In watches was taken About watches part of their Christmas stock was stolen from owners Mr and Mrs Paul Barber Larry Edwards presented Ken Nash with the club championship trophy at the North Golf and Country Club Mr Nash won the award by defeating last years winner Jim Linton in match play Eighteen different classes with students begin at Georgetown night school It will be the first time both public school and high school class rooms will bo used FIFTEEN YEARS AGO All the weapons in the Georgetown armoury have been removed to an undisclosed site in Toronto following the enforcement of he War Measures Act All Lome Scot armouries have been emptied said Lome Scots com mandlng officer Col Earl of Georgetown Dr Ivan Hunter is the new part time physician at the Halton Centennial Manor for the Aged He replaces J W McCutcheon who resigned District High School has eight new teachers Linda Maurice James Sandra Fleming Zor Kude Nancy Anderson Patricia Wilson Linda Sullivan and Ann Camp bell They were welcomed at a dinner at the North Halton Golf and Country Club TFN YEARS AGO yearold Jacqueline Robertson Is the first traffic fatality of the year She died In front of her Ewing Street home at p Just as rush traffic from Smith and Stone was beginning The Halton Board of Education plans to build on to Howard Wriggles worth and Glen Williams Public Sc and build two new schools la Hungry Hollow area of Georgetown Llewellyn of Georgeton won a silver medal at be American games in Mexico City In he 14912 pound Free Style Division Ian Clark won he midget event and Mike Dixon won the senior event at the Peel Halton Cross Country Champ ionships The midget girls and midget boys finished first FIVE YEARS AGO The H S Cross Country team won five of the six divisions at the Peel Halton champ ionships be the overall champions once again Thirty members of the team coached by Donna Metcalfe and Karen Cosgrove will compete in the Ontario championships Paul Watts was the only Georgetown runner to take a first place in the midget division ROE JOHN McKEE ROE They are and us to death For practically everything there is a new tax meals It matter what tbey bring in It wont please everyone There should be breaks for home owners Letter to the editor DOUG I think the time has come In Canada when the middle class got together to speak out against carrying the rest of the nation The time has come when those who are making a fortune and not actually reinvesting It in Canada are taxed BOB I know anyone who likes higher taxes I think a step In the right direction was the surtax on incomes over DAVE WOODWORTH Too much money They re raising the price of everything and they raise the prices so much CHARLES HANCOCK I think its going to be OK as far as I concerned Gas is going up Beer is going up bull drink There are some things you can do without Let the public have their say Dear Mayor and Members of It was with great surprise that I had learned of the decision of the general committee of Council to recommend to the Minister to Imple ment Section of the Assessment Act The adoption of the so called fair market value approach to assess will result in higher taxes and in some cases substantially higher taxes for the present residents of Ward It was particularly disconcerting to observe that the Committee has made such a decision without the benefit of a tax assessment Impact study which I understand Is to be Letter to the editor completed by the end of November 1 firmly believe that such a study will prove that the taxes for the existing taxpayers of Ward will increase whereas the taxes for new develop ment will decrease This is simply unfair to the present and in many cases long time residents of Ward I believe that the taxpayers in all of the parts of the Town of HUla should be aware of the effect such a decision will have on the taxes they pay Accordingly I would call on Council to defer any decision until the tax assessment Impact study Is completed and made public Further public Information meetings should be held in order that concerned ratepay can understand how this decision will affect them and make their views known As Council well knows the adoption of Section is probably the most controversial issue affecting llties in Ontario in the but few years While I can appreciate that such a decision may appeal to the personal sense of fairness of some Councillors I do not believe that this Justifies proceeding without Including the public In this major decision truly Whiting Drive Georgetown Support drive Voters deserve straight answers Dear Sir Four hundred thousand school children In Ontario will carry UNICEF boxes at they trlckortreat door to door on Hallowe en night as they have done In Ontario for more than thirty years While we may have come to take the familiar orange and black boxes for granted over the years millions of children around the world will never take the work of UNICEF for granted It provides the mean of their survival and development The motley collected at en baa changed for the better the Uvea of worldwide While clean water remain rare and precious commodi ty In much at the Third World Weill in communities null and large have meant children are protected from diseaa- and mothers are able to give more time to the can of their children having been relieved of the duties of finding and carrying water The fight against communicable diseases is alto being waged through a Immunization program It la a battle that can be won Smallpox follow this pattern 1 Education health care Improved nutrition and protection from cruelty and neglect are rights all children should enjoy the children advocate is dedicated to the provision and preservation of the rights of the child Sincerely Hon William Davis PC and Mrs Kathleen Davis Honora Co Ontario Committee Dear Sir With the municipal election upon us the citizens of Hills deserve straight answers from the candidates on the issue of expanding the town s property standards bylaw Such a bylaw sets minimum stand for all properties These minim urn standards assist property owners well as tenants by ensuring that a few rundown properties do not deteriorate property value for all Community Legal Clinic gave town council clear evidence of the need for such a bylaw Such a bylaw is particularly useful to tenants living In substandard housing as they can use the Bylaw Enforcement Officer to force the landlord to make needed repairs We provided town council of actual examples of slum like condlU right here in the town of Hills The current bylaw covers only a very small downtown area In Georgetown and a similar area In Acton It is blatantly unfair that number of citizens are protected by this bylaw the majority are not As well the rejwrt of the town own staff shows expansion of the bylaw would probably not coat the town a single cent Only a few councillors spoke up directly In favor of expansion of the bylaw Many tried to claim that tbey In favor of such an action In principle while at the same time declining to do anything about it The of excuses was wide and none were credible For example one councillor suggested that the bylaw should not be expanded due to the possibility of tenants who try to enforce their rights under the bylaw being Illegally evicted despite the fact that the Landlord and Tenant Act prevents such evictions This is akin to saying that we should not give people the right to charge someone with assault when they are mugged for fear of the mugger coming back and killing them next time Such factor may Influence a persona choice whether or not to take action but they should not Influence legislators who are being asked to grant basic rights During the coming election I hope that all prospective candidates are questioned as to where they stand on this issue Before voting citizens should consider whether prospective councillors are prepared to do something for the low Income residents of our town who are unable to get basic needed repairs done to their premises Yours truly Hill Community Legal Clinic per Jack Fleming Staff Lawyer Society as a whole is still living in the dark ages when it comes to understanding someone with schizo phrenia Often they believe the suffer er to have split personality a Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde lurking within their soul preparing to do harm to others Nothing could be further from the truth The Diagnosis of a type disorder has nothing to do with proneness to violence Most researchers agree it is a biochemical imbalance affecting the brain resulting in hallucinations delusions high anxiety withdrawal from reality and emotional among other symptoms Two biologic al categories appear to exist one group who have too many receptors In the brain for the neurotransmitter dopamine the other who have enlarg ventricles spaces In the brain Both these conditions can result In an overload confusion of messages and then an inadequate response to a situation Schizophrenia has a genetic factor and occurs most frequently In the to 29 age group Sadly enough many young schizophrenics take their own lives Schizophrenic is not a rare disease Approximately 1 per cent of our population suffer from this illness with more hospital beds occupied by this group than by Individuals with any other medical condition There Is hope nevertheless as groups such as Friends of Schizophrenics a self help group of patients family and friends are optimistic that community services and research money will be given to fight this killer and of young people At a recent meeting a guest speaker Linda Director of Psychiatric Occupational Therapy Peel Memorial Hospital Informed members of the progress that the hospital has made In treating patients Psychotropic drugs are now administered and in roost cases the individual responds well The lack of support services after discharge from hospital however can mean a and therefore Mrs Parem stressed the need for a daycare facility where schizophrenics would receive the activities and companionship they need A proposal for such a facility was turned down by the government two years ago in spite of the fact It could well have saved in taxes per year and needless misery Let not allow schizophrenics to be fourth class citizens any longer For these interested the next meeting for Friends of Schizophrenics wtll be held Nov at 30 is Sheridan College Brampton Guest speaker will be Mr Bob Callahan for Brampton