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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown L7G Ontario GARNET Publisher and General Manager Physicians esteem at stake I PHONE J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager ishs Timing is wrong To disclose or not to disclose The Herald this week printed a story about school closings in Halton Hills We were asked not to announce the names of the three schools affected by the board of education We printed the story because we felt it was in the best interests of the public not to wait for a formal announ cement The Halton Board of Education s consolidation study group made their decision on which schools to close last Wednesday The Board representatives wanted us io wait to release the information until a February 27 meeting That means the information t reach our readers doorsteps until our March 5 edition three weeks Inter The request seemed odd to us for several reasons Initially The Herald was told that information from the meeting would be forthcoming immediately after the discussion The day of the meeting we were asked not to report the findings until the Feb 27 meeting The Board cited a lack of proper procedure and the fact an executive committee had yet to go over the results as reasons for waiting We disagree about withholding the information because the public has a right to know what decisions the consolidation committee has made They have a right to know as early as possible especially before the Feb board meeting when the final report is released Printing the story this week might prevent a string of untrue rumors from circulating A decision made by over committee members cannot be kept secret for long A newspaper works for the community just as trustees must work in the best interests of the ward they represent Public meetings have been scheduled for March If information wasn t disclosed until Feb there would be scant time for parents to prepare for the meetings with well planned and thought out questions Releasing the facts of the study early in the month can help the Board in their efforts to maintain a good rap port with parents of schoolchildren and taxpayers By stalling in the name of procedure the Board risks the possibility of losing credibility with those they were elected to represent It unfortunate the incident was sparked by a case of bad timing Perhaps next time the Board can work out a timetable that doesnt leave a newspaper in a difficult position about whether to disclose or keep mum Drug abuse week Damaging effects What can you do for drug abuse week Ray Martin executive director of the Drug Abuse Committee in Georgetown wants us to become more in volved That s fair enough Drug abuse isnt going to go away It takes the in terest of a community and the involvement of many to solve the problems of drug users and addicts Why should we help The in November released statistics that indicate about 50 per cent of all robberies and break and enters are drug related Customs agents are only able to stop about per cent of the total amount of drugs imported into Canada annually But more importantly its a shame to witness the deterioration and character change of a drug user The damaging effects of most drugs are well documented Some are deadly others just slowly wear away at a drug users mind and body Being so close to Toronto makes us vulnerable to the drug networking that takes place in such a major urban centre Halton Hills isnt any different than any other com munity We aren drug free Wherever there is money to be made there will be a drug problem a whiz on computer systems It works In conjunction with a microphone speaker and a software program called Keymaker Wllh the unit Lew can speak to the computer and see data appear on the screen as though It had been entered on the keyboard The system Is activated when Lew says the name Geo short or Cleopatra the temptress Cleo Is monogamous and recognizes only Lew as her master Speaker dependent units such as Lew are capable of understanding repeated sounds and therefore even someone who is verbal but capable of a range of consistent sounds might well be able to use hem Orientation Is fast and easy Lew no longer struggles with tedious painstaking and possibly debilitating strains of manipulating a heads ick for hours on end Ills life has taken on a more rewarding outlook with a brighter future Such tlons with cooperative efforts are pioneered by a few but bold out promise lor others In the future If you wish more information about the voice recognition unit please feel free to contact me at 877 1438 I was recently in touch with a young woman who has a daughter with a cleft palato She would like to hear from other parents who are wilting to share their experiences with her with regard to raising children with this particular problem I have agreed to act as contact person and will gladly put you in touch with her I first met Lew Boles an intellig determined young university student about IS years ago when he was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Toronto as the result of a football Injury Today he is still there but now has an office within the hospital where he has been working for the past five years for a company that designs develops and integrates computer based informal on systems Lew has an aptitude for data processing but duo to hia limitations as a with controlled motion In his head neck shoulders the process of using a mouthstick to press each key was cumbersome and caused him to be less productive than his peers The technology could not match IhcspeedofLcwsmlnd In an effort to rectify iWs situation a cooperative project ensued involving IBM and Ministry of Community and Social Services Lew now writes with his voice The voice recognition unit is a card that can be Inserted into any IBM compatible personal computer Queen Park TORONTO There was a genuine air of puzzlement In the speeches of New Democrats and some Liberals here as they debated ihc bill to ban extra billing They honestly t understand why most doctors were and ore upset To the Liberal Accordites it was a simple mailer equal access health care is a right Since a cash fee to a doctor over and above OHIP rates may deter someone from getting mimical care such fees must be shed And it were really that then Iheir puzzlement could be Understood Hut the man one listened to the doctors and rtnd the Hansard of the debate in Int Legislature till more it became that the issue In doctors minds was much more fundamental It is physicians esteem that is at stake The of them feel the bin on extra billing is the final nail in the coffin of independently practiced professional medicine With the tun Ihey taken the ro id lo civil servant statu I istcn lo the tone of these from former cabinet minister one of only two in the Legislature The other Toronto 1 iberal Jim Henderson broke parly ranks and also voted the hill ending extra billing A conscripted army does not le the kind of service that a free voluntary participating group with society the members of which are proud to be part of the group will provide for people of the province Most of the physicians who ore at present would probably make times the amount of money make now if they were opted in They do not want make more money They want to preserve Lhe a self governing profession which is what this government is removing this legislation so on It was from said speech and from much quieter one thai what they were talking about was rile fc ir or lhe future of a health tint Ihey believe they were instrument I in bringing to Its current level Actually one might like the argument that It has been downhill since 1968 when WHAT SIGN WERE YOU BORN UNDER Citizens forum Resentful kill crazy reader Dear Sir Of course that won appease kill crazy hunting fraternity a statement by Bill Johnson an elected member of Region Council Of course a remark like that could be normal from someone outside Canada for instance a South African while well versed In bigotry and disc rimi rut lion but from an elected Canadian official Hunting is a multi million dollar recognized sport in Ontario and in Canada for that matter so it was a mistake to ban hunting in lhe first place The ban was arbitrarily made last October without any Input from a large group of citizens directly affect cd Under the circumstances the ban was unfair and probably unconstitutio nal Allegations or holes in barn roofs shotgun pellets in underwear hanging on the clothes line trouble with trespassers barrages of gunfire into farm buildings horses being shot fear that an accident might happen arc all undocumented and emotional Jul of sound and fury signifying nothing It sounds like public mischief rather than hunting offenses Someone should bare the facts about the two horses being wounded Who shot Ihc horses and why weren t charges laid You can bet your bowler hat It wasn t a hunter otherwise It would have been front page news and the hunter would probably be In jail by now Why arc all the trespass com plaints undocumented Who were the trespassers and why are their names being withheld I have heard no complaints about problems within the agreement forests only from private landowners To my knowledge no complaints have been made by the skiers Donor clinic thanks Dear Sir Tho Blood Donor Clinic Committee would like to thank all donors who supported Monday Feb 10th Clinic sponsored by the Optimist Club Their help wllh distribution of the posters setting up the clinic loading equipment and general assistance a I the clinic Is appreciated Thanks to Dr Panabaker who was on call lhe nursing staff nursery help and drivers volunteers and teens the clergy John of Cable Systems Hills Hydra for special efforts with prom oil banners Mr Samcoe of the Dairy Queen for donation of orange juice and cups Mr Donnelley and Mr Mclntyro of for donuts Mr Ronald of Pizza Hut for tea coffee and servlctt Catholic Women League for kitchen help caretaker Carlos Domin and the many volunteers who gave Iheir assistance this clinic Special thanks to Betly Milton and her telephone committee and to Alice Grecnnway and Ina Reed convenors of this clinic Thank you to Mr T Ferguson of Mac Milk and to Mrs Shirley Chaplin who looks after publicity Georgetown a d Red Cross Blood Donor Service hikers not even from the bird watchers The public should take a keen interest in this affair and observe the our elected re presents Uvea It three long years before the next election but at least people will have a chance to make up their minds iboul who they want to run for office and who they want to vole for Anyone with tendencies toward discrimination should be turfed out Hunting is one of most rcgulat sports in the country and I hope the task force takes this into consideration It is my opinion that the task force will Hunt facts needed Dear Sir As a hunter concerned with lhe welfare of deer and other gome In Region I feel that the issue of a no hunting season must be addressed with factual information ralhcr than from a purely emotional base I am writing bring to public attention the consequences of a similar hunting ban in 1972 in a New Jersey township In that year there were 33 deercar collisions reported In the township In the eleven years following thecnactment there has been a per cent increase in number of deer car collisions 177 reported In 1983 New Jersey Outdoors March April 1933 Of these collisions there was one human fatality one near fatality and three serious Injuries In addition to the human Injuries and deaths many deer arc also victims killed instantly of 113 hit in 1981 That leaves injured deer that are able to escape after being hit but many of these animals limp away and die later in lhe woods New Jersey Outdoors March April Banning lhe hunting season not only results In the above mentioned increased deercar collisions but also in a more intense competition for food The deer population Increases but available forage does Consequently the deer do great damage to farmers crops and fruit trees In an effort to locate sufficient amounts of food Tor survival This Increased competition for food means that many deer usually the youngest will starve to death over the long winter months Being a non hunter I can understand people emotional responses to deer hunting but I feel that If we arc to come an intelligent decision on this matter one must consider all available facts on both sides the coin If deer arc to thrive then we musl keep them within mnnagcablo levels The only successful way to achieve now have no natural predators In Region If the hunt Is banned deer will bo controlled solely by starvation disease and road kills extremely cruel forma of death In anyone books Let learn from New Jersey mlslakeal If wo will soon bo experiencing similar problems After all the ultimate responsibility for well being of alt wildlife Ilea in our hands P Wells Actor be biased in favor of the anil hunting group but am certain they will take unemotional and sensible look at all the fuels If they tel good constructive and factual input they should be able come up with a fair and equitable solution and it least eliminate the present of discrimination There feel better using the Johnson tactic of shooting off my mouth and confirming my ignorance to the public I remain your resentful Johnson labelled Kill Crazy hunter Max M English Weber Georgetown Get priorities right Sir The Kong Veterans of imda on whose behalf I write this letter as their Grant Patron have had a lone claim against the Japanese Government for slave labour under some of the most inhumane conditions in modem history while prisoners of war They were captured us part of a British in the fall of Hong Kong in December of 1941 The guilt of lhe Japanese Govern wis vended by War Crimes Tribunals and a token payment made II a day from seized Japanese assets as part of the JapaneseCanadian Peace Agreement signed In 19j1 Following the recovery of the Japanese economy renewed efforts were made by Hong Kong veterans lo seek the balance of payment but both he Japanese and Canadian governments slated that the matter was closed by the terms of the treaty We have always contended that this Is not correct and that there is no Statute of Limitations in regard to war crimes We felt this to be amply demon by the current negotiations between lhe Canadian Government and he JapaneseCanadian Associati on in regard to indemnification of claims on behalf of lhe latter groups who were inlemed whose property wns during World War II rankly there is no issue unless he Japanese Canadians wish to make It one We had voiced no opposition to heir claim until their spokesman decided that in some way our recent efforts to revive the Hong Kong veterans claim against the Japanese Government was in some way prejudicial to the case for Indemnifi for lhe JapaneseCanadians Some individual Hong Kong veler have publicly voiced opposition but no official objection was raised by us until Mr Obata criticism aired on television Following this we did advise the Minister of Multicultural Ism Mr Otto Jelinck that because of the initiative taken by Mr Obata we were suggest that the Canadian Government withhold further action on the Japanese Canadian claim until received some Indication that the Japanese Government Is prepared to honour the obligation to pay Canadian veterans for slave labour tovernment took it over but that for another in What is repeated over and over in letters from doctors that various Tory members have into the record is this concern about the future It lb usually expressed in terms of second nit medical practice else Quebec for is said to hive restrictions on the number of visits patients may max to their doctor for any one problem while doctors ure forced lo practice where ore told and sometimes lake under payments Hut it really isn the particulars tint are It is rather lhe sense of outrage the generate being taken down the same fools it has to be understood that en if Ihey arc wrong about the result there is no doubt they extra Hint is a w a focus for Iheir over minj aspects of state run Halton s History from our files years ago Vf AGO Three of five from North approved an eight room addition to Georgetown High The two storey project will provide eight more for the crowded school J If jcfcennc and Son i Id submitted the lowest tender and was awarded Ihc con net for the building of Harrison Public School on The Mackenzie contract of is part of the cost of school Beg and Joe Hall were the best bowlers in the Georgetown industrial league this week s score or gave him the top triple score of Flail had a high score for the week years ago AGO Reverend is new pastor at I micd Church She worked mainly in Christian Education at United Church in North Toronto for the last two years lkforc the towns 1954 Cadillac is sold the high school will be given first refusal The high school bind would like to use It lo carry their laslruments Donna said a Georgetown rock group performed at Sheridan College recently for student photographers Pictures liken were for album covers a class project Members of the group include organist Larry Thompson drummer McCormlck lead guitarist Brian bassist Gary and vocalist Nino Mart Next week the Georgetown Little Theatre will be presenting The Mouse trap Ron Hunt is directing the Agatha Christie murder mystery years ago Marilyn Morrow 13 of Senior Public School won the Halton Public Speaking Contest She spoke on Fun Second and third place went to students from Milton Brian Iterner of 10 Edith St In Georgetown was named Man of the Year by Culgon Corporation Water Management Division He Is the sales manager of Canada Mike Dixon won the high school two mile race at the Toronto Star Maple Lcif Indoor Games His time of 10 7 was a new meet record He beat the mark he set last year and defeated 30 of Ontario best high school Mike scored a career high paints as the senior Rebels lost a game against Trafalgar High School The Rebels lost years ago FIVt AGO Greg of look first place In the North District Annual Kub Kar Rally Second place went to Doug Thompson of Georgetown Wally Knapp of Georgetown was awarded the Hols in Frlcsian Associ ation of Canada highest honor For his Ho Is in cows he the Master Breeder Shield at the annual meeting Former Boston Bruin star Derek Sanderson was a guest speaker at the Hockey Heritage awards In addition to praising heritage winner Bud James the yearold stated he was not coming to Georgetown to play for the Raiders Come on out to Open House Dear Sir Come one come oil Open House on March 1 at Georgetown District High School Now your opportunity to meet Jennifer Mark Ellen Jane and Melodic a few of Ihc Kids on the Block The North Committee will have a booth at the school where you will be able to ask questions learn more about tho program and talk to the Kids At 1 puppeteers will make their debut so don I miss tho perform ancc Anyone wishing to join the committee Is welcome to attend the next meeting on March 3 Direct your enquiries to Benny MacLeod at Yours sincerely Publ ic I Cha