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the HERALD A step closer to Home Newspaper of Hills- Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown L7G Ontario GARNET Publisher and General Manager Advertising Manager I SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Sunday status quo Opening grocery stores on Sunday seems like a bit much for us We can understand the logic in Sunday openings for stores which cater to tourists and encourage family outings The Hide House is a perfect example of this But last week when the major chain grocery stores in Georgetown opened shop we had to wince Already some grocery stores in town are offering hour shopping convenience Grocery stores do not keep bankers hours We really wonder if there are families who cannot do without buying groceries on Sunday Some grocers will argue there is a demand for Sunday service Other grocers will say if their competitors break the law and gain customers by doing so they must do the same But why bring Sunday shopping to Georgetown The really belongs at the hands of our government legislators and the courts As oldfashioned as it may seem we still believe Sunday should be a quieter day when families can spend more time together Many employees may not appreciate hav ing to work on weekends when friends and family are off Also our independently owned corner variety stores will probably lose business from the chain store giants should Sunday openings be a permanent fixture Put to a vote wed cast our ballot for keeping Sunday as a special day Concerned people The community owes a thank you to 23yearold Brent Ferguson A member of the Burlington Braves football club Mr Ferguson came to the rescue of a girl who was attacked by a stranger The assailant has now been charged with sex ual assault Last weeks attack illustrates two things One is that there are still people out there willing to help those in trou ble Secondly as the story unfolds it makes us realize not everyone is willing to get involved Mr Ferguson went one step further than we expect of most people He actually caught the suspect We and the police would certainly not advocate every citizen go to these lengths Bui it is our responsibility to help our police serve and protect Apparently some neighbors close the scene where the girl was attacked last week did not respond lo her screams To keep our community safe from criminals we need people who are concerned about each other Criminals need to know that theyre outnumbered by residents who do want to get involved As Mr Ferguson says lets not let the criminals know the people are scared Buy locally Its time to start buying Christmas gifts If youre preparing for a trip out of Halton Hills for your shopping think again Our town has just about everything you need for your giftgiving We have friendly sales clerks who are serviceoriented and theyll gladly help you make a selection We have businesses who care about the spirit of Christmas by con tributing to local seasonal charities and displaying festive lights and ornaments around their shops We dont have the lineups and parking problems you will Find in larger malls to the west south and east We have a variety of oneofakind shops o complement the groupbuy bargains by chain stores We want our town to be a strong vibrant commercial centre not just a onedimensional bedroom community We prefer a healthy local business economy because our municipality benefits from the taxes firms pay for the ser vices we enjoy You can help contribute to this Buy locally this Christmas My wish list Staff comment Dear Santo This is my wish list Would you please make it bright and sunny every morning when I warm bed while hubby is curled up still In sweet slumber Warm sunny rays may make It less difficult especially In winter Snow on Christmas morning would be nice but not on the roads or driveways please And none of that biting wind either please to moke he post- Christmas dinner walk only a twominute dash to comer and back Please make oil the spiders take a year off from making cobwebs under my kitchen cupboards They moke It so obvious I havent vacuumed for a long while Even my husband notices And hat pile of shirts etc to bo Ironed would you make that messy mountain disappear into neatly hung Clothing In a neat closet Maybe you can Inspire to surprise me in this How about sprinkling a little- love potion on the eyeshot that young man my sister has recently taken a liking to Maybe you should make him little less shy while youre at It Santo but mind not loo Santo please keep Monday night council meetings short and sweet Help town planners Ian Keith and Bruce Maclean to speak like the rest of us and fight that irrcslstable urge to chatter away In planning lingo Give town engineer Bob Austin more of those Cheshire cat grins and make the dent around the fire chiefs hairdo less so a bigger hat perhaps Santa Santa please always let me find hope even when it seems everything Is darkness and strife and every phone call a complaining caller Let the sweetness of life break through and lift my spirits Most of all this Christmas Santa I wish for real peace and goodwill So often thats Just a traditional phrase pulled Into use at this time of year uttered by people who arc thinking up their next nasty trick Let the hurts of the past year wash away and no new hurts be created Santa Let there be contentment What an eloquent letter from one so young Its so nice to receive a note from a person concerned about people rather than gifts Ill talk to my elves and some other special people to see what they can do about your wish list Merry Christmas Love fan ta For reasons more of ideology than anything else Ontario this week crept another step closer to official To an orgy of mutual back- slapping by the cozy allparty club of MPPs who run things the Legislature unanimously passed the Frenchlanguage services bill What this all wilt cost no one will even guess In fact since the deci sion to proceed Is ideological in nature no one even cares In establishment eyes It Is the right thing to do and the money Is should anyone take seriously the idea hat there wont be an effect on jobs in the public service By definition the already existing on being Frenchspeaking as taken another quantum leap A considerable number of govern ment Jobs Clerk of the for example arc now barred to the per cent of Ontnrinns who ore tin I lingua I Anglophones Still in he main the services bill just enshrines in law what has become practice over the vears Queens Park Derek NeJaon under the former Conservative government This is the extension of provincial government services to Fran cophones where their numbers war rant it The bill speeds up the process by selling what amounts to a three year deadline for ministries to llvfc up to the ideal The bill does not cover diner Ihe courts or education both of which were handled by separate legislation initiated in the days of Conservative rule Both French and English arc already official languages of he courts of Ontario And education in French Is available any child In who desires it The new bill doesnt go quite so far It only applies where Fran cophones make up per cent or more of the population or where they number a I least This means Metro Toronto its 32000 Francophones and 23 million other residents is officially bilingual in terms of provincial government services How a situation like that will work In practice only time will tell the bill Is perhaps more Impor tant for what It left out than what It included Municipalities for example who provide most social services such as welfare and day care arc exempt from having to provide Francophone services It was the attempt to entrench such services in the constitution that caused the massive bllinguallsm backlash in Manitoba a years ago Other social service agencies funded by the province but not operated by them such as hospital and childrens aid societies may be designated bilingual by cabinet If it DID ALL COULD- 1 BLEW HORN AT IT Initiatives to improve car safety During the post year Transport Canada has Introduced several im portant initiatives to Improve road safety Among these a federal pro posal to moke daytime running lights mandatory by 1989 efforts to encourage the use of seat belts and child restraint systems and govern ment advising drivers not to drink have highlighted Transport Canadas road safety initiatives Safe Driving Week from Dec 17 should serve as a reminder to all Canadians that road safety good driving habits and responsible at titudes arc the best ways of ensuring year round safe roads the Minister One of Mr Crosbics first an nouncements when he assumed his new portfolio In June was a plan to have all new cars multipurpose trucks and buses filled running lights by a requirement which will Improve he of vehicles Use of such lights turned on automatically by the Ignition switch could reduce the number of daytime vehicle collisions by 10 o 20 per cent Seat belt use plays a major part in road safety Mr strongly urges all Canadians to use available scat belts and child restraints The number of scat belt users Is improv ing however a safe car means secure passengers use your safety belt at all times There is no reason why Canada cannot achieve Ihe per cent and greater use rotes observed in other Western countries the Minister said Nova Scotia drivers recorded the highest rate of seatbclt wear with an per cent average up four times he use level of IBM Nova Scotio legislated mandatory seat bell use at the beginning of Prince Ed- word Island and Alberta are the only two remaining provinces without mandatory scat belt use legislation Columbia drivers had ho second highest use rate In the 1985 report with per cent a level unchanged from For years Transport Canada has carried out tests study the effec tiveness of seat belts In saving lives Mr Crosble said We propel cars into wall at our Test Centre just north of Montreal to en sure that manufacturers have com piled with various federal safety standards In Your opinion We also observe the effect on unrestrained mannequins in vehicle crashes Transport Canada strongly supports use of seat bells but without driver intelligence and responsibility our studies and regulations serve no purpose Each year children under five years of age ore being killed or maimed In motor vehicles Mr Crosble said If they are secured in an approved restraint which is pro perly Installed in the vehicle with a top ether strap anchored to the vehicle then the chances of survival are dramatically Improved Transport Canada will require all cor manufacturers to place an chorage locations for the top strap in all vehicles Somedoatready Citizens forum Only in Halton Hills Dear Sir According to the local papers firm of Ventln Architects of Simcoe was awarded a four million dollar contract to design the first town hall Tor Hills at an in meeting It Is also mentioned that they did not leave any written material or identify heir team members Surely this must have been part of the re quirements when submitting pro- we have found out however elected officials in Halton dont always follow their own procedures as witness the Speyslde Support Groups court challenge on the deci sion close Public School Councillor Sheldon spoke to the press about In camera meetings and expressed the opinion that when pro posals arc as close as a tic vote as Indicated the contract should go to a local firm Then she was ambushed and vociferously allocked for expressing her views Unfortunately Councillor Sheldon nought wo lived in a democracy where free speech has been taken tor granted for decades Councillor recognizes the value of free speech as he reminds us of recent Remem brance Day ceremonies However he also likens Councillor Sheldon to General Custer asking Sitting Bull for a rematch I believe Mr hat If Sit ting Bull read the newspaper stories he would say you speak forked tongue Bully for you Councillor Sheldon for expressing your views and enlightening public on how coun cil reaches decisions Bully for you Councillor Elliott for your support and views also Only in Hills eh Pity I Douglas A Ford RR4 Acton Play was superb Dear Sir Anyone who hasnt attended at the John Elliott Theatre Is missing perhaps the finest musical show ever presented in Georgetown Take It from one who has seen It three times And each lime seemed better than the first Globe has done a superlative job of casting From leading lady and man Helen Tobin and Dave Shrub- sole to those with smaller roles like Vic Dunleavy who plays the leading ladys father the actors fit their parts like a glove and display acting as well as vocal ability Scats for final week arc going fast but there arc stilt some left Tor tonight Thursday and Friday and possibly an odd one for Satur day Id advise hastening to Royal Lepage office where tickets arc available Youll never get belter valuefor an expenditure Waller Is Turner suitable leader Grossman suggested the new bill does not guarantee rights It does not guarantee the Implementation of Frenchlanguage services It guarantees the government will con sider the Implementation As for the provincial government itself the Liberals left themselves on out by leaving the power to ex empt ministries with cabinet although such exemptions cannot violate the spirit of the law For Serge of Ontario FrenchCanadian Association FO the big change Is that Fran cophones now will have a right to go to the courts In order to challenge the fact that the service is not there or if it Is there that the service is enough Thats a fair analysis The real question remains when the Liberals will stop pussyfooting and go Ihe whole hog for the official bilingualism they so dearly want to BRUCE N LIGHTLE SCOTT PETER- CHRISTIE He might be able SON dont He has a good dont think so I really dont think t0 He care if he does or chance I dont think weve had he will as good a not Im lust not ihlnk the enough of Ihe back Mulroncy XT J Interested win Its going SAW J vitives in years ago John Kelly returning officer for the municipal elections an nounced three acclaimed can didates Mayor Jack Armstrong Reeve Stan Allen and Deputy Reeve Doug were acclaimed After serving three years as a town council member Irwin Noble Is retiring The owner of Georgetown Dairy Ltd has been the property chairman for the last year Bud Varey scored two goals as the Georgetown Raiders defeated the Elmlra Polar Kings 32 It was the league leading Raiders fourth win in six starts this year Shirley Wallace daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wallace of Preston announced her engagement to John Addy of Glen Williams Mr is the son of Mr and Mrs John and he is an engineering student at the University of Toronto years ago Three directors of the Georgetown Agricultural Society received cer tificates of merit at the societys annual dinner Spencer Wilson his wife Kay and Don were honored Mr and Mrs William Collier of Normandy Boulevard were honored on Iheir anniversary a sur prise party The party was held at the home of their son John and his wife Collier Other children attending were Susan Collins Joanne and Joey Collier Colin Wilde was reelected presi dent of the Georgetown and District Minor Soccer Association Jim Mercer Is the new vicepresident and Ivor Bevan Is secretary The Hunters Inn will be restored to its original use as a country Inn The Inn at Mountain view Road North and Maple Avenue will be restored to be the 19th century watering place it was when it was built In 1850 years ago Provincial Paper Limited announced the release of 80 employees about per cent of Its coating mill staff About 165 people work at the mill said BlrcKalt president and general manager of mill Chief of the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service Bob Simpson received a plaque from Councillor Sykcs during the annual Christmas dinner party The service was honored for years service Jane Rankin married Edward Smith at St Anglican Church The bride Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Vera Rankin of and he groom is he son of William Smith of Toronto The couple plan to live in Mayor Tom Hill Milton Mayor Anne McArthur and Oakville Mayor Harry Barrett are prepared to have MPP Julian Reed Introduce a private members bill at Queens Park calling for the redistribution of regional government power over area municipalities 5 years ago Chip chairman of Actons Committee pressed button which set the balls In mo- lion for the Wlntorio program The program was filmed at Acton High School Heidi Lang will replace Claire Batch as music teacher for McKenzieSmith Middle School in Acton Also granted teaching contracts are Linda of Carol Elson of Park and Jane Camp- bell of Joseph Gibbons Kris Barber of Glen Williams and Kelly Johnson of Willowdale placed sixth last week in Japans NHKa In- ternatlonol figure skating compel- tlon The two were near Osaka compete In the dance skating pairs competition POETS CORNER GAMES Only words pais between us between widely separated Id rather Up the game and the sidelines MARLOWE C DICKSON Ontario