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the HERALD A happy band of MPP warriors Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph StreetsGeorgetown L7G 3Z6 Ontario DON Publisher and General Manager DAVE Editor Phone CARL SINKE Advertising Manager Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday January Glory days For a few residents of Halton Hills December and January of will be remembered as glory days Selected among thousands four local citizens were honored by carrying the Olympic torch on its windy path to Calgary One travelled to Bellville to be handed the flame another had the privilege of being the first runner to carry the torch into Metropolitan Toronto Last Wednesday two other runners carried the Olympic symbol high as they braved the cold near Orangeville Because of the torch relay across Canada the glory of being a part of the Olympics is not just for the athletes Its for all Canadians as we take part In the spirit of the Games The torch run provides an opportunity for communities to become involved in the winter athletic competitions With over torch bearers crossing Canada province by province individual Canadians had a chance to par ticipate Each of the torch bearers from Hills are over whelmed by the experience of being a part of the relay By relating to these runners listening to their stories and congratulating and encouraging them we too can feel a part of the Olympic magic Everyone can understand and appreciate the spirit of the Olympics The Games represent the best in all of us We empathize with the struggling athlete who refuses to give up in a race despite all odds We admire the athlete who trains and trains for this one opportunity in his or her life to go for the gold We ap preciate what our country and its athletes can do giving us a feeling of patriotism While not every Canadian can compete to be stronger higher and faster its nice to be part of the Olympics by cheering on our torch runners and feeling their pride and excitement The relay has drawn Canadians closer together and has drawn us closer to the Winter Olympics in Calgary The one thing thats left for us to do is to watch our athletes in February and cheer them on to victory Mobile thinking Ironically a few weeks after a year designated by the United Nations as the year of the homeless a proposal has been put forth by a developer for affordable housing The year of the homeless is over but that doesnt mean we cant continue to push to help people find affordable shelter here in Hills and elsewhere around the world Al owns a tract of land behind the Trafalgar Road municipal offices with access from the Sixth Line Spumed once before for his attempts at building on this property Mr has offered another proposal His plan calls for building a mobile home park The area would not be a home for trailers or become a host park for transients The developer is thinking of putting up large- scale mobile homes worth around The subdivision would be wellplanned we presume and feature most of the amenities expected for a selfcontained community on acres It may be too early to comment on the actual plan by Mr However the thought of a developer wanting to provide more housing to the firsttime buyer the elderly or the single parent is indeed encouraging Governments may apply for funding for affordable hous ing plans and zone lands appropriately but in the end the initiative to build affordable homes must come from the developer There is evidence that housing costs in Halton Hills are unbearable for many people Rents are also extremely high because of a shortage of affordable apartments While there arc some questions left to be answered about an adequate water supply on the site the proposal deserves careful consideration While no one wants to see unstructured or unaestheticaliyplanned growth hopefully there will be no bias towards a mobile home park without good reasons Flare journalism TORONTO There Is a of warriors In the legislature Who arc they Tories Can really bo The 16 Progressive Conservative survivors the September election debacle are actually playing Ihe op position game and playing not INCOMPETENCE This week they finished filibuster ing government on free trade and beat up on il for administrative incompetence in Ihe Idea Corp mess They oven got front page New headline in The Toronto Star a newspaper many politicians here call the Liberal Parly house organ Cynics suggest this blooming of the PCs Is because as parly re Is nothing left to lose the Tories have now bottomed out There arc no more patronage jobs no more no even the solace of officio opposition status They have no money and dont even haven leader or do they When Andy Brandt was chosen as leader by the caucus short Editors notebook By Dave An interesting new movie Broad cast News explores a I epical Issue for journalists and their audience In the movie our heroine leaves her boyfriend for his lack of profes sional ethics as a news anchorman Stie Is a pristine professional hard working broadcast news producer who prefers dig for entertaining stories the old established way In other words shes creative and Im aginative but wont fudge the news lo make It look like something Its not Do people really more flare than substance in their lives This is Ihe message behind the movie and Its worth examining on levels For example when we view a politician on the news for a second Interview Is fair to make ac curate assessment of him when voting lime comes Today anyone can master the broadcast medio by dressing well use short quotable quotes and sport a darling smile possible to sell a lot of people In a short period of time Queens Park By Derek Nelson ly after former leader Larry Grossmans resignation It was on the understanding thai he would step down at a leadership convention to be held in one or two years And thai is silt Brandts stated In tcnlion Bui the shortterm nature of the Job hasnt made his quite the lame duck a lot of observers expected He has been forceful In the legislature and quotable in the media The Issues he and his caucus have raised have in the main been relevant DRAFT ANDY Speculation has already begun about a Andy movement for the coming convention It Is more than a little premature of course He still has as much as two years lo go in his mandate and Brandts rising star could flame out tomorrow In the turbulent at mosphere of his place Still he Is a canny politician a former successful mayor Simla who ran and won as Andy In the last provincial election It Isnt inconceivable that despite his public denials the lure of ambi tion could bring him to change his mind as date of a convenlion draws closer Bui for now the two leading names being bandied about are nor therner Alan Pope thirdplace finisher for leader last lime and party president Tom Long Pope who disappeared in a mil from the Queens Park scene after he lost the race Brandt for Interim leader finally reappeared In the assembly shortly before Christmas He then highlighted the Tory free- trade filibuster with analmosl five- hour spread over three It wasnt bad either It lacked the pseudorighteous lone that envelops and detracts from many of Popes questions in the assembly And aside from the obvious filler material it was intelligent and wellreasoned two of Popes strong Ihe States professors and students ore talking more about ethics Jour nalists have be or hey will lose their audience But at the same lime they cant lose their integrity or the respect of others In short journalism has to be honest but il cant be boring Thats I he challenge of nineties or broadcasters searching maintain their piece of the Ncilsen based vulnerable lo trade To ensure newspapers keep heir audiences they loo must respect their readers and give them what Ihey want of warmth and an almost total failure of the media to take him seriously a potential leader Long on Ihe other hand is con sidered a contender by the media and although no more conservative than Pope has been designated the rightwing candidate by many of them GOOD CONTACTS A young maybe too young at 30 personable lawyer Long has widespread support and good con tacts among numerous rank and file outside world of elections Elected politicians tend to view nonMPP contenders with a slightly Jaundiced eye Thats why there are foolish rumors about Long running in Ihe London North byeloctlon thai will be called to rill the vacant Liberal seat there Still Brian Mulroney became federal leader without a seat It is always possible Long can duplicate his feat On the other hand if Brandt con tlnueslodowell The Charles and saga shows us how far media has gone to deliver royal romance the living rooms of millions The atmosphere at Buckingham Palace Is marred by continuing tales of gossip and Do people really want tins British tabloid press wouldnt be staking out the Royals there were a chance I here wasnt an audience More than ever polls and reader surveys are telling news organiza tions whal people want to read and see and hear Sometimes ethics can get in the way Citizens forum Tommy will never forget Thanks to our service clubs EDITORS NOTE- The following Is a news report written by Centennial Public School Colin Kax about Tommy who was a torch runner lor the Olympic relay last In A Day Tommy Will Never Tommy a Georgetown 11- yearold participated in something most people only dream of he car ried the Olympic torch for his try Tommy applied to run about one year ago In he lions and he round out he was chosen in September 1D87 Young Tommy ran at Mono Mills near The torch weighed about 4 pounds Near the end of his run the torch seemed heavy bul he was happy and proud be a torch bearer and would do It again for an thing 1987 toy drive was successful Dear Sir The Club of Georgetown has completed another successful Toy Drive thanks to the generosity of local citizen- businesses The working conjunction with the Good Neighbour Service made Chrfclmos i happier time for 120 area children and teenagers A special thank you Mr Neil Cotton on behalf of the staff students of cor Re town District High School for their very generous contribution Thank to all groups and Individuals who donated towards I his very worthy Thanks again this year to our dropoff centres for toys Arthur Johnson and Associates Finn The Herald and Ihe Post Office Joanne SI lies Kinetic Club of Georgetown Dear Sir I would like to take this opportuni ty to thank two service clubs in our community who provided valuable service this past holiday season The Acton Rotary Club and Op timist Club of Georgetown spon sored hours of free at Ihe three arenas This is the sixth year the Ion and Parks Department has coordinated this program with con support from our service In total over residents look advantage of Ihls generous op portunity a per cent increase These clubs have pledged lo spon sor Ihesc free skates on all upcoming PA Dais as well as the March Break On behalf of the residents of Hills and the Recreation and Parks Department thank you ser vice clubs for your continuous sup port and for you make our community Sincerely Joy Thompson of Recreation Services Many people working on goal Dear Sir The Christmas Hamper Commit tee consisting of The Salvation Ar my SI Vinccnl Paul Lakeside Chapter I ODE and the Rotary Club all of Acton wish to express our sincere thanks lo the schools chur ches various groups and individuals who generously donated cash food toys and many useful Hems to work With Ihe of all these people we were able to assist about needy families in Rock wood and Georgetown areas We would also like the Good Neighbours Georgetown for Ihelr support learned that it lakes many people working together meel the needs of our commit ment and the though fulness of car ing people that make it all possible Sincerely Yours Wilson Captain The Salvation Army Acton Citadel Wow exclaims happy reader Dear Sir Wow It was a very impressive page you helped sponsor for the Lung Association Colouring Contcsl We offer free services lo your community through Christmas Seal donations These services include a Better Breathing Club for adults an Asthma Club for children and Cold Turkey Stop Smoking Clinics Community support like yours make our Job more fee live Thank you Tanya Kulnles Lung Association WRITE US Want to share feelings on any subject with he community The Herald wet comes letters to he editor on any topic and from anyone who has the urge to write We only ask that the letters be signed with your name and address In case we must call to check tome detail We will not print unsigned let ters nor will we use psuedonj met Now all thats left Is for you to do Is pick up the pen Address your moll to letter to the Editor The Herald Guelph St Georgetown Ontario KIT CAR b Wright 30 years ago The Georgetown Kinsmen Club he towns third service club was formed Clare Bums headed the new club which was organized by 12 men in Ihellalton Hills area High school students Pat of Georgetown and Jim Gill of Nerval chatted their way to the winners cir cle at Georgetown Lions Club public speaking contest The pair ad vanced lo the zone competition representing Ihe Georgetown club Female winners received gold silver and bronze spoons with the Lions Club emblem on the handle while the male winners received gold and silver medals Ray Sailer of Georgetown was ap pointed chairman of the Georgetown public School Board for the fifth year The board elected Its new members 19SB at a meeting held at the Harrison Public School 15 years ago Knocking on hundreds of doors and lugging boxes and bags of glass the 2nd Nerval Brownie Pack col lected during a Saturday bottle drive The collected glass was sent to Dominion Glass in Brampton to be recycled Five volunteer firemen Ihrec of hem with total of years service municipality were honored at a retirement dinner Mayor Wm Smith presented Clarence Spence years service Walter Richardson Wilfred Breen William 10 and Jack Davidson with clocks engraved with their names and years of service Georgetown Girls Pipe Band pipers led by Tracy Porter and Diane Arthurs officially opened the womens provincial curling playdowns held at the North Curling Club ice rink The competi tions lasted a week Diane Rainbow of Georgetown won a draw held by Tinkerbell Nursery for Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children Ms Rain bow received a Raggedy Ann and Andy doll as her prize 10 years ago Walter Gray of Georgetown was named Georgetowns citizen of the year by members of Georgetown Lions Club The oc togenarian was chosen for his long record of service to the under privileged In the community as well as his efforts on their behalf during on George low council The Hills library board decided to experiment with abolishing fines for overdue books A 1977 Inventory showed over I BOO books were missing at an estimated replacement value of The library board decided to work on theory that books were missing because people did not want to pay the fine Charles Ross Valantinc was honored for his years of service with Ihe Georgetown Volunteer Firefighters by his coworkers Mr Valantinc joined the fire department at its first meeting in 1933 The firefighter received a gold helmet from his fellow firemen and an engraved ice bucket Grade girls from Centennial Middle School became stars when they went on a ski rip to Mount SI Louis near The students were used to make a pro motion commercial for the resorts student Instruction program which was shown on the Barrio television station 5 years ago Figureskater Darren Kemp became the Ihird resident of Georgetown to advance lo the Cana dian figureskating championships The 16yearold came fourth In his In the Mens Novice Division going on to an overall third place finish based on his free skate routine Mayor Pete Pomeroy promised to look Into fate of Actons swans which were being threatened by a lack of open water on Fairy Lake A council discussion became more of a pillow fight as councillors debated tho Issue Georgetown bookbinder Keith drew a large crowd to the Georgetown library when he demonstrated the careful and painstaking art of restoring old and rare books