Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 19, 1988, p. 4

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Pig IIALTONHILLSOUTLOOKSatiirdayMarcbltim Halton Hills OUTLOOK Is published each Saturday by Ihr TON 1 1 lit Home of Hills A Division of InnadJan Company limited 151 Street forirtoun Ontario I Second I las Mall ltrlslrri til I aellmncy Tbeir Outlook TIM HI- PHFSt I- Sharon worth lItlUTIOSlPIltlTI lji SSISTWTS I on Mike How en I lullnr Miller Saga of true love Twos a Crowd BILL BUTTLE loved w There sawig people whu ish null i j but Ixsl to our fellow So what is it about human nature that us this lillk inner twinge when we Ihc path of someone else Iruc laic is running The Ihoughl came mind other day while reading a newspaper arising From the old lion that women arc free to propose marriage This Leap trad lion appanntl dates back to 12B8 when ind m lilt it legal for women to pup the question of four remains unclear the Scots set aside a spec stead of passing a law which would have a bit more practical value like say setting aside a special day on wo mm required to pick up the tab or dinner In any case inevitable happened on Feb a woman in erected a sign outside her office readme lis Leap I love you mi And the fellow replied guessed it lhal he would Well nice to know that this saga had a ending It really is Truly it is Andyei And yet somehow this story Just doesn I seem wholly satisfying does IP Compart this for instance to memorable saga of true love thai the newspapers ran a couple years back the one about a fellow some where or other who had attempted times over an unrequited love affair This even the warm hearted amongst us must admit made for a much more interesting news On the one hand c hid a man so passionately romantic that he would at tempt suicide times over a woman On the other hand we had a man whose Twos a Crowd abject exceeded finish himself of You got this image of a man who had become a legend lor his habit of proclaiming thai life without love was not worth living and then flinging him self headlong out of basement windows And this is why stones like that little episode seem Just a bit well trying to reconcile to the dis appointing news thai Madonm has de tided not to divorce bean alt the newspapers with a bit of investigative reporting have come up with of a Leap Day proposal that got turned down us not perish the thought start sounding mean spirited or any thing just imagine how such a news story might have gone In accordance with a long stand Leap Day tradition a old Medi cine woman creeled a outside her boyfriends office building re id in love red I love you passionately Coworkers report tint Mr Hum did not notice the sign til it was pointed to him by his wife who had dropped by his office for lunch ite is now listed serious but stable condition It shameful bulimia feel the same way whenever I have lo watch some swain proposing to his beloved on live TV You know the scenario it usually at half time of a college football Hi DOTS A New student programs The tiflin appears on camera with a vous youth who he says has something his girlfriend Grinning foolishly the fellow blurts out The Question ills girlfriend cation and accepts beams into the camera and says some thing entirely suitable to the occasion like And now here Bert with the first half highlights Well perhaps this sort of thing is charming In its way But it also kind of cloying And also cheating since we know perfectly well that no man would propose on national TV were he not dead sure of being Heavens Why it can lake the better of a weekend Just begrudge the of our friends 1 ft III An additional Ontario students will be able lo live in university residences as a result of a new program announced by Colleges and Universities Minister McLeod All publicly assisted universities and some related educational In are eligible for rial Government subsidization or residence spaces May is the deadline for submitting applies It Is expected that program will lower accommodation costs to students and enhance opportunities for qualified candidates to pursue a university education Mrs McLeod said Mrs further added that the initiative reflects the Govern housing first policy and will reduce the competition for fordablo housing between students and low income citizens Ontario students will find it easier to gain meaningful summer employment thisyear Provincial Government will spend USB million to create summer jobs Ih rough three pro grams offered by the Ministry of Skills Development The Start Up Program offers students up lo S3 in Interest free loans to start their own summer business Under the Ontario Summer Employment Program the Govern ment will subsidize the salaries of students hired for summer Jobs by qualified employers Students arc Invited to apply for career related jobs in Ontario government ministries and agencies through Summer Experience an Program This program will create 500 career related Jobs for Ontario students in government ministries and will cost million The summer Jobs available this year wilt give students the op portunity to Improve their financial situation gain valuable work ex perience obtain training for future careen and develop new wor thwhile skills Curling Minister of Skills Development For more information contact Pat Sher- bln Communications and Marketing Branch Ministry of Skills Develop ment Mystery lady search 6CCD Halton Children Aid Society has a mystery on Its hands Are you on Ihe Agency Mosl Wanted List The reward If you are The much sought person is a vibrant lady who very kindly dropped off several bags of children clothing at the CAS of ficcs on Rood in recently as well a valuable piece Jeweller This lovely gold bracelet was found at the bottom of one the large green bags which contained the dona led clothing The Hilton CAS operates depot m by Donations art along newly inlty Our staff remembers this generous donor well but fortunately never got her name She was an attractive vivacious lady sporting a very short stylish hair cut and mentioned to us that she worked In Mississaugn on Winston Churchill Boulevard Our mystery lady told us that she had moved from England several yearb ago and children s donated was mainly modi in Please help us locate our mystery lad so sin be reunited with lovily Anyone with information lor Ihe mystery mn Agnes Miller extension Staff IComment Lunch with BM the PM When Canadians have a problem they call the Prime Minister what Prime Minister Brian lold a gathering of local and ethnic press at a umber Col lege luncheon during his swiag through Toronto to view the Dome March 12 lie was responding lo the last and most interesting question of the day A reporter asked the Prime Minister what he going to do to boost the confidence In politicians given i embarrassing scandals in rc- Mulroney replied Canadians arc demanding and they wanl era yesterday Good times are here and people arc becoming more questioning and more demanding That human The Canadian government comes under more direct public scrutiny than any other in the world said the Prime Minister He called Canada dally ritual known as question period unpleasant and live But Britain Margaret Thatcher only faces questions from the Hon twice a week and questions must be submitted in advance he Minister said As Margaret That says we all don I look loo hot until consider the alternatives Our question period is like no other in the world The Prime Minister hit the nail on Ihe head It that unruly question period l hat we see scraps of on television each night which helps to lessen the respect we Canadians place on our head of state Never In the US would you sec President Reagan subjected jeers name calling and accusations on a direct line from the opposition The of tied of the President carries loo much respect But our system is not such a bad way lo run things After all take the falls easier When our cabinet ministers resign lust think another beer bottle has accidentally fallen off the wall When similar unfortunate in befall Ihe government the backlash often seems like the en tire foundation of democracy is shaken Then again you can take liber ties of question period a bit too far in the British parliament many years ago one agitated opposition member jumped of his chair grabbed the mace which signifies parliament Is In session ana pro ceeded attack a government member with It Fortunately there were no Injuries Canadians lust tcr the odd nasty name and then get thrown out of parliament for Ihc day or until the Issuance of a sheepish apology But Ihe Prime Minister has to be credit for his quick responses the lunch of smoked salmon liver and artichoke In what other country in the world could you stand up ask your head of stale why there isn government advertising in tin ethnic press within

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