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Home Newspaper of Hilton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario DONBRANDER Publisher and General Manager Medical care rationing opens can of worms MIKE TURNER Editor Phone 2201 Advertising Manager Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Jam I HOT Aday with Mel North York Mayor Mel a visit to Acton on the weekend was an eventful one and those In charge of set ting up the good natured fun are to be commended When Mayor Lastman made his infamous comments about Acton many people could have easily shook their heads and bristled at such audacity Instead the incident was turned into something positive and a lasting bond of goodwill was achieved Mayor Lastman should also be commended for being such a good sport through the entire proceedings The following is a poem written by Halton Hills Coun color Gerald which fittingly capsulizes the day On His Worship s Visit AndSubsequentEducatlon By Gerald Rennie Let all the world both near and far Know Acton Is a rising star Upon this firmament we stand Full famous in our Motherland Apologies we make to none But proudly bask beneath the sun For we have snared unto our fold The Mayor of North York Oh so bold He little knew of our fair town And dared to doubt our great renown Said he What s Acton Who would drive That burgs a hicktown t thrive Thus raised he then the ire of Rick And other folk to play a trick They cast him down their gauntlet strong To prove to he was wrong When Mel arrived with horses twain And donkey making up his train He scarce had lighted from bis cart But Acton folk began their part Police in handcuffs gripped his wrist And hauled him down under arrest While Pomeroy in Bobby hat Pronounced the charge and that was that A prisoner Mel was forced to view The sights of Acton old and new He saw the streets he saw the town He rode his buggy up and down And he confessed and all did hear That really he held Acton dear All was f n and he could boast That Acton was the finest host Reporters gathered here in force To tape his words to pat his horse And make a record for our land To music sweet from George s band Then on the News the world did see The Mayor of North York sure twashe That praised our fair and lovely town And never more would put it down He knows as all the world doth know That Acton is the place to go Here commerce industry so thrive That Acton a truly worth the drive In order to reduce soaring costs the government Intends to ration medical cam That not what they 11 tell you of course But it la the clear Implication of several recent trial floated through the media by the Health Ministry seeking public reaction This government squeeze on the public use of doctors and hospitals won t be known as rationing Instead It will be called utilize management managing the use of medical care or some other bureaucratic euphemism But whatever the label the underlying reason for it is the liberal government a Increasingly desperate desire to get the escalating costs of health care under some kind of control Up till now the Grits have responded to health cares financial elevator by just piling more money Sing it out Well the BIG Weekend is finally upon us and what bet ter way to herald its arrival than with a song about Halton mils Following are the lyrics of a song composed for But don t worry if you don know the music You re sure to hear it where ever you go in Georgetown this weekend Head for the Hills Halton Hills It s the place where everyone should go Pack up the car come as you are The best place in Ontario Us a place to wander It place to live It a place to head for any day We ve got friendly people We ve got sights to see There is no place I d rather be Head for the Hills Halton Hills It the place where everyone should go Pack up the car come as you are The best placate Ontario Come on down cousin Dear Cousin How have you been keeping up there In Georgetown We have had some excitement down In Ihe Glen lately Barney Just put siding on his place while Fred put a whole new root lawn In Us rumoured that Sbdagb la getting a new fancy car to road to church in However the big newt that were celebrating Canada Day In the Glen again this year Friday July la the big day Nothing until the day la almost half over on account of the chorea which have to be done So If you can wait the club will be serving breakfast at the ball park ban Theyll be then until 10 you want an arty lunch Ton fas diamond win begin to sparkle when tbt Villagers a team against the Town afternoon la chalk of fun There 11 be entertainment on the stage while the kiddles can have fun In their own play area The Town Hall will have their usual adult play area Speaking of the Town Hall mats where the Seniors can get a quiet tea at no cost Afterwards be bingo In hall The afternoon games will Include the obstacle comae ladies log saw the egg toai and the search for the beat pair of men legs on this side of the Credit The pet show is on for 1 SO at the school The J Historical Society will be a walking tour about Temple organising the Tour Glen like my blllnguahsm bicycle Baca from St at p Well there is to much more to tell Id better cut it off for now garden need tome serious weeding and then ua are going over to watch spread manure on bis garden Be sura to mark the date on your calendar Sincerely Yours Cousin Glen onto It The result has simply been stimulation of the monsters ap petite to climb skyward Yet as this column has noted before quoting from legislative testimony of a decade Queens Park costs either redix the Incomes of GOAL That second option appears to be the ministry goal Take as a possible pointer a re cent column by a Queen a Park col league the Toronto Star Spdrt The column dealt with the overuse of medical She often has knowledge of tbe latest government thinking listen to what she said about pa use of hospitals and doctors Under the current system who is to decide whether costly heart surgery should be performed so often on elderly patients where tbe benefits arm t dear And not Just In tbe case of hearts There a lota of evidence around that the rate of gall bladder removals andor sections is too high that drug prescribing la Often useless or even dangerous and so on she said The conclusion she draws about all these supposedly unnecessary ac tivities la that By default all th- WW IflBOS WW a ml w r J WELCOME TO CANADA i decisions on patients get what kind of care are bang made by In dividual hospital physicians No one la In charge of the overall pattern And who should Presumably the health minister should be studying the benefits and laying down some guidelines for hospitals she suggested What the healthcare system needs Is planning she summed up Wen trouble with vague words like or guidelines if that they have to be translated into specifics If too many elderly people are having heart surgery there are only two ways of restricting such opera LIMITS One Is to forbid tbe operation for everyone above a certain age The other Is to limit tbe number people who can go under tbe knife The first solution is democratic In the sense that It subjects everyone to tbe same risk except the rich who will only go elsewhere to have the operation second option can t be sold In a system where equal access to medical care Is an article of faith an untouchable Icon Remember that was the reason the liberals when they banned extra Who will tell Mr Jones be will like ly live and Mr Smith he will likelv die Certainly if Speira col ac curately reflects ministry thinking and I think It does then some kind of ration Is inevitable And It may not Just surgery and gall sections but everything from use of dialysis machines to go ing to see a doctor politics of selling such restric tions In a province where everyone for granted that medical ser vices are free without any limits on access will prove very Interesting Citizens forum Thanks to two caring people Immediately hires another in ink thU consult to mitigate that problem rftSVg St treed area to the east of Park School cent the Someone had strung two trees across the pathway Before he knew It hod been thrown from his These good Samaritans helped him up and assured he was fine They then took the nine per cent of Georgetown between residents who ail drink well water do not realize danger of landfill in a quarry surrounded by the Amabel Rock Formation The Amabel Rock Formation carries the Amabel Aquifer from which all re down and In this region Including try wells is pumped were fortunate that Nicholas ftow in Ontario a laadflU only received burns and scrapes went on the r a precedent on four counts I thank God that these young men private developer of a wereonthespotandwillingtohelp J Georgetown Residents put through hell land sold to Metro or any other municipality allowing them to by residents are on well First Environmental Assess ment where no alternatives are con sidered The law is not being applied equitably First landfill in the Niagara Escarpment where many other EDITORS NOTE The following Is quarries exist a copy of a letter addressed to Recommend Minister of Environment Jaraes specific to this case Stop this Bradley submitted to the Herald for proposal newt or provide funding We cannot coll ar Sir these meetings without it 3 I fail to understand how this wdl resident of Hills an government and your ministry can information letter explaining that put the residents of Hills their well water will eventually be through this hell The Acton Quarry contaminated Landfill proposal forces us to sit in m deal with a provincewide committee meetings reviewing of garbage disposal technical documents with no in information from countries dependent experts to explain tie j where BO per cent Is consultants reports There is little recycled Host a worldwide point questioning the consultants packaging conference In Toronto to hired by the proponent Reclamation develop packaging that la en Systems Inc since they are not v sound Provide oath and It is iheir Job to make to municipalities to sell the best case for their employer compost containers to residents at a Each discipline has its own terms reduced rate Give a tax credit to and Jargon We would all need residents who regularly use courses In transportation landfill Provide penalties or design and to com men Intelligently on these reports rwa la one of our most serious pro- we bring our concerns forward j w go cannot the proponent not being able to Why must this govern- ment be dragged along kicking and creaming as the situation worsens Provide leadership Take action Billions of dollars will be saved in doing Environmental Assessments and developing sites Think of the future All safe potable water sources must be protected We don t Intend to drink tbe chemical soup coming down the Niagara River Trus in your urgent action Barbara Halsall Member of the Presubmlsslon Consultation Committee for Acton Quarry Landfill Post Script Halton Hills residents your drinking water will suffer POWER Is the only group opposing this landfill Support their legal fund Attend the POWER fund raising dinner Tuesday June at the Oldo Hide House Yours truly Barbara Special thanks from Auxiliary Dear Sir The Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Auxiliary would like to thank tbe following businesses for their donations to the Penny Sale at our Family Fiesta on May 21 Emerald Isle Bedroom Gallery Georgetown Yam and Crafts North Halton Sports Georgetown Decorating Centre Hair Salon Hillside Sand and Gravel Cachet Young a macy G S Television Sheridan Nurseries Shoes Little Angels Office Magic My Genera tlon McCarthys Side Tea Room Green Meadows Garden Centre Georgetown Fruit Market and Bacardi Rum These donations were appreciated and greatly added to the success of our day Thank you Yours truly Shirley Chaplin Penny Sale Convenor 30 years ago Ola Berg son of Mr and Mrs A Berg of received his B A degree In Maths and Physics from the University of Toronto Mr Berg is a graduate of the Georgetown District High School William J Collier of Georgetown was congratulated by the lieutenant governor of Ontario the Honorable Keillor Mackoy when be received the long service medal at an in vestiture at the Pari lamer In your opinion again what would It be Whats with the Jays member of tbe Georgetown Kinsmen Cub Tony 0 Byrne of Georgetown was the seller of the winning ticket on a 1858 FordTudor sedan An man Brian won draw John A Hunter of Georgetown completed a professional course in industrial relations at Queen a University In Kingston He Is a graduate In Arts class of 15 years ago William Hunter a past warden of County announced he would be running for mayor in the northern borough The councillor was cur rently serving on Georgetown coun cil as a Ward Two representative A pilgrimotc to the scene of their first Canadian home now Cedarvale Community Centre was made by 100 men who came to Canada 50 years ago as penniless Armenian or phan boys The new Industry Mold Master which was in started operations In Georgetown The plant built by McNally Construc tion Is located on Armstrong Avenue Elizabeth of Georgetown announced she would tbe presidency of tbe Liberal Party Miss had been a vice- president of the and Halton East Liberal Party Association since 10 years ago There is nothing quite as soft and cuddly as a young lamb as Kim Cot discovered during a visit to tbe farm of Brian Buclcrell Kim and other children from the Maple Avenue Nursery spent the morning touring the farm The Halton Hills chapter of the Knights of Columbus was awarded first place for their monthly bulletin The Scribe at the Ontario State convention A Georgetown cadet Kim Hall burton appeared briefly in film shown on CBC TV stations The History of the Canadian Girl Guides showed three White Oaks girls John Richard Hall of Terra Cotta graduated from Trent University In Peterborough with a bachelor of arts while Jill Cunningham of Georgetown graduated from Wilfrid University in Waterloo with a degree In general arts 5 years ago Charlotte Baker of the Georgetown Christian School could not resist a table full of equipment MORA ANDY JEFF HANNAH BURKE fl C O Trade Jessie Bar- Fire Willams Trade George Bell Make a VANDEVAUi field for a new star and hire Clio Gaston and Todd deal and get stick with Todd to New York More for Dave Botany to field George Bell to designated hitter and move Sal Cam to Centre eld lit Andrew Boats Bernhardt Kevin Lamb and Dm damn Teaching la no In materials to books audiovisual mi trip give children a boo said rejirinj Mary wUwhospentlSyeOT