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the HERALD Summit provides trip back in time Home Newspaper of Hills Established Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario DONBRANDER Publisher and General Manager PAUL Advertising Manager Phone Page THE HERALD Wednesday July6 Added asset It appears Crime Stoppers is finally coming to the Halton Region Thequesitoms why has it taken so long The merits of Crime Stoppers is abundantly evident where ever it is employed and the program gives the long arm of the law another appendage with which to carry out its mandate It may be unfortunate to have to admit that people need an extra incentive to help fight crime in the community but at least with Crime Stoppers that extra facet of effec tiveness will be available Other regions have successfully launched their Crime Stoppers program many of them considerably smaller than Halton Results can vary hut if it proves itself as a deterrent to crime then it s well worth the effort that goes into it and the comparatively small amounts of money that are paid out to informants The alternative is con siderably more expensive There can be no limit to the effectiveness of a Crime Stoppers program particularly when communities sup port it It would be nice to suggest that members of com would come forward of their own volition and assist police in the fight against crime without thought of any reward But since this is not the norm Crime Stoppers provides one more way to expand and improve the method of law enforcement Proud of heritage It hard to find Canadians who are not proud of their country Our pride in Canada is a quiet unassuming sort of business it s not brazen flag waving like our friends to the south Its not even the sort of thing we talk about that much Quiet Yes Patriotic Yes but not in a overt fashion Our commitment is no less fervent just different Talk to a Canadian about things un Canadian and you will find the veneer is a thin coat On the Canada Day weekend the second long weekend of the summer most Canadians haven t given the birth of our nation a second thought We shoot off enough fireworks and Queen s Park serves up enough cheap hot dogs to rival any celebration The crowds are modest hut sufficient In size to justify another event next year But don t misjudge how Canadians feel about their coun try their heritage The free trade opposition is an exam pie of Canadians underestimating Canadians We don fear for sovereignty as some politicians suggest No one can take that from us Despite the bunk of politicians Canadians are secure their Canadianism The United States cannot steal anything of our culture and heritage unless we willingly give it to them And that won happen in this country At times we have complained about the Canadian in ability to stand up and cheer about being Canadian but we don t doubt the indomitable spirit of our country Canada is changing all the time and it s our ability to deal with that change that makes us rich as a country We are a country of kindred souls even if we don wear patriotism on our sleeves Canada Day may not match the Hollywood glitz of In dependence Day But don t be fooled It no less important to a Canadian Courtesy of the Brampton Times The ups and downs Editors notebook By Mike Turner Herald Editor Last Thursday I went on my se cond annual fishing excursion to the beaut If shores of Lake Huron again with high hopes of landing a blgsalmon It was not be to though The occasion was a Media Day or the annualCFPS Chantry Chinook Classic fishing derby being hosted by the communities of Southampton and Port Elgin and other hamlets in the vicinity As it can anytime lite played a large part in my lack of success on the lake Last year you may remmber I came In with a relatively small pink salmon But hey it was better than nothing This year I was completely skunked But most of the other media types t any more for lunate as only two fish were taken during the day However not about to say I didn t enjoy myself And there were several factors that added 1 the en of the day To begin with the ride 1 took get ting to the fish was an adventure In Itself With a strong wind waves were swelling from four to six feet at times ve been on roller coasters where 1 haven t been tossed as But It was something I was able to get used to even though there were others who More on that later The Lake Huron Fishing Club again served as the gracious hosts for the event 1 was booked on with Terry Faulkner of Silver Fox Charters and thankfully he had a boat capable of handling the choppy water with relative ease One of our passengers didn t fare up to the inclement seas so our fishing timt was cut a little short That was a bit disappointing but In no way did the day entertainment Going to the alternative summit here was a little like taking a ride In a time machine It was as If the 1960s that so many knew and loved and a few like me thought were nonsense returned for one more curtain call Beards and sandals print ankle- length dresses and comfortable shoes all on Ihe bodies of and 50- yearolds That half of the crowd seemed to be reliving the past The other half much younger seemed to wish they were reliving it They certainly tried lo reenact It march on the convention Sunday with its deliberate violence and provocation the leap ing of barricades the burning of newspaper boxes was a case in point The name of the garni was slon getting on evening news with their large that the seven economic summit leaders In the process too the protestors hoped to find some angle they could use show the and fairness of System by which they mean the democratic capitalism of Iht seven summit countries The best they could come up with were complaints that those arrested Queens Park By Derek Nelson Thomson News Service couldn see their lawyers mediately they had to wait until after theyd been processed by the police To thus has martyrdom been reduced Still It got the CBC and Globe and Mail upset and on side with the demonstrators which was probahlv the point game was played with all the media manipulation skills of the old Movement as the radical wave of the period liked to call Itself Solidarity seems to be current phrase The use the word terrorists to describe democratically elected politicians whose policies are out in full view of the public Is standard Movement iw Is ting of the language The march to the summit to arrest the seven world leaders was comical theatre And the list of witnesses who at tended the tribunal where the seven branded terror read like a whos who of the old Movement from David to Franklin Philip a former member of ihe CIA who has been linked by several authors to the Cuban and Soviet intelligence services was on int ereating pari pant It was all such a throwback Even the Summit Citizens Con workshops sounded like re runs with the usual generous dollops Marxist analysis and foggy rhetoric Instance one woman explain she worked with Us mis sionaries her Job being to introduce them to the basis of Marxist theory before they went abroad so they recognize why socialism was needed so badly in the Third World The workshops were mind you poorly attended and mainly by the older crowd The young were Into lion not reflection PRIORITIES One workshop leader with six people In his group noted wistfully that the counter summit thought media relations propagan da was a higher priority than public ling the workshops Which surprising using the media to sell the Movements pro gram is what is considered lmpor And has never really been high on the Movement agenda Vie received a call from the Silver Fox s sister boat the Blue Fox In forming us they were heading in as well It seemed one of their was a little green the gills too Our first question was Who Is it You see we were Interested because the Blue Fox was carrying several from hockey circles Wilt Brent Ladds Bob Hodges and Ray Scapinelto were aboard and heading out onto the lake It was easy to see they were an enthusiastic bunch We found out in short order that it was who was having the problem adjusting to the tumultuous I found this fairly amusing since It was Ray who was the keenest of the group before we set out There was even talk of landing the big one that would win the derby grand prize 19- ft power fishing boat Hay had recovered quite bit by dinner time though his exuberance was less obvious And when it was announced that the two fish caught during the day were to be presented to he NHL of flcials he was strangely nowhere to be found But the Chantry Chinook Classic promises to be an excellent derby since dates have en moved up this year to July Fishing is expected to be better and the waters considerably stiller Over in prizes is up for grabs in the event and the lakeshore communities hosting the derby are excellent vacation spots The money raised through the event goes right back Into the en It t sound as though Ray will be tracking salmon again this sum mcr though or any other summer for that matter He made it clear that he be too busy to attend the next Chantry Chinook media day And before he steps on the Ice to officiate another hockey game the crowd will have to agree not to par take in the wave LAC SAINT DIGS Of AFTER THE 3 Citizens forum Ultimate sacrifice not forgotten Dear Sir When I left home last Wednesday to attend the unveiling of the Georgetown District High School memorial to former students killed In World War and the Korean War it struck me as ihe strangest of ironies that the book I put down was William Shirers The Nightmare Shirer was the CBS rod cor respondent In prewar and Inscribed in memory is one broadcast he opened by say This is Munich Germany calling The last nth hour attempt to save the peace of Europe and avert a world war over the has just begun here in theFuhrerbau The airwaves were filled with the of Adolf Hitler taunting What he called the decadent democracies for llicir weakness and indecision In dealing with his growing threat My dad used to sit with his head practically in our radio and I asked one day Why arc you gelling so worried and upset about this If there a war he said You may have go Ludicrous Ridiculous 1 thought to myself Me go to war How crazy can you be I was IS at the time In high school I did go to war eventually along with other high school buddies some of whom t lucky enough to come Their names arc now in scribed in the honor roll in the lobby of the high school thanks in large part lo the efforts of former teacher Jessie Glynn ably assisted by Jean II 13 hard to believe that xt year 1989 will be the since Hitler stormed aero Ihe Polish border starting a world con which claimed an estimated 30 million lives The years pass The veterans ranks grow thinner Those who can t remember grow In number while those who can forget grow fewer Hardest burden to bear for the fading veterans are the modemday analysts who flay those who served as the victims of foolish folly One such writer some years ago the tragic cost In Canadian lives and asked cynically for A Dutch immigrant Ironically from Georgetown gave him the answer Rita Vanden Top wrote with he passion of anger the eloquence Hcroarchcruords I tell you for I was yearsold when I crept out or hat potato cellar after he first Canadian tank went by It end a childhood nightmare A nightmare of having my father go in to hiding and us children being Inter gated about his whereabouts about seeing neighbors dragged away to gas chambers about cold and hunger about hiding under school desks from falling bombs about foreicr listening to rucks stopping our front door Then freedom peact bread again and heavenly luxury butter on it A normal life growing up without all that misery Due to what Due to a generation of young men from a faraway country Canada thousands of whom gave heir lives to give us life normal life beautiful life ask me ever again for what I know too well for what It s for the greatest gift of all life Itself 1 am eternally grateful So ended her letter I gone back to my book The Nightmare Years James Wants to know where MPP stands on issue Re Walt Elliot North MPP article in the June 1988 of The Herald I appreciate be- developments coming from Ministries of Natural Resources Revenue Colleges and Universities and the Attorney General However what I want hear from Walt Elliot Is his position on the proposal by Reclamation Systems a private company to create a dump In the town of Hills This proposal Is wrong and If allowed to proceed will threaten the safety water supply and way of life of every citizen of Hilts Please Mr Elliot lei a hear your views on a problem that exists In your own back yard Sincerely yours Robert D Masters In your opinion Whats Canada Day about BARBARA St Canada Day is a day lo celebrate and to think about the country roots CI 1 It a day when peo- seem to have fun s also a tlon of the freedom in Canada TED BOYD It a national birth time to get together to Glen day a day of with and and have tlon time to say hello friends a to everyone In the community sit Glen Williams In the minds of Its members I remember this so clearly from 1960s they already know all there is to know That because they have on Ideal what one ex leftist David Horowitz of Ramparts magazine fame describes as the Idea of the socialist kingdom of heaven on earth the redemption of humanity by political force Although it is years later It that nothing has changed The adherent have forgot ten nothing and learned nothing The alternative summit was a trip back into the past o a world that re mains frozen in time where Revolu tion or fascist repression is always just around the corner wearing workshop labels such as creating the pence economy and organiz ing for democratic economic development 30 years ago The County Liberals ex perienced an upheaval when they elected Lester Whiting as party president June In addition to the new president a new executive was named at the election meeting in Milton to change the party s image The Liberals ore not a dead party said provincial Liberal leader John adding that the resignations of old Liberals caused an action packed meeting Aire Contracting I of Georgetown was awarded the con tract to develop land for a new separate school on Maple Avenue south of Guelph Street Associate ar for the project are Messrs ECS Cox and Moffat of Toronto The proposed site Is on former property of Jack Tost One pound of side bacon Is selling for cents at the local Georgetown Jehovah Witnesses from the Georgetown congregation today an nounced plans to attend a summer conference in New York The con vention could well be the largest in Jehovah Witnesses history said local presiding minister man 15 years ago The proposal for a luxury complex on Court received a cool reception from the Georgetown Planning Board Mon day The board told Rex Holdings Ltd that it might consider single family dwellings on the land but would not consider cutting Into the ravine Only four trees Will be cut down for the widening of Street said Deputy Reeve Ernie Sykes Tuesday Ontario Hydro Georgetown Hydro and project engineers studying he case mined hat It won be necessary to sacrifice the intended trees Big red marked on the now safe trees between Maple Avenue and St Georges Church will be painted as soon as possible said the deputy reeve Stand Products Canada Ltd averted a this week with a to union member vole The United Auto Workers Local B76 voted in favor of a settlement June oiler failing to reach an agreement June with union representatives and a government mediator The three- year contract will include annual raises and cost of living increases 10 years ago credit at ion The board had applied for accreditation last December said president Clark and has been given a high standard rating for officio Georgetown hospital was con tula ted on Its progress by secretary A E Morris Summer can be stop ped if neighbors are willing to go to court said police north superintendent Roy Taylor Mr Taylor told the Herald that as temperatures so do the noise levels Neighbors must be willing to witness at trial In order for police to fine the accused said Mr Taylor The noise Issue arose when a Boulevard resident called the Herald lo sec if action could be taken through the newspaper Town council approved the building of 126 homes behind the Georgetown Market Plaza The Four Season Realty group construc ting the homes had originally ap plies for 144 condominiums but has since changed Its plans Councillor Marilyn expressed con com that for the town s acceptance of five per cent cosh offer in lieu of parkland she suggested a pork be built In the area 5 years ago Construction of a long awaited long term health care centre la almost underway at the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The contract was awarded to George Canada Ltd in the tender Two years ago the of Health announced that Georgetown was slated for new beds Now the Ministry anticipates a new facility with residential care beds In a separate wing residents want the new domed sports stadium in their back yard according to Councillor Waller Mulkcwich The councillor speak at Wednesday administration and finance committee meeting said a committee established under Premier William Davis will review possible locations for the domed to be located somewhere between Toronto and Hamilton