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BEST AVAILABLE COPY the HERALD Home Newspaper of Ha lion Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario DON BRANDER Publisher and General Manager MIKE TURNER DAN TAYLOR Editor Advertising Manager Phone 877 SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday September 1MB One too many Halton Hills council did well to react swiftly and strongly to what could have been a very serious tragedy Monday Accidents involving school buses like the one that oc curred on the Fourth Line Monday are relatively rare But there s something about hearing of such mishaps that leaves many people asking questions Thankfully there were no serious injuries in the dent Monday Still the event demonstrated a shortfall in the precautions that can be taken to protect children There are countless areas along countless roads where accidents are waiting to happen Given the right these stretches of road will eventually be the scene of an accident But the mishap Monday drove home a very important point for people whose business it is to make the roads safer for those who use them Rarely can any good be taken from a highway traffic ac cident But in this case there may be one very small exception to the rule The fact hat children were involved makes this a very high profile incident In any other situation given the same circumstances this could easily have gone down as just another highway statistic It was almost ominous that signs had been ordered and had actually been received that may have averted the had they been in place Monday But the important thing to note here is this and other stretches of road that harbor potential tragedy must be dealt with expediently Less than a month of the current school year has passed And the accident involving a school bus Monday is already one too many Going too far Some good some bad in Thomson report If you like the current Immigra Hon system you just love the new approach to welfare set out in the Thomson report Thot the report from the com assistance system Thomson la a Former senior bureaucrat Ministry of Community and Social Services and a Former Family Court Judge Alt but one of the 1 1 members of the committee ore either people involved in Ihe social assistance sector or busy bodies closely linked to including Former United Church moderator Clarke MacDonuld and labor leader Terry Meagher Not surprisingly then the Thorn son report calls For a massive In crease In social assistance spending to billion a billion In theory In practice it would be mot when you consider some of their on ciliary recommendations The overall Ontario budget Is billion The report olio colls for major changes in how the system operates Including income supplements to the so called working poor and special child benefit and disability payments Editors notebook I don think there has been a single sport that has been able amass so much negative criticism in a relatively short time as hockey On ice Indiscretions have gone from the arena to the courtroom and this appears lo be a trend that will continue Soccer has gained considerable notoriety over several years but this is more because of the actions of the fans than players and the sport itself Some of the negativity with hockey is of count earned But at the same time there arc elements at work that have helped fuel the fire of discontent and disruption in the hockey world And one of the most potent of these outside elements is he strange brew of producers sitting down In Hollywood who put together such bizarre depletions our unofficial national game There have been several movies made about hockey Some have used hockey only as backdrop That s fine but then here are others that seem to think they know what the game is about and try push that linage vin the screen One of the first hockey films was embarrassingly enough Cana called Fortunately this was simply bad and few people bothered with It Then came Slapshot with Paul Newman Here hockey was depicted In a negative light but the movie probably came closest to showing what life on the farm Is like for monv players even though some were overstepped Quite frankly was funny so a partial pardon was In order But then someone down in Tinseltown came up with the idea For another hockey movie This rendering made its way to the small screen recently and presented me with my first opportunity to sec It It take me too long to realize hat the closest anyone Involved with this movie ever got to a real hockey game was the lee in their drinks The movie was Youngblood and starred Rob Lowe Need I soy more The premise of the movie was a young hockey player trying to crack the of a Canadian Junior team In Hamilton To make a long story short the tie character makes the team realizes he has to learn to Fight and winds up decking the other team goon In the championship game Hence he gets the girl and young players mob him for his autograph Along the way we re asked to believe that the Memorial Cup Final drew a few hundred blood thirsty onlookers and everyone was more Interested jn celebrating the fact that the goon got decked than with the fact that the Memorial Cup had been claimed It kind of rubs me the wrong way states thinking Canadian hockey Is so prehistoric And make no mistake there arc people who do After all there are people down there who think Toronto Is a settlement of Igloos The only good thing I could find to say about even the title is absurd is that I waste the money to rent the video You know maybe It a good thing Wayne did go down to Los Angeles to ply his trade At least he con tune some of the beautiful people jn to what hockey Is really all about Then again there the possibility he won draw any crowds once the beautiful people realize no Dean Hanging on a thread Your Business Diane Maley Thornton We In Toronto arc to hear that per cent of you like our city That good piece of news from a recent Gallup poll eases out guilt for our booming economy For a while there we worried about our good fortune Our were made worse by Ottawa politicians who blamed us for high Interest rales If Toronto economy were not so strong they fumed Canadians elsewhere would not havi to pay so much for their mortgage loans John Crow governor of the Bank of Canada is devoted to taming In flation which could roar up to a rate of five per cent If we re not careful He should take a look at Brazil In Is clipping along at an annual rateof per cent We arc running a real risk of hyperinflation said Bachn an economics professor in Rio Janeiro Prof Is a master of understatement It would seem By comparison Mr Crow seems hysterical Michael Manford chief economist at Scotia sees Inflation In Canada rising to five per cent yearend and per cent a from now To curb It short term in teres rates may have to climb another two percentage points by next fall he predicts LENDERS FAT This Is not a good time to borrow money The fact Is Interest rates In Canada are a ripoff The real cost of borrowing after subtracting Inflation is as high as It has been since 1981 when the prime business lending rate surpassed per cent The reason one could argue is that Inflation Is about to pick up so the people who set Interest rates arc taking this into account This may hold some truth when It comes to long term Interest rates but not with short term ones which can be adjusted readily to changes in inflation Inflation is running at less than four per cent a year the prime business lending rate a short term measure Is per cent Fiveyear mortgages cost 12 per cent That leaves with a whopping real return on their money more than enough to compensate For tfon particularly of the Imaginary Clearly this Is the time to be a lender not a borrower By lending your money to the federal govern ment In the form of bonds or treasury bills you can reap a generous risk free return By len ding It to banks and trust companies In the form of guaranteed Invest certificates you will do even better Queens Park Derek Nelson report is complex and is according lo Thomson to be taken as a whole rather than In ports A quick Initial rtjd indicates some good stuff and some not so good In particular the administrative for this new welfare is described in such a way lo make Immigration Canada seem sensible It is ominous lo read that large chunks of the current system will pass to other agencies or ministries we believe that the new pro- will be a much better one for who work in It and that the overall result will be additional skill personnel providing income In short more staff And what will they do What follows art from Opportunity planning will be the system other primary function beyond ineomi support A skilled staff person and the recipient will develop a plan that identifies strategies to enable the recipient to leave social assistance or to live more independently In the community There la substantial evidence that it Is unnecessary lo compel sole- support parents to participate in op portunity planning some others the require ment lo participate in opportunity should in Itself be on the provision of meaningful help by the government and on the establishment of procedures to pro tect the rights of recipients in eluding a grace period and the op portunity to challenge content of the proposed plan Opportunity planners should function as strong Internal ad Clients should be advised of the availability of external ad vocntes and encouraged to use them IF desired clinics should be ex Recipients for whom opportunity planning Is mandatory should be made the possibility of a reduction in benefits if fail to participate Any proposed reduction should appealable The current procedures For determining disability involves ex reliance on clinical judge decisions should be the right to legal be guaranteed and there be full disclosure of all rcle THIS IS GREAT MM A FEW MORE PERSONAL ATTACKS LIKE WIS AND YOU CAM GET INTO THE ON THE VOTE Citizens forum Some information misinterpreted Thr following letttr Thr Herald for publication Alt Mayor lluss Miller Dear Further to my letter of August and the subsequent distil sions at Council Ihe Chamber i n Council on slating Its in tendons to end the discrimination practised against certain cial businesses In Hills in regards Iheir garbage pick up However 1 would like to clear up some misinterpretations made by some of the councillors When it was suggested that a container system could be on approach be used it was Individual containers that each merchant or residential home owner would use rather like garbage on wheel The Chamber would not endorse large communal container In any residential neighborhood and we would be reluctant lo recommend Its use in commercial areas unless the container was of sight the public The Individual container would be rolled to the street and picked up by some mechanical method at present cities in the USA and Windsor use this method This could be incorporated with recycling program thai Hilts has endorsed As stated In our August 2nd letter we will make every effort to work with the Town on this I have sent copies of this letter to both papers for publication as both wrote si ones on our letter and I the we wish make the aware forthcoming report on our intentions as regards to the this matter type of we are sug Director Retailers must have a say Dear Sir Time will perhaps prove that Ontario governing made their tactical blunder lo dale by not consulting with small retail business sector on the critical Sunday opening Issue Since nearly 100 per cent of province s 120 small shopkeepers arc adamantly Sunday shopping It Is small rclailers- MUST hae say on matter nod the problem will never be resolved the is done Why Is It UP the government Insists on making an ass of by flogging dead A United Way thank you Dear Sir I wish to thank following peo ple for giving generously of their time to the United Way booth at this year Fall Fair Chris of the North Association For the Develop men tally Handicapped Smith of the Lindsay Tom and Councillors Sheldon and Cook Thanks you and those who drop ped by say hello and buy raffle tickets United Way achieved sue Warmest regards United Way of Hills WRITE US A LETTER Want to share your feelings on any subject with the community The Herald welcomes letters to the editor on any topic and from anyone who has the urge write vant information rules of evidence should be followed and a complete record of the evidence should be available Interpreters should be provided as required Ade quate reasons should be given for all decisions with rehearing permit ted only in exceptional cases And so on No wonder Thomson also comes out against a guaranteed annual in come All those social workers and lawyers w be out of jobs History from our files 30 years ago A teacher staff headed by William Is teaching a of 451 students this year at Public School The heaviest enrolment this year Is in Grade 4 with a total of 74 pupils while Grade is lightest with There are new pupils in two kindergarten classes and In The Georgetown Ministerial Association met in the study of Rev Morgan Mef last afternoon Rev Kenneth Richardson of St George Anglican Church was mode chairman for the coming year and Mr of St John s United Church is secretary lob McM lister was returned as president of the Glen Williams on Mondoy Sept when the board met for an election of officers in the own hall Others relumed to office Include Mrs Vera Kirby Mrs Hob McMasler George Tom Hill Curly Wheeler Howard Garvin and years ago Two residents Township who appeared before council Monday to request municipal aid for access to their homes left the meeting unsatisfied Nick and Lou residents of Georgetown wanted to rent town equipment for road repairs rather than renting more expensive com equipment The town refus their request saying thot public equipment was not For private hire s intermediate A provincial champions the Raiders begin prac for 197374 season this Sunday IF Ihe estimation of this team is correct Ihcy will not only defend their title but add It to the Canadian Intermediate A this campaign This team is going to be much stronger than last years executive member Dave Kenlner told the Herald lost week Aid County Children s Society consolidated Its three county offices Into one location when It mov inlo new premises Friday The new CAS arc on the second floor of the new Fteimer in Burlington The move means that the Society have closed in Burlington Milton The plans to open interview offices throughout Ihe 10 years ago Plans for a shopping plaza on Mountain view Road at John Street Georgetown met with no disapproval in a public meeting last Thursday but have since drawn ob jections Peter told council Monday that area residents who did not see the newspaper advertisement contacted him to speak on their behalf Council will defer the final reading of a bylaw prepared last week allow building of the plaza The Hills Library Board will determine lis goals and lives before proceeding with plans to expand the present Georgetown I The Board said it believes two more meetings are necessary to determine community needs The decision followed a lengthy meeting Wednesday with a representative from the Ministry of Culture and Itecrcitlon which allocates grants and Ontario He I age Foundation Funding A move is on by some Board of Education members to reduce the number of professional activity days Trustee Jim Ctelland gave notice that he Intends to make motion the Board s next meeting to reduce the number of professional activity days from nine to seven Several trustees have ex pressed concern professional activity days are not well spent 5 years ago Planning reap a substantial return on Its Investment town coun agreed lust week lo offer for Ihe Paul Stevens estate Maple Avenue property which might some day house Hills first consolidated municipal centre The money would come from a six year reserve fund Town has been Councillors voted in favor of the offer allowing a four hour public meeting Most or ihe people into the tiny council chambers In the town Trafalgar Road offices were businessmen and merchants members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and the Business Improvement Area Mayor Pele Pomeroy apologized for the secrecy Involved in the transac lion but maintained lhat It was necessary to avoid sudden price hikes on real estate The Georgetown ladles powder puff league season tuts come down to one game following playoff tournament action at the Fairgrounds on the weekend It will be Mostly Golden squaring off against the Knight Riders for the 10- team league honors Ihis Sunday afternoon at the Senior Citizen moral Mostly Golden finished se cond overall in regular season with points