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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown L7G 3Z6 Ontario DAVID A Publisher and General Manager DAN TAYLOR Advertising Manager Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday November The peoples choice The people have spoken and in no uncertain terms Halton Hills has entered a new era in political history with the election of Garth Turner as the HoltonPeel ridings first federal member of parliament Mondays election was the culmination of a month ahalf campaign that stirred the interest of voters in a very big way At the centre of all Issues was the question of free trade And the results in HaltonPeel must be construed as a resounding profree trade statement The local election battle was fought an energetic man ner by ail the candidates again heightening interest among the voters Allcandidates meetings have become the rage in the election process and attendances at local forums suggest people are appreciative of the opportunity to see their can didates in headtohead confrontation Part of the success the Progressive Conservatives en Joyed Monday in HaltonPeel must be attributed to the man who has served the people of Georgetown for many years John McDermids obligations to this portion of the riding will soon be finished But there can be no doubt the ties he has made here will never be broken However the time has come for him to pass the torch along in a manner of speaking And it falls upon Garth Turner to take up that torch and provide solid leadership and representation in Ottawa for his constituents who have given him a strong vote of con fidence Musical mayhem Illegal drug use goes deeper than thought To get some idea of the magnitude of the use of Illegal drugs In Ontario might suffice The task force was Informed that approximately TO per cent of all crimes against property have a basis in drug use The task force was backbench Liberal MPP Ken Blacks oneman Inquiry into Illegal drug use the number came from police forces whose data chronic up wardly spiralling statistics for drug related crime and drugrelated homicide Black a former director of educa tion In his home riding of Muskoka said theres been some change In his thinking about drugs since days as an education official Having spent two months travell ing the province and talking to peo ple he feels use is more widespread than he had believed or for that mailer what most surveys reveal Addiction Research Foundation statistics for 1967 suggest one In five youths used illegal Mugs Another Editors Notebook Weve got a real problem here folks The moral majority aside there Is a distinct problem and dont think Its something that has Irked me simply because Im heading over the proverbial hill Sure there are people who think tbey can- hear Satanic messages when they play episodes of the Flint- stones but realistically theres much there to take exception to And I hate like heck to pick on a medium other than the one Im cur rently Involved with After all Im not supposed to know anything about radio television telegraph Indian smoke signals or any medium other than the one I make my living at namely the newspaper Far be it from me to suggest that we of the black and allover set are above the rest In any way shape or form However would like to point out that if you saw the movie Switching Channels you will hove noticed that when the TV people were at odds over how many terrorists had rescued Henry Gibson from his engagement with the lazyboy deepfrier they turned to the print man for confirmation He got It wrong but thats beside the point At any rate to get back to the mat ter at hand recently I was ting my ears and mind to the offer ings of a welllistened to radio tlon of the rock and roll persuasion So It was Friday night and after pro but prior to the midnight wit dung hour when what to my wondering ears should I hear Well I cant tell you that Because In print there are certain limitations we nave to observe Lets Just say the song playing on the radio could be considered lo be In questionable taste at best First there was a suggestion In the songs lyrics to perform an un natural act and one that 1 m pretty sure Is pretty Impossible unless things have changed In a major way I thought you couldnt have heard right So I went and had a look at the clock Nah I thought not this time of night So I went back about my business And darned if I didnt hear more of the same lots more of the same Now this song and Im sure there are others like It goes long past the point of being Growing up you were always told of songs that were suggestive Usually it was by the girls because as we all know by now they mature faster But you still needed someone to spell It out for you lyric by lyric and even then you werent altogether sure they they were talking about But times have obviously changed and as far as Im concerned Its not for the better if this Is any Indica tion Sure there are television stations that broadcast movies with ripe language But parents at least have some chance or heading their children off from watching these How can any parent expect to stop their child from listening to the radio Given the number of televi sions there are per household you can probably count on there being about four or five times as many radios as televisions Ive always considered myself a fairly liberal kind of person But this tends to gnaw at me for some reason maybe because it came right out of left field For all I know it may have been a mistake but no one came across as apologetic if It was some sort of blunder It almost makes you wonder whos In control Maybe the machines have begun programming music on their own But Its hard to even Imagine a machine with that kind of taste I came that close to picking up the phone and calling to what In the future And for that matter could this be merely a mild sampling If so color me tuned out And one other thing That song wasnt even Now theyve really gone too far A wild premonition Your Business Diane Ntwt Remember Alices Restaurant Well the long amusing song by Guthrie in the 1960s foreshadowed the crisis of the lOBOi where to dump garbage In the song Guthrie and his friends are picked up by Officer Oble and thrown in Jail for Uttering unloaded their garbage In a conve nient spot by the roadside rather than haul it to the dump It seemed silly at the time but to day we would want Officer to nab more unscrupulous dumpers So great is the garbage problem that companies In the wastedisposal business have reaped handsome pro fits from hauling it away comes to mind but there are others The affair of the New York gar bage barge which idled the waters of the Atlantic and the Caribbean and seemed destined to sail the seven seas with its load of unwanted garbage drove borne to us what polluters we have become All of a sudden everyone Is interested in recycling again RECYCLING CRAZE Were bundling up our newspapers separating our bottles and cans But the biggest problem cornea with industrial wastes chemicals and other deadly things that flow Into our rivers and lakes Economics seem to suggest that Industrial pollution Is a problem that defies solution So any little step in the direction of pollution control on the part of industry is met with gratitude by politicians and In terested citizens But If the solution to largescale pollution Is complicated and expen sive the problem of household gar bage is less so Less packaging would help Before we spend too much money looking for ways of disposing of plastic containers and plasticfoam packaging lets look back at how we packaged things a few decades ago Who wouldnt welcome a return of the days when you could buy hooks tacks screws or nails at the hard ware store and not have to struggle to free them their sealed plastic wrap We spend more time struggling to peel off plastic than It takes to Install whatever It Is weve bought And what about those plastic bleach bottles Why not reuseable glass Why does broccoli have to come wrapped in plastic and laid on a plasticfoam tray PAPER BAGS In retrospect perhaps the inven tion of the green garbage bag was not such a good thing The same holds for the plastic bags that we to carry but they did the Job Queens Park Derek Nelson secondary students almost eight out of 10 street youths did so Black believes curtailing demand Is the solution rather than trying to cut off supply but In the Interim he has several recommendations for raising the ante for dope pedlars One li more effective Implementa tion of the law lhat allows govern ments to Belie the proceeds of Illegaldrug activity Another would- roll back some of the nonsense that has become law in past years privacy provisions in the Young Offenders Act that prevent police discussing a youths drug use with teachers for instance or the ability of pushers to use 10yearold children as spotters because police can not charge children under 13 years of age with any offence DEMAND But ail this begs the question of de mand and here Black relies heavily on education to stem the flood call ing for expanded and enhanced pro grams starting in the lowest grades and being inserted throughout the curriculum The experts are split over whether this la a good Idea Regardless It doesnt touch the two distressing at titudes that underlie the existence of drug use first Is a kind of general per missiveness simultaneously allows society to come down hard on drug trafficker but which argues towards users It allows multitudes of people in Ontario to know drug users and to quietly turn their heads the other way It makes drug use respectable The second la a failure to look at what New Democrat David calls the despair that causes people to abuse drugs True he and fellow New Democrats believe quote Leader Bob fundamental pro blems such as poverty and poor Citizens forum The rewards can be great I am writing in response to the let printed In the Herald from Debra Newell Nov IB I agree with her 110 per cent about the despicable treatment of dogs not only In Georgetown and surroun ding areas but many other places also So many times I have been heart broken and very angry seeing dogs in the bitter cold of winter or the ter rible heat of summer with no shelter or at most a few pieces of wood thrown together supposedly to pro tect these pitiful creatures Yes many dogs are confined In a pen or enclosure of some kind That Is supposed to be good enough for them to get sufficient exercise No way Every dog needs to be given the proper exercise twice a day not Just hitched to a kennel or clothesline hours a day questions could not be more stirring asking How much companionship do you get from your dogs and Would you treat a human this way The answers are simple If you cant give love trust warmth and companionship then you cant receive It But with dogs this Is not lytrue You can leave your dog outside you can beat It but you will always get a wagging tail and love although you most certainly do not deserve It Have you ever experienced the Joy of having a dog lie at your feet look ing up into your face with those beautiful brown eyes telling you lhat no matter what he will always be your friend your buddy through thick and thin and hell always love you II Is my honored pleasure and privilege to receive this love every single day from my Great Dane- German Shepherd and my Yorkshire Terrier They are with me when Im feeling blue or If it seems In the house no kennels for Ihem no confining areas they get plenty of exercise Iota of love and devotion I have never hurt any animal In any way My dogs are teddy bears but if they feel that they are needed In any way to protect my family and me ihey would fight to the death and I consider lhat to be pure and simple love and trust in return for the love they receive always Another thing that makes me furious Is seeing dogs left In cars In the hot weather Surely all of you who treat your dogs in the aforementioned manner must have hearts of stone I also sec dogs the backs of open trucks they are I fear that one day I will see one fall out of a truck and get kilted because of the utter lack of feeling for Ihe poor animal Please I beg of you learn to love your dog Believe me you will get much from your socalled dumb friend your reward will be far more than you ever expected Meanwhile I will be observing as usual and I too will be making reports to the Humane Society So smarten up Elizabeth Jones Danger is evident Dear Sir Im writing this letter in hopes drawing attention to a problem some parents living In the vicinity of Mountalnvlew Road North and King Street are trying to solve The pro blem Is regarding the safety of our children crossing both Mountain- view Road and King Street at Moun- where the childrens buses stop Since Mountalnvlew Road has been expanded from two lanes to five signals have been Installed at Maple the town has seen fit to remove the crossing guard This has resulted In a dangerous situation for our children There has been a crossing guard at this location for at least years Considering that the road was only two lanes over most of this period removing the guard now appears to me to be a completely Irresponsible decisi and is a c to our childrens safety in the name of con trolling cost If any changes were re quired to the crossing guard duty here It should have been to Increase the number of guards two not to eliminate the service altogether In my opinion the safest way in which our children can cross such busy streets Is under the of an experienced adult proper ly equipped for the responsibility lie a sign and luminescent vest regardless of whether there are traf fie signals in the vicinity or not As human beings our strongest most primitive Instinct is lo protect our young Surely we should be striv ing to increase the safety with which our children travel lo and from school not to reduce It because of cost Kevin Dooley Georgetown Grateful parents We would like to convey our thanks and appreciation to all our good friends for their help support and concern during and after the accident last Friday of our daughter Tanya and her horse Wind- song We are so lucky lo have such wonderful friends The care and compassion shown by all those good folks in coping with both of the leaves us very much In their debt Pam and John Mitchell Georgetown housing are the real cause of the that Is producing the turn to drugs Yet thats foolish Only wealth allows widespread use of drugs Their abuse wasnt big in the Depression The greater the pro sperity the greater their use Black is closer to the mark when he spoke in his report of the distaste for any kind of discomfort and the desire tor instant gratifica tion that are modern traits But even that ducks conclusions Illegal drug use and for that mat ter abuse of legal chemicals such alcohol has much deeper personal causes than abstractions such poverty All the poor dont do dope too many rich people can and do The or despair that comes from personal en counters with lifes and ar rows perhaps exacerbated by lonely selfawareness are likely far more Important than any abstract social forces At best Blacks recommendations would have marginal impact on such people Remember the old trout pond 30 years ago were prominent among the club members who participated In the Queens Guinea Class at the Royal Winter Fair The big coliseum was filled almost to capacity for this thrilling spectacle Haltoniiea got their big thrill when the steers of Caroline and Bob Merry along with four others were pulled out In front by Judge Fred Major from which to pick his champion and reserve champion Shorthorn the biggest thrill was when Caroline Gardhouse was declared Champion of the Shor thorn section which brought together 90 odd contestants and their respective steers Agnew was another Halton 4H dub member with his steer in the first size group of hla section Guelph revolver teams headed by Lace and John defeated the local club in an invitational shoot off on Sunday at the clubs range Guelph registered a 198 average to Georgetowns 183 to take the match 15 years ago The North Halton Contact Centre celebrated Its open house last Thurs day evening When Rev Waller Ridley chairman received the first Official call from Ron Patterson of the Contact Centre in Brampton he gave his congratulations He also of fered good wishes on the opening of the new service in Georgetown The Centre opened for service Friday morning Georgetown Minor Midgets hosted the visiting team and after four starts hit pay dirt coming up with a team effort and a win of Doug Tate powered the Raiders 54 to a win in the intermediate hockey action at the Georgetown Arena Friday when he scared the winning goal in overtime to help his club down the from OakviUe The match was a seesaw battle that offered fast action plenty of bodyebecka and some of the best hockey the Raiders have displayed this season The Raiders bad the edge going into the dying minutes of the third period but seconds from the end of the game Bob Williams snared a pass from Dave Beatty and Charlie Burton and dumped the rub ber behind netmaster Bruce Jackson 10 years ago Halton Regions newlycompleted headquarters on Highway IS just north of the in OakviUe provid ed a setting for the final meeting of the regional coun cil last Wednesday at which depar ting members including Mayor Tom Hill and Councillor Pat Mckenzie received token gifts from their chairman Regional Chairman Rlc Morrow of Georgetown who is leaving the post he has occupied for the past two years presented 11 council members with rings bearing the Regions coat of arms and In vited each to say a few words about achievements and future ambitions Jennifer Linton a native of Georgetown has been appointed to the position recreation co ordinator for Acton and Esqueslng Miss Linton has replaced Karen King who has taken a position with the Ontario government 5 years ago Interim moderator of Norval and Union Presbyterian Churches Rev Grama Duncan of Brampton con ducted the service of induction Sun day evening for Rev Angus Sutherland new minister for both Norval and Union Churches Organist Gerry Murphy directed the combined choirs in the anthems Canticle of Praise and To Show by Touch and Word Amanda Kuitlca of Georgetown placed third in the Ladles Lead and Wool Class at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Wednesday Described as the showpiece of the sheep show the competition has women wearing tailored wool outfits leading a lamb on a halter Marty Weaven scored his second of the game with remaining to play lo give the Riviera Raiders a victory over the and M Pro Sports in the Georgetown Industrial Hockey League action last Sunday at Gordon Arena The teams entered the third period tied at when Peardon scored to make it Raiders Brian McKetrrfe pulled Pro Sports even once more setting the stage for Weavera game winner