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TIIE HERALD Wednesday 1989Page Abortion new tax on parliaments agenda in fall sitting Quench that big summer thirst On The Hill With Garth Turner Parliament starts sitting again in Ottawa next month and theres no question the feds will have a mess of things to deal with Among the obvious issues are abortion and the goods and service tax the fate of the Meech Lake deal and how the economy can be kept strong despite high interest rates and the increasing national debt As your MP Im going to have to deal with each one of those The best thing I can do is to fairly and accurately represent you to vote in Ottawa the way people here in our want me to And that means my immediate job is to listen So I think its time again for a round of town hall meetings This will give several opportunities to come out and tell me how you feel on these and other issues I want guidance on things like govern ment spending Tell me about Canada Post before the commit tee I chair begins hearings into the corporation Let me know what else we can do about the environ ment Tell me your feelsing on sales tax reform At each evening I promise to be in the following places on the following days and I hope you will be too August 14 Hall Guelph Line August 16 Acton Town Hall August Brant Hills Community Centre Burlington August Palgrave School August 29 Terra Cotta Town Hall August Belfountain Hall September Elks Lodge Hall Norval Ill tell you sometimes its frustrating as hell being a politi cian In my former life I was a newspaperman and a critic and that was easy Taking shots is nothing compared with receiving them One thing I worry a lot about is the environment and what the future will bring We are a wasteful society and our habits have to change Now that I am a politician Ive been trying in my own way to bring attention to that Earlier this year Dorothy and I arranged cleanup days in Bolton and Burlington and Georgetown and were so disappointed at the handful of people who turned out to help clean up the streams and roadsides While the issue of the environment tops the polls it seems many of us want somebody else to solve the problem I wrote a Citizens Guide to a Better Environment and sent a copy to every house in the riding of Hal tonPeel Again we worked hard on that putting together a few hundred tips on how all of us could change daily habits to help our planet breathe and be clean Then my office assembled an en vironmental mailing list so people in the community can be kept up on the latest news in this crucial field And we established an Environ ment Committee which has its next meeting soon Our goal To raise awareness to educate the kids to do something meaningful where we live And for the past few weeks Ive been working on a book which will be published next January Its an expansion of that little guide I mailed you a book on how all Canadians can generate less waste how they can access en vironmental groups how we can avoid polluting how our society can be a leader in terms of en vironmental protection Its not an easy or simple task And Ill make no money doing it all proceeds are going to be donated to help reduce the deficit Criticism comes with this job but its still frustrating One of our newspapers last week told me my efforts are a waste of time that my colleagues in Ottawa are cowardly and shortsighted and that I should do us a favour and scrap the book Furthermore I was told the government is one of the worst in the industialized world in terms of the environment and nothing has been done in Canada to stem acid rain We suggest the paper said that if you are in fact con cerned about the environment you spend the rest of the summer work ing overtime lobbying your pals to get moving on this issue I guess its still news to some people that an acid rain accord has been worked out with Yanks and that Canada has shown leadership on the environment though theres so much more to be done But apart from that I cant believe that the environment is somebody elses problem that politicians or governments can fix things overnight Hell were still burying over 20 billion disposable diapers a year in this country still buying over- packaged goods in the grocery stores and were still poisoning the groundwater with industrial wastes and agricultural chemicals The first step in my mind is to point the finger at ourselves before we point it at others This can result in im mediate action MAID SERVICE WHOS BEST THATS WHO THE AWARD WINNE SHOW COAST TO COAST Call Margaret 8732165 ICATED WE ARE DEDICATED TO SERVICE We have asked our carriers to complete their iVfiY deliveries as early as possible each week It your Herald is not delivered to your home please phone our circulation department CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT HOURS For your convenience the Circulation Department is open from 830 am to Monday to Friday WELL DELIVER TO YOUR HOME 8772201 i ii i By Ren Herald Staff Whats the Slime and the Moscow Mule you ask Well theyre not movies or creatures living at the bottom of the Credit River They are two thirst quenchers a couple of local bartenders concocted to help peo ple fight the summer heat Bellamys bartender Linda Don- came up with Slime one day while sitting out by her pool at least thats how another of Bellamys bartenders Sandy Smith described the momentous occasion Ms was unavailable for comment when the Herald was out on the investigative trail Saturday afternoon The Slime is ounces of Vodka three ounces of Soda and two ounces of lime on ice of course The combina tion of soda bubbles and the limes sour flavor will make people yearn for hot weather year round For some the drinks only pro blem might be its name How many thirsty people regardless of the temperature would be drawn to a beverage called Slime Initial ly probably not many but after Ms Smiths explanation of the names origins people will realize another name would be inap propriate What do you get when you take the S from the word soda and put in front of word Lime Slime of course Ms Smith said The Moscow Mule is the creation of Brackens bartender Andy Dillon Mr Dillon recently moved to Georgetown from Grand Falls New Brunswick and not a moment too soon The Mule resulted after some tinkering with several mixes Mr Dillon said The Moscow Mule as you might have guessed is named after the city of Vodka and the animal with the kick It is one ounce Vodka some ginger beer lime and crush ed ice After one sip of this delicious mix its easy to realize the ginger beer gives it spice white the lime takes away the sweetness leaving you with a sharp fresh taste and one heck of a jolt These two summer beverages aside Mr Dillon Ms Smith and bartenders at and Timeout all said Canadians be ing Canadians beer is the number one thirst quencher followed by Ceasars and Long- Island Ice Teas Bellamys bartender Sandy Smith serves up a cool and refreshing Slime for those trying to fight the summer heat This is just one of he drinks sampled in the Herald 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