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TUP lltinill Thursday December 1089 Pagc7 Opinion Page LETTERS 30 years ago Mr Harold Henry A cipa of Harrison Public School received word that he had sue cessfully completed his course him a bachelor of education degree with a high standing Mr Henry has been studying at the University of Toronto for this degree during the summer He had obtained hit bachelor of arts at Western University in don The 150 award in the Jack Ham highway suggestion contest was won by Mrs A total of prizes were awarded for the most constructive ideas from each of the provincial police districts In the Halton Brant Norfolk and Wentworth areas Burton Ford of wis judged the winner and received his pneon the after Christmas The 1 ist meeting of the North High School Boar it the Milton Inn was officnted In Colts of Mr Coles was the the Board Phi board is being three boards for Georgetown Milton and Acton 20 years ago Three groups of have turned over moncv raised through singing to the and District Hospital Wen and Heidi Arst carolled in their neighborhood Rhonda Clow Delia Laurie Clow Gail Deforest and Linda carolled in Limehouse Beverley Sharon and Alison Smith carolled with Vickie andKahvGilham Mr and Mrs Robert entertained at an open house m the Brampton Legion Hall for Mrs Hedlev parents They are celebrating their anniversary Mr and Mrs A Hornsey were married in All Saints Church in Toronto in 1919 10 years ago Questionnaires on the status oi transportation for the disabled in Halton f History from our files Hills will be sent out in the upcoming weeks to M chair man of town eouncil committee conducting the She said the questionnaires will be going out to service elubs social agencies and health who worked with the disabled chapter of I OPS Tike Off Pounds Sensiblv is moving lis meeting loe ition fn Gordon Arena to the mm Lutheran Church Radio club which claims over 100 members in Hills i Hon has donated to til the Sahation Armv s local fin dr using drive aimed supplying special Chnstmas packages to the needy families in the area Paul a member of the said the donation has become an practice for the CBers 5 years ago The son of Mrs Elmer Carney and the late Elmer Carney of Church Street Norval was in vested with the grade of Officer in the Order of Military Merit by Governor General Jeanne at a ceremony at Govern ment House Col Donald Carney was among members of the Canadian regular and reserve forces who were presented the in signia of membership in the Happy birthday wishes went out to Kate Laidlaw who celebrated her birthdav two days before Christmas A family party was held in her honor at Gord and Rose Laidlaw s home Resolving New Year As we approach 1990 Halton Hills town councillors might want to beef up their list of New Year resolutions to swing into the new decade At the top of Mayor Miller s list could be to call a town wide ban on Burlington Spectator reporters Falling that anyone caught joking around one should be fined The penalty Read two weeks of the Spec including the Halton section Acton Coun Norm Elliott might drop the preamble Im going to keep this brief when talking in town council knows that it will never be brief Fortunately the bearded councillor has things of value to say Johnston could find a dual resolution for It was a little tiring explaining who she was to other reporters at Halton Regional council Several reporters knew her as only PB Johnston the name on her desk plaque Shes pretty one Burlington reporter said But does she speak We imagine Pam has a lot of good ideas locked away that sbe could share at town and Regional council meetings Although no longer on Halton Hills council everyone knows former mayor and now Regional Airman Peter Pomeroy from you look great in fur With a chairman s raise in the 90s you could have one fur cvoat for the Georgetown Santa Claus parade and another for the Acton But maybe it s better to parade down Mill Street wearing a Leathertown hide A former town councillor might decide to come out of hiding in Where is Pam Sheldon so devoted to Hills last year Does she still support POWER Did she discover that bashing doesn t win friends Maybe will resolve to make a political comeback in the 90s All Acton councillors might resolve to count ducks and geese in Fairy Lake in 1990 Bird poop has made local headlines in 1989 and is sure to stir up some uh interest in the year to come One Canada Goose two Canada Geese three Canada Geese And Mother Nature could be call upon in to give a great big gift to this town Yes you guessed it A giant reservoir in Georgetown One that t connect to any rivers to reduce the water level in streams One that wouldn t drain the aquifer leaving Glen Williams folk high and dry This would be a magic reservoir Come to think of it that could be lawyer Bert Arnolds new year s resolution to find water for the town of Halton Hills and get on with development But if the town gets a reservoir a newly formed committee on water management in the Greater Toron to Area could expropriate the reservoir and use the water as a contingency site for Metros millions of showers every day Anyway happy resolutions for the coming decade And a Happy New Year Christian Reformed Church wants stores closed Sundays This is an open letter to members of The Council of The Municipality or Halton Hills The approximately members of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Acton wish to express to you our opinion on the Sunday shopping issue in order to assist you in coming to a decision on this important matter Not only would Sunday shopping be detrimental to the faith and lifestyle of our congregation but we believe that wideopci Sundav shopping will affect the well being of all citizens of our Regional municipality on the of the Bi ble that God created things in such way that humin beings should have one pause in seven in order for persons to be freshed in their relationship God then and their faith com tins is for the of God completed work of creition and salvation store openings are an mgemtnt on this m that disrupt the sanctit of the civ Thev also place of our members in position in which they will have to compromise their faith nts with their employment opportunities or vice versa More and more businesses ire requiring that the employees they hire also have to work Sun days This is clear discrimination against a certain segment of of which we are a part But putting the particular con of our own faith community aside our concern is for all the citizens of Halton Hills We believe that Sunday store opening has its roots in the lopsid view that life is essence only or for a larger part economic nature Regardless of one religious orientation we all have to admit that the sum of a human be ing is far more than the economic Men and omen ire not only economic beings they are social beings thus the need for com they are cultural beings thus needing time and opportum for the expression of the they are political beings thus the need for lime for evervone to ex press political rns and imont ill f these are re gious thus needing time for the exercise and refreshment of their beliefs whatever those beliefs be Vvhat is happening in our is that the economic aspect of life is more and more crowding out other of human existence shopping is just on ex of the t that the economic part life is exercising over Canadians This is already having serious affects on the com munity life political life cultural life and religious life of individual Canadians With people chasing the buck they have less opportunity for com With people chasing the buck they involve themselves in cultural activities for the dollar It has been proven historically that culture for the dollai makes for poor artistic expression With peo ple chasing the buck there is less time and interest in persons active- involving themselves in the political of their national provincial and municipal govern All of this adds up to an unhealthy socieh Sunday store openings will only continue enhance the tyranny of the economic in our society at the expense of the well being of all in our municipality We urge to uphold the present laws on Sunday shopping in our and if possible even strengthen them It will ultimately be for the best of all citizens of Hills Respectfully on behalf of the congregation of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Acton Rev Dirk Chairman Mr Richard Van Clerk Lions Club Says thanks Christmas ball Dear Sir Through the facilities of our editorial page I would like to ex tend the thanks of the Lions Club of Georgetown to all who participated in the Annual Georgetown Santa Claus Parade on Although the parade is organized all year through considerable time and efforts of the members our organization the parade owes its continued success to the high level of enthusiastic support by various organizations and businesses This enthusiasm was evident from the of each and entrv this vcar parade We all of our entrants on a job well done I extend our sincere appreciation to all those local merchants businesses who through their generous donations each vear ide remendous assistance in staging the parade We have acknowledged their support on an individual basis in an advertise placed in this edition of your newspaper Finallv I wish to ledge the provided to us the Halton Regional Police the Hills Fire Department the Hills Service the Georgetown Independent the Hills Herald the Town of Hills the Regional Municipal of and Fred Ttwing Service We look forward to seeing back net vear parade scheduled for Nov 24 1990 very truly Lion Mark Rush Chairman Santa Claus Parade Committee a success Dear Sir once again on behalf of the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Auxiliary would like to sav thanks to all who attended our annual Christmas ball held I Dec 1 a Holy Cross Auditorium presence makes this event much looked for each ear Thanks to all volunteers who worked hard and gave a lot of time Thanks to all Wishing you all a ven happv and healthy Christmas Season God Bless Haines Hospital Auxiliary Fund raising Chairperson Whats up next year So here we stand on the threshold of a brand new decade At a time like this it s obviously incumbent on some wise and in stghtful commentator to put the past years in perspective and to look ahead to the next But in the absence of someone like this it looks as if you re stuck with me Naturally we already en countered a spate of opinion pieces which set out to explain what he 1980s were Really About Putting entire decades into nutshells Is always great fun Thus we have the conventional wisdom which states that the Six ties were years of idealism while the Seventies were a kind of grey fog distinguished mainly by self help books and the music of Gdbert OSullivan The Eighties apparently con stituted an era of greed which end ed only when the Yuppies under went the deep spiritual experience of losing their shirts in the Stock Market crash And the Nineties optimistic philosophers are suggesting may turn ut to be a decade of humanitarian values and en awareness in which self interest will take a back seat and unreconstructed Yuppies will be sighted only occasionally in the trendier Toronto Whine Bars Well such philosophical insights are largely beyond me Instead I d just like to offer my customary list of New Year Predictions along with the admission that I ve never been right yet One In 1990 Elvis will be seen working at a Burger King in Prince George After the next B tion so will Bill Vander Zalm Two The abortion controversy will end in a happy compromise which pleases everyone Three Pigs will fly Four In a determined attempt to resolve our Constitutional woes Prime Minister Mulroney will take the premiers back up I ake time someone will remember to bring paddles Five Somewhere or other so meone will sit back and wonder whatever happened to Madonna Six Somewhere else someone may care Seven The Liberals will make a bold and innovative choice when they elect their new leader after months of agonizing between Jean Chretien and Paul Martin On the convention floor delegates will be won over by the argument that they must choose someone known to keep both eyes fixed on the future even if it means someone with little personal presence And on the third ballot they will elect King Eight Senior Conservatives will concede that it probably a little unreasonable to expect the CBC to fulfill its national mandate on an annual budget of Nine Cows will fly Ten There will be proof positive of intelligent life in the universe following the discovery of an entire race of extra terrestrial who pack ed it in centuries ago and just went fishing Eleven NDP MPs will emerge from a closed caucus meeting to report that they have unanimously acclaimed Audrey McLaughlin aa the best leader the partv has had since Ed No one else will know what was really said un til The Journal airs that night Twelve At long last a few will actually discover God Thirteen Alternatively God may discover a few Should this happen innocent bystanders are reminded that It is most unwise to put up an umbrella during a lightning storm Fourteen By the end of 1990 Canadians will have put aside their regional bickerings and petty squabbles having come sheepishly to the conclusion that living in this country sure beats heck out of the alternatives Fifteen The whole ruddy bar nyard will be airborne