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THE HERALD Wednesday January Page LETTERS Opinion Page Churches protest foreign aid cuts The following letter to finance this goal seems to be moving far of their own 30 years ago A donation of 400 was given to the Organ Fund of St Georges by the Daughters of the Church when they held their first meeting of the new year A further was put towards refurbishing church kit chen equipment The first chairman of the new Georgetown District High School board is Fred Masterman He was chosen when the board held its in augural meeting He will head an executive comprising appointee Clarence Anderson as vice chairman and Lt Col G O Brown assecretary treasurer Retiring as Georgetown mayor Jock Armstrong was honored by town employees the day before Christmas Clerk treasurer C G Bcnham acted for office employees in presenting a gift from them to the mayor while William Walker performed the same function on behalf of the works staff of the town years ago Chief Constable Lowe said the police department will have its own breathalyzer in a little over a month He expects to have the department ready to make breath checks for alcohol con sumption in the first half of February Penalties for offenders who either refuse the test or have a level greater than are a fine of up to or up to six months in jail In addition offenders may be prohibited from driving anywhere in Canada for up to three years Haltons History from our files 10 years ago Four volunteer firefighters with a combined total of years vice in the Acton area have tendered their resignation to Halton Hills Fire Chief Mick Holmes Sam Don Van Fleet Doug Mason and Harry resigned Mr Tennant ex plained After years with the department I think it s time to throw in the sponge All four men agreed It was time to leave the ftrefighting up to the younger members of the force 5 years ago After years of planning the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospitals Bennett Health Care Centre officially opened Chair man of the hospital board Judge Ken praised the ad tors Fred Morris efforts calling him the driving force behind the project Also in strumental in the construction of the centre was Ab Kells last korner Donna Kell The chisels coming out the tar is being hacked to bits and the plaster is coming off the wall that once housed Kells The name of this column given to me by someone close is now be ing retired This last Kells Korner finds me looking forward to a new position as a news reporter at one of our sister papers the Brampton Times but it also finds me reflec ting on what have been two wonderful years in Hills I began with the Herald as a stu dent in The urge to gel out of the city persuaded me to tell my Sheridan College teacher to send me to Milton or Georgetown Fate working the magical path it often does I ended up here in a place I used to play soccer when I was I hung out with the police while I was a police beat reporter and chatted with politicians when Brian MacLeod traded in his steno pad for Rolaids and became editor As a student I watched with fascination as people argued over ethics word definitions and gossip My first day as a student at the Herald told then editor Dave that I didnt want to print the address of local resident Keith Barber my first Herald interview because his wife was on life- support he was nearly deaf and his house was filled with antiques Dave the fair man that he is listened to my argument and allowed me to just put Georgetownarea resident While I was a police beat reporter I got a little too close to the action in summer when the Old Barber House was broken into and its contents were stolen Police caught several suspects taking a chain saw to the over 100yearold stairs Antique marble fireplaces lay cracked on the wooden floors of the house where Georgetown s founders lived My involvement with this crime was to be at the right place at the right time I had interviewed a Brampton woman who was the house on canvas before it was to meet the wrecking ball for condominium development I came back to see Linden Cowan over a week later and saw a mysterious cube van on the premises There was a note on the door Being cunous as I am I read that note Before I knew it I was a witness My favorite detective at the time told me I had to fill in a police witness statement before he would give the crime report for a story the Herald So I went to court in July of this year and I will go again in 1990 While I worked at the Herald I had a couple of run ins with people who still maintain they were right while I maintain that I was right Councillor Joe Hewitt and I lock horns on several occasions He maintains that I misquoted him in connection with the Highland Games I maintain that 1 did not Joe and I discussed the issue at a Regional function recently talking town politics over a glass of wine But when the misquoting issue comes up neither of us budge As the saying goes change the things you can accept what can t change But I wouldnt change my time at the Herald The Herald has been a fabulous place to work Bnan MacLeod s enthusiasm for the news made exciting to run into the office and share the details of a hot story The people here have been like a family those relationships will be hard to replace But as I move east across Highway 7 to the bustling city of Brampton I hope to bring some of the spirit of Hills the friendliness the openness and the time to stop and say hello I spent some long nights churn ing out the news for Hills I always tried to look at things from a people perspective and not just in ink and paper The news I believe is the people I hope Ive done you justice Halton Hills The following letter to finance minister Michael Wilson was hub milted to the Herald for publics lion Dear Sir Our committee represents local churches with congregations totalling well over 3000 people in Halton Hills We wish to express our deep con with announced cuts to Canada s foreign aid budget Some years ago the government set a target of per cent of for aid to needy countries Sadly this goal seems to be moving far ther and farther away as we try to solve financial problems at home Canadians however are coming to see that their home is not just Canada but the entire planet The lifestyle we lead the foods we put on our tables do affect millions of people developing countries In recentl years people in those countries have been plunged into deeper poverty than ever before as they provide cash crops for our tables to pay off debts to us that grow larger each year the ex Trains rolling slowly Dear Sir My nephew was visiting us from Cons on England over the Christmas period and due to the flu and workload we were unable to show him much of the sites This deter him anv as there was public transit The 20 train from Georgetown didn t arrive until 10 No waiting room and sub zero temperatures The tram at arrive until The JO m train at Georgetown arrive until 1 p One more trip to Toronto for the 10 20 a m didn t rive until 10 Again no waiting room open and freezing onditions Last but not least his departure to Edmonton on the m train after umpteen delays fmallv left All this hassle and would believ e not one explanation If my timekeeping was anything like this I be out of a job Yours Bill Innes Seniors say- thanks for salute Dear Sir The Georgetow and District Seniors Association wish to thank Club for the wonderful Salute to the Goldn Ages event on Sun Dec 17 To the sponsors for heir kind contributions attending public figures and to the enthusiastic staff members performers and Miss Canada who made this an for seniors to remember we send our best ishes for the com Once again thankvou Yours President Write us a letter The Herald wants to hear from If have an opinion vou want lo express or a comment to make send us a letter or drop the office Our address is 4S St All letters must be signed Please include vour address and telephone number for The Herald reserves the right to edit letters due to spate limitations or libel pense of their own hungry childrens lives report At the same time they are hav ing to destroy resources and en vironments that the world cannot afford to lose if all of us wish to survive Foreign aid is an investment in the worlds future and a reflection of Canadas integrity and tion as a caring world leader We cannot afford to reduce it Yours truly Janet Duval For the Committee Days For World Development School is nonreturnable Christmas gift DearSir Without Ministry of Education approval build a new Oakville High School the Board of Educa tion s trustees voted to spend 400 for sketches of a new S to be located south of the E This past June one of Oakvilles modern high schools located south of the JEW was closed because of declining enrolment in this 007 student capacity high school Now the trustees have voted over the objection of two thirds of Oakville trustees to request funding for a 25 million dollar high school that would be located a few kUometres east of the mothballed high school and again south of the JEW Ignoring the stated intent by the ministry of education to announce within the next days what fun ding if any would be available to build this 1500 student capacity high school the trustees have voted to commit the taxpayers monev to finance Oakvilles un wanted Christmas gift costing without ministry assistance Will they vote for millions of dollars for Oakville in the next days I along with double digit percentage increase in school taxes this 400 Christmas gift is returnable on Boxing Day George Oakville Whos sexy now It has of course been couple of weeks since People Magazine pro claimed Sean Connerv the Sexiest Man Alive A couple of weeks since actress Shelley Winters uttered her famous assessment Sean w as sexy at and at even more so Ever since I ve been Irving to persuade myself not to be loo shal Connery selection Bui the time has come to take a stand As Someone who has not even turned I would like to point out that People Magazine has just stooped to ageism of the very worst kind Granted it possible Im over reacting a little For starters it could be argued that no one should get his knickers in too many knots over any proclamation issued by People Magazine After all this is the journal that still thinks we want to read about SeanPenn Besides its always important to look on the bright side of things If People Magazine was deter mined to select an older man as the Worlds Sexiest then Mr Connery was a pretty good pick After all they could have chosen Harold Ballard Indeed let me hasten to add thai I intend no criticism of Mr Con The has been one of favorite stars one of the worlds most devoted James Bond fans I ve seen The Man Who Would Be King about eight times and still get all when Sean gets hacked off hat bridge A couple of ago in fact en had a personal experience which confirmed mv belief that Mr is one of the finest gentlemen of our era I received a phone call from his Los Angeles agent in forming me I hat Mr Connery might possibly be interested in buving the film rights to one of my Naturally this saintly left him just one stop short of official beatification the Pope that step being a subsequent phone call which would inform me that the deal was going through But in this fallen world so many have stumbled with sainthood almost in their grasp So I harbor no bitterness And since were still trying to look on the bright side it should also be conceded that Mr Con- selection has come as a dazzling ray of hope to men in their forties and fifties Were talking about a lot of guys who had more or less given up on the fantasy that its possible to get older and better simultaneously and had pretty well settled for cl inging to the hope that you can get older without having the wheels fall off entirely And now a major magazine has proclaimed that men don t become trulv until they almost reached retirement age Well This is all very nice But what about us slightly younger guys We re the ones who keep wondering when were going to reach our prime only to discover that people keep moving the date back Guys my age have been waiting for years for our prime to arrive And frankly a lot of us are starting to lose hope As children we looked ahead to 16 as a magical age of vibrant maturity Then we got there and discovered acne With our twentyfirst birthday came the depressing realization that 21 yearold women were much more impressed by guys in their thirties Then we make it into our thirties and what happens Were told to wait until were 60 Well Lets be blunt Theres a pattern emerging here and only the most pathetic optimist could fail to spot it Someone or other I point no fingers but the perpetrators of the plot know who they are has decid ed that I am going to be denied my prime entirely When guys my age turn 60 we know perfectly well whats going to happen People Magazine is going to run a cover photo of a 114-year- old with a pencilthin moustache and a comehither wink Some actress will be quoted as saying Wally was sexy at 87 but now hes irresistible Hes just so much more mature than the kids in their seventies Thanks Sean Thanks a bunch