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. Page 4 Halton HillsThis Week, Wednesday, July 22,1992 DITORIAL Residents need to put differences Something has to be done about a walkway on Mountainview | Road. For years this extremely dangerous strip of pedestrians and ‘vehicles sharing its width — danger. Anyone who has South and the more built-up section of matter of time until someone — killed. And when the town finally gets of proposals that will residents can not reach driven through the ravine take the pedes' an agreement on what they want. aside roadway has seen and therein lies the between Georgetown town knows that it is only a likely a pedestrian — is hurt or its act together and makes a pair trians away from the cars, area The residents of G opportunity last week to let our wanted — what safer. But the 30 or so residents who left Halton Hills Council wondering what it will take — read dol- lars — to satisfy thei ‘The last thing the ’s southern they thought would make ir needs. councillors needed hy dr pment had an public officials know what they the Silver Creek valley attended the meeting may have to hear was that they are bile run” as “proposing to build...a one resident put it. While we agree that proposed path alone at night those risks can be reduced. The pathway will be lighted has become almost return moving around at night. Furthermore, walking a lighted walking against several one-ton ¢ at — nobody drives the post 50 kmh valley. With the Halton Region Credit Valley Conservation the project before it goes Hungry Hollow have They can have a walkway that safety and has a relatively low amp, a there may be some danger in walking the especially for females — surely night and — unfortunately — it for people to travel in a group when pathway is going to be safer than ars moving at high rates of speed speed limit in the Silver Creek Public Works Department and the Authority waiting for public input on ahead; the people that live around a golden oppo! tunity. is satisfactory to them, increases price tag — $300,000 to build (most of it at the developers expense, and about $2,500 yearly for mainte! will never be built. Councillor Ron Chatten — although inadvertently — of not putting their differ- “If people don’t want the walkway, Chatten said. We hope that for South — present and in the future be found. nance. But unless they get together on what they want, the walkway may warned residents of the consequences ences aside. the sake of all the residents of Georgetown —some common ground can Letters Welcomed Halton Hills This Week welcomes your letters. Letters must be signed and include your full name and address. Names will be withheld on request. alton Hills This Week reserves the right to edit, revise, or reject any letters on the basis of factual errors, punctuation, spelling errors ba ills This Week, Weekend Editon, Is published every Saturday at 232 or as a result of space limitations. Send your letter to: The Editor Halton Hills This Week 232 Guelph St., Unit 9 wn, ON Ge L7G 4B1 HIS WEEN Guelph St., Georgetown, Ont. L7G 4B1, and is printed in Oakville by QE. Web Printing. or services may sold. PUBLISHER: Ken Bellamy EDITOR: Scott Kline REAL ESTATE MANAGER: Kathy CIRCULATION MANAGER: Marie Toth Shadbolt PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kathleen Topoisek HALTON HILLS THIS WEEK IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED. PHONE: 873-2254 FAX:873-3918 we need to know that,” proprietors of the Streets around 1850. The Camp! That was then. v. jan es oe ibbon. Year not recorded. Have yo ‘Wheldon "Steamer" Emmerson Halton Hills This Week is thrilled to have Wheldon "Steamer" Emmerson writing a weekly column. Steamer's anec- dotes are always entertainin; usually full of insight into life's lighter moments. Look for Steamer's "Have You Got A Minute?" every week in this I’m out of the Dial-a-Joke busi- ness, and I’m glad. I never made a cent, and my stuff didn’t sell. Friends would phone up to tell me they had been asked to say a few words at someone’s wedding, retirement party, etc., and could I give them a few lines of what to say. Naturally they wanted a suitable joke thrown in. Immediately I would tell them: “A young lady approached me the other end. ‘An honest slip of the tongue in front of an audience raps roars of laughter, and surpasses old jokes. One night I emceed a large retire- ment party dinner in Milton. During the dinner I read letters, telegrams, and scribbled notes from those unable to attend. ‘One dear soul, in her letter,r said her father, a minister, had per- formed the wedding ceremony for the couple being honored, but he was unable to attend, because he had died. Naturally I added a few soft words of comfort, solace, and com- passion. The crowd was nodding their heads in solemn, silent approval, until I blurted out, “T can understand her father not being able to attend, frankly I darn near died myself, when I saw the price of the tickets.” ‘The audience knew immediately that it just didn’t come out right, but it was funny. The same thing happened to a friend of mine, in an old tyme min- strel show. He was to come on stage, then recite this little poem: “Women’s faults are many And everything they do.’ My friend was very nervous and in the excitement of opening night, ran to centre stage and said: “Women’s faults are many Men have only two Everything they do And everything they say.” Howls of laughter from the audi- ence. Both audiences knew we had put our tongues in gear before our brains. Spontaneous humour is the funni- est. I could read a million jokes over the phone to someone who was about to face a firing squad but usually the best and funniest were ordinary human beings in front of a crowd and saying something they didn’t intend to say, in a way that that brought hoots of laughter. It’s happened to all of us. Dial-a-Joke calls asked for: wed- ding jokes, anniversary jokes, u got a minute? retirement jokes, but I never got a call for eulogy jokes. You’ve gotto | be good to laugh at a funeral. have found in my experience of public speaking there is nothing like a laugh to put people at ease. They will pay more attention to a serious message if you lead them into it in a light-hearted vein. Some of my Dial-a-Joke friends wanted a block-buster right off the bat to start their speech. In other- words, they were hanging their hat on one joke. Not me, I would go for smiles with one or two cuties then I would wait for the right time, the right person then unload what I considered a good customized joke. Our late mayor Joe Gibbons always used a line I loved that I still think is a very funny line. He deliv- ered it well. At the opening of a council meet- ing, after the Lord’s Prayer, Joe would arise and explain the Rules of Procedure to angry delegations. He would point out “If nothing is accomplished here-this evening at least we will have entertained you.” There were many nights I was part of the entertainment. I still laugh at that line but Dial-a-Joke callers never shared my enthusiasm, but to me it was and still is one of my favorites. Joe had a feel for show-biz. He had timing. I'll leave you with a favorite of ine: Often when I was getting ready to go someplace to speak, or emcee, my family would casually ask, “What are you going to speak about tonight?” “Oh, I think I’ll tell them about my trip up the Amazon.” “But you have never been up the Amazon,” my wife would say. but neither has my audi- art