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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1996 THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI ORM? Wnls® Back from the edge! Compliance orders under the On- tario Health and Safety Act were issued against both the contractor and a sub-contractor at the Mountainview Road bridge replace- ment site where a crane toppled last month. A Ministry of Labour investiga- tion found that the crane, owned by Drillco Foundation Company of Mississauga, had been placed too close to the edge of a bridge exca- vating wall, and it fell in. No one was injured but the Min- istry suspended crane work on the site until the investigation was com- plete. The order against Drillco warns the company not to put its crane so close to its excavation site and the second order, against Mardave Con- struction of Woodbridge, orders it to ensure that every worker on the site complies with all of the Occu- pational Heath and Safety Actregu- lations. Ministry of Labour spokesper- son Moira McIntyre said that the companies had already complied with the orders by constructing a stable pad to re-enforce the ground under the crane, used to drive metal stabilizing rods into the ground. Norval cemetery meeting Halton MP Julian Reed's latest de- velopment application for some of Norval will be the subject of a pub- lic meeting on Sunday, Sept. 14 in the hamlet. The meeting will be hosted by - Heritage Halton Hills and will focus on Reed's controversial plans for part of the 1820 Pioneer cemetery that he owns. Reed, whose consultant said there are no bodies in the one section that he had closed, is pitted against local residents who claim grave head- stones were vandalized and although the headstones aren'tthere any more, the bodies are. Areacouncillor Kathy Gastle said that the people aren't opposed to Reed building on the land outside the cemetery, but won't stand for anything being built over graves and, "that's where the problem lies," no pun intended. OMB hearing underway Proposed plans for a 45 unit townhouse condo development in the Kingsmill area is the focus ofan Ontario Municipal Board hearing which began yesterday at the Civic Centre. It's expected the main issue be- fore the OMB at the hearing will be water-- Halton Region is opposed to the developmenton the grounds that it does not have a water allocation. Area residents have repeatedly tried to convince Town Council to oppose the plan. They say that what the densely populated neighbour- hood needs is more park land and open space, not more housing. HEY! (class). "Not really. The only thing I' forward to is seeing all my friends." Derrick Irwin, Mountainview Road "Kind of, in a way. I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends again." Brian Hendry, Brock Street Are you looking forward to going back to school? Why or why not? "Yes. I'm looking forward to all the new experiences, subjects, teachers and gym Kyle Boudreau, Sims Gate m looking "Just a little bit. I'm not going to meet any new people. I'm going to be with the same teacher, in the same classroom, and the same everything." Kayla Cox, Sims Gate Wilber Park Lake, Georgetown, Ont. ROW YOUR BOAT: Turn of the century boaters enjoy one of Georgetown's great pasttimes of the day --rowing with sweethearts on the waters of Wilber Park Lake. (photo courtesy of ESQUESING HISTORICAL SOCIETY) Yanks get sex, we get the pits Being a political junkie, I've been keeping a critical eye on the Presi- dential nomination conventions south of the border. President Clinton (Slick Willie) will now offi- cially take on Senator Dole (the Old Geezer) in the months leading up to the November election. There are two things I really like about the U.S. system. First, the head of state has to run on his own right. Here, of course, the leader (elected leader only via back-room machinations and cronyism) of the party getting the most seats is automagically crowned P.M. If we had the U.S. system here, I suspect we would have a Liberal parliament with Jean Charest as P.M. Second, I like the fact that elec- tions are held every four years on the same day, and that no President can run two consecutive terms. You never see the U.S. President flitting around the country playing silly lit- tle mind games as to when the elec- tion will be held. I'm so sick of federal and provincial leaders play- ing out this childish charade while the major media follows them around and pretends that somebody actually cares. Who needs coy poli- ticians? More competent ones would be nice. The conventions Stateside are a far cry from the rambunctious gath- erings of 25 years ago. Now, the * outcome is pre-determined from the start. Everyone went ga-ga over Elizabeth Dole's speech where she told us over and over why she loved Bob. Granted, it was a masterful public speaking performance and the Senator has overcome tremen- dous obstacles in his life and should be respected. But is this any reason to think he should be President? Ailene Chretien so loves her man that she packs a loaded Inuit statue to protect him. But I'm going to need a tad more than that to vote Liberal next time. This whole trend of having to know all the personal habits and The Way |: I See It With Mike O'Leary foibles of our leaders is going way too far. About the time Mrs. Dole introduced the nurse who cared for Bob right after the war, I started to fear she was going to say, "And in spite of all the suffering Bob went through, tothis day he has never had ahemorrhoid." I mean, we heard all about almost everything else for God's sake. Over at the Democrat conven- tion, Slick Willie was blind-sided when it was disclosed that his chief political advisor used to let his $200 per hour hooker eavesdrop on Presi- dential telephone calls. It is alleged that former aid Dick Morris was trying to impress his -- um -- er -- part-time employee. Now, I went to Catholic school, so I have absolutely no experience in this area, but it seems to me that the only Presidents who would im- press a lady in this kind of work would be the ones who appear on the aforementioned $100 bills. Mr. Morris appeared with his wife who, as fate has it, is a lawyer. He, while not denying the allegations, pleaded for privacy. "I have my wife and we're in love," he said. Ain't that sweet? Meanwhile, from our "A, Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" file, his wife Eileen McGann (the law- yer, remember) is shown standing arm-in-arm. On her face, however, is a slightly bemused expression: a dirty little grin with her eyes cast away from him'and down. My experiences living with five females, plus the survival skills present in any married male, tells me exactly what that look means. She is thinking, After this is over Bucko, I'm going to nail you sooo bad! You'll be lucky to have enough left to call your little friend from a pay phone. As I said to The Bride and my Ladies the other night -- serves him right! Honest, I did! The conventions were pretty dull except for the rent-a-date episode the Democrats had. Republican and Democratic election platforms are radically different. That's kind of a refreshing change from here, where both the Liberals and Tories try to push each other off the middle. The Yankees have better scan- dals too. In Canada, the biggest tit- illation we' ve had this summer was the revelation that one of our Gener- als' wives spent $129 of taxpayers' money to get her armpits waxed. Later, it was suddenly discovered to be a hairdressing appointment, which made me even madder. For $129 I think one should get a sham- poo, cutand spit-shine with carnuba wax. I also noticed that this same General charged us $10,000 for "housecleaning" over nine months. The General is posted to Washing- ton. You don't think he could be paying $200 per hour for "housecleaning" do you? Naaw! Only the Americans have juicy scan- dals like that. Ours are the pits! RR Are you enjoying the "Canada Cup"? No, it's not the "World Cup" no matter what that twerp Bettman says. After my hissy-fit over Cana- da's Olympic uniforms, I hate to sound like a broken record but who's the twinkie who designed the Team Canada jerseys? Can't we get this straight? Our team colours are red and white, not red, white and black --no matter what Nike says. What is on their behinds? I think it's supposed to be a stylized maple leaf. On TV though, it appears they are wearing fanny packs. We needa Royal Commission to settle this uniform thing once and for all! Julian -- over to you. a 7 er ee 3