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-en- Home Newspaper of Helton Hills Established A of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Gut Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager BOB I Advertising Manager PHONE Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday January Acton dropin meets issues facetoface It must be very gratifying to Halton Hills Ward I coun cillors to be able to expand their weekly drop- ins for local citizens For more than two years now the fairly regular infor mal meetings at the Social Ser vices and Information Centre on Mill Street have given Acton ratepayers the best kind of ac cess to local government they could possibly expect New plans for the drop- in to continue every Friday af ternoon at the centre except the last Friday when it switches to an evening format probably at Interested citizens bearing complaints or questions can sit down over coffee with a mem ber or two from town council a municipal department head and on occasion a represen tative of the federal or provin cial government Individual concerns are heard out and looked into general questions are answered as best the guests can manage Overall its more a matter of dealing with government facetoface gathering per sonal insight into why certain decisions are made and arriving at a better understan ding of some of the more com plex issues Its too bad voters elsewhere in town dont have the same privilege but were not entirely sure the politicians governing them are to blame The idea was tried in Georgetown at least once in the recent past Ward councillors inviting voters to a roundtable meeting on issues in general As is too often the case with such affairs few turned out and the idea faded away Actons droptn attracts no more than a handful of citizens each week but it continues unabated the sessions frequen tly giving confused or irate taxpayers a better audience with the politicians and civil servants than theyd get as a delegate at a council meeting In these days of high taxes and low returns its that much more important to know your elected representatives on a more or less personal basis Beyond the relative formality of council chamber with its restrictive rules of procedure and its abundance of gran dstanding opportunities to chat amicably about specifics with one or two councillors strike us aB an effective way of making your point We hope Ward l citizens make better use of their dropin and wish councillors represen ting the other three wards keep an eye out for opportunities to convene their own informal sessions A meeting of the minds regions senior management team stopped by own councils Monday night meeting for a brief introductory visit Health and social services director Debbie Oakley public works director Bob Moores regional planner Mohammed appointed treasurer Joe and business development director Matt Fischer Joined chief administrative officer Dennis to briefly outline the responsibilities of their departments Peter Cole were unable to attend the meeting the first since the regional administration was reshuffl ed following the recommendations of a major management study conducted two years ago KEEP ON TRUCKIN The Georgetown Meals on Wheels program got a financial boost Jan 18 from Delta Beta The service ran entirely by volunteers using contributions from service dubs and a small provincial grant provide meals to housebound seniors Norah Vilkauskai centre accepted the cheque from Maureen Richardson left of the service committee and Louise chapter president Mrs said that for many recipients a volunteers visit Is the only human contact they have There are over 1M Meals on Wheels programs In Ontario Herald photo wingding a no win battle for Tories Stewart Ottawa Bureau of The Herald The more you think about It the more preposterous It becomes that 29 members of the executive committee of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada should have spent sis valuable hours fighting over the proposed accreditation of Peter to his months party convention in Winnipeg Apparently It was a real wingding battle In the end the disputed decision was that Worthington should not be accredited as an official delegate from the Toronto riding of Broadview- Greenwood although four others on the ridings delegation list had their official status restored The national executive committee in a split decision held to the view that did not qualify as a party member In good standing There were several sound reasons for the committees decision one being that Worthington the highprofile former of the Toronto Sun ran as an Independent in October in Broad view- Greenwood after losing the Tory nomination And In finishing second In that campaign he might well have deprived the official Tory candidate of victory NO WIN The committee was also reported to have spent a good deal of the six hours considering the fact that Worth ington declared on television that If John Turner became leader of the Liberal Party he would support the dreaded Griti I dont know how much time if any was spent talking about Worthingtona continuing criticism of Tory Leader Joe Clark but I suspect It preoccupied a good many committee members especially those who are fighting against a leadership review Because favors a leadership convention and so do the four reinstated delegates from this Is really what the accreditation fight was all about And from the beginning It has been a nowin battle for the party prevent from going to Winnipeg as an official delegate and they create a martyr who on the leadership issue might eventually have a bigger following on the outside than he would as a delegate- Reverse an earlier decision by the partys steering committee and accredit Worthington and there would be a furious reaction within pie party In the eyes of many particularly those who are staunch Clark support ers surpasses any liber al as a political enemy Liberals at least do all their attacking from the outside And the fact that Worthington was duly elected by the Broad viewGreen wood riding association as a delegate does not mollify hem The way these party establishment people tell It Worthington and his supporters pretty well wrecked the Tory riding apparat us when they pulled out to establish an Independent campaign in October And after the byelection In which the official Tory candidate ran a disastr ous third Worthington and his supporters regained control of the association When the Gang of Five was elected to go to Winnipeg the fat was in the fire When the sixhour committee marathon ended and four of the five delegates were reinstated It was seen by many as a victory of sorts for the antiClark forces As I said It was basically a leadership Issue But It still strikes me as preposter ous hat the brains of leading Tories could be effectively tied up for six weekend hours fighting over the dele gate qualifications of someone who Just three months ago was on the hustings running against the official Conservative candidate If the potential delegate in question had been say a service station attendant and not the crusading Peter Worlhlngton do you really think the partys national executive would spend six hours of a Saturday debating qualifications Fat chance Six minutes perhaps And the guy would never be heard from again Grits Peterson finds chinks in Davis economic armor Derek Queens Park Bureau of The Herald David Peterson as premier A Liberal as premier One can never be positive about these things because in politics situa tions change rapidly with todays wisdom being tomorrows nonsense but as a threat to Ontarios 10year Conservative dynasty Peterson looks belter all the time What Is amazing Is how Peterson In the less than one year since he became leader has succeeded In boosting not only his own image but the partys as well would not be unfair to say that If Ontario politics during the past years were portrayed on film the Liberals most of the time would end up In the out takes Fractious Disorganized Broke Those three words could have been applied to Ontario Liberalism across most of those years with a great deal of accuracy Accepting that such descriptions tend to be matters of degrees rather than absolutes it is still obvious Peterson has made a difference LITTLE THINGS And it Is not so much In the matter of the big ticket news Items where Peterson shines but In the results of a series of actions and decisions of varying type No one for example would claim that Peterson Is a star performer in question period In the Assembly He can be good or bad on any given day but rarely great Nor Is he the worlds best formal speaker although on average he Is far better now than he used to be He also performs unevenly in media appearances But put him up against those ancient Ontario Grit criteria of fracti ous disorganized and broke and he comes out way ahead Liberal caucus have been far less public in the last few years about their disagreements than they were In the early days at one point two Liberal Drug roundup Two Crescent men are among four men charged In a drug investigation by Halton regional police this weekend The four were arrested Saturday and will be appearing In Milton provincial court March 14 Charged with trafficking In narcotics and with possession of marijuana was Lindsay Wilson IB of Ontario Charged with two counts of possession of a narcotic were Michael Norton 23 and Douglas Sims both Crescent Georgetown Charged with one count of possession Is Robert Brown of Ontario A total of grams marijuana and eight grams of hashish were confiscated by Assault charge A 33year old Georgetown man was charged with assault causing bodily harm Thursday night when he attacked his 29year old brother The brother suffered cuts to the face eyes and some broken teeth Halton regional police report The fight look place at a Main Street residence in Williams George Sheppard will be appearing In Milton provincial court Feb Impaired driving Charged with Impaired driving a Milton man was taken to Milton District Hospital by ambulance Jan IB after suffering minor Injuries In a onecar collision Martin McDonell was westbound along the Third Line when he lost control of his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree on the north side There was damage to car Hotel door smashed Kicking in the glass door of the McGlbbon earned a local man a charge of wilful damage MPPs were threatening to sue each other but my impression Is their current support for Peterson is real and heartfelt And I know party regulars are Impressed by him Partly this Is his personality an ability to project a liking for life a warmth that am more and more convinced Is one of the secret of Tory success in Ontario over the years Their leaders had and have It EVEN MONEY Partly It is hat Peterson is tackling those two great Grit weaknes ses of organization and lack of cash with both skill and success In a year the Grits have paid off debts running back to 1974 and perhaps more Important have In place or being placed a system for raising consistent amounts of cash over consistent periods of time In 1903 they raised almost It million double a year earlier Beyond that of course there Is how Peterson is handling the various political issues that arise He makes no secret that his aim Is essentially the building of credibility and recognition simply handling each In a respons ible loyal opposition and govern- manner In the Greymac trust company affair what has made an impact upon mo is not so much that the Liberals have usually outclassed the in the quality of their opposition and made the government squirm but what the Grits chose not to do The easy Liberal road the one their MPPa would have Invariably travelled in years past would have been to hint at Tory corruption and to drop names of known Conservatives linked to trust companies But as a lactic that doesnt work in Ontario The hard route and the one Peterson Is following Is to hammer the Conservatives in what has always been their strong suit economic manage ment and how now they are falling Very clever And It has only been a year THIRTY YEARS Charles Herbert Best codiscoverer of Insulin and one of the worlds great medical scientists was presented with the Alpha Omega Achievement Medal during the dental fraternitys annual convention dinner I feel greatly honored said Dr Best as he received the plaque from fraternity president Dr HM Jolley especially since It is the first time the award has been ma do to a Canadian Dr Albert Einstein was last years winner Dr Best director of the Banting and Best department of medical research at the University of Toronto worked with Dr Banting to discover insulin He has also discovered enzyme cbolene and Its effect on liver cirrhosis and the effect of heparin In preventing thrombosis Recently returned to his country home near Georgetown after a mile world lecture tour Dr Best told delegates there Is much dental Work to be done In all parts of the world TWENTYFIVE YEARS removed from the new public school site will be used to make standards for the towns new street signs A bylaw was ordered prepared to allow a future charge equal to SO per cent of water rates as a new service rate to help pay for the new disposal plant Questioning the extra charge on Industry Coun John Elliott was told that the engineer ing firm which la designing the plant will survey Industrial water charges and recommend a basis for charging so hat those who use a lot of water which does not find its outlet In the sewers will not be paying excessively TEN YEARS be be major centre In one of four new Halton County areas announced Tues day North a temporary name will be composed of Georgetown Acton and the northern twothirds of lng and Nassagaweya townships A 23raember regional council will be created with North sending four members to It The regional proposal was revealed in speeches by the Hon John White Ontario treasurer and minister or economics and inter governmental affairs The other three municipalities Joining to form Halton region are Central embracing Milton and the northern part of and Burlington ONE YEAR AGOSerlous problems experienced In putting on last years Georgetown fall fair have put the future of the year old event In question Bettyanne Wellstead In charge of publicity and promotion for the fair over the last two years asked the Georgetown Agricultural Society Monday night how worthwhile an event members see the fair being Just because a venture is considered worth while back in the 1930s doesnt mean its still worthwhile in the lMOs she said She complained that the fair bad experienced a decline In workers and was put on by about a dozen people In HBO More workers are needed she said POETS CORNER In Search of Free Verse Here 1 sit thinking things I shouldnt think I thlnkT Or so they say Whoever or whatever they are Is for then to know and for me to not As I my bead op stare upwards which Is the logical direction to stare considering tilted my head that way I feel the dull pressure f the back of my bead gainst my pressure of my neck gainst the back my one Im not sere All the while the deeds are covering the sen Like a childs a Escape I like this moment I dont wanna let It go I wish 1 could held It la hands or at kail make time stow At other time when things Just dont right wish I could fall late a deep long sleep Where things go by not nutting and I wake up a brand stew worn and miss the dreaded sight But things wont always say way So I am afraid Yes I must face each and every day By Mcmullen