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Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1 886 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited I PHONE ScaniCtauliailgiittitoltainketaB43 Tragedy on Halton roads Cyclist was critically injured in an accident last Thursday This former Canadian athlete of the year collided with a dump truck while they both travelled westbound on Britannia Road of Trafalgar Road On Sunday Bruce of Georgetown and Daniel Matwey of Bramalea were thrown from a motorcycle A young man of is now dead and his companion is in serious condition These two separate in cidents in Halton which hap pened within a threeday span of one another are painful reminders that our training programs for motorists cyclists and motorcyclists are not adequate for our heavily travelled highways Statistics support that people on bicycles and motor cycles are more prone to cidents This leads us to the conclusion that training programs should be increased A more extensive driver education program for motorists is one way to protect those who choose and have the right to travel our high ways on twowheeled vehicles Although fatal accident injuries have decreased in general by per cent and car driver deaths are down per cent from 1981 to 1982 the pic ture changes when we talk about twowheeled vehicles Motorcycle driver deaths have increased by 6 per cent while motorcycle driver in Junes have increased by 9 per cent in one year Cycling injuries have in creased by a 10 9 per cent margin comparing 1981 to 1982 statistics While importing the European s love of cycling Canadians have fallen behind in protecting those who are the sport of cycle curing At the same time cyclists could be more properly trained to avoid accidents on the highways Clearly the ideal solution would be to expand the driver licence training to include defensive driving and awareness driving for vehicles Motorcycles and bicycles are difficult to see under the best of conditions but their vulnerability becomes com pounded when motorists refuse to check their blind areas or the physical contours of the road slow their reactions Heroes surface A firefighter s call to duty finds him in the thick of things these days in Halton Hills Early in July there was the Acton blaze where six firefighters battled against the intense heat and heat exhaustion when they were finally overcome by smoke inhalation Then last Friday morning before many people had left for work our volunteer force responded to a call from Halsey s on Guelph St in Georgetown A third major blaze curred on Sunday when the Ac ton volunteers fought a fire on Willow St in which two civilian lives were lost Above and beyond their ef forts in racing out to the station from home or work and to the extensive training sessions all recruits receive weekly our Hills force deserves our praise for then quick action when the town needed their services When our volunteer firefighters have worked so in tensely it just another exam pie of their worth to the com Crying fowl Editors notebook Ths Herald was probably no different than any other place of business Friday morning when squeals of laughter dismay astonishment and anger filled our hallowed building Dave a mysterious throw during the fifth Inning In the Yankees game against the Blue Jays set a milestone In major league sports Not the sort of record any self respecting rookie outfielder might want to dupll In the next couple of yean My wife and I secretly smiled after hearing Thursday 11 clock news cast We had been crying fowl for yean It that we unsymp athetic to the suffering of the downed bird but the memories did begin to flow back to our days as student Asa maintenance man I saw the Job as good training In tactics for survival of the fittest But the birds usually won out One of the biggest Issues among the low level grunts at Ontario Place was how to dispose of neardead seagulls stricken by either disease or starvation due to their numbers Both as a maintenance supervisor and later as the assistant manager of security I became an authority on seagulls My superiors never admitted there was a problem My maintenance manager used to say Gall darn It geezxxx Another bird Call security Tell em to secure the bird Hen The security department chased the birds to take them to the Humane Society so did the maintenance men The geese helped In the seagulls escape on more than one occasion as tbey slicked down the rolling hills with their droppings The PJP stationed at Ontario Place got their dally chuckle only to perform a Charlie Chaplin stumble down the hill minutes later One knows now why we were Issued two seta of pants for the job The geeae provided even mora entertainment for the regular water fowl watchers Geese also populate the lakefront property In large number One year Ihey snatched a few hundred one mysterious morning and set tbem free to fend for themselves In miles away My first date with my wife Shelagh was started over a goose Receiving a frantic call from an obviously distraught boutique girl I asked what the problem was There a goose that can t ttalk er I mean can she said As mainten ance supervisor it was my Job to respond to such calls When I arrived with a suitable box the goose had disappeared so I fumed off telling my future wife to go and catch her own geese Shelagh loves to tell the story about a famed ladies man later my boss who as a boat patrol driver was putting his soft lines to work sitting beside two female staff on a picnic table Quite suddenly he stopped talking as a warm sticky liquid substance feU from the air Shelagh knew better She always wore a white hat snugged lightly over her hair which seemed to confuse the birds Not only did Ontario Place attract the laziest birds In the country In this birdsanctuary fast foodhaven but the site was refuge for killer fowl from the land and dive bombing critters from the sky Ontario Place are very territorially minded especially during mating season when he site opens dentally They had cased out every strategic point on the islands physically attacking every mans head as we harmlessly tried to do our Job While in the security department we were attacked by the sea Sid the killer swan poked and pecked and bit our unprotected as we patrolled the canals and waterways I can remember getting the best of Sid only once when one revengeminded boat driver fed him a gum candy called Poprocks Sid swam away In fright as his long neck tingled In pain Evidence supports banning the sport of kickboxing Queens Park By Derek Nelson Queen Park Bureau of The Herald Kickboxing full contact karate and standard boxing are the only three sports based on a deliberate attempt to Injure that Is to cause sufficient central nervous system damage as to render the opponent harmless The easiest and quickest method of accomplishing his goal la to go for the head Yet the evidence Indicates that It Is Impossible to disrupt ones oppon ent s brain unction without disrupting one s opponent s brain structure and such Injuries are both cumulative and permanent Hence the punchdrunk fighter with his slurred speech and slow wit The quotes In the paragraphs above are from the Ontario govern ment committee report that looked into what to do about the fastgrowing sports of and full contact karate Another committee is examin ing boxing The report reached two contradictory conclusions The first obvious from the above is that sports where the intent Is to create brain damage boxing ingand full contact karate should be banned But the second is to allow klckbox and full contact karate In Ontario under strict regulation The committee which was com posed of two neurosurgeons chairman Alan Hudson and Michael Schwartz and a martial arts expert Ken Hayashi had two reasons or actually falling short of calling for an out right ban First It would be Illogical to stop and full contact karate and still allow regular boxing to continue The other committee has yet to report The second is that while the evidence strongly points to brain injury with every punch or kick incontrovertible statistical data does not yet exist PAY UP Acquiring that data should be a tint priority to be financed by those who make money promoting such events rather than he taxpayer The committee obviously believes any study would and should lead to a ban We should know by the autumn whether the government agrees Amendments to the Athletics Con trol Act would be required to make kickboxing which is likely illegal loday under the Criminal Code ion of fighting into a legal And by then the boxing report should be available ts well If the committee Is right and their report is very persuasive the smart move would be to ban boxing ing and full contact karate The committee also noted there Is no such thing us light contact karate You either hit him full contact or you don t no contact ONE POINT But society does not always make the wise choice why do we allow parking lots at taverns Perhaps boxing has been part of our culture for too long to be summarily Junked Or perhaps we d Just force martial arts fighting underground where there are no regulations at ail In any case the committee makes the observation that many in these sports were unaware that no head blow Is trivial and any can be lethal It suggested participants should be mak an informed choice whether to fight Parents should be requested to sign a waiver to the effect they understand heir children may both cause and receive brain damage Adult contestants too should under stand the probability of brain Injury Good idea Citizens Forum Senate reform Second sober thought EDITORS NOTE The foUowntg Is a by Georgetown District High School teacher Tom Ramaatarslngb on Senate Reform excerpted for length by The Mr wrote a page report to the Special Joint Committee Senate Reform where he hopes his suggestion will be considered Canada has been from Its initial beginnings Inception a land of compromise Because of the rep by pop principle for the House of Commons there was a deep feeling that some provision be made to have some basis of regional equality of representation In the governing of Canada Debates in IMS by the Fathers of Confederation took almost six days out of a total of fourteen days on aspect of the Upper House The Upper Chamber was of paramount Import since Quebec and the were disinclined to Join in union unless the Upper Chamber were created The colonies or the future provinc es had surrendered a great deal of their independence in order to form the Dominion of Canada They felt that they should maintain the principle of equality in the Upper House and that no areas or regions In collaboration could pass legislation willy with out the sober second thought which can come from another body of members namely the Upper Chamb er or Senate One must remember that the Senate is a very Important part of our constitutional monarchy The Senate la there to protect and uphold sectional provincial regional and minority rights and local Interests In short It demonstrates the sober second thought at legislations passed by the House of Commons It reviews amends improves or rejects legislation passed by the House of Commons It sees that majority exercises the duties Justly and does not encroach on the privilege and rights of minorities Senators are not poll I leal motivated They do not have to adhere to party strictures and hence can arrive at more objective decisions but some people believe that appointed senators own their allegiance to the political party which appointed them and thus they feel obligated to show their partisanship In their speeches and actions This undoubtedly weakens independent working of the Senate Because Senators are appointed and not elected any bill for the levying or spending of taxes Is beyond its Jurisdiction In essence they are not dependent for their office on support of the people election hence cannot claim to represent the will of the taxpayers and any bills dealing with money are solely In the domain of the House of Commons REFORMING THE SENATE 1 Name We should retain the name of the Senate for the Upper House Appointments It baa been the practice that senatorial appointments are done as rewards to the party faithful who have raised money or served the party The Senate should not be a pasture for political patronage A more fruitful Senate can be the result this problem is addressed 3 Method of Appointment The practice 1 that the Prime Minister selects the and then be recommends to the Governor General who appoints I believe appointments to the Senate should be done by the party In power SO per cent the Official Opposition Party IS per cent and the premiers of the provinces per cent A better representation of Canadians and Sena ton will be able to act more independently and be taken more seriously by the populace This will enable proper representation In Quebec for the Conservatives and in the West of the liberals If a political party holds office for a long period of time the Senate will undoubtedly be filled with members of that political party a persuasion Another alternative can be a per cent appointment by the Federal government and a per cent appoint by the provinces Appointments shall be made when there are vacancl I do not favour the election of the members to the Senate If both Houses are elected there would be conflicts as to who Is responsible for the running of Canada This should be left In the hands of the elected House of Commons Age and We should continue to appoint people at age M and over The retirement age of should be retained I remember discussing this matter with former Senator Eugene at the First National Youth Parliament of Canada In Ottawa wisely said that we have to draw the line somewhere and this enables more Canadians to participate In governing Canada 5 Reflection of Society Just as the Fathers of Confederation saw the need for regional representation the protection of rights and local Interests so today Canada being a lingual multicultural country should reflect the nature of this reality the Canadian mosaic In the Senate Representation la the Cabinet The practice was that one senator will Join the cabinet but will not be responsible for a portfolio because heshe cannot be questioned by the elected representatives In the House of Commons Recently this practice has fallen by the wayside because of the lack of elected representatives in certain provinces so to compensate the Prime Ministers of the day got people appointed to the Senate and In turn were made cabinet ministers with portfolios This meant that such ministers were not answerable to the elected representatives because they could not sit In the House of Commons This latest practice should be continu ed with a constitutional change namely that if a senator is given a cabinet portfolio heshe should be permitted to be present for question period In the House of Commons 7 Distribution of Bests The Senate should be Increased from the present to seats The Idea of equal and regional provincial representation should be in the follow manner Newfoundland 10 I 10 Nova Scotia New Brunswick ID Quebec Ontario IS Manitoba 10 Saskatchewan Alberta 10 C The Senate which measures metres by 13 metres could be easily expanded to seat senators Canada is made up of provinces and territories and representation In the Senate should reflect this reality B The quorum should be Increased from to 10 An important body as the Senate should transact the business of the country when there are at least 10 members present Absence If a Senator misses per cent of Senate meetings In a year his her term of office as senator shall be forfeited and the vacancy be filled within two months THIRTY YEARS AGOA cavalcade of honking motor can followed new member of parliament Sybil Bennett PC in a victory parade around town Monday night when word received at PC headquarters that Murray MocPball had conceded de feat Mlsa Bennett election was of more than usual Interest in George town far it is the first time In history mat a Georgetown resident has sat in the federal house She will succeed Hugh Cleave of Burlington who has represented Helton as a Liberal Flustered and beaming tired after a hard campaign and as she said speechless for one of the few times of my life a happy candidate clutched a bouquet of roses and spoke briefly to a large crowd which collect in front of the PC committee rooms on Main Street She was Introduced by Leslie Clark president of the George town Association TWENTY FIVE YEARS a planned subdivision In the vicinity of the Sykea Tool plant have been ironed out and has been given the green light by the Ontario Water Resources commission and the Georgetown Building Inspector to proceed A total of building permits were Issued as of Monday according to building Inspector Joseph Gibbons eight of these to Rex homes to Construction and two to Zuber Construction A rumpus started three weeks ago when the Ontario Municipal Board ruled that Georgetown could proceed a planned too sewage disposal plant provided no debentures other than for hydro and water were Issued for the next three yean This virtually precluded any extensive house build ing as a school is an absolute necessity to the plan TEN YEARS AGOIn the face of soaring food prices especially the high cost of meat BUI Ksrolidls of the Delrex Restaurant has come up with a novel solution He says meatless days will be started at the restaurant If meat prices continue to climb Mr Ksrolidls told The Herald he found restaurants in the l States started meatless days as the only way to make a profit without chasing the customers away withhlghpricea He said he was paying SO to cents a pound more for meat than he did two months ago We haven raised our prices yet Mr Karolidla said as he admitted that a newly acquired liquor licence helped to defray other costs In comparison to the cost of preparing a meal at home it may be cheaper to the kids out for their favorite hamburg and fries a telephone survey revealed The drive- in restaurants In town still feature special children hamburger from about cent and fries at cants ONE YEAR AGOWlth legal doubts apparently no longer a problem town council Monday night agreed to ask residents voting in the November municipal elections whether or not tbey support the concept of global nuclear disarmament The question will be included on ballot slips as Halton Hills becomes one of over municipalities across Canada which have agreed to bold a referendum on the disarmament Issue Bylaws are being drafted to add the question Only one town rep Georgetown Ward Bichn disapproved of the proposal Recalling the disarmament movement which followed World War I Coun questioned if World War II might have been avoided or shorten ed if the Allies had maintained their military strength during the 1930s and POETS CORNER HAPPINESS Where the hell did happiness go has love taken a holiday leaving ambivalence In charge what happened to sonny faces seems replaced by grim resolve bow about the caring the sharing the wearing old together Don t tell me about the new morality Indifference Is lb same dressed In suits dresses or scruffy Jeans I want the bun back the excitement of Jut being I want to feet C mon back happiness By MARLOWE C DICKSON RAX Beaten BAD MANNERS What happened to social graces they disappear with men a bats Have women become so equal that the opening of a door Is an affronter What took the respect bad for parents Is this brave new world