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Home Newspaper of Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager DAVID BOB Editor Advertising Manager News item Acton fall Fair daylight rooster crowing contest challenges contestants PHONE Second Out Mill RagUtertd Number SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday September 183 Septei Best interests One has to consider whether or not a by- election to replace the Esquesing seat left vacant by councillor Tom Hill is warranted Town council argued that a byelection would be in the best interests of the people noting that the longer three year term should be a factor in choosing an area representative An appointment is not the best way to start a political career because one has to face pressure from people who might say he wasnt fairly elec ted a councillor main tained New issues in the rural area since the last election underline the need for a byelection added Mayor Pomeroy However an appoin tment for the seat would save time and money for both the town and taxpayers Although a new elec tion might produce a can didate who is more qualified than an appoin tee in becoming the newest town representative we have no guarantees he would do a better job The people have become accustomed to taking risks in choosing candidates in an election and we can only hope councillors will represent our concerns fairly The town should choose either Jake Kuiken or Peter Norton the two candidates in the Ward 2 riding last Nov 8 to replace the seat left vacant by the late Tom Hill The town would be choosing a man who wan ted to represent the riding Moreover they would each of these men spending more of their time ana money in yet another election bid The taxpayers would not be inconvenienced by another election night at the polls nor would they nave to foot the estimated bill required to hold the byelection We argue that an ap pointed councillor would be more careful knowing that his term would be looked upon unfavorably by his critics if he differed substantially from his constituents views Choosing a candidate to replace Tom Hill is not an easy task and no one will be able to emulate his spirited character Nevertheless we have no guarantees a by- election will serve the in terests of the people better than an appointment Trudeau shuffles cabinet but leaves BC with only one voice Ottawa Report Social concerns aiid microchips Having revolutionized Just about everything else in our lives its not sur prising that the microchip means so much to the future of libraries As Halton Hills chief librarian Betsy Cornwell pointed out last week in an interview with The Herald computers even locally are already speeding up the book cir culation process In the very near future theyll access in a setting to vast banks of information far more extensive than found on the bookfilled shelves of most libraries Computers and their cousinsvideo display terminals and word are the most means of spreading information since radio and television They were enormous awkward Rube Goldberg contraptions when they were first constructed in the 1940s and speculation as to their widespread homeuse was left largely to sciencefiction writers For everyone involved with computers and plan ning their proliferation Editors notebook equal time must be given to answering some of the social concerns so often ignored In the turbulence of high speed technological change How much will public access to computers most likely through the library system cost Will user- fees be attached or will service be shared by the taxpayers If the individual pays does it mean free access to information will be limited to those who can afford it who Mrs Cornwell referred to as an infor mation elite The prospects of wide spread computer use is exciting and opens up possibilities as limitless as the imagination Home computers are being sold as fast as they can be placed on the shelve but unfortunately some of the social concerns are being left far behind In a public setting the social questions become all the more important Perhaps balance between traditional methods of in formation gathering and microchip technology is best in the long run Having made the argument that Prime Minister a cabinet shuffles may be attributed more to whims than any grand designs it is therefore somewhat difficult to take Issue with his strategies How can you criticize a strategy that has no strateg ic Intent On the other hand how do you go about taking Issue with a whim Anyway leaving aside whatever had in mind when he shuffled his peers recently the fact Is he managed to leave the entire province of British Columbia with only one voice in the federal cabinet that of Senator Jack Austin who retained his difficult federal politics la not very much Prince Edward Island has long accept ed the reality of having only one voice In cabinet but its an entirely new experience for the many faceted British Columbia Prince Edward Island has about residents British Columbias population Is about 2 million about 23 times higher One voice doesnt go very far not when you consider the fact that Metropolitan Toronto has six ministers to Itself TWO ARGUMENTS It can be argued of course that since British Columbia didnt elect any liberals It really doesnt deserve to have any representation in cabinet fact that argument has been used from time to lime and it also has been applied to Alberta and Saskatchewan both remarkably free of any Liberal epidemics It has been the prime ministers strategy or whim to reach into the Senate for cabinet material from these politically unfriendly regions And after the last election on behalf of British Columbia he gave cabinet assignments to both Senator Austin and Senator Ray Senator had previously been in cabinet as government leader in the Senate but without specific respon Now although not noted as a sprinter the senator became minister of fitness and amateur sport And from what one bears he did a creditable job the respowluUiUcft werent exactly akin that of minister of energy or finance He could beat the drum for physical fitness with the best or them But when the prime minister recently decided to complete his shuffling process he unceremoniously dumped Senator along with four others The British Columbia minister was replac ed by Celine HarvieuxPnyette who as you might have guessed from the name comes from Quebec Now British Columbia Joined Alberta and Saskatchewan In having only one senatorial voice in cabinet and all have the tier two titles of ministers of state STRANGE MOVE The only truly toplevel minister from the entire West Is Transport Minister Lloyd Axworthy from Manito ba two from his province If you accept the argument that provinces which dont give the prime ministers any elected cabinet material dont deserve representation in Parlia ment then I suppose you can take the view that the West now is over repre sented But if you dont accept this argument and think lhat should actually be trying to prove that his government hasnt forgotten or written off the West then the dumping of Isnt easy to rationalize Its difficult enough for a govern ment to sound convincing about Its from Ontario and Quebec and another six come from the Atlantic provinces But the job Is well nigh impossible when that same government actually turfs out one of those western rarities Its one thing to avoid Inviting someone in Its quite another thing to kick him out And its clearly not a case of a minister performing badly In fitness and amateur sport Who would ever know Money rates next to power Queens Park By Derek Nelson As everyone undoubtedly knows next to power it Is money that politics Is all about And it Is Interesting to see how some players In the game were moving the verbal pawns about recent ly The moat striking of course was Education Minister Belte Stephensons repudiation of the twodecadeold provincial commitment that Ontario will provide a university education for anyone qualified who wants it 1 has now been redefined to mean universal access to a postsecondary Institution of some kind say a community college Instead of a univer sity And the reason is money Community colleges are cheaper to operate than universities It appears as though the province wants to put a ceiling on enrolment at universities somewhere near current totals MORE CASH The Colleges and Universities Ministry budget for this year is more than billion In addition such Institutions bring In cash on their own through tuition fees and donations of various kinds Stephensons comments arose after reporters questioned her about socalled funding cutbacks at York University actually Its budget la up million lhat will keep students out of the school But the hefty financial increases the schools received this year are not easy to sustain she warned It la difficult to do It when there are limits on the amount of of money made available by the taxpayer for this purpose she said And one of her advisers said that York was simply playing politics so It can get as many bucks as possible Which Is exactly right MUNICIPAL TOO Meanwhile over at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference which was on at the same time delegates were muttering about having the province pick up the whole tab for local education costs Municipal councillors nave always disliked having to send out the tax bills for education when they have no control over the spending But their fear now is that such spending is getting out of control soaring at the same time that enrol ment Is dropping And they dont want any of the blame to rub off on them Besides tbey maintain the benefits of education unlike sewers and such arent directly related to the property tax and therefore should be financed some other way They are talking about 93 billion raised last year In property taxes that went to education MORE CASH If transferred to the province lhat cost would effectively double the education ministry budget now at billion not including the billion that goes to colleges and universities To put it In perspective billion is already the size of the provincial deficit this year And with the education responsibi lity In provincial hands councils could up their own taxes generously But the time any transfer was accomplished the theoretical billion in savings ratepayers should enjoy would have shrunk considerably Ahh yet politics Is certainly fun Are women activists doing their job BjDAVEROWNEY The Herald printed a story last week dealing with a series of statistics gleaned from the Canada census While statistical stories can often seem dry and uninteresting they do print a picture of the society In which we live The picture It gave us of Hal too Hills was In many ways what we had expected to see One of the most fascinating results of the census on Hills was the growth or lack of it over a Ave year period- a miserly While uncontrolled growth can be seen as threatening to a community Halton has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous In order to move ahead It has been well recogntosd and documented that our tax base must grow to help support Dew programs assist residents to pay for current town projects and help to stimulate local business The Canadian average for a monthly rental payment Is while In Hills the cost Is While rent controls provide a means for low Income families to survive tough economic times they have most certainty stunted growth In construc tion proposals for suitable rental units Due to a lack of supply of rental bousing in town prices have escalat ed to an unbearable rate for many young people starting out for the first time In the work force When we talk of employment In town It seems our male youth like their counterparta in many other or towns Just cant beat the system The you got to have experience first syndrome has forced many young men away from Georgetown and Acton due to a lack of opportuni ty In many fields An per cent unemployment figure sure to be higher In 1983 has some sore Implications for youth unemployment It might also figure prominently In juvenile In the area For myself the most earth shattering result of the census was news that the average Income rate for women was 90272 Excepting the fact that many women work parttime because want to spend more time with their families or their Income Is consider ed supplementary to their husbands this shocking average serves as an eyeopener This figure seems to prompt more questions on womens attitudes towards work in Canada challenging women activists to come forward and continue in a more aggressive way their fight for equality A recent article in the Toronto Star quoted prominent females on current Issues facing women today Many said equal pay for equal work and equal opportunities were at the top of their lists One has to ask if women are as ambitious as men and If they are to the workplace putting a of prejudice before them preventing women from advancing Are womens groups doing enough In the public relations field to encourage their own sex and help to create a feeling of equality around Ihe workplace Are they doing Sunday Sept Is the date of the Terry Pox Marathon of Hope Run If you havent yet sponsored a panf or decided to run yourself Acton and Georgetown representatives of the Canadian Cancer Society would be happy to hear from you Reconsider arts funding EDITORS TUa letter to Susan Fish minister of citizenship and culture was sub mitted to The Herald for Dear Ms Pish Little Theatre has been in formed that there has been a per cent cut in funds for the Arts Let us again voice our concern when the Arts In general teem to be flourishing again Please reconsider this development and we ask that funding levels to the Arts Service Orga nizations be restored Immediately A cut at this lime will be a seri ous setback to the Cul tural Fabric of this Pro vince Yours truly Jennifer Jackson Secretary Georgetown Utile Theatre THIRTY YEARS AGO A fire which is still burning at the farm of Bill Hyatt on the town line destroyed the third district barn In less than two weeks The barn was fired by a freak accident shortly before noon today Mr Hyatt was filling his with gas In a small building near the barn when the tractor caught fire He steered It safely out of the building and into he yard where a high wind fanned the flames Fearing the machine would explode he jumped off and the tractor took a sudden turn and ran Into the barn setting it on fire Mr Hyatt was able to rescue much of the bam machinery although the manure spreader were destroyed A henhouse adjoining the burn also went up in flames Georgetown Fire Brigade were called at noon and late this afternoon were still at the scene TWENTY YEARS teen tenders ranging from 113B00 to W1000 were opened Monday by cil for installation of storm sewers In several locations in Decision on engaging a contractor was delayed for a week for recommendation of the town engineer on which contract to accept Council voted financial assist ance to the Fourth Brownie Pack which plans to plant flow era around the cenotaph as a project Coun McGilvr ay expressed criticism of conditions around the war memorial pointing out that there Is a garbage container a mall box street sign highway sign and two newspaper boxes In front of it I like w move the cenotaph to a different location Coun Horn son said A letter iram the public school board said extra accommodation might be needed in future for classrooms and asked if the council chamber might be available if needed Council said this would depend on arrangement for use of the room for holding court and that if the room were needed for a classroom they would try to sec what could be worked TEN YEARS AGOSix candidates for Oct 1 regional elections were acclaim Monday afternoon when nominal on closed at m with no names appearing In opposition Three region councillors were elected by acclamation Morrow is regional councillor for Ward Drive Ernest Sykcs is regional councillor for Ward 3 west of Drive Coxe is regional councillor far Ward Uncontested also were the school board seals The three Incumbents were reelected with no opposition Ernie Is the public school trustee for Wards 3 and the whole of Georgetown Hartley Sherk Is the separate school trustee for the area and Watson Is the public school trustee for Wards 1 and Acton and Esquesing A fourway race for mayor of the north should stir up Interest in the elections Tom Hill current reeve of William Smith current Georgetown mayor and Georgetown councillors Philip Siddall and William Hunter wilt right It out for the top post ONE YEAR two Acton boys drowned July 10 remained a mystery despite the testimony of witnesses at a coroners Inquest held last Wednes day and Thursday nights The Inquest Into the drowning deaths of seven year old Brent and Nick at Actons Prospect Park this summer left questions In minds or the parents There are still some unan swered questions Clarence Patey Brents father said Nobody saw anything and to lose two boys in that span of time I still dont have the answers In my mind I Just don understand how nobody saw them drown his wife agreed The boys had been dead for some time before separate searches of Fairy Lake located their bodies According to pathologist Gordon who performed post on the two boys it was unlikely either boy had struggled or surfaced after they went under water POETS CORNER SONNET II I stand here betwixt heaven and hell My left band gripped so tightly It aches Resolve and fear stifle my petty yell My only future with an eager awakes Hold fast year path youll Turn your back on Mind chance I know exactly where Ive been Its your life for which this weary heart pants Gather up all the love yon can hold Add to this measure all that I can give You will for this moment have to be bold For many complete and happy yean youll live Think not of this measurable agent of gloom Give thought to yourself and tor love make room By MARLOWEC DICKSON SHARING HAPPY DAYS Today was an excellent day the rain only reduced the outdoor activities not the fun I the excitement of being with son John and you made manifest by print John and I reminded each other of our love for one another You and I sat looking at one another until sleep took yon away Please keep coming back day after day like sunrise after an In terminable T By DICKSON RRtBeetoa