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Home Newspaper of Hallon lis Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Georgetown Ontario IM I I I tin ml Man iir rtitor in ii HA f55 of- THAT ill Second Ma I Regisie Pa A THE Wed Octobers Mill St site too The Mill St road reconstruction is a hazard for pedestrians and motorists Tragedy could strike if workmen are not more careful We re happy to see a major thoroughfare to downtown improved An easier more attractive and better outlined en trance to downtown from Guelph St helps the entire community Shoppers will benefit by having an easier access route wnile enjoying a quaint setting with im proved sidewalks and lighting In the interim pedestrians motorists are having to take a num ber of rislcs in using Mill St Heavy construction equipment has been used on the site by workmen who are not supervised by a signalman to watch for cars or pedestrians One infuriated gen went as far as stopping at The Herald to use a phone to complain to the police about this danger Construction sites in crowded areas of town need added safety measures Those who must use the eastern entrance to downtown should use ex caution Many of us only realize the danger when tragedy strikes when it s too late Only then will proper supervision be con sidered necessary AgriFood Week This year marks the second anniversary of Food Week endeavour of Ontario farmers govern men Is and businesses to put lure in he limelight for a few days AgnPood Week runs from Monday Oct 3 to Thanksgiving Monday Oct ID While most people don t realize it the Food Industry Is one of the largest in Ontario This year Pood businesses will Inject billion Into the provincial economy and employ per the provincial work force Obviously agricultural Influence extends well beyond the lot lines of our farms but he basis for the industry remains he farmers who work the land in Ontario Each of these farmers is highly productive feeding people Twenty five years ago the average farmer ted only 30 people which means our farmers nave had a 300 per cent increase in productivity since 1958 That a rate of increase matched by few industries This high ty also trans lutes Into low food prices In Canada our disposable on rood than almost anyone else In the world Last year per cent of our disposable went towards food and alcoholic beverages but food purchased in stores accounted for only per cent about one out of every eight dollars we took home That snot very much when you compare it to other countries like Japan and In relative terms It decreasing all the time The quality of food we produce is also second to none This shows up in our exports which are Increasing all the time from fresh apples to aged Cheddar cheese Food Week Is both an tlonand a celebration a celebration of the good things that grow in Ontario and a chance to team about the people and methods that produce our food Courtesy Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ripping away my mask of anonymity Staff Comment Please write a column the editor beseeched me A column I shuddered with What did I have worth saying in column He was taking the mask of anonymity from me with this request No more hiding away behind the facts and quotes of a news story t the real Anl like he real Lynda Hurst and the real Michelle Lands burg and the real Stinger had to come forward Taking off that mantle of unpartisan observer is not going to be easy Too many years of Journalism training have dulled the personal edge Writing a column about writing a column is a first step in column writing Did lose you there Again then Writing a column about writing a column is the first step in column writing Got It now Canadian journalists make a big pitch for being unbiased in their coverage It broken every time pen meets paper A column is Just a more honest way of saying this Is what I observed and these are my notes and interests in the event In a news story my observations arc flouted as the general observa tlons of anyone on he scene Actually not rue My background my philoso phy of life my Interests my concerns guide me when I come to ask questions take notes and write up a they do every reporter I think I vc Just opened a Pandora box The whole issue of unbiased reporting can be debated for hours and often is by members of the medio Columns are safe from debate Everyone they can be op biased and totally off base As long as nobody Is being libelled and the big boss is happy a columnist has a free hand Sometimes all that freedom can be a little awesome when a writer has always dealt with fences sitting behind them- rather than straddling them Up I get now watching lhat the barbed wire at the ends t rip out my too severely and leave me exposed to ridicule Homeowners could change disposable everything society Staff Comment The sweat and toll Hallon a and staff bear because of the region landfill crisis makes one think perfectly clear the disposable every society is on the outs and not a moment loo soon Whether accepted voluntarily or forced by law separation of reusable material from household trash will mean a change in the kitchens of the region Instead of one bag for everything there II be three or four Hal ton Hills already has a Divide and Conquer program underway On any regular garbage day residents can bundle up old newspapers clean out bottles and and crush cans sorting them out into separate bags or boxes for curbs pick up by the town Its been operating In the Acton and Georgetown urban area for about five years Town public works super Frank says that about 13 per cent of Acton residents participate and about per cent In Georgetown Newsprint Is sold to the Ontario Paper plant in glass goes to Dominion Glass in Brampton and cans to the MRI Metal Recovery plant in Hamilton Its a terribly profitable venture for the town but at Mr Morette notes Hal ton Hills pays about per ton to have Its urban trash shipped to the Burlington landfill site There a saving in every pound which is recycled Published earlier this year the province Blueprint for Solid Waste Management encourages 11 ties and large firms not to rely heavily on landfill sites as a means of watte disposal For the moment the Blueprint is an idea lie It being reviewed by industry and government and response read by the ministry of environment waste management branch It s a slow and careful approach to something which could be the back bone to guidelines and even legislation governing he way we treat our garbage In the future Firms like Halton Recycled Resources Ltd see a potential for profit in the garbage of others and they re working with municipalities to encourage trash separation in the home and workplace But without support from the public these efforts to find and use alternatives to landfill sites will simply bog down from lack of interest The Blueprint maintains that land fill sites will always be a part of the overall picture of waste disposal in the province everything can t be recycl even some of the b products of recycling and burning have to be burled The only way landfill sites can be reluctantly acceptable is by making them smaller longer lasting contain fewer harmless and harardous wastes The solution to the problem begins in the home adopting recycling not as a nuisance but as a way of life as common as cutting the lawn It can be swallowed a lot sweeter as a voluntary effort than at action demanded by law to stave off disaster You dont hear much about Anyone but Bourassa movement Write us a letter The Herald welcomes letters to the editor It is of utmost Import ance that all the letter are clearly legible Letters must be signed and include the telephone number and address of the sender Excessively long loiters may have to be edited due to space constraints Letters may be dropp ed off at the Herald or mailed to Guelph St Georgetown LG If you would like to write your Federal Member of Parliament or Member of the Provincial on some matter of Interest below are their mailing addresses Alto you send us a copy of your tetter It might be suitable for our letters to the editor column John McDcrmid Member of Parliament Brum ptonCeorge town Parliament Buildings Julian Reed Member of Provincial Parliament HaltonBurlington Ontario Legislature Queen Park Otto Jellnek Member of Parliament Hallon Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont Ottawa Report By Stewart Even Robert himself must be wondering at times whether his run of good fortune can continue at this pace Surely his political resurr ection can t be this easy Butsofar roses after another for the farmer Quebec premier as he breezes with uncommon ease back toward the leadership of the provincial Liberal party position he vacated with some humiliation back In 197S If the hawk nosed economist Is going to be diverted from his long sought goal of regaining the leader ship and Indeed the premiership It Is obviously going to require an inter cession of mammoth proportions At the moment there seems to be nothing on the horizon to stop him With the party leadership conven tion less than a month away and with all delegates selected It appears as though the former premier has some 300 of them committed to his cause That leaves only some 500 to be shared between his two rivals Daniel Johnson and Pierre And even allowing for a minor dlaater In the meantime should coast comfortably to victory on the first ballot NO TALK Just a month or so ago when his strength quite so obvious there was all this talk about the anyone But movement Federal Liber mode It clear they would prefer Just about any alternative and they had been secretly hoping that former finance minister Raymond Gameau would head off the former premier Prime Minister Trudeau Is one of those who does not hold In high esteem But now with the handwriting plainly on the wall you don t hear much about the anyone But movement not very much at all Instead what you bear are conversall about how a resurrected might get along with Brian when not If federal Tory leader becomes prime minister of Canada There it more than one assumption in the Works Bourassa is no doubt aware of the pitfall that awaited Calude Ryan the previous leader the Quebec Liberals who in his first few years was in the same enviable position When Ryan Jbe professorial newspaper editor took over from the disgraced Bourassa was scarcely a thought devoted to the possibility of him losing the next election to Rene Parti Under hit leadership the won 11 consecutive byelec and the i960 referendum on sovereignty association When called the provincial election It was widely assumed that this would be a mere coronation for Claude Ryan But it The Liberals were through the brilliant campaign strategy of the Levesque forces REPEAT POSSIBLE ItcouldhappentotheBourasss led Liberals at well But its on unlikely prospect Not only is Bourassa a far better campaigner than Ryan just look at how he organised delegates for the leadership convention but current events in Quebec are not particularly to the reelection of the Parti government Apart from facing severe economic problems voters In the province give every indication of being tired of the inde pendence issue and constant federal provincial bickering Bourassa who has a sharp eye for popular Issues seems to be gelling a warm reception with his proposals to take the rough edges off Quebec s controversial language laws and to seek a constitutional accord with Ottawa soon after being elected All things being considered it is very difficult to see how whose political career was in tatters Just five years ago can be stopped in his seemingly casual stroll back to the premiers office But even he must pinch himself at times to see whether it s really happening THIRTY YEARS Fa Saturday came close to selling a record in attendance as over crowded into the park on a perfect autumn day to enjoy a varied pro gram or races see the I and the excellent hall bit walk along the largest midway which has yet been assembled locally Cattle and horses again dominated the prize ring with a large poultry show also drawing attention The races were thrilling and the hall set a new high in exhibits with thirteen Women Institutes and local and district schools entering competitive displays Keen compel ti on was noted pari In the handicraft and domestic sciences section Miss Marjory of Milton had the most points in ladies work and won the Simpson Sears sliver tray Mrs frank ved Ackers bedspread as top domestic science prizewinner Mrs Well Wilson had most points in flowers and won two specials offered by Don Herrington and ChfHstes Biscuits Top point getter In the hall and winner of the Eaton tray was Mrs Norman Robertson of Acton TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO A per feet day crowned the efforts of directors of Esqucs cultural Society in present standout fall fair Georgetown Park Saturday It was a warm sunny afternoon with Just the right tang or in air The fair opened when tho Georgetown Senior Band paraded to the Judging stand where Hallon MP Sandy Best was introduced by fair board president Bird Mr Best congratulated the organization on a job well done and expressed his pleasure in he community a fall fair engenders both on rural and urban residents Vlnce Mountford or Brampton was emcee and kept grand stand spectators Informed of the program as races and livestock took place the The midway larger than Georgetowi Fair has seen in the past was well patronized and continual flow of spectators thronged the hall to sec displays which included domes and handicrafts flowers grain and vegetables school is and d splays by Institutes and groups The hall drew particularly favorable comments s year for both quant and quality of TFN YEARS AGO Reeve Tom Hilt of Esques ngTounshipls the mayor elect or lis today following Monday vote He owes his success to made into the Georgetown vole Reeve Hill polled 651 votes a seesaw battle with Georgetown mayor Bill Sm th who polled Other candidates in the four way mayoralty race were Georgetown councillors Phil B33 votes William Hunter 1 votes Voter Township was only 1 per cent although the was solidly in support of the Hill campaign This contrasts with the voter turnout of per cent In Ward a Georgetown ward Reeve Hill drew sufficient voles from ihe two Georgetown wards to put him over the top In Ward 1 most voters again went solidly behind Hill Voter turnout for that ward was per cent In Ward 3 of Georgetown voter turnout was per ONE YEAR AGO A Georgetown man Is hoping his invention will help our national hockey cam Team Canada kick the pants off those Russians A lawyer with the Brampton firm Pratt Edward Doug Edward Is keen on hockey fondness for watching and playing the game led him to create a gadget that when attached to a garden hose will flood a backyard rink with smooth sheet of Ice in Just 15 minutes This all started with me trying to figure out how I was going to make my son a backyard ice rink four years ago the 36year old Mr Edward said Now that his gadget is slowly becoming a marketable reality with major retailers clearing shelf space for it Mr Edward dreams of children with ty backyard rinks Improving their skating so that in IS years a super Team Canada will come home with resounding International successes in hockey Globe needs male singers By Morley and Lauretta Mills MELLOWNESS I like spring but It Is too young I like summer but It Is too proud So I like beat of all autumn because Its leaves are a little yellow its tonemellower ilscalouraricher and It is tinged a little with sorrow lugoldenrichnessspeakanotof the Innocence of spring nor or the power of summer but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom It knows the limitations of life and It Is content A year ago a Home Care Program was set up in Region Its aim to help frail and elderly persons to remain In their own homes for a longer period Tin of this program Is Mrs Fran at This program Is divided Into Acute Home Care and Chronic Home Care OH IP For both a fullycompleted medical referral particularly your medication is required from your doctor This Is followed by a visit from a nurse who will make an assessment Acute Home Care Is intended for hose who need specific medical care for short periods This plan provides for two visits a week from a professional health service such as a nurse physiotherapist or a speech therapist as needed Chronic Home Care Is Intended to help those who need continuing care This plan provides for a minimum of three visits a month from a professional service Visiting are available as support service while a patient Is receiving health assistance under these plans The Halton Hills Health Unit conducts free monthly clinics at Seniors residences in Georgetown and Acton At these clinics the public health nurses provide footcaro health assess assistance with meal planning and diets as well as counselling For those who live in their awn homes a clinic is held at the office at Main St Georgetown the third Thursday of each month starting at 1 m For an appointment coll Any Seniors Interested Male singers are urgently needed by Globe Productions for their upcoming musical Call Gerry at