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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown L7G 3Z6 Ontario GARNET Publisher and General Manager DAVE Editor Phone I STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager Pane hLCTIONA Wednesday August 0 Hesitant vote Councillors have had nearly nine years of complaints aired in their council chamber by disgruntled neighbors of the Croatian Cultural Centre Last week at a public meeting they took a hardline stand with the Centre hoping to put an end to the regular complaints about noise traffic trespassing smoke and lit by the neighbors By saying no to the Centre ap plication to make changes on its Norval property hopes to keep these neighbors home happily ten ding their goats or plowing their fields home instead of in the council chambers complaining In an 8 to vote last week councillors voted down the Centre s application even though the Centre was willing to keep maximum attendance down to cars or peo pie at any one function put up fences and trees and enter into a site development agreement with the town to do all these things The wisdom of that decision obviously t sit too wed with councillors who Monday night again by an to 5 vote deferred the Centre application until some lions can be worked out by the town the Centre and its neighbors to these neighborhood problems This is a farsighted step council is taking Through an agreement into which it will have input the town will have more control over the use of the Centre and hopefully neighbors chins will stop wagging We disagree with councillors saying no to the Centre last week Hoping the Centre will give up its plans and sell out is hoping for too much All the Centre has done over the years is enjoy its land and show the town to be weak when it comes to handling noise smoke and trespassing viola tions It was a tough decision for council and more tough deci sions will follow rights must be acknowledged However it hard not to acknowledge also that the Cen tre s past record of cooperation with its neighbors isn t a spotless one It s the one thing that stands between it and council support for the Centre Welcome on deck What s handsome and spanking new in Acton The Pro spect Park boathouse of course Despite being plagued by vandalism during construction the and snackbar are now ready to handle the crowds It was back in February that the fledgling town council approved 140 for the 2 square foot boathouse Recreation Director Tom Sheppard wanted It s got cedar shingles and a roof that extends over a wooden deck perfect for idling those lazy days off when the sun s too strong at the park You can beat the view over Fairy Lake and the swimming area Saturday join in the celebrations planned for the official opening of the A fancy ceremony and picnic is planned by the recreation department All are welcome You can check out that deck too while the youngsters take part in games below from noon to 2 m For Fairy Lake the serves to centralize park activities making it easierjfor town staff to supervise them In the long run it may help make for quick responses to swimming or boating accidents and prevent tragedies Acton has seen in the past Life without television Comment Come on dear let go lo and see what on the tube Chances are some of the people standing in Ihe television of department stores watching the last minutes of Jaws or The Blues Brothers are not considering buying a VCR They are there because they don have a television of their own I don own a television and you might find me watching an flick at Where else can you see wonderful movies in the privacy of your town department store Giving up television does not necessarily save money What is saved in electricity and cable Is spent going to the movies on gas lo friends homes who have televisions or on long distance calls to the Drivein only to find out that Friday the 13th has been resurrected once The greatest savings arc measured In hours Not that the glue ballcouch potato still apply It just t as chronic In stead of sitting down or the more desired position lying down before the glow box one tends to lie down and read Books are man best friends if he does not have a television or a dog II there Is a wall of books making you feel guilty every time you pass them give up on TV for a night or two Put a scratch or bend In that library card by using It did and I don feel much better for it Reading books Is just fine At least it Is a step toward doing more valuable things with the hours in the day If that happens to be the aim Changing channels of life by not watching television doesn I make me fill up my lime with self im projects I thought It might I am no trimmer my guitar playing has not improved my French Is no better However I am a better Scrabble player don t fee I am accomplishing all I thought I would be Perhaps 1 am still a rookie after three months without TV I hope that when I get a television and I plan to soon that I will remember all the ways the hours can be used Whether one has a television or not It still takes discipline and deter mlnatlon to accomplish What is meaningful have found I ha I change is in ihe heart and not In what is distracting it A matter of need in the north Park II llirek Tht decision by the Liberals to move about So staff positions the North Is good politics Whether it another Still politically it is And it will without the North It the Liberals commitment lo northern and diversification of economy in concrete terms These are real jobs mov ng North many of which will likely be filled b local people And new buildings to specialized needs are going to erected to the various parts of good govern men ministries going there As Premier David Peterson an id the transfers will to some extent offset the resource bused dependence of the North There is a sometimes used ruleof thumb that the ripple effect from each of those staff jobs will generate three more jobs in the local economy elsewhere mainly In Sudbury But if it is good thing for the North and for the Liberals political chances in ihe next election it is less dear that it is good government The cost will be enormous pro bably more than million More important such moves art disruptive both for staff and in the loss of efficiency that comes from divorcing portions of ministries from the centre of both bureaucrat and private sector tor bury yet most of the people it deals with the exploration departments of mining companies ore In head of flees in Toronto And how hard It can be on staff is illustrated by the move to Kingston that the Conservatives ordered OHIP to undertake in 1980 It involved almost as many staff positions as the Grit move to the North and took two and onehalf years lo accomplish What is most striking is that while staff positions were transferred only 83 people actually moved The same rallo may or may not apply in the current move The suspicion is that different programs will transfer at different rates For instance It Is said that when the conservatives moved about staff post l ions of the Aviation and Fire Management Centre to the North in 197B only one person didn t go ist wonder if the Hills or Counties arc waiting till dies before they do icthlng about the Town Line the intersection of the eighth and Ninth Lines There was a accident a of weeks ago at Ihe Ninth and the Town Line where many hurt Between the and Citizens forum Four way stops needed Line there arc sin children living in homes and the parents are afraid to let them ride bikes because of the speed of the cars and trucks they all do more than the speed limit Something must be done ere should be four way stops put at the Eighth and Ninth Lines or a flashing light which would slow the traffic down If there is anyone who would agree to this letter and is interested in doing something about this and gie me your name Sincerely Andrea Monte RR5 Georgetown Invitation to smell the flowers at towns most beautiful garden We were Indeed honored and pleased upon learning that our home and garden had been rated by the Horticultural Society tht most beautiful among those entered in the competition At the same time we must concede that we have many advantages over other contestants in the siting of the property and in the lime available to develop it to its pre sent state Because the competition is in tended to act as an incentive to home owners generally to beautify their surroundings we believe there should be at least two categories of properties con to enable smaller homes to compete This would be primarily In garden arrangements and floral display where extensive landscap ing is not a factor The fostering of more neighborhood competition would be an asset We note in your that Gardens may be seen at owner discretion We that those interested in viewing our property may be reluctant to invade our privacy We therefore invite any interested persons to visit site on Sal Aug from 10 a m to 3 p m andor Sun Aug from 1 to at which time one Us should been hand Visitors should expect too much expertise on horticultural matters arc asked to please not park Inside the grounds Albert and Margaret 9 Confederation St Glen Williams province WRITE US A LETTER keep jour letter to the point The maximum length Is the nation and words The Herald reserves the right to edit all letters a la length good taste and possibly libelous material he world We ore interested In opinion The Herald Invites Us readers express Ihelr opinion through our citiicn f section Ml Inters must be signed and 1 1 elude an Your phone number should be listed In order for us verily the itlgnalure please Send your let The Herald Street I In your opinion Question What have you done i your summer holidays this year A fulfilling summer POETS CORNER likely to take people North than the 14 or so mining health and safety posts In the Labor Ministry Witch now do most of their worftfjn the North The biggest single shift course is the lobs in Northern Develop ment and Mines going to Sudbury That includes people in th On tario Geological Survey and the mineral resources branch as well as Kin planning and administration But it will also be major shift sending the positions in Ihe Natural Resources Ministry s forest resources group to Ihe All Ihese moves will take time Trn7 will cost a fortune disrupt lives and increase inefficiency And their real aim Is to help the Grits gain a bridgehead in the North beyond Rene Cochrane North riding Still they also help the nor Ontario economy and reduce the psychological Isolation thai many Northerners feel from government All In all perhaps a fair trade Halton s History from our files years ago Ihe farm of Mac Alexander In Norval won the field crop competition sored by the Halton Agricultural Society Second place went James of Georgetown Miss Beatrice Hume of Main Street North will be given the Federation of Teachers lion highest honor She will receive an honorary membership at tie Mtti annual dinner of the organization which has 17 members Peter received a telegram for the Minister of National Defence stating he was accepted as an Air Force cadet He will receive officer training at Royal Roads College in British Columbia The Vickie Lay school of dancing is preparing to re open In Georgetown The school operated In the auditorium of Knox Presbyterian Church and had boy and girl dancers last year years ago real Poets Diversify Many alone Or In couplets A few lose all reason And Rhyme on forever lour Ante diet Aurora Before day Dawn He arose and ill I ly Descended from the mountain By ROBERT Acton The Bard of definite goals for myself this sum as opposed to ihe previous one said Tom Our family Id say the That is Nova J highlight was J- and It was bumming around when was away as the highlight of with my bud on holidays tour wise its been a good summer said on tour summer t renovating the personally the mansions M in becauso we hod We ve house said we been ante lo in Newport been Ihere been going out Bruce Andrews get out and enjoy Rhode Island S l record before said heading to the It a lot of work our new Cor said Jeir bad Dave liking was bench on the A lot more Hum and get out Imfts weekends for some picnics Milk Board Chairman don Sinclair crowned Pat Murray of Acton Dairy Princess in a ceremony on the Murray farm Pat will represent at the dairy princess competition at the National Exhibition Wanda Bryan of Gairey Drive arrived home from the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto She under Arlene Crawford daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Crawford of Durham Street married George Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs Ferguson of 111 Cres They are making their home in Georgetown Professional wrestler Haystack Calhoun was part or the feature event on the wrestling card at Georgetown Memorial Arena Calhoun teamed up with in a match against The Love Brothers 10 years ago Whiting will host a weekly half hour show on Cable featuring interesting conversation and new ideas He said his one term In political office in Ottawa will help him because he has been involved in television prduction from he other side Marlon Faulkner Is the only female in Canada registered as a member of the Canadian Society of Club Managers She is the manager of the North Golf and Country Club Ward voters are showing they support Councillor Morrow who Is circulating petitions opposing proposed municipal complex He said he plans to Introduce a motion council to halt the architectural planning tor the complex Mike Dixon finished far behind the winner of he metre rate at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships held in Sudbury Mike who will be attending East State University on an athletic scholarship said he has been training for cross country and did not expect to do well In the track years ago Georgetown announced nominees for the Outstanding Young Farmer Nominees from Hills include beef farmer Paul Hamilton from Acton and dairy farmer Lea of Georgetown Georgetown Bruce Mclntyre placed fourth in the 10 metre final at the Canada Games in Thunder Bay The runner finished seconds behind the winner from British Columbia Pelvic injuria gained In a motor cycle crash may prevent Jon Corn well from winning the Canadian Dirt Track championship The 19yearold Georgetown resident Is recovering in a Calgary hospital after he hit by a fellow driver during the restart of the class half mile competition Marjorie of Georgetown will be presenting a mixed media art exhibition at the library cultural centre The Market Street resident served as the chief librarian In Georgetown for many yearn