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the HERALD Suggestions of games within games Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario GARNET COWSILL Publisher and General Manager J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager 877 2201 Ml Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednes October IS Tough times It a tough time to be a teenager It s unrealistic to believe every young adult can cope with life when their walls seem to collapse all around them There s an appalling lack of services for teens in north Halton Teens that need help in Halton Hills being given the care they deserve It s not the fault of our health care providers already in place They re doing a fine job But there are more services that can be offered to our young adults Two examples For one there is a large gap in mental health services for Halton children especially north Halton s children There is a Burlington Children s Assess and Treatment Centre but they are underfunded and have a waiting list Two years ago and since provincial grants have been turned down for treatment centre offices in Acton Georgetown and Milton Secondly a Drug Abuse Committee was formed in to help disuade children from using drugs and to help those who had drug problems Although is improving their ser vices there is so much more this hard working group wants to do Foremost on the mtnds of committee members is a drug rehabilitation centre in Previously they have sent addicts to a treatment centre in North Bay for rehabilitation Another program they wish to carry out is a follow up program to help support former addicts recently released from drug treatment centres If you think these types of programs won t help think of the vandalism in your community Imagine a family member or relation who is coping with mental health or drug addiction problems Think for a moment what it would be like if treatment facilities were overcrowded or there was a long waiting list or there was nothing at all available What can be done We have three suggestions Support the work of by joining them Oct for their March Against Drug Abuse The walk leaves from Burger King in Georgetown between 9 10 a m A new committee of concerned parents are sponsoring a public meeting Oct to talk about the need for additional services for youths and teens with mental health pro blems It starts at m at Bishop Reding High School formerly Speyside P S Lastly consider a donation to the United Way North requires more social services many of them will benefit teens directly A successful United Way will help to fund the agencies lacking in funds If you want to help you can It s a matter of getting in volved in your community Survey support There s good news and bad news for art lovers as revealed through a recently published survey The Halton Hills Arts Council study is a valuable docu ment outlining many positive directions the Council can take in the future Indeed there are many opportunities for arts people to exploit that the good news Respondents felt there should be more concerts per cent and more arts and entertainment in parks 42 per cent People felt that arts and entertainment adds to our community by development of homegrown talent per cent Other positive news is that local theatre is a top for residents followed by live music and original crafts respectively The cold hard truth hurts however Less than 20 per cent of the respondents knew about Arts CouncU services and had never utilized any of them The study shows here that a more visible Arts Council is required to promote the good work they are doing in the community voluntarily we might add Blacks beautiful in your hometown TORONTO A matter o Or Just a man who sow his chance and took IP New Democrat David Ramsay a farmer from the town area of northeastern Ontario has crossed Ihe floor of the legislature It Is a venerable tradition signal a switch In allegiance by a member of the legislative from one party to another Ramsay has joined the Liberals Why he did it Is the obvious ques tion In press reports reaching here Ramsay announced the switch from his riding Ramsay made three points One is that he could do mort for the riding on the government side of the Assembly The second is that his presence in the Liberal caucus would strengthen northern representation on the Grit benches where currently the only sitting member from north of the French River is the interest battered Rene Fontaine Third he been Impressed by the Liberal commitment to the North But that is too easy It is hard to believe Ramsay a Queens Park lly Derek Nelson newcomer In the 1885 election would have crossed the floor if he I thought the Liberals were going to win the next provincial election It is only eight months away Cynics around Queen Park believe Ramsay has been bought and paid for meaning he has been promised a cabinet seat he crossed the floor to help shore up the Grits weak northern flank The suggestion Is that he could be made northern development minister when Premier David Peterson shuffles his cabinet In January Ramsay denies he has been pro mised anything In fact some Liberals here hint Ramsay may be rejected by the Grit caucus There are suggestions of games within games here Still there Is little doubt that Ram the Liberals although not ly to cross the floor Conservative leader Larry Grossman said the contact man in Ramsay case was Education Minister Sean Conway This is all fair politics From those who know Ramsay and from what he has said and done around here It Is clear he is one of those on the ideological wing of FIRST THE m LEAVING his now former party He ll have no trouble fitting in with the Liberals unless they don t cept him of course although Ram say thinks they already have done so Besides the lure of cabinet and Its power with the fawning staff the Ilmoslnes and all is strong When they were in opposition the Grits believed every floorcrossing and retirement In the past 10 years four come to mind was or chestrated by the then Conservative government The objective then was either to have an incumbent who would run as a Tory or who would leave the seat vacant to give a Conservative the chance at It Or so the Liberals said Designated spokesman for the Liberals on the day Ramsay moved was Environment Minister Jim Bradley who was all halo and In noccncc Hes unaware of approaches by any New Democrats which tells you only that no one has passed the word to Bradley But why believe him any more than he used to believe the Corner va lives Ramsay should have one worry The recent track record of floor crossers t been good Both from Liberal to Conservative have been beaten at the next election Staff comment Ah black must be a popular color this season Even more popular looks to be black on black I say this because as I look out the Herald window I see yet another Georgetown District High School student strolling downtown swathed inlayersof black To see this in Georgetown takes getting used to You have to admit its not a common sight In a com where baseball caps and T Growing up In Toronto I used to see a lot of this black on black look They were the Italian and Por tuguese grandma who once their partner in life pass ed away would dedicate themselves to an all black wardrobe to honor the dead In many European and African village women are to black after the death of a loved one A depressing certainly slimming prospect for the bereaved Ask any woman how to low five pounds instantly and she tell you wear black The only one it Citizens forum Keep donations in town In your opinion fool unfortunately Is my mother As Georgetown many re cent immigrants compared to the more International Toronto it a bit of a shock to the eye to see a black swathed figure on Street and another shock to recognize a fresh young face hidden under the black wraps So what up What happened to the love of the young for the glitzy eyecatching shiny and shimmering fabrics Why are they into black all black now asked GDHS student services teacher Mavis ONell She says perhaps 30 out of the students at the high school are into all black that snot really that many She says its the heavy metal bands bands like Helix White Snake Ozzie Osborne David Lee Roth and Black Sabbath whose members wear a lot of leather and black that are Influencing the dress of some students Not to despair She says the all black look Isn going to over the student population If anything students dress Is more dressy over the last couple of TAN years especially with the girls probably Mrs 0 Nell says A few years ago because we rarely girls in a It was different and to do So the next time your kid asks you whatever you for some money to go clothes want with your and wear lection first Then you wont be In whatever you for any surprises Dears The Red Cross Is now a partner In the recently established United Way of II lis You will no longer have a Bed Cross volunteer call for your support In March hut ralhcr we arc ask for your help mm In our first ted Way th Red Cross is a principal member of the United Way and through your support will be able to con to a vancly of com services such is blood donor water safely programs first ad courses emergen and seniors services loaning of sickroom and youth pro grams When the canvassers call on you this month they be able to pro vide you with information about United Way and also the various methods of contribution Some or you may already be to United Way through payroll lions In the area In which you work However if you work outside of Hills please be aware that should you require assistance from one of the member agencies such as Red Cross this assistance will come from area In which you live Halton Hills and not from I hi area In which you work Therefore we urge you to designate lion to the United Way of lis This can be done at any time contacting your payroll department and asking them forward jour payroll deductions to United Way of Hills Box Hills Georgetown 4Y5 By doing this you can make the A and help us to Yours truly Nancy Sen I the Relations Red Crow Clearing mistakes for the record A letter was received by The Herald about on article written July 30 about the A Williams In Agency Ltd and a local vicepresident the editor of Canadian Journal of Lite Insurance listed a number of mistakes which appeared In the story Below are a list of the Inaccuracies 1 The A Williams company Is not an Insurance company ALW sells life Insurance policies Issued by life Insurance companies The Herald story called the company an agency on first reference but on se cond reference It was called an American based insurance com The article stated that It t until June that the Ontario Supreme Court ruled that part time sales staff could be used to sell life Insurance in Canada Mr outlines that before the ruling it was common In areas of low population or communities to licence part time life insurance agents Also the nil by Justice Alvln Rosenberg relatedonly to Ontario not Canada 3 According to Mr figures quoted from Time Magazine arc Incorrect Whole life policies do not make up about 89 per cent of the S market but rather term in amounts to per cent of the S market Your story echoes the myth that It AWL sells term in while representatives of traditional life companies do not Mr writes Support World Food Day r October 16 World Food Day an opportunity for all lo reflect on the Importance of dealing with the issues of global hunger and food pro Hems The Ontario World Day CoOrd noting Committee a coal I lion of voluntary and private sector organizations government cics businesses and Individuals World Food Day is com mem orated in 147 countries and honours the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture on A In C be the International Year of Peace the Oniario World Food Day Co Ordinal tig Comm wishes to stress the importance of solving world food problems lo a more peaceful I community The theme for his year World Food Day Food Water and Fisheries Each year the world fresh water supply depleted due to increased usage desert call on This has ra the issue of how lo create new Including research into on of ocean water and more efficient ways store and transport fresh waler As well the continued depletion of the earth fisheries creates new problems for the large proportion of the population dependent on f for surv It s ve that these be addressed in the near future There no simple solution to the world hunger problem However through Increased awareness and efforts to address the situation it still possible for the world to feed itself We have the technology the es ore there The developed world needs lo take a more active role in the pro our international survival depends on it World Food Day on October 16 will bnng I hose issues in lo focus a solution to world hunger can found Sincerely yours Marilyn J Sanders Chairman World Food Day Coordinating Committee Send us a letter Whats in store for Halloween ANGELA PA A MICHAEL witch costume I may teeth It s a JONATHAN HARL MILLER Me I m going to be a a want to be a punk and three friends black cat I ve I fake and spike my of mine are going been one Maybe I to dress up and be before I going know where the wear a lot or Ihe ghost busters max black white apron and mask Is but my chains I don We II wear gray dancing suit and black shoes III mom won buy it think Id wear slacks and gray black leotards put on green for me yet makeup but III Jackets and one of and black makeup color wear fancy pants us will make the and white makeup my nails patches Dick Is the Liberal candidate for who will compete In the next federal election He is a lawyer In Milton and the nephew or school teacher Miss Young meet In Memorial Hall of St John United Church Officers of the com mlttee ore Clifford Found presl dent Percy Barker vice president Will am Rochester secretary treasurer and James Spafora song leader The East Georgetown Ratepayers Association met at toriutn to elect new officers was chairman of meet ng in wh Clare Francis Jack Frank Cnrmichael Porter and Bernard Cassell Thompson was elected dent of the lawn bowling club Jack was elected first vice- dent and Albert is the new second v president 15 years ago Mayor Jim of B ramp- Ion presented Georgetown Mayor Smith a pair of shoes Mayor Smith had the low net at the Howard Golf Day at the Georgetown Golf and Country Club Douglas chard started his duties as Georgetown new clerk administrator The newly created position makes him the senior municipal employee Three local ch got lo see star or stars of The Littlest Hobo The four German Shepherds Thorn London Hobo and Venus were greeted by Linda Gray and Doug Allen of and Paul Cargill of Acton A new shoe store opened up at the Market Centre Ted opened Gordon Quality Shoes Mr name is Gordon 10 years ago At a dinner of the Acton Chamber of Commerce Isobel Watson librarian In Acton for over years learned a room in the library will be named after her She was also honored as Acton Citizen of the Year The Senior Rebelettes basketball team lost their opening game lo lieTrafalgar High School Top scorers for Georgetown in the loss were Charlene Milton with nine points and Sue Alexander with eight With the help of three members of the defunct Georgetown Chrysler fastball team tho York Merchants defeated Sudbury to become OASA Intermediate fastball champions BUI Tilt Carl Wagier Bob Mar and Ray Ingles played for the York Mtrchants ke Dixon continues to show he is worth the running scholarship he rece from East Tennessee State The Ireshmon runner finished 16th in the prestigious Indiana In vita 5 years ago After winning an Ontario gym nasties crown lost spring Georgetown Dave Bootle Is prac tlslng with Ihe York University gym nasties team Bottle was Ontario a best all round gymnast He first the pommels and vault and second in the parallel bars The Georgetown high school cross country team won the second annual Invitational in Kit Doug Smith won the senior boys race and Chris Ferguson won the midget boys event The Georgetown high school Rebels football team came from behind to defeat White Oaks Bloke Harrison scored the only Rebel touchdown Gary Morrow ad ded winning point with a convert Experienced actress Lois Elliott is making her local debut in a Georgetown Little Theatre play Not Now Darling Lois played the role for the Phoenix Players in