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the HERALD Its easier to milk the taxpayers Mlllc Re fa hi I hurl mi Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown L7G 3Z6 Ontario DON BRANDER Publisher and General Manager PAUL Advertising Manager Phone bctHMiiiunuviwmi Page SECTION A THE HERALD 1MB Caught in a mess Halton Hills council finds itself in the grasp of a dilemma faced by many other municipalities what to do with Ian downers who dont have the community pnde to keep their properties up to acceptable standards Every village town and city has its share of unsightly residences In Halton Hills where community is abundantly evident these eyesores are glaring so much as they re the exception to the rule Where larger cities may have particular sections where poverty is rampant and thus properties are the rule Hills has only intermittent pockets But this doesnt make them any less disgusting for those who must put up with them on a day today basis or for those who merely drive through the community and draw their conclusions of Halton Hills by what they see The problem lies in the fact that many unsightly proper ties are owned by people who dont have to put up with the mess on a daily basis absentee landlords Taking money from the community through their owner ship of property is first and foremost in their minds For the municipality to arbitrarily force absentee landlords to clean up properties is a long drawn out pro cess And by the time satisfaction is gained there are five more cases to deal with With an issue like Sunday shopping the provincial government seems content to allow municipalities to tend their own house But when it comes to cleaning that house local govern merits are left with their hands tied Give from the heart Volunteers are the backbone of Canadas blood pro gram Of all the aspects of the Blood Program the most important is the procurement of blood and people are the resource which make this service possible Volunteers especially those who give blood but also those who assist in the running of the clinics are the backbone of the Canadian Red Cross Societys Program They give generously of their time and energy to ensure that the gift of life is always available to those who need it These dedicated volunteers come from all walks of life schools service clubs fraternal organizations and chur dies Some may have no group affiliation Business firms government departments and other organizations also help by supplying space for clinics and by giving employees time off to donate blood Blood donor recruitment is organized by Red Cross Divi sions in every province Division and branches share the responsibilities of organizing each blood donor clinic or providing volunteer help of recruiting the many donors needed and of providing refreshments to donors Every day in this country about 6000 units of blood or blood products are transfused Though science continues to find ways to improve the use of blood nothing can replace the canng people at the heart of the whole process The Volunteer Blood Donors Their generosity has made it possible for the Red Cross to supply blood FREE to all hospitals in Canada Wont you join the long list of volunteers and attend the clinic on Monday May at Holy CrossAuditonum bet ween the hours 30and8 pm from your local Red Cross Hail and farewell the season in an exhibition match with a Burlington club Anyone wishing to meet Paul or inform him of their sporting activity Is welcome to call or drop into the office Otherwise he be very visible pounding Ihe sports beat at local athletic fields and boll diamonds No wonder iTiaMJiir Hot Nixon t in the dairy business anymore lies found a lot Allhoukh likes to be is Thrifty Hob you sure I it from his budget It Is likl est tax grab in Ontario hlstorj If t ills lost If calculated annually in mctn SIT in iddi Bui tint lie second ycir hike of per tin I in lv income tax addition to another one per the width should push tax rati tic SI billion The personal h irt to offset per tint of reductions Hi it would is result from tht Oiling in tin federal ix Hut Hit kty is tit of retail sales tax to light from in I alone Si billion Tht mux ist is a of the ml I ibtril lilin I heir sp ti Editors notebook By Mike Turner Herald Editor Is very often time for and goodbyes and this Is certainly the case here at the Herald In the hello department the news staff is pleased to welcome Paul Svoboda to the fold as Sports Editor To answer the first question you probably have No Paul Is not related to Peter of the Montreal Canadiens None less he shares a keen Interest In sports Paul was originally born In Midland but grew up and went to school in Belleville He attended the University of Toronto for Iwo years and was a student at Col lege in London tailing physical education In the goodbye department there seem to be few mare messages to pass along Red and Jean Asscitinc 111 out Tor the north last weekend to make their new home in Elliot Lake Sounds like they scouted out the best fishing spots before deciding on where to settle Just a few weeks ago I was speak with this year recipient of the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Coun ell Award and Red happened to mention he was even considering getting back into hockey again He said he Intends to see how things are done up there and then he II make a decision At any rate in or out of hockoy Elliot Lake Is picking up a couple of pretty good people Another goodbye is In order for Donna who was Sheridan Col lege coop student working at the Herald for the last several months Donna did an excellent job and developed a reporter It not surprising that the Canadian Statesman was quick to scoop her up from this year a field of graduating writers We all wish Donna the best of luck as she embarks on what will un boa fine career I Queens Park ItvDrekNtlson any apologies Its Mum Tin claims spending in Tenses if only per tent Hut tint over in actual iil from last yeir The proposed is 10 per cent liLhtr an the amount Int Liberals I roposed in tht 10B7 budget Ihjt lux hike exceeds the In economy And it thit Grit spending will have frown obcul 10 cent per all f irs bet in power This assumes of course that the projected figures actually as ruling in spending rather tli in is is happened in the first Dree I budgets us a floor to during is to ly I spending Ihe Liberals have gone for such dramatic tax increases Their revenues would have grown more than eight per cent without any tax increase at a time when infla lion is leas than per cent Nixon make for it We are investing in both the public and private sectors to keep Ontario dynamic compassionate and competitive The budget builds on our record of responding to legitimate com needs for quality health ex cellence In education social assistance and affordable housing he said Interestingly however the Treasurer shows some sensitivity to the charge that the Grits have let spending get out of control A chart showing per capita provin expenditures Is emphasized in the budget document It shows On spending Is still below the average per capita spending of the 10 provinces Ontario climbs to seventh from eighth In rank RESPONSIBILITY Nixon repeated the claim thai the government is operating within a framework of fiscal responsibility which means only that it keeps its revenues high enough to pay for most of Its spending And that s why tax raid was needed Other charts in the budget point out how borrowing continues to decline and how the debt burden has fallen from a peak of IB per cent of provincial gross domestic product in 1963 to less than 16 per this year And Ihe percentage of annual revenue required to pay Interest on the public debt has dropped from to 112 per cent during the Liberal years But those good news figures are a consequence of boom times of a milk cow fed the sweetest of sum grasses Winter must come eventually Even Nixon warns In the budget that if health care costs continue to escalate at rates experienced In the recent past other social and economic priorities will be placed at risk Citizens Its time to wake up and look Dear People of Georgetown Please wake up Our is about to be polluted by big business and no one seems to care Hit ire some facts on the proposed dunipsile at the Acton Quarry 1 GeorgHiwn now gets it fresh clean wnttr from scun wells There arc also thousinds of wills in North The proposed dumpsite is on a divide That means lhat nil water runs down from it toward Georgetown Underground which feeds Black Creek the Credit and wells flows from the The quarry is limestone based Limestone porous iter gir poisons can seep through to underground streams Big business including United Aggregates Ontario Ccnunt Construction art in the proposal If the quarry becomes a Ihey could moke millions dollars They are gcstingallncr In we have ongoing earth tremors caused naturally and by blasting Flash flooding Is problem here No one can the effectiveness of J liner Stout villes liner leaked The quarry is large now to accept garbage next years The same own acres of land in the immediate A treatment plant has been suggested These do not remove all chemical poisons or tar cancer from This dump Is pnyitoly owned and would not come under all rules municipal dumps do Garbage from anywhere will come into this dump conveniently run along tht south end of the site 10 The Ministry of the fcnvinn has turned down this dump twice before Now government is growing desperate for The proponents have resources expensive ball 1c Write to our Wall Park Ontario Sign Get info or Join POWER group opposing the dump are other dumpaiUs arc ecologically safer however they in politically areas Clearing up confusion Recently businesses and organizations have received re quests for support from the Cancer Society As result of pliant tails to our offices we ire writing iu to up any con fusion that flit tu dmn Society is nit or connected in my i to Research S lilt which is a rLnm Prior to IJH1 Cancer Research s fund raising efforts lined to Province of IJuilxc Hut that lime hey hue solicited funds nil across I inula most of their gr mis ire Confined to Que hit Let show Queen Park that lulls is equally politically sen We II fight Yours truly Gail Rutherford Georgetown Tlu I Of mid is done through tin Institute of with about per cent of fundinc provided the Cana in As fir as we able to ascertain the I has received any fun in Cancer Research Soci Society est is thf national ilion which provides isftlstiinec to cancer patients in a of ways including drugs dressings transportation to It Is also involved in in ixtinsive public education No such lire provided by Hi Rest irch Society Inc of the modi in Cancer Soeic- wish this information In fore you to up any confusion 1 tin lit Yours sincerely Barbara Johnson I relations chairperson Must act quickly Dear Sir It would appear lhat possibly Reclamation Systems proponents of Acton dump has In side informal ion Observations by Councillor Sheldon about the berm now rounding the proposed would indicate preparation of the site for something Making the area more appealing to the eye by hiding It will In no way diminish the effects of pollution that eventually will find its way to local wells Wells that supply Georgetown and Acton with much needed water Unfortunately when these wells become polluted there is no turning back The Hooker Chemical Co New York Slate did not intentionally create the Love Canal According to Douglas Hal let t this could be the first of a scries of dumps Should expect a berm around other gravel pits potential dumps lea or because this Is a private commercial venture maybe we can expect a competition for business lower dumping rates Sun day dumping and 24hour dumping How long before competition and profits outweigh the value of clean drinking water and fresh country air Hills Is blessed empty dumps and unless we stop this quickly may find ourselves on the receiving end Sincerely Don McQueen In your opinion paper mill dam in Glen Williams Got a hot fishing spot After working three years in CA programs Tie attended Sheridan College for Journalism and graduated just over a year ago Paul a first placement in the field was along the shores of Lake Huron at tho Kincardine News where he handled sports and general repec Fortunately for Paul he t have to give up his favorite sport by moving so far north While there he pi with the Kincardine r rui nth Western Ontario Rugby Union Since arriving in Georgetown last week Paul waste any time hooking up with another team Saturday he had hit first outing of And lost but not least one more goodbye is in order Mike takes up a new tlon this week with Ihe Chatham Dal ly News In the accounting deport after a year as the Herald accountant As pencil pushers go Mike a pretty good guy and again wish him all the best In the future However hc will be subjected to a thorough search Thursday before he leaves to ensure no paper clips are leaving the office without proper authorization Just a final note to Thanks for setting me straight and 1 humbly apologize It nice to see there arc still people particular about where Ihey put their periods SCOTT It depends want to fish vol has stream for trout SANDRA what you This is a good plnct for Nor This is fun for the a good kids too rainbow J I 1 It PAULINE KELLY FRANCIS Right hero We Here at the Norval drove all day to get for rainbow trout and dam Because here Wo ve been to has lota of there slots of fish every fishing hole all day 30 years ago Georgetown made a clean sweep in the North Halton music festival for urban schools winning all seven classes Winners included Yvonne Sloan Heather Arnold Sylvia Ellis Andrew DeBoer Leonard Taylor Jacqueline Shepherd Mary Jean Tucker Pamela Turnbull and Paul Marko Mrs Sloan was elected presi dent of the Chapel Street home and school association during their an nual meeting at the school Georgetown was honored by the Canadian Highway Safety Con fcrence with a Special Citation Award for the distinction of having completed 19B7 without one fatal traffic accident The Georgetown Lions Club won first prize and at the Region Rally at Credit Valley Golf and Country Club 15 years ago Mr and Mrs G Wellington Wilson were honored at an open house and dinner or their wed ding anniversary The celebrants received about l5 at the Canadian Legion Hall Mayor Bill Smith grinned widely as he snipped the ribbon to officially open the new Restaurant while owners Hank and Betty Fang and daughter J rue watched Danny Shorn and Margie Morton were in the Knox Church Acton with Rev of floating Winners of the hidden score in group the women section of the I O D bridge marathon which started January were Herbert and Mrs Muriel Baxter 10 years ago Local weather lady Scott said hat inches of rain fell April In 1978 as opposed to IS in ches in An inch of rain distributes 000 gallons of water on an acre of land Bub Hargrove was the new ad assistant for the direc tor of Canadian region of the United Auto Workers Hc was the former representative for Brampton Mississauga and Georgetown About supporters acclaimed Peel Duffcrin MP Ross Milne as Liberal candidate for the federal riding of Brampton Georgetown A near miss by a wet sponge leaves Jasper Megellnk soaked Jasper was one of the Knox Presbyterian youths who was behind the scenes at the Youth Carnival 5 years ago Rotary Club Bowlathon winners were honored at the Club dinner held at the North Golf and Country Club The Rotary team consisted of Susan Kayo Fryer Millie Couiens Marie Simpson Mae Ward and Cathy McGowan Acton running star smashed three records at the Redmond Track Meet at St Michaels College Fred presented a tlflcate to Ron Libbenga of Georgetown for the largest speckled trout caught on opening weekend of the Irout season WRITE US Want to share your feel ings on any subject with the community The Herald welcomes tet ters to the editor on any topic and from anyone who has the urge to write We only ask that the let ters be signed with name address and phone number In case we must call to check some detail We will not print unsigned letters nor will we use pseudonyms Now all thats left for you to do is pick up the pen Ad dress your mall to Letter to the Editor Street Georgetown On tario L7G3Z6