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THE HERALD Wednesday May 31 Page 30 years ago Over children took part in the county music festival this year it was reported at the annual meeting of the festival executive Representatives from Trafalgar and Oakville of the south urban area and the north urban area comprising Stewarttown Norval Milton Acton and Glen Williams turned out strong to make the meeting a success in numbers and enthusiasm Dr Charles Wilson music director for Georgetown high school directed and conducted a production of Gilbert and Sullivans Mikado for three even ings last week in Guelph The members of the cast were all from Guelph and district the orchestra of 17 pieces had a number of the members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra The members of the cast wore the costumes recently used by CBC for their per formance 15 years ago Halton Hills council is preparing to receive an application from the Ontario Rail Association to run steam locomotives along a section of Canadian National Railway Track Mayor Ron Hill informed the town council that the Canadian Transport Commission was study ing the proposed abandonment of a portion of the CNR subdivi sion between Georgetown and Cheltenham Georgetown community televi sion set a record in participation of its show Party Rock The pro gram was seen every Friday even ing and features current top hit singles requested by viewers who phone in their selection The weeks top ten list was 1 Locomo tion 2 Streak 3 Billy Dont Be A Hero The Show Must Go On Band On The Run Werewolf 7 My Girl Bill a Benny and the Jets 9 Lucy Lucy Lucy The Enter tainer Fifty youngsters aged six to 16 pedalled down to Georgetown Market Plaza to take part in the se cond annual bicycle rodeo Spon sored by the Georgetown Optimist Club the rodeo was a great suc cess according to president Hal Harvey six months after the in itial ground breaking opening ceremonies were held in Georgetown for a new sanctuary added to Maple Avenue Baptist Church Ceremonial key to the building was turned over to Rev Robert pastor by building committee chairman Robert Ollivier years ago The towns general committee reserved judgement on a collective request by some Georgetown residents to preserve part of the Chapel Street Public School pro perty for use as parkland Ralph Fletcher presented the petition containing the signatures of nearly 100 people pointing out that only a shortage of time before the meeting had prevented the petition from being much longer Mayor Pete will be given a credit card to help cover expenses incurred in the line of du ty if a recommendation by the towns general committee is cepted next week by council Town treasurer Ray King recomnlended a flat allowance of a month for Mayor but admitted that the amount is fully taxable and represents no real benefit to the mayors office 5 years ago Helen of Howard Wrig- glesworth Public School was elected as the new president of the Halton Elementary Teachers Association She ran against Burl ington teachers Brian Roussell and Ron Reams The fulltime position which takes her out of the classroom is currently held by Robert Mrs Iutzi takes over the oneyear term in July farmer Bill Lawson wasrecognized for his 20 years of contributions to education and the community by the Halton Elemen tary Teachers Association The annual presidents award was presented by HETA president Robert at a dinner for retiring elementary teachers at Mitton District High School The Royal Canadian Air Cadets 756 Georgetown Legion Squadron held their 16th annual inspection and unloaded trophies and awards to cadets Among the trophy win ners were Flight Sergeant Laura Groskorth Most Congenial Cadet Flight Sergeant Arnaud Leadership Corporal Alexander Shean 14 Initiative and Enthusiasm and W01 Ken Gourlayi8 Cadet of the Year LETTERS Lit itVO Health care system in jeopardy I Dont ignore seniors Kells Korner Donna KeH With the greying of our popula tion in Halton the time has come to look at Improved services for the elderly A pyramidstyled growth rate is emerging that puts an increasinglylarger portion of the population in the bracket Many of these people are short on income although theyre long on life Statistics published by Halton Region show that while the Region itself has grown by per cent in the 10year period between and 1986 the seniors population has increased by a whopping 74 per cent Not a population to be ignored or taken lightly But these people require increas ed health care and housing While Region has the Centennial Centre in Milton there is nothing north of Steeles Avenue to ac commodate seniors residents There are several apartments in Georgetown and Acton that play the role of housing but these are limited to those who can get in And people dont leave these homes in a hurry Rural residents feei the impact of being elderly more than urban- centred dwellers do Rural people must have farther distances to travel to take advantage of social services or to even spend the day shopping And transportation is limited The studies being conducted by Halton Region are right on target The mission is to decide what im pact seniors will have on the population up to the year 2001 The seniors population is ex pected to increase to onefifth of the total population in the next 13 years There have been multiple government reports outlining why we should worry about the seniors The aging of our population represents an increasing financial burden on everyone Almost 67 per cent of Canadians over age are collecting governmentfunded old age security But we should worry about seniors if for no other reason than the fact that the services we established now will be useable for our parents relatives and one day ourselves Seniors are consumers in this society Just because they are no longer actively working doesnt mean they havent contributed a fair share to building what we now have For decades these people put a lot And now the time has come to deckle how we will return some of the hard work and dedication to build a future for those in the golden ages Dear Sir The word is out Our freedom of choice in health care is in jeopar dy The longawaited report from the Health Professions Legislation Review has been tabl ed in the Ontario Legislature and its recommendations soon to become law will have dire conse quences for the whole natural health field unless we as citizens and taxpayers do something about it now This report lists health profes sions on the regulated list and 31 others which have been placed on the unregulated list This means that anyone on the unregulated list will legally not be able to diagnose assess advise or treat a patient The profession most affected by this is Naturopathy which is being put on the deregulated list after be ing regulated under the Practitioners Act since over 6 years This will effectively wipe Naturopaths off the natural health care map Why the government wants to take them off the regulated list is incomprehensible since they are certainly proven qualified professionals and have fulfilled the governments criteria for regulation Naturopaths must have com pleted at least three years univer sity with related science subjects and have graduated from a recognized Naturopathic Medical School with no less than four years and hours of training in the various disciplines They must pass the basic science and clinical examinations set by the Regulatory body the Board of Therapy Naturopathy Programs of study include anatomy biochemistry medical genetics toxicology and pathology as well as interdisciplinary holistic clinical sciences such as food and environmental allergy testing diet therapy massage pediatrics and radiology There are practising Naturopaths and students in Ontario at the moment We dont want them to have to move to BC or the because they cant practise their chosen profession in Ontario under this new proposed legislation Since our son is a qualified tising Naturopath in Newmarket I am helping to lobby the Ontario government to put Naturopaths back on the regulated list before this new legislation is introduced into the legislature We need your help in writing the government im mediately to let them know how you feel about this proposed legislation and your freedom of choice in health care For your free copy of Striking a New Balance a Blueprint for the Regulation of Ontano Health Pro fessions phone In this new legislation the government will also have the in strument to eliminate all alter native health practitioners and severely limit the distribution of vitamins herbs etc Can you imagine only being able to get vitamins and herbs at a pharmacy if they become classed as drugs Health food stores will be greatly limited Also state your feelings about this in your let ters to Health Minister Elinor David Health Critic he is sympathetic but needs letters Premier David Peterson and Hon Murray who was health minister when this legisla tion was conceived Queens Park Toronto Ont Ifyou want more information on this matter feel free to write to me as well A concerned citizen for natural health care Sheila Gatls Ont 2T0 Write a brief letter to Hon Elinor Caplan Minister of Health Hepburn Block 10th Floor Grosvenor St Toronto Ont M7A2C4 Premier Davrd Peterson Room Legislative Building Queens Park Toronto Ont M7A David MPP Health Critic Room 348 Legislative Queens Park Toronto Ont M7A1A2 Hon Murray J Elston Floor 555 Yonge Street Toronto Glen Williams celebrates Canada Day Dear Sir Once again Glen Williams will be celebrating Canada Day in style Although July 1 seems a long way off the volunteers on the commit tee have been hard at work prepar ing for the event This year unfortunately due to lack of volunteer assistance we have had to forego our annual beer garden We realize that this will be a big disappointment to some but fee it will enable us to focus more on a family oriented celebration with our theme being Picnic in the Park Aside from a few events like our parade the tea room and bingo and the rest of the days events will take place in the ball park It should be lots of fun seeing moms and dads participating with their kids in all sorts of races and relays And if mom and dad just want to sit and enjoy themselves well thats fine too For the small theres a long lineup of things to keep them busy Well have pony ndes face pain ting fish pond a magician and lots more While the kids are occupied mom and dad can browse through the arts and crafts displays or model railway demonstration Mini golf will be available to anyone aspir ing to be another Arnold Palmer Our live entertainment gets under way at with all different types of demonstration shows and bands At 7 a disc jockey will be spinning his tunes so that those who wish to dance can boogie on down The highlight of the evening will be a huge bonfire and singalong so if you can pic a guitar or play the spoons come down Although the theme is Picnic in the Park dont worry about pack ing a lunch There will be plenty of food and refreshment booths set up all day long Hope to see you all in Glen Williams on July 11989 Sincerely Alison Schulze Chairman Canada Day Committee Francophone presence in government is way out of proportion By GIL HARDY Ottawa Bureau Thomson Newsservice the more per sistent claims of the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada is that the number of fran cophones in the federal public ser vice will far outpace their propor tion of the countrys population APEC which claims at least members is particularly in censed with amendments to the Of ficial Languages Act Bill C72 passed by Parliament last July allows more public servants to work in the language of their choice and increase bilingual ser vices in the government among other things insists that C72 provides for equal participation of both of ficial language groups in the public service This means that although the mothertongue French popula tion is only per cent of the total population of Canada they are to have 50 per cent of all public- service jobs That position was contained in a July 1987 newsletter One year later in a press release announc ing a Parliament Hill rally APEC described C72 as divisive discriminatory and racist In fact C72 says only that members of both language groups should have equal opportunities to obtain employment and ad vancement in federal institutions It also clearly states that nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating or derogating from the principle of selection of personnel according to merit MERIT PRINCIPLE In other words the merit princi ple holds sway over the hiring or promotion of people Just to fill so- called language quotas If you are a federal employee the act recognizes your right to work in either official language in certain regions However the publics right to be served in its preferred language comes first says the Office of the Commis sioner of Official Languages But is the French takeover of the powers of government well under way as APEC says Not ac cording to numbers contained in the recently released 1988 report of the Public Service Commission The commission is the govern ments personnel department Its figures do not include members of the RCMP or armed forces or employees of Crown corporations such as Canada Post Civilian employees of the RCMP and the Defence Department are included The report says francophones make up per cent of civil vants compared to 715 per cent who are In fran cophones accounted for 282 per cent a figure that remained stable from the previous year Canadas francophone popula tion is pegged at 25 per cent while comprised per cent Eleven per cent claim other languages according to the 1986 census So by APECs definition it would seem that both major language groups are over- represented in government at the expense of ethnic minorities Government statistics also show a disproportionate number of fran cophones in lower jobskill categories and too few in manage ment positions in the OttawaHull area where department offices are concentrated ANOMALY Half the francophone employees areemployed in the- two lowestranked and lowestpaid employment categories support and opera tional compared to onethird of anglophones This single anomaly is enough to explain the relatively high overall proportion of fran cophones in government depart ments and agencies since almost half of all public service jobs are in these two categories the language commissioner said in his 1988 report Anglophones make up per cent of all mangers francophones 214 per cent Anglophones fill per cent of scientific and profes sional positions francophones 224 per cent In both the RCMP and the arm ed forces francophones occupy a much higher percentage of posi tions in the lower ranks than at senior officer levels They also have less than a fair share of jobs in departments and agencies in northeastern Ontario In Quebec anglophones occupy a much smaller share of such positions than their presence in the popula tion would warrant and a disproportionately large number of positions in major Crown cor porations the commissioner said Another APEC accusation con cerns the number of mandatory bilingual positions in federal government offices especially in predominantly Englishspeaking areas maintains that Englishspeaking Canadians are being discriminated against because publicservice jobs are in creasingly bilingual