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THE HERALD Wednesday June 20 1990 Page Planning has its pitfalls in any country John MAS AND THE ARTS To plan means that the one who plans is convinced that tag is desirable Therefore all plan ning activities wherever we en counter thera are motivated by ideologies of one kind or another Planning under communist rule was and is based on the ideas of Karl Marx The goal was to create a new man one with a collective awareness seemingly superior to the money grubbing west man who so went the argument lusts for nothing but his or her own gratification This marxist blueprint has repression written all over it Accordingly the coun tries that were ruled by these beliefs until recently have become for all practical purposes unliveable Planning in communist countries seems to be free of the ideological taint and because of that is still enjoying the good will of the people who are affected by it In reality however planning departments tucked away in every town of the country are veritable breeding revolutionary change and never ending confrontation Their gods are not Marx and Lenin but Robert Moses and Sam Cass their goal is to hand the world over to the motor car and to the developer and the result will he an world not so much different from the one the communists brought about At this point I vour eyts will glaze over mil you will tht decision to to id no fur bear mo- mint longer Last Friday I went to the Camp bell House Gallery on Main Street in Georgetown for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Mag Bol a painter who lives in Stewarttown To Ms Bol an migrant from Holland Canada is an object of and tion In a lower gallery she exhibus paintings of Indians and Eskimos In these paintings she expresses respect and protective care towards these original inhabitants who land we took without giving them much in return Upstairs her work has an even more disturbing edge In her best paintings New Life Time is a Constant and Family Optical Extensive Fashion Eye Wear Affordable Prices FREE Adjustments Minor Repairs 8733050 232 Guelph St Unit 8 Georgetown BtlHiH tin Royal Bulk Center LOSE 17 to POUNDS IN 6 WEEKS MILL STREET GEORGETOWN Immigration to name a few she depicts the war we wage with the help of our overbear inventions against a fragile balance of nature These paintings are tragic because the outcome of the battle seems so certain Nature will eventually be destroyed But could we not agree to keep this beautiful planet the only home we have in a vast universe alive and well If we plan at all isnt that what we should plan for I had entered into a conversation about these concerns with a couple from Mississauga and when we left the Campbell House Gallery together around 10 the tern mall on Main Street was still filled with people who listened to a band that wailed a plaintive song mto the balmy night air From the direction of the cultural centre came a stream of people who had watched a per formance in the theatre there and were now in search for more enter It was a lovely scene in front of mighty Knox Church and the Mississauga couple enthused about it They had never been to Georgetown before but though it such a handsome town that they would certainly want to come again They loved the mall and hoped that It would become a per feature They thought us so lucky that we had a main street off the highway This one could be unique with even more trees and tables and chairs and fountains A real people place that would draw visitors and shoppers from far away I didnt have the heart to tell them how endangered their char ming impression of our town was Will we be able to keep it that way or will the Georgetown we know and love become a victim of the presently prevailing ideology of growth for growth sake Tonight from 7 to p m will be the opening of the great sum mer art exhibition with new works by the sculptor Andreas Drenters at the Gallery of the Halton Hills Cultural Centre The exhibition is sponsored by The Friends of the Hills Libraries It will continue to July 28 On June music composed for this exhibition by Robert will be performed three times during the day at 11 am 2 and 4 in the Gallery of the Cultural Centre by Valerie Admission is free Put More Muscle in your advertising CALL US TODAY 8772201 Clean Up Vow Act PitchIn LANDSCAPE PLANT m SALE PICK FROM THE CREAM OF THE CROP DIRECT FROM THE GROWER DIRECT TO YOU QUALITY GUARANTEED SPREADING EVERGREENS Tough spread colour PRINCE OF WALES T WILTON CARPET ground no hardy GOLD COAST gotten A lacy growth sizes YOUR fiUARANTCt HOURS to Sat 9 Sun Holidays 9 NO PATIO FURNITUFE SOLD AT KENNEDY THE STORES WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION SALE ENDS JUNE OPEN SUNDAYS BRAMPTON MI88IS8AUQA Hwy