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THE HERALD Wednesday August 1990 Page LETTERS Claims democracy disappearing Years Ago The newlycreated of town assistant works foreman has been answered by six ap plicants The administration committee has selected two of the applicants for an interview and plan to have a recommendation by next Monday The town Colin cil will make the final decision Upon learning that someone is a former psychiatric patient a per son immediate response is to either shun or pity that person The person is shunned because he or she represents something not easi ly understood or pitied because the person is somehow relatively disadvantaged But Acton resident Tom White a former psychiatric patient now working with the North Halton Work Program NHWP in Acton shows he is someone who is ferent from normal people in that everyone is an individual but he is the same in thai he shares similar goals Like most people Mr White wanted a job As he ml before the got underw in he was waiting for the program to start Since joining the program from day one he has full ad vantage of the opportunity The program manager Anit 1 loyd describes Mr White as an ex cellent worker because he works hard and has set long term goals The is run similar to that of a factory so that its 22 par ticipants learn how to work in a norma work place The only dif between the program and any other type of factory is that at Mr White s workplace the employees set their own work place But if looked at in a different way everybody to some degree sets their own work pace If so meone is only willing to work 35 hours a week the same person is going to attempt to find the ap propriate kind of job If possible the person not go ing to apply for job that calls for a 50hour work week In talking with Mr White he said History from our files he appreciates that he tan deter mine how my hours i week he will work and how he will each task As he to do job he spends his lime thinking how to proach i tisk ind the other do it this my in was to feel sorrv for Mr White Hut I suite realized his truthfulness shows him to be man who knows his usabilities and limitations something and a lot of people don t readily admit to themselves At the same time he doesn t allow his self awareness to get in the way of improving himself to further goals for the future Mr White said he wants to some day work with cars full time and at some later time own and operate a business To show he has his goals planted in reality Mr White is the first to admit he will need money which can only be obtained by Mr White s attitude shows that just as are different and yet the same people should judge one another on relative terms instead of on some non existent universal or stereotypic norm Editor note The following let ter was forwarded to the Hills Herald for publication Mr Garth Turner It appears to me that democracy in this country is quickly disap pearing While eastern Europe and Russia are becoming more democratic Canada is becoming less so You and your government have completely ignored the wishes of Canadians and rammed the GST through Parliament as well as threatening the Senate against op posing it Members of your govern who did represent the in of their constituents have been expelled from the party and demonstrations on Parliament Hill have been banned Your govern ment has also completely ignored the wishes of Canadians regarding Via Rail and the dress code It has also allowed the language rights of Anglophones in Quebec to be taken away with punity You recently sent me your booklet The Canadian Consumer Guide suggest hat by conCinu to support this government you are not qualified to advise me or any other Canadian on finance The only financial problems may have are caused by the crushing tax load I and most other Cana dians now bear This crushing tax load is caused by the actions of your government It refuses to reduce its spending he bloated bureaucracy continues to grow and your government wants in Thanks Lions Club Dear Sir Sunday August 12th saw two bus loads of seniors leaving Georgetown for the Skydome to watch the Blue Jays play the Twins Dinner at the Swiss Chalet followed putting a cap on a wonderful day As one of the lucky seniors par ticipating and thoroughly enjoying myself I am ty to publicly thank the Georgetown Lion s Club for their generosity and also for the flair they possess whenever they spon sor a community endeavour Thank you Lions Mid Brunski Georgetown Ok is enough I had just about enough of litest round of cheap shots and cruel snickers it one of society mort downtrodden vulnerable minority groups I refer of course to men It s no secret that males ire of ficnl in the minority in the Western world hive been for somt lime And the explanation for this is no seen I Being male is grim thankless job so of hum in beings try to avoid it in it mint of in Anient m is t tht prominent il on tin i snidt news ut of Islington DC the other do Ktnnedv Centre the for extras to pi the roles of Roman in in upcoming production of Spartacus by the Australian Ballet The company specified thai it was looking for macho he men types and distributed a photograph of the kind of man it had in mind one described by the papers as a lean and mean Roman gladiator clad in a flimsy loin cloth his rippling muscles straining to burst his leather chest straps With scarcely concealed giee the papers proceeded to report thai just 36 men showed up for the audi tion of whom almost half were re jected as unsuitable Well The reporter who penned crease it still more for its GST It seems every other day I read new reports of patronage corruption and waste associated with your government Recently over million of Canadian s hardearned tax dollars were thrown away in the Caribbean and another 8 million was thrown away on an American painting consisting of red and blue stripes It is time you started represen the interests of your tuents until you are thrown out in stead of wasting tax payers money Dear Sir I had never bothered to claim the Excise Tax refund for gasoline I was entitled to before I was and still am very upset with the pro posed GST so in January even if the rebate wasn t worth the work I decided to do all the necessary paperwork to claim my Excise Tax rebate My calculations came to 59 About two months later I receiv ed a letter from the government of fices in Hamilton stating that they wanted to audit my return I made an appointment with the auditor spent one and a half hours explaining how I at my figure and left the pile of receipts with her About six weeks later my receipts were mailed back to me at a cost of with a letter stating I had been allowed a claim of and told how the appeal process could be applied for How any calculations could come out to an even is beyond my com prehension Is just a policy to Dear Sir On July 13 1990 two of my sisters and a niece arrived from Sherbrooke Quebec with my mother to visit for a few days On Sunday July 1990 my mother who is years old felt ill and I took her to Georgetown Hospital She was looked after in emergency by Dr N Chiba and several excellent nurses Then it was decided that she should stay in the hospital and that for Dr L Landry to look after her starting Monday morning tins Hit sex of whom we scarcely need speculate about undoubledlv clum that she is simplv reporting the Ridiculous This news reporl wis tl mother piece of ind m lie pro It s i clear at tempi to in sinuate tint we reall wimps one or two things need to be said for starters il s completely unfair imply all men are wimps just because an Australian ballet company t find any macho he men types in Washington C Washington is a city of civil ser vants If you want he men you should look for them among the more traditionally macho groups like diamond drillers and newspaper columnists It s also pretty unfair to suggest that macho he men types don t ex ist just because they don show up to audition for the ballet Now this is certainly not to say that Real Men never appear ballets Of course they do They re and valuable resources producing what I consider junk mail Your government has been in power years It is your govern which is responsible for the present economic state of Canada and only your government has the power to improve it Don t try and shed responsibility for your government incompetence onto Canadian shoulders Yours truly KathwaroonMr Burlington reduce a claim by a few dollars and return if The reduction didn t even pay for the return postage But look someone in Ottawa had to wnte a letter and send the claim to Hamilton Someone in Hamilton had to write a letter to me talk to me on the telephone spend an hour and a half with me then me and return my invoices They also had to write Ottawa to inform them to send me What did it cost the Canadian taxpayers for these civil servants to save 59 less than the postage and I think the was quite debatable The cost if properly allocated would amount to several hundred dollars and it started over at the most 17 59 Why do we need the GST One of the many reasons is to pay for an incompetently managed civil vice D Pmkney 3 Georgetown In fact she required to stay in the hospital until the following Satur day to recuperate and her stay was looked after by Landry Dr CJ Browning and teams of super nurses The quality of care she received at Georgetown Hospital could not be surpassed anywhere Myself along with my family were most impressed and wish to thank each and every person who looked after my mother during her stay at Georgetown Hospital Georgette Dorcich Georgetown the ones looking sheepish and try ing hide behind the scenery An actor friend of mine had an interesting experience at the age of 18 or 19 when he decided to audi lion for a small part in an opera Since be was playing junior fool ball at the time he called his coach aside to explain that he d have to miss a couple of practices and ex plained why it took a couple of moments for the coach to process this information A terrible silence descended Don t worry the coach muttered last I won tell one For a while it was a little easier for guys ippear in operas and ballets This was back in the early 80s when society decided that men should become more sen sitive Fortunately people quickly realized thai this was a terrible mistake and we all got back to be ing comfortably loutish But most of all I d like to refute the vile insinuation that men stayed away from that Washington audition because so few of us resemble the lean and mean Roman gladiator in the photograph This is preposterous Lots and lots of us would be en tirely capable of donning one of those flimsy loin cloths thus revealing our rippling muscles straining to burst the leather chest straps We just don t wanna So let s keep these things straight The prohibiting of overhanging signs on Mam Street is causing a heated debate since Barrager Cleaners recently installed a sign that does not conform with the by law Although zoning ad mimstrator G R has ordered the sign removed Mr Barrager had requested that council approve the sign anyway as he was unaware of the restnc tions when he ordered the sign Mr request was defeated in a recorded vote The North Halton Association for Retarded Children is planning a new school to serve Acton Milton Georgetown and surroun ding area Representatives of the association believe that one good school located in the centre of Hills would be ideal to suit everyone s needs The property committee is cur rently looking at building sites in both the Horby Ashgrove area on Seventh Line and on Highway 25 in the Speyside area Years Ago A Kinney Shoe store officially opened in Georgetown last week the store for the firm which opened in Canada back in 1965 The store located at the corner of Guelph and held opening ceremonies which saw Mayor Steamer Emmerson cut the ribbon Del is opening a new Beaver I umber store on Guelph Street times larger than the Beaver Lumber that burned down last year on Water Street The new store located east of Sinclair Avenue is square feet in total Entremont said the old store had such a small stock space that it was like a mailorder counter The new store will have most of the catalogue merchandise in the store Centennial School will be open ing its doors this September It is the only middle school in town with Grades 7 and It will be taking students from Harrison and Kennedy schools who are within walking distance 10 Years Ago Work began on the library cultural centre last Tuesday Mayor Pete Pomeroy was there along with members of the building committee to perform the breaking ground ceremony The facility will cost million dollars The Halton Separate School Board is making no plans for ma construction work on St Joseph s school located in Acton Recently Fire Prevention Of ficer Larry Brassard discovered problems with the installation and placement of the school smoke The board plant manager says the school is not under the board jurisdiction because the school is leased from the Halton Board of Education A hydro inspector will visit the school soon to make a report The Toronto Blizzard soccer team members rived in town Saturday at Cedar vale Park to present a soccer clinic 5 Years Ago A new housing plan for 453 lots south of Georgetown was presented lo council last day John Bousfteld consultant for Enterac Properties Limited said 105 acres have been pro posed for a phase one devleop- ment project The second phase would cover another 139 7 acres An obstacle is a portion of land not owned by Enterac The plan will be brought up again at a future town council meeting A vote saw town councillors agree to help acquire i I imehouse auto wrecking yard a joint venture to turn it into a hentage park A second vote also agreed to a recommendation that be paid towards the pur chase of the park Although some councillors are concerned with the cost it was Councillor Arm strong who questioned the feasibility of whether another park was needed or not A different perspective Its tough being a male Bureaucracy frustrating Visitor applauds hospital staff