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the HERALD Editorial Wednesday July 1991 Home Newspaper of Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspaper Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario L7G 3Z6 K ROBERT Publisher and General Manager subscription 8772201 COLIN GIBSON Managing Editor ADVERTISING- DAN TAYLOR Manager Sfrg Eg Dog days are deceiving The Dog Days of Summer are upon us and judging from the languorous mood of Halton Hills residents not to mention local politicians the pooches arent the only ones basking in the rays of relaxation Considering the fact that only a few short months ago CBC visited our Halton Hills community and in an acer bic report virtually branded the area as a hotbed of citizen activism the current silence on issues which af fect the area and which will affect the area in the near and distant future is disconcerting to say the least Especially when one considers that municipal elec tions are barely three months away and the slate of elected officials returned in the upcoming municipal elections will be charting a course for Hills from which there will be no turning back Hills as part of Halton Region is considered to be under the umbrella of the GTA Greater Toronto Area No ifs ands or buts The megalopolis which will be viewed as Toronto years hence will encompass Hills and most of Southern Ontario one suspects Now is the time for municipalities and in turn municipal politicians to take a stand and lay down the ground rules for membership in this envisioned super- city rather than hiding in the bushes and meekly ac ceding to the demands and yes even threats of the selfstyled political playing power politics in Metropolitan Toronto Development yes or no and to what degree Environmentallyfriendly planning or factory and commuter bedroom community where people wake up to the sounds of birds coughing Incineration of waste given the proper technological knowhow is this an environmentally viable way of get ting rid of garbage According to sources a number of European communities are using extremely high heat incineration techniques with little if any damage to the environment An alternative must be found for landfill sites These and other issues extremely important to municipalities including Halton Hills but the small town syndrome hangs on and on and on These issues and more dont take time off in the summer They must be addressed and continuously until solu tions are found and citizens are satisfied with the solu tions Municipal election campaigns will no doubt heat up in the waning day leading up to the trek to the polls this November By that time summer will be long gone and so might perhaps the chance for the residents of Hills to have a voice in the planning of the future of their com munity Yes I Care Question to Question Question from Name Address Telephone I Send Questions To Yes I Care The Hills Herald Street Halton Hills Ontario 3Z Peoples Forum Oh brother a literary rivalry Dear Editor- Greetings from Churchill Manitoba My mother sent me the clipping from the Georgetown Herald with the article that my brother the Zaire correspondent filed Since I dont want to be outdone by my younger brother I have decided to file an article from where I am based this summer This summer I was lucky enough to receive a Northern Studies Training Program Grant from the Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs These are grants which cover the transpor tation and room and board for university students doing research in the North I was privileged to have a professor Paul Watts at University in Thunder Bay who is the Director of research at the In stitute of Arctic Ecophysiology in Churchill It is a small nonprofit facility which does research in determining habitat re quirements and other en vironmental factors which describe the productivity and survival of arctic species I am doing research with Paul Watts in the ecology of Beluga whales These whales are gray to white colour and are up to m in length The young are a bluish gray colour Beluga whales or white whales exist throughout the Arctic on both sides of the North Pole They are not considered en dangered anywhere except the St Lawrence River population In the summers they congregate in rivers along the coasts of the continents The reasons sug gested why they do this are many and varied Some say it is because they use the rivers because they are warmer than oceans and they then save energy living here for a while Others say it is the fish in the river that they eat They are not easy whales to distinguish from one another and this makes it difficult to unders tand their individual behaviour My work over the summer is to see if they use one part of the estuary in the Churchill River more than others This means long 13 hour days due to the tidal cycle sitting outside watching whales It is boring sometimes but the watching time is essential in field ecology work and to gain a better understanding of ecology of this species My experiences in Churchill have been exciting and varied With a population of people it has an atmosphere in many ways like Georgetown The town peo ple are friendly and very easy to get to know Myself and a few other students are already on the volunteer list for lifeguardtng at the local Myself and two other students were also judges in the Canada Day parade floats and participated in the popular Hudson Bay dip relay race the water must be as cold as the Credit River Cray Boat race We also have experienced the higher food prices which come from living in an isolated place The weather has also been quite different from southern Ontario The second week in June we had snow on our front porch and as I write I can still see the Hudson Bay ice pack drifting by on The Bay Once this pack ice breaks up Churchill becomes very lively with town pests that weigh up to half a ton Polar Bears We have already been lucky enough to see one polar bear and her two cubs run by our house about 1 mile away We were on top of the roof of our lab in order to get a better and safer view All of he students who are involved in research up here are trained in gun use and carry a rifle while in- the field Polar bears are the largest carnivore in North America and are unpredictable especially once their home the ice pack disappears and they must coexist with men Another one of the northern things to get used to is the extend ed daylight hours The sun now rises at am and sets at 1130 pm This is great for lots of observing lime for whales but does get annoying when you try to sleep in once in a while Of course the mosquitos are twice the size of the southern variety or Im sure there are ten times as many Well I must get back to work Thanks Doug Mailman will be missed Editors note The following letter was forwarded to the Herald for publication Mr M Mr P PearsoDS Transportation Contracting Services Canada Post Bay Street 5th Floor Toronto Ontario M5J 1A1 Gentlemen This is an awkward letter to write since Im not sure the kind of results it will bring The subject is Mr Morris Puckering our mailman whose services are scheduled to be ter minated the end of this month Since moving to Terra Cotta years ago we have been serviced in fine and dependable fashion by Mr Puckering Not knowing who successor will be it will still be a big loss for us not to have his fine friendly and courteous ser vice Is there no way to reverse the decision to make the change Will you kindly advise me as to the elements of the decision mak ing process which- seversMorris 29 years of service It wilr be ap preciated Hopefully it is not too late to correct the situation and return Morris Puckering to his dedicated profession Sincerely yours Richard E Willis Terra Cotta Write us a letter The Herald wants to hear from you If you have an opinion you want to express or a comment to make send us a letter or drop by the office Our address is Guelph Street Georgetown On tario All letters must be signed Please include your address and telephone number for 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