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i lab TELEPHONE 519 and Ednoral Wee Founded In 1875 every Wednesday by Printing Publishing at SB Acton Ontario L7J Telephone 151918532010 Single each 00peryBrinCnarJ 00mHeounirwoth Second Class mad retaliation Number Don Ryder Director of Advertising Ken Bellamy Hartley Coles Managing Editor The Free Pros a one of the group of suburban newspaper which includes The Aurora Banner The Bolton Enterprise Tha Brampton Guardian The Post The Burlington Weekend Post Tha EtobaCOko Guardian Tha Georgetown Independent Economist Sun Tha Champion Tha Mtfioseuga Tha Newmarket Era Tha North York Urw Baavar Fnday Boave OshawaThisWoek Trio Weekend Richmond Liberal TnomhjU Liberal The Scarborough The Tribune and Wood bridge Liberal Printing Publishing Distributing a a of Harlequin Enterprises ted EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor Card Murray Newt Editor Helen Murray Spom Mark Holme Darkroom Nancy Puncback Ted Brown ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Ratafl Advertising Manager Cook Sakts Kirk Davy Susan Sandra Classified Advertising Carolyn Debbie Mac BUSINESSACCOUNT IMG OFFICE Office Manager Joan Pot calling kettle black Halton Hills councillors have been expressing con cent of late that debates regarding the merits of minor variances at Com of Adjustment are being held behind closed doors Councillors note they are conducting business without many sessions and think bodies which they appoint should do the same thing Currently Committee of Adjustment hears in public then retires behind closed doors to review staff reports as well as what they just heard and then goes public again to announce their decision We agree it would be preferable for the discus by the committee members about the reports and presentations would be better held in public However we wonder if the concerns of councillors particularly Mike Arm strong and Sheldon who have been the most vocal isn a little bit like the pot calling the kettle black We know we aren the on ly ones asking this question It has been posed by a few of our better informed readers as well as a couple of council members speak ing for now off the record Councillors who are disturbed by what they see as some inconsistency in the councils position point to the fact committees like budget municipal property and a few others arent open to the press and public Vet these members note almost all of the work in these two areas as well as others is done at the com mittee level They describe council as a voluntary rub ber stamp Isnt that sort of what Committee of Adjustment is doing they ask Review ing reports behind closed doors and then going public to render not a decision but a recommendation to council We see validity in this view It has been practise in Halton Hills for some time now to hold budget meetings for example behind closed doors This despite the fact the region What others say Are they kidding From The Beaver If theres one thing not lacking in the minds of the regions school teachers its nerve Associations representing elementary and secondary school teachers have sent letters to the Halton Board of Education protesting the boards plan to tack on another working day to the school year We re firmly in support of trustee Crosier who called the letters ludicrous According to Ministry of Education guidelines teachers must work a minimum of days nothing is said about a maximum yet these people are alarmed that they may have to work an extra day When the education system is facing major changes in policy and other issues to even bother discussing the Issue is ridiculous and school board budget committee meetings are public Closed doors have been employed with other com mittees too The press in Halton Hills has rarely protested this practise One reason has been admittedly staff sizes Another reason has been we don t know the meetings are on they aren listed on the agenda with upcoming general commit tee and council meetings In fairness wed probably find out easily though it wouldnt do us much good Only once in recent years have we shown up to cover a meeting which a regular public meeting but a closed committee meeting This committee was looking at the town hall a big issue here at the time After a brief huddle the surprised councillors said we could hear the debate and discussion but not take any notes or report it from memory We declined Our reporter decided if he couldn report the meeting he wouldnt re main because after just about any meeting two or more councillors are willing to talk as long as they aren t identified in the paper Our reporter got the story from several sources later if hed stayed it couldn t have been publish ed without all councillors feeling a trust had been betrayed In light of the Committee of Adjustment issue a number of council members are questioning their own council s policies and some would like to delicately raise the question for review the hopes of see ing more committee meetings open Some cillors believe being more open with the public particularity about budget problems and the municipal complex issue would be advantageous for them We hope that if council does decide to make changes it just an invitation to attend meetings so reporters can learn background but not publish stories This would only help plug the leaks not better inform taxpayers Eulogy Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there I do not sleep I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints on the snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumns ram When you awaken in the mornings hush I am the swift uphghUng rush Of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night Do not stand at my grave and cry I am not there I did not die Author unknown ISNT ABOUT OWW It WAVE IT WLg AT IE Back issues From the editor s desk Are we fibbing to pollsters by Gord Murray Free editor Are you one of the residents of Hills who has been polled lately If so did you lie The reason I ask Is that Robert Heaton a young Glen Williams man I first met last year when he was running for the Esqueswg council seat In the byelection called last week to tip me off that some agency In Toronto he couldn t exactly recall the name had contacted himself and several others he knew asking political party preference questions in reia tlon to provincial politics In add Hon names of a number of prominent Hills Conserva tives were tested against bent Julian Reed for the Liberals Did this mean there was a provincial election In the offing Rob asked Who knows I honestly an swered Premier Billy sound like he has any intention of pulling the plug theory behind calling an early election to get a new majority before a Conservative government takes power In Ottawa makes unpopular moves and there a backlash against the Ontario PCs Also get a fresh majority while the shaky economic recovery is still on is too flimsy to make it worth trying when there s no big issue However as he always does Davis left himself an opening to slither through so we could still wind up with a snap vote I suppose the polling Rob spoke to me about could just be a case of necessary data for the Tories being gathered now just in case it needed However the funny thing was that someone calls me about some polling being done here the same day that crazy Gallup poll showing a big urge to the leader less Liberals in the wake of Pierre a resignation comes out Now if you think back a bit there was another strange poll there last year one month loo Seems to me the sort of PC got a preference rating In the high 60s and then dropped back down to the where generally been until this month That poll that exaggerated Tory support proved to be the one time in that a poll is further out of than four percentage points from actual vote results I suspect this new one is another of those one In polls Sure a lot of voters only left the Liberal camp because of Trudeau but the mere departure of the man who we elected far more often than not wouldn explain such a remarkable shift There a trend back to the Liberals but it been completed can possibly be completed until the Grits have a new leader and might not be completed enough deny the Tories power in the next election But arc these sudden shifts and surprise surges just mistakes the wrong people were in the pllng or have Canadians started playing a game which has become popular south of the border fibbing to the pollster The TV networks arc starting to admit that here are flaws in their exit polling since people always candid Exit polling more popular than ever this primary year in the S with both the electronic and print media isn t just designed to allow the media to make early prcdlc of final outcomes of votes They are designed to slot voters by various categories for example age sex Income level union or union color religion em ployed or unemployed etc That way they can report on a candidates appeal or lack of It among blocks of voters I suppose there has always been pranksters people who try and throw their own personal monkey wren eg In the system by giving false information as well as those who refused to answer pollsters But as the polling Industry has grown with more and more people being polled and more and more poll results being made public the number of people who sec this as an invasion of one of our last privacies the right to determine secretly who to vote for and keep the reasons to ourselves has grown And they arc striking back In the states pre vote polls and exit polls have come under a lot of criticism more so than up here though it growing on this side too Some complain all this polling is taking the choice away from people Also people object to networks coming on and making election result predictions based exit polls before the polls have closed The electronic media In the face of all the debate as well as a Congretional committee tlon has been more restrained of late In making early vote calls based on exit polls However the heat the only reason they re also finding their results don jive There are massive shifts in voter preference from day to day with many polls for primaries indicating either voter waffling or else people playing games by not giving curate information Since letters to the editor columns are filling up In the States with calls from citizens to their fellow citizens to either give false Information to pollsters to en courage them to eventually give up the practise or outright refuse to answer the nosy questions it a safe bet that many are climbing on the bandwagon And I say more power to them There too much polling going on even here No wonder govern seem paralysed at times they can t tell from all these polls what they can safely do so they do nothing And how much of a role will the many polls play in the selection of our next Prime Minister by a small select almost elite class of Canadians It worrisome to think such on important choice could be that poll last week which appears so unreliable It s sort of a Catch situation for Canadians The only way most of us have input into the selection of leaders and formation of government policy is through polls Yet if we want to stem the tidal wave of polls and this reliance on them we must quit answering or play with the pollster so the results won be taken as gospel Take in Grease this weekend Many a local resident has been heard to lament that theres no culture arts or entertainment in Acton that its all on the other side of Halton Hills Its not true of course though there is admittedly more arts and entertain elsewhere But all one has to do is at tend a Citizens Band con cert to know theres art culture and entertainment here Just not in great volumes Or bow about the art and entertainment that will be available this weekend in Acton Were speaking of the high schools production of the popular musical Grease So try a little home town Judging by our sneak entertainment Thursday previews while taking or Saturday night promotion photos the You wont be going out for dent actors and actresses your usual fare at the local have come up with another schools but something real winner exceptional Thanks for publicity Dear Sir The busy months of February and March are now over and on behalf of the Canadian Hurt Fund Ontario Division may I express our gratitude for your promotional support before during the follow ing the campaign Although all returns are not in yet we are hopeful our objective for Halton of will be met before our year end in June The Medical Committee or the Ontario Heart Foundation committed Si million to research in Heart and Stroke Disease commencing July 1984 It is only with the year round support of many individuals and businesses that the commitment can be made Community awareness of the Canadian Heart Fund and the needs and achievements of the research of the Ontario Heart Foundation has been increased because of your coverage and support The residents of Acton have contributed 5 during this year campaign Sincerely CoOnfinator Halton 10 years ago Mays The area around Hills will be out of gravel within 10 to IS years JC Mac Duff Quarry operator told general ad ministration committee last week Representatives of Local Canadian Union of Public Service Employees and Hills representatives met with a prov conciliation officer day in an attempt to iron out a wage dispute which sees the two parties seven cents apart Former Eden Mills resident Mary Daniel was acclaimed Citizen of the Year recently by the East Rochester Rotary Club Born and raised on the Lowrie farm of Campbellville Jean is well known in the district won her recognition for activities as a vol in three services in the city years ago May 1961 Carl Weir 16 has been chosen as the High School student to attend the Rotary sponsored Adventure in Citizenship in Ottawa this spring John proud to announce that Gail Fryer has won the Cadet of the Year award for her general proficiency In the No Acton Combined Division Jim Ralston was named the first president of the new Senior Citizen club at the organizational meeting in the Thursday night Vice president Is Bob O secretary Mrs Donald Reld and treasurer Miss Annie Ait ken Stewart Malcolm an employee withBcardmorcandCo Ltd for the past years retired officially Thursday and appreciation of his valued scrvico was shown by the company as he was presented with a return plane ticket to his native land Scotland 50 years ago May 1934 In the class of students of the Ontario Veterinary College who will receive their degree tonight at Simcoc Hall University of Toronto is Mr EN Harrop son of Mr and Mrs Harrop Bower Ave Acton This young man stood fifth in the class and also won the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps prize Plans were discussed for fitting observation of the 21st Acton Fall Fair to be held at Acton this fall It is coming of age year and special attractions will be made Mrs JW Barberee Mrs JH Reed Mrs C L Poole and Miss E Hawthorne attended the Women Missionary Society s convention in on Tuesday Mr Speight and Mrs Fred Adsett or Toronto visited with Mrs H Moore and other Acton relatives 75 years ago May ft 1909 Citizens on Mill St complain that half a score of men some married made night hideous with their drunken orgies and foul and profane language last Friday night This disgraceful conduct was kept up until midnight it is reported but there was evidently no effort on the port of the police officers to keep the peace Father Arnold Is having St Joseph parsonage shingled and otherwise Improved Remember We had snow storm on the first of May this year The postponed vestry meeting of St Alban Church was held on Wednesday 19th April Rev rector presidfng years ago Mays 184 The residence of the late Mrs George Walter on Bower Avenue together with the household fur etc will be sold by public auction at the premises on Saturday 17th Inst at 2 p m From the Bible Society Recorder we learn that the contribution of Acton Branch Bible Society Tor last year amounted to Mr AW Green now sports one or the neatest rigs in town His new phaeton is quite attractive AW takes about at much pleasure out of a good horse and carriage a anyone we know t Mr J is adding to his splendid residence on Church St a neat and becoming portico and