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IthePlERA Home Newspaper of Hills WIDNKSDU JUNJ A Division of Canadian Newspaper Company Limited 103 Main St South Georgetown Ontario WILLIAM VDOKlMOtt Publisher BOB Editor Second Mail Reetiltred Number Get out and vote on June 9 Ontario 1977 provincial election is something less than a success in so far as excitement among the torate is concerned Voters have been given the party line by all party leaders for the past six weeks But their rhetoric has left many wondering what all the fuss is about National unity an issue that will have a large scale affect on the future direction of the province was touched upon very little aside from the revelation that all three party leaders are dedicated to the same purpose What been resolved is how each leader would go about fulfilling the unity mandate Things have been a little hotter as local issues surfaced as the key elements in the campaign in Halton Burlington From Jobs probably the most important to the concerns over the hydro corridor rigutof way schools and Site the candidates in Burlington faced an inspired electorate But the numbers of those actively getting involved and con cerned with local issues almost solely remained the of the pressure groups directly involved in almost each of the issues The question therefore becomes one of how to inspire people to ac tually get out and vote For to renege on your right to franchise is to deny any future voice in either support or criticism of the government to be elected tomorrow A story in the Globe and Mail Tuesday remarked that anyone has the right of accepting a ballot and then returning it unmarked While this makes a valid and probably straight forward comment on how a voter feels it is also a cop out that fails to provide the direction to our elected representatives for leader ship Tomorrow is election day All Ontanowillspeak It is up to each and everyone of us to ensure that that voice is heard It will not be heard or it will become confused if we do not exercise our right to vote On June 9 GET OUT AND VOTE FOR THE FUTURE OF ONTARIO May the best party win Election hasnt changed in past five weeks By Queen Park Bureau Of The Herald After nearly five weeks of campaigning position in this seem to have changed all that much from the way It shaped up at the start When the gate opened It appeared thnt the government would probably get back with a majority the NOP would once again be the official opposition and the Liberals would drop probably sharply The main uncertainly seemed to be the question of numbers Whether the govern would be border line or comfortable Whether the would be able to make substantial gains or remain where It was and perhaps drop some seats And whether the Liberals would be able to retain a good presence or would suffer critical losses LIBERALS HURT At Oils late date these remain the key questions The campaign has done little to clarify As we get close to the vote It still seems that the government will get its majority but there is no real sense of how big it might be The comes as well entrench but there still is uncertainly as to how It will finally end up can personally keep their veals one time it appeared that it might be reasonable to expect them to return with seats Now it looks as though they ill be able to congratulate themselves if they do this The most influential event to date has probably not been anything that the three pirtics have done but a poll that was published by the Toronto Star on May This poll which was taken in early stages of the showed that the government was holding steady at a strong per of the vote the had dramatically risen to an impressive per cent and the Liberals had sunk to per tent The figure for the Liberals was the key one The government per cent wus i confirmation that it was standing strong The big NDP gam wis not is important is it for when ipplied to he elector map il show any improve in si its guned Hut poor I showing II porlnyed as in very low estate probably influenced a lot of harder line volet Tins was I it blow in lb the Liberals re illy I thilr campaign when the survey wis taken and were jus beginning to make some impact when the poll was released And the Liberals appear as even more They hud seemed to be momen down than at the start with their final holding turn Hut when the results became known depending on how many of their members they seemed to lose i lot of this oh Military precisionmay be than Ins recently joined the Air itiill I wis filled with enthusiast could sec promising backlash in ill I would have to do was bark out ir ind he would immediately respond illy iluie and click his heels while I still hopes that his bed ill nude Willi military precision that lace will be mirrored in the gleam of his polished shoes some misgivings have crept into my mind Vague rumors admittedly yet unfounded have reached my ears that first license the cadets must acquire is that of a glider pilot Now for a mother who has only ever flown once and that was back in the dark ages no quite with the Wright ITS WATER SAFETY WEEK How fast can a child move nil child ii Picture i puppy dirting mov mi figure or i jumping il i ruling siring lullrcn move like lizards second re and Wliei Johnnj He are deceptive There plenty of loungers Ihere and lifeguirds you can 1 1 sure they are alert to your child whereatouis us almost a for children playing ball on the beach to splash into the water to ivc a long shot Will they make At a campsite a child wand around a clump of brush and is out of sight Is he close by or lost the backyard pool in the time 11 takes you to rub on oil or search out the car keys a child may have slipped Into or under the water too surprised to do more than gasp Drownings of children ire often silent the sixth sense jolts parents to Ihe set that things in too quiet may come loo late Through its many v programs Red Cross does Its best to protect everyone engaged in water activities it s up la all of us to keep Looking through our file THIRTY The ir Service Recognition Committee needs more contributions the fund for s servicemen and women so ih mount will at total The fund which w is i ago has not rrccivcdlhcrtsponse the committee believes mints ere of 1 attended opening of lluthmville I irk mid joined in a community sing sjHHisi rt by the park included sports reels and mill illtsh is in the Credit ilfish was trying to swallow inch rock hiss The catfish was by in using worm for bill TIM first mm slop flight from Toronto to if A passenger Pacific off lo a fly mi Sundiy June when the iris Pipe Hind piped the n ho ird tin pi me m project undertaken by the nil resulted in the girls selling J1G0 cookies In George lown Willi mis school ittcndinee in the three schools in Georgetown Milton is estimated at for next term according to compiled lo the Bo of A fiveman inquest jury Frldiy ibsolved crew of a trim of any in the of Kennclh John Connelly on Ihe trestle of Georgetown The jury midc reenm mcndatlons when they returned after he testimony for over an hour These were a mile per hour road be applied to ill traffic crossing the trestle and lint proper fencing be erected Ihe tracks A resident of Georgetown produced of discolored iter liken from his lap at home show council The resident said he had complained two ye in ago about dirty water hail been rcimbur Red twice for clothing had ruined in laundry A Georgetown couple and Marie David and heir unborn child drowned in Ihe Credit River lower piper mill dam on River Drive From Gerald had been willing got into difficulty in one of the deep holes and when his pregnant wife had gone to his lid bolh drowned In the rescue attempt brothers and who refuses to go up the side of the rower without a parachute the mysteries of aerodynamics are about as great as the inner workings or the common llghlbulb Both are totally incomprehensible and have be taken on faith Know ing that Richard wanted to fly and who but 1 11 do mine on the ground thank you and aware that the Air Force presumably have plenty of government money at disposal I had assumed that the very least he would train on In this modern day and age was a or something similar The Idea that they would actually risk my only sons life in something without an engine or oven a set of brakes and that from the ground at least resembles a doIt yourself kit has now given me grave doubts about our national security Richard has done his best to air currents wind velocity and all that good stuff but what docs a 15yearold know After all what about air pockets Even 1 know that if you hit a void the only way lo go is down Why didn t he join the Sea Cadets at least he can swim Will the Air Force be prepared to ensure his safety when he is faced with an irate hijacker resentful being set down In Boll on or instead of Uganda because the wind was from the wrong direction Conversely If a high wind suddenly him off to the Rockies or P E I will return him to hearth and home free of charge or would the poor kid be expected to hitchhike home When this free flight horror story was first mentioned I informed Richard that I wanted to know nothing about It just to tell me when It was all over However hiding one head in the sand never solved a problem Possibly the government believes that flights are going conserve fuel energy maybe so but they are not going to try II wilh my son I fully intend without parachute to be in that lead plane when they take my son aloft into the wild blue yonder and the first man that makes a move the tow rope is going to get it from me with I only hope when becomes a pilot he should survive that long and Is flying Jo exotic faraway places he can find room for his poor old mum In the cargo section figure that is the least these rapidly greying hairs deserve Sure it mill Comment overheard from on apolitical Burlington voter If It rains the Tories will have the election because they always can get it out But if it sunny watch out the Liberals will be big competition What do those byeiections really mean By STEWART MacLEOD Bureau Of The Herald In case you haven I noticed I been keeping fairly mum about those recent six federal I vc been hoping hat by postponing comment someone could explain to me what the results actually mean So haven a clue But I am no longer embarrassed to admit It because it seems most of our politicians don know either Before the campaigns began Prime Minister Trudeau said he would be a tort of mini referendum on national unity And as soon as the voting ended he said this the case after all It was he decided a heartening of Liberal economic policies Meanwhile Conservative Leader Joe entered Iho campaign by saying his head was on the block after losing all six he Bald the recriminations against him came from the news modi II seems his head slipped off the block But Clark leading qui bee MP Claude Wagner obviously wisnl so sun He felt Clark was responsible for the pirty poor showing In the province ve produced what they ve produced he said Apparently that means CI irk should get the blame Bl AMI- is some others are blaming Wagner and tends to confuse things Pierrette I is the i Tory In Verdun said she was In slim over the lack of help from She suggested former Liberal minister should be expel it from the Tory caucus of his tow ird And sm axing ibout politicians switching I notice what cabinet minister I ick Horner former Tory said the I iber Ms win In Ihe Pi- I riding of Mulpequc hit Ihe oust rvallvc was socialist Win n a I ibcrnl refers lo Conservitlvc is it mokes you wonder where Mm lewis tin NDI But another Oh yes I ilso read that thL I I win It wis a case of the hints losing Since I am unsure of the- distinction I won I pursue that Hut to furl tier the result Irudeiu specifically attributed Iho I to his economic policies Unemployment In is perilously in ID per cent and it boggles the mind to think what the party might do full employment tor a while was convinced the P I Tories ran into difficulty because of funny Incident In which I lark saw fit lo discipline MP for voting against a government bill since no one has mentioned It since I guess 1 am As for the Quebec results I am totally confused to the Lcvesquc government rhere is no doubt lhat the Tones stand four square for national unity and Quebec separatism But while Trudeau spent the campaign leirmg massive strips off Tories decided not ruffle his feathers Tlicy arc hoping In attract those people who voted for the Pirtl In Novem said a lending member of he Union Parly in Quebec City A look back on a tragic problem By A week or so ago in this column we wrote about an nil too common and tragic problem of the troubled age we live in We told the story of Palsy a 14yearold runaway Since lhat time Patsy mother along with several others have us why What makes youngster run away Why tjo they go what are they running from why can they It Is our belief that there are no easy answers no pat solutions As with most of life problems the reasons why are as varied as Ihe people in conflict For some It a question of not having necessary parental skills or life experience of not trying hard enough again for others It a question of Irving too hard Back in 1375 we wrote the following piece offer it to Palsy mom and all other moms and dads who the problem of The Runaway II not meant to be a pat answer for many of life problems are without immediate solutions It Is instead a question answered with more questions while searching for part of the answer Till- RUNAWAYS Down on the In a three room shack a mother gazes at the cracks She looks around In bleak despair how could she go and leave me here There five kids to feed and I all alone Now why the hell did that brat leave home She still a kid not fully grown thinks she can make it on her own And yet for a moment comes the fear will she be right will she make it out there Running from what just as hard us she can not woman yet never child again In a fancy house on the high side of town a father has car sent round What s with lhat kid can he understand can I be here lo hold his hand There places to go and people to sec portant for business Important for me And yet that look when he walked out the door a look that said never never no more falher reaches for his initialed case and coot that shows his social place And yet for a moment he feels the fear and wishes that his boy were near Not a child and not a man running from what just as hard as he can A mother sits with tear stained face dear God why did she leave our place What would make her leave when we love her so wehad we did all we could did was it just loo good Were we too strict too hard too soft what And she sits and stares at a closed light door And yet for a moment comes the ear what will happen lo that girl so dear Running from what just as hard as she can Not grown not child alone and so young In the world of man A grandma tidies up the floor she tells herself 1 could do no more Since his folks were killed I did my best he was bad from that the truth I guess Lying and stealing and putting folks down always going to the bad side of town And yet for a moment comes the fear why did he go why he here And the grandma wipes the tears away and stares Ihe dawn of another day Not a boy and not a man running from what just as hard as he can A father puts the football back and thinks of college and field and track Andlhinksof needle he found on the floor God why could we have done more Why why dear Lord with a tear stained face we loved him so what wrong with this race A world filled with filth that con somehow take withhote And yet for a moment comes the tear will he be found dead will to night we hear No longer a child and never a man running from life just as fast as he can And all the parents ask the reasons why Dldweglve too much or What makes some go while others stay Do they have to run lo find their way For life It holds so many fears for both young and old in years The world can be a frightening place and some must run to keep the pace There never is a right or wrong in why the very young leave home Some arc weak and some arc strong for some It s forever for others not long Some listen to a distant drum that only they can hear Some listen to an inner voice that fills their souls with fear And moms and das they sit and wait some in hope and some In And moms and dads all learn why If they make you lough they 11 make you cry Theyoung must place to stand to make their spot in a troubled land To find what they ore searching for To find nothing more This man predicted rightly as It turned strategy would fall Most of us in Quebec are federalists and in this campaign seems to be the only one fighting separatism Then he further confused me by asking opinion on why Premier William was fighting a provincial campaign against Lcvesque a resident white the federal Conservatives didn t appear to be making a big Issue of subject in Quebec By ihls time I had no opinions left I just wish I could straighten out this Clark Wagner fiasco I cant understand how both can be to blame when one worked like a Itger and like a finger But then I yet to understand the 1974 general election campaign when ran the Quebec operations only three Tories were elected In iho province and everyone blamed Robert Slant eld