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the HERALD Home Newspaper Hills Page SECTIONS HERALD Wednesday Aprils A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited IS Street Georgetown Ontario PHONE WILLIAM Publisher PAUL Editor DAVID Advertising Manager Second Class Mail Registered Number Mixed feelings over exchairmans region analysis Theres plenty of good sense In this week evaluation of regional government by Georgetowns Morrow himself a former chairman of regional council But if council members display the wariness about his Ideas that Mr Morrow an ticipates we have to go along with them Elaborating extensively on a favorite topic Mr Morrow told the Dally Mercury that regional government In Ha ton will never be successful until Its taxpayers and its municipal politicians accept its necessity and understand its function Had the regional council which Mr Morrow chaired not been an chored by parochial region shy members he said taxpayers would not have faced a budget deficit theyre still struggling to overcome Judging from the former chairman further comments be thinks the same shortsightedness has hampered the regional councils since Overt opposition to the concept of regional government a platform which got several regional representatives elected prompted these councils to limit spending on consultant studies which may have disclosed starting problems early on eased the workload and headed off financial catastrophe he contends Instead the problems lingered too long and several departments heads along with the tax payers are paying the price Only now are outside consultants assessing the problems and recommending solutions but even they arent enough for Mr Morrow the chief administrators department Is just a drop In the bucket as far as the former chairman is concerned He suggests restructuring council so that voters council members to represent them at the regional level only The mayors and councillors of the four area municipalities would stick to themselves on local council While the latter Idea appeals to us somewhat the former does not Reducing regional councils size and limiting membership to specif cnlly- elected representatives is most appealing ata superficial level council could meet in during the evenings making it immediately more accessible to the public the smaller would Increase its ef fectiveness while decreasing dissension the sometimes necessary parochialism demonstrated by the four mayors at the regional level would be mollified by channelling their Input through their towns regional reps Clearly the reason why mayors at tend regional council Is to afford direct communication between two levels of municipal government Mr Morrow argues that the Regional Municipality of Act Is clear in differentiating bet ween local and regional responsibilities so there should be no communication gap That contention leaves us wondering given the communication gap widening between the two levels thus far Of Mr Morrows suggestion that the regions internal opponents are directly to blame for the current financial woes we are less convinced There la much to be said for a positive outlook In the face of a gloomy forecast but we believe regional council In the past three terms has based Its spending restraint more on genuine con for ratepayers across the region than on disdain over the municipal usurped by regional govern ment We bow to Mr Morrow expertise In municipal politics and certainly couldnt challenge his insight into the workings of the 1S7778 council but we fall to see the regions shortcomings as products of In ternal sabotage or even parochial reluc tance on the part of region councillors One comment we can fully endorse however is his acknowledgement that the provincial government probably did far too little to explain the form of government they were Introducing to the citizens It would affect To this day voters remain unconvinced of Its positive value What were once growing are now open wounds and Ha I tons taxpayers will be even harder to convince when the next municipal election rolls around Letter from the Editor Paul Dorsey Campaign steams ahead vi probably said the some thing more than once before but it was Terry Fox who finally lined me as to nature of fund raisins for charitable organizations 1 was still used to the news media association with iIkm impawns when the Marathon of Hope hero Hills last summer Obviously Tirry unprecedented effort gave the canter a unique focal point which iway nil the corporate trappings of the mi or charities A be lev cable hero In the true of the word fighting a recognizable handicap ribbing our attention v ith his crosscountry run Suddenly the campaigns mode perfect sense and phrase Cancer can be more than just a fund raising Since Terry visit I locked on the Heart I unci the Cross the March of Dimes the cystic fibrosis and other such campaigns with far less thin before Last Wednesday when the local cancer society unit kicked off Us campaign with a Daffodil Day breakfast by local insurance agent Paul Armstrong my optimism could only Increase Wilt- 1 DON STEAMER EMMERSON It an odd predicament Iho cancer unit finds itself in this month despite a Pacific Coliseum visit with Wayne Gretiky on the weekend Terry Is virtually a prisoner of his recurring disease his hopes of returning to Thunder flay and continuing the Marathon almost certainly dashed The first question that comes to mind is can cancer really be beaten With this doubt nagging vaguely in the back of our minds we watch the cancer unit mount an annual campaign without the winning help of Terry Fox In fact as I found out last week Terry spirit remains a major factor in obtaining financial support Some or so business Industry service club and social club reps gathered at North Coif and Country Club for the Daffodil Day breakfast and somehow the sense of hope and optimism which Terry brought lo town eight months ago vibrated through Ihe room like a subtle current of unanimity Several speakers referred directly lo Terry but an indirect reference by Smith who ran the 1980 campaign brought it all home again for every single listener there The same cruel irony which greeted Georgetown s own Stokes author of Song for Tnrry last fall had befallen member of her own family recently contracted the disease The fierce reality of campaign the disease Itself and the vigorous human spirit needed to combat it was graciously offset by plenty of whimsical entertainment This year campaign chairman Steamer Emmerson demonstrated his considerable skill as an after dinner speaker with a battery of Jokes Introductions and greetings worthy of Don Danger field Steamer kept things rolling at a grand pace all by himself but he also brought along a valuable ally Mumford With the mayor mother in law Iva Davidson at the piano the radio personality shared his own repertoire of jokes and ted a sing along or two It was a wee bit early on a Wednesday morning for me but plenty or those on hand enjoyed Sunny Side of the Street and other mouldy but goldlc oldies The Herald is very grateful to Mrs Smith and the Canadian Cancer Society for a special Terry Fox certificate of appreciation we received The Georgetown Independent also received one as did McDonald Restaurant local franchise Jo Lister s reward for chasing the elusive Marathon entourage around town on Die old fire truck and the Georgetown Motor Inn which Terry stayed In and later commended thankfully Verbally and verbally those present thanked the cancer unit and pledged continued support to campaigns that won enjoy Terry physical Involvement but can t fall to benefit from the good spirit he generously spread around last year Onetime separatist radical wary over PQs reelection By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa of The Herald Going back to that Quebec election campaign with Its whole sale promises there is one other astonishing comparison with 137G that should net be overlooked It this There is a widespread belief thai reelection of a Parti Qucbccois government may well kill the list in Quince have to think about that one for a few minutes don t you Who could ever associate the government of with the strangulation of tlie separatist Hut there arc a good many frustrated separatists who feel Ihls way And It is obviously one of the factors lo consider in looking at those publicopimonpools the latest of which thai Claude Ryan and his arc trailing the There Is a large block of angry and confused voters who faithfully cling to belief in Quebec independence but have no Idea how to vote in the April election There could be massive shifts in the final days of the Campaign as dyed in Ihcwool separatists they comprise perhaps per cent of the voters moke their decision They could very well end up voting for the Liberals CHOICE The separatists find themselves In odd situation Their party is the Parti The formed through a shaky alliance of various independence movements was brought Into being for the express purpose of taking the province out of Confederation But In order to get elected which everyone agreed was the first step the question of independence was pushed aside Campaigning on the issue of good government in promised voters there would be no moves toward independence without a referendum The referendum held last year and per cent of rejected the Parti request for a mandate to negotiate sovereignty association And with this resounding defeat the independence movement lost all of its momentum and his ministers know that if they went into election campaign still preaching thcgospcl of independence they would be whomped So they have promised not to raise the issue If they are reelected There will be no further there will be no efforts loosen ties with Canada and the will become a good federalist party working only for best interests of within Confederation Thai a commitment And with Levesquc consistently more popular then Claude Ryan he might well win What the people of Quebec must decide is which federalist Too many negative may have collapsed Queens Park of The Herald I rognssiu t their majority in the but the real story of lll election Is the coll i md Hie revivul or hi liberals Aero lories took lilt vole the I iberils per ctnl and lit only Hut i leap of per tint over tin IJ77 suits the Tones jam of by the ami seven per tent the during the election campaign suggested were in trouble but extent of he party full from with must have surprised almost everyone Nonhere In any region did the And Interestingly I as benefitted from the difoillons by supporters the Tories dragged in two votes for each one the rils acquired answered is why shift ANSWMl The short simplistic answer is lo the lost leadership battle Mich ill lacking the appeal of Premier William Davis with the Ontario electorate Hut thit would be superficial in general do not last their for personalities They vote the no the leader II is interesting to note too thai he whose leader Stuart Smith ibly received more negative publicity on a personal level than Dai is and combined actually improved their position one suspicls that Ihe heart of the failure lay with an image of the that had little or nothing to do leader simply lhal It is perceived to be development and anil It is true NDP supporters claim a view of parly Is unfair New Democrats don I oppose develop ment they just want to it properly But on every issue from development of nuclear power aid industry or the encouragement of growth the consistently take a negative bland is illuminating thai the In where Is deeply troubled was easily beaten NDP made its greatest gains in Ihe 1 and held through the 1970s mi what might be called the social issues such as medicare and rent Hut the prime political issue today is not how to redistribute the wealth as NDP continue to claim but ere ilian of new wealth simply to keep current standard of living enjoy Obviously the Conservatives managed to put point across to the public and benefitted with a majority Davis who ran a whirlwind campaign can probably claim the lion share of the credit Hut what is fascinating Is the small party and premier they prefer DEATH BLOW But what is the poor separatist supposed to do Since Levesque is one of them at heart II could be argued that all separatist should rally around htm Bit If the Is elected could also be argued it is so firmly committed federalism and the discussion of separatism hat the movement would have absolutely no focal point However if the Liberals were elected and the PQ reduced to tion then it would not hove to live with Its promises Without the responsibili ties of office the could spend four years regrouping as a separatist party winning back those supporters who were annoyed at the softsell approach with sovereigntyassociation and who now are engaged by Its verbal gymnastics on federalism No one is more concerned Pierre Bourgault the onelime list radical who now has become s sort of elder statesman within the movement I am still tied to the party he says but I Just cannot vote for a federalist party He says the party has betrayed the separatist movement and If It Is reelected It will be the death blow lo the independence movement What he is saying Is independence movement can only be saved by the defeat of the This Is the way he put it not absolutely true that a losing party rejuvenates Itself But it Is absolutely that a winning party never rejuvenates Itself He plans to spoil his ballot policies bid sue of lory majority and the Liberal rebound a position in popular esteem unmatched for yeiri Many people must have agreed with Liberal theme thai the Ontario economy is in trouble and thai the Tories are unlikely lo provide vehicles needed for rescue purposes one looks solely Industrial ridings the extent of NDP failure even more clear the Tories gaining four and Liberals one expense For New Democrats any soul searching in coming days should not focus on leadership but on policy Halton s History From our files THIRTY YEARS new branch of the Women Institute was formed district lying Immediately north of Georgetown The suggested name for the branch was Silvcrwood as the territory extends from Silver Creek to Wlldwood Young Liberals Club was formed last week with an executive headed by Donald Milton as president Ward 1st vice president and Ted Leslie second vice president Four hockey teams won the champion in their own group at the hockey playoffs last week Congratulations to coach Eddie McLean The Boy Scout Troop attended the Scout Cyclorama which was hed In Toronto Thursday The event showed numerous scouts working on badges and demonstrating scouting activity at Coliseum Cliff Adams and his Tour for Talent show entertained a large audience in the Old Town Hall Friday raising for Ihe GRC funds TWFNTY YEARS tax rate for 1961 will be mills for residential ratepayers and mills for Industrial and commercial establishments The tax rise In dollars is per of assessment High school students In Georgetown and across the province will shortly be taking scholastic aptitude tests The test is similar to an IQ lest and will be required to enter universities teachers colleges and technical Institutes Operation TOCSIN 1061 will be an exercise to practise the emergency measures necessary for national survival in the event of a nuclear attack The program begins in Brampton in May end will have the Red Cross St Johns Ambulance Canadian Legion and members of local church and service groups participating As soon as weather conditions permit work will continue on the construction of an eighteen hole golf course at Hilltop Lodge in Erin Nine holes are expected to be finished by mid summer Armstrong has been engaged by the government as designer for the proposed new federal building The building will be located an the west side of Maple Avenue and will house new customs office TEN AGOTaxi drivers in town will no longer have lo wear cops or hats but will have lo post a card In a prominent place in the cab bearing their photograph and clearly printed name and license number Thedrlvers hove complained about wearing the caps saying they suffer from headaches Council decided unanimously to increase the price of townowned industrial land from to on acre Hay of Georgetown was one of two Sheridan College students named to share the Athlete of the Year award presented in the Pine Room of the Oakville Arena last week Thirty five Georgetown high school students joined others from Milton end Acton for an 18day Mediterranean tour which ended with a flight home from Rome this week The condominium develop on Road between Sorgcnl Road and Campbell Gate cleared another hurdle Thursday night when council in committee minor changes and said they will negotiate on selling a 30foot the builder Golden Gale Construction The changes reduced Ihe number of units from to giving owners a backyard ONE work crews will continue pick up household garbage in Acton and George town although the ongoing strike by their region counterparts leaves officials unsure what lo do with the waste after collection The striking public works employees normally operate the landfill site where Hills garbage Is dumped The Georgetown Kinsmen Club inaugurated its K40 Club with a flourish of the new club banner by president Bern Middleton The Club is for Kinsmen past the age of who arc no longer eligible to be members of IhL Kinsmen Club A cheque was donated to the North Association for the Mentally Retarded by Norm Ward of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 120 for a heat scaling machine worth COO The remaining will be provided by the provincial government In the form of a special capital grant The grants are made available to organizations provided they can raise per of the project cost regional council wilt bo laying Its credibility on the line this afternoon when it votes on a public works committee recommendation lhal will if passed add between So and to the average tax bill The tax is to be used to cover an unexpected deficit of almost 1400 In the 1979 sewer budget Glen Williams resident Grace House says the flooding in the Glen could have been prevented by blasting Ihe river channel but Credit Valley Conservation Authority general manager Glenn Schnarr says that only modifications to the paper mill dam and dredging of the channel will make any difference Mrs House whose family is still cleaning up after the flooding two weeks ago said Monday the authority could have prevented the flooding by blasting on Tuesday instead of on Saturday morning POETS CORNER This is the day Something creative of new Brings lntTt me and Today Is day lived to see I am much that I be This Is the we live to reap 11 bygones and sleep today could only stay But it will quickly slip away Happy will come again So will and the rain We beat life great Mutt be strong try to gain Opportunity could be here To you are not so clear When seek and find All pa you were blind Do not bungle your life away lime is precious mike stay Build you much care You can place them anywhere There a purpose you must find those dreams within your mind Every day musl be a thrill II you Intiii so It will The things In lite to Peace and love with equality By