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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Since A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario J TWIOK Publisher and General Manager DAVID Bt I- Advertising Page SECTION Tilt June to Jill Second Class Mall Registered Number- Love campaign works its magic Been following the progress of the I Love Georgetown campaign Perhaps you ve thought about dedicating your next big yard clean up to the spirit of the campaign or maybe you re already In volved In some community Improvement project through your club or civic organization Well If you haven t found the time or incentive to get involved yet here your chance Organizers of the campaign hope to see Just how many residents have taken their cause to heart when they tour the community aboard a chartered bus June They be delivering certificates of achievement to who have already helped spruce up the community or have otherwise worked to boost residents awareness and pride In their hometown But at the same time the organizers will be looking for the I Love Georgetown symbols hanging in front windows and doorways of area home If you think Georgetown Is a great place to live clip out the symbol below and tape It to a window June IS and 20 Maybe you II want to fashion your own symbol sign with cardboard plywood paint and marking pens maybe even neon Hanging the symbol in your home Indicates at the very least that you regard Georgetown as a vital growing community with potential for a place that provides for most if not all your needs socially culturally and professionally That s an Important commendation from any citizen and It that kind of at titude we re delighted to acknowledge that this campaign has already begun to On Its introduction Just over a month ago the I Love Georgetown campaign appeared to be a short term promotional blitz whose effects would be Immediate but limited In retrospect five weeks later Its most important effects are clearly long term Charlie KelUngton of town who came up with the I Love Georgetown theme when Ratepayers Association officials like Tom and Lawrle asked him to devise a community pride campaign Is quite right when he notes that the campaign real contribution will be In the boosting or public awareness In other words It gets you thinking about Georgetown We ve got oar problems here to be sure As well as the usual array of town headaches like vandalism and heavy traffic we ve got some rather unique planning obstacles keeping many on edge speculating on events of the near What the I Love Georgetown campaign has served to Illustrate for us all however Is that the community has an underlying unified current of public In terest and concern pride and enthusiasm It t the Imposition of regional government seven years ago that dissolved Georgetowns sense of Identity that lost of community solidarity began with the towns first major housing boom of the 1950s which stamped Georgetown as a commuter suburb a bedroom com munity for city workers Since then various factions of the community have launched promotional campaigns geared to specific areas with merchants setting the pace The downtown Business Improvement Area concept la a good example of how small factions can successfully boost their portion of the community while unfortunately the town overall sense of a common identity falls by the wayside Now by extending Its former role as community watchdog and critic to Include community promotion the Ratepayers Association with much help from the Chamber of Commerce has reminded all about Georgetown traditional nature and for many underlined potential The slogan Itself may be borrowed from the well known Mew York State promotion but Georgetown may have come up with an Idea thats Just what many municipalities need The Ideas already catching on In other towns our hats are off to the local citizens who made us the first town on the block to get things rolling I know next to nothing about real estate and industrial development and only slightly more about business promotion but In my view Hat on Hills t exactly stand out among the hundreds of mun surveyed for Monday special Report on Industrial bites in the Globe and Mail Someone went to a lot of trouble compiling all that Information for would be investors the listings all fairly detailed cover all of Canada from Central C to Newfound land and they re all neatly packaged behind an introductory front cover bearing the article Municipalities advised that about per cent of growth comes from resident Industries true enough if Nellson s expansion is any indication Ontario listings of course arc he ones that from page to page and Hal Ion Hills Is squashed In there between Halibut ton and Hamilton offering somewhat more than many municipalities in terms of available acreage but precious few other virtues A display ad In the midst of all this that Tndon found not one but three great sites In Hal ton region just above it there a a plug for Ilalton Interchange Park at Guelph Line end the JEW and elsewhere there a small ad boosting Burlington Where most listed owns or Hills size offer several different areas to choose from our town offers one the North Hollon Real Estate park opened In recent years by Paul Nielsen and It has acres available at each most services on site How do we compare Milton has more than ready for new industry although prices per aero range from to pile its huge population lists only acres selling for plus Orange lie has acres available but they re asking to la also around the per acre mark they got 300 In the opposite direction along Highway London offering acres at apiece Woodstock has 36 acres at and St Thomas has acres at the low low price of III Does everything get cheaper as you cruise toward Windsor Perhaps local business boosters could learn something from our neighbors to the west They can offer our close proximity to Toronto but they re still close enough to the and Lakes Erie and Ontario to proffer great deals for Investors at much cheaper rates Or you could head north 1 m not sure where It Is but the Rama Reserve population 515 la also listed under Ontario Ita owners the Chippewas of Rama and they also have some room to span In the reserve new Industrial BNA carries on relations will never be same Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau of The Herald Whatever happens to the govern ment current proposal to patriate the constitution it seems safe to assume that Canadian Federal Provincial Relations will never spin be quite the The proposal commonly referred to as Prime Minister package now Is before the Supreme Court of Canada having its legality decided and if this highest court In the land should decide the package is legal then It a a foregone conclusion that the package In the form of a resolution will be forwarded to Westminster approved there and wo will have a new Canadian Constltu lion And whether it would ultimately sooth federal provincial relations or make them more prickly only time would tell what we do know Is that a different relationship would exist with the courts being given some of the powers now resting with parliament and the legislatures While there are sharp disagreements on what is likely to happen with a ted constitution no one has suggested that provincial relationships would remain as they arc WOULD1M T PERSIST And what if the Supreme Court should decide that the package or at least some Integral parts of it arc Illegal Well for one thing Prime Minister Trudeau has made It clear that It would not persist with a Hon package that has been declared Illegal So the package as we now know it would presumably die a natural death But would this then result in federal provincial relations returning to the present state Few seem to think If It would be relatively easy to overcome the pinpointed Illegalities there are some who feel that Trudeau might alter the resolution with perhaps another attempt at broad provincial agreement prior to again taking If necessary unilateral parliamentary action But if lilies were so fundamental as to destroy the basis of the present package its more likely that the Prime Minister would abandon the effort for a man being tempted by retirement it inconceivable that he would want to once again begin this painful patriation process from scratch So in that event we would continue to exist under the British North America Act as wo have for the last 114 years And under this form of constitution the Federal and clot Governments have tended to operate with concensus compromise and despite almost daily disagree ments a great deal of cooperation Disputes have generally been settled with political action UNDATED But this current process has brought many Federal Provincial issues to a head and so far 13 provincial appeal court judges along with the nine supreme court judges have been asked to arbitrate on the legality of the package Basic Issues that were traditionally settled through political now arc the subject of court STRONG HINTS And regardless of what the supreme court ultimately decides the courts will be playing a much greater role in future federal provincial relations Justice M Chretien now is taking advantage of every opportunity to make this clear It was the provinces not Ottawa thai took the patriation package to courts he has said on two recent occasions And If the package Is ruled Illegal the federal government may begin applying the British North America Act to the letter Perhaps he said Ottawa would simply stop trying to negotiate agreements with ihe provinces and take matters to the court We d just go in front of the court and If it gives the federal government the power to go ahead The Justice Minister denies any but he said that if the package Is ruled Illegal there arc only two options start the process all over again or to apply the present constitution And it was the provinces who rejected the political process in favor or court action he said It may be a good precedent to settle things in the future The Minister feels the federal government actually has access to more power than It now exercises under the and that Ottawa would increase its strength by taking more issues before the court When asked whether this was an attempt to get tough with the provinces the Minister Bald that It s not tough to apply the constitution it to follow the taw of the land Read mlo this what you will but It clear that federal provincial relations mil never be quite he same again Liberal critic turns heads with costcutting schemes Queens Park Queens Park Bureau of The Herald Liberal Treasury critic David Peterson tried something unusual Tor an opposition critic recently He actually listed several areas where the government could cut spending Instead of raising axes Normally that not how the game la played around the legislature at least not by the Liberals who like to have it both ways Peterson for example will damn the government forspending too much running up a billion deficit and endangering the long term financial health of the province Other Liberal critics will tackle individual Tory ministers with complaints which can usually be sum marl ted by phrase you haven t spent enough money to do this badly needed suchandsuch The of course make no pretence about restraint obviously believe there are no limits to what the public sustain in he way of costs So when Peterson decided to get specific about where cuts should be made in government spending and when Premier William Davis handled the response the exchange was illuminating BLCAKLFUL Davis replies illustrated neatly why governments spend money and why parties tread on eggs when they criticize such expenditure Peterson suggested selling the government land assemblies like on Lake Erie or North Pickering near Toronto In turn Davis defended land bank as a justifiable Investment by the people of this province in order to provide housing accommodation such as took place in eastern Toronto and will occur at And he pointed out the opposition parties tended to argue a decade ago that government was doing loo Utile such banking rather than too much Inshort land banking helped some people and was good politics and you used to think so too Peterson also knocked Tory preference for giving incentive grants rather than loans to pulp and paper companies In an effort to encourage hem modernize their operations IS GOOD Davis conceded a consistent Liberal stance here but again retreat to politics noting Peterson did not go to the North and express his views the election campaign with great regularity And when Peterson suggested government advertising the energy preserve it conserve it for example was silly and should be abandoned Davis repeated himself simply have to say It is a policy pursued by Just every govern I know he said Then he threw in the cruncher Peterson should ask his Liberal colleagues from rural ridings whether an ngenmpaign like Ontario should be abolished The farmers I know feel it Is an Important program WHY Right But the core question la hardly whether a program services people All government expenditure benefits someone in some manner or tor example land banking has helped a few persons enter the housing marker and would do so again If the program were resurrected But It is no longer a policy option pursued by government In times of easy money like the 19COS land banking can be undertaken Tough limes like today mean more discretion is exercised But the bottom line remains that spending meets needs and wins vales And picking programs to axe as Peterson did la unfortunately a loser Haltons History From our files THIRTY YEARS AGO A special service for the dedication of new pipe organ was held In Knox Presbyterian Church Sunday morning The service of dedication was conducted by Reverend Alex Colder who traced the history and meaning of Instrumental music in the church In his sermon Plans for the expansion of Milton Fall Fair have been mode by the Agricultural Society Extra land has been purchased to the fairgrounds In Milton and work will Start soon on a new cement block agricultural hall Georgetown Public School placed first In the In school track meet with an overall score of points Fr day afternoon Milton came In second with points and Acton third with points Crop respects in are the best they ve been In years The showers of the past few weeks have been life savers to this county and a happy to he past few years which were very dry In May and June Georgetown Legion plans to have a Decora lion Day till Sunday at Greenwood Cemetery A number of organizations are marching with the Legion in the parade those killed in he two wars A salary boost for the major and increased pends for were approved Monday council meeting By unanim vole council the mayor salary to a majority carried an increase to a meeting from the previous for the councillors The south end of the county received only minimum sympathy from Georgetown council when the question of of voting power was discussd Monday Mayor Era Hyde recommended that county representatives oppose any change in the redistribution of votes since it s the first time In h story tint north has had an advantage In votng Arrangements were completed last Monday for the grand opening of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital June 17 While arrangements have been made for the actual opening Saturday afternoon there will be opportunities to walk through the new building at various over the weekend North OPP detachment was modeml last wetk with the arrival of two new Ha rley Davidson motorcycles which will patrol Highways 7 and through north Halton Corporal Charles Wilkinson said the motorcycles were needed to cope with the heavy Influx of traffic on local highways over the past few years Council approved preparations of a borrowing bylaw Monday to cover half the cost of a cafeteria planned for Georgetown new composite high school Senior government grants are covering the composite construction cost of the large addition with Georgetown and paying of the cost and a government grant paying he balance for the cafeteria TEN Halton elementary school teachers settled for a per cent wage increase lost week but the secondary school teachers and the County Board of Education are stalled in their negotiations following Monday night meeting Tic Department of Transport has finally agreed there Is enough the corner of Maplo Avenue and Street to warrant traffic lights Council members received the word asm Residents of Ontario and Anne Streets River Drive and Mountainvlew Road North made their objections known to the recently passed bylaw denying a building permit where no municipal water and sewers are available The residents told council Monday the bylaw was so strict that no alterations and prove merits could be made to a house already built Over cowboy fans jammed the park Saturday and Sunday to watch Georgetown annual rodeo All proceeds from ticket sales were donated to Big Brothers of Georgetown Vandalism is on the increase at many conservation areas and as a result the Region Conservation Authority has dec ded to place a patrol of security guards at their areas at Kelso Rattlesnake Point and Crawford Lake ONE YEAR AGO Considerable pressure from neighboring homeowners has prompted the town general committee to recommend council rejec of a golf driving range proposed for the Eighth Line and Avenue near Hornby The Fifth Annual Highland Games open Saturday featuring all the events of last year games plus a few new ones thrown In In addition to he usual caber loss shot put and war there will be a Scottish hammer throw offered for the first time Capital expenditures of si million were approved by regional council last Wednes day for the construction of police buildings In Hills and Bruce Mclntyrc has won the Mayor Road Race for the second year running Mr Mclntyre covered the kilometre course minutes and seconds against a field of others Negotiators for the Halton Board of Education and the Secondary School Teachers Federation arc waiting for mediator Martin to settle their year of bargaining sessions to form a contract Secondary school teachers have been without a contract since August POETS CORNER The Boiling Sun Up those stormy clouds The sun a mighty glow The winds that form they Make a forceful blow Beyond that stormy cloud and Wind the iky a pretty blue Without that sun and rain What would our vegetation do The sun It Is a roaring fire Which mint never end It I our greatest lifeline On hat we do depend The world it a And always will be There are so many things That man will never know Albert Brooks Acton