LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HIE HERALD Wednesday October I am writing this letter because of comments by Karen Morris in the In dependent and Robert son the page of The Herald According to the many phone calls I received from people thinking they hod Mr Anderson phone number Reader says she received no notice of meeting says program works there are quite a few angry my Little Red White Card and read about the film night My never knew about and the project has not been required vicious remarks made by reH y atese I Garage Sale In the paper after help to perform on a volunteer It was over and no one even basis As a Volunteer Block to the paper and let your opinions be known have been a Block Parent since the programme started asked me for a donation have received very little one has asked me to can communication from the five homes or make 10 phone received calls Now I pick up the paper since I Where were the parents To the editor of The Herald I have been a member of the Georgetown Block Parent Committee for two years and this evening wondered Tuesday Oct To me the most precious commodity I have ore my children The other members of the commit tee feel the same way I do in this town do not same way we do For two years we ha ve strug gled to set up this program for you for your children We have worked long hours to get new members to keep them informed to educate the child to get sponsorship which Were you there To the editor of The Herald The Tact that this could Dear Citizens never happen to your child is Where were you on Tuesday NOT TRUE Oct 11 at a p m We in Georgetown are very Watching the World Series fortunate that not many Starsky and Hutch or some ents happen here but they do other time consuming pastime happen that took quite a lot of energy We would request that more You could have been watch people take on active Interest Ing two very informative lake time put out a small about what could happen to amount of energy and protect your children If they took ill If our children they were approached by If you have any questions someone or worse yet appro- ideas or suggestions pl ached by a child molester on don hesitate to call the way to or home from or because someday it school could be your child In need of a But no you would rather sit Block Parent at home and pretend that it The schools and the Police happen ta your child Department In fie Georgetown But it could happen and only a area have helped in educating few people in Georgetown are the children in A merits of the able to face that fact Block Parent Program It is The executive committee of now time that the parent themselves became educated With the help of the local papers and your support we hope to achieve this Wayne Fleblg Ihe Block Parents of George town are dissatisfied with the public response to this very important program our children Have from the Elks Lodge We have sat up long hours stapling folding planning newsletters We have knocked on doors We have had booths at the Pall Pair at Pioneer Days at the Santa Claus Par We have had ads in both local newspapers We have gone Into the schools with material for the children We have support of the schools and the police but apparently not the geneal public Have we for money NOl Have we asked you to do a lot of hard work Either the people of George town are too lazy or loo ignor ant of the facts or too uncaring or more than four block par ents would have showed up to an open meeting to view two excellent films about the prog ram It was well publicized so that Is no excuse 1 have this horrible feeling that the people of Georgetown are waiting for a child to be murdered or are too smug and think it couldn happen here before they respond I think tbe price is loo high If the Block Parent Program dies In Georgetown It will be be cause of apathy on your part not ours Maybe you can live with nightmares of a child a battered body I can I Parent I have been called too lazy too Ignorant he facts too uncaring and as a town I sick and I don t care To Karen Morris I will say No she hasn asked me for money and No it lsn t hard work But Block Parents do require my service which I volunteer my house which I volunteer and most of all an investigation into my private and personal background by the police to which I sub mitted To Robert Anderson I say I Watch children going past my house to and from school every day I have on several stopped little children from bullying others I have done this before Block Parents came to town and will continue to do so long after you pack It people give their time because in I have done my volunteer they care for their children I job but have you cared enough to find out how many others arc silently doing theiriT You soy there arc not even 100 volunteers left When was the last time you checked Take a drive around Georgetown and count your cards Apparently you don have any idea of the organizations and schools in this town that depend on volunteers Phone any public school ask how many about he children In thl town Because your Committee is not receiving a great many calls does not mean there do Mrs Joan Anderson Umbrage taken over remark This letter send to The Herald for publication Mr Anderson How do you feel so secure and superior to judge our town of Georgetown as being sick and other insulting remarks I agree this meeting would have been beneficial to all Block Parents and believe mc welcomed and appreciated if we had been properly advised I understand being given the job of Senior Block Parent is a makes mc question your good proper way of handling this intentions previous meeting and any understand your feeling of future meetings would be to lack of cooperation on our call or write Senior Block part but cannot understand Parents so they In could why this publicizing of this get In touch with their Block meeting was not handled Parents These feelings are properly I think you can shared by every Block Parent understand point I that read your off the lop of making when only four he head rude remarks which committee members showed were unjustified and not called up for THANKS FOR STORY REMARK EXPLAINED Why change to metric Trade world use Reader To the edtor of The Herald comments Is Why docs the Government spend so many It is a natural consequence m II ions of dollars on this of a fre society that people metric business criticize their Government on would like to comment In nearly ill which are support of the action of our made public knowledge Government in instituting the Though this may be a good metric system The primary practice it is perhaps reason we ore changing to the sometimes carried too far A metric system is that most popular target for criticism countries In the world these days is the conversion to presently use it Hence in the menc system We hear terms of trade we will save such comments as Why must money in that there will now be we change to the metric no need to spend large sums of system What are old money converting from the people going to do Why system to the in complicate things when we lernalional MKS system already know feet and Metric Kilogram Second it is experience that most system the Metric System peoplt do not know that this is whenever we trade with a British system of weights countries other than the US A and measures foot pound Further the teaching and ps system and of learning of Ma tries will the most popular of all be a much lea onerous task Johnson is upset over waste meeting To the editor of The Herald To say I am disturbed about the misinformation regard the handling of Halton solid waste is an understatement I was unable to attend the last Public Meeting when the costs of Reclamation Plants since the M K S system a much more easily learned one system Finally we would significantly reduce computations In the everyday calculations of weights and Let us consider some examples In Ihef ps system we must work w a base 12 to convert inches to feet base 3 to convert feet to yards base To the editor of The Herald We would like to thank The Herald particularly Toy lor for the article concerning Block Parents It accomplish cd a purpose in that we have received numerous calls exp ressing the concern of many parents Some have resented the last paragraph in the article accus them of being sick and we feel this statement an explanation People in this town arc far too complacent and smug if they THINK we live In a unique community where ing can happen to our children One would have to be sick to possibly believe that This is the context in which that statement was made No one can feel the Hon of the committee mem upon seeing only four persons out of a town mgl7 at our recent well advertised open meeting This coupled with the fact that I taw iX to and base to convert square yards to acres And Heaven thinking in terms of links chains rods pecks etc must be beyond the realm of most folk In the system we need simple base 10 and powers of In the window for months on end or were leaving their signs as a per fixture has lead us to believe that people are uncon and uninterested We try to keep our Block Parents informed with news letters half of which we have discovered go unread We send out mass mailings urging urging more people to Parents Half or these as well join the shuffle from the mall box to the waste basket If people feel the program Is worthwhile get INVOLVED help us by showing your sup port We hope to show these two excellent films again in the near future at another open meeting They are certainly nf or motive for our Block Par and anyone else interest in finding out more about the program We will certainly look for word to comments from your readers Linda and Bob Anderson For Georgetown Block Parent Committee 10 Fore tor invited to the One of the draw backs to s half hearted efforts into reclamation was that grants for such a facility de pended upon the Region using prototype built by the was aired but let put the Provincial Government at record straight When I and a facility that is other concerned people with a years behind the times com little foresight tried to tali pared to already existing Halton County into looking at plants elsewhere Systems Reclamation Plants in 1974 handlings too per cent or the Ihe price was considerably Region garbage can be de- the technology was prov vised with a little forethought en and available and was and Imagination Large metal being implemented on this objects can be recycled con Continent and at that time struct ion debris can be used money was more available for road beds and filling ex Only footdragging by the Pro vince and our elected has left us with the situation we are in today The fact Is that cost should never be used to Justify Long Term Garbage Dumping with all its environmental a I Ions and energy waste Five years is ample time for any garbage dump in any one location I was surprised that the spokesman from the Dominion Bridge Company who built incinerator neglec ted to mention that Montreal derived per year from their facility and that was some years ago I was also surprised that none of the more successful companies j who build Reclamation Plants Wheclabro glass and paper can be reclaimed ash from the Incinerator can be used to make fireproof soundproof cinder block I have the plans and formula for such plants Such blocks are ideal for parti Hon walls and for fireproofing high rise apartments It Is obvious to me that we arc not going to get anything done on garbage situation until there are changes at both Region and Queens Park and people other than those direct threatened with garbage dumps in their areas become truly interested In the Solid Waste situation The Environ ment and the Solid Waste situation should be part of the public and High curri culum William A Johnson man height Is 1 m metres equals 178 cm centimetres equals 17 dm decimetres a small house consumes 5000 watt hours of electrical energy thus the consumption is simply kilowatt hours h of electrical energy a subdivision property which measures is hectares Let us therefore not use the excuse that the Metric system is too complicated for either the young or the old The mplc fact is that It is a facile system and mathematically a much more precise one than system Most of all let us detcrm to live with and in the metric system and leave the British system to the historians We will thereby not be forcing the Government to spend more of our already overspent tax dollars trying to convince us to Co Metric Sincerely Joseph LOCATION DONS AUTO SERVICE 5 ARMSTRONG AVE Now to completely your car WE CHECK Brakes belts filters lights plugs points front end change complete Inspection Big or small we thorn all Small car expert Guaranteed quality service At Dons we feel your cars worth that little bit extra DONS AUTO SERVICE Armstrong Ave 8778122 lr- TAX SALE PROPERTIES Each year throughout Ontario treasurers sell properties that ha payment taxes For the Informed thero ore 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