Letters to the Editor THE HERALD Wednesday March 1980 Page Jessie sa Lions Club thanks their tourney helpers People bolster her optimism An Open Letter To All In Hills This year marks the anniversary of the Inter national Bantam Hockey Tour and under the of he Georgetown Lions Club it has been ded with Its usual success thanks to many Individuals and organizations As Catering Supervisor for nineteen of those years I would like to pass along my thanks and acme thoughts to all of those I have been asso ciated with When one hears so much of the conflicts and t ions so much of the time ones own optimism is often shaken Just a bit The pnvilege of working with and for so many of the local folk and meeting so many from different parts of this great country my has been renewed and bolstered I know our future is assured for there are no better people anywhere Along these lines sir I would appreciate it if your paper would convey my heartfelt thanks to the follow Haw Dumper President of the Canadian Auxiliary Legion for her support throughout the week Alice Mallabon for her control and dedication the teenage girls who gave up their school break so they could serve and clear the tables the faces may changes over the years but not the enthusiasm the members of the various Auxiliary and La dies clubs for preparing the food and presenting It so nice ly the Royal Canadian Legion for the use of the auditorium Una the willing help when asked for The Auxiliary of the Legion for the use of the kitchen and which are excellent the Oddfellows for the use of their hall when the Legion unavailable due to a previous booking the local merchants for the thoughtful service and excellent supplies My humble appreciation to the Lion Club for the flowers and gift and my thanks for the opportunity of participating in Last but not least many thanks for the chance of ex tending my thoughts to all and for your coverage of the event Sincerely Jessie Hayes Catering Supervisor The International Bantam Hockey Tournament To the editor of The Herald 1 would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the fans who the Georgetown Interna Bantam Hockey mint To Jessie Hayes and all her catering staff for all the fine mub served all week lonR To Harrison supervisor and all the peopk in Georgetown and district opened up their homes to all the players that our town and Trustees engineering confrontations OSSTF presidents letter claims To the editor of The Herald Recent media coverage of a motion with regard to teacher bargaining which was passed at the Annual Meeting of the Ontario Secondary School Teachtrs Federation has brought that motion into public debate That coverage centered mainly on one or more com merits made outside the meet has affected public per of the intent of to deal with a growing problem for Ontario secondary school teachers negotiating collective agreements with school boards across the the majority of collective agreements settlements arc reached through a bargaining process defined in provincial legislation However in areas of the province which have experienced strikes and lock outs some school boards have taken note of the fact teachers spend considerable time and effort in quickly restoring nor operations after strikes have been concluded Its to the credit and a reflection of their professional integrity that they do so The difficulty for teachers is that by minimizing the live aspect of strikes for the good of their students they may well be encouraging trus tees to create strike situations To put It another way because Iruslees do see strikes as having a serious effect on their system seem in some cases to be engineering con frontal ion with their employee groups in order to gain an advantage at the bargaining tabic If thai is the case and he point can be argued in many areas where bargaining is now in a crisis situation then that situation must be stopped That is the concern raised by teachers last week and that Is VIEWPOINT Albertas King Lougheed creating an unfriendly west the reason why teachers arc prepared to consider strong and unusual action to draw public attention to on inequity In collective bargaining be teachers and trustees There Is legislation which provides for the orderly deve of negotiations even If that development involves sanctions by either side How ever that legislation is predl upon the serious Intent of teachers and trustees to bar gam in good faith and avoid confrontation wherever and whenever possible If either of the parties subverts that in tent prolonged strikes which have negative effects on dents result Sincerely Margaret Wilson President By GERRY Lets shake a few old bones this week The friendly west what ever misguided soul ever came up with that one has been in the news almost regularly late ly King Lougheed has threaten to cut off development of Alberta oil unless the Liberals come up with the same oil price deal that the Tories promised last year Since when did principles of Confederation work against us Do we charge family for use of food from the family no discount but the going Well it appears that Its time for to atop thinking like an king and start thinking like a Canadian if It not loo late for that already Since the federal election two Conservative MP hove suggested separation Douglas Christie a leader of the west cm separatists party said the only option left the only hope Is for the western provin ccs to form new nation called Western Canada Normally not too many people take this fellow seriously but a new wind Is sweeping the west a new wind fanned by greed The following are items that have appeared recently all from the friendly west and they all prove one point the west that friendly First there was the group for Judge and jury figuratively speaking in Camrose la that decided the baby of the year didnt qualify when it was revealed that the mother t married so the right eous group took back all the baby gifts Nice folks Recently there was the case of abuse of the mentally in competent at the Peace River group home for the retarded They forced a retarded boy to cat Tabasco sauce and stand for 16 hours in front of a sink for refusing to do the dishes This Is called behavior cation by the psycho logists who dreamed the treat merit up Its called abuse of institutional power by me not to mention plain stupid Alberta trimmed million dollars off its welfare rolls by refusing assistance to single mothers whose babe reached A months of age Alberta wants to be known as tough on welfare recipients so why not start with the group least able to defend themselves mothers and babies In passing can note that East Smokey county has Its own version of the Scopes trial going with fundamentalists arguing that evolution is only a theory Alberta also sports legal gambling casinos and all that goes with them but it washes its hands clean by insisting a portion of the mobs money go to charities Considering what moves in with organized crime Id rather struggle along with the charitable donations Now I too have relatives in the west and I too know that there arc some very national Canadians in Alberta but and Its a big one if the oil curtain is allowed to drop between us it is a political gesture not one or the common people Most of the above incidents arc politically orient ed I believe that King Lougheed is sitting on a tilting throne till as In machines He acts more like a than a premier after all a puffball Is something blown out of all We need leaders to unite our nation not subdivided it The friendly west not by a long shot Unless Premier docs some serious reconsider regarding his blackmail policies and starts acting like a Canadian for all of Canada hell find that hes standing up to the tops of his western boots in great mounds of meadow muffins and his whole pro vince will permeate an odor that reeks of greed disloyall and a downright lack of patriotism WELCOME GIFTS and Inform about Choose ft Canada largtit raniai of can and TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS i Mountain Road THIS WEEKS BARGOON FEATURING Levis Lee All Boys Shirts Regular Up To All First Quality All Mens Shirts Regular Up To LOOK FOR NEXT WEEKS AT BRADS JEANS CLOTHING Division of Tack Togs Ltd St GEORGETOWN PHONE Jaycees announce boat race To the of The Herald The Jaycees have their annual Craiy Boat Race on the Credit River March In the past it has been great fun I plan to be In previous years some thoughtless boaters have left oil drums in assorted colours and a lot of colorful garbage drift and litter the banks for miles downstream Many people use he river for paddling fishing and wading after the Crazy Boat Race Out of civic pride and consideration of others ing downstream landowners every punter or in the race should make certain thai all the parts of his craft are removed from the river The Jaycees should make this a condition of entry and delegate a group to snag nay and debris be low finish line To Jerry Perkins and his relereemg staff who did just another super job as In the past 19 To Don and Brian who looked after team registration and all of their stall uho did all the running and work during the week To Mayor Peter and wife Judj Pomeroy for organizing the ticket sales staff thank To Hon and his time keepers and game for keeping vcr thing on time and the fans informed To Bob Paul and his and Doug Viuan and his staff for their cooperation in the complete operation of the Annas and To all of the ladies and staff in iht canteens ho sen the crouds of people so thank you To all the business people v in our program a special to for our rous donation to make our Kith program a To licoe and Mark of the local news papers thank for your TolHrrj past Chairman lhankjoufor ixptrttsi and guidance and help To Dave and the Hockey or their donation of the History Recording to the thank you from all of tin Lions Club numbers to nil of aforementioned people plus t Inn TournaiiunlChurnnn Don of Professional 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