the HERALD Designated cities are bilingual Home Newspaper of Halton Hilts Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario DON BRANDER Publisher and General Manager Phone 2201 Page 4 SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday March Postal dilemma Canada Post Corporation came to Limehouse last week looking for input and suggestions few options which would make residents happy Its a pro position for everyone Canada Post is mandated to end the career of all its rural postmasters gradually replacing them with contract operators The Corporation is looking for a retail business to take over duties on a commission basis to serve just as a postmaster would The impact on residents should the new store owner accept the contract is virtually negligible However very few people were happy after a public meeting March when Canada Post explained the J situation Residents are concerned about what the new owner of the General Store must accept to keep the mail moving in the community The Corporation would not release details of the contract which gives residents no idea how profitable or unprofitable the commission basis venture will be The residents don want to see their newest retailer ex plotted although they know their mail will bnng in other business to the store However they are adamant about wanting the mail service to stay in as it has for the past 131 years The dilemma is then placed on the shoulders of the new store owners They could risk the goodwill of their tial customers by refusing to accept the Canada Post offer The alternative if no other business accepts the operator s contract is to go to super boxes or a limited stamp and mail facility For Canada Post s part there is little room to maneuver The commission contract is negotiable The Corporation must make mail delivery more profitable to meet its 1989 deadline for self sufficiency They argue the service can remain the same in the village if someone is willing to be the new postal operator Residents want the status quo and feel threatened by a change in Canada Post s policy Few will blame the new store owners for not taking the contract But an end to established traditional mail delivery will be a blow to this tightlyknit rural community Sour grapes In the far reaches of Region a police officer has been found guilty of neglect of duty The Burlington based constable is to be sentenced March 25 and could face dismissal from his job with Regional Police The case has carried an Interesting twist because of the publicity attached to the officer s failure to quotas For years and years ticketed residents have cursed at police officers in what they suspected was a vicious at tempt to meet quota requirements Police deny this and did so again at the trial of the Bur ington officer instead explaining the force has a number of goals and objectives for each of its constables Now that fair in our minds Every business has quotas and budgets and goals or whatever you want to call them Businesses have mileage budgets typewriter ribbon budgets telephone budgets and staff are measured on per formance based on how good they are at staying on budget or within quota limits only natural Its a measurable way of evaluating a person performance So what s wrong with police having a quota system if it means spreading the work around fairly and making sure officers perform their duties as asked to There nothing immoral about it There certainly would be if a motorist received a ticket and didn t deserve to just because of a system of juggling numbers But that not the case The police maintain its goals by objectives system is flexible and leaves constables a guideline to work towards The public has nothing to fear if it is obeying the law Those who complain about unfair quota systems are more likely crying about spilt milk Sour grapes anyone new master EDITORS NOTE Legislation has been passed to broaden services In Ontario prospect that tome people and worries other Tola the first column In a on I annua He rlghli ByflEHEKNElAON Queen Park Bureau Thornton New Service In November the Ontario legislature passed BID a the French language Services Act Some On residents are cheering It Others fear It The bill is being implemented In stages with moat of Its provisions to be operational by late 1969 The final step after Bill a move already pro mised by the Liberal government will be to declare Ontario an official bilingual province No date for that has been announced Under Bill a Ontario is vided In to two parts for the purpose of exten ding French language services designated areas and designated areas In designated areas all provincial government services either direct Editors notebook By One of the prettiest sites in On- one of our lost remaining trampled natural habitats In j southern Ontario has found a new j master Form near BallinaTad is a natural oasis known to few in Halton Hills Now the Credit Volley Conservation can hang a shingle out In front of the homestead claiming Its under new roent After five years of study and scrutiny new questions will be ask about the Moacre site bequeath- to the people of Ontario The Ontario Heritage Foundation a provincial government sponsored agency has been the caretaker of the i land with a mandate to find a capable manager to run the proper y The former beef and bone farm has been turned over to the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to manage The publicly funded body will be given a free hand to organize the property under the wishes of the former owners Stewart and Violet Bennett Unfortunately one of the best pro- for using the site came from a hone park corporation that wanted to use the to encourage par ticipation and appreciation of ad Queens Park by agency must be available In icnch as well as English It covers government ministries with health education and community and social services being the largest among them It also includes more than other provincial operations ranging from Ontario Hydro to OHIP to the By Derek Nelson All their head and some regional offices as well as an number of Independent funded agencies such as some offices of the Children s Aid Society must also offer bilingual services CONSULTATIONS The agencies however will only be required to offer such language services after extensive consultations with the government For community colleges and psychiatric Institutions where the government anticipates some pro blems in recruiting qualified Frenchspeaking staff designation will likely come later rather than earlier Municipalities and their agencies are excluded as are universities ex where they voluntarily opt for French language services For ex ample municipal homes for the are exempt while a Rotary Club home for the aged might be designated for Frenchlanguage vice Police forces however remain a question mark The criteria for becoming a designated area are very broad If during the census as few as people In a large urban area describe themselves as cop hone that area will be designated as bilingual by the government why not only Ottawa Carleton where the largest number of urban Ontario francophones live In the census and 113000 in the differently calculated 1986 census about per cent of the population but many other have been labelled bilingual Good examples ore Toronto about two per cent and Hamilton S BOO and TOO about two percent Other designated regions counties and districts are Windsor Sudbury Wetland Port Cclbome Pembroke Algoraa Cochrane Timiskamlng NI pissing Glengarry Prescott Russell and There is a second means of deter mining designation Any locale where per cent or more of the population la of francophone origin Is also deemed to be covered by Bill SMALLER This takes in many of the smaller population centres the province such as Ignace Penetangulsbene Marathon Tecum sen and Win cheater Tiny and townships Designated areas currently cover BO per cent of the province popula tion and per cent of its fran cophones interestingly while the provincial government can simply order that a town or district be added to the list of designated areas to remove a place from the list requires and act of the legislature regardless of the figures Colchester for Instance remains designated even though less than eight per cent of 1U 3 000odd in are francophone And this raises the tricky question of how you define a francophone or for that matter Francophone and anglophone were words originally coined to describe ones linguistic community rather than one ethnic background Statistics are boring but they are vital in understanding that It is not need but ideology Canada is a country therefore Ontario should be bilingual that underpins the case for Ontario massive and costly experiment in French language services and soon of So bear with me When the 19B1 census was con ducted 77 per cent of the population claimed French ethnic descent but only S3 per cent said French was their first language that is the language initially learned at home and understood There is another census category called home use People give the name of the language that is most used around their home and in which they feel the most comfortable For French that amounted to per cent A fourth category describes those who use only French They numbered per cent in 1961 Citizens forum horses The horse park group couldn I make a go of its idea when goals of a more financially viable operation were expected Now the will have Its shore of challenges within the twoyear term of management granted to It by the Ontario Heritage Foundation The following ore Just a few of the Issues that will have to be grappled with even though Conservation Authority Is rich In administrative resources where wilt the extra fun ding come to administer the proper can the CVCA accommodate all the requests for use of the property and still not destroy the passive nature of this beautuful site should the land be used to attract more people Into the area How many people is too much When will neighboring residents complain when busloads of people stop by for the day what activities ore compatible to the land and the wishes of the former owners who entrusted the property to the people of Ontario Initially I thought the land might have been well suited to a type of rural tourist attraction along the lines of Black Creek Pioneer Village But the site Is not well suited to ac cepting loads of people The rural nature of the area isn t suited for handling day trippers from Toronto One can only hope the Scotsdale Farm property docsnt turn Into a highuse commercialized operation With profit as a main motive for Its existence School play was delightful Dearbir Is there anyone In Georgetown who about this time of the year docs not get the Winters Blahs I have read many good articles In your pages of solutions nob bles each them having merit had reasons to slip Into depres sion and very kind folks helped along the way then suddenly A ticket took me Into the John Elliott Theatre to see Centennial Middle School presentation of No No A Thousand Times No It was another world laughed till my sides ached Those lads and lassies sang danc ed and clowned their way to a ston ding ovation and to the medicine I needed telling me that their long hard struggle bring happiness was well worth their effort To each and every single one of you engaged in that production my sincere thanks Do we want more Yes Yes AThousandTimesYcsl Mitchell Georgetown Demeaned by court system Dear Sir Re recent rape sentence by Judge Ted Matlow As Acting Chairperson of Sexual Assault Services of Halton 1 am writing to state our outrage at the apparent attitude of Judge as reported in the Toronto Star on March 1988 It would not be bo significant If this was not a pat tern of past comments by other judges The judicial system con ttnues to fall to appreciate the long term effects that sexual assault has on the victims and their immediate families The perception that women are ultimately responsible in con trolling mens sexual behaviors ap pears to remain strong In our view rape must be appreciated as an act of power and violence which cannot be condoned in our society The courts have to be leaders In transmitting this message Currently women continue to be victimized by their Hants and demeaned by the Judicial system We are asking when Is this going to change and what steps are you plan to take to make It happen Yours truly Corrte Galloway Acting Chairperson AS EI Remember the power you have Dear Sir Pleaie find enclosed a copy of a letter forwarded Ms Barbara McDougall Minister for status of women In response to Carol article In the Stir March 1MB The choice Is a woman alone Dear Barbara McDougall It was with great Interest that I read Carol Goars article In Sun day s Star The choice is a woman alone soys McDougall In quotations It states I a minister of the crown not a minister of God Each and every one of us Is a minister of God for our prime pur pose what we were created for Is to know love and serve God on this earth so we may be happy with Him in the next Remember the power you have has been given you from God Pray and pray hard for His guidance You and vou alone are to have to live with your for the rest of your life There are a couple of statements that you make that I have the feel ing that you know the answer to this moral Issue It a thing attached to a woman body it Is a living human being When plant an apple seed you get apples not bananas or pears When a human seed Is planted at the moment of conception you have a human not a thing or what Today with our advanced information In embryology we know when life begins I agree with you that institutions such as the government are not in the position to make moral Judgements Also I fully agree that our children should be better Inform by their parents and in schools They should have the Information of what an abortion Is now it Is done as you say the pros and cons The money the government spends pay doctors to perform abortions could be more wisely spent on single parent support and child care Please do not let your Judgement be discoloured by the experience of your school friend You are no longer a high school student You I shall pray daily that God may give you wisdom to make an ap propriate decision His will not thy will be done Yours truly Gertrude Collls Glen Williams In your opinion The question what is your favorite type of book to read was asked at the Georgetown library Whats your favorite book CHRIS BLEN KEVIN Adventure and COWE History History mystery They keep Basically you learn and medieval types you in suspense You about the past what and humorous types lllB111 really want to keep happened before and I get a kick out of the only books I really They rive on reading and can- how It affects to- humorous types I enjoy the story In not put the book day am interested In down knights and medieval times HEATHER DON ANNE MARIE knights KER Romance I Mystery Just like to read books I just find They are the them more In you a chance about what Is going to happen 30 years ago St Johns United Church was decorated with pink and white stan dards of poms when Anne Mlnota of Georgetown became the bride of William John Earl of Nerval Rev Morgan McFarlane officiated at the double ring ceremony Local hairdressers Mrs A E Wheat ley who operated Louise Beauty Lounge Laurene Baker who operated Laurene Beauty and Mrs William Mohony attended the annual Hairdressers Convention at the Royal York Hold Mrs Ed of Georgetown was crowned Shamrock Queen at the Lions Club St Patrick Ball at the Rose Room of the arena The queen chosen by lucky ticket number was a new feature of the yearly ball 15 years ago James W Martyn was appointed publisher and general manager of the Georgetown Herald He succeed Walter who left the newspaper to become manager of the North Golf Club The petitions started by the Policemen Wives Association col lected In all 149 322 signatures Cyn thia Green was one of 10 policemen wives in Georgetown who stood in shopping plazas knocked on doors and stirred Interest in passers by Mrs Carol of Georgetown won a IS foot swimming Sol as a door prize at the meeting In Etobocoke The pool was donated to by the manager of Men Pool Gyms Wellington Products Ltd 10 years ago Barry Shepherd was ap pointed school trustee for Georgetown by the Halton board of education Mr Shepherd was one of candidates for the positions Douglas Lowe of Georgetown recdved scholarship from the Aluminum Extruders Council Awards Program Doug studied Radio Tdevislon Arts at Ryerson Institute in Toronto Air Cadets of Squadron raised in a 20hour Da nee- A Then to be used to buy a vehicle for the squadron About cadets and friends began dandng 8pm Friday night and kept It up until Saturday Angle Smith was selected Snow Queen for the Winter Carnival at Georgetown District High School Angle who celebrated her four days prior lo the crown ing planned tobeapilot 5 years ago especially senior Mrs made the suggestion in a letter to town council and the local Business Improvement Area board of management Johnny found something at the pottery display held at the Georgetown Library which was really a whistle As part of her show Grace McKnight had shaped a number of amusing water whistles which when manipulated correctly filled the library with pleasant bird like chirps and warbles Regional farmer John McNabbs con tribution to agriculture In Halton and presented him with a solid bran cow bell Mr McNobb was named Halton Fanner of the Year by the local Federation of Agriculture In the fall of 1964 He la one of a handful of Guernsey breeders In Halton