the HERALD Watch out for pitfalls Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario Publisher and General Manager PAUL Advertising Manager 2201 Page SECTION A Wednesday June I8JW Start to think now The BIG Celebration is now history but it unlikely peo ple will be forgetting the event for a very long time Everything appeared perfect and if there were any snags along the way they must have been minor ones because they went unnoticed The Chamber of Commerce deserves a great deal of credit for being able to pull off such a monumental under taking It difficult to think of any other project that could involve so many people from the community on one weekend The novelty attractions were a big hit with visitors to the exposition at the Arena particularly the world s longest ice cream sunda bar which operated Saturday Since it was a make yourown sundae bar there weren any complaints from customers Of course the weather played a part in the proceedings since Saturday was perfectly suited for eating ice cream The business booths set up on the arena floor were well attended and enjoyed by all But the enjoyment wasn t limited to merely the paying public It was apparent that the people on hand to represent their respective businesses were also having fun More than anything the BIG celebration was a way for people to get to know their business neighbors better in a relaxed and carnival like atmosphere It s much easier to put the face to the business name for all who were involved It may sound a little backwoodsy but the BIG tion was successful in bringing out a warm Howdy Neighbor attitude among the exhibitors which could only be realized with such an undertaking But now that the initial steps have been taken it impor to carry on in the same positive direction The weekend showed what can be accomplished when a community puts its creative minds together and works towards a common effort There may not be another BIG Celebration for four years but with the inroads that have been made the next four years can be productive and more fulfilling as long as the same spirit of good will shown on the weekend con tinues to flourish Not to be forgotten The upcoming federal election may be several months away but there no time like the present to begin con sideration on who would make the best leader Georgetown voters will not have the convenience of be ing able to pencil in an able incumbent during the next election With the redistribution of the riding and John s decision to run for Brampton a new member of parliament will carry the colors to Ottawa for Georgetown and the entire new riding of Halton Peel The time to start thinking about who that representative will be is right now In the next several weeks political parties will be con ducting their nomination meetings and even the people who do not attend these functions should pay close atten tion to the results in each Each of the candidates to emerge as victors from their respective nomination meetings will have ample op portunity to put across to the public where they stand on the issues But it will be up to the people to listen and make value judgements on the presentations of each would be MP Rather than wait until election day finally does arrive the time to begin sorting out the best candidate for the job is right now From the viewpoint of a firsttime BIGee If your family main asset is a farm or a business moke sure the partnership between you and your spouse is legal Otherwise you might work nil your life for nothing That what happened to Ruth Alklnson ycarotd mother of six Mrs Atkinsons case exposes same serious flaws in the Ontario Family Law Act Under the act spouses shore equally any assets cumulated during the marriage Mrs Atkinson and her husband Gordon owned a million dairy farm Just north of The business was In Mr Atkinson a name Unbeknownst to her says Mrs Atkinson her husband borrow ed million using the farm as collateral to invest In the slock He lost a bundle Mrs Atkinson left her husband A little while Inter the bank stepped in to seize the farm because loan pay men is hod not been kepi up Mrs Atkinson is now penniless living with one of her daughters and working In a dress shop for a week She look her case to the Supreme Court of Ontario and lost LOANS From her point of view the bank should not have lent her husband the ty without her signing the loan form as well because she was entitl Editors notebook By Mike Turner Herald Editor Well I Just weathered my first BIG weekend and what can I say except WOW In all honesty when I d heard about the BIG Business In Georgetown celebrations several months ago I had absolutely no idea of what to expect It sounded like quite a novel con cept that certainly had potential Little did I realize then Just how much potential was there Piecing together promotion material for BIG I help get ting more than a little excited when I saw all the feature attractions that were to be offered Essentially I don t see how things could have gone any smoother than they did Mother Nature teased w a bit on Friday with the odd downpour but other than that the weekend have been better for weather apparent that everyone festive mood The work that went into many of the booth was phenomenal and ob viously showed people take great pride ui their business Among the other attractions that really stood out perhaps the biggest was the balloon release day afternoon When I arrived just before the fendoff I must admit I was a little disappointed When I looked at the netting confining the balloons It warn anything near what I ex Being the naive sort I had expected balloons to take up the entire volume of he tennis courts only one net over top to keep them confined But he disappointment soon faded when the balloons were released Into the wild blue yonder was quite a spectacle to behold and I found myself gelling a chill down my spine as the balloons kept soaring out of sight It was a great Job by Trudy Thomas and the people she had help ing her with such a largescale pro ject Another spectacle of the grandest variety was the World Largest MakeYourOwn Ice Cream Sundae Bar It was a welcome sight with the warm weather Saturday and looked as though it did a thriving business Then there was the dance If you were fortunate enough to have tickets then you were among the thousand or so people who had a terrific time at the Memorial Arena Saturday night Lowdown put on quite a show for crowd that was certainly the mood to party It clear that trying to stage big dances is not necessarily an exercise In futility In Georgetown the right ingredients people are game for anything The sporting groups who ran the concessions at Ihe ounce seemed to be doing a brisk business throughout the night and there favorable discussion about making the dance an annual event No one there Satur day would argue the idea The BIG Celebration only comes once every four years which only Analyst Thomson News Service From the bank point of view Mrs Atkinson s signature was not needed because the business was In her husband name Judge Donald Thompson agreed with the bank To the untamed observer Mrs Atkinson is a victim The Judge however said he knew of no law that required banks to gel a spouses approval for a loan when the assets pledged were not In that spouse snomc If a couple splits up and one spouse claims the family assets he or she better hope the assets not been secretly pledged to the bank The solution is to have the assets In both spouses names Experts mulling over the cose con eluded that It would have been dif for bankers if the court hod ruled in Mrs Atkinson favor put ting her claim before the bank But that line of thinking misses the point The bank should have asked both spouses to sign tho loan document in the first place As it stands some strange things could be done family assets circumventing the Intent of the Family Law Act To combat such abuses a self help group Women for the Survival of Agriculture has a pamphlet designed to ves legalize part A spokesman for the group said the courts ruling Is devastating for both spouses Your wife could be out right now Inking out a huge loon and it would be your assets shea us ing as collateral said Dorothy Mid die ton While hat could happen especial ly if the asset were a business one suspects that had the tables been turned Mrs Atkinson probably would have had a hard time per sua ding he bank to lend her million without her husband signature regardless of whose name the farm was in Which makes Judge Thompsons ruling all he more regret table It us back lo the old days when women had no financial security In e end though It matters little whether he victim is malo or female what does matter is that an injustice has been done If you re in business together keep an eye on your spouse Citizens forum Action on health care needed Dear Sir Home health care is one of Ihe humane and cost effective ways of providing care to the sick and elderly It allows Individuals to be cored for in he comfort of iheir own homes and results in a positive financial impact on the total health Unfortunately he providers of this vital service are threatened by a critical shortage of staff to supply home health care and support and the agencies sup plying the service cannot offer high enough wages to attract staff People are backbone of tho home care delivery system To ensure he integrity of home core service here is a need for raining programs and competitive wages and benefits The issue is one of money distributed In a fair and equitable manner The challenge is one of lay Ihe foundation to move from local at regional programs equitably and thoughtfully o a co ord provincial effort The government has recognized the problem and responded by re questing the Inlcrminlsterial Review Committee Report on On Services Per from five provincial ministries in consultation In creeled groups produced n report last foil addressing he critical Issues of wages education he rate selling process and rate structure Tragically the government has not yel released this report or taken any action lo address the issue Surely which would focus attention on the needs of his vital health cart seel or should not be del Nor should a piecemeal ap proach to this province wide challenge be accepted A response which addresses these critical challenges within scope of an equitable provincial system is needed now Michael dayman President Ontario Home Health Care Providers Association Hats off to Chamber Dear Sir Hats off to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Their hard work and efforts made Ihe BIG celebration a major event We arc fortunate have a Chamber of Commerce that so enthusiast ica I ly promotes our town The public response was terrific as welt and the entire event was a credit to the Town of Hills Georgetown Thank you Chamber Yours sincerely Russell Miller Mayor Moon Walk a success Dear Sir On behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation we would like to thank everyone that helped make the Zellera Moon Walk a great success A special thankyou goes out to the Bishop Family who showed us what walk was all about Also Mrs Burns Mrs Bell Mrs Ballcntinc Mrs Mrs James and Mrs Lindsay who at the last minute looked after our water stops drove around with juices popslcles snacks tc Thanks also to Mr Clark and Mr McKlnnon who did all the cooking and last but not least thanks all the walkers Without your forts the walk would not have been such a success Also thanks to the Kinsmen for the signs marking our route Thank you all R Mrs Sweeney President Mrs Beer Secretary Mrs Clark Treasurer Mrs Mrs James Mr Mr Sales First tourney a good one The Georgetown Baseball Association would like to hank he Herald or your coverage of our first annual Shaw Trophies midget tour nam en t Thanks also go Jack Lee Hal and Jcannctte Ridley Colin Brookes and his umpires and to the many others who gave their time this weekend I especially thank John and Jackie Shaw for sponsoring this and for their support throughout the year Lastly I lhank coach Brian Hannah for guiding be boys to the consolation victory and making a great weekend for all in volved Many people are needed to make minor sports associations function and we in Ihe GBA are for tunatc lo have a great group of volunteers BrendaLec Tournament Chairman In opinion How big was BIG strain on the participants and the novelty would soon wear off But as a bona fide I can hardly wait for the next one Just to see what kind of wild Ideas he Chamber of Commerce will come up with to improve on the I9ea show It won toe easy ANITA AITON I think It is great I en Joy meeting a lot of people I know LUC BERTRAND NICKY I found the I enjoyed It is a great time I Hydro display In turning the knobs at enjoy entering all the formative and the the Hydro display free draws and got Curwood display the and operating the best because they computer at Sign touched us personal The rest was In t cresting years ago A wedding of wide interest took place in the Knox College Chapel when Eileen Jane Thompson became the bride of Charles Alex Sandy Best The bride was the assistant editor of church The Presbyterian while Mr Best was Ihe con member of parliament for Brownie Margaret Packer her Golden Bar and First Year Service Star Marilyn of Hornby of the District special was presented the award for the Grades seven and eight students from Chape Street School made their annual tour of the Peninsula They visited the Roy Botanical as part of day 15 years ago Herb Jobb was appointed to the si of sales manager for North Motor Sales A pretty candlelight wedding was solemnized at Holy Cross Church In Georgetown when Catherine Ann Parsons became the bride of Joseph Sousa Medclros Rev Wood of flciated for the Georgetown bride and Acton groom Betty Camp and Jane Davidson were given awards for outstanding service Burt of Acton was an honor graduate of the Baptist Leadership Training School in Calgary Alia enrolled In Guelph General Hospital School of Nursing for the fall term 10 years ago Barry Brown of Georgetown graduated from Wilfrid University with a degree In general arts while Melbourne Maynard Yach of Georgetown received a diploma In accounting from Wilfrid University with honors of business Ira Ion The Georgetown YM col from the Georgetown portion of the Irene S Schenk Joined Fletchers Family Shoes where she had work part time since April fulltlme Miss Schenk graduated with honors from H umber College and took the Start Rite Children Fitting Specialist Course on Instruc tion A yearold doctor travelled a long way to visit his boyhood home in Georgetown Main Street Malcolm Coutts from his home In San Diego to Georgetown as part of a 50th reunion of his class in medicine at the University of Toron to 5 years ago ne Stephens of a graduate of Georgetown and District High School was awarded a Bachelor of Science in languages degree with Honors from University at the spring convoca tion To cap off weeks of study of an cient history students at Georgetown Centennial School organized their own Olympics Wives and slaves of local senators showed up to cheer their nionson Georgetown District High School Grade student Stephen Lucas ranked in Canada after com pleting the 19 Euclid Mathematics Competition two months ago United Church held their anniversary A former minister Rev Robert V Wilson was present and donated a painting he made of the church I think it an One does not realise how much business there Is in Georgetown Poets Corner Landfill in Tourist Country Dear Sir Landfill In Touriit Country Oh Halton Hills thou land of the healthy where horses play on estates of the wealthy and the air Is fresh Such a tourists delight you have not seen And now I How can we op all this Quite simple If we only surrender ugly holes in the ground called quarries and dump In all thefilth and debris from the city folk down south and their garbage Is almost as good as east It will produce by Its own ferrnen atlon wellengineered and safe mat a the experts word spread round Idont Fleets of dump trucks roaring In each day for sure will drive the tourists away And where do you stand Walt Pete Are you chosen ones stilt with us If not better watch out for the next Confederation St GimWUUanu