Check out our It It Swvica Lifetime Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 TON HILLS NOV Milt 1U IS PAGES OPEN 10 10 th Its Worth Drive W In the Hills CVC A releases Public forum Drug Awareness Week is Nov 1319 and the Canadian Mental Health Association of Oakvtllc and Oakville- Trafalgar High School will be presenting a special forum The theme will be Audit lion Impact on the Family and will be held Wednesday Nov 16 at 30 at the school auditorium For more information contact Student honored or Sir Hem ing College School of Natural Resources In Llndiay Mr son of and Ji of Georgetown Is a third of Lindsay Award for Ihird year The award is presented to students with the highest average in first second and third year studies The other award hi received was the Student Administrative Council Award Artisans sale The Credit Valley Artisans will be holding Iheir Christmas sale Saturday Nov from 11 am to in the Gallery of the Hilts Cultural Centre The show will feature pottery stained glass original art and Christmas crafts made by members There will be bake tagc Admission is SI LaLeche meeting at home with a new will be among the topics discussed at the next La Lechc League meeting to be held Monday Nov II at at the Acton Community and Social Services Willow St N in Acton Pregnant women and nursing babies arc always welcome For further information call or Handels Messiah The Georgetown Choral Society will present Handel s Messiah for three engagements later this month On Friday Nov Mcssmh will be presented at Hall in Brampton on Nov and wilt be made at the District School Tickets are and and are available at Oxbow Books or by calling 1581 Better birthing Oil id classes begin Wednesday Nov and will continue for six consecutive weeks For more Information and to register call Carrie Aiello of Bet ler Birthing at POWER meets POWER Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources will hold it next meeting Thursday Nov at 15 m at the Lira School This meeting will feature a one- hour movie entitled Our Own Backyard which deals the Love Canal incident of New York State All are welcome to attend Free trade debate Candidates for Hal tonPeel In the Nov federal election have agreed to hold three public forums throughout the riding to debate on Ihe Free Trade pact with the United States The tint the three meetings is to be held Thursday Nov 10 in Burlington at Canadian Martyr a Church from to 10 m On Friday Nov the candidates will be in Bolton for a debate spoil sored by the Caledon Citizen debate between the candidates will be held Tuesday Nov 15 In Georgetown at Sacre Coeur Hall beginning at Book week Children aged three to flve- yeareold are invited to help local libraries celebrate Children Book Week at a special even lflol7pm Voting artists are also Invited to take port in another special event lor Children Book Week Hills Public Libraries is holding a bookmark contest Entry forms are available the Acton and Georgetown library branches and the is open to young people between the ages of five and 13 13 For more Information on these events contact Cindy Cooper Children Services Librarian The Georgetown branch Is at and the Acton branch can be reach- Mi calling preliminary budget It will cost an extru cents or man woman and child in the Credit Valley watershed to operate the Villcy Conservation said Barron Thi Authority approved million preliminary budget representing an of on Oct New capital projects an Ihi main for proposed increase next yiar said Ms Barron capital project budget of than MB million rcprestnts per cent of the extra costs Program administration will cost almost million next vcir That more than the budget Gcneril operations of the A have mcriased by to more than said Ms Thi Authority said It will need to collect than in from taxpayers in thi red 1 1 Vulky if the budget is That about more than last Ms Ban budget is changed m product in the submit their budgets to government in October each The Authority will allocate funds or on ap provals by said Ms Capital are funded intircly by tin province and municipalities said Ms Barron The final 1 V budget is expelled POWER takes battle to Queens Park Provincial Environment Minister James Bradley Is going to make an appearance in front of members whtthir he likes it or not he may not say much A buslo id of the citizens group POWER Protect i Water Environmental Resources plan to take an effigy of Mr Bradley down to Queen Park in a limousine today Wednesday and interview the en vironment minister counterpart on a park bench There will of course be no com men from him said organizer POWER member Rita Landry POWER mimbirs were urged to thur thi propos landfill in public in a way recently activist POW R members environment minister will make the floor of the legislature with thi help of NDP environment critic llutn Greer POWER members are trying to bring their concerns about the Acton landlll proposal into the public eye in Queens Park said Mrs Landry Ultimately they want the thrown out before it goes to an assessment hearing she said group left the parking lot at Georgetown Market near m this morning They planned to hold the press conference noon theft Police say in video equip ment was from Television in a break enter and theft early day morning similar to last weekend rash of downtown Georgetown break ins Police say shortly after midnight an unknown suspect unscrewed the front door lock and removed video cassette recorders from the premises Brand names included Zenith Panasonic RCA Police continue to investigate Silent Vigil Despite chilling and mow aloud guard at thr Georgetown Cenotaph during Remembrance Day at Remembrance Park Sunday There were three ceremonies held In Hills on Sunday One In Acton one In Glen Willi mi and another In Georgetown Veterans and community organizations paid their respect wreath during the three See page AS for more Remembrance Day photos Herald photo Mayors race heats up Miller Sheldon go toetotoe at debate Thi mayors race rcaihcd climax in Acton Nov as Sheldon incumbent Miller of playing an important role in wasting million of tax pay money Sheldon said the mas or opposition to building the civic eight years ago at a cost of only million Instead of the 1 million it now costs his vote to close down one waste transfer station in Burlington and open another a few miles away at a price of S3 million are examples of how the mayor has taxpayers money The town has now had to go into debt to finance the new civic centre Sheldon said She made the remarks at an ill candidates meeting Acton High School people in alien Russ Miller in his brochure is taking credit or the new I municipal centre What he hould be taking credit for is holding up the protect said Coun Sheldon The million was wasted all because of Indecision and Hon of effort thai Miller talk about in his brochure said the Ward Regional councillor Sheldon said she Is able to make tough decisions when they need to be made She also criticized the mayor for saying he was backing down from a position he took earlier this whin hi signed a petition from the ecology awareness group The petition asks the provincial government to stop allowing in environmentally sensitive areas It was aimed at stopping the expansion of the United Aggregates quarry south of Sidcrood UAL already has a license for the Mayor Miller said he he w ls signing a from Iht eitlzens eroup the group fighting landfill proposal I I ml to put trust know what they signed sin Major I hi dnesn llunk the town fight the proposed ixpinsion of the lecnusc companies arc needed in Ontario They provide jobs in the Hills ana and town has a bitter case In fight the dump if there is a quarry and the blasting located adjacent to it After the meeting Mayor Miller he slgried he petition without reading it a function assuming It was helping the group Sheldon also said the new civic centre t line to placed tank or servicing The when the town originally pirchased the acres of land for the new civic centre wis to sever or six acres off for the complex and sell the rest of servicable land to help pay for she said However sin icing thi lands which would them much more valuable has taken so long the town has not yet been able to recoup funds for the new complex she said It was through her own forts as chairman of the properties committee that thi land should eventually become serviced said Mayor defended himself at his turn at the podium and delivered a barb I his own He disputed Sheldon s claim that she helps pro vide responsible budgeting Anybody who has watched Sheldon over the lost 10 years would to doubt that statement he held on the building yean It really nlci il i lection lime that you find out that you have so pi wcr he said of Shi remarks Thai proposed complex wis much smnllir than one now built and it would likely to be expanded by now he said So Jon be led ladles and gentlemen don be led astray he said of any earlier than current plans call for because there is no room lefl in the existing sewage treatment plant of the plant won be com pleted until 1989 he said Workers at United ask ed Sheldon she signed a pi tit tin requesting government nnll Ihe planned expansion of the quarry when it would cost the workers thelrjnbs EAGi is for an en assessment on pro posed expansion said that the license to expand was granted without any environmental studies on the area 1 recognize that you re somewhat angry and probably Coun Sheldon I the aggregate It not carle blanche no you expand If EAGLE was successful In stop ping the expansion 1 would do In my power to assist you acre garbage dump she said Mayor Miller faced POWER number Robert Masters also a Sheldon supporter who quoted Him from an article on the front page of the IB edition of the which rend A local landfill operation under such conditions would have considerable benefits for the town It would mean no tax in crease for garbage haulage and tipp ing fees and more money for roads improvement snow removal and other projects and services the town ean afford right now dependent in which the mayor vow to stop the dump cant be responsible for what the Independent writes said Mayor Miller he was actually refer ring to the Feb 18 article In the Herald The mayor said he doesn t make political promises Mayor Miller said his responsibility and trustworthy characteristics have helped him stay on council for Federal tide appears to have shifted Despite drastic reversal In the national polls all three candidates in Peel still like their chances of winning 1 certainly haven t run Into any problems because of the national polls said Progressive Conser candidate Garth Turner The reversal In the notional polls resulted from the televised leader ship debate Mr Turner admitted Nationally voters aren getting the message about free trade he said 1 think a lot of people looked to the leaders debate for Information on free and they really get it What they got was rhetoric and a tot of pirtlsnn politics said Mr Turner He voters won trust Liberal Leader John Turner when they cast their ballots I don that this is way the numbers are going to look on Nov said Mr Turner Although the lories ore suffering nationally Mr Turner said his Citizens Guide to Free Trade has en voters have gotten the message in Peel He also criticized the Liberals for turning the election Into a oneissue campaign Liberal Pierre Klein said he has always been op timistic about his chances of wlnn ing Ihe However he admitted that the battle for this seat will be The leaders debate merely solidified the concerns voters have on free trade said Mr Klein The debate assisted people to finally make up their mind he said adding that John Turner show his strength of character in the debate He denied Garth Turner claim that the Liberals ought the election over one issue The people of Canada determine what the Issues are said Mr Klein The Tones have continually at tempted to keep the details of the tree trade agreement away from the people Canada said Mr Klein And Garth Turner Guide Is full of misrepresentations misunderstandings and outright distortions hi added New rem Wolf said she is still feeling very positive about the campaign II certainly a very good sign she said of the decrease In support or the free trade sold Ms Wolf I think Canadians cannot the Liberals to keep their word She also questioned John Turner leadership If a leader In opposition can hold his party together how is he going hold the government together she said The has attempted to cover all the Issues but voters are asking about free trade said Ms Wolf Although support in this area has traditionally been low Ms Wolf pointed to her own showing In the lost provincial election noting the NDP doubled their support despite a Liberal sweep of the province candidate George was unavailable lo com at press time Hi she said turn my back on you if came She told the workers UAL is mnk your jobs vulnenble by trying put garbage in the existing site The increased exposure has made people of the expanding ries she said If he landfill site goes and expansion goes ahead wen in for a garbage dump not a Campaigners pleased with progress Despite being short of this years goal the Halton Hills United Way Is pleased with the campaign a progress so far We re pretty pleased Things are moving along well says Executive Director Betty Fisher If we keep going and people continue to be as generous we should reach our goal of she said The local United Way has raised since the campaign began In October but some funds take up to a year lo arrive We just received per cent of our 1B87 campaign about a month ago said Mrs Fisher She added that special events fun dralslng is completed at too per cent of the anticipated total that the United Way will surpass that goal Residential has per cent of its loUlI Industry per cent professional people per cent and national firms have contributed a total of per cent of the business goal United Way And we i wnat govern education or commuter con said Mrs Fisher The campaigns she added could lost well Into December with govern ment funding not arriving until after this month It a staggered said Mrs Fisher Different sections of United close down at different times Last year goal at 140 was more than this years The reason tor the lowering said Mrs is to make the goal more realistic The goal was brought to what could this year realistically be rals Last year the was much higher than this year but In many sectors we ore doing better than we did last year Mrs Fisher added thai in the areas of retail commerce and professional sectors are up over last year And rural houses are still being canvassed by malt she said Mrs Fisher said that next year a plan will be devised for canvassing the rural area since difficulties In volvlng early darkness and space between homes keeps canvassers from knocking door The Hills United Way will wrap up its season with a United Way Regional Chair man a Ball Nov 19 following the Nov IB quilt raffle at the local United Way office In Community Health care questions asked in wake of mans death By DOUGLAS ARMOUR Park Bureau Thornton Service Doctors are being placed In an Impossible position by of nurses a shortage of hospital beds and a promised but not delivered central bed registry or cardiac patients provincial New Democratic Party leader Bob line said last week Mr Rae made the statement in reference to the case of former resident McLean who died 10 while waitingfor heart surgery The leader pointed out thot Mr McLean was diagnosed In May as having severe angina an in lea that heart arteries arc blocked After the diagnosis Mr McLean had to wait six weeks before an angiogram test After numerous other medical tests it was discovered that two of three arteries running to his heart were blocked Mr said Mr McLean was told by his surgeon on Oct that he should have surgery row instead was pul on a walling list Mr McLean died six days later The minister Is putting doctors in an Impossible position with the shortage of nurses that there is with the problems In critical care units Mr MPP Mr Rae also criticized Health Minister Elinor for the delay in establishing a central bed registry for cardiac patients that she announced six months ago In addition Mr said that while the health minister in Juni Ihe establishment of ad dltlonnl critical care beds those beds cannot be made operational because of a shortage of hospital Ms Caplan responded that while she sympathies with and is con by cases such as Mr McLean It is physicians who are relied on to decide who requires urgent care and to ensure that those in need of Urgent are the cardiac registry is being developed with the assistance of Mr suggested Ms was blaming doctors for Mr Mclean s death but the health minister responded that she was not placing the blame on anyone but rather acknowledging the enormous stresses and challenges faced by the medical Ms Caplan added however that It Is up o doctors lo make decisions regarding who is In need of urgent care and to ensure based on their very best medical Judgement that people In need of that care most receive It first Saying she sympathizes with cases such as Mr McLean death Ms said points to the need to moke the kind of changes we have been talking about within our health care system and the Ministry of Health Is making enormous progress In achieving those changes