HILLS CIVIC Stolen bell will have a truly familiar ring By LOIS Herald Special The now Hal ton Hills Civic Centre scheduled to open In May of IBiiy boast official town bell to ring In the Year and at taking place at the Centre Now we hate admit that this prestigious bell had shady beginnings but It was stolen From schoolyard Major Miller recalls that as a member of the school 22 years ago he and other board members were dismajed at hi heft of many of the country school bells when schools closed due to I ick of enrolment one board meeting It was reported thai bell at Waterloo School a one- room school on Uic Fourth Line between IS and 17 had been taken It turns out that long time town employee Lloyd Usher and Esqueslng farmer Chester Early got the jump on would be thieves by making off with It in night Mr thought the town might a use for it as indeed have Tin Waterloo School bell was stored by Lloyd Fisher for years and li n undergoing restoration work to be In tip lop shape For our Civic Centre will be supported by a sandstone calm which Is being fashioned by Glen Williams stone mason Gerry Gerry is donating to Dm project and hopes townsfolk will enjoy using the bell for many years to come The calm will be made from a single slab of sandstone which is Quarried by Rice and Quarries The Rice family has to donate the stone to the Civic Centre as they appreciate the yinrs they have lived operated a business our town If you would like lo make a tax deductible donation to the Centre contact Gary Brand at Fred at Citizens forum Facing a tragic situation Dear Sa in 197B the decline of trees on a major scale began In Europe The spread of this forest sickness was very rapid and by major deforestation of upland and slopes was occurring in Gcr many Austria and Switzerland Reports are now being received about forest decline and die back In France Italy The Netherlands Belgium and Southern Sweden Trie decline started in North America in the early 1960s with the reports of the death of red spruce and balsam fir In the mountains of Vermont and New York 1984 reports were coming In from Quebec maple syrup pro ducers of the die back and decline of their sugar maples By 1986 a major epidemic was clearly under way Other species were being affected with sugar maple beech birch green and and other species In Ontario maple syrup pro ducers started to complain of similar problems in the area Current research reveals that the problem extensive in the hard wood forests around Parry Sound ind first signs of decline have now bvn seen in Exiter and with maple shotting n you ok iround nelgl will see trees with browning hits an total leaf cover It hot sum mer and some of this caused by drought The effect the drought is made more severe the factors causing the decline What In happening Acid rain and toxic substances in the air arc all a part Salt compaction of soil chemical contamination are all working against the of our neighborhood trees Imagine your street without lis trees It s hard id do they seem likt should last And yet tin insidious attack of noxious In the air plus a host of other is working against our trees Whnts being irk i solution This is the really snd nothing Is being spent on resiarch to find out what can In done to prolix our trees until we stop toxic em is Our current research project bad in need of financial support is try ing to find a way lo ile or give special chemical to trees in South so ihuy II a tragic situ Hon trees Rive to our neighborhoods is in calculable and jit Iheir continued survival is hi li negligible sums mum mil l Find I in Yours faithfully Director Trees r n Opposed to irradiation Dear Sir In December I funded to an Atomic Energy of Canada Limited food Irradiator is scheduled to be completed The Cobalt60 fuel rods by Canada are reported to have been delivered to Thailand in September packed In five tonnes of concrete Aside from brood concerns per tainlng to the safety of eating ir radiated rood there are several disturbing aspects of this agreement between the governments of Thailand and At taxpayer expense our government fias agreed to help Thailand promote and market Irradiated fruit and shrimp even before their consump tion Is legal here The contract also obliges Canada to accept bock the spent Cobalt fuel from Thailand When a Thai official is quoted as tell his constituents thai Canada will be pleased to take the waste back he certainly doesn speak for this Canadian I Indeed I don wish our nuclear garbage on the people of Thailand and I don wish ll on us cither I ashamed that my government Is still producing promoting and ex porting atomic technology when there Is no acceptable solution to the nuclear waste crisis Arc Impaired charge Police officers at b Fourth Line motor vehicle collision Saturday rdght charged a man with Im paired driving officers were an accident when a mm drove up on a farm tractor and appeared to be Intoxicated An Acton man Is charged with paired driving and having over rug of alcohol in his bloodstream 1969 consumers ir radiated foods on the IP Not according to a recent citizens of Thailand and other developing countries asking that food irradiation be adopted as a method of food preservation The International Organ lint inn of Con Unions representing people in countries called for a moratorium on the development of food Irradiation In this era of risk benefit trade the risk always seems to be our life and health and the ins made by experts who stand to reap the greatest economic benefit The submission of public health dards to Ihe export driven needs of AECL should offend most Cona dians sold reactor abroad for years Let Mr giying Let us our grocers and food products manufacturers that were prepared to boycott stores that sell Irradiated food uri truly Nuclear Moratorium Now CENTRE GuelphSt Georgetown WEVE MOVED Brian C Jordan Practise of Psychiatry has relocated from Prin cess Ann Drive to 99 Sinclair Ave Unit Georgetown Ont Books for children THE HERALD December page Hillhouse reinstated as chairman As holiday season roaches one has to pinch oneself to el how utterly brilliant our country children books have become There are countless reasons why Canada books for kids are- arguably the best in the world the excessive commercialism In many other countries which often forces out talent In favor of huge multinational companies the luslrators and n One thing is certain to buy our children the best books written may not be inexpcnshe but in many cases it is like imcstliig in fine art And anyone who has seen how kids will often tire of toys knows how they rarely tire of books Now some of this falls finest Tundra Books of Montreal con to put out stunning books for four to 10 year olds and thereabouts Two rial treats of this season Include third book about a sweet boy named Dank I and his usually running away cat tills time it Could you top Josephine hardcover un paginated On a drive to the country that delightful cat escapes once again and the wonderful lustrations of continue to en And Day a I Khalsa has another wonder The family Vacs lion hardcover pages about a boy and girl who ore tossed into the family car and drhen down to Florida Its the ultimate dian experience counting cars and fighting each other and buying enough postcards to ill the backseat This new book lacks the hilarity of some of her earlier books but her artistry continues to be almost Matisse like in Its vibrant PAGINATING Out of Grecy de the giruuses who bring you Owl and Chickadee by subscrip tions Is a magnificent new book The midlife ABC A Nature Alphabet Jan Thomhltl IS Ml It a real beauty with Intelligent text is for up a creek T is for TurtleHer mouth is a beak and the Illustrations able cndlc Good service good coverage good price Thats State Farm insurance QuilphSI Like a good neighbor State Farm is there FARM INSURANCE Hud Oman At a Halt on Board of Education ceremony last week trustee Pat and Milton trustee Hob Clarke were Board Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively Mrs Hillhouse spokesman for the Ontario Public Education Network OPEN said funding will continue to be a major Issue In her next year as Board Chairman Now Is the time to really an effective lobby to the provincial government Mrs Hillhouse told members at the J W Singleton Education Centre Moderate damage Regional Police say two cars were moderately damaged following collision at Main Street North near Henry Street Wednes day night A southbound driven by a Georgetown woman was struck from behind by a 1982 Plymouth drivtn by a Georgetown man Police say the Buick stop ped to make a left turn when it was nit from behind and forced to the roadside where it struck a newspaper box The driver of the Plymouth was charged with cureless driving There were no In Juries reported In the accident fast ting Press Is of our favorites with mori affordable and witty books I Have To See This imp agin led 12 hardcover is a by Richard Thomp son of child who sees all these marvelous happenings on the moon father has trouble them until he goes to sleep And the art brilliant is dctply satisfying At tht same pnee Galloway Seal Is lost is an Inspired Hugh loses his toy seal who is of count in Lost land and haling a time with all losl lays What and child cannot relate to thai And montages by Kami arc strikingly original Ground wood Books of Van Douglas ind Mclnlyrc is always astonishing works and this winter is no dif Tin grinl ken who lustrutcd the fabulous Zoom books has now done the same under pseudonym of with Night hardcover pages 111 HI on surreal work about a child who don t go lo sleep ring a bell This one has classic wriiltn all it So too with re hi tret of the Moon by the fine Tim Wynne Jonta and il Ion pages The moon starts to fall apart but little David flies up there to the rescue his block collection at hand Simply perfect The funniest kids books each year hysterical really come from Ihe zany mind and pen of John The latest offering Is The Swine Snafu 5 back til cloth Children live and over will howl at the cartoony draw Ings and story about very pigs and boars whose kids get switched at birth Firefly handles hi in nous little books as they do those from Windsor Black Moss Press The company daring uncoil vent i little paperback this fall Is Scary Poems for Itotlen Kids by the weird highly original poet ulgln An acquired taste Minn Gould li a Toronto- billed rrviewer and author ills lalnt book a Canadian political satire I The real Wiped Out North cannot continue to place an Increasing burden on the cost of the taxpayers Mrs said Ontario 1 million students are victims of decreasing government assistance Funding has dropped from per cent In 1B75 to per cent In 1B87 And funding impacts on said Mrs She pointed out that 190788 was a difficult year for the school board which was forced to close Perdue School in to In directly allow funding for northern and Burlington schools Mrs said the provincial government has put forth a three- year commitment for funding but Is unable to meet with demands which Include restoration of older schools and the building of new schools But in the next term as chairman Mrs Hillhouse said the board will try Wc are eager and willing to try s new approach to look at ideas and different ways of approaching education she said Mrs HI house added that the In flux of students moving from other regions causes on overflow in We arc unable to properly ac commodate the students who are coming to us she said but added If any la able to meet challenges and changes the Haltcm public board Is in hat hap py position for the confidence you have placed In me one more time Mrs told trustees Thurs day night We will continue to make Hal ton a shining beacon of education Trustee Clarke said he looks for ward to participating In OPEN and to working for the people of The board of education also an Its 196889 Striking Commit tee Thursday night It will consist of Burlington trustees Linda Glover and 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