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Entries must first be published in the reader‘s local weekly. The Chronicle will reserve space each week from now until the m e m b e r competition â€" closes â€" for â€" readers who wish to take part. Additional ‘:gnmation may be had by phonâ€" 744â€"6364. ol By Jacqueline Papke How does one begin to describe an enigma that has kept itself solvent despite increasing odds? What was once the only voice of the community is now, someâ€" times, the last voice to be heard. This to me is the uncanny story of the survival of the hometown newspaper and what it takes to survive. Why do these newspapers try to exist? What is their aim? What makes a reporter work for these weekly newspapers? The staff knows it is in direct competition with daily newspapers, upâ€"toâ€" theâ€"minute newscasts, both on radio and television. Therefore, we must presume we are not dealâ€" ing with the hardâ€"nosed news reporter but someone quite difâ€" ferent, both in attitude, and unâ€" derstanding. What chance does this lowly weekly have? What is left? I am of the decided opinion that the question ‘"‘What is left?" is the attitude that a lot of local residents have about our own weekly, dismissing it with nary a backward glance. But, let us try to examine what precisely is left, and we will also be able to answer our previous quesâ€" Iions on existing and aims. The weekly reporter is an offâ€" beat reporter of sorts. He can delve into small incidents, deâ€" tail the meagre mention given by the daily on a particular local show, opening, or gala affair. It takes a special kind of reporter to do this kind of digging â€" with a special flair for the uncommon and unique. o Read the articles a little more carefully next time: let the writâ€" er introduce himself to you with his own unique way of words. The weekly leaves its doors open to the local hardâ€"working organâ€" izations whose members are givâ€" ing their all to make their comâ€" munity just a little better â€" a more positive approach to our soâ€" ciety is seen with a little more The â€" Canadian per â€" Association Our own local editor has been overâ€"generous with her time by answering questions to myâ€" self, in particular, on a local community betterment project handled in our area. She gave not only courtesy and â€" consideraâ€" tion, but also, great followâ€"up and an interest which gave all the workers "heart . ‘"bad . She attends the city council meetings giving us just a little more depth and perception in her reporting to try to help local lapathy and build enthusiasm and interest in local politics. Who else would have given personal space to our local nominees in the school board elections (so that every candidate could be heard); our local school chamâ€" pions, our senior. citizens, our newcomers, our new buildings, our old buildings â€" and not even charge you one cent for it‘ The weekly newspaper may be a novelty to some but the town in Saskatchewan where I was raisâ€" ed was fortunate enough to have one of the finest. I am still a subscriber to it and also the weekâ€" ly from the town in Northern Ontario where we have a cotâ€" tage. * showing and a little less Weekly â€" Newsâ€" where eise would ! Iind suCh is â€" conducting a treasury of pricelessâ€"informaâ€" mg readers of tion? â€"~â€" they are good friends. papers . across 1| am ever so proud to be livâ€" Noewsâ€" Where else would 1 find such Waterloo Chronicle keeps ‘‘Waterâ€" loo Informed‘‘ and keeps ‘"Waterâ€" locâ€"ites" special. Let‘s keep it reading it accordingly. Individuals in a« democratic society are the fibre with which its appointed leaders weave and unite a nation. & Though they‘ve been known to fall short of utilizing the full poâ€" tential of their resources, they cannot imbue . it with qualities beyond its intrinsic worth. The world of commnerce is aware of this. They know the sucâ€" cess of a business depends on its appeal to us, the John and Jane Does of the buy ing public. Expenâ€" sive advertising and public relaâ€" tions firms are hired to at least keep up the appearance of operaâ€" ting within the framework of the principles laid down by small busiâ€" nesses, from which they themselâ€" ves evolved. Our local businessâ€" man still operates this way but at the cost of personal effort. This analogy has application wherever there is growth. â€" "The child is father to the man.‘‘ And so too, the hometown weekly newspaper is the ‘"‘child" of the whole medium of mass communication. The weekly is representative of the unadorned, unbiased, unsoâ€" phisticated _ peopleâ€"stuff â€" from which dreams are woven. This end product only as real and strong as this human textile can allow. This is no ambitious statement but a logical conclusion. Homeâ€" town weeklies are not passive little publications offering intelâ€" lectual diets to their compleâ€" ments of "local yokels" but are a distortionâ€"free mirror from which ‘"we the people" can be seen, clearly reflected. The segâ€" ment of our society who continâ€" ually ask, "What is a Canadian?" should lower their slanted daily or glossy magazine just long enough to read a weekly and find out. They may not like it, it isn‘t running a popularity pool, but their question would be answerâ€" ed. That is an invaluable service to be a "power‘"‘ that allows us GYPSY DANCEâ€"Jana Skareky, performs a gypsY dance in her role of Zita in MacGregor school‘s operetta. The Gypsy Troubadour, which played to packed houses during By Grace Hooper _cies that strangle us in their chants who ever they may be. We attendant redâ€"tape; huge publicâ€" need to. support the business relations firms whose criteria of people and it saves us searching excellence is which can guarantee _ through a phone book. . a* ‘*To see ourselves as others see to us, a further example: is shown by what can be:achieved by men of goodwill (publishers and local businessmen) who combine their efforts to the common good of . notice of them and then the births In these times we live, woman likes to read, â€" terization, which reduces us : of all we always need the numbers; powerful. bureaucraâ€" ertising on the Waterioo merâ€" the best "‘snowâ€"job;‘" the downâ€"toâ€" earth hometown weekly appears, an outcrop of sanity in the daily deluge of confusion and misplaced The Pandora‘s Box of the 20th century has loosed moral ills upon our world. The permissiveness toward the topless fads, violence, pornography, farâ€"out philosophies are part of them. values. paper unobstrusively appears at our doors to offer the continuing reassurance that the fabric of our society still retains the intrinâ€" sic strength to support our hopes for the future â€" and hope is what dreams are made of. When I first moved to Waterloo I never gave this paper a glance. It would come and I would put it aside, then put it in a box for the paper drive. Well, one week I started to look through it .and found that I had been missing out on this small but most interesting paper. Now I never miss reading it every Friâ€" day morning. After the children are in school and it‘s quiet. I read what I don‘t always get to read in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record. There has been news in The Chronicle that a person would noâ€" tice where in another paper it was Pictures are clearer and draw a person to take notice of them. When you can‘t see a picture clearly why bother to look at it. â€" so small you have to search for it and this I know. We have a garden and the notes on this are a big help. Then the classified. ads. They are a must and have helped me a lot of times. The jokes are what everyone needs. Happy or sad they lift you up. It is nice to know what went on years ago and also of interest to a lot of people is the baby who needs a home. By Catherine Cousineau through a phone book. So I hope this small paper that has se much in it stays in our mail box for a long time to comeâ€"And to the people who write, it, Thank You. By Maureen McKenzie Have you ever really thought of Have you ever really searched it And â€" checked it â€" thoroughly Have you ever really stopped to think, & a Of the work that all goesi in? compiles list of Have you ever really judged it, = Or just throw it in the bin? community groups Well, I have done some thinking 'l'be. ci_tizenship bral_lch of tm And this is what it means to me, Ontario ‘government is compil A city paper of our own, ing a directory of community One that will fill us with glee, groups in the province, whict And often when I‘m lonely, will list all such voluntary organ I just sit down and read, izations. . The news that I like to hear, Compilers hope to h,st every About bravery and good deeds. thing from ratepayers‘ associa . .__ tions to neighborhood improve And other times when there is ment councils, preferably Sorrow, with the name of a contact per It‘s often sad to hear, _ son from each group. But in another section, Organizations wishing to be in There‘s always a word of cheer, cluded should contact the Com:â€" o l o ons ..____munity _ Development Branch Sometimes not looking up to bite, 20 Spadina Rd., Toronto 4. The sandwiches I have in my Boy I really make a sight. There are many, many more reasons, And I could go on and on, some articles are real serious, But others are filled with fun, There is the article about the peewees _ I might think that a big bore, But my small brother, no chance, He hurries to read out theâ€"score. Dear Doris is another good secâ€" tion, She always has advice to give, Many times there are problems from grownâ€"ups its threeâ€"night run in the school auditorium. Robert Grahâ€" am directed the 39â€"member cast which included two casts for leading roles. Mrs. Alie Fretz was musical director. 3 The citizenship branch of the . Ontario ‘government is compilâ€" ing a directory of community groups ip the province, which will list all such voluntary organâ€" The things that I really like best, Are the articles that tell about us, Theones that give us some zest, And then whisper to myself, my But since I am going to public, Wu;'a?s ‘ixappeninc and what‘s on What event is coming up soon, _ And that we are not people way up on the moon. The Chronicle as a truthful meanâ€" ly through? The Chronicle is our paper, The paper that belongs to you! But have you searched it tharoughâ€" Citizenship branch Compilers hope to list everyâ€" thing from ratepayers‘ associaâ€" tions to neighborhood improveâ€" ment â€" councils, preferably with the name of a contact perâ€" son from each group. Organizations wishing to be inâ€" cluded should contact the Comâ€" munity â€" Development â€" Branch, 20 Spadina Rd., Toronto 4. We would like to inform you with pardonable pride, that no groundhog remarks were muttered in this corner prior to the recent happenâ€" ing.