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Get off your porch ESTABLISHED 1854 Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St., N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Square Watâ€" erloo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364 4 Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 6, 1973 Ah the summertime! A time of the year with a multitude of outâ€" door attractions which the majority of Waterloo residents are probably going to be missing again this summer. ‘ The largest of these attractions (which there should be a law against people ignoring) is Waâ€" terloo young people participating in sports. It doesn‘t matter that you may not know anyâ€" thing about sports or that you may find the subâ€" ject very boring. It doesn‘t matter because these young people playing in our parks by the hundreds every week are not paid professionals with names that mean nothing to the majority of people. You may complain they are of no interest to you. You would probably rather sit on your front porch and watch the cars go by. Makes and colours which have all been seen before. They are the sons and daughters of your neighbours and friends or people you work with and they are playing in the parks which you have as much right to enjoy as they do. People c?)mplain'tflere aren‘t enough parks in the city, yet where are the people in the ones we do have? Take a walk through the park in your area afâ€" ter supper some time. There will be cheers and shouting but they are very weak. Afterall how much noise can two teams make when playing a game? It‘s hard to play and provide the enâ€" couragement as well. There is no reason for the stands being empty. The calibre of play taking place may not alâ€" ways be high, but it is always entertaining. It would be a lot more fun for everyone conâ€" cerned if residents would just move their sitting positions from their front porch or back yards to near a baseball, soccer or field hockey field. You‘ll be getting the same fresh air you would have received in your home position. P The cars don‘t care if you‘re not watching them, but the youngsters do. As I write, the Watergate hearings are in progress and that word is entering the language as a synonym for sceandal and skullduggery. I guess wofte forgotten our great homeâ€"grown scanâ€" dals involving Canadian govâ€" ernments. both provincial and federal. Some of the fanâ€" tastic ripâ€"offs made by such outfits as our railways and the Hudson Bay Company make the Watergate look like peanuts Canadians are having a whale of a time doing what they like very much,. â€" looking down their tless noses at the Yaljw)m And then there was the Beauharnois affair. a piece of piracy that made many a Canadian _ politicrian _ feel like looking for a hole to crawl into _â€"___ _ Wendy Herman, editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $8 ; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 Bill Smiley And let‘s not forget the Duplessis era in Quebec, where votes were bought and sold like potatoes, ballot boxes stuffed, and strongâ€" arm tactics used at election time. Nope. We can‘t afford to look down our noses at anyâ€" body. All we can or should do is shake our heads and remember. ‘"There. but for the grace of God. . . â€" Of course. Watergate is somewhat different in that it‘s involved the use of police state tactics in pursuit of unbridled political power. That distinguishes it from traditional political corrupâ€" tion which has usually been motivated by a love of ‘booze. broads and bucks Perhaps the saddest asâ€" pect of the Watergate afâ€" fair is that nobodv is spillâ€" SCATTER ING Lincoln Village Assoc. In Lincoln Village the community interests are diverse. Here we would like to feature an article expressing the villagers concern over bus safety . According to a report published by the Waterloo County Board of Education from April the Board transports over 11,000 students each school day. There are 140 buses which travel the roads through our County providing this service and these buses travel between 6,000 and 7,000 miles each day. The American Society of Oral Surgeons announced in a report that the children who receive severe facial injuries or dental injuries requiring treatment by an oral surgeon as a result of school accidents could have been made less severe or completely avoided in 98 per cent of the cases. How to Lessen and Avoid Accidents The best argument for this is for you to take the time to look at the buses your children are riding to school in. Of the total 110 schools, 85 have student transportation of some sort. School buses operating for the Board travel more than two million miles and provide four and one half million student trips each year. We feel with this amount of driving there are going to be accidents. There are no Canadian figures to varify this, but the United States with a population approximately 10 times that of Canada reported 30,000 school bus accidents in 1967. Injuries could be resolved by having seat backs fully padded with energy absorbing materials. Most injuries result from the pupils being thrown forward into the metal backs and rails. Seat backs at least 28 inches high would prevent severe injury by pupils being hurled forward through the air over ing the beans because of conâ€" science or lofty principles. They are telling all beâ€" cause they are on the hot seat. It‘s every man for himself as those involved try to save their own necks. A bunch of finks scrambling for safety. _At the same time, one must admire the US. proâ€" cess of probing for the truth, regardless of who gets hurt. I wouldn‘t want to be up in front of those tough senators for anything more serious than spitting on the sideâ€" walk. How would Canada hanâ€" dle such a situation? Well. first the government would appoint a Royal Commisâ€" sion. which would investiâ€" gate in nearâ€"secrecy. The Commission would require three years to complete its Precautions prevent injury A Watergate clears the air job, by which time nobody would be interested. It would then publish its report, which would be almost unâ€" readable. A few weary editorials would be written, a few proâ€" fessors who could wade through the Commission Report would make speeches and the whole thing would then be buried . As a good many observers have pointed out. the Waterâ€" gate airing of soiled linen may be the best thing that has happened to the U S democratic system in genâ€" erations. When you are constipated. you take a purge. When you‘ve _ swallowed â€" poison and want to throw up. you take an emetic._. Perhaps the Watergate will serve as both THOUGHTS the seats. (Many buses in Waterloo County presently have seats 21 inches high.) â€" o A mirror should be mounted on the front of the bus that would allow the driver to see everything in front of the bumper. There is a blind area immediately in front of the bus where the driver cannot see any children who might be there. New buses in Waterloo County are already equipped in this manner. + A quote from the November 1972 issue of the magazine Ontario Traffic Safety states "In the U.S. officials have calculated that failure to stop bleeding at a collision scene contributed to 80 per cent of the traffic fatalities in that country." mfiéi(ing the bus safe is one thing, but the driver must also take precautions. â€" oo _ All drivers then must take a first aid course. If the school board requests it, the St. John‘s Ambulance course, costs will be paid for by the Workmen‘s (;omqensation Board. The concerned drivers are already attending safety seminars held in Waterloo County but unfortunately these are not compulsory. o o_ o _ The _drive'r cannot be expected to drive and keep discipline at the same time. There should be at least two safety patrol members on all buses at the elementary level. The purpose of the safeâ€" ty patrols would be to assist the driver to help with disciâ€" pline and to provide guidance in the event of an accident. â€" Finally there should be no standees allowed on any bus. It requires no imagination to envision what would happen to our children in the event of an accident. These few precautions are simple but could save lives and prevent serious injury. Regardless of how many heads will get the. chop, and to whom those heads belong, it is comforting to know that our great neighbour will heal itself, spew out the poison or cut out the cancer, and get back to work. And it will. It has survivâ€" ed Senator Joe McCarthy‘s witchâ€"hunts. the lying about spying on Russia, the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and many another. not to mention a disgusting and disastrous war in Asia. It is also comforting to know that there are still countries in the world where powerful public figures can be brought to account. It couldn‘t happen in Russia or China. And it wouldn‘t happen in many a soâ€"called democracy the other hand the average Joe in the SL, must be becoming a little sceptical, to say the least. He has been lied to and lied to. He must be wondering whether he can believe anyâ€" There‘s nothing new in powerful leaders lying to the people they are leading. Hitler lied to the Germans, Mussolini to the Italians, Stalin to the Russians. Unfortunately, their lies were not discovered by their peoples until the damage had been done and the world was staggering back from the holocaust they unleashâ€" Let‘s pretend our neighâ€" bours are having a domestic quarrel which is none of our business. Let‘s cultivate our own garden. It needs it would be any more. I know I