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Ang wheat happened wirke we werst about out “,hmm“ul_n_m“t Now Years Eve 1979 Time to scamse a Yoss, you teomiy and hionds, say goodbyse to the 1970‘s and ushes in a noew yea and a now deocades, WH be a good time stso, tos sollecting on the last 10 years, ous society in 1970. gasoline cost 50 conts a galâ€" ton, and a Sest class mad stamp sold for sin conts. Unoemployment weont tkom assound 54 por COM to the latest fliguse of §9.1 por coant Reqyonal wage even acoho consumption a sose consdessiibly, a2ccording to the Toronto Globe and Mail and a The decade beogan with an uay ts was soging in Indochina t onded with an oemotontly dis nusbed Mostem tanatic bWackmatding the mt go workd netion in the free world. But what happoned in between would taske anothes deocads to docue ment propaesty. The wond thougi it AOL ONCOWKBG We yow mose comgeacent Our \éiestyle be come selt indigen wirike on economy «itesod. Our governmentis) pushed ow country and provin ce Surthes in dohe, and incsreasod ow degeondence on outsedte OWt numbes of goves “Mb”“ If Kimg %. Seuth. Waeries Out. setegyivene HIDHIL Wombag Checmie tise «s taspandt eonlind Naw t tos QW Sqeres sepppemmia Wiamariien> ,mm:;““onmu- :va Terrorism seems to have become commonylace m the soventsos We colebsested iresnateonal Yeas of the Chiad this yeas wido maltons oA chadcon dod m wars and tsom starvation Ah but statistecs ae amusteading, isw‘ t that what they say They make things sound worse than they are,. don‘t they The tuth is we have become deseitesovied im what‘s happomng assound us We put blnd tacth im elecred and appowrted Ahcssis to look atos us and M 1o ohien, we twuby don‘t know wiheat sinke out socieaty t i. and an «dea o how thengs shod sealy be. But we don‘t as a ue use these wooks Perhaps we can start soon. 1 doesn‘t take a great deal of etfort. Simply take an interest in what‘s happoermng m you Cfly, POVWNCA, COmiry Maybe we can‘t change the tond But at le2ast we can be awace oA A_ Letters to the editor A the Waterkoo Chronacle must boupedmamcmmqpaq!n‘-rmwhrp‘ bxhed The name will be publithed with the letter The writer should also inmclude ims or her address and teleâ€" phone number Normally 2 letter ugned with 2 pres donym will not be publesned The editor has the mght to edst letters for grammar MMMMV:MW:MM& deemed detamatory contemaeAnous or A qeessumathe And s the whidse, we woe shaort tos the m subpecrt Letters should be sent to The Fditor W terloo Chronuckle V Keng M ® Waterk» The Chronute weloomes letert io the editlint A® 2RY The 80‘s can be different â€" Westsmwtoeo Cheonicte, Timaaeday, Decewes 27, YBTFD Letters policy *u’ iens: 914 a yeae m Canada $6 2 yeae m Vauaed sad V encsgqn Commibaras ad 1 cuery Wedncatay \by V meeny Vraus 1 V mewoy Heé $. Viesctromes . On% LComrtonued h: on page 5) lor wage mereases c soou 7 7 per ce Ross Cruckshark. educ»s tson director for the Wa terlos county boesrd cA edu CaMum:. retwred ater serving m the posstson tos 1 yeats by Bei Townshendé who has hbeen with the booard smace ns Whitaey. who has been in the educatsion field since 179%K4 wurceeded 1ounshend genecy planning in the Reâ€" gum warned people to Hay imdoots and \isten to the radus lox uy toâ€"the maanile predu«tiums 4A where the % ton. 1O â€"laoamng. threeâ€" storey high Skylab would urtke The detbrs from the ended up d4ropping in and srownd Awusirabna Chartes Clare 2 il am spector with the Regional pohre lorce. was prony«Abd to deputy chsef _ When Harold Basse was named chsef in May Clare was givÂ¥en the job oA replacing hi im charge A adrroms tratum With his sppount ment Clare s yh was made wiee JLY Bert Camp. head dA emetâ€" The year in retrospect _â€" _ â€"~Comment as deyprty pal w»lams cruic. samd that ‘"‘the iConservatrve) provim cral government has no guis a all They are aAramd to im The provinc:al revenue numestry refused to predict when provinceâ€"wide 1reas sessment would be simpleâ€" mented and Waterios MPF gwon‘s tour rural mamerpalbs Les face such signi1Cznt tax mcrezses m 196 as a resub c the new 1979 assessmern equailization factors that s«»me resedems and Alrcrals called it a ~panme situatun but thers sard there will be so much hocting and hok lering from sround the province thalt the govetn ment will have to take an Ather Lk t the sitnatumn The zmma\ munscrpal ems meratum was carried o m the Region io determine rince â€" wide because los many tarxpayers would be A massive chain letter pyramnud «cheme steried by an eamdemiied res«dem m the Regson. which 2t one jurors lists. munsicipal gr ams and populatian Homeowners in the Re pont was estimated to have mycoved 75000 partscrpants im southwesiern Ontario, was broken by Regional and The scheme. centred in the Region. Alered partserpants the potent:al to make $204.8%06. i the chain reâ€" Full ambulance service was restored m the Region tollowing a comtract settle ment that ended a 12â€" week sirike by 2% ambulance workers The contract. which erxpires March 31. 1980. increases wages an average A 9 4 per cen The Waterion county board A educatsion ratrhwd a nearly 1.000 high school teachers but they druin‘ t get a pay mcrease this year in stead. the teachers g an 8 4 per cent cost cA 4rving a} lowance and a 5 pet cent pay mrrease m the secomd yeat o the contract Sy6 Brown. former Wa terloo Region police chiel s2a1d he will saue the Regun‘s polsce â€" commission â€" for $%0 W io cover back pay he ddn 1 recerve Ioilkrwing hirs dresmssal last year Bert Camp, head mA emerâ€" genmy plamming. samd the Re Lynne Wooistencrolt of Waterios was elected to chair the Waterioo county board of educatson lor the second consecultive yeat Herb Altman of Kiichener was also acclaimed to a seâ€" cond term as viceâ€"chairman gion‘s emergency ev t1on plan is "perfectly adequate Icliowing a meet img with police and fire Aâ€" f1crals The meeting was held to review the plans m view o the masseve evacus tson in Mississauga, Ont . last month following a tramm o the board prices rose 18 cents a gallon the day after the ledetal budget and dropped the same amoum two days later when parlsament verted non cemmhidence in the Clark go vernment The vote seni candidates scrambling in the Regum lot nommations for the Feb 18 clection the second in seven monihs ergy consumption and proâ€" vide sm«xAhet tralic Thkrw system should reduce en The Region will install 2