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This program, now known as the Canadian International Hearing Services is in its fourth year under the able coâ€"orâ€" dination of Mr. Gordon Kerr, a staff member of Humber College of Applied Arts in Toronto. Gordon, along with Dr. Donald Hood, an audiologist, and Mrs. Nancy Hood, a teacher of the deaf, make an annual pilgrimage to St. Vinâ€" cent, West Indies, where hearing impaired children and On several occasions during the past five years I have apâ€" pealed to your readers for discarded hearing aids. The reâ€" sponse to my appeals has been richly rewarded as hearing aids poured in from cities and townJ‘ from coast to coast. I have since retired from the Ontario Ministry of Educaâ€" tion but my interest in helping hearing impaired children in the West Indies has not waned. Dear Editor: (Continued from page 5) The principles, moral, ethical and economic, that support social programmes are both sound and unasâ€" sailable. If fact, social proâ€" grammes boost money cirâ€" culation and business proâ€" fits. As a _ positive Plea for hearing aids As a concerned member of the community, I would like to call attention to the questionable allegiances of the Liberal candidate for the Waterloo riding. Professor Frank Epp is described in his campaign literaâ€" ture as an expert on Middle East issues,â€"yet his well known proâ€"PLO sentiments indicate that if he is an expert, he is by Not an impartial expert no means an impartial one. Robert Needham â€"â€"â€" NDP Letters to the editor Lockonfiomyeoudimtuandbeammewwty! -flmtos[ipawaytrpmthehrshmlifieso(euth for awhile and join Scotty in the tranquil environs of the transporter room. James ‘‘Scotty‘‘ Dochan, of Star Trek fame, took a little time out from entertaining the Trekkies at the University of Waterloo last Thursday to speak about his old television series, his new movie and his inâ€" terest in science and technology. & Doohan, the son of a chemical researcher, tends to speak with more enthusiasm about science than he does about his chosen profession. He travels extenâ€" sively to talk about science to anyone who will listen. His lecture series has taken him to universities in both the United States.and Canada and is such a boosâ€" ter of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminisâ€" tration (NASA) that many people thought he was acâ€" tually working for that organization! w At a time when people are more than a little leery of advancing technology, it‘s refreshing to talk to soâ€" meone who is proâ€"technology and a strong advocate of increased research into space travel and nuclear enâ€" ergy. He says Jane Fonda is just using the nuclear issue as a jumpingâ€"off point for all the rest of her revoluâ€" tionary ideas. He does admit, however, that last year‘s Three Mile Island incident was a ‘‘stupid human error and poor workmanship,‘‘ but went on to say it does not tarnish the original concept of nuclear technology as far as he‘s concerned. Watching Star Trek â€" The Motion Picture is a lotâ€"like running into an old friend after being separated for Stewart Sutheriand contribution to increased employment and their own profitability, business should logically argue for inâ€" creased welfare payments. This is clear because low inâ€" come groups spend all they get, while businesses get all FLECTION ‘80 Federal social welfare and income support proâ€" grammes, of course, beâ€" come more difficult to finâ€" ance when the economy is going through a slow or no growth period. But: the wrongâ€"headed policy is to force contraction and even slower growth. Such a poâ€" licy is equivalent to slitting the public throat; life is made more difficult f? everyone. And from tKe view of the Tory position, the Tory mentality, it again amounts to the ‘Tories "‘shooting their own sacred cow." that is spent. Cutting back on social programmes would ~contribute to a further widening of the feâ€" deral deficit. demands a unified Western position on such critical issues as the growing threat of international terrorism and Soviet territorial expansion, how can Professor Epp represent the best interests of Canadians when his personal views are so in conflict with wellâ€"estabished Western policies? adults have been fitted with hearing aids. The time has arrived for this program to be extended to other West Indian countries as the need to help their hearing impaired is equally great. Once again I ask your readers to dig out any old or disâ€" carded hearing aids and mail them to: Canadian Internaâ€" tional Hearing Services, 54, Strathburn Blvd., Weston, Ont. M9M 2K7. ; All contributions will be acknowledged and réceipts will be issued for all cash donations. * Thank you, once again, for ‘hearing‘ our appeal made on behalf of hearing impaired children in the West Indies. several years. I found there was a tendency on my part to view Star Trek as it was â€" a powerful television series that was ahead of its time, instead of as it is, a movie with a number of weaknesses. : The special effects employed in the movie are more stunning than just about anything put down on celluâ€" loid. However, the film is vex&‘diflerent from the oriâ€" ginal television series, a fact that millions of Trekkies refuse to accept and leaves Doohan himself with reservations. > The big budget special effects were updated and improved to the point where they became the most important part of the film, leaving Doohan and the rest of the crew in the position of playing second fidâ€" dle to a stunning light show and technological gadâ€" getry. Scotty, Kirk, Spock and Bones are reunited but aren‘t given the opportunity to reâ€"establish their past relationships. There is so much attention given to the Enterprise and the alien threat that the humans beâ€" come secondary. i Doohan said his character, and just about everyone else on the starship were just a little bit more than shallow but "anytime you can make a fourâ€"foot model look the way that ship looked, that‘s great.‘" > My concern is that, at a time when the world situation There can be no doubt that Star Trek has had a phenoâ€" menal affect on those who watched it when the series was first broadcast and those like myself who watch the series faithfully in syndication. Somewhere beâ€" tween 500,000 and 1â€"million letters were sent to NBC after it announced the cancellation of the series after only two years. The letter writing campaign had such While there is no problem with the economic and moral logic of social proâ€" grammes, there are certainâ€" ly problems of inefficiencies in Libâ€"Con approaches to programme administration. In comparison, while Liâ€" beral and Conservative goâ€" vernments, federally and provincially, have proved themselves incapable of keeping shop, the NDP adâ€" ministration in Saskatcheâ€" wan provides a model of wellâ€"managed social proâ€" grammes. The real problem is that Libâ€"Con governments have not been capable of efâ€" ficient public administraâ€" tion. There is a crisis in fiscal management in Canada that the NDP can solve. * Yours truly Mrs. Gail Corning George Mason Questions and answers continue next week Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, January 30, 1980 â€" Page 7 & Since the NDP is the only political party which consisâ€" tently speaks to the issues facing ordinary Canadians and to the broader problems affecting the Canadian econâ€" omy, both between and durâ€" ing election periods, shorâ€" tening the election period would be to the NDP advanâ€" an impact that the series was renewed for a third season but the network soon beached the Enterprise Trekkies tend to hang around like a bad odor. They convinced the United States government to name their new space shuttle after Capt. Kirk‘s vessel and they somehow proved to Hollywood that there was great potential for a full length motion picture based on the old series. « o Will the Enterprise head back to dryâ€"dock now that the movie has been released? Not according to Scotty. He said there is talk of another Star Trek film and rumors of three or four twoâ€"hour television specials each year. » "I‘d like to see that becauge then all of us would get paid more,‘"‘ Doohan said. _ es ns 2 ‘‘The fans want to see Star Trek more than once every two years," Scotty, whoops, I mean Doohan said. ‘"‘They can‘t come up with great scripts 10 times a year, but they could do three or four." I appreciate the time you‘ve given me Scotty, but I guess you‘d better beam me back to my typewriter before my editor starts plucking his moustache out, one hair at a time! _ He said the crew of the Enterprise hasn‘t been paid any TV residuals since April of 1971. *L He‘s been giving me those strange sideways glances with increasing frequency lately, and when he heard I was beaming up to see you on board the Enterprise, his eyes rolled into the back of his head! He‘s wondering if I‘ve been smoking some new wonder herb you captured from the Klingons or maybe I‘ve been in the darkroom too long! In answer to questions and requests, the Chronicle takes this opportunity to state our letters policy in regards to the election and candidates. . _ _ Readers are encouraged to express their views on the various candidates and parties by writing a letter to the editor of the Chronicle. We will make every atâ€" tempt to print such letters provided they are in good taste and not defamatory. However, the letters which appear on these pages do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Chronicle or its staff members. This space is intended as a forum for public opinion, and nothing else. | Letters regarding this or any other issue must be signed, and phone numbers included for reference. We also ask that letters be typed when possible and return addresses be enclosed. Election letters policy ' tage. I would support a reâ€" view of the Canada Elecâ€" tions Act, leading to a shorâ€" tening of the campaign period so as to allow an even sharper focus on the essenâ€" tials and to keep governâ€" ments and politicians at the work they were elected to do. *