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Bywrkww Doctors, office When they hoisted workers. dentists and their glasses of cham- local politicians were pagne Monday night at all on hand to congrat~ the Marsland centre ulate each other for they weren't celebrat» winning a campaign ing with spirits, but that had dragged out water. Fluoridated for some longer than water. any municipal elec- The No Means Yes tion. The No Means Yes Committee had just witnessed the victory of its side in the Water- loo plebiscite, leaving fluoride in the water. PAGE 2 - WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE IO, ttNtt A toast with fluoridated water THE MAZDA 02000 CANADA’S HARD WDDKING MILEAGE CHAMP The tough little truck Manda The Mazda mono Pickup with its 2-litre, 4 cylinder inline OHC engine is built to tackle big jobs yet it helps stretch gas like an economy car. Husky suspension, wide track. and power assisted front disc brakes add to solid handling. The standard model with its 1895 mm (6 ft. 3 in.) bed is as affordable as many economy cars. The deluxe model with a longer 2190 mm 17 ft. 2 in.) bed and deluxe" interior. costs a little more. -daiiiG/Gtit AGieid plain or fancy. with other little pickups. Just one look will tell you it's one great buy. Mazda High Value Engineering makes the difference. Some were bitter that the Safe Water Society had gone to the trouble of forcing a plebiscite in the first " UNIVERSITY AVE. E, _ 885-5090 SALES . SERVICE q PARTS q LEASING THEhiNUIDt%THEh0lEtrXJUKE Dr. Richard Beyers, a local dentist who took an active part in run- ning the pro-tFido campaign said he was pleased with the out- come because they had managed to accom» plish their objectives. place, others, were just relieved that it was all over. "There were three goals we set from the start. We wanted to explain the wording of the plebiscite to let people know that a vote no would favour nuoride. We wanted to disseminate enough im formation to make them confident fluoride is in fact sate, and with this in mind, we hoped to get enough people out to vote." Campaign organizer Helen Vice, who manned the pro- q VOLVO o MAZDA q BMW Alderman Jim Erh. who showed up to con- gratulate the winners, agreed with Vice. "You don‘t keep playing in a football game after it's over. The same goes for a plebiscite ... when you lose, you lose, and it doesn't matter if the margin is one point or seven, the result is the same," Ed) said. Dr. Bob Hustwitt, pres- ident of the Waterloo- Wellington Dental Soci- ety wasn't so confi- dent. “I think there's a lot of people out there who are honestly frightened about fluoride," Dr. Hustwitt said." And let's face it, their (the anti-fluoride) cam- paign was a lot more exciting than ours. They tried to say Technically. the Safe Water Society can force another vote if they can muster up enough signatures. But Vice doesn't think this will happen. "This should satisfy the anti group hysterics." she said. thgoride headquarters tor the full month it was in operation said she felt "very triunr phant" about the victo- ry. "I had my doubts at times over the out, come, but I knew peo- Ne In Waterloo would respond to the ques- tion. They just rear firmed my faith in the city," she said. Every dog needs regular prqiessuonal grooming to look and feel his best And grooming means a lot more than just “cluppmg”, " also Includes Bathing. combmg and brushmg. nall trimming and parasite control A well-groomed dog as happoer. healthuer and a lot more pleasant to lave wrth, Call today for an appointment With one of our experienced. professional groomers oo K914 IS YOUR DOG GOING TO THE DOGS? 'R,', High school teacher Rick Bond, clad in shorts and sweatshirt jogged to his polling station on the way home. Bond said voting no against removal ~“means you don't have a choice. You get it whether you like it or not. And the problem is there's no clear evi- dence fluoride is help- ful while some studies have shown it's harm- ft-tride causes cancer. and ottviously every- body wants to be sure the water is sale. And they brought up the issue of freedom of choice... as it we were oppressing their rights. Our campaign was much less interesting because all we did is show fluoride is eflec- tive and safe." Earlier in the day, the Chronicle talked to voters as they left the polls, and a majority of those against fluoride said they had the same concerns Dr. Hustwttt mentioned. They were unsure of the safety of fluoride, and felt it was their right to decide what is put in the water. Brian Phillips walked out with‘daugh- ter Katie, 4, after vot- ing yes to remove tltaoride "because we don't know enough about it. You don't know what fluoride can do to you so it's best to takeit out." ' ""'"lll'h""" I I 10% I bsede2iUArr=tCL.-.- r - - - 1 _f?.5fihL, m 656-2596 _.__ “Take Erb Strut Wool" R.R.J,7Ngy{ Whom, Bring your dog In for grooming before June 30 and get a 10% diucount 7mm his coupon University of Water- loo student Peter Par kinson said he voted no “because I grew up on Crest ads that show your teeth are whiter with ntgoride." Parkin- son said sufficient studies have shown t1uoride helps teeth. The Teens on Patrol, students working in links to prevent van- dalism. voted en masse at one station. All five of them were voting in favour of fluoride. One teen, Marianne Bur- gener, said it made sense to vote no after comparing statistics. "People in Waterloo have " percent less cavities than people in Kitchener where they don't have fluoride.” she said. The No voters were equally adamant about the advantage and ne- cessity of fluoride. James Turner has lived here since 1954“ and both my children have grown up with perfect teeth.“ he said. Home. Helde said she decided to vote yes for political ream "There's too much con trol of the state " ready. We should have the ability to do what we want... it's a per- sonal right." Heide said those people fa- vourlng fluoride should buy fluoridated tooth» paste. OFF Doggy" odor