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Editorial contained 'cheap shots’ Your editorial on Dec. a. utitiod "Ivory Towers" was poor both in style and substance. I {and the editorial manly unfair to the uni- versity community. The fact that we have aasauita on female pen-acn- anywhere is detect- able and abhorrent. To sum! that itatxuuidttettseroleofthemivemity to police our community is ridicu- but. Instead of pointing tutters on any one motion of our community. the concentration should be on catching the demented individual involved. It would he most desirable if you raised intelligent issues in editorials instead of relying on cheap shots. Andrew W m Erh St. R. 'Clean bomb' means mass destruction The neutron bomb which US. President Reagan has ordered into full production on Aug. 6, "Hiroshi- ma Day", is a nuclear weapon of mass destruction. Its effects are similar to those of other nuclear weapons meant to annihilate masses of people. It is more dangerous than all nuclear weapons developed and used hither- to including the A and H bombs. It kills beople we preseryes property..'. In other words. lives before their "sacred cow" called property. These maniacs in the Pentagon and government say their neutron bomb is a "clean bomb", more humane than other nuclear weapons. When is a bomb of any kind clean and hu- mane? Only mentally perverted imbe- ciles can look upon killing in this way. These warped minds would have us believe that the neutron bomb is a defensive weapon, "de- signed not to make nuclear more thinkable, but to make _aggression less so." The intelligence emanating from the Pentagon and the White House never ceases to amaze me. They are experts in the propaganda field. Cooking up bedtime stories about hit iriii,G"t'cyis" Home purposely to keep their own people at home from the When I see Christmas looming up on the horizon, I must admit that my heart sinks a bit. At such times I almost wish I were I Ba-ha-i, like the rest of my immediate family. Trouble is. though Christmas is not a Ba-ha-i comm..my all aet~as though it were. and expect all the trimmings of the day; tree, turkey. gifts, being home with the family. and boys and toys and toys and boys. - Then I remember that the Ba-ha-i's have a month ot mung. {rhea Quay dttrt't fat Gauroai/ieethodut, tjnited, and Gmi. At least the Methodists, or what's left of them after that terrible union. when they split into Uniteds and Presbyterian', still like to eat. The Uniteds, after years of temperance. take the odd snort now and then. And the good old Anglicans drink every Sunday. One good test and they'd be carting me off in a green plastic bag. The Catholics have the right idea. They "fast" once a week, eating fish or eggs, which are good for them. And they take a belt, even the clergy. when the need is obvious. If it weren‘t for the confessional. " probably In them” But on when! I ' Confusion is are told, but Christmas in July? mane mm- them. I..." qs--rtnd.M.,Nt.f" Federated Appeal thanks community Seven] weeks ago the II: Cor. pnlgl Committee od the Kitchenet- Welerho and Area Feden‘ed Ap peel announced the malts of in recent an cum. Although total pledges of $1,225,330 were 8114.“ short ot the campaign target. they were s..% over last year's ettgttrittu- tions. ’ The campaign. which commenced in the latter part of September. occurred during a period whictt saw our economy take a serious down- turn. As a result of continued inflation, rising unemployment and high interest rates, individual and coporate citizens found that the purchasing power of their dollar had diminished. When one considers these factors. it is surprising that donations to Federated appeal actually in- creased over last year. This was accomplished because of a strong core of volunteer canvassers. a community supported' public rela- tions program and the continued generosity of our citizens. Federat- ed Appeal and its 29 member agencies say thank you to the individual and corporate, citizens who gave time and facilities and continued monetary support to make this year's campaign a suc- and employee groups whose con- tributions have not reached the Federated Appeal office. My com- mittee is continuing to monitor these calls. These remaining con- tributors can help us and more importantly the 29 agencies sup- ported by Federated Appeal by completing their canvass and hav- ing their results recorded in the Federated Appeal omee as soon as possible. ' Through the continued generosity of our citizens, Kitchener-Waterloo remains an outstanding community in which to work and live due in part to the valuable services provided by the 29 charitable agencies of Feder- and Appeal. good for thug soul. someone said. True. But FiiGTtierisit" ii out with the Anglicans, where we " “we” and W. that we are sinners, and there is Pl health in us. than whisper my little venalities into theearofabored Aeatwttohaaheardit all before, and mag: m. and My wants his dinner. If I told the priest the truth about my mutterings over Christmas exams, the atrocious spelling of the next generation of citizens. and the ideas of morality among tiemrdstexetirtettitwi9t9tttettPi! Mary's. I wouldn't” what to do with a man-:1 ifiteame-dMceedrrpemr' the shins. My Latin is rusty, though not completely corroded. After "Ave Maria, mater Dennis". " probably have to revert to French: "Je suis un homme mauvais. J'ai fait des crimes horribles et fantastique...and so on! And ii my French is as rusty as my Latin, i'd probably wind up in jail on Christmas Day, despite the secrecy of the confessional. Well, now that we have that out of the way, l still feel a bit gloomy with Christmas in the offering. it's not the religious significance that bothers me; it is the temporal. How do you put up a Christmas tree with a crook in the trunk like your great uncle's arthritic arm? Without, that is, breaking all the laws about taking the Lord‘s name in vain? I have - managed it N t. still are a few companies S. Bria F%her Campaign Chair-u Kitchener-Waterloo and Area Federated w A legislature committee has recommended in its report that CHIP should be extended to cover all dental care for children under 18. costs of transportation for Northern Ontarians travelling to medical care, artificial limbs, wheelchairs, hearing aids and eyeglasses for children and certain drugs such as insulin. It also warns that excess billings by some doctors who practice "revolving door medi- cine" could lead to the collapse of medicare in Ontario, and recommends that a system of arbitration be set up to settle the doctors' fee schedule on a basis that both the doctors and the public would feel is tair and that, with such a system, both excess billing and opting out of OHIP by doctors be discouraged. Presenting the report of the select commit- tee on company law, the chairman, James Breithaupt. MPP, made a special plea in which be said committee members were unanimous, that before the International Year of the Disabled ended, OHIP coverage be extended to artificial limbs, braces, wheel- chairs and other such devices. Stuart Smith has stated that Ontario Hydro has cost the province's taxpayers about $3.5 iiijiiainrecatyearsduetoanuntintelyand poorly negotiated uranium supply contract and the utility's inability to forecase trends. He asked the minister of energy to reconsti- tute the iegisipture's select committee on hydro affairs, but the minister defended hydro decisions and said the committee would not be reconstituted. F Smith said the "unfortunate" contracts alone are going to cost Ontario taxpayes an extra tl-billion over the life of the deals because hydro was unable to forecase that the price of uranium would drop by so per cent since they were signed. He listed other hydro misadventures, such as the loss of $500 million because of a How do you buy toys for boys that cost less than thirty-fite qulgrs (bytteries not included). when the little turkeys are so ttti,"'"'" they think Star Wars is out of te? And speaking ot turkeys. what size do you buy? A neat little “W. or, if the whole mob arrives, twenty-sixer? in the one case, you run short; in the other, you're eating turkey until your values carefully disguised if you hold your head high, become so obvious that you automat- ilafr-y,iattuetesottttermmtrfor a permanent berth in Sonnet Haven. Sonnet”. it has heme a tradition that Grandad (that’s me) staff: the turkey, while Gran does all the hard stuff. like peeing the - and “I. the tr. Hands, and forearms still tender from the prickiing of Christmus tree needles. I am expected to plunge them to the elbows In turkey guts, margarine. dressing and assorted herbs. and come up with "the best dressing we've ever had." Oh, I don‘t disappoint, though my wife despair' of my methods. 1 wrestle the tteast out, tear out the innards and pm them an to boil for giblet gravy. Then I smut-r dressing all over myself and the kitchen. But the secret ts to regal blindly iiiiiriire%UiaAt, Tdt, whatever fa new“. than a dollop In the 1el'3.tt stir My and cnrry on until you can t CHIP coverage should be extended WAWRLOO WOO“. an: lode-term contract hydro signed with Petrosac Ltd. for heavy fuel oil for two large oil-fired treoeratiNhstttim_ . . , -h, . L Last fail. the minister in charge of the freedom-of-inlormation policy of the provin- cial government stated that legislation on this question would be available in draft form by Dee. IMI. Now he says that a white paper and draft legislation wilrbe coming in the new year. Opposition members have charged that the Ontario goverment has broken its promise to bring in freedom-of-information legislation iiiirGipuGraendis not committed to the principle. The minister of consumer and commercial relations has stated that there is a good chance the government will pass legislation in nu which will allow dining lounges to sell liquor before noon-hour, at present the earliest time drinks can be sold. ' He said the move would allow people on staggered lunch hours to hate a drink with lunch. but stated that there is a little chance the government will extend the current 1 a.m. closing time to accommodate night-shift workers. events . "iiiiiGinister also said there are no plans to permit the sale of liquor at professional sports In the legislature I”: will also see: - the investigation in committee of election campaign expenditures in the past provincial election. 'Ctiiiriiiscussioe, in committee as well of the new planning get. - _ . . . - the passing of legislation to change municipal terms of office from two to three years. . the election of new leaders for both the New Democratic and Liberal Parties. BILL SMILEY stand the aroma or the sight of the stuff- A shot ot tahasco sauce. a whiff of celery powder, a dash of garlic. a sprinkle of onion. a little Worcester sauce. a handful of salt and pepper, a shot of rye, for the cook.thegutsofacoupleolloavesof bread, carefully staled. a smidgeon of everything else on the shelf, from bay leaf to marjoram. q and any old peas or applesauce or cheese sitting around in the fridge. and you have dressing that people will want seconds of, it they get through the first helping. Then you stuff Itstty hand. truss the siiker/eonme,errtttlte.fhto.rt iGiliieittoa,r9eitorwiyttiteuerof maven-ism nineteen-hen nobody is looking. The rest is history; the best dressing we've ever had. One of these days rm going to make the dressing without washing my hands after putting up the tree. 1 think the flavour of spruce gum and an essence of spruce needles would give it a certain piquancy that might wind me up in a four star restaurant. Or in jail. accused of poisoning my entire family. . Never mind. We'll all get through somehow. But somehow I wkh Jesus had been born on the first of July. I'd merely put lights on the huge spruce in our backyardLlnd cetput‘the tyreectae.