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Ttterresn'tatrusiessifi-esatoseathatcanmatelt9e federal government‘s ability to some up smelling like Latest In the feds" incredible string of face-saving measures cm last weekend with what amounts to a peace treaty between the feds and the provinces concealing the control and operation of Jotteries ' . Just before Partiami'rnary play period. Senator Jack Austin emerged from a cabinet session wavmg a letter of intent - more precisely a compromise - that will allow the feds to generate the $200 million they foolishly committed to the 1988 Calgary Olympics throagh their bonehead Sports Select concept Forget all the red tape involved, the story m a nutshell is that the provtm-es must come up with a $100 million ante to the fed pool in the next four years, and must also begin in April 19% to pass along percentages of gross ticket sales of all provincial lotteries toe-et-tN-era"'.""'."'.."". was. Just what the heck is in all this for the provinces, whose major gripe since the appearance of Sports Select as the neu kid on the block is that tl Holmes it 1979 agreement thh Ottawa that gave the provinces exclusive lottery rights Just what have they gained" The orchestration of the sta rt of the end of Sports Select" " deal If ever it haphazard plan was concocted by our elected Uttawa offtciais Sports Select IS the ammal Nexer mind the tau suns from manor league sport" Never nnnd the msk of provincial indignation And "es er "Mild that the Jackpot has yet to be won. or that the major”) of przzex make the Sy ttt'ket outlay a ludicrous gamble F F act as. Sports Select Is an insult to the mtethgenee of an) Dona tide totter} fan m the county-t it purport" to otter tho player a chance to determuu hts her own late mm a peek-arbor at the mast tour numbers of 11'. tpieasr don ', asst. us-to explain the system) Cash prtr.e_ then Increase tthat V ' taught for each addittonai game (trom the right) your card picks in vtmsecuttve fashion lino» what some lucky winner won for getting the last ll right Last week" $2,202.35 Whoop de doo Heck of a deal. eh? Bottom line is that if nobody plays. there Is no lash to return to the winners And while the people of this country ma); show it lack of foresight in electing a government, they know lotteries And they knew that Sports Select stunk right off the bat. and have been fashioning their disgust m the best way possible. Abstinence _ 't So now, when the fool thing is ripe to die a merciless death, embarrassing the feds; to no end. along come the provinces to apparently give it a' impr "r burial. Nice fellows. they Agree with the letter f inte by July 27. and Sports Select dies. But if the provinces bath at the agreement. it lives. Someone tell us please. what isthe difference? r-----" is written a”... Tlll'l'r' a... attqttt1 " 7ai'iaiiii'; a...- Airs' m. an! the We "1tee'tq* the Mum. "e "Most 90091? have the wrong idea about French resuurnuu I 'm not going to have waiters walking around m tuxedos _ than an»? In Fringe there are places like Maxim's. but the other to per cent of restauraan arr very relaxed be 7 __ A - 7 Dirty pool . ou-tte-vt-tHF-vp-, at-OneStat-r-Ai-er-exits.-' 1’25me!“ ti,%tteMqgtqr. 0m i “Wuhan-hum own E. flush» (m nun: “‘1. m iial,iGaiL .9qu locum m'a-oopm -otMr-er'.t-c-'""P'r'"' Fug-om £.~V.le¢. - Sho- Wicki. on 1WeeuM a French restaurant in Waterloo SEE PAGE 12 l qWe 4'1lbgttiqtitte in - at m 'mditittrt at attN8tttaitt' and Mir that but In: "tet-tttttttp to ‘mum‘mwa- ‘Wm_d~s.w- A-,aMa#ttte9lttietsyfttrttttttt " Paul Wanner ' “I hues Back WI anowstbemw "rttamabettedbysa-eof ttisiiabtrourso totretridotaiit_essiteats overflowing the any. the tool-shed. the basement will: attic. Msemetimestaeautesiestteoortheeeh-t"sd was to the vendors. and he garage-sale grannies go home all excited because they have M! a dune-legged chair. a tgqmedrawet sleigh, an umbrella with only one spoke missing, or six paperback novels for a donut dartingraround ll. smvghmg up bits. heating eatchottrertoa-her"t-orruttue,iilw senorihtrdiviatgaadscmseehingforasiiceof Garaty sales are quiet the [and these days Many people make them nan of their lives They troop around town watching for ttaod-anatde sums and check the ads on the cussttied sec Drive around any saail town and you'll use a cluster of cert, m [rum of a house "Must be a weddmg or a [uni-ral." you muse Then yuu tar as one of unit with a board of human magpie: [reach-tried spud it's, no wedding There " no vows ex W. except that you lakes win! you tbets, "tor better or for won? " ICs no [uni-11.9% fortttosewhopay six bwAsforsomeFtrtUt cost three ten years ago It's a (any sale, This phenomenon resembles a 'niati-atgctiqer One of my contemporaries. an habitat of these bizarre events. was more than a bit thunderstruck whenheloud atonesale “lathe could buy text-hooks from our school, duly stamped as such, dirt cheap He renown-aw with the ovum. pointing out that the books taei-6tottaesdtoolamitusdbeeetstoleettry their children. bet they'd have none of it. They waatad cash So much (or human nature These were taxpayers who had helped buy the my their kids had sullen. and now wanted to all them ttoeirtottsesystemsottotottserlridscouidstea, the books they were still paying has for. Mayidi-ssferaam-t? Kidsdosteal banks. my. mm" qx-itHrit “smi- inf It't by an“ "aaeht'te can“: It; ' (V a M' . if o " t , t) It I 'esac,?,.",:,,-::',.??:,'.",::-.,".,"?;--.?,'"',-,?, ’ ICA' l 5 Ft ree, ur- , q . a > ya 2 'IA' ' ’1 r l a." c; He- '. "C' 1:”; T a? L"; '"', r " . 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Wearing ll to a party, then taking it back to the mail order office and returning M, claiming " was "too small" or had smudge marks in the armpits (after she's daxved in it for Inn! hours) whey-enemy”. The gimme of a uraaeukgnwpie would tae-es-tso-sur-rt-sales,) autaft-,tt-t-raqesaietodisooseof ilk-WIN)! wittosmailmaieFBetthey'rerr Ameodofmue,wtro'tlmatieabidogt aatytgtautg,evanttt-gbtwdoetat'tlioowwtoit's for, has Wt mum-{1W Menu-m sleigtss, Me has worked on them and] they are "rv_ttie_AiitseaamsdsnowisacmaNeo' beaststohaeithettriags.He'ti probably windup witttacaaneiaeadatttetinupmtytaasdwiil maiseakrtuoettaiirtg-learowsdwtteowe modulus). Well, I wish " had a garage sale this spring First. " have sold the gauge. a venerable mutation None of this electronk- eye. or press obquooandthedoor-suthatiaoastdoor, we“ about eigttt hundred pounds You hoist ttsera-und-uso-tie-tcables-rd 1egiett1rtrei,urgtrru"c2srett risiiurtattttrheiattturtearodfyoyrr m. 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