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flEiEiiiEEM Comments on intersection silly: Byers The Chronical tsic.) Editorial on Feb. 20 "Do it Now" in reference to the unsafe situation that currently exists at Universi- ty Avenue and Hazel Street at one of the main entrances to Wilfrid Laurier Univer- sity, struck me as amiss. Though the editorial clearly defines the problem facing both pedestrians and 'motor vehicles at the intersection in question. I am dismayed by your comment "that in asking the Region to reduce the speed to 40 km /hr the students were asking for an ineffectual solution and you add further disbelief by adding "right bark. wrong tree." While being the past-President of the Students' Union who drafted and present- ed the recommendation to the Engineering Committee, I would like to add that 40 km/hr speed limits do exist in other municipalities across Ontario. In fact. school and hospital zones often resort to 40 km/hr as an extended safe measure to complement existing traffic lights. Though enforcement does prove to be diffieuit, enforcement of these speed limits ensures its success. And, currently, speed enforcement in the Waterloo Region proves to be difficult at 50 km/hr. For. as the Engineering Report submit- ted to the Committee, states in response to our request "in this 50 km/hr zone, 85% of all vehicles were travelling at or below 59.6 km/hr while the average speed was determined to be 52.3 km/hr." If this report is accurate as one is led to believe. then currently University Avenue is not as safe as" one would like to believe. Furthermore. if the speed limit is being broken on University Avenue, then it is not presumptuous to believe that speed limits are not being enforced on other Regional Roads; i.e. King Street. Westmount Road, Northfield Drive. r-Carrier Corner--- Thus. one can only suggest that our local By the beginning of March you should have received all T4 and TM slips reporting wages, salaries and other amounts received in 1984. If for some reason you can't get your T4 (for example if your employer has gone out of business and can't be contacted). you should estimate your income and dedue tions. such as Canada Pension Plan contributions and Unemployment Insur- ance premiums. and use these estimates on your return. You will have to attach a letter to the return explaining the Bttl Kavelman The 1984 individual income tax return forms are starting to arrive in the mail. and it's never too early to start organiz- ing the material you need to properly complete yours. iieutsem, listing your estimates and' wm_lhe full nine and address of . it you-huh investment income. you‘ll also get the Ts slips issued by banks. credit unions. trust companies and other Jim Dessler space l of administrators are not only neglecting present laws, but believe that changing these laws to create a safer situation is not in the best interests of the electorate. What else can be said of the Engineering Committee of elected officials who com- pletely reversed their original stance? Obviously. they acted with their hearts and now theyhave rested their conscience in the advice of their bureaucrats. One wonders. who makes the decisions? I say, it's too bad that these bureaucrats are making decisions - and not the elected officials _ and running the show. In any case, in response to your silly comment "right bark. wrong tree" it is obvious that not only did we have the right bark but we certainly had the right tree. Kevin B. Byers former WLUSU President Waterloo, Ontario. , u Don t make decisions for her If you cannot use birth control. practice self control: All fine and dandy. but say you are 50 years young or single or a teenager and through miscalculatiop become pregnant any way, what then? According to the pro-liters you have to see it through, beautiful! That is resorting to Tyranny! I personally would not have an abortion, but I think that we as adult human beings should have the right to choose. That is what this all is about. Not pro- or anti-abortion, but CHOICE. How would a pro-lifer like it if they were forced to have an abortion, becauserthe law says so? I would like the choice to have or not to have an abortion and then to have it in a safe place without sanctimonious people first asking silly questions and making the decision for me. Stop wasting the taxpay- ers money. similar institutions which pay interest and dividends. A T5 slip might not be issued for small amounts of interest income but you are still required to report this income whether or not the slip was received. If you're like many Canadians, the T4 slip in respect ot employment income is the only documentation you will have to complete your tax return. You should still be aware that, although it looks “he an otticlal government document. in most cases, the slip is filled out by your employer. You should - that the amounts shown correspond to the pay Other relevant forms such as T3 slips for trust and estate income and official receipts for RESP and RHOSP contribu- tions do not have to be issued until March 31'. Remember that effective for 1984. the standard 3100 charitable domr tion deductions have been dropped. You are now required to submit receipts listing the charity's registration number to obtain a deduction, even if the receipts total less than $100, Please give us all a choice! Jim, who delivers the Chumicle in the William-Westmotmt In. of Waterloo, is a grade in student at WCI with more than his share of hobbies. He plays the violin and accordi- on, and also plays the hand bell at church. A lover of board games. he also runs model trains and babysits in his spare time. This week’s Chronicle carrier is Is-year-old Jim Dossier. Future ambition? How could you guess? Jim wants to he a music teacher, and we wish him the best. Marina Barnstiin Waterloo, Ont. cheques you received during the year, and if they dort't, notify your employer so that an amended slip can be issued if necessary. A - If you expect a refund. you should file as early as possible to get back your money as quickly as possible. The longer you wait, the greater the risk of your return being buried in the flood of paper coming into Taxation Centres at the end of April. Also. if you file before April 30 and don't receive your refund by that date, the government will pay you interest starting May I. If you file late, they are not obligated to pay interest until the day your return is filed. If you owe money, and don’t intend to file before the deadline. you ahauld still Most Canadians are entitled to a m refund. This is because the government tables used for calculating the tax to be withheld from pay cheques operate at close to the maximum tax an individual has to pay, whereas any number of outside factors can reduce taxable in- come. Place him in a bookstore, and you can write off three or four hours. Take him on a Caribbean holiday in the middle of winter. and he's in heaven reading in his room. With the drapes drawn, if the sun's too bright. Books. It's a hobby he has never grown too old for, too tired of. We're almost sure my mother could assume one of the roles from Hollywood Wives, in the bed next to Dad, and he'd never notice. long as he had his snout buried in Oliver Twist. But me? No way, it is an extremely dimeuit task for yours truly to sit down and actually read a book, other than ones dealing with modern-day sports tattletales or behind-the-scenes ac- counts of non-fictional events. I dott't l was always impressed as a kid, because when our friends came over to shoot pool or watch TV, the books always gave the impression a big shot lawyer lived there or someone like Ward Cleaver. the Beaver's dad. Heady stuff. "And look at this," I'd say, yanking the four-inch wide Webster's off the bottom shelf, "behind every row, there's an- other row." l have his height (reminded of it each time we try to enter the fruit cellar). Relative to the aging process, 1 have his weight, too. I have shown signs of inheriting his thinning, grey hair, I share his “small c" conservative views on politics and economy. and I continue. as he does, to die a thousand deaths every time a Toronto sports team ends up on the short end of the score. Hey, we're so much alike neither of us has a Twisted Sister or Iron Maiden record in our collection. But there is one trait of his that I never picked up on. much to our mutual dis- may. I don't know why, but I find it extremely difrieuit to live out the adage "curling up with a good book." To this day, it never ceases to amaze me the mint condition my father keeps those books in, and others in various shelves, nooks and crannies around the house. I haven't surveyed my mother's feelings on the subject, but believe me. for dear old Dad there's nothing quite like a good book. My father, can he curl. Up, with a good book, that is. As far as I've been able to gather, he's always loved reading books. He broke in during his adolescence when sickness forced him to log a lot of bed rest, and naturally reading books helped immensely in passing the boring hours away. But his fascination with books. famous authors, not so famous authors, antholo- gies and so on continued unabated. One entire rec room wall at the old home stead is literally double-parked with hardcovers he has collected over the years, authors and titles far too nu- merous to mention. I have inherited many of my father’s WATERLOO CMRtMtth.E. WY. "tMtUMy " "ss--- , Book him Because the service has become so popular. appointments must be made in advance, Even if you have no tax to pay. and might not normally file a return, a chartered accountant can help you to determine whether you are eligible tor any refund, such as a renter’s tax credit. You should obtain an income tax form from the post office or local taxation office. and if you are unable to complete it on your own. call the clinic for assis- complete the paperwork as soon as possible, to know how your tax liability stands. in this situation, it is imperative that you do file by April 30, otherwise you will be assessed a late filing penalty and also charged interest. Free assistance in completing tax returns is provided to low-income tax- payers, by each provincial chartered accounting institute in Canada. am Karenina k 1 Tu Pun-u a! tbr ”who." MMdMWL WWM" And don't think I've sat back, all talk but no action. A year ago one of my New Year's resolutions was to join the library, take out a book a week, and read it. I took them out for three weeks, read one. and kept my record intact. No resolutions kept for over two months. But just the same. I'm not a quitter. l've knocked off three books since Christmas. and at every opportunity, try to edge further into the fascination and fun of reading a book. Chances are I will never acquire the big-shot collection my father has, but maybe I can cultivate additional common ground for our fireside chats. Thinning. grey hair may have its merits as a conversation piece, but as Dad and 1 both know too well. it can only go so far. Believe me, I don't say this out of pride or smart aleck smu'gness, but I really don't know how I've made it this far, having read so few books. I sarit instead out of deep regret. I'd like nothing more than to, at the drop .of a hat, be able to rattle off famous quotes and sayings from literary epics. I'd love to be able to look down the top 10 book list and be bored because I'd read everything on it. I'd love to have the gumption to join the Book-of-the-Month Club, with the confidence that I wouldn't be wasting my money. It's a problem that goes back a long way. I couldn‘t even tell you how Dick and Jane ends. One book I loved in high school, Catcher in the Rye, I hear is causing all sorts of fuss. I Can't remember why. Just adored reading Steinbegk's The Grapes of Wrath, has to be my fave of all time, but between you and me, I never would have come close to finishing it if I hadn't skipped chapter two and got right into the heat of the ac- tion. In university, one of our favorite English teachers told us that if a book was properly written, you could get a grasp on it in an emergency by reading the first and last chapters. I was miffed that she spilled my secret to everyone. I mean, Coles Notes is where it is today because of a surge in sales between 1973-76. 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