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â€"Carrier Corner | K# 4 (CALLLPOL MHULLIy AHPANY This A/s/b_"/'c w/ill, on e Lanrke o e [otwer ind PN in aledmia, derMe4 !5 poarr From o wpotreamm [Ualedaria Fopr, sbicl ts or%/% copnstrucdied o5 APV 3/ To Grumes I»FZ Meavigzzfior orrspah4 in Je JL5 z> John Hull nd A, Peter Etril Snyder Peter t int Snyder Honorary Chairman Grand Valley Conservation Foundation «Bm Fip (Pzaâ€" 12â€"yearâ€"old John Hull, who deâ€" livers in the Blythwood Rd. area of the city. John is an honor roll student (80 per cent and over) in grade 7 at MacGregor school. He loves sports such as hockey and baseâ€" ball and once went on a long trip covering Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Milwaukee and Chicago, taking in some baseball games along the way: John also enjoys playing computers and collecting postcards. Once he has finished school, John hopes to become an accounâ€" tant or engineer. With his inâ€" telligence and enthusiasm, we have no doubts he‘ll make the grade This week‘s Chronicle carrier is *"*Wrestling‘s the only honest sport in the world. Everything that‘s supposed to happen, does." LETTERS So why not Wrestlemania? Certainly it is a long way from those Saturday afternoon Maple Leaf wresâ€" tling cards on channel 11, the days when the Power Lock and Boston Crab ruled the world. And the Great Kudos and Sheiks and Dewey Robertsons and Billy Red Lyons have given way to Rowdy Roddy Piper, Cowboy Bob Orton, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T (to say nothing of Cyndi Lauper, a creature both great and small). But Sunday‘s Wrestlemania piped from New York‘s Madison Square Garâ€" den across North America and around the world marvellously reinforced the belief that all the world‘s a stage, and we are but a turnbuckle in the wrestling ring of life. 1 mean, Liberace on the mat in a chorusâ€"line routine with four Radio City Rockettes? Billy Martin, the weasily idol of the Big Apple, as announcer, and Muhammad Ali, sliding down the other side of the mountain, as referee? Hey, why not. Great stuff. Hooray for Granny Flats says realtor Don‘t feign disbelief. Are you really shocked to hear that rasslin~ fans jammed arenas, theatres and concert halls, paying big bucks to watch the glitter, hype and Cyndi Lauper‘s hairâ€"do unfold before their very eyes? Three cheers for Waterioo City Council in their pilot project for the Portable Living Units for Seniors. ____ _ On the surface this idea of selfâ€"contained homes placed in the backyards of existing single family homes sounds great to me. As a real estate agent I have talked with dozens of seniors who would like to live in their own bungalow and be able to afford it‘ Currently it is difficult to find a bungalow that meets their needs and is within their budget. 80 With the introduction of this Granny Flat housing idea Waterloo will have a firstâ€" hand look at a novel idea that may just be the answer to a severe housing shortage for seniors. Congratulations Waterloo, let‘s give this idea a chance to work. Bob Smith, salesman Canada Trust Westmount And if you are shocked, why are you? Because grownups in leotards ran around smashing chairs over each other? Because Ali biffed the bad guy Piper right in the chops? Because the oneâ€"ring circus estimates its gross take at $10 million? Because your grandâ€" mother had a front row seat, and asked for Lauper‘s autograph? Reporter‘s good work appreciated On behaif of Planned Parenthood volunâ€" teers, staff and Board of Directors, I would Don‘t waste time despairing the end of the world as we know it. Stop for a minute instead, and think about how much different Wrestlemania is from our real world. To paraphrase an old baseball adage, there‘s two things we have in this world, reason and insanity, and reason‘s away for the weekend. At least. We can fall victim to a virtual beer conspiracy that deprives us of homeâ€" grown suds, causes restaurants and taverns to go out of business, charges us a king‘s ransom to import alternatives, arrests us for illegally crossing a make believe border with neighbors‘ products, and then sells us the overflow import at _ Sage of the sport commenting on Sunday‘s Wrestlemania card. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985 â€" PAGE 7 Relative Rick Campbeli Chronicle Editor cut rate prices, all after a bestâ€"ofâ€"two vote settles the score. And then we have the nerve to scoff at Billy Martin in a tuxedo? We snicker because the best dress at last week‘s Oscar awards was worn by Prince, loosely defined as a male rock star. Then we suniff because a complete Scottish pipe band escorts Roddy Piper to Wrestlemania‘s ringside. _ We shake our head at the Executioner, who lists his hometown as Parts Unâ€" known, but suffer a Prime Minister who if he had his way would categorize every government document Information Unâ€" known. We admonish the breaking of a chair (balsa wood you wouldn‘t make an airplane out of) over Hulk Hogan‘s back, but stand by without a whimper while misguided Eaton‘s strikers enter stores, harass customers, deface property and instigate trouble hiding behind the banner of workers‘ rights. We tutâ€"tut when sunâ€"glassed Cyndi Lauper screams kill, kill to her wresâ€" tling charge, but tolerate an individual who deliberately and continually breaks the law in order to prove that it, as well as himself, is an ass. We teeâ€"hee during the Shamrock Summit, one of the saddest coat tail rides in our history, yet blast the Hulk for hyping Wrestlemania as the "deâ€" fending of her (Lauper‘s) honor." We shake our head at Mr. T twirling a wellâ€"executed airplane spin, yet shrug our shoulders when our patronageâ€"bashâ€" ing PM jams a baker‘s dozen pigs at the Air Canada trough. We howl in derision at those claiming wrestling is on the up and up, then slap the wrist of a neoâ€"Nazi who questions the validity of the Holocaust. We lambaste Muhammed Ali for exploiting his image by pounding a grappler in the mush, but exalt subway vigilante Bernard Goetz as a modernâ€" day hero for gleefully taking potshots a twoâ€"bit punks. We accuse Wrestlemaniacs of grandâ€" standing, then applaud Liberal leader David Peterson for having the courage to ride the TTC subway during a terrorist bomb threat. I‘m sure he TTC‘s daily. _ _ o . . We deplore the acting that goes on in the sport of wrestling, but catapult a Grade B movie actor to the highest position in the world today with his finger on the button of oblivion. When he isn‘t taking a mandatory afternoon snooze. _ Wrestlemania a travesty, nothing but a putâ€"on? Sure. But in relation to what? like to thank Pat Arbuckle for the excellent article she wrote covering our frustrations with funding and the misinterâ€" pretation of our image. It is a relief for us to work with a reporter who is knowledgeable and consciâ€" entious and who really listens to the information given. Sometimes it seems that no matter how many times we state facts, they fall subject to the reporter‘s biases, lack of familiarity with the issues and desire to develop controversy. Pat‘s good work on this piece as well as work she has done in the past is greatly appreciated. Thank you once again. Wendy R. Newbery Legion 530 assistance appreciated We wish to thank the Executive and Membership Royal Canadian Legion, Waâ€" terloo Branch #530 for their generous donation to the renovation project at the Adult Recreation Centre. These renovations are being undertaken to facilitate the use of the Centre by disabled and frail elderly participants. Your kind assistance is most appreciated. Kathy Durst Adult Recreation Centre Education Coordinator