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LETTERS: Should fine the partyers, not catâ€"owners Council would really have been doing something for Waterloo citizens if charges were the same for partying young people who use citizens‘ properties for beer bottle littering and lawn piddling. After all, people have the ability to speak for themselves in court when all poor kitty can say is ‘"‘Meow." Nary a mention has been made of One must remark at the extreme absurâ€" dity of the mayor and her trained seals for favoring a cat byâ€"law which would penalâ€" ize an owner $2,000 because his kitty fertilized a flower bed. Cholesterol is a substance resembling fat, though not fat in the chemical sense. Found in most tissues of the body it is assumed to be the starting point for the synthesis of certain hormones. Coronary heart disease is caused by the accumulaâ€" tion of atheroma in the body‘s arteries, of mean. Because some of the words are used frequently, it‘s a good idea to understand what they mean. In case you don‘t, here are a few common words from our diet glossary: Not only are our children learning about different foods, they are also learning what some of the dietary words March is Nutrition month across Canaâ€" da and the schools are taking their share of the responsibility in getting the mesâ€" sage of healthy eating to our households. After many years of telling my children what they cannot eat decxibe the presâ€" sures from advertising and peers, I was informed this week by one of my daughtâ€" ers that the cereal she has been eating is not healthy. After noting that sugar is the second ingredient on her box of Rice Krispies, the box was put back on the shelf. At least until the guilt trip is over. Things are going to be pretty grim around here for breakfast, considering Rice Krispies was a mutual compromise between porridge and Captain Crunch. We eat too much fat, too much sugar, and too little roughage. In general we are eating unhealthy diets. And if you need mo:: information â€" ask your schoplâ€"aged child. - ‘ ‘ s N a> ‘"Venezuela. I have been there before, it‘s 90 degrees and you can buy gold and go for walks in the Grant Holtzhauer Kitchener needed by the body. Any excess is excreted in urine. Breads, grains and beans contain all necessary proteins, yet meat, fish and eggs are also good sources. of our total body weight (water 70 per cent, fat 15 per cent). Proteins in foods are broken down by digestion into amino acids then rearranged into new proteins Proteins are made of 22 amino acids which are compounds of carbon, hydroâ€" gen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulphur. They comprise about 12 per cent Fats and oils are a different combinaâ€" tions of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The only difference between the many types of fats and oils is that oils are liquid at room temperature rather than solid as are fats. Produced from animal or plant life, fats contain twice as much energy weight for weight as carbohydrates, necessitating the importance of their reduction for weight loss or maintenance. It has been generally agreed that oils from plant life are superior for our health. P.S. The cat we have has been allowed out summer evenings and several hours win ter evenings. It is 14 years old. The cat before this one lived until she was 18 and we are close to King St. so the commenâ€" tary made by the "experts" is bunkum. erties to deteriorate into rickety junk yards or other landlords who rent to students without ision of an overseer. Have you ever mnof a student being charged for not clearin? their icy, snowy sidewalks? (You probably never will!) Waterloo Council had better get its priorities straight lest we think their noses are dunked too deeply into the liquor jug. pounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and include sugars and starches, which are produced by plants. Starch from foods such as potatoes, rice and pasta is broken down into sugars before being used as a source of energy by the body. absentee landlords who allow their propâ€" which cholesterol is the main component. Therefore reduced cholesterol may reâ€" duce the risk of heart disease. The most common food which contains high quantiâ€" ties of choleterol is egg yolks. "Jamaica. It‘s exotic. I like their accent "mon." I‘d like to mlwny from all the chaos of school and are chemical comâ€" Issie DeSousa Kitchener Norma Waterloo In 1986â€"87, Peterson‘s government squandered an historic opportunity to balance its budget in one year. Its revenue grew by $3.3 billion, which meant the government could have jnâ€" creased spending by $1.7 billion, or 5.9 per cent and still balanced its budget. Instead the Peterson government inâ€" stands for higher taxes, hi%‘her spending, higher debt â€" in short, he stands for bigger government. The real Premier Peterson Now we see the real Premier Peterson â€" he'a’ the Pierre Trudeau of Ontario poliâ€" tics! Yes, you‘ll find them everywhere, pulling the handle that starts the maâ€" chine that ends up tapping them on the They want more money and promotion, but would do nothing they are not required to do. They‘ll show up half an hour late for work, but never think of working a halfâ€"hour overtime to make up for it. They want lots of friends, but do nothing for others to earn their friendâ€" ship. They want their spouses and and children to love them, and think that this should come to them, no matter what they do. Thus it is that millions of people set in motion every day a universal device, which is bound to bring them unpleasant results. These are the people who want things and believe that they should have them, but who don‘t want to do anything to learn them. They go right on, day after day, making the same mistakes, and then complain that they never seem to get anywhere. Of course, if the rope had been conâ€" nected directly to the hammer, there would have been no problem. But the machine was too complicated and the time lag too great for the poor clot to see any connection between his action and the inevitable end result. Peterson, like Trudeau before him, When the man pulled the rope, it set the whole zany contraption in motion. A lever t,ri|:opedy another lever, which opened a valve, which forced a piston to depress a spring â€" well, you know the sort of thing. p ; The end result was that a hammer was tripped, which hit the man smartly on the head! The whole thing was quite ludicrous. 1 “Gallrgos Islands. As man encroaches further upon the natuâ€" ral world, I‘d like to visit the spot that inspired a major part of our understanding of it." s plungers, pulleys, cogs and the like, whicfi seemed to begin with a rope with a handle on the end of it. 1 remember seeing one of those Rube Goldbor'urwommichdeplcudnmn sitting in front of a typical maze of levers, David Forsey Waterloo WATERLOO CHRAONICLE, WEDNESDAY MAARCH 16, 1988 â€" PAGE 7 Geoffrey Fellows ‘‘Florida. That‘s where all the ,orgoo\n hunks will be. I‘m dying or some sunshine." Don‘t be fooled by not getting immediâ€" ate results, but rest assured that whatevâ€" er you put out, you must inevitably get it back in kind: good for good and bad for bad. For that is the law. (Mr. Fellows operates the Human Reâ€" source Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, NIR 5SW1, providing effectiveness training to business and industry.) What is it that you want to reap? Then, go and sow that tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. It all begins with you. This has all been expressed in the seven most profound words in the Enâ€" glish language: "As ye sow, so shall ye You see, the first law of the universe is order, and to have order, there must be a balance, and to maintain a balance, there must be a reaction to every action, which includes everything we think and do. They should have been told that life is like a big stove. It will return heat in exact proportion to the amount of fuel ougplied to it. ut we must put the fuel in first and we must decide how much heat we want as a result. No one can do this for us, but isn‘t it nice to know that we have this much control over what is going to happen to Premier Peterson should look to the Conservative government of Great Briâ€" tain and to the Labour governments of Australia and New Zealand for guidance. They have all balanced their budgets by controlling spending and pursuing privaâ€" tization â€" not by raising taxes. head. And it seems that they will never learn from nr-rhm They never conâ€" nect their dull, unrewarding uninterestâ€" ing, unsuccessful lives with the attitudes they habitually take toward the world about them. Because they are not getting more in the rewards department, they still refuse to do more than they have to do. And because they do no more than they have to, they automatically preset the mechaâ€" nism so that it can return to them no more than they are getting. world. per cent, in a wild vote buying spree. As a result, Peterson burdened Ontarians with a deficit of $1.3 billion for that one year alone. That will be added to the huge debt burden that our children will have to pay â€" and Canadians are already among the most overâ€"taxed people in the western creased spending by $3.3 billion, or 11.4 President National Citizens‘ Coalition David Somerville, Lucy Avila Kitchéner