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Comment Beta Sigma Phi offers thanks to community On behalf of the Daffodi} Campaign sponâ€" sored by Beta Sigma Phi Sorority for the Canadian Cancer Society we would like to thank the Kâ€"W Community for their support in this special event. The 1988 Daffodil Sale was most successful and we are proud of the Twin Cities for their media and financial support. Parking debate hides antiâ€"student ‘hysterics‘ A few weeks ago 1 received a fiyer in my mailbox from several residents of the Albertâ€" Central Sts. area who were asking for support at the next city council meeting. They were opposed to WLUs proposal to pave an existing dirt parking lot and allow commuting students to use it during the day. The main complaint of the residents seemed to be that they were not informed of the proposal and that their input was not requested. For that complaint they might have gained my support â€" had the flyer not displayed the exaggerated antiâ€"student sentiment it did Dr. Paul g:’y White, past president of the American Asssociation, has some good advice for people who would like to live to be 100. He asks, when does middle age begin? It begins at twenty and lasts until eighty. And the dangerous years of this 60â€"year span are the first twenty, not the last; for these are the years when an overfed and underexercised public is sowing the seeds of a coronary Letters Scare tactics and hysterics are not warranted when dealing with these kind of issues. Trying to make it sound as though the university is attempting to "take over the park" only makes these people seem ignorant of the facts. In reality, we are talking about a very small dirt lot on the periphery of the park , behind a tennis court, nowhere near the parts of the park people usually visit and with an already existing paved road leading into it off Central St. I live right beside it Dr. White writes: "I conceive the ages of man as: birth to the 20th year; then middle age of twenty to eighty: and old age from eighty to one hundred plus. The latter constiâ€" tutes the steadily expanding horizon to which 1 see no eventual limit. Our life expectancy should keep rising indefintely as medical research keeps making progress against disâ€" People between the ages of twenty and forty could help themselves a great deal here and guard against creeping degeneration by formâ€" ing lifetime good health habits. For example. a man marries in his early twenties, his wife cooks too much and too well, and between her cooking, and the family car, and the TV set, the young man has gained 20 to 30 pounds by the time he is 45. These are the years when arteriosclerosis and "rusting" of the arteries occurs and it can either result in blockage to the brain. as a stroke. or to the Some middle age habits Some residents of this fairly affluent â€" Lia Stuzka, Chairman, Daffodil Days, Beta Sigma Phi Geoffrey Fellows o P.S.: It would help us to get out more often neigh instead of just sitting home. heart, as a coronary thrombosis. This is why an apparently healthy man drops dead at 45 or 50. His death was not sudden at all; it had been building up for years. Despite our generally sedentary way of life, two factors work in favor of people in their forties: it‘s never too late to begin controlling obesity and to begin a program of sensible exercise Not only is it never too late for an overâ€" weight person to reduce, but it is better to lose and regain weight repeatedly, than never to lose weight at all. So keep on trying. How can you do this? It takes discipline: you don‘t need any complicated diet, you eat only enough to satisfy your physical need, not greed. And you don‘t eat trying to satisfy some emotional need, or just for something to do. _ As for exercise, one excellent form available to all is walking. 4 How can you find time for a fiveâ€"mile walk every day? That‘s simple: You get up a little earlier and walk to work as your grandfather used to do. If it‘s only a mile away, you walk home for lunch. Of course you can count the amount of walking that you do on the job, which might be considerable. This might seem like a shocking idea, but remember, in the days when walking to work was the normal thing to do, strokes and heart attacks were rareties. At any rate, don‘t be like the man who, when told by his doctor that he must get more exercise, sold his car and bought one without powerâ€"steering and powerâ€"breaks! * * * Geoffrey Fellows operates the Human Reâ€" source Development Institute, P.O. Box 642. Cambridge. N1R 5W1. providing effectiveness training to business and industry./ bourhood are using this issue to grind their studentâ€"hacking axes. Certainly there are certain conflicts that arise when one lives in a neighbourhood close to a university. However, most. if not all, of these folks moved in after the university was built. They remind me of the people in Toronto who buy a house on a ravine lot to be "close to nature," then complain about the raccoons making noise at night! The City of Waterloo should have informed us of its plans. And we residents have every right to express dissatisfaction with the way it was handled. But 40 deny the school the use of the lot will not change the way City Council operates. Waterloo needs an election. Until we have one, we‘d better be prepared for more of the same from Marjorie Carrol} and her pals. I‘m writing in regards to your feature called Feedback. I did not like the answers of the three young people who were asked about the Tourist train. I‘m a young woman (59 years old ) who is still working and have no car, and I‘m sure there are a lot of people who don‘t either. I know a lot of senior citizens who don‘t, and we all think it is a wonderful idea, as we could visit the farmers market as well as St. Jacobs and Elmira, or drop in and have a nice lunch or dinner at the Stone Crock which 1 love. All of these three kids who answered probably have their own cars or families that have a car. I‘m sure the people in Elmira or St. Jacobs would welcome as many tourists as they could get. to help the budget of their towns. Also to be able to go to the Seagram Museum . l sure hope more people like me will write in to agree. Thank you for listening Not happy with Feedback responses â€" Patricia Hitchens Waterloo, Ont. Waterioo ‘"Because, at beginning of spring, you have to take a thgtch rake and comb all the dead grass out give the sod and soil a chance to breath,"}I replied, sounding surprisâ€" ingly sure of myself. I was out in the backyard doing the mandatâ€" ory spring cleanâ€"up a week ago when my wife Beth came around the corner of the house. "Well," Beth continued, "I can understand you doing that in the front yard where everyone can see our property from the street. But nobody ever looks at our backyard, and we never do anything out here, so why bother." â€" "Now don‘t exaggerate, Beth, we do lots of things out here in our backyard." "Such as?" "Well, we rake the grass in the spring, and we, uh, mow the grass in the summer, and we, uh, fertilize in the fall, and we, uh, well, in the winter we look out the bedroom window and admire the beauty of the snow." "Hey, that‘s an actionâ€"packed slate if ever I heard one." You know, the more I thought about it, the more Beth was right. We don‘t do anything in our backyard. Well sure, it‘s only a year old, and we don‘t have a tool shed yet, nor is our lot fenced in, and we don‘t have children, and don‘t have a dog, and the warm afternoon sun hits out front vard, and our barbecue is locked onto the carport at the side. She‘s right, Beth is. We don‘t do anything in our backyard! So I got to thinking, you hear all the time of this problem municipal planners and officials face in the 1980s. It‘s called the NIMBY syndrome â€" Not In My Back Yard. What it essentially means is that cities all over the place are busting their seams, looking for sites for new services, projects and future planning: citizens of the citt') want more and more all the time, but just when the city announces it is going to do something about the situation, the people closest to the new project or service scream "Oh. no you don‘t, not in my back How ironic, that cities such as ours are having such a tough time dealing with NIMBYS, and here Beth and I are, we don‘t even use our backvard. The first answer you probably want to know is why is the Waterloo Chronicle devoting a corner of page 7 to a new column entitled You Wanted to Know. "Why are you raking so hard back here? Actually, there are several reasons, but the main one is that by providing insight each week into the many and varied aspects of the community newspaper industry, we will be aiming to enhance communications and make our readers, advertisers and employees alike more aware of our systems, policies and plans. In short, each week we will isolate one aspect of our operation, such as Voluntary Pay, or Bulletin Board, or newspaper deadâ€" lines and so on, and discuss with our readers what they mean, why they are in place, and how we are all affected by them. That way, you will have a better understanding of the Waterloo Chronicle, whether from an upâ€"front focal point or behindâ€"theâ€"scenes explanation of why we do what we do. j Well. I‘d like to do my part to alleviate this 195 You Wanted To Know "‘That‘s Life" Rick Campbell , in my backyard WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY MAY 4, 1988 â€" 9" problem, and so, for a price, will allow folks to put anything they want in my backyard. If you want services, hey, you have to give with the take. Therefore, I give notice that I will entertain tenders for any of the following structures or services to be located in my backyard, subject to certain conditions. A parking lot: Well, it‘s not that close to Mutual Life or WLU, but I am perfectly willing to have my backyard paved over completely and rented out on a weekday basis for nominal fees. Great idea! And I could sell that stupid thatch rake at my next garage sale. Rink: Waterloo‘s west side may not want a rink, but you can build one in the east end in my backyard. The, uh, seating would be restricted, and shots from the blueline dangerâ€" ous, but hey, a rink‘s a rink, right. Only condition is that I get free season tickets to watch those fabulous allâ€"Ontario champion Siskins. Then again, a glass bubble could be erected over the rink and I could watch them from my bedroom window. Cat day care centre: For cat owners a might skittish about pending Waterloo bylaws, get kitty off the streets while you‘re away at the office. Bring them to my backyard and we‘ll chain them to our gas barbecue which I promise not to light until all cats have been picked up by their owners in the evening. No longer will you have to worry about them being at large or soiling «ther people‘s garâ€" Granny flat: I know the pilot project has ended, but I would like to go on record as saying I would love to have a granny flat in my backyard. And that‘s quite the noble stateâ€" ment, considering it would be larger than our house is. Botanical gardens: I‘d be more than happy to have the city expand its beautification proâ€" gram to my back yard. Unlike Uptown, there is no parking problem in front of my place. and I wouldn‘t be crying that "they should take out those stupid flower beds and put in parking spots." o Waterloo Region headquarters: I didn‘t get into the bidding race in time, but if the Region is looking to save costs and build a smaller scale model for their new headquarters, my backvard is ready and waiting. Ball park: Well, actually, I‘d have to get the neighbor‘s consent for this one. You know, broken windows and all. Miniâ€"golf course: Yes, right in my backyard. Eighteen of the most challenging holes over the most rugged terrain known to man. Isn‘t it about time a city our size had a golf course to call its own? There you go. The answer to so many problems. First come, first served. Wait, there‘s another idea: Tennis courts... We greatly encourage reader participation in this feature as well. Anyone wondering about the way one of our systems work, or about why we cover certain stories and not others, or what policy we have for certain sections, please write to us care of this section head. The answers will be written by various employees on our staff, depending on the subject and area of expertise. The series will begin next week with a discussion of our Bulletin Board feature, and will include information on how to get items into the section, deadlines, content and how we provide space for such a feature. You Wanted to Know. Not your average newspaper column. but by daring to be a little different, we hope to improve the lines of communication with our readers and allow you to appreciate the inner workings of the Waterloo Chronicle, your community newsâ€" paper.