Frankly. I thought he'd have talked his way out of the Jro'o by now Say, maybe he's had laryngitis. Or maybe he wat Zen speechless by Floyd Laughrerfs sletghtof.hand in swung ' the budget, a k a, cookmg the books Odds and ends after a week m which diamonds may have been a prl's best friend, but a lot of w1ves were cumpqumrng ayout_all the_baseball on TV X ’Marksr the Spot: The municipal campaigns are lacklustre, but xfthere's one leadplpe cmch It's that Andy Telegd: " headed for one of Waterloo's crmncxlloral-large spots Andy's vuttory “all be deserved He may be a bn of a gadfly, but he works hard and gets things done, He can take "edit for whatever progress has been made on the regxon's water problems, and he's out front on a reformed regional council And he's amculate He can talk a half-hour on any given surtct, tyo yours {he knows anything about It Kiss of Death: Brran Mulroney rs trymg to drum up 5upp0r'. for the new proposals for constitutional reform. and the more you tlunk about rt the stllier lt seems. It's a h: Ike Typhoid Anme peddlzng health ends door to door Over and Out: Zanana Akande, the alrthumbs sacral wrvwr: mznzster. ;s m: of Bob Rae's revolvingdoor ubxnet. on: Kuchener's own Wrll Ferguson 1s still energy tnuuster shoul Does it seem every K-W street is torn up? Waterloo Town Square " King St. South. Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2.) 1P2 The government of Prune Minister Brian Mulrrvney must take ttrm, fair action amid) to prevent a recurrence m the future Here TS a three pom: plan of action “huh mil accomphsh this goal 1 The amernmem should Either outlaw an» n) federal employees or more :‘r-‘Y'vran'u 73mm? the government's mo. ", P' u "1 "\‘t‘n'k1: why»: such as gram "',sld..:).i,c"dsUii. 1nmmmuu,>n.the dehv n A Mr str'.Kes orert'erah 1 \pt".\ , tunauna Chiiiiiicle The roots ofthe problem he m the growth and power of government. the monopoly A hrch r.he federal government has reserved for itself m a number of essential servrces; the monopoly which the federal govern. ment has grven to the Public Service Ammauon of Canada and the Canadian Uruon of Postal Workers and Gally the mantrng of the nght to strlke to these two unlons PM must take firm action against public strikes In the past weeks Canadians have been watching or reading about scenes of violent bitter, screwing confrontations, We have seen molotov cocktails arcing in the sky: middle aged women seeking to earn a living have been harassed and abused on telesuston, angry mobs have destroyed pubhc buildings These scirnes didn't take place m Haiti or Albama They took place on picket Imes across Canada - 'rv, :edera. government should uphold "um: wrder and good government by zedgzng to ,'trrp :he recurrence of the P. meiui spectacle of violence and mum Minn whzch occurred daily on PSAC aske: Ines The freedom of Canadians to 1m d lmng must be upheld i FIT the rest of 1991 the government nuuld move to Immediately reverse the PAGE 6 . WATER! oo CHRON‘CLE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1991 Telephone News Line Fax. No. in! dass mad, at: 1 n contractrn; out sauces to the "'ectthr HES mpetitive tender That could be Display Advertising: Maureen McNab Teresa Clemmer Gerry Mattice Don Steeves Reporters: Pete Cudhea (Sports editor! Deborah Crandall News Editor: Melodee Martinuk Volunteers are the society's strength Agam. thanks to all those who partunpated m the 1991 Campaign The Cancer Society wnll be able to conunue its good work with your support! Thanks to all of the individual donors. corporations - large and small, the media and the organisers and supporters of many other fundraismg events who helped the Society reach Its total. As well, thanks go to the many volunteers who work through» out the year L the Patient Sen-mes Volunteers. who drwe patients for treat. ment. who offer rmancual and emotional support, and to our volunteers 1n Publlc Educatmn. who vmt schools. churches and clubs to promote good health It's lugh tune Mr, Mulroney fimdamerr tally reformed the way his government works - or doesn't work - for the sake of taxpayers, consumers. travellers, business people, pensioners and all other Canadians who suffered during the latest "public service" umon strike The KitchemtWaterioo Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society IS pleased to announce its final fundrsusmg total of “14.38779 for 1991 On behalf of the patients, their {amines and friends, congratulations go to over 2,000 Canvassers. Chatrpeople, Captains and Special Events Organisers who have made the 1991 Campaign successful. Volunteers m Elmira and Woolw1ch Township, Wellesley Township, New Him. burg and Wilmot Township and Kitchen er Waterloo made a terrfu: team! Thanks from Cancer society pay raise and housing allowance increase which MPs voted for themselves The government must lead by example. lt is not. David Somerville National Citizens' Coalition Personally. I'm always a little suspicious of anyone whose Job Involves money My idea ofa great treasurer 15 Venus de Mllo Branch Oftiee: I respect trees as much as anyone. but I wonder about some ofthe folks who go berserk every time a tree 15 felled. Surely they must appreciate that not every tree can be preserved forever and ever amen They seem unaware of the tens of thousands of trees that are planted Gash they'd have been mighty busy wavmg sxgns for the TV folks 1f they'd been around when Joe Schnexder and friends were sweaung gallfms m cleanng these land: - W, ___ _ "Wu 5“,...“ ... F.V.w..'6' may lunu: Seriously, It gets a bit silly Not a war? IS said when a golf club plants hundreds oftree:. but let ll fell even a few and the screaming reaches the upper decibel Cree. I'd hate Canadian Cancer Society Kitchener-Waterloo Unit Circulation: Mary Baycroft Andrea Auernigg Rick Campbell Circulation Manage: Greg Cassidy Publisher: Major Accounts: " Karges Bill Hills ONCE OVER LIGHTLY Secondly dunng the Pest1c1de Task Force Meermgs, the chairman and same male members were at tlmes either rude, condescending or supercihous to their fellow Task Force members, mostly wo- men, who were smearely trying to show, at no profit to themselves. the serious Firstly, here 15 a partial list of health concerns and potential problems linked to that component of warltlme nerve gas 34, D and Its denvauves and other commun lawn sprays nausea, mm throat, Cu <ymploms. siun xrrnauvn» resplr'dtory problems mcludmg asthma. ailergw l'H- sp0nsessensitlvltres, Parkmsrm's (imam Alzhmmer dlseaac. Non-Hodgkms lymph oma, Immune system thsorders and New! ly, diabetes I would like to brmg to the attention of the Waterloo CIty Council the following: 'Here 1.: 3 mm! 1m of health cnncerns linked to dandclxnns and common weed, Sond Stop use of pesticides now Waterloo Chronicle The Falrway Group Incorporated 215 Falrway Rd. S, Kitchener, Onto By the way, last week a Kitchener-Waterloo bumnwn nun approached me about a new paper for these Twit Chttes, It was the second such approach in recent mohth~ both of them serious, and both with money in hand. beam of It It makes you think, eh? There may be more on this in due course. President: Paul kaler And My Best to You: I'm surprised and flattered a! thr' number of Kitchener readers this column has. It turns an! than an Incredible number of Chronicle subscribers up savm: the column for friends and relatives in Kltchmwr I thank the Kitchener readers for their loyalty and HM Witcrlon subscribers for their assistance By the way, my nomination for the bumplest 51ml! _In town 15 Caroime Street beside Seagram's. But, her “v re not talklng nu-bouom potholes here. No, it's gentler mm that It's more "Oops" than "Geronimo!" to think that some of the protests are more aimmi at pullmg publmty than protesting trees. Sth," there nsvone th/ng I'll eoiiieurTheris somahmg odd about subdividers who hack down trees ther, name streets after them. On the Roads: Maybe it'sjust my imagination, hm lie never Seen so many Twin City streets and roads turn up And for ,',0 long. Arms RACLQI ls published every Wednesday by A2x, .tbt You are: dangerously 11-13mm; yourselves from nature and your vm'rmn ment First' motto is a sham, Counul's refusal to stop the use Mr "we polsun: when there are alternative, a M be party to an assault on the health n: p npm dmmala and plants and the punt} " the sml, mr and groundwater. In the mum people wxll look back at this short ».,:lwd and selfish practice of spraying lawn And pronounce " unbelievable! If you cannot act right now and ", " tip: courage to put an end to this Lm-nmng right in our own backyards, hou urn mirth are we mung to save this planet l concerns with the environmental health issues at stake. This attitude shameful. Thirdly, a riposte to just two Maff responses to Task Force recommendutnm We must have a central registry to mm people who have concerns about health ISSUES and the misuse of these pw stiO' Also, the use of pesticides is not a cm:rru.~y lssue, It Is a health issue. 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