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problem. There would alsoâ€"be fewer crimes if people understood that there were strong deterrents in consistent sentencing. As someone who believes in the family and the role God plays in our family life, I also believe in a loving and functional family as the base for any solution. Did anyone think that maybe the real problem is that we have made it too easy through many of our laws to break up the traditional family? Have we, because of our prosperity and greed, given up on our devotion to God? There are many aspects to this quesâ€" tion which I, as an economist, might defer to others more knowledgeâ€" able BUT I have seen enough research evidence to satisfy myself that there is a strong correlation between a family that loves enough to discipline and civil behavior. Yes, there are those who come from bad circumstances and do wonderfully but we should be looking at averâ€" ages and what helps in a majority. A panel discussion which I recently attended had to do with vioâ€" lence. Some violence is driven by economics so I intend to write about violence. The discussion groups held after the panel were animated in their reaction to the panel members, which I thought quite ironic. Violence in the home occurs once every 18 seconds. Youth commit much of the violence and males tend to be dominant in the statistical analysis (although there is evidence that males who are victims of female violence tend not to report those events so the statistics themâ€" selves are not always reliable). One panelist who works in a juvenile halfway house discussed havâ€" ing to deal with families in which the family structure had broken down so completely that one had to deal with the youth alone. A panâ€" elist whose son had been injured at a secondary school had started a network of parents groups to start education programs to clean up schools. Yet another provided quotes about how spankings in the home led to violent crime in later life while yet another spoke out against male dominance since "males" were the perpetrators. In the case of the panelist who had organized a nonâ€"profit lobby group to fight to make any kind of physical discipline in the home, one psychologist in the audience asked her to consider that much of the literature argues emotional harm can be done by parents who do not care and it may appear to be not caring when one does not ever use loving discipline. This woman was also unwilling to consider Toughlove or James Dobson, whom she dismissed as a "religious rightwing bigot" yet she argued for research (both Toughlove and James Dobson argue for discipline, although not violent or physical). Men in the audience said they were brought up in loving homes where they had been spanked in love and had never been violent themselves, yet she was not willing to consider that as a possibility. Her solution of taking the decisionâ€"making from the family and putting it into the hands of government is scary as governments have never been good at changing behavior (witness prohibition or the recent problems encountered in trying to reduce the use of tobacco). The woman who believed in legislation against "men" because men commit crimes of abuse listed "all men" as perpetrators of violence if they did not actively fight for such laws. These two women and the panel moderator dismissed religion as an answer with the comment that "more violence is done in the name of religion than any other cause" and they also dismissed economic facâ€" tors suggesting that crimes of violence are "committed by everyone regardless of economic circumstances." It is clear that there were hisses and loud applause in the audience over the panel. As an economist, I have read quite a bit of the literature on meaâ€" sures of controlling crime. There appears to be inconclusive evidence for the death penalty. There is, though, a strong correlation between the likelihood of being caught and convicted and the commission of crime. In other words, discipline in society does have a deterrent effect. I also know that the unemployed and those with time on their hands commit the greater number of violent crime. Thus, economists can reliably say that our society would have less violent crime if there were fewer unemployed or welfare recipients, which is an economic n ammmnnye Violence and economics Brian Vickers, Vice President (519) sesâ€"6e88 If there was ever a year when it made sense to contribute early to your RRSP, this would have to be one of them. Aside from the usual benefit of having your retiement savings grow taxâ€"free sooner, you will be able to lockâ€"in some of the highest interest rates of the last two yeass. And the case for doing so is a strong one. 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Brick received the original Red Cap recipe Jim Brickman, president of Waterloo‘s Brick Brewing Company, announced the reâ€"introducâ€" tion of Red Cap Ale to the market at a Monday Waterioo brewery brings back the Cap "Just in festivals alone we have the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese, Oktoberfest and even the Mennonite Relief Auction. These are festivals that bring in people every year into the area. Why not grab them while they‘re here? "I have a great respect for tourism. Many of the Caribbean islands depend solely on tourism. We ask ourselves, what are we going to do to stimulate the economy â€" well here are these people coming in (to the area) all the time. Let‘s make use of them." Drawing on a background in tourism, marketing and advertising, enhanced by countless hours of research, Laitar created Pathways Visitors Maps â€" a sound and practical method of guiding newcomers through Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and surrounding towns "I asked myself, ‘what is it that I like to know when I go some place for the first time?". You‘re sort of dumped there and you ask, ‘now, where do I go‘. You don‘t have your bearings and don‘t know the layout of t.hedtyandyouonlyhavex-amoumi?mewseeall these wonderful things, so you don‘t warit to be wastâ€" Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Area Visiâ€" a*® $ tor and Convention Bureau, G *:; U ;4 oo 2 ud show that in 1991 1,050,000 vis= [ * es * ’ J ! itors came to this area. Of those, gyi/nis ;gv»,;.‘f n lt mn@L £ w 8i on * > m "In starting to think about _ pathways Visitor Maps creator Diana what this area has, I discovered mera bess ori onor "@ uq â€" Loiter hoids up two of her area tourist ave you ever taken a close look at the license plates on vehicles in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and surrounding areas? Diana Laitar has, and she‘s discovered that more region to discover what it has to offer. Laitar, of Waterloo, has watched the rapid growth of the local tourism industry.and realized even resiâ€" dence of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo have a difficult time giving directions to destinations, espeâ€" cially if it‘s on King or Weber streets, which runs east and west in Kitchener, and northâ€" south in Waterloo. Maps guide visitors through Pathways and attractions of Waterloo Region Once again, beer drinkers can snap a cap of Statistics compiled by the roppgiongpriige reap ty ite M ap * l meprainis . 1y sc cr en 0 _ _ 13%! An ideal vehicle for RRSPs are Government Guaranteed Strip Bonds. They are bought at a discount to their face value and compound to full value at maturity. At today‘s interest rates, this means that your investment will double in as little as eight years and triple in twelve years â€" guaranteed if held to maturity. If you‘d like a complimentary information package on Strip Bonds, just call me, o my assistant Tina Gauvin, at our office in Waterloo and we‘ll be happy to put one in the mail to you today. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1994 â€" PAGE 11 Ontario beer market. It‘s the first ale produced by the brewery. Brickman believes that the ale, which is now available in Kitchener and Toronto, will attract beer drinkers age 36 and over, who may have consumed the product before it was taken off the market in 1983. "We‘re very pleased and excited about this opportunity to rekindle Red Cap back to its original roots here in Waterloo, and we‘re also grateful to Molsons for their cooperation in this trademark in 1989 when it merged with Carling O‘Keefe, and also got help from retired brewâ€" master Bill Barnes. Brick hopes to sell up to 220,000 cases of Red Cap a year giving the brand a 0.3 per cent of the from Molson, which acquired the Red Cap The easyâ€"toâ€"read maps aren‘t cluttered with every city or country street and road â€" they include only the main access routes to the advertised destinations "It‘s not drawn to scale, but it is drawn to enough of a likeness that if you get on a certain street and follow that, you will end up where you want to be "I wanted something to entice them to keep on readâ€" ing, that didn‘t confuse. So often you pick up a map that‘s done in such a way that you just look at what you have to look at and close it up again. I find with this one, they sort look at it even after they discovered where they want to go." Information on Pathways can be obtained by calling Laitar at 888â€"7366. ing your time walking around in circles." Laitar has designed two maps â€" The Best of Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo and The Best of The CountrySide feaâ€" turing The Village of St. Jacobs and The City of Stratford. The maps are handâ€"drawn, depicting the area and its many places of interest. When traveling, some commonly asked questions are: Where do I stay? Where do I eat? What‘s to do? What is the area known for and how do I get there? Through advertisements located around the perimeâ€" around for a while and well 5 hor wes tourig; . established and that the visitor coming in would feel very comâ€" fortable going to their place and have a warm reception and come out with a good flaâ€" vor of what the area represents." The success of the maps has even surpassed Laitar‘s wildest expectations. The maps, which are free, have a circulation of 250,000 for 1994, but Laitar is expecting that the publication of 1995‘s The Best of The CountrySide Tours to increase upward to 400,000 ter of the 17â€"byâ€"22 inch map, Pathways has attempted to answer the questions featurâ€" m > zs sds Midiand Capital Inc. ammm”u Waterioo, Ontario N2J 4V/2 "* BLUE CHIP THINKING is a trademark $ lu E0C WIR T k iN K ING® MIDLAND WALWYN tion, shopping areas and attractions/recreation sites The maps are designed to appeal to a wide range of interâ€" ests, i.e., theatregoers, museum and historical enthusiasts, art lovers, country pub hoppers, fesâ€" tival buffs, those keen on scenic drives, and of course, shoppers "I wanted to make sure that the people (advertisers) on this map were a good representation of the area, that have been