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1 am currently in the grade 6 strings proâ€" gpamnimhflkwlbfl â€" think that cutting the strings program is a gmchotebmchlmhahxkyc coordination and teaches us to read music and take on responsibility § It gave me selfâ€"esteem and selfâ€"confiâ€" ; dence plus a great sense of accomplishâ€" 3m¢m I feel 1 am gaining an important 5modtxumtod:voddolmsicswl sudcvclopmgadapera'pm:iaionol G something which is an important part of our cultural heritage. z _ Please consider the devastating impact it ) will leave on the students looking forward fast. How absurd! The road‘s pavement is so bad that going fast is simply not possiâ€" ble. Either you risk a serious crash or betâ€" ter yet. substantial damage to the car‘s suspension I do have a message for these people. Get in a car and go see what Lincoln Road looks like so you know witat you are talkâ€" ing about And do not forget ta take a good stupid stop signs but do none of them see in what a horrible and completely ruined condition the pavement of the road itself is? In fact, it has become dangerous driâ€" ving on it. They are worned that without the stop signs, there would be a long stretch of straight road where drivers might go too 30 WEBER ST. NORTH â€" WATERLOO â€" 7. STORE!'K)URS:Mnn.-Su.lO-S:JOP.-.:M&Ffi. _ & we serr canapran # After reading your article about the dilemma with the stop signs on Lincoin Road (published Wed.. Feb. 14/96), 1 really got angry and disgusted. it is ndiculous that members of Waterâ€" loo Council have hcadacl’cs trying to decide how may stop signg on Lincoln Road should be removed and how many should stay. It is even mare ridiculous that the people who live and therefore drive on this piece of disastrous road every day share their concerns. The city project engiâ€" neer Paul Eichinger, seems to have the to the strings program like 1 was. * <109] on all inâ€"stock merchandise Road condition the avin ©_â€" Baird criticism of school board unfair there was no "preaching" nor was a *holierâ€"thanâ€"thou" approach used. The forums were driven by the parents, not by the board. The board should be commended for using only a small portion of the time for its presentation and then turning the major part of the evening over to the parâ€" ents. It is unfortunate that one (out of 500) parents attending the Forest Heights forum felt compelled to complain to Mr. Baird. Mr. Baird should have tried attendâ€" ing a forum himself before demonstrating his own holierâ€"thanâ€"thou, "Iâ€"knowâ€"best" attitude! attended the public forum in Elmira and Faced with their reality, the board sought public input and assistance in attempting to determine which areas of the budget could be reduced with the least negative impact on our children Sandy Baird‘s article. "Another Snow Job", unfairly criticizes the Waterloo County Board of Education. The Harris government lied to the public when it stated that cuts to educational funding would not harm students or the classroom. people they are! They simply do not care. They have high salaries so if anything is damaged on their cars, no problem to get it fixed. But we care about our cars because we have to preserve them. We have to make them last as long as possiâ€" bie and in good running condition to be able to get to work every day, which is essential. I hope this complaint will result in some prompt and efficient steps. look at Mayfiecld Avenue (section from University Avenue to approx. Rose Lea Court) and Bluevale Street North, espeâ€" cially the end sections which are in dreadful condition as well. How long shall all we who live on these steets have to wait until these roads are properly fixed? How long shall we have to ruin the suspension components of our cars? What do we pay ail the taxes for? What a bunch of completely incompetent Tom Byers 10â€"9 p.m. Sc}nokslmunmbcapucgd;z: any more money under the new tax § than we did under the former Manufacturâ€" ers‘ Sales Tax. Our federal and provincial government officials should listen to the options that the MASH sector are advancâ€" ing, before our education system suffers more than it needs. GST resulted in a greater tax burden these rebates...which would mean a loss of more than $350 million a year to school boards across the country. For the Waterâ€" loo County Board of Education alone, the rebate is worth $3 million. Our education system cannot absorb this magnitude of cut at this time. Like all Canadians, the Waterloo County Board of Education has been coping with funding cutbacks but it would be unfair to school boards if any reform or replacement of the rumored that the MASH sector would lose If Ottawa fails to obtain provincial agreeâ€" ment on harmonization, it has been Since the GST was implemented in 1991, municipalities, academic instituâ€" tions, social service agencies and hospitals (the MASH sector) have received a rebate for nonâ€"salary expenditures. In 1991 alone, the total rebates amounted to $1.5 Since forming the government in 1993, it has been recommended that the GST be replaced with a single national Value Added Tax, which would combine the existing GST with the various provincial retail sales taxes. Ottawa is negotiating with the provinces to harâ€" monize these taxes (similar to the arrangement in Quebec) where total tax rates would continue to vary until a sinâ€" gle rate VAT is negotiated. Waterioo truster, Waterioo County Board of Education afford to lose rebates In the last federal election, the Liberal Party ‘Red Book‘ promised "to replace the GST with a system that generates equivaâ€" lent revenues, is fairer to consumers and to small business. minimized disruption to small business and promotes federalâ€" School boards can‘t | *‘ Voluntary Pay Because of you, it‘s working 886â€"2830 kids do the ordinary caster Seal SOCigty John P. Hendry See our Bunny Baslcs‘ Arriving Daily Sole ends Sat. Mar. 2/% f 55 Erb St. E. 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