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. Reducmg the number ol months unpaid tax swarms an mailed our to sax lrorn IO saved an estimated S4800 m material costs and 20 hours of staff tmle . C My sun use of the Regroml Health and Social Services enve- lope stulhng machme m January and May to stuff the 1996 tax bxll saved J.83 stall hours with an estimated why M$5400. . [he ihrerday fun and sports program that ran last Mach Break at the Manullle Complex resulted In a perstrt of $1450. . The 8uskers Camaval um nominated lot an Hospitality Award from the Visitor and Convention Canal The 'eport states, ‘thal although we didnt Win, It Is an honor to nominated." There is more, pasts more, of these type of little new. [he Lynx In us all In" call this report little mom than aselr servmil ,usuhuuon of government services in a time of incteased puhhc skrutmy Mule there ts some truth to that mm. I do feel that m a mm of armed accountahihty of the public purse. Ihls IS d good place to sun Besides, we could all use a link mood ms {or a than» . Ehmmauon of the mlmm lax brochure (which most of us threw out anyway). sared $!00 in panting costs, - Most stgrtdicant within the list is imiiiiiai mention of the launch and imple- mentation. through Chef Admin. tstrator Tom Stoclue's omce, of the Cnfs stall Into 24 busmess unus Each u! these uans ts then marble [or the creation ofas rwn business plan, With setgoals and variables. hopefully leading to d more eHmently run unttt Among the other listed Successes are . Jmnt dtspatch wrth the Kitchener Fire Department providing un estimated wrap M $49,000. . . lnstttuttun of a program of leastng small trucks on a shon- term baw, rather than having them " Idle for long periods of “me resulting m the parks department man; $1500 In a ptlot pmgram The CuyolWaaloomcndynlczscdacompilaion offiest. and secoetdNuarter mused“ 1996. TUquanedy collection r,'ftheatrrsgrrattsthas,ifyouma,oiaimvse'imowhatis happmmgm thebusinessthatharbecome ottrtntmicipdgtwerw mml. irtadthuortnherepoetservesasapositivemoesiboaer FormeBrittslthinttMirtuerae-Aaieeo-d, 'Gerteral1rseeautsdtertesrbesmsdi-er.'. 'tmrs-mute-r-hen-att-tees, o.iaotcrtorrrtrdtueth-eatnmtrartors,but thatfoetttretuitdoesttexutatodnediiramuie,iy J_tsthardtofint1withthaeinmind,amtinthei-oHair' 'etssomegoodrtorsir-teknmd,smnopuces, ourkxsgovermGtt. Fax No. Waterloo Town Squat 75 King St, South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2) 1P2 Here's a little good news, for a change (hip 11m PM could all use a little good news, for a change, ksrcitrstalf,whohikeal1rmtgicser- wants these days, could surely use a 1ittkpatonthebackimteadonhe gestures they are used lo mavmg from the public, The 1613.3: document has Its share of Mer, but there are torn: unending "am. The upon Includes those "small and large vic- tones and achievements" considered "over and above" a jobs teqtme- ments, In many casesHhe actual dollars saved are listed beside the success, Wm WM Gerry Malice Tun Gardner Pete cm (Sp. at) Dubai: Cmdall (Sweater) Shannon Skin Lynn Mitchell Billkames Denise Ttscker It's a far cry from the days when our forebears bought sausage from 1M Schneider's wagon. That's when the corm munity was really small. So small the phone book had only one yellow page. Nb Ures: A Waterloo woman checks m With this note: "Regarding the 'Kline fuss' proposed bylaw to control cats as a cat owner, I am not opposed to this bylaw. I would, how. ever, welcome advice on how I should retrain my mature Ut's not forget the other plarlls that have shut Seagram's and Uniroyal are Just two of the recent ones Things go on and the fommunity still thrives The layoff could be a large one with each lamination a hardship, If not a lik-scarring tragedy On a community level however, the layoff will be easily sustainable. We all know that thus community Ls among Canada's leaders when ll comes to employ- ment, just look at the numbers But, alas, as Arthur koestkr once wrote, “Statistics dont bleed" That applies to the Impending] M Schneider layoffs. I've a couple of neighbors who've worked nearly a quanzr-ccm lury at Schnerder's They don't know what mil happen to them. Jobs? Ontario has added 82,000 new jobs m the past two months. That's a total of 102,000 new tobs in 1996, For instance, K-W construction of new houses IS up by 82 per cent. Surely nothing Impala conMence m the future more than buying a new home. It's true: a man's home is hiscasde, It looks like a house, but u costs like a castle, Gee, I'm glad they cleared that up, Brighter Visa: It may be lost armd the headlines about folks protesting ths and that, but there's a lots of good news lately A 29-yearoki accounting clerk has been charged with defrauding a Kitchener Insurance broker of $60,167. And to quote the third paragraph of the Record story, "Cunningham Is no longer employed with Erb and Erb Insurance Brokers It's not all bad news out the Becky Men Sharon Walter MF-sdm la FIX her Jiiiiiiir"i _ . ." er r ) j' J; . T We...” Itltf.rt. i I r: I', Rick Campbell -. an... I "3 j j" Andrew Farm gather Mitchell The views of our columnists are their own “in muddy the VIEWS of the newspaper. _it'as:a,) 'rt. . - Waterloo Chronicle Humanist“ am}! rsrasst.s.,sat'e20t,Pt' Rrrihbofiatr,ittttu. 1Ntdtoromttiti'lMittittqtih mam/am: ”My” ita mm mm lnumul ”Wu-ml- The Fairway Group stdrsairtion rates 240 Holiday Inn Dr., Unit F H5 M in Canada Cambridge, on. $90M outside Om NBC 3X4 t as: , And of coutse, ifyou call 911, they'll askto hold on mlnult while they do a check on mend“ card "oriytitepmirw.wstedoowirdoapotproraa user lees for gafbagepickupandyoucan takethe mush granted. Everyone will be paying has lea sooner ralberlh later. . Thepurposeaccordinglonullupokmnnonl‘f‘l: people will know how they FY {or m}: puckup. i Fol.ksalredtknowwuttieoirroiuuck , Thats thanks to the horde durum when but” on to recycling as a good thing. d t On second thought, if you'le ever going to nee you‘d better call firemen or the pothole patches before put a user fee on them. I In fact, he did for the armed has what Norman Bald for the meindustry. feline who enjoys summer evenings out of doors. " would also like to momma! to council that, " their debate on domestic pet has. councillors first ht way to enforce the stot'rrscoop law, preferably before; spring thaw." Correct! tiitlterpeoplestanheedingthehyswor. have to and] from burn: that flush 5". Pace: Watedoo Regional can iltflll has made an otrsermodest gesture [on streamlining by having the chalrman clad my bythe ytretsaPibrpaeiwhecouna'ssit Notably not done in the separate cloak of regional and municipal caunculla cemnfilktrsvoedu"eebdthjobsons _;,), Thersmmetocome,butyoucari It' wont be much. lt seems councillors H " kame1tratroucarksoisomeoith+ 1omeofthttimeandsomeotthepeksA 4’ the time. That usually enough. a (an - More and more (mad?- are demanding the resignation of Gen Jed Boyle, the country's lop soldier. 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