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â€"OPINION the "possibtlities are endless... ideas are now as important as widâ€" gets in the new economy." A true woman on the move, Pamela Wallin departed our town soon after her speech to attend a function in honor of another prominent Canadian journalist, Doris Anderson. Pamela Wallins comments were inspirational and empowering, | assure you, that as she left, no one was talking about her hair. ‘Nothing like a hanging at dawn to set your priorities." she quipped What did she learn from this? The value of networking for one. This is an area that women have not developed as fully as they should. Ms. Wallin says that we need to ask for help â€" we are spiting our noses off" by not investigating the obvious. Wallin concedes that not everyone has access to as rich a rolodex as she has amassed, but contends we dont make use of the contacts we all encounter on a daily basis. Wallin now views her firing from the CBC as the "best thing that every happened" to her. An entrepreneur, she owns and operates News Theatre‘, a highâ€"end video and news conferencing service modelled on the Parliamentary Press Theatre she became famihar with during her tenure as Chief of the Ottawa News Bureau in addition, her Current Affairs Group produces the two television shows she hosts. Confident and a riskâ€"taker, she says dumped. Charactenstically, she survived, seeing herself as a ‘chromcler of change". Wallin says that finding herself in the cenâ€" tre of the story forced her to take a hard look at her life, and furâ€" ther that this exercise forever changed her perspective. â€"esmenmmanamequnmime. hmwcx s She said it was "interesting" to move from working her last story at the CBC, (ironically covering a book entitled "The End of Work"). to find herself unce Such is the lot of the woman in television journalism. Pamela Wallin handles this, as she seems to handle everything, with incredible good humor, shrugging off the idiocy of the situation with a knowing grin. "It goes with the territory", she says, noting for the record that the hairstyle, a French braid, had opinion split solidly along gen der lines, with women for, and the men mostly against, the pesky â€"OrP mE I had the pleasure of sharing lunch with the Host of Pamela Wallin Live and Maclean‘s TV last Sunday. Ms. Wailin was the She is one of our most respected journalists. She‘s interviewed them all, from politicians to rock stars. Her credentials are impecâ€" cable, yet Pamela Wallin recalls that she received over 240 letters from viewers recently, commenting not on her superb skill at questioning or her finesse with a surly guest, but on, of all things, Lunch with Pamela Fax No. Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2 did and giving in her remarks, shatâ€" tering the image of the primaâ€"donna on the development of personal and professional excellence for women in our region. As dynamic a speaker as she is an off a morning of workshops focusing keynote speaker for "Women on the Move", the 6th Annual Business Success for Women forum presented by the Kâ€"W Business Women in Networking (WIN). Pamela Wallin‘s address capped ly, and very publicly, Pete Cudhea (Sp. Ed.) Tim Gardner Lynn Mitchell Denise Tucker (Supervisor) Amateur Night: With St Mary‘s Hospital in danger of clos ing, Kitchener politicians are ticked off by Mike Harris advis Yes sir, when it comes to the region, you get the feeling that the winds of change have become a zephyr too gentle to stir a Anyhow, with regional council .dllhenng on restructuring, Queen‘s Park may step in and impose a new structure. Bet on it. Take the proposed regional takeover of garbage: Mayor Brian Turnbull and Councillors Mike Connolly and Joan McKinnon fought valiantly for the right to retain Waterloos legendary blueâ€"ribbon trash pickup with its own staff. All the restructuring charade has proven is that if you don‘t want to do something, almost any excuse will suffice And Waterloo and Cambridge are conspicuous among the relucâ€" tant The tragic tale goes this way: the consolidaâ€" tion of the eight sewage and water operations under the region has twice been recommended. One report said the region could save as much as $30 million if water, sewer and waste manâ€" agement services were consolidated But that wasn‘t enough for the heelâ€"draggers. They‘d believe the figures only if they came with a year‘s savings in advance. So the region is spending up to $550,000. in taxpayer dollars on another study. made. And their new venture into the realm of research will cost up to $550,000. That‘s nght: $550,000. regional restructuring. At the moment they‘re planning another study because they disbelieve studies already In a step welcomed by scientists, Pope John Paul has proâ€" clarmed the theory of evolution as compatible with Chnistian faith. Gosh, I made the scienceâ€"faith accommodation years ago when I started counting my blessings on a computer. Talk Isn‘t Cheap: it‘s too bad we can‘t impeach our regionâ€" al councillors. They deserve it for what they‘re not doing on Tragic tale of wasteful spending J.M. SCHNEIDERS Sharon Walter Jerry Fischer Andrew Pearen Rick Campbell Heather Mitchell Mu can taste the difference.... Restructuring makes . coicdliknetd amialatiine i The Waterloo Chronicle is published by The Fairway Group, a division of Southam Inc.. 75 King St. S., Suite 201, Waterloo ON. N2J 1P2 886â€"2830 The Fairway Group Subscription rates 240 Holiday Inn Dr., Unit F $45 yearly in Canada. = Cambridge, On. $90 yearly outside Canada. N3C 3X4 +GS1IL. The views of our columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the newspaper. i 1 $ SN\ E’ Waterioo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by The r 240 I : Cam N3C ONCE OVER LIGHmY andb esnc rconnl aedue uy MA There‘s a moral in this: never trust the crowd estimate of an organizer. They tax your creditability â€" like the fourth anniverâ€" sary of a goingâ€"outâ€"of business sale. findings A Lot of Folks: Predictably there was a ruckus over crowd size at the Toronto edition of Days of Action. Estimates ranged from the organizers‘ estimate of 250,000 down to 25,000 from a prof who specialized in analysis of aerial photos. The correct answer was about 52,800, according to the Toronto Star, which printed up identical sets of enlarged phoâ€" tos showing the crowd at its height and submitted the pictures to all kinds of experts. The 52,800 was the average of their n There was a bit of fuss in the public prints at the time with the women pleading they were e hard done by. Anyhow, what amounts to a govâ€" ernmentâ€"paid dowry is happily kaput I suppose that what‘s being said is that if you want to live in sin you don‘t do it at the taxpayer expense. By the way, you cari argue that there‘s nothing wrong with trial marnage, but sureâ€" ly tmal babies can pose a problem. ing them to "butt out" of decisions on health care. In a memo to Mayor Christy, the premier writes that "Restructuring should be done by the experts in the field, not the politicians." The memo adds that "the best minds in the business"â€" the health services restructuringâ€"«commission â€" is working on the issue. restructuring commission minds, but |‘ve seen the mental processes of local politicians for many decades, and T‘ll go with the commussion. 1 suspect that any day now some local politiâ€" cian will suggest that what hospitals need is cheaper equipment â€" like an Xâ€"ray machine that takes four poses for a quarier. The Answer Is No: Single mothers shacked up with boyfriends have rightfully lost some of their benefits, an Ontario appeal court has ruled. Some of such moms took the province to court after it cut their benefits. 1 don‘t know anything about the calibre of the is orarst smm amcmiee en mt gu"fiw wsrcernmomeizatt PanEe ies assessment by the heal NDP Labour Critic provided such consent I requirement that a or her confidential to his or her emp Safety Agency and cut Safety inspeciors. 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