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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Jan 1997, p. 7

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As longâ€" ier (the . It was t inconâ€" recall B by his rid War oniker a Scot ut again ivial part itchener e unfathâ€" e limits be put the city that he called v that what it. Or orth a nse, the al. After mayor‘s a less in the 1 am very concerned about the Crombie Pane! recommendations on public libraries. Thep-nlmamnbdudupminam its involvenent h‘:‘P“"CMIhM will cease to a strong public library system without the continued involvemeni of the e apmann uts ment an ©that all public libraries provide certain services and provide them freely to all citizens. If the province effectively washes its hands of public libraries by turning responsibility for them over to hundreds of individual municipalities, there is no way to ensure equal access to information across the province. * Thmm-ahodmmic'pl councils to individually decide on the form of governance fot their community To allow a from «x 4 will community to community will weaken our mdufi:smummmmuflb materials to other libraries, citizens just won‘t have access to critical key resources. Municipally appointed library boards are a timeâ€"tested, effective form of governance. They Concerned about Crombie Critics of the CBC â€" and even the people who muzmedwhedtkn&n"n-woddhnm time for such a hopelessly sentimental tale. Far better to dispense with emotional defenses of the CBC and let it live or die by the rules of the marketplace. Together, the Chretien and Mulroney governments have slashed $414 milâ€" fioninachrdin;,mdlondlbcmm to cut staffing levels in half since 1984. On a per m( 1984 dollars to account for i ).mwfllhflwm JY Yiie We ns 5 P LETTER S there was .an actual Oceanview ing. "I‘m sure there is, but I‘m ht not sure where it might be," she utes of the interview‘s end, we had driven into lh:lishingvilhgzofawdamp,.,fighpudn Oceanview Motel It was truly a magical Canadian experience and it sealed our status as dichard defenders of the CBC. Canadian singerâ€"songwriter Mac Moore about her thenâ€"current album Occanview Motel. . Peter wanted to know whether morning fog on the Cabot Trail, One of my fondest recollecâ€" tions of the CBC stems from a trip that my wife and 1 took to the East Coast in the summer of 1991. As we drove through the in 1997â€"98 than it was in Fight to save the CBC 1984â€"85. Our mation! This is astonishing in a time when many md;-mu;qx'mfl democracy actually deny this source to those fl”md”dupâ€"iâ€"mau l l Wm;*wd vote to preserve our » 4 Library boards take the burden of library policy making off overworked municipal couonciliors and work to preserve the basic right of intellecâ€" tual freedom by moving it out of the political arena. Best of all, they do this for free. â€" At no time has access to information and comâ€" puter literacy been more important to the econoâ€" my of our province. the province has recently subsidized the of all public libraries to the Internet, the Crombie panel recâ€" ommends charging people for electronic inforâ€" over the budget â€" with community participation. by the Chretien government." _ > _ &wrm«hâ€".-dn“.k World Wide Web at http//wwwionline net/â€"activist employee". On ‘radio, the local noon hour and voices that we have left. s s at. . The impact of the Tory and Liberal cuts is so severe that it cannot help but diminish that voice. Regional television programming is now produced in only three centres â€" Toronto, }HindencodednGth Mn‘iscommduwmmo M.MMMMW as a Mike Harris cheerleader in infomercials, but cannot be held accountable for the blatant conâ€" flict of imeres becune she is *n s m arabimemmetiniiedit ce aotie i dir isnn sc e dan aimonnfiabiciecacier ic inididstuisine tha i our own "local" TV station) are nized and Americanized, the CBC is one of the few independent *privatized" (in other words, pubâ€" lic broadcasting should be climiâ€" nated). We must to the CBC &nbbtdzm:h- and not just for sentimental rea sons. in a country in which one nnmnulsmhld:uy newspapers, in which the cable television market is carved up by regional monopolies, and in its policy that the CBC should be TRAINING OFFERED in * Effective C 430F 4 Managemem all of our young otu&ntn as uu}_b:E;nEZ.él;'g:; our public school system. The _Waterloo County Board of Education welcomes If you are not sure which school your chi]d(n;n) will attend, please call 570â€"0300, ext. 4349. Kindergarten registration will be held at local public schools from January 27 to February 14 1997. Please contact your local public school to arrange a specific time for registration, and to receive an information package. * The information package will include: * requirements for registration * time and place for registration * a School Entry Immunization Information / > toem, The Waterloo County Board of Education invites parents of children born in 1992 to register their child(ren) for kindergarten classes which begin in September, 1997. Empowering lifeâ€"long learners who strive for excellence in a changing world. x m”m”Mhqumm MUMWWMWMW fl'flmhu“nonm“m”d mmimmmmmm, it‘s a skill you learn. it‘s easy when you know hows! 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