No cone sull beowi Andy Sseottaten he f Federal NDP Leade ously stated aim to Tb will eaphun that Uras Clinton Joe Clitk, having just wou the same jb that he held twenly years ago, will n longet be known as "Joe M ho hut as Joe Why‘ Reform Leader Preston Manming will Lul to attract signihicant numbers of Tories to his soâ€"called United Alternative. He will, howâ€" evet. attract many former members ol the Rhinocerous Party who are still abways looking for a gaod joke to play on voters‘ Blow Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe will release bis autobiogâ€" raphy. eninled "Without a Harnet Kib hener s aterlos MP Audres: Telegd woall be appointed as one chatr ol th My predictions for 1999 | ? } will suggest tout he join the semar‘s | i CE . \ | _ goll tour fiag* | \ Qntaric NDP Leader How ard | ! % /i) | _ Hampton vall announce fus partys I clection slogam: "This time. we ~ \ w ont be so completely surprised to Scott Piatkowski be elecied. so we really plan to keep all of these promises Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty wall successfully conâ€" vince voters of the importance of vating strategically. Un rtunately for him, most voters will define "strategic veting" as voung for a party that actually has a platiorm Watetloo Councillor Sean Strickland well finally announce that he is secking the Joua Liberal nommation â€" on thi dav mat the nomination mecting is to be held Health Miuster Ehzabeth Witmer will ca ney around the province dispensing grants t diton that they agree to never mention h massive cuts to hospital budgets: Thase 1 accept these conditionts waill be mystertoust the night Education Mimister Dave Johnson will funding formula hased on a game that hic i How many studerts cart vow stufl ints a Walâ€"Mart will purchase the Gity of Wa C to extend serviues I Watetloo Mavar } takeaver he smaing and Cineplex Iclephone 886â€"28 30 Fax: 886 9 383 Eâ€"mail: _ wehronicle@sentex.net OPivION XCNS The Kiuchener Waterlao Rea entually being traded to the To reer Clemens and a plaver io h PAÂ¥ ANoTHER VIEW raterino Town Squarc i King St south. Swte . Waterloo. Ontane |‘|\‘\ Odcon: sn current 1H rust MIls ink} M is hame ho PrOH Alexa McDonoug the cBriuish Primc IIs i annoubioe d Rew 18â€" scred accupied by Waterlon Towt will be showing the same H Mchinn NEW Uct Ns m] like 1 wl w ill 2 IMst wh NC t in weli retain h L1 lox slor rederict appe.t sht‘s Olll than volers 1] me carhe le the remaining 95 per cent suggest that he join the semiat‘s T11 if Waterhor PCP} will change hands | a provnaal election, askâ€" ts whether they "are beiter n ithey} were four years The top five per ce of cearmners will answer ves varé hm with their votes howall renon Mimister T int to get asote keep Liberal backâ€" ut ol the Cubmets wat Premier Mike Harris onuinue fo happily {ur~ to haspitls. on the con: hL‘r gu\‘tmmcnb Cn\l’h\‘r hospitals that reluse to y clasedan the middle ol annountee a Te frer plaved im 1 hone buoth? erloe in order an Woukvich mesne wh Laxs wWIl SGHLITE n theatr unce her previ Edinor iN\ Reporters Sales Supervisor Display Advertising BJl Kantes Nonna Cy Yosl i NC d mos Ril Ska Dame ile Wh ) times Ns bill TSILy 1t it I‘ll tell you what‘s not going to happen in 1999 Bill Climion is impeached, but the deeper he gets in a putt the higher us popularity tises Gosh, it he could only get waplicated in a particularly nasty double axe murder: Amertâ€" cans would push him tor the Nabel Prize. Paper Chase Ho hum The Record hasnt been seld this week. On the other hand, the holidays have complicated things, and. besides, the week isnt done By the was, the Torstar takeover of The Record marks a hailâ€" step back to hometown ewnership [chn Honderich, whos been front and cenâ€" tre for Torstar, is a son of Beland Honderich 0“[‘[ who was Star publisher before him. Bee, as he was known around here, was Baden correâ€" Llï¬ spondent for The Record and then a Record reporter . m He joined The star during the war and rackâ€" _ | Eg~ ceted tight to the top. John is continuing the ‘ adimon a By the way. news updates in newspapers and w m C on TV ate tine. but what Canada reallymeeds ‘ e APe Oldsmabile Head to Head: With closer. a poll shows the soth the NDP so far up sund educato B Ti Classited CGrculationaflice Manager Circulation Lis T4 nd 1t W@WS O adales story *hat Canada has the strongest in 1 late Muit ie Lt sull NC FiScH Sit hal Delsl kdates H imes the ills afe just podks. E6e omy UnMmg Hhts ne of the pohticians they‘re measuring huths i1 vour phone r n money tha stte callors ts ha eling poinis in the poll The cumâ€" nt think Mike Harms is on the right igs lor the PCs an health care and e Octaber Fl’.‘«'\lll\ ldl ('IL’L“'.'II gl\'“lllg ever cnes and Liberals in a dead heat track they won‘ arreve until after the Canadian dal sround the world ME Production Group Publisher thordd MiMerem Group Advertising Manager hope you have lots of diapers, because if your year‘s any thing like the one I‘ve been through, you‘re gonna use them all! 1t Uls ilâ€"for a brandâ€"new 118 3 Rulsan i9s betw cen nly thing that‘s w econ ONCE OVER LIGHTHY $2000 ING rut MaterIno { hronn ds is published exers Wednesdar In Despite all your rude interruptions, soup geis vold. and the grease car Ancent wisdom has it that there‘s no s the man who sells insurance @D¢ C contusin Bv the way. a few weeks back there was a report that G SR\ = NOOsSC The folks most unlikely to win a style award are the vouths who sport the downâ€"atâ€"theâ€"crotch style: The mast you can say for them is that they huwe a lat af drag And speakang of dragging. thats what this item has long heen doing. And so Mankind loves the the jov with which Hay Ar at so. A telephane huckster could spot the average insurâ€" > man two hours ol spreling and sull yack is way to total th i Lhe The d anwas Group A drasion of Southam Inc ew weeks back there was a report that. thanks ts lower rates, phone lines to the west were jammed. Not se The phone lines were jammed with hucksters selling phone service Crystal Bawl As the year winds down to mere hours, people who vlam skills in such pursuits will start setting out their predictions for the year about to unfold t have no such skills. but I can do the reverse: 1 can foretell that which will not happen. like $0 t 1 the m Stamlard Ner the thought of beginming alresh. thus cames howe greet each new year is of the Welsh toast. "May the best day you he w ortst Call the terruptions, they plow on while the grease congeals on your chops t theres no one with endurance like 1t Number ISSN inge 141 have yeL u t upt O inada nds