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With a plan In pay for HIM Park's dchl in place. munr ril mm: has, an "pportunity m shape thc strategic vision of the my. and is looking to so! Waterloo); capital budget and Inru'asl for the nl'xl ninc wars. commmiity 115:? aw chance ttt have a say 'i, ’l'lw vorrtmunity will have a rham‘e speak up on what they think should be the city's capital-project priorities over [hat lime period at the now annual community inpul session, 'lnnighl'x input amnion will Irv doubly important btwiurse now that ("until is looking In Iqun- capital spending ilk time ior those who am iIm-n'sn-d in library s-xpansiun or othvr worthwhile, prim-(ls In haw? thvir rhunn' In hr heard, The :‘nmmunily input session, being held tonight. at 7 pm. at the Mauser Haw. at the Waterloo Memorial RISER" ation Complex. has been a surressfu] addition 10 the (‘ily's annual hudgl't deliberations. helping the public better understand the profess and get a \enw of what the vity's priorities are " the next fiscal year. 11wy'v'e also been a great forum for citirvns m rum-as what tlwy think mlmril \hnuld mnrcnlralr- 0n (wrr the nexl yvar - 'mggeuiruv, that have in fart shaped pnliry. H van think that an m'w muslrrml fire hull should fre " Inglis-r priority. Im tlwm know. If the rnvimnrm-nl and quality nlrlih- nun-s arr impunanl In vnn. hc-rr's vuur (ham 1- trr It'll llll‘lll. Slmng .‘ulvnnm'x for Winn-rlun'x luturt' haves nnlv Ihvmwlwx lo hlanw il llu'vdnn'l gm ii1volvcd “Our goal is to raise awareness and make others understand that we are a wealth: 'courytry thttt.'syesRuTeich. Mthast, to loo at othe'rs and decide it's time to sheik." CHRONICLE EDITOR Strong words... Bland: milegtme teacher VIEWPOINT MI "lllll never take thtttllthtg _tt toilet for granted again Trying um ttt got "an wor- ris-d while scramhlirog in we it my budget (’lllllll with 'urutd a plumbing hill Irvforc Christmas. l lvl slurping dogs, nr stuhlmrn lnilvlS. [in ome uf'yuu may recall a St‘ulumn l wrmc a few months ago on the joys of moving into my first house. The fresh paint, thc sparkling tile i%ors, the fin, ished basement. Now I can add one more thing lo its list of characteristics... [he svwzlgu Let's jusl any those spark- ly floors aren't so sparkly anymore. My talc of trash started last Tucsday when my boyfriend and I noticed the toilets wow taking a little longer to flush. Hut Latvr thut rw-ning I hoard mint-thing strangu- rnmmg from the bathroom siO allnml like " bviHt. Agmn, I prayml In thc plumbing gods [or rm-u v. and ttos,soul mv "tlp,'), lh.utkrullv [hr s,irrk's IIHII gmlum \m'nu-d It) Mllhkll't‘ llllnlung Cd 11m lwd " i.ll.l\1lupht‘, I In" llu- pmh ll-nh nu! nl nu "In"! unthu-[hu-sxl.“ nigh! whvn Of course I initially blamed my Imyfricnd's over-indulgence in spicy foods fur the prohlvm - until it happt'nml In my. 'I‘hrn I knvw something was awry. Inmu' hunu- m " [LN-mum III.” \llwllc-d IILI' m‘ d huxlmi .m all Yttil I (In (an mum chili cookoir. Walking irtttt the laundry room, I [mind the climax of my fears ___ my fhusr drain was overflowing with water and bits of a black sub, suma- I didn't want In attempt to idvntify, Ths. smoll alum- was (-nnugh to tell ml- it wasrit welcome All” Irving to mop up what wv ruuld. and sup rounding the drain with old mwrlx. I t‘illll'd the t'mt'r- grnry numb” of um prop vrty nmnagvnu-nl mmpany " he plnmlu-rs "arrived and (unl'irmml Inv imam-1y ruw '"'waw' “HIS wrcad mg "ll nvm HIV laundn mum “our. II titat w.nn'l In“! [-nnugh. up Wt-u' mld ttol In luv W‘illl'l unlll Imtlwr [mm I' tit. umhln I \hllut'l. V I tmldn" thish 1hr Inlh'lx \u- t ouldit ru-n wash mu hurtrls, uulll [hr plumlwu tnllltl gm In 1hr Irml ol Hw pluhlt'l“ lhr ttt'X1 My saving grace. hnwL-r» ur, cam:- in knowing that since it seemed obvious thc problem was coming from the outside main drain, my condo vorpora1ion would surely pick up the plumbing lab and the non-wary dranup that would go into sterilizing my basement Hum: Arrunling to the proper- ly managrr. the plumlu-rs dvtcrmirted the rauw of my hvadache was ormirtg from my hast-mom lnilm. morning. When daylight rolled around WC were allowed in the waler minimally. That meartt we had In hnld nut Maddcrs until we got In work, and indulge in IO-sec- nnd showers. This was going In be a rval red-letter day, I Cru- member thinking. Wcll, In paraphrase the rock group Judas Priest . I had another thing comin'. 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