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Ontario V2J 3H8 EMAIL altonal a waterteochromie ca MAIL OR IN PERSON FAX 886â€"9383 279 Weber St. N., Suite 20 Waterloo, Ontario N2J 3H8 886â€"2830 Fax: 886â€"9383 www. waterloochronicle.ca 229 of T BeiPnP C nlonind. Auisictatinbdints hi. ui Lh i9 The Region of Waterloo‘s Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council is accepting nominations through Friday for its 2006 Unsung Hero awards. The awards recognize outstanding citizens in the region who contribute to a safer community through everyday actions and community involvement. If these two men are any indication of the volunteers we have in this area, there shouldn‘t be a shortage of nominees. . Aniitpnfinentibrociteichinid dici3) o c(O£L E1 The people of that state likely wish the Brendan Kavanaughs of the world were leading their nation, as opposed to the apathetic yahoos in charge now. Tha Blosplc Ceas on id‘ Kavanaugh and Jth;r_s;'rour‘rll his church did what the U.S. government has failed to do â€" provide basic aid for residents still reeling from last fall‘s Hurricane Katrina. en CE O C uoi ns Uenlo Instead of enjoying a week of spring hol Kavanaugh recently spent his March Break h garbage out of collapsed buildings families once their homes in New Orleans, La. As the KOOL FM Poster Boy, he has I million over the last dozen years, givir comforts for a whole week in exchange f tle sleep and more hospital food than have to endure. Hats off to Brian and his annual plight Another shining example of what it r yourself is Brendan Kavanaugh, the he Winston Churchill public school. Chronicle columnist Brian Bourke proud this week, camping out on a b Grand River Hospital. "When you look at the people c on Old Age Pension, their incumes pace with the cost of living." th National Volunteer Week kicking off Sunday, W:l's only fitting we salute the helping hands who make a difference in this community every year, every week and every day. UnsunW aren‘t hard to find : St;’t')ng words,... "M Poster Boy, he has helped raise $1.6 Cozen years, giving up all of life‘s week in exchange for back pain, litâ€" Nbbe uid D thbrabnatt Food Bank of Waterloo Region of what it means to give of igh, the head custodian at Jourke is making all of us on a billboard in front of March Break hal‘xl_lln"g of spring _hqlidays. on disability or VIEWPOINT an anyone should called And those snacks are stacked in the same aisle as the coffee, a parent‘s only ally in this sleepâ€"deprived life. This means you‘re only allowed to have your perfect drug if your child is allowed to have his. That‘s how Disney and Dreamworks repay you for your patronage and bad parâ€" enting skills. They put the kids‘ favourite characters‘ chortling visages on boxes of fruit snacks. They sit their gloating, knowing that no child can escape their grasp. Of course I didn‘t see him toss it over the side â€" along with the toothpaste and the Aspirin â€" in favour of anyâ€" thing featuring Nemo and Those carts are also designed to give the child quick access to what you have in the upper shopping basket after you safely strap him in. So the child can have their own opinion on what you put in the cart â€" tossâ€" ing out anything that looks remotely healthy. "Yes, honey," you say to your wife, "I‘m sure I bought some broccoli." Chances are â€" despite your best intentions â€" there‘s always something extra in the cart by the time you get to the checkout. Everything is at his eye level and easy to reach when sitting in a grocery cart. You have to be a man on a mission against all the marketing designed to tempt a toddler like my son, Luke. When grocery shopping with a twoâ€"yearâ€"old, it pays to always have a plan in There has to be a better way You pass these men over and over again in the store, looking ashen as they screw up the courage to ask for some help. I‘ve seen full groâ€" You know what I‘m talkâ€" ing about, don‘t you guys? Anything with wings should be given the freedom to fly off of any list you hold in your hands. Even worse, there‘s always some surprise item that no man I know would be able to describe, let alone should be able to find in a grocery store. That means cléanlr;g products are lumped in with chocolate milk. & You see, her idea of orgaâ€" nizing the grocery list is putting down whatever strikes her fancy at the time. That‘s the latest point of contention between me and the missus. Your only hope to avoid all of this temptation is to have a wellâ€"organized groâ€" cery list that allows you to avoid these areas like they‘re minefields. FULL IMPACT OF YOUR HYDRO INCREACE _ _ __TOFEEALTHE * Well at least 1 can blame Luke for that one. That can be dangerous, éspecially when the family pack of double chocolate brownie cookies ends up in the basket. Once I‘m there I let my stomach be my guide. I have to admit it might be my fault too, since I never really inspect the list until I get to the parking lot. "You can do it yourself," was the response I got. It‘s the same one I get every time I make a lessâ€"thanâ€" helpful suggestion. So when I got home 1 gently prodded my wife to see it my way. It was only after we passed each other for the third time in the same aisle that we decided there had to be a better way. He said there was no way he could do it with the way his significant other laid out the grocery list, putting things willy nilly all over the place instead of clumping them into clusters. We had a meeting of the minds as we waited for some headcheese, with my buddy complaining he only had 15 minutes to finish all his shopping before his inâ€" laws came over for a visit. 1 Em es ons place for men to meet in this setting, even though the lady behind the counter always tries to push some baloney on my boy. cery carts left in the aisle, never to be revisited again by their haunted hosts. That‘s what happened to me last Saturday as I bumped into a buddy at the deli counter of my local groâ€" cery store. It‘s the only safe