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UP intensifying our cities and the ize on the development ofhiyi-rise May 1 remind you once again of NW hes an author 100' wrth his my" book, a non-fiction corri:or between them. d construction. those candidates who misled many Key tale called The [06! lo POI!“ Night. hitting store shelves T is is "0‘ visionary. COHSi er Unfortunately. because of the ofusin the last election. week. . . , _ any Off till" [23,312 metropolitses. They lack of decisiveness of several of our There are several i won't be vot- Leaiiis hiscfigwifs’: $331323 mnzhm mgrmm ave o ow sconce t or man ' ' ' ' ' ' . . m P Y transmitting: mammwmmmd- 9°W"uuandcordkflm_ tenemenmdwne. cm For example my wife and l have endum on this issue. we are obligai- john mm ‘Whlie the b0“ contain?) lots WW WSW 3130‘" C898- travelled the Gardiner Expressway ed to forge ahead with this absurd]. Waterloo das (“05‘ W 590“. It IS 3159 tinged with lmsedy- W8 in Toronto for several years. There Iv. . 0m“ mm Mallihelltfiafss)‘ Hamston says: I WW1“ lose my were a few high-rise apartments ' Needless to sa _ lam seething one. an my ea - orne 0 my . and condominiums ”OWN”. today inside at the arrogance and igno- be“ friends W,t°°' 3‘ myllast ‘30:"! theredare "Kg? than rance of those politicians who take wasmttgdg mtm?flfiimei 120 a (mg i at corri or an more for ted that weas taxpayers and ' . are being added. mafia of this community do not one of the most enduring mome HOW can we be f00|€d into think- have the ability or forethought to hockey records of all 9’“? "nth three ing that our politicians are so. know what kind ofenvironment we goals and seven assists in a Single steeped in wisdom and vision if this would like to live in in the future. game. equaled only by former team- . is the future? For me, it's certainly not a high mate Darryl Sittlerthreeyears later. . if- ' If ”1956 people WOUid have (30"- densiry. congested monstrosity the ‘ Yet almost nobody remembers his c "Q sidered developing smaller COmmu- likes of some of our other cities. achievement . . > " nities with rapid or high speed tran- Although we many not be able to D'a_vrdlalso writes of Harrison 3 N” between them, then perhaps Change the course of the LRT proj» 2..., ‘ debilitating lmuries and the they could have considered them» ect. for those of you who are upset .3 r ,s -. ,. . . my Pedopinles who PM “P0“ him if“ , , _ 7h ‘ other young players. ‘ Though the book is ostensibly i . . . 0 about Harrison. it is equally an autobi- W * Ba Vln start wr us «whiwmmmâ€"m . what sparked his obsession with book» It's the kind of grass roots effort that just might As drivers. we are an arrogant. selfish group. We ('y ihifieldfrfaxthmbahfmm Wham child» ‘ makr- a difference all tend to think we can driv'e better than everyone hood memories of going to Rangers games at the Kitchener Residents of the (It‘ntrzil i rr'derick area of Kitchr else. We also believe whatever we have to do is far Memorial Auditorium. t-nvr havt- taken mam-rs Into their own hands by more important than any task you might have in i | “Often. I'd take public transit there and other times my i launching a “Drum likl‘ you live hen" campaign front of us. We have all left a lirtlt‘ late for an engagt'r mother would drive me in our ’6] M 'ry Comet . he writes ‘ ‘ lht'y ‘Vt- posit-d signs \(‘lVllig exactly that. merit and pushed the envelope trying to I ‘ “hither way l couldn't get inside that rink by enough. After a' i in llit‘ boptw oi Kt‘lllng drive-rs to take make up time i and probably swore at ‘, brief stop a} the communal urinal i would race through the illl‘lv foot of] the gas in tho him urban the guy doing the speed limit in front of ‘ ‘ smoke-filled concessions concourse, past the a“ men ' ‘ ”mm” , . ”S" . acting as ushers. into the waiting arena No matter how much i ‘ (.ombinml with 4 wt Idl nit-dirt coin i’f l‘ i a :~ , lam every hit as gurltyofthose things ' ‘ anticipated such splendid Sensations _. luminous “Eh“ an ‘ pnnmn some [H‘tiplt‘ say then have as anyone else But more and more. as I i ammonia aroma. and the echo of vulcani7ed rubber striking .iin-ady notit l‘ll sonic talming along the read police reports on the multitude oi ‘ wood v that arena never failed to appear more beautiful than I ‘ \Ut’t'i ‘ idiotic things people do on the road. I i i had remembered “a t ; Iratlu tollisinns arc the It-ading have changed my behayiour (Not all of t ‘ Theyaresentiments likelvshared bygenerations offans who ‘ (arise of di-ath in many tountnt-s for 1 it. I'm not claiming perfection by any i I have loved watchingtheRarigers playat theAud. i i "hump" “”d” m“ a?" of 14. And 53‘3”)“ ' means). ‘ , _ ‘ David‘s book awakened some long»donnant memories of ”iv vast majority of thost- crashes are The Drive like you lth‘ hort- tam ‘ my own of seeing the Rangers play in the m Eh I recalled i ‘ preventable. ‘9 paign is worthwhile in raising aware the joy 1 {9“ when, at age 10. lwon a colouring Contest and was ‘ [hat 5 why I stopped calling them _ new. [very little bit helps But as driv J l awarded a stick Signed by names likeAl Maclnnis. Mike PM“ ‘ i ..a(-.~idean' years ago An accident sug- ‘ ers. we need to he more self aware. and , goalieWendeil Young and 16~year.OId captain Brian B I] _ ‘ ‘ firsts there was nothing any of the par- 6. no by that. we need to understand the I I But the joy i felt holding that stick doesn't “)um m the i ties could have done to avoid what bap~ BRIAN biggest hanrd on the road at anytime IS thrill i felt holding my brother's first book in my hands J pened, “1““th simply no‘ the “I" ”5‘ That's why id like to invite you all to the launch of'lbc inst ‘ i But what do we do? We have stiff BOURKE No matter how great we think w” “r" 10 Point Night by David Ward on Kept 23 7 pm . at Words penalties for impaired driving and for behind the wheel. it takes just a second Worth Books in Wale“, ’ 1 . speeding. We have passed km on dis~ for something to happen Which (an The book will certainly appeal to hockey fans but it will hold traded driving We suspend licenses. We tell pmple change your life and destroy someone else‘s. a mom “’1in appeal to “W"? who had a childhood Obs“ i I they can‘t drive without insurance. And I guarantee. your la“ thought w”. "m h" «ion or a hero and has wondemi what it's like to revisit them ‘ Yet all those laws are broken every day. ~Hut l was such a good driver " ' The problem isn't with the laws We have more 0“ ... than enough. And it's not with the police or the Brian Bonita memberofthr newlyuriempllmi. ‘ courts. can he marl-ad a! his new email a! Marshall Mud Lt a mun! arm! and My writer, , i It 2 us hn‘anrMHrtISROgmaime 1 Email Lt uvlconw at mama! unmahatmxtwm. J l hi-,.c,, 7 . ~%_., 7 . .7, , . ,_, u . ޴ 7, 7 7 , , oi. ,_ ‘__V__‘ui <7 ,,., 7*,V.._.‘A‘,‘