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closed. The reason for the nonâ€" appearance of the paper is not significant: The feelings it proâ€" "duced, I feel, are. WP" _ By Margaret Pallot The \gaterloo Chronicle appears unobtrusively and magically on my doorstep every Thursday evenâ€" .;gd. It makes no demands on me this I deeply appreciate. I do not have to rush madly about searching for my everâ€" missing pocketâ€"book, or bother my family to make change, or worry about the longâ€"suffering delivery boy waiting patiently at the front, or even grumble unfairly about the interruption to my household chores. This benefit, though seemingly small, is of major importance to disorganized me. I can only remember one occaâ€" sion over the years when The Chronicle was missing on a Thursâ€" day night. Perhaps the night was windy and the outer door not fully A $300 prize will be awarded to the entry which best describes in 250 to 700 words the role of the local weekly in the community. Entries must first be published in the reader‘s local weekly. The Chronicle will reserve space each week from now until the competition â€" closes _ for _ readers who wish to take part. Additionai information may be had by phonâ€" litke 744â€"6364. I recall that I had wanted to read the report of a meeting in which I was interested, but was unable to attend, and I had relied on The Chronicle to give me its usual accurate account of the event. I recall that I wondered how IRill Smiley‘s sick daughter was frogressing and was disappointed that I now wouldn‘t know. I recall that my husband missed something in the sports news, and that my daughter asked, ‘"What did you do with the Waterloo Chronicle?" As life‘s minor pleasures are often taken for granted, and only fully appreciated when they are suddenly missing, so, that night, possibly for the first time, the realization came to our family of just what our own newspaper means to us. In a community such as ours, the news of the smaller municiâ€" pality, frequently and underâ€" standably, becomes obscured by the news of the larger neighborâ€" ing one. Our own paper supplies a needed service in giving us an excellent report of what really concerns us, particularly in the field of civic affairs. I like the compactness of our own paper. I can happily and comfortably read it in bed, if necessary, free from the fear that I will be smothered in newsprint. I imagine this would be a valuable asset for invalids. I find the editorial comments resented in a wise and responâ€" ble fashion, and the topics releâ€" ant. Only last week, I thought, Leave it to the Waterloo Chronâ€" cle to be the first paper that I know of, to give credit to our unsung heroes, the coaches of little league hockey." The "pat on the back" to these men was long awaited and much deserved. Bits and Pieces has something, sometime, for everyone, is alâ€" ways interesting and often deâ€" lightful. Files of Yesteryear provides a nostalgic reminder of past hapâ€" penings to those of us who have reached the age of remarking, ‘‘*Was that 10 years ago already?" sometime, for everyone, is alâ€" _ Where‘s a close drugstore? ways interesting and often deâ€" Where is a close place to rent lightful. tools? Where do I go to have Files of Yesteryear provides a work done on the noisy muffler nostalgic reminder of past hapâ€" that introduced me to the neighâ€" penings to those of us who have bors? No, I don‘t need ‘"Dead reached the age of remarking, Stock Removal" but someone ‘‘*Was that 10 years ago already?"" _ else might and I just might be Today‘s Child exemplifies the able to smell the roses better this Christian conscience which 1 summer if he checks the local strongly detect in our own paper. paper for help. Where to buy? and who will do Let‘s say the paper means toâ€" Our hometown newspaper it? The classified ads ariswer these questions speedily and readably, and in much less time involved than riffling through a welter of Aunn Landers? Mrs. Average Housewife is alâ€" ways grateful for new recipes, plant care and gardening hints, and she and her spouse can idenâ€" tify so easily and with such amuseâ€" ment with the joys and problems, domestic or otherwise, of Bill Smiley‘s life. Our own newspaper has the warm heart of the smaller com munity, and we hope it continues to appear, as if by magic, borne by an invisible but dependable bearer, on our doorstep every Thursday night, and we in return will continue to thank and bless all the silent, hardâ€"working angels who make it possible. Well, I guess the best way to show what the paper means to us is to tel} how we use it. Sure we don‘t jump and scramâ€" ble to get the paper when it arâ€" rives but then this paper is someâ€" thing special that you just don‘t have to rush and lunge at to enâ€" joy. Its news will last! can get it first for some pleasant, often nostalgic reading before the family hurricane sweeps in. I really feel comfortable when I read its newsy pages, uncluttered by screaming violence. After a thorough reading by "the head of the house?"‘ the paper is put on a table for anyone to pick up and read. A few days later it goes to the closet ‘"paper box" until it‘s wanted again. With this regular routine cerâ€" tainly everyone in the house should know where the paper is. ‘Where‘s the Chronics?" (our paper‘s nickname). With a sheepâ€" ish feeling I realize as I call that I‘m really caught this time. Mayâ€" be I won‘t be so tough on the kids when they ‘"forget." Someone says it‘s in the reference library (paper box) and, why do you waunt it? Well who should we vote for in the school board elections if we don‘t know who‘s running? Yes, this is politics but there‘s a nice local touch with pictures and personal writeâ€"ups. Peoples‘ names and pictures both familiar or not are a treat to me because I‘ve been away for about 20 years. Even the kids get to know the local hockey types through the paper‘s picture, name and writeâ€"up system. Letters to the editor and the editorial page keep me up to date on local opinion. If I agree with the editor and Herb Schmidt‘s letter all‘s well. If I don‘t there are some warm, hot, even downâ€" right nasty comments, and the paper becomes an outlet for my feelings. If I get hot enough there‘ll be writing and the editor look out! Dad have you heard this one? Sure enough the lad has learned that the short and sweet items in the paper are very funny. He‘s just told Mom the joke in a quite juvenile roar in front of me minâ€" utes before. We all laugh anyâ€" way and he looks for more short itemsâ€"believe me this helps imâ€" prove his reading. Some editorial writing is full of laughs too, and takes the sting and bitterness out of my own personal beefs. _ By Bruce C. Preiss the old man terest. They editorialize issues of importance. In general, they keep their readersâ€" well informâ€" ed and knowledgeable. The Waâ€" terloo Chronicle, like any and all newspapers, performs these "pasâ€" sive" functions. ~ ~ Not all newspapers, however, contribute ‘"actively‘" to their commuhities. The Waterioo Chronicle does, and herein lies its greatest strength. Please acâ€" cept but one example of the way in which The Chronicle contrib utes "actively‘" to its communâ€" ity. means belonging to a community. It meapns liking to learn easily and pleasantly what‘s going on close by'ndhm-mmh a while it means new or how to fix things. It means new things with each edition. Above all it means news with relaxation and enjoyment. "passively‘"‘ to their communiâ€" ties. They report news of local inâ€" Cariadian society has witnessed in recent years a growing fricâ€" tion and misunderstanding beâ€" tween the university and the community, due, in large part, to a basic lack of communicaâ€" tion. Both elements in this fricâ€" tion, the university and the comâ€" munity, stand to benefit conâ€" siderably from greater coâ€"operaâ€" tion. The library, cultural, re creational, and other facilities of the university could become areas of shared use and responsibility. Hopefully, _ the consequences would be an even more informed community and a university more capable of viewing pracâ€" tical reality. While such greatly increased coâ€"operation may seem idealistic at this time, it remains, noneâ€" theless, a possibility. At the very least, it takes little idealism to believe that increased communiâ€" cation between the university and the community can miniâ€" mize the friction and misunderâ€" standing that is prevalent today. In. this respect, The Chronicle makes a vital and important "acâ€" tive‘" contribution. The Waterloo Chronicle has a genuine interest in the affairs of the two universities and their host community. From this â€"genuine interest which radiates from the pages of The Chronicle, this reader feels that there is at least one paper in Canada that makes a significant contribution to inâ€" creasing communication between the university and the communâ€" ity. This is but one example of how the Waterloo Chronicle manifests an ‘"active‘"‘ role in the community. No doubt The Chronicle means many things to many people, but for myself, the fact that it is an "active" paper means that it thinks and does as well as reports. By Reid Kreutzwiser Waterloo City Council has approved the following plan for Waterloo Senior Citizen Bus Service for Waterlioo residents : â€" (1) Effective March 1, 1971 a cash fare of 10° is to be deposited in the fare box on buses and the Senior Citizen Bus Pass is to be shown to the bus driver. M (2) Unused Senior Citizen Bus Tickets may be redeemed for cash at the City Clerk‘s Departâ€" ment, City Haill, Waterioo during the month of March. (3) The present method of purchase and use of bus tickets for Senior Citizens will continue unâ€" til February 28th. (4) For further information on Senior Citizen Bus Service for Waterioo residents please conâ€" tact the City Clerk‘s Department., City Hall, Waterloo (Telephone 576.â€"2420) SENIOR CITIZENS BUS SERVICE CITY OF WATERLOO WESTMOUNT PLACE 150 MAIN ST ... THE MALL "JBSIR daanes ) Waterioo Westmount Jewellers Kitchener Telephone numbers: 623â€"5210 Zenith 6â€"7140 The Waterioo Regional Assessment Office on the 4th floor in the NOTICE City of Galt is now located at Ontaric & Duke Sts. William Donohue Regional Assessment Commissioner Waterloo Square PHONE 744â€"9201