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a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd.. owner * 325 Fairway Rd. S.. Kitchener. Ont. address correspondence to Waterioo office: 92 King St. South. Waterloo. Ont.. telephone 886â€"2830 Waterloo Chronicle office is located on2nd floor of the 0. W. Sports building apposite Waterloo Square Pqt”uluwummM,M“vb Fniday 9:00 a.m. to §:00 p.m. An Easter bouquet Waterioo‘s Council and City staff have managed to do just that for the last three years. That is an accomplishment truly worth the thanks of resiâ€" dents and media. % It is easy to criticize council‘s actions, as we‘ve done many times in the past. But newspapers, and the public, should also make an effort to give credit to municipal government when a good job is done. Any municipal government that can hold the line on municipal spending for one year in our troubled and expensive economic times deserves a great deal of credit. Taxes in Waterloo will still go u‘> thanks to higher education tax yet to be announced. But had Council and staff not held the City‘s spending, the blow dealt taxpayers in Waterioo would have been considerably harsher. j Residents of Waterioo should consider themselâ€" ves especially fortunate, when considering the tax increases levied in many surrounding municipaliâ€" First the bougquet. For obvious reasons, this bunch of flowers goes to Waterioo City Council for holding the line on this City‘s budget for the third year in a row. Council has avoided any municipal property tax increase, but it has also avoided any serious reducâ€" tion in services provided by the City. in fact, there is room in the 1980 budget for some expansion in the fire department, and for improvements to park and arena facilities in Waterioo. To Finance Commissioner Don Schaefer, Mayor Marjorie Carroll, Council and City staff , a big, bright Easter bouquet, and a sincere ‘thanks‘. Now for the boot. A good, hard kick in the colâ€" lective posterior goes to Kitchener Trfnsitt las: Monday Mayor Carroll told the Chronicle she was pleased with the increased communication beâ€" tween Waterioo city hall and the transit authority. (Waterloo buys its public transit from Kitchener Tgansit.) aues C t t it Signe s ce c 0 i c d n d ‘ The very same day the Kitchener Record carried a story stating bus fares would rise by next Sepâ€" tember, due to the increased deficit facing Kitchener Transit this year. Waterioo Council knew nothing of the proposed fare increase until it appeared in print. is that good communitation? As a paying customer of Kitchener Transit, Waâ€" terloo Council has the right to know when a fare increase is being considered, or when any major change is planned, for that matter. True, the public transit system falls under the auspices of Kitchener Council primarily. But resiâ€" dents of this city pay when they ride the bus, and therefore are entitled to make their views about fares and services known. « The City of Waterioo even has a respresentative on the transit advisory committee in the person of Alderman Richard Biggs. Yet even Biggs knew nothing of the fare hike. There‘s something drastically wrong when an organization the size and complexity of Kitchener Transit cannot go through proper channels before making an important change such as a fare inâ€" crease. Kitchener may have the final say in such matâ€" ters, but surely Waterloo has a right to at least express an opinion on behalf of the many people in this city who ride buses. 4 â€" Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, April 2, 1980 and some April fools ‘ subscriptions: $14 a year in Canada $16 a year in United States and Foreign Countries published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, established 1854 Dear Editor : On behalf of the Engineering Society and the KW Big Sisâ€" ters we‘d like to thank all those who helped out with the UW Engineers® Bus Push for Big Sisters and made it such a sucâ€" cess. Although pledges are still coming in we estimate total pledges this year to be approximately $5,000.00. That‘s douâ€" ble last years‘ total and more than the first three year‘s totals combined! The money will be used to help defray operating costs of the Big Sisters association as well as provide for additional programs. We‘d like to thank Kitchener Transit for the bus and the Newtex Giants Tugâ€"ofâ€"war Team, Kitchener Parks & Reâ€" creation, and Canada Cordage for the rope. After the Bus Push, the over 100 participants gathered for lunch at the Young Women‘s Christian Association on Frederick St. Lunch was provided courtesy of McDonald‘s Restaurants, The Pop Shoppe, Mother‘s, Frank Vetere‘s, Lakeshore Pizza Palace, Pizza Palace, Pasta‘s Pizza, Pizza Pie, New Orlean‘s Pizza, The Bagel Binn, Donut Queen, Donut Castle, Tim Horton‘s. Sir Donut. Norris Donuts, and Donutland. To the Editor: 4 A report from the New York Times states that a Canadian faith healer recently visited Poland and people by the thouâ€" sands lined at Warsaw‘s Dominican Church to get healed of their physical ailments. Faith healsi:(f may be new to Poland, but much of it is being practised in other nations. In order to be cured of your ailments they claim you must have faith. How does today‘s healing with the miracles performed by Jesus and his Aposâ€" tles compare? Read John 5: 5â€"9â€"13. Those cures were instantaneous and complete. Read Matt. 8: 2â€"3. Jesus and his Apostles acceptâ€" ed no money from those who were sick. Such is not the case with today‘s healers. Most of these have become very Letters to the editor The...‘new system...‘ is upon us ‘Thanks‘ from UW engineers Comment wealthy at the expense of their victims Jesus and Aposfies not only healed the sick but they raised people from the dead â€" something today‘s healers are not able to perform. Read Luke 71: 12â€"15. With the passing of the last Apostle, when the Christian church had been esâ€" tablished, the need for miracles no longer existed and they ceased. f _ Read Corinthians 12: 8â€"9â€"28â€"30 also Cor. 13: 8â€"13. Lasting relief from ailments will become a reality under God‘s new system of things â€" soon to take place. Read Rev. 21: 4. We appreciate the appearance of invited guests, Mayor Carrol of Waterloo. Ald ~Cardillo of Kitchener, Rev. McLean, MP Waterloo, Dr. Lang, MP Kitchener, Bob Braâ€" tina of CKKW Radio, and Don Grose, John Anderson and Chris Chivers of CHYM Radio. Joining the Engineers were several Big and Little Sisters as well as a team of Conestoga Nurses. Everyone had a good time. Finally, we‘d like to give special credit to the top pledge getters: Marilyn McMullen of the Engineering Secretaries team ($532.00) Norah Link of 3B Systems Design ($230.00), Gayle Shelland of Big Sisters ($204.00) Nino Mangione of 4B Systems Design ($200.00) and Frieda Zandbergen and the Conestoga Nurses ($200.00). Thanks to you too, Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo, donations along the street amounted to $250.00. See you next March. Dan Lawson Brad McKay Engineering Society University of Waterioo WD Pope Waterloo