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LETTERS e A comment on Brighton school closing ... Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo residents donated $58,637.86. Family asthma clinics, breathing exerâ€" cise classes for adults with chronic lung disease, smoking prevention programs in the schools, social assistance for lung patients, seminars and education at all medical, paramedical, school and commuâ€" nity levels will again be available for residents of Waterloo Region this year. Increase in Christmas Seal contributions The 1982â€"83 Christmas Seal Campaign conducted by the Waterloo Regional Lung Association, has been completed. The people of Waterloo Region contributed a total of $106,800.47 â€" a 4.3% increase over last years final of $102,454.14. Two new selfâ€"help programmes, ‘"Freeâ€" dom from Smoking", â€" manuals to assist smokers who want to quit smoking and *‘Breathe Free" a selfâ€"help book and record for children with asthma were successfully launched this year and are subsidized by Christmas Seal dollars. Funds are also made available for reâ€" search into the many problems affecting the respiratory system. In common with many health agencies, the successful completion of our health programs would not be possible without the volunteer work of many community minded citizens. The thousands of hours of volunteer help provided by both medical and lay persons is much appreciated. The active and continued support of the media, both print and electronic has been outstanding. Please accept our thanks. Also, through your newspaper, I would like to thank the citizens of Waterloo for their interest and continued support. Ken Kritzer, President Waterloo Regional Lung Association Last week‘s federal Budget indicated that the Trudeau Government had redisâ€" covered the Canadian private sector. For the first time since its election, and the introduction of the now infamous National Energy Program, the Federal Governâ€" ment has shown some recognition of the damage that it has inflicted on Canada‘s business community â€" and the cost. Having realized, very late in the day, that by chasing foreign investment from our shores it has foregone the jobs that investment would have created, the Govâ€" ernment has decided to try to win back the confidence of the private sector. Sensing that the road to economic recovery is paved with investment confidence, the Finance Minister has dangled a mixed bunch of ‘‘incentives‘‘ in front of potential investors and businesses, small and large. As might be expected from an intervenâ€" tionist regime, they touch almost every facet of the economy. What this Government is ‘"too long in the WALTER McLEAN mmmendh _b t eP kE?- a In lieu of a letter to the editor, Laird Christie of Waterloo has submitted the following editorial cartoon with respect to the proposed closing of Brighton public school. Students are praised for generosity I canvassed on Hazel Street for the Canadian Cancer Society. I know it is the end of term and money is in short supply. But these students gave with enthusiasm and more generously than others. We often hear complaints against the university students. Well, I am one person who would like to give the ones I met a big public THANK YOU. Book sale people are appreciative The members of the Kâ€"W Branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women would like to thank the people in the community who donated their books, records, and magazines, to our 19th annual used book sale. I wish all of you good luck in your studies and your future. e O Bursaries and awards will be given to deserving students attending the Universiâ€" ty of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga College and Laurel Vocational School. Financially, we were very successful this year and raised over $10,000. _ Money will also be received by organizaâ€" tions such as First United Preâ€"Step Kindergarten and Anselma House. We sincerely appreciate your help. Â¥vonne Weichel, Projects Committee chairman Kitchener, Ontario #° y x $ .f & Mew ff «',T'\e ‘ $ +2 :s i ‘ _ & / ] \ } i :,AX o L â€" !> 4 I. v" ‘ Y q“ 3 ++ x £t +4 to oA oo 1 tooth"" to understand is that instead of more central government handouts, many people would prefer a "hands off" enviâ€" ronment, in which the business community was free to help itself. As Kitchener Chamber of Commerce member Rod Cleaver puts it "... many businessmen, especially the smaller enâ€" trepreneurs, have neither the time nor the expertise to deal with increased governâ€" ment involvement in the operation of their enterprises. All these new programs offered as incentives by the Federal Government really end up as a boon to consultants and advisors who have the time and the inclination to figure them out! More importantly, how is a businessâ€" man supposed to plan his operational initiatives, when program rules change at the whim of an Ottawa bureaucrat who has no practical experience in the dayâ€"toâ€"day operation of a business?" _ o _Jack Duffy, Past President of the Waterioo Chamber, points out that the Where will we get money? Marina Barnstijn Waterloo, Ont. You know, I surprise even myself sometimes. Just when 1 thought the day would never come, I now find myself an expert in two subjects. _ _ o The second, to eliminate some of the suspense, is the running of a garage sale. Seems it‘s been the trendy thing to do for about the past five years or so. Don‘t just spring clean. Spring clean and sell. Hey, this stuff is no trifling matter, it‘s bloody big business. Maybe soon the government will take over garage sales as a crown corporation. Maybe even develop a Rooseveltian theme, two cars in every driveway, a garage sale on every lot! The possibilities are endless. Red, red robins, bob, bob bobbin‘ for the longest time were regarded as the ultimate harbinger of spring, but no more. When you want to know when spring has arrived, all you have to do is monitor the classified each Friday until 4,236,321 tall foreheads in the Twin Cities decide it‘s time to tell the world their junk is anything but. But official confirmation of spring came about 8: 30 a.m. Saturday when the Garage Sale guru overlooking Kâ€"W gave his OK for everyone to move their wares to the asphalt. No need for protective custody, and who would want to hold a garage sale IN a garage anyway? Have it in the driveway, on the front lawn, in the backyard if you‘re embarrassed to show the neighbors you‘re trying to unload a 17â€"year collection of skin magazines. Have it anywhere, but have it on a day like last Saturday. But no, not me. "Ah," I said, perusing the classifed two weeks ago, "it‘s still a bit early for most people. Why not get a head start and have your sale this weekend, Rick." So I did. If he wasn‘t tied up with another engagement, 1 would at this point bring in Johnny Carson to answer the question "how cold was it?" It was so cold, a chap who bought my old coffee perk asked if the coffee went with it. It was so cold, I got more offers on the electric baseboard heater (which, incidentally was present for assthetic purposes only) than I did on all other items combined. It was cold. main emphasis in this Budget is still on government spending. "This government is trying to buy its way out of unâ€" employment, to spend its way to recovery, by creating jobs in the public sector. These are shortâ€"term jobs which, in any case, are wholly dependent on further government spending." There wasn‘t nearly as many preparaâ€" tion hassles as I expected. And the GS ship ran smooth as silk, in no small way due to the help of my mother, who dragged father out of bed on his precious morning of leisure to engage in one of But I learned a lot, and it was fun, right from the time Easter weekend when 1 ransacked my parents‘ attic (with their constant encouragement) to the 3 p.m. deadline I strictly enforced on the sale so 1 could zip to Elmira raceway to gamble my profits on the 10th race triactor. "Is it any wonder," asks Duffy, "that the FBDB will have to be expanded to explain all these new programs and proposals? Here‘s one more example of the government setting up policies which take a larger bureaucracy to implement, and another level of bureaucracy to exâ€" plain!" Duffy expresses little surprise at the Finance Minister‘s proposal to "... make substantial changes in the operating manâ€" date of the Federal Business Development Bank (FBDB) ... to enable the Bank to play a more dynamic and supportive role in advising small businesses ... WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27. 1983 RICK CAMPBELL Clear saling her favorite Monty Hall. noe n mt nei n t And the personalities you meet You can go to all the garage sales in the world, buying bargain items you know of course you will never use, but until you actually conduct your own, yOuU haven‘t scratched the subject‘s surface. _ Wil'nrégine my stu-por when answering a knock on the door at 8 a.m.. a fpll two hours before the advertised opening. _ "Hi. You got any cuckoo clocks in your sale?" *‘Say what?" "Cuckoo clocks. 1 collect cuckoo clocks. Got any in your sale." ‘Uh, no." So what else you got?" "Uh, the sale starts at 10 a.m." "Can‘t come then, any chance getting a look?" * ‘"Well, uh, sure, I guess." He wanted to buy a beat up ball hat. For 50 cents. With a $20 bill. "Got anything smaller?" I pleaded. "Just a sec," he said, pulling out a fountain of change. "Yeh, here, 50 cents I had made my first sale. But in the meantime, no less than three others had made their way into the garage, the earlybirds, I believe they are called in the trade. right Sonny, that vase there for a dollar, I buy‘em every weekend quarter apiece, that‘s way overpriced." "I guess you won‘t want it, then ma‘am." ‘"Take 75 cents?" A‘S('Idlvw I was off and running. If it‘s any help. here are a few other tips 1 picked up along the way. e Get those signs up. One man told me he was on his way to Farmer‘s Market, and compulsively started following my arrows. e Don‘t pride yourself on quality items. Most people want junk. Coin is the name of the game, as much as curâ€" rency. e Don‘t cater to the wellâ€"dressed set. At least 80 per cent of my buyers were men in contrasting check shirts and plaid pants, and women over 50 in hair nets. e Don‘t believe the old wives‘ tale that those same women drive the hardest bargain. Have you ever insisted on $2 for a game when a friendly young kid drags $1.64 in small change out of his pocket â€" and then rides away on his $800 BMX bike? e And finally, don‘t schedule your garage sale so you have time to make it to Elmira raceway. Twenty four dollars out the window on the 1â€"2â€"4 triactor and suddenly some old drapes, a fourâ€"slice toaster, two lamps, a hockey helmet, six paperbacks and an 18â€"yearâ€"old Scrabble set took on all new relevance. There are, of course, many more aspects to this Budget which need to be addressed. Details will be made known by other members of the Cabinet in the coming weeks. I encourage all in our area to study them very closely. As we know from experience with past Budgets handed down by this Government, all is not what it His major concern (one which has been repeated to me by many others in the Waterloo region business community), is, ‘"Where will we get the money?" On this point, John Acheson, President of Dominion Life, makes a strong point about the future we are leaving to our children. ‘"The $31.3 billion deficit figure is a staggering blow to the nation. The Minister‘s own figures show that we will still be borrowing huge sums of money as late as 1988. When do we get out of the hole 9++ 9++ pastimes â€" impersonating rpagEe 7