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_Feedback If, as the firefighters insist, the award was only 5.38 per cent, would they then agree with the view that their salary at the end of the contract period should be only 5.38 per cent higher than it was in *"According to cityâ€"supplied informaâ€" tion, the retroactive 1986 award gave the firefighters a 7.32 per cent pay increase, bringing the annual salary of a firstâ€" class firefighter to $36,725. Firefighters contend the award was actually 5.38 per cent because it was phased over two stages." The July 15 issue of the Chronicle carried a front page story about taxes, arbitration and firefighters‘ wages. One item, in particular, caught my attenâ€" tion. Firefighters‘ claims naive or misleading LETTERS in wiln ineif bodies, the exercise sults Quoting Marine Jahan, star/dancer in moved with them. However, more imâ€" the movie Flashdance, "I think a lot of portant was the demonstration of inâ€" people didn‘t know what an aerobic credible strength and flexibility. event was. ... There are aerobic athâ€" The Crystal Light/Nutra Sweet Naâ€" letes out there." tional Aerpbic Championship, which has What about you? Next year? wonderful bodies, as apparent with the Gâ€"string back, but it was the sense of timing with the music that was well appreciated. The fitness instructors from a club in Ottawa, Body Works, moved to the music in perfect harmony with each other. The combination of dance/exercise moves was exciting. Speaking as a fitness instructor with two left feet 1 envied, yet delighted, in watching them perform. Their moves were designed in part, I‘m sure, to show us that no matter what the instructors did with their bodies, the exercise suits moved with them. However, more imâ€" The Crystal Light/Nutra Sweet Naâ€" tional Aerobic Championship. Does this excite you" Do you know what it is? Do you care? % I couldn‘t have cared less for aerobic competitions as recently as a few months ago. 1 viewed them as frivolous and way out of line with what fitness means to the average person. I decided, however, to take a second, hard look at what. an aerobic competition is. This idea did not just pop into my head. At the Ontario Fitness Council‘s annual conferâ€" ence in Ottawa in June, 1 had my eyes opened, much to my surprise and deâ€" After a wonderful dinner during the conference, we sat back, snored our way through award presentations and were literally joited awake with a fashion ‘‘Yes. 1 think we should give !_hemg_chuee.fl-enncnjme ~_ . e i > Sfi P ko rP k y ::‘g J ance‘" and was to have been ‘""in good taste." Women had‘to wear tights, no da-g!ing jewelry, with no oils applied to Incidentally, Mayor Majorie Carroll deserves strong commendation and wholeâ€"hearted support in her peristent effort to end the blatantlyâ€"biased curâ€" rent arbitration system. 4. Exercise selection â€" balance of all major muscle groups and variety. 5. Transitions â€" the ability to move from one move to another smoothly. 6. Sychronization â€" execution of movement in pairs. Each entrant had to perform compul}â€" sory moves: jumping jacks, high leg kicks, curiâ€"ups and pushâ€"ups. They were It is true that not all of the increase is received for the entire year but the important point surely remains that during the year the salaries go up 7.32 per cent and the salaries increased by that full amount will be the basis for future negotiations and will be built into all future salaries. For the firefighters to suggest anything different must be seen either as an amazing naiveté or a disappointing effort to mislead the pubâ€" lic. weeks ago, is also designed to give individuals, mixed pairs and teams of mm_&ewum appearance. The appearance had to be a 3. Form/Safety â€" all moves were scrutinized for correct execution, techâ€" nical control, body alignment and foot 1. Strength â€" pushâ€"ups and curiâ€"ups (a modified and safer version of the sitâ€"up) . In addition the judges looked for a clear knowledge of the principles of leverage and applied strength. 2. Flexibility â€" high leg kicks, as well as a full range of movement at all major the beginning? Of course they would not‘ The net effect of the two stage in(_:rgase is clearly a 7.32 per cent raise. mmtbcame thei;reper as being socialist, although they could add some good ideas to John H. Redekop Ph.D. Professor of Political Science Waterioo, Ont. Based on their byelection victories, do you think the NDP Party could win the next election? From our departure point we were driven to a new and swanky restaurant ‘‘Mingles" where the old Kaufman Lumâ€" As a good neip or, Mr. Neufeld, the owner of Emerald Limousine Service, decided to put an extra bit of sunshine in our lives by having us driven around our scenic countryside. Can you visualize five of these beautiful machines, sparkling clean driving to the front of your building, convoy style, and five very polite and heipful chauffeurs assisting us into the vehicles. Recently, we, the Senior Citizens of St. John‘s Luther Manor were given a special treat we will remember for a long time. It was a ric in a c‘ ffeured limousine. Luther Manor residents say thanks .N%ml“5 ols se ul â€" *No. hope people recognize that they‘re socialist. The country wasn‘t built by people who deâ€" pended on the government." themselves a notch or two above the level of the majority are those who have found a task into which they can throw themselves with complete and absorbâ€" ing abandon. They have been fortunate enough to find work that is bigger than they are, which causes them to raise themselves to its level. lost in the glow of his enthusiasm. When he organized, the fire of his faith burned away all obstacles. He abandoned himâ€" self utterly to his task; and the task moided him into greatness.‘ " There‘s a lot to be learned from that last line. It‘s the task that makes people great. You will find that those who raise *"‘The speaker stopped, and we urged him to go on. ‘How then do you account for his success?‘ we asked. ‘It is simple, he replied. ‘He merely forgot himself. When he spoke, his imperfections were * ‘I can remember the first time 1 heard him speak. It was a very stumâ€" bling performance. Yet, in his later years, we regarded him as one of the real orators of his generation. His mind was neither very original nor profound, but he managed to build a great institution, and the imprint of his influence is on 10,000 lives.‘ Here‘s something written by Bruce Barton that might interest you. "A man had died, and the whole city mourned his going. At the club, we were discussing him, reminding ourselves of one characteristic after another that had endeared him to us. hardly had a fair start,‘ he said quietly. ‘Nature did not mean to let him be a big Too often, our work is like a little cart equipped him with very John Donovan WATERLOO CHROMNICLE, WEDNESDAY, AAXY 20. 1967 â€" PNGE 7 *‘*Yes. I think that everyone is tired of the Conservatives and the Ube‘rg! and now they will give Many thanks again, to Mr. Neufeld, for your thoughtful gift, and a tip of our hats to your drivers who drive carefully and are very polite and helpful. Do you want to be a somebody? Then forget you are anybody, in your devotion to a task that makes you stretch. What was that about the first being last, and the last being first? We then proceeded along the Guelph highway to the Eimira turnoff. Our drivers explained some of the scenic points as we passed them. _ Then to our delight, we were slowly driven over the West Montrose covered bridge, sometimes called the "Kissing course picturesque village of Winterâ€" bourne, to Bloomingdale and wended our way home to Luther Manor, Waterioo. complete dedication to task. And whenever they abandon themâ€" selves to a cause that is bigger than themselves, they end up as bigger perâ€" sons. Somewhere, there is a great task for each of us, a kind of activity that meshes with our own unique talents and abilities so perfectly that we will never tire of (Mr. Feliows operates the Human Reâ€" source Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, NIR 5W1, serving business and industry with effectiveness ber once stood. There we were treated to some light refreshments. (One of the patrons, after seeing the five limos, asked if we were from Hollywood; the answer **Yes can‘t you tell.") your waking hours, whether you are on the job or not. If this consuming interest happens to be your means of earning a living â€" that‘s great. But it doesn‘t have to be. More often than not, it starts out, at least, as a spareâ€"time project. Neither does it have to be your life‘s work, although winners of the Nobel Prize are all examples of those whose tasks molded them to greatness. Many people take up one challenge after another, either in their working hours or leisure time, an activity in which they have a strong belief and which causes that we pull along behind us, and drop when quitting time comes around. But if you want to know what it is like to really live, find yourself! an interest, an absorbing work that is so much larger than you are that it pulls you along behind it, and never turns you loose. It is the sort of work you think about most of We then headed for the quaint, and of hp» Aby TBk ciompwneb t Luther Manor Residents, Waterioo, Ontario.