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Letters welcome Elizabeth Witmer. You, too, had a good beginning, but it was still just a beginning. Staving off the devastation suffered by other Ontario ridings was a feat, but there's a long way to go from that to a win in the next election. While the strategically-sound, personal, Witmer-centred campaign worked this time, by 1991 there's going to have to be more. The party-ws starting from the bottom, so the rebuilding we've been hearing about for so long had better begin in earnest if it doesn't want to be destroyed in Ontario altogether. If you’re interested in pursuing the provincial seat. a natural next step would be a move from board of education to Waterloo city council. While chairmanship of the Waterloo County public board is a, good background, that combined with the broader experience of a city councillor would only be better. Richard Hastings. Considering how low-key your campaign was, that you actually increased NDP support in Waterloo North shows there are inroads to be made. Maybe it's time you party stopped writing off Waterloo North as asure Liberal win and put greater effort into its campaigns here. Ian O'Neill. For a first-time candidate, representing a virtually unknown party (Libertarian), your tally of 817 votes can only be considered an encouraging start. Now is the time to build the Libertarian party in Waterloo North-spread your message, find support- ers, get an association going. Don't wait until just a month before the next election to start campaigning. You‘ve been saying this all along, yes. But don't just say it, do it. Those eleetion results, however, also offer several important lessons for each of the local North cap_dide_l_tes apd the parties they represent. . Mr. Epp. Sure, you celebrated a victory, but take note of the fact that you actually attracted a smaller share of the popular vote and took fewer polls than in 1985. With what happened across the province, this drop in popularity, although admittedly marginal, may be an indication that it is time to drop the quiet, nice guy approach to politics and adopt a stronger, more visible presence in the House and at home. 1Ae,,AueP2h9.et.er.?.e.!.fMs.Eettestrtt-ro, 1.7 Given the strength of Liberal leader David Peter- son's personal appeal, from the start of the six-week campaign, there seemed little doubt that incumbent Waterloo North MPP Herb Epp would be easily returned to power. The results of last Thursday's election were no surprise-provincial/y or locally. Second cuss Hall Misund- "In." no. The aftermath Address all "it"at'r8"tt In Waterloo otthee, " EN St. E., Waterloo, Ont N ILT. Telephone mm. News and Sports line “”21 Waterloo Chronicle office is located in the Haney, White law otNe building (mar entrance. wiper flour) Parking at the rear of the building, Open Monday to riday 9 a.m. to 5 pm, Ptetttistter:-Paut Winn-1' - Waterloo Chronicle is published over) Wednesday by The fairway Group Incorporated Publishing address 215 Fairway Rd, s, Kitchener, Ont Manna-g Editor: Rick Campbell Sales "agar: Bill Karges Circulation auger: Greg Cassidy Circulation: J"? Fischer Typesetting and omposing: Fairway Press Display Advertising: Helen Smiley, Paula Hummel, Gerry Mattice CUssifted Advertising: Maureen McNab Senior reporter: Melodee Marlinuk Reporters: Mark Bryon (news) Richard trm-a, (sp'orts) in“. 17m “0‘54 Ever the creative sort, Beth embellished the pricing procedure by adding cute little notes to major items, suggesting uses. giving back- grounds, claiming brand new (true) never-been, used status. I never knew it wss possible for a slow cooker to have s reputation... "Of course you know the rule of thumb, Beth," I said as I watched her in a moment of indecision scrutinizing an item. "if something brings a tear to your eye, keep it, but if it makes your eyes roll, get rid of it." As Beth and I went about planning and pricing the items to go in the sale (10 per cent planning on my part, 90 per cent pricing on her part) I did have some reservations about how well the sale would go. We didn't have any real big ticket items, the neighborhood is brand new and many folks would not attempt to find out where it is, and participants in the sale, having just moved in the past year, likely would have deep-sized most of their junk prior to moving. Oh well, straight ahead, thought A veteran of three garage sales myself, and an avid attendee of countless others over the years, 1 was thrilled when Beth came back from one of those "theme" parties next door a month ago to announce that the initial seed had been planted to stage a street sale in mid-September. Things intensified about two weeks ago when one neighbor posted an announcement near our community meeting place (translation: group mail boxes) to the effect that the street sale would be held Saturday. Sept. 12 and all were welcome to join in. Word quickly buzzed around. and then (at least for the five or six families who became involved) there was nothing to the doing but the doing. The main two benefits of staging a garage sale, or street sale, or yard sale, or whatever you want to call it, are obvious. First, you get to clean out your place, getting rid of your unwanted Junk, er, quality items that are useless, er, that you have no use for anymore. And second, by doing so, you get to line your pockets with a bit of needed cash to pay that bill or make that special purchase, or even just buy the groderies for the week. Garage sales. If you want to know how popular they are around these parts, just check the local classified sections in your newspaper. It isn't possible to get to all of them in a day, though some people, judging from the looks on their faces Saturday afternoon, try. That's exactly what my" GTe iietiGui I did, and for the little amount of work involved, it was a heck of a lot of fun, I found out last weekend that there is no better way to meet your neighbors than to become inglved in a Tultrfamily garage sale. "We kept the gun in the tax drawer because I was alone a lot of the time. I really don't know If we use one today, but somehow I doubt it." lc, AFRAID Nor, ZARRY .’ Tive; Tee, THERE 'srlo may Va/RffAff AN Mot/E ARE EMOUGI/ 729 Gil/E Flite) 7745 dk 'HEAUE-rlty / n It is written Neat sale Chronicle Editor Rick Campbell Retiring city hall employee Marjorie Len: reminiscing on the way things used to be. - SEE PAGE 9 All in all, It was fun day. Maybe we didn't all sell as much as we had hoped to, but already there are plans afoot for the next one. a bigger and better one. And that's guaranteed. because friendships grew, and little Camille Cres. took a step closer to our sale, caught her eye and tor% iiGiGGGi houses, her canvassing resulted in a break-even proposition " bestsnuch to the amusement of her elders. becoming not just I street, but a nelshbohdblbd} neighborhood. and a neat little one at that. One of the true delights of the day came when a Mennonite family drove their buggy down the street, selling delicious (small d) Macintosh apples. While the father sold diligently on one side of the street, his daughter met a bit of At dilemma on our side. Oh, yes, she sold her share of apples-but some items, including a steam iron in During the course of the day, the crowds came in sporadic waves, a few here, a lot there. often it was quiet, giving neighbors like Fred the opportu- nity C?) to discover a great Campbell buy, a Super-8 movie projector rumored to be in working condition for the bargain-basement price of $2. It better work, Fred is a lot bigger than me and I haven't built a bomb shelter in my basement yet. No I couldn't. Selling a lamp is fine, but a man's hockey stick? Whew. it?"' While I silently hoped for large crowds to drive up immediately to cart away each and every item, what I overlooked completely was the fact that the sale gave relatively new neighbors a chance to get to know each other better. Coffee mugs in hand, we spent the morning chatting up a storm, learning the history of unique sale items, wander- ing around lawns cheering on any sale at any site. "if I had known what last night was going to be like, Pd have never agreed to go into this sale," moaned cross-the-street neighbor Jack, complain- ing of Sandy's ruthlessness in getting rid of so many items. "She's depriving me of my past, of my history, of my...hockey stick-can you believe Friday night was fun time, pricing and organir ing every little item so the whole shebang could be moved out to the driveway first thing Saturday. A few items took some compromise before a final price was arrived at, but we didn't retire to separate bedrooms after final inventory, so it couldn't have been that painful. Jumping out of bed at the crack of dawn, I set everything up (that took about a minute and a half), greeted a neighbor who was about to place street signs in strategic positions, and then settled into a lawn chair and watched as the street came alive.