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iption rates in Canada Hoage, . . Address all correspondence to Waterloo Chronicle, ; Waterloo Town Square, Suite 201, 75 King St. S.,. Waterloo, Ont. NZJ 1P2. Telephone ‘886â€"2830, News and Sports line 886â€"3021. FAX No. 886â€"9383. Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A If we don‘t start le these, we soon won‘ be one! Furthermore, who says a lush green lawn is any more attractive than one that is half dandelions, or one that is brown and brittle. I‘m willing to bet I enjoy my lawn just as much as the guy next door, who waters his night and day. (Every now and then he even goes to the beach for the day, leaving the sprinkler on for the entire time Actually, I‘m willing to bet I may even enjoy my lawn more than he does. Because, without water it doesn‘t grow as much and then I don‘t have to cut it as much and that means I don‘t waste another natural resource, gasoline, as much, etc., etc i T S e oo snnb e e as the water we drink and the air we breathe. I mean talking convenience anymore. We‘re talking survival correctly, the absence of survival. Water, like so many other of our natural resources, is in diminishing supply. And each drop we save is a drop towards avoiding a major, worldâ€"wide, freshâ€"water crisis in the future. And that‘s the near future, by the way. We humans have to learn to quit squandering the good things of this earth, particularly now that we‘re getting down to items such as the water we drink and the air we breathe. I mean we‘re not PM RCoReaines uh / Crisis sense But getting back to watering, it is a major issue througout much of the Technology Triangle. Certainly Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo have a serious problem with lack of water, even if Guelph currently escapes that, to a large extent. But even in places such as Guelph which aren‘t facing a water crisis, lawn watering should be banned. It only makes common My neighbors all water their lawns and they look at me as if I‘m some alien from outer space when mine becomes an island of brown in a sea of green. (Much the same way they look at me in the spring, when my lawn‘s a mass of yellow dandelions. You see I don‘t believe in spreading chemicals on grass either. But that‘s a different story for a different time.) During last summer‘s drought our grass was so dry and brittle that it hurt to walk across it in your bare feet. And we‘re talking hurt here, not just discomfort. But when rain finally came, our lawn sprang back to life in a matter of days. Grass is like that, you know PAGE 6 don‘t think any of us should be allowed to water our I lawns. And no, that‘s not because I live in an apartment. I too have a house, although cireumstances keep me from being there most of the time. But we never water the lawn. That‘s never with a capital "N" Opinion By Jim Merriam The average person uses 60 gals. of water That doesn‘t include car washing, lawn v outdoor uses. Flushing, bathing and laun inâ€"house uses. \ t start letting common sense prevail in matters such as soon won‘t have to worry about the future. There won‘t â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY MAY 17, 1989 No to lawn watering International Joint Commission of water in the house each day g, lawn watering and other and laundering are the largest more This park study will be considered at City Council June 12, if you are also concerned, plan to attend.. Carol Ziegler â€" R A Potters Workshop Supporter Waterloo B Mintitistan t oBld t s hA To replace the Potters Workshop with a Tea Room, patronized mainly by adults, doesn‘t make a lot of sense. Also, I‘m not pleased to read that our tax dollars are going to be used for a restaurant, which can be a real financial risk. Let‘s leave the Potters Workshop where it is. We have something very special in this community â€" a pottery program for people of all ages offered at a very reasonable cost, let‘s not lose it. i immine it Aiste isici c t ds a l a MB c d uki a there. It has been this very programme which has brought us to the park summer after summer; reminding us each time of the beauty to be found there, which we can so easily forget. iisualintlintoniittels fink tohifel t There seems to be a real contradiction in the $42,000 study of the park. It proposes that the park should now be geared to families and especially children; and yet the Potters Workshop, which attracts many many children and their parents to the park each summer, is no longer to be located ECE 1 am writing out of concern regarding the proposed changes to our Waterloo City Park, as outlined in the Waterloo Chronicle on April 12. There seems to be a resl onnivradistine uk. Time to speak out to protect Waterioo Park Rickard OBrien Gporta odticc) â€" _ "| / LOWE wl ts +. EYWe T P ty h raaihs, o. $ ArE n /n fra l es @z_ {fi To On behalf of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospital, its Foundation, staff and especially its patients, I would like to thank our Auxiliary for their work and also our communities for continually supportâ€" ing the Nearly New Sale. Marjorie A. Brown Development Officer, Kâ€"W Hospital Foundation i i dolie in enc intatabdidiet®" Aricn d Thanks to the dedication and hard work of the Nearly New Sale Committee (and their spouses), the Hospital has received a new Narcâ€"Isolette for our Special Care Nursery. The Kâ€"W Hospital Auxiliary is comprised of hundreds of individuals who give freely of their time, talent, and energies. These ladies and gentleâ€" men are to be commended for their efforts both within the Hospital and externally where they recruit new members and raise badly needed funds. The 37th annual Nearly Ne'w-Sale, organized and staffed by the Kâ€"W Hospital Auxiliary, was exâ€" tremely successful (for the 37th consecutive year). uo unc ow 3 Thanks for hospital sale support eP 3 4t Letters welcome 4¢ ) h 29