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§mrswa(ostwonam' the city curâ€" & rently does not provide. As taxpayers Mr. O Baird, we must decide whether a service § such as this is more deserving of our tax @ dollars than say, a skating rink in front of . city hall. If the public doesn‘t deem the serâ€" $ vice to be as important, then why should the responsibility to fund the project be placed on the employees themselves? This fundâ€"raiser was not cancelled due to a protest over dispatch amalgamation but rather an awkward feeling about buying equipment for the very corporation in which we work 8 fire departments‘ unions and the profesâ€" ‘ 1lETI1ELRS If the boards indicate they are not willing to support the estabâ€" lshment ol a charter school in Waterloo Region, OQE will take its cause to the Ministry. "We want to demonstrate our good faith and our willingness to try and pursue the issue locally," Edwards said * The boards are well within their power to say ‘Yes, let‘s give this a trv Within the system, we will provide this group with the autonomy | mean, this can all happen within the existing system. 5o were presenting this as an option to initiate within the existâ€" ing system Should the boards elect not to pursue that course, then we will be up to the Minustry of Education very quickly." OQE will approach the public school board on Feb. 19 and the separate school board some time in February. O We as firefighters do not ask for tearyâ€" eyed sympathy, Mr. Baird, only respect for what we do. You obviously feel from your vast expenience in performing the job that a firefighter‘s dutes are a piece of cake. 1 wish however, you could have sat Beside me on Boxing Day of 1995 while we said goodbve to a fallen colleague, struck down before reurement by brain cancer. His picâ€" ture will grace the walls of headquarters Parents Original Paint Finishes Unsurpassed Collision Repair FINE AUTOMOBILE BODY AND PAINT Specializing in PORSCHE JAGUAR â€" BMW FINE AUTOMOBILE BODY AND PAINT 15 Centennial Dr. Kitchener 1 would like to respond to Sandy Baird‘s optnion published in the Waterloo Chroniâ€" cle on Jan. 10 of this month. Mr. Baird is very critical of Kitchener and Waterloo‘s sion itself without apparently doing any research into the issues. The cancelled fundâ€"raiser for defibrillaâ€" Research the issues before writing column mner MICh MIHCh 578â€"2052 5 and in Alberta and Bntish Columbia. Plans are under »pen a charter/traditional school in Manitoba this Sep (Continued from page 3) MOTORIZED TREADMILLS FROM $888 1 read with interest about Messrs. Holmes, Newkirk and Mcintyre‘s dream of sailing in the 2000 Olympics but feel comâ€" pelled to comment on what appear to be some misconceptions or inaccuracies in the story. The article refers to qualifying regattas in Toronto on May 25, Kingston this August and Havana, Cuba just prior to the Olympics. According to the Canadian Yachting Association (CYA), Olympic tr;. downplay the importance and risk of our profession, I find unfounded. Having never been a columnist, it would certainly never cross my mind to say how easy or difficult the job might be, unless of course, you‘re qlking about writing first and some may not agree with. However, to early in their lives, many of whom coinciâ€" dentally arended the same "routine" fire at Horticultural Technologies in the late ‘80s. 1 have had the honor of doing this job for three short years and 1 believe that it is the best job one could ask for. I also know that having to do and see the things that we sometimes must, | wish on no person. Yes Mr. Baird, there are issues here that along with so many others who have died locally first The "public consultation" is to be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Harold Wagner public school on Bridgeport Road East. The Chronicle‘s story was based on an original news release. A story on page five of the Jan. 17 edition of the Waterloo Chronicle gave the wrong time and place for a "public consultation" on the future of the Bechtel Park wetland to be hosted by 10 graduate students from the University of Waterloo and Wilâ€" frid Laurier University. CORRECTION MILLS 1 found the absence of any reference to Holmes and his crew‘s racing successes odd. While 1 wish them well in their quest to qualify for the Olympics, I think they should compete first at the club and regional level and then move on to provinâ€" cial, national and Olympic competition ing instruction for youths and adults as well as membership. In fact, many particiâ€" pants of its advanced instructional proâ€" grams competed at the provincial and national level last summer. Several of its members competed in world champiâ€" onships last summer. als for the Soling are being held in Kingston May 18â€"20 and Toronto May 28â€" 31 and June 3â€"7, however these are for the 1996 games, not 2000. Holmes implies that he and his crew are not members of the Ontario Sailing Assoâ€" ciation (OSA) or the CYA. These associaâ€" tions govern sailing competition at the provincial and national levels and for anyâ€" one wishing to compete at a provincial or national level, membership is mandatory. In addition, membership in the OSA and CYA has many benefits including access to national team coaches. The vast majority of CYAs and OSAs members belong by virtue of their memâ€" bership, in a CYA or OSA member sailing club. Locally, Conestoga Sailing Club (CSC) is a member of both the OSA and CYA. 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