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around them Their reaction to the event is a telfing insight into their developing secial and political impulses. One child may have the strong urge to fight back and to purish those that did him harm. Another child may quietly choose to hide, retreating further into the safety of his home, taking what is left of his shared decorations and expressions of joy with him So develops the social defenders and the quiet isolationists of the world. their ideologres forged by similar events but tempered by the peculiantes of their personalities. Subsequent life experience will furâ€" ther influence and modify their view of the world, but the foundation has been set This Devils Night we are ready. Although the alleged perpetrators are unaware, my children have officrally declared war on the "bad guys" that repeatedly trash and smash their pumpkins to smithereens, usually on this very night. Immwally the sevenâ€"yearâ€"old wanted to rig the biggest pumpkin with an exploding device which, when kicked, would activate, sending both the pumpkin and the pumpkinâ€"thief into a cloud of glorious retribuâ€" tion. Fortunately for myself, and the possible thief, my sevenâ€"yearâ€"old never figured out our password to gain him access to the Internet, where recipes for such exploding devices are readily found. The story behind the children‘s‘ es ] quest lor vengeance began (wo years 0"; THE ago. Waking to find the family of | pumpkins that were lovingly displayed | mm outside, the children were mortified to find that the Mommy, Daddy, Sister and | Brother pumpkins were destroyed; | their gooey guts splayed down the driâ€" veway and onto the street. Now, 1 acknowledge that in the F* schedule of life‘s disappointments, a} f finding your pumpkin bashed in is 4 l not in the same league as losing a l beloved pet or, shudder, a favorite Aunt or Uncle. Yet, for the toddler EPPE T PRRERATEE who painsiakingly combed the muddy field for just the right pumpâ€" kin. carmed it herself without dropping it once, and who placed it with a little pat in "just the right spot", it was a big deal to discover e morning that someone invaded her little world and took a tiny To many stmashing a child‘s pumpkun is little more than the momenâ€" tary thnill of tossing an overâ€"grown tuber and watching it explode, simâ€" ilar to David Letterman and his fruit projectiles from New York rooftops Little do they realize that this same Ramboesque impulse is the stull from which preschoolers‘ nightmares are made To the insensitive it is just a smashed pumplan, but to the child it is a whole lot more It is a nudging and notâ€"so gentle awakening into the realiues of the world in which they live, a recognition of the control they may or may not have in their own environment and of those This Devils Night, the developing political consciences in our house have decided to stmke a compromise â€" The seven and fiveâ€"yearâ€"old allied avengers are bowing to pressure from their nineâ€"yearâ€"old sibling who is calling for a measured response. Although the younger two would still like to ng a pumpkin or two with itching powder or permaâ€"stain goo, they will heed the elder‘s suggesâ€" tion that we place the pumpkins, for this night only, in a more protectâ€" ed setting, like the garage, and wait until the evening is ended to put the pumpkins back out. Grudgingly, they have agreed. 1 think. 1 just found a stash of water guns under the couch. The Allies want war. Waterloo Town Square 75 King St South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2 Telephone _ 886â€"2830 Eay No. 886â€"9383 ... ,, OrF nE FENCE Jennifer Bettke Maureen McNab ‘-"."7 Mattice Melodee Martinuk Pete Cudhea (Sp. Ed.) Deborah Crandall Tim Gardner Auld Lang Sign: Waterloo is going to whomp club owners with $125 fines if they don‘t start using the new plastic poster sleeves installed on poles so the posters will be less of an eyesore. Yes sir, the era of the gluedâ€"on poster is over. Or, to quote the city‘s new slogan, The Stuck Stops Here. Critical Care: The ruckus over the proposed closing of St. Mary‘s Hospital has subsided by quite a few decibels and thankfully, a semblance of sanity has set in. Major Accounts Bill Karges «It‘s odd eh, but all the protests (like PD days) are held on Fnidays. Probably because a lot of the protesters feel that work is an OK thing, if it doesn‘t take up too much of your spare time For example, a leader in the Save St. Mary‘s movement has warned that "Emotion doesn‘t count for anything; we have to assemble facts." Hallelyjah. That‘s exactly the point Equally baffling is the non sequitur served up by Dr. Peter Lang, the former MP, at an emotional meeting organized by Wayne Wettlaufer, the MPP who‘s been at the storm centre Thanks to the sawdust Caesars who run some of our unions, Halloween came early to metro Toronto. The Days of Inaction (to give the event its proper name) was a bust or a big success, depending on whom you ask. Still, it proved again how vulnerable a city is to extortion, intimidation and plain old thuggery, particularâ€" ly when tales of possible trouble are peddled by an allâ€"tooâ€"willing media. "Nm It isn‘t enough that St. Mary‘s supporters believe they‘re standing at Armageddon and battling for the Lord Cold, hard facts will decide the case. And sad to say, for some â€" maybe even many â€" the issue is a matter of religion. Take, for example, one woman‘s labelling of Bruce Antonello, St. Mary‘s CEO as a traitor Nonsense. Surely his responsibility is to the public as hospital users, not to a parâ€" ticular denomination or hospital Denise Tucker (Supervisor) Shannon Blacker Lynn Mitchell > Millie Martin Darlene. Royle , , . Facts needed in hospital campa hrmeremevevenmnen Wothin‘.. No just shook my hand, asked me how my bench was, said he was sorry tor what Hay, ) got some Candy the Tories did to me and then said Com and Mars Bars he hopes I ind a job real soon 1? > ... What Ifl got ? m / .///A Circulation: Sharon Walte Jerty Fischer Circulation Manager Administration: Heather Mitchell Publisher: Rick Campbe Andrew Pearen â€"4@s The Witesion Cns oi tss coy, MB The Waterloo Chronicle is published by The Fairway Group, _ J VVEPsMERCC \A-av-â€"- Te 7â€"â€"â€" -:/';’:f""' Conike voruaths: 12 75 King St. S., Suite 201, Waterloo ON. N2J IP2 886â€"2830 The views of our columnists are their own and do not M the views of the newspaper. _ <â€"ivtanie Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by ONCE OVER LIGHTIY But, granted, car insurance folks have it pretty neat. And be even neater with the crackdown boosting sales. YÂ¥es name me another business that can nick you for several h dred dollars and not be afraid to leave fingerprints. Policy Choice: Would somebody explain to me how and why Ontario now has a million uninsured drivers on tht roads?Thzuotanm’(hflllpiluMhorayarmd)fl; have to ask where our successive governments have been. ‘ Anyhow, they‘re mounting a crackdown on drivers who evade their responsibility and the fine is a coolf $5,000. Let uninsured figure out how many years‘ coverage that "4 cover '»YER The issue is a difficult one and it‘ll get no eas: wrbydraggingnligbninwil.Almo(i TLY thought we were past that. The issue â€" and only issue â€" is the adequacy of the communitys health services. In good faith, let‘s focus on lflg X Marks The Spot: Wow. That US. presk @ dential campaign is sure oneâ€"sided, isn‘ it? like a football game with Notre Dame playing v the Mills Brothers. 3 l Major Interest: Borrowing rates have hit & fourâ€"year low. They‘re now so low that you _" | borrow money without having to prove yoult richer than the bank. E The drop in interest rates is supposed to stik ulate credit by getting people to buy things money they haven‘t got. The trouble is that people are they‘re going to have to pay for it with money they‘re not goilg to get The Fairway Group Subscription rates 240 Holiday Inn Dr., Unit F $45 yearly in Canada Cambridge, On. $90 yearly outside Cai N3C 3X4 +GSTL Maybe you should write of Peter‘s convoluted logic as a of playing to the grandstand. Not, mark you, that 1 have International Standard Serial Number Demanded Peter of Wayne to loud applause, "Will you the people of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo ahead of your party loys If you don‘t, people will die and suffer unnecessarily " brief for Wayne. 1 find it easy to restrain enthusiasm for him. 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