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III \nllllw \I.:rll'.l' M.,, hr-IIJ \IJI'Smr- "I-nl v: M \ J 34 I I) H‘II‘I'II 1u: H.,h" h (nmpoaln'. ir,dirvrl Well. it may um have beer: a Miracle on 34th Siren. hm it was a blessing just the sauna Just as 'efftielhy was sleeping in a frigid Mt-nmnr ite buggy last week. trying to make his holiday wish of raising thousands of dollars for the hungry in this vormtumirycotoe1rue.at1 angel from the Fast (Ina-d was busy making the holiday season a little brighter tor a local family J mine. You see. my parents and I had prepared nut» selves for the tint Christmas In allmml 20 years without my sister, Keri. Keri left the nest last August to go live with her fiancé in Pcsutsyhania, The next time I saw her was at her wedding in October - the longest stretch we've ever gone between visits. As with most newlywed couples, and most peo- plc fur that matter, money's tight, and Keri didn't think she'd be able to enjoy ,â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€", a white Christmas in " Canada. i s FRAIGHT \ My parents. the realists they are, never got their hopes up that Keri would make it home for the holi- days. Knowing how unpre- dictable the weather can he at this time of year -- especially through the hilly areas of New York state - they certainly didn't expect her In drive home. And unfortunately, the rural community in which she now lives is nowhere near access In a passenger train Unrero, she wants m (on up in a herd of cattle. she's out of luck. So. with heavy hearts. my family pavkaged up hrr Christmas gifts and wnl them drown with a friend from that area whu was in kitrhener-Wutere Inn fur a hriefvisit, The silvvr lining was knowing Keri would fowl a little closer to us when she opened the gifts, Well. the big guy in thv red suit had mum than a silver lining in mind 'Ilianki. to " Christmas miracle. Keri will he unn- inghome forC.hristmas. And she won't hr alone, A new puppy named hwy rem-mly jnined her clan. and she tort will he flying humt', But, like in any heartwarming Christmas xlnry, them had to he a touch ofdrama, The plane Keri wan nriginally booked on dovsrit allnw dogs Judy's aim in the waiter mumhs. And. unfortunately, her plane ticket was nmr[rzinsfi'mhli- and nonwehmdahlr, But where thvrv's a volt, therv's, a mu; And whcrr. then-K a way. there's Gerry, am .mgvlu' Air (mmdu tirVtagent In V John, NH Aftcrlcxplaitwd hors mm h mv arm-r 5 Us” wuuld mum to HIV family nu-r thc Lhrixlmus 5m sun. and added that it's, vast-mm! the dug lw "It hnlr ml In the trip. (rvrry pulled smm- amngx and mun agcd to hunk KM! and lush rm iturrtlter High! homes [hr (llnt'rf‘llt " In pm In“ Just till Gerry wdl dvfiuitvlx be gvlnng " memmx l .nd from "" lmmlv this w." His willingnvsx In gm lhr mum llllll' ior " gmup of 'urmtgers Will urn-I lw for gnllt'rl In! pnsuhh the iirst mnr In mv Me. I littttk I'w fr-ll Ihr "up nut-mung nl I Vhrmnms tCs nm .ahnln how mm h vnu spun]. m th-lhl‘r vnll rm cive. rhr tatrst \Idc-n ganu' or " hmml no“ Iralhrr I In“ I w" though rm wan-r ' run annual hnlulgn u ray I drum: tht. dixhc's after 1hr a saic hr! IIN' t hnslmm w firul gum! wlll towards llll‘ll H's .1huur ”mummy: tity "HIP vou hm? with lllt' [Ir-upll- In your lite .md gluing HM! mum miles In IN‘III wmr-unv t-Iw haw " me-rnrr hulitlnv An angel named Berry lives in New Brunswick 'r and I wtil lulu-h gm mm p rut-r “hm waslnng and J' lurhw dutturr. I think In slum Will Im-mll and WE" -n and mu h min-r ANDREA \I’IEW POINT Gangster lives on through election The dollar is very strong overseas. That's tine with me. That's how much I usually travel with. Job Lot: Wowee! Waterloo Region is doing well when it comes to working. lt has more people tailing, and that's for all of Canada. To put it in simpler terms. Waterloo Region has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. Iihewheré. the rate ruse mostly because of the impact ofthe stronger loonie and sea- sonal stuff. last month 900 more people were work- ing in Waterloo Region for a mm] of 24 I .600. The number of unemployed fell by 200 In 12mm. and the lahuur force shrank by 300 m 253.600. Thurs fine and dandy. and " shows the area has a huslling. huuyam economy: Now. if we run only keep our orunrillurs from blowing the taxrateh on vxpensive link- goodies that we drone need, ASHBY Slt)llltNljltK0Glll 1lfMillllmlityjllltt)llgllllgligt ilglllfNll(lltGlh0(tlli;lllBlllltll ill0tWflGt0E ”THAT Iaalttitatat.. Lot's nu! forget that a dime is a dollar with all the taxes deducted, The best things in life are still free, but Ottawa has vxpvns working overtime an the program, Sap: why dues a "slighl tax increase" UN you ahnut $300. hut a "substanlial tax cut" low on yum taxes, ahnul S25? lust Missed:Weli, that was a near miss, Th:- introduction ul a nI-w area code and lo-digit dial, mg in Wan-dun lit-gum has lwI-n (In-lay“! until well mm Bum. (numb; and gmMV WV nm'd mow Hum lu-n but nu! at all hmIIV Hu- murr- numht-rx m- have m nu-nmrm: thc ter'r in hrdlmn wv hm um? 1hr additional thrsw dig” u fi) l ode. 22fi, was suppnwd In x14” tu'xt year as numlwr In thr- GI‘I arm: thruughnln sulllhutwn-rn (lnlunu hm mm- It-wvr and fe.wcr Hit-n thr. "t mmmv \luurd " Int All” it .Ippt-un-tl thc unpplr of 3W numhvrs would last Inngvr than "xl"'t ted 1hght nnw i wrmld hav" VIII, "'t' Mr mun lvupttt tlus Mltllmlmn pm”! In slowing nllmht-rs If " [an hr “and "ff rum " fr“ nmnlhx IN tho hunts-n" hr praiwd Mavbc In; 1hr uuu- tlw mum digus an- supposed In amu- lha' sulNINlll's will he amulalllv E Ill m r n J CHfuhNICLF, Nav. lhl‘rv's "lwars nm' pr'rsnn who has SAN I JY BAIRD absolutely nothing m say-. but always insists on sayingit. I wonder how many million folks were surprised they're going to have a new elec- tion to settle the thing. I thought that there would be as bloody finish to the protests. The mp court declared the election between uppnsition leader Viktor Yushchenko and President Leonid kucluna was so deeply flawed that the latter should have not been declared the winner. The court ruled that the um- was marred hy fraud. including voter intimidation and a mmum that reached 127 per cent in one spot. Ballot lurks.. The Ukraine is having a second election to sort out the close run they had in the first go-round. Instead. they're' calling the répeat runoff the birth ofdemucracy in the Ukraine. That shnwed that w (unwary to what a lot of us thought - a big and continued street protest can (In the trick. r - Hu- fan Is mm; arr born of IW wvather. warm l undillnnx and had lurk. as well as m‘msinnul ID driwr tarelcs,srteso, I WH'S% thr. nnlv thing wv (-1” (In p, urgr t-w'rvum' In ttrtut. mil-Iv Folks “uh any wnw will do that. and ortlv (lu- nunlhxkulls will do dim-rm)! 'ray, vnu'd have In int llldt' llw fellow who rmu- 1m lu-d his kcw, IINdv his tar " trrok him Va hours mgr! his farsulx (“IL Foul Ball: I wnmlr-r If hlg lmguv haw ball us going In 1 Ivan up its at t and (In unm- thing about steroids, (In its past rm uni. the haw-hull higgll's worit lw dorrtg mm " Hn-mnlx arc hmlyhulltllng drugs " " normal pvnnn Mia's drugs. he turns mm a wright 'irter If it HIJSKiEIII wnmun takes slvrrritiu. she Imus mm a WI" k 17tw alhlvlv was up Irriuhul wllh drugs, lu- hvlt hed at the starting lint. and Ihr 211v m-u In him hallurinatvd Gosh, ('Vt'n in Chicago they can't do much hetter than that, rien when they heed Al Caprrnecs urging: "Vote early and nften!" A Change of Scene: It looks ax I wrote mn won about the derlining accident In" local, ly. The um- night's toll totalvd three dead. a fearful loss indced. I summer you shouldn't fig, ure an such things hr huplng and wishing. .J'M AM6TO 1 mom ilqaal..: