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Enforce the law and purpose ' Charge them with all the viola- celeb“ kee It Stop waiting for By the time citizens get up the tions they commit any combination ° ' nerve to complain, they are gnaw» of noise violation. destruction of 0 0 Clmns to complain ing the enamel off their teeth in property, being drunk and disorder» entertalnln We“ they‘re at it aga‘mA the idiot frustration ovsr lost slleep. fear of ly in a public phi-g. urintatirig on pri- drunks, that m lhis (“0mm re iation an just p am anger. vate property. ga ens. ac . l . . l 4 . recycle boxes and contents were agll WY acting on complaints “my doorsteps etc 23mm this sleet/Vania [ “mgygén reflectingntlillivalletl‘ilz over the middle ofthe Noecker-Regi- plain lazmess on the part of by-law Puking on store-front doorsteps. le I've had the rivilege to interview from a face-toâ€"faoe na intersection enforcers and police. tipping over federal mailboxes ' a chat mptehogmgo Starr to a lapte evenin honecall front 3 Bird {Can A week ago. they smashed the b It Iis all] excuse fowoing l crimre - and knocking over protec~ oll fipinney) 8 P 1g m' in com _ ‘ial si H ~ OW a so me y not mg. e pay p enty in tive encing at construction sites \. - ' » _ , - , Mirtgagesntif 29 Itegllliallsltfeeter our taxes 1.0 prevent this idiocy. should also be policed. moZFf‘uarlilgxg wfignléigzllatrriffiiplfhlisgglufihas bf’t’n 0m Of the North. 10 mp It all off, when they do Fine them heavily. Once daddy One of mpefavotirite memogries involved. ettin a call from This letter is a follow-up to my respond, "WY come up'tn a Water- and mummy have to fork over a shock-rock igon Alice Coo er g g previous letter on the same subject loo_Bubble~(ium Machine (police nice hefty $1000 “$1000 dollar As we talked’about horEor-films we discovered we share a Nov. 12. 2008. “my?” that can be seen and heard fine. the jerk behavior will stop. mutual a reciation for the l‘l'iclassic The Ex rcist I t ld I write this on behalfof respon- for "Flex Parents won't be pleased either (00 er thgt I had been t in» [for ears, with ml) successoto sible students tabout 99 per cent of Even dunk“ morons know With having to hire a lawyer to get scorgan interview with Unrga Bilair Villho rtra ed the demon- all students), tenants. homeowners. enough to disappear when they see their kindergarten-minded kiddies icall ' ssessed "rl in the film ‘ DO Y and landlords who are sick and tired and hearacrutser. . . . out oftrouble. Blldl?isn2t thizl onl ' famous erson to have eluded my ofthis harassment and the indiffer» lfthere is any political M” to Stop waiting for complaints to attem ts to secure inte)rviews as Phat/e tried multi le times to once of the city. cops and bv~law stop this nonsense. this is how to do act! et imperviews from the stars lof my favourite ”805 bit sitcoms officers. We want our money's worth It“ Enforce the law without taxpayâ€" Three's Com ' d Th F f. ‘ l , ' Place ten non-uniformed not- ers havin to stick out their necks pan) an ‘? acts 0 Life“ for the taxes we pay! . . . . . ' . . g Then there are celebrities who ask __â€" The whole purpose of police ObVIOLISly-V'lslble police in the Regi~ and get involved. for mone ‘ lk h . , . , , .. - .' -Noecker-El “n-Flraâ€" tc area at It'swh twe f r! . 4 y 0 ta ont e phone, hke \ ' courts and law in a tmlization is to “ha . h' hg] 2 3 e wh a pay 0 Gilligan's Island stars Russell Johnson I \l ml I \l I pmvent cjitizerlis from going; at eaIch lb: 3:53 gift)” ( " am.) en (The Professor) and Dawn Wells \|l I \ 0 eran tttn sco . t t. ‘ - by ta’olent icons res emse ies Drunksareeasy to catch.'Ihey DonaldA.Pnser (Milwwlhri‘l‘ellback I tuned in to the The policy in our society ofonly can‘t run very well and they usually Waterloo Christian radio ' _ , program Focus on the Family. with finance experts Ron A . . (Blue) and Jeremy (White), as they ‘ a , W t f shared advice on managing your fam- ‘ ' a] 111g 01‘ e unexpec e try-monomer. ~ As I listened to host Dr. James Dob- It's IS yeam about 150 days of camping and almost $3 humanity. really could. son repeatedly refer to his guests as i million raised since the KOOL-FM Poster Boy cam- And it's not the loss ofpeople that really gets to “Ron and Jeremy," I couldn't help but ‘ ‘ paigrtwas first started. me. It IS the unexpected. wonder what advice adult film star 1 And there are so many stories I could tell you â€" Years ago. a man came up to our location and and millionaire Ron Jeremy would MARSHALL this space isn't nearly big enough. asked to speak to me. He wanted to go on the air and share, well known around Hollywood WARD The Poster Boy campaign launches again this Fri~ tell his story. We were jUSI a minute or NO before air- to be extremely frugal with his money "” ‘ "”' ' f "" (sitiyi‘rafp'rriyiooiihlt's my lfth trip [lime ‘ gime and he was anxious to go on right (watl‘legeSIy everli 1going so far as using garbage bags as luggage ‘ o e iporary tome on mg . WHY. en 8 trave s . Street in front oftht-(irand River Cancer l’l l ( l l )l He wasayoung man with a couple 1 had hoped to write a column comparing "Ron and Jere- (‘enter I“ ) U R K F ofsmall children. in a voice which my's" economic strategies with Ron Jeremy‘s. and contacted It has always been an emotional and ‘ shook with raw feeling, he told out his agent Mike Fsterman with a request for an interview He powerful experience for me, having lost M. W audience his wife had just passed away told me Ron charges $1,000 for a phone interview. I wrote back both parents to cancer before I tumed 22. f}: . ;. ' from cancer. He wanted to thank all the with more information about the column I wished to write, , it intensified again last year as my wife z; a doctors and nurses on staffat the hos~ and Esterman replied: “Ron will consider less than the others 1 was caring for a long time friend with ;3 ‘ . . pita] and also took a moment to thank pay at lk. but for you. $500." ‘ cancer and shepherding her dad through . 3 Ni his wife for the years they had and for No thanks Ron. I don't pay for interviews. treatment as well. . '* _ ' ' the gifts that she had given him. But for every interview request that doesn't pan out. there's Sadly, both those special people died g >,_ Itwasatouching moment for him. a successful one waiting just around the corner. as I was last summer. '._ _. y. of but for me it was much more. thrilled this past year to speak with artists like Randy Bach- I'he Poster Roy campaign ls really a 1 ' y I could feel things Welling up inside man, Dween'l Yappa. and Dan Aykroyd. ' team effort, Imolving all the staffat the ‘ _ me. I was, ofcourse, moved by his Then there was "i'Os teen sensation David (assidv, who kept l station and treiiiendotis amount of . devotion to his wife. But I was even me waiting for days. orin to give me 30 seconds of'his time to ; involvement from Diana and our daugh- ‘ BRIAN more honoured that he would mist me tell me he had to take his son to school and couldn't talk. ters { ‘ BOURKE ‘ enoughto tell his story How many of Waiting around for an interview can be frustrating. btit v“. "up!“ my imwm that can he 17 ., g - “r us are given that pnvtlege? when they do come through. the rewards can be immeasurar learned from thost' sad moments. I have I w gone through it many times hie. In the book The Art of Column Writing. Maura (Iasev of wen great courage lroin people who have undergone since then. last year, the Santi family came tip on The New York Times agrees, “There's no substitute for talking cancer treatment Ntrt-ngth and dignity not only in what would have been their son Luke's birthday. to somebody It's a pain. but the art of good writing is surprise. . those who have beaten the (liu'asa but also in those Someone will come down this weekend and tell and if you talk to people you will always be surprised and vou'll who have been told Ilit'Ir outlook is not positive, me a story I have not heard before. livery story has a be able to grab onto something for vour column." 4 All ofus value life and perhaps the value we place new heart. As I look ahead to future columns. with sortie possible on that can only be fully seen when we are forced to And every one of those gives me a boost as well. dream interviews on the horizon -â€" like famous cosmologist, face the prospect ofdeath, either our own, or that of It's a beliefthat. together. we can make a few little Stephen Hawking who will be visiting Waterloo this summer â€" I a loved one. good things into one big one. And I think. right now. can only hope years from now, I have the privilege once again Ihat is what affects me most (llll’lngth? Poster we need that more than ever. to reflect back on some great interviews, some not-so-great. Boy campaign. It's my privilege to meet and talk to “‘ “d qon“? that never happened. so many people who have been touched by cancer Brian Bourke. a member oldie ”5.3 KOO! FM I don't always hold it together very well on the air. morning new. can be reached by email at Marshall Ward is a visual artist and independent filmmaker, And I doiit think anyone With any compassion, or hmurteakmlfmmm. Email is udmme at marshal], unrdOhotmaiI.tYim. __ c“ , _k __. _M_-_ ..