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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-24, Page 2514 Page 6—Crossroads—Apr. 24, 1985 RESULTS you'll applaud with WANT ADS 412 OFF WALLPAPER BOOK ORDERS &Clair the paint and paper people aCONESTOGA WATERLOO TOWN SQUARE Waterloo (near K Mart) Waterloo (near K Mart) 886-2789. 886-3791 MALL A weekly news commentary Wan one of Cada* outatandizi‘ new* Personalties TH:E STOP PETER 11 el. <au AZIONLORMAN ton GLOBAL Wb Twice, recently, Quebec Liberals have risen in the House off Commons to ask about the proposed move off a government cartographic unit from Ottawa to Sher- brooke, in Quebec's Eastern ToWnships. The 'unit's fun- ction is to make maps for the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Department of Energy, Mines and Re- source. The move. was .first an- nounced almost eight years ago, At a time when the Tru- deau government was ruth- lessly decentralizing federal programs, as a way of spreading the wealth to the regions, and promoting bilingualism in the public service. Efficiency was, sometimes sacrificed, and such moves were hideously expensive, but, increased efficiency and cost-cutting were not the LibJral objec- tives. During question period, one MPP, said he had just learned that senior 'officials and some -Ottawa Tories were putting pressure on the government to reconsider the move from the capital to Sherbrooke. He • reminded the House that during the election campaign, Mr. Mul- roney had promised that the move would take place. Robert Layton, the Minister off State for Mines, has made it, clear that the government is taking a second look at the whole question. No wonder. A few months ago, in a plain brown envelope, I received what appeared to be a government document on the projected relOcation,1 which indicated ' that it would cost at least $100 million, not the $70 mil- lion being talked about in the Commons. The document says that the arguments sup- porting the move are almost entirely political. And it cited some of the reasons against it. In the first place, the move would be certain to increase. duplication of government effort in the survey g and mapping field. Secondly, be- cause the new office would be a French -language opera- tion, an estimated 75 per cent of the current professional staff would resign, thus breaking up a good team in a highly specialized field. And thirdly, because the car- tographic staff relies heavily on services provided by other departments, , in Ottawa, and -will rely on a new mapping satellite ground station in nearby Gatineau, moving the unit 200 miles away" would be counterproductive insanity. Or at least so reads the dOcu- ment sent me by some dis- grunted mapmaker. There may be good'argu- 'ments supporting the move that were ignored in the document I got, but they would have to .be .very good arguments to support. the ex- penditure of another hun- dred million dollars of our money,. especially now. 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I have recently pur- chased an old home that dates back to the turn of the century. Unfortunately, it is not in very good repair and will take extensive remodel- ing to bring it up to the standards that 1 would like. I do, however, plan to re- decorate. My plan is to cover over badly scarred walls and floors instead of replacing them. The rooms are fairly small and there is a limited amount of natural light. Please help me plan my redecorating so 1 will know 'where to start and what to avoid. When I am finished want a traditional home that will allow me to use the few antiques 1 have.—R.V. A. You can do wonders by applying wall coverings to badly flashed walls and new carpeting on the floor. If your rooms are small, you might consider window coverings fashioned from the same pattern you use in the wall coverings. This will pro- vide some visual spacious- ness. Repeat the print fabric again in the room — maybe on a chair or a table cover- ing. Select a small sofa that won't overpower your room. Add a pair of lightly scaled, wood -frame chairs for auxiliary seating. Add a small freestanding .screen covered in the wallcover- ing's print to block from view any portions of the room you consider below par. And add plenty of artificial lighting in table and floor lamps and even tiny ceiling spots, if possible. When you do remodel, you should give attention to increasing .the natural lighting in the room through larger windows, French doors or even sky- lights, if those would not de- tract too much from the architecture of your home, Q. I have a rather Oriental bedroom set and a few ac- cessories that I have brought from Japan. I would like to improve the look of my room by making the bedroom more Oriental. How could that be done?—T.W. A. Perhaps you could do some architectural things such as adding shogi-type screens at the windows and even on your bed wall for the effect they can create. Use a white wall color and select white shogis with traditional black frames. Use what Japanese accessories you have and supplement as needed. For your bed, you might like a soft, restrained color in a silk or simulated silk fashioned, into a trailored spread with large, stacking - type pillows in a slightly deeper or lighter shade than the.bedspread. Keep the decoratiops slightly restrained. A hand- some single Japanese flower arrangement on a built-up platform .in the room could be far more effective than lots of Oriental articles massed together. Q. We have recently moved to a new home and I think my dream may come ture to finally have a country English bedroom. Years ago when I was a student in Britain I fell in love with the soft pastels of English rooms. Although my new bedroom is hardly palatial in size, I still want to get started on this fantasy. I want a sunny look and I'm not set on any particular color combina- tion. Please help me wonder visualize what I wan.—L.V. A. 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