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. Students need home in city w. ities would prefer a "grid sys- Scheiiele said someofficialsalso Counculorfand Scheilele were tem"of water supply. . . with wat- feel the most practical way of uncertain in what the cotgt dis- er being sold by the system to the looking at the water problem is to tribution would have been on the municipalities at an equitable have a water system embracing OWRC proposal, prepared by l assessment. supplies for Kitchener, Waterloo, consulting engineering firm, Proc- Noting the government has of- Preston, Galt, Hespeler and tor and Redfern. fered a 15 percent cost subsidy on Guelph. That way the "haves" "The report didn't say who we _ . . . , . . . piping from Lake Erie, but none on could help the aquatic "have- would pay for building that pipe- 1 costs to bring water from Georg- nots". line, or who would own it when it v a 31‘ an mule 3 TH About 300 invitations were sent out inviting the senior citizens in the general area of the church " the afternoon meeting. A storm in the early noon did not keep away the 80 who turned out. The first of the informal group emeetings of the senior citizens was held at St. John's Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St. on Sept. 8. 'PUC chairman vetoes Erie water plan " Anyone who knows of a homey boarding home is asked to call the Board and ask for Mr Mark. So far three boarding homes have been found but two more are needed. The two who need homes for the school term are a boy and a girl. They will both be going into grade 11. Golden agers say central home needed The meeting was planned by Bernard Isaacksz, senior citizens co-ordinator. following a program planning committee meeting at the community services board last month. It is the first of a series of meetings to be held at different churches in the city. The meeting started with three five minute speeches. Mrs. Kudoba of the drop-in-centre said, "For too many years the senior citizens have been the persons forgotten. but all this will be changed now." She went on to say that we are all involved, whether we like it or not, in the change. The meals-on-wheels will not start Oct. 1 as previously planned, said Mrs. Jackson Close. co-Ord" nator of that committee. Reno- vations at Sunnyside Home where the meals are prepared is the holdup. Finding student accommodation is a problem finds the Waterloo County Board of Education who is assisting the Indian Affairs Department in finding homes for five Indian students, Mrs. Rush, of the Jolly Old- He said most of these municipal- ities would prefer a "grid sys- tem" of water supply. . . with wat- er being sold by the system to the municipalities at an equitable assessment. Noting the government has of- fered a 15 percent cost subsidy on piping from Lake Erie, but none on costs to bring water from Georg- Waterloo council unanimously voted Tuesday evening to veto the proposal the city water supply be drawn from Lake Erie. The use of Lake Erie as a source had been strongly. urged by the On- tario Water Resources Commis- sion. Council's decision to look else- where for additional water came following a presentation by pub- lic utilities commission chairman Howard Scheifele, _ Scheifele noted almost all mun- icipalities to which the OW RC sug- gestion (of using Lake Erie) had been made, and who are north of Brantford, have objected to it. One person suggested that the oldsters should have a newsletter or a program sheet of some kind to be delivered to all senior citi- zens in Waterloo, letting them know what is going on each day, week or month. Two Waterloo women have been appointed convenors of the Hamil- ton Diocesan Council of the Ca- tholic Women's League of Canada. A need was felt for interesting and educational programs as well as entertainment. A reoccurring note among the groups was a need to mingle and meet people other than the ones in the im- mediate group. Six group spokesmen were se- lected from the discussion groups. In a recent announcement. Mrs. old plumber strike collapsed when WJ O'Brien. president of the the bargaining teams were unable Hamilton branch, named Mrs. to resolve the complicated travel WI' Bird'and Mrs. A Schnarr and board allowance issue. social. economic and civic life and - * q organization convenors respective- Sept. 4. An Ottawa woman ly, stole five rings from a Waterloo One idea that came out of the discussions was a need for a cen- tral apartment home with a huge room which would double as a dining room or a recreation room: rent in such an apartment should be gaged according to the occupants income. The people at the meeting were formed into six discussion groups. Rev. Conrad, pastor of St. Jolin's and retired pastor Rev. Roberts participated in the discussions. Kenneth Pflug. community ser- vices board administrator and Rio Caron, recreation superin- tendent circulated in the groups as did Bernard lsaacksz. A safety officer from the police department was present to help with the safety program and answer questions. stars. invited anyone interested for a three-day group trip to northern Ontario. Her group is the oldest self supporting club in Ontario. On CWL executive “The Grand River could be drawn from as a supplementary supply. . . for a few weeks each summer. Restrictions could be placed on water usage for a brief period each year. It's not nec- essary to draw from Lake Erie or to go to the expense, at the present time. of drawing from Lake Huron or Georgian Bay. " ian Bay or Lake Huron, Scheifele said, '"Ney're trying to force us to take our water from Lake Erie, and we're not ready. We still have an adequate supply for at least the next 12 to 15 years. Tests in the Shantz Well area indicate there may be a good supply of wat- er there. Negotiations in the three-week- old plumber strike collapsed when the bargaining teams were unable to resolve the complicated travel and board allowance issue. Dr. Burt C. Matthews, Univer- sity of Waterloo president said that the U. of W. has dropped the plans to develop a teachers col- lege, since the province has no plans to move the Stratford college here. Waterloo's week in retrospect Senior Citizens discuss future plans at first community meeting Councillorrand Scheifele were uncertain in what the cost dis- tribution would have been on the OWRC proposal, prepared by consulting engineering firm, Proc- tor and Redfern. “The levels from which the two wells draw water are different.” Scheifele explained. "One munic- ipal well has been extremely close to a farm well for years. No prob- lems have arisen. Aid. Korninek wondered if the drilling of artesian wells would effect private farm supplies of water. "We could extend our use of present systems for the next 20 years. . . until something con- structive comes from Toronto." he said. Amian wells can also be used to augment municipal water sup- plies. The art exhibition of the Ontario Architecture design award started in the auditorium of the Waterloo Public Library, Sept. 6. Vandals did $150 damage to the rabbit pens at Waterloo Park and stole six rabbits. Some- Sept. S. The Waterloo Public Library invited all children to visit with Pinocchio and his friends at the library, home was remanded to trial next week. WATERLOO, ONTARIO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1970 - 10c “Then all of our thoughts mean nothing? " Scheifele queried. No definite answer was given. Scheifele also noted he asked an OWRC representative about the feasibility of drawing water from the Grand River. The represents tive told him the commission would inform Waterloo whether or not water could be drawn from the river, or if Lake Erie is a com- pulsory matter. " a piepline did have to be Quilt, the meeting noted, land ac- quisition costs north to Georgian Bay would be far less than down to Lake Erie. t One thing aldermen digger, is whether or not the p vincial government will find ways to en- force their wishes of where Kit- chener-Waterloo will draw its wat- er from. Several members wondered if steps would be taken to make a pipeline to Lake Erie the only an- swer for a thirsty city. was completed. " Sept. 8. A senior citizen group meeting was held at St. John's Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St. One of the best Labour Day par- ades started from the Waterloo Square to Kitchener city hall. Sept. T. Four month old Jason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mc- Connelly of 530 Spruce Hill Ave. won the Labor Day baby contest at the Central Ontario Exhibition, one also broke into the animal food house at the park.