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. News and View: _ Professional development day Friday Nearly 60 geography teach- ers from Waterloo County went back to school last Friday, complete with a long ride in an uncomfortable school bus. The program. part of the professional development day activities. included a tour of some of the areas of the region of greatest con- cern in the preparation of the regional official policies plan. First thing Friday morning the geographers got to see two films about flooding. One was the Grand River Conservation Authority's film One Day In May, con- cerning the May 17 flood lastyear. The other concerned flood plain management in the southern United States. Of the two, the local film was clearly of more specific interest to the teachers but the American film provided some interesting background to the type of flood plaid management that the GRCA is attempting to develop at present. After the films. the teach- ers piled into two school buses for their tour of the region. ' The tour could have been very enlightening. if only they could have seen out the windows. Unfortunately, only a few had the forethought to go out and clean the layers of mud of the windows before the buses got underway. About two minutes into the run everyone else real- ized their mistake but by then' it was too late. It was with great difficulty that the geographers manag- ed to catch a. glimpse of the struggle between man and the environment as developers vied with environmentally sensitive areas in many parts of the region. . Examples of rural strip development were pointed out between St. Agatha and Petersburg. Examples of the rural areas the regional planners would like to see developed were also pointed out. These included the small hamlets such as Mannheim or existing towns such as Elmira and New Hamburg. The contradictions of some of the environmentally sensi- tive areas were also pointed out. For example, the Baden sand hills can be considered an area worth saving or simply a massive deposit of sand and gravel to be exploited. Just what did the teachers gain from the tour, Not a great deal, Most of them would have liked to have discussed sev- eral of the areas in detail, Some of the environment- ally sensitive areas deserved a little more than passing comment. They would have liked to have known the reasons these areas are known as environ- mentally sensitive areas. BY John Lockio Uncomfortable school bus part of teachers' learning Regional councillors were not impressed with an Ontario government offer to get in on a provincial seat-belt eampaign--par- ticularly the invitation to pay part of the cost. At what point do these areas lose out in priority to the pressure pf developers moving in to the area? Not impressed with sign costs Ontario government offer Councillors were miffed to get in on a provincial that the province will seat-belt campaign-par- supply reminder signs free ticularly the invitation to to businesses along high- pay partof the cost. ways, but that municipali- Engineering committee ties would be expected to decided last week to disre- pay for them. I SSST o e e My favorite rabble rousing creation is the belief that women are fine, in the kitchen but when it comes to the gourmet side of the stove men are the creative mortals. Usually the babblings-on cause about as much excitement as a public meeting on the Region's official plan. But last week a story on the outrageous slaughter- ing of the harp seals certainly aroused the masses to say the least. Letters. signatures and telephone calls poured in by the hundreds and they are still coming. Susan Demerst. a Waterloo student, had already mustered close to 250 signatures from students and wanted posters and brochures to enhance her cam- paign. Another student, Brenda Clemens of Hespeler, laid out the same plans. Hundreds more were anxious to sign a document and rest assured I will pass your names along to those who are campaigning to save these furry little friends. And if there was any faith whatsoever lost in mankind. this past week has re- stored every drop plus some. Thank you. Remember the good old days when you got the landlord to fix anything - just by threatening to move? An editorial last week pro-the use of the strap within our school system brought the beast out in one Waterloo reader. The gentleman pictured me as a barbaric tyrant who would stop nothing short of using a guillotine if necessary. Rest assured. sir, I merely feel the strap should not be banned in schools. Most dictionaries cite "corporal punishment" as "flogging" and that's going a bit too far. But as an example out New Hamburg way there were four instances of the strap being used during the whole year u, this out of a total of 840 students. And also remember it is school board policy for the principal to submit a record of any form of corporal punishment handed out in his school. A survey (for what surveys are worth) over in Cambridge recently showed 52 of 85 business people felt the relationship between police and the public has deteriorated smce regional policing began, A recent arrival from England, now living in Cam- bridge (Preston) gave his view: "In our day. one took one's deserved punishment like a man, Any guilt over the offence was purged and one was Free again. There never was resentment, Character was eventu- ally moulded." v, Thus us not an isolated case throughout our Region, What tS the answer? Should the police board hire one good public relations man or 400 good public relations policemen? "The deterioration has come abbut -mamiy be- cause of slow, impersonal service." results showed. _ By Jack Mills Briefs from the region There were several vague looking for something they comments about pressure for would be able to pass along development on the tour. to their classes. Most of all they were They really did not (man. gard Ontario Transporta- tion Minister John Bhodes' request to install cam- paign signs along regional roads. Want policies on growth Waterloo Region wants to know the province's plans for the future, but it doesn't want to hear about them only in direc- lives. While council's plan- ning and development committee Tuesday en- dorsed most of Ottawa- Carleton Region resolution calling for land use and development policies from the province, the commit- tee balked at accepting them in the form of minis- try directives. Aid. Alan Barron of Kitchener compared the resolution asking for the directives to "asking a mantotie his own noose." Vote in favor joining CUPE K Waterloo Region office and technical staff voted Thursday 79 per cent in favor of joining the Cana- dian Union of Public Em- ployees (CUPE). The vote was 97 in favor and 23 opposed. A total of 144 were eligible to vote. The Region is ready to discuss negotiations with the union in about two weeks provided that the Ontario Labor Relations Board confirms the result. Larry Lewis, regional per- sonnel director, said today. A proposal for a cost-of- living raise for office work- ers was due to go to coun- cil in the next few weeks but it will now be delayed until the union has a chance to negotiate. Airport group names chairman The 1975 Waterloo-Well- ington Airport commis- sion named Kitchener in- surance man Robert Brown its chairman Thursday. The new commission held its first meeting be- hind closed doors. but will hold a regular meeting next Thursday. "We wanted to get some advance discussion of bud- get matters," said Ald. 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