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Gives 82,000 a month w,,,)'),,)' i W“; ", to Project Lift tilll sprin g .Ns -r..--r-s"' j The organization, which provides transportation and personal assistance for the physically disabled, told council the Multiple Scler- osis Society is willing to raise $12,000 for the pur~ Project Lift will receive $2,000 a month from the City of Waterloo for operat- ing expenses until the 1976 city budget is set next March or April, council decided Monday night. chase of a third van if the Cities of Kitchener and Wa- terloo make a commitment to pay for its operating and maintenance expenses. Waterloo’s share of the cost would be $23,098 for one year. ocouncil decided Monday night, however, not to make a commitment to support the project un- til the budget comes up in March or April of next year. "We're leaving these people completely up in the air." said Ald. Marjorie Carroll. "They don't know if they have our support or not. It's a dreadful position tobeleft in." Representative of Pro- ject Left, Nancy Hodgson, told The Chronicle yester- day "Waterloo has given us added fuel to the drive. Council did commit them- selves to a certain extent because the $2,000 is based on our new 1976 budget which allows for expansion of the service." She said the MS. Society will go ahead with the fund- raising project. "Waterloo is not guaran- teeing anything but if we come up with the van, how can they not support it. Surely council won't just let it sit there," she said. Resident requests stricter dog by-lat Mrs. Hodgson added that if Waterloo supports Pro- ject Lilt's position. then Although a Waterloo resi- dent complained to Waterloo council about his neigh- bour's "trained killer dog," no city action can be taken until the new dog by-law is passed, spring Allan Glinz. of 420 Hill- side SC. told council, "The problem is not dogs running at large. they're endanger- ing life and limb." He said his neighbour. owns four dogs .. one Bouvier de Flan- ders, two German sheperds and one poodle. plus pups. The Bouvier de Flanders. although training to be a guard dog, has also been described as a "killer dog“. "This dog gets loose and runs on the road as well as on our property, which in turn is scaring my children and endangering them." said Mr Glinz. Although he's taken the neighbour to court. the fine was only for the duration of a year, The Humane Society has been contacted, but "there has been no noticeable results TR which may be next waterloo chronicle 120th Year No. 51 Betty Dahms, of 283 Beck- er St., Waterloo told coun- cil her daughter, who, has a Kitchener should same. rare bone disease is one of the many K-W handicap- ped residents who frequent- ly use the service. She said another van is desperately "They use the service to go to their jobs, doctor or dentist appointments, and going to school," she said. “The only problem is that the service doesn't have a daily routine. , , Mrs. Dahms said the need for the service is so great, that Project Lift cannot meet the demands of spread- ing its service. Recently. she and her daughter took a survey at Westmount Plaza for §upport for increased service for the handicap- "If we had more time we would have got twice the amount. There are too many handicapped people who are treated like second class citizens. A lot of these peo- ple are on reduced incomes and they can't go anywhere without it. so they have to stay at home." She also told council that taking taxis are not the answer to the problem, as drivers are not responsible for lifting heavy articles. Most drivers charge extra for putting the chair in the car, she says. "People definitely need the service. You can't put a price on it," she said. Mrs. Hodgson told coun- cil that Project Lift tries to restrict the service to peo- ple who need mechanical or personal assistance. although the van is set up to accommodate wheel- chairs. "The police advised us to file a complaint. as they have a three year history of dealing with him." Mr. Glinz, who's lived at his address for the past 20 years. says he doesn't want to move away just because of his neighbour who rents the property. He suggested that the present minimum penal- ty of $50 for dogs running at large should be substantially increased. Ald. Charles Voelker told council that the new dog by-law which should be completed in the near future would include the following: - the number of dogs per household will be limited to two or three. - dogs will have to be on a leash when not on their own property and will have to either be in an enclosed fenced area or on a leash on their own property. _ fines will be increased with the number of times a dog is taken to the pound. Wednesday, December 17, 1975 "We don't charge any- thing for the service, so we can leave ourselves open to charitable donations. Last year, it went up tremen- dously" said Mrs. Hodgson. "We haven't found a neces- sity yet to charge." Last year, relatives and users of the service donated $2,495. For an 11 month period, the number of trips increased by 4,681 and cli- "There must be at least some people who are able to pay their own way for this ttling," said Aid. Brian Turnbull. ents increaised 1311 from Nov. 30, 1974 to Nov. 30, 1975. Mrs. Hodgson said the major problem is that most people using the service are on disability pensions, and quite a few live in nurs- ing homes. "My feeling is that Pro- ject Left, which started as an experimental program has proved itself, and has proved that the service is meeting that need. We should look carefully at our finan- cial position," said Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney. In the last two years, Project Lift's budget has increased by more than $18,000 from $4,962 to $23,- 098in1976. "We've been warned not to go over the 10 per cent guideline," said Ald. Har- old Wagner. "Everybody's in the same boat, costs are going up all over, but we have to keep with the guide- line." Mrs. Hodgson replied, "Right now we're having a hard time working on this budget." "What if another group comes in and asks for ad- vanced funding before the I976 budget, we'll be in the same box again," said Ald. Marjorie Carroll. She asked Mrs. Hodgson to approach the MS. Society to ask for a delay in purchasing the van until council looks at the budget, However, Mrs. Hodgson said if money was raised in the spring, they would be "lucky" to get the van by the fall or winter. "We're an organization doing public transit, We're not doing charity work, we're doing necessary com- munity work. Aid. Bob Henry suggest- ed that a priority list should be made up at budget time and Project Lift should have a high position on the list. "If we can spend a quar- ter of a million dollars for gold plated roads, curbs and sidewalks, surely we can afford to subsidize this service," he said. “It has to be more expensive be- cause of the nature of it, but I tran't see looking at it with charitable organi- zations at budget time. " Ald. Charles Voelker said, “I think it's a very worthwhile cause, I would like to see support of the operation and maintenance and would like to see them get an interim amount." Soft toys specially made for deaf, blind children Dozens of stuffed ani- mais, felt hand puppets, noisy pull toys and wooden train cars are overflowing a room in the University of Waterloo school of archi- tecture building these days. waiting to light up the faces of deaf and blind children Two-year-old Sasha Elmitt enjoys playing with toys designed and constructed by first year architecture students at University of Waterloo. The toys will be distributed to deaf and blind children this Christmas at the Institute for the Deaf in Milton, Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto and local hospitals. Development plan rejected Despite an attempt to re- submit plans for a town- house project on Phillip Street, a Waterloo developer was told by council Monday night that the plans look the same. “It looks the same to me," said Ald. Mary Jane Mewhin- ney after hearing a presen- tation and seeing architec- tural sketches from the developer's architect. “It's no different from the origi- nal. I can't see any change at all." Council decided to submit the plans to city planner Richard Danziger for a report The development, owned by 288747 Ontario Ltd., was called an "army barracks" by council last month. The Waterloo, Ontario on Christmas morning The toys were designed and fabricated by first year architecture students as one of their first term as- signments. The aim of the project was to teach them how to design within a hu- man dimension. "We're trying to slim- ulate their self-awareness. perception and commun- ication techniques." sand Prof. Mike Elmm. of the school of architecture. "We‘re not toy designers. What we're trying to do IS to find out how people react to material. color and space." Many of the toys were de- signed specifically for blind and deaf children, although Prof . Elmitt emphasizes that "the ideal toy can satisfy every child“, Soft. fuzzy materials. bells and basic shapes were used in the construction of the toys so they would ap- peal to the child's senses of smell, touch and hearing, A soft. fuzzy banana, with zippers dowp 9t side so it can be peeled like a real one. and an elaborate puppet theatre with color- ful figures made of felt are examples of toys that can be enjoyed by both deaf and blind children. Most of the toys were made with bits of scrap wood, plastic tubing or cloth, Wood was a popular com struction material with the students because it is dur- able. easy to repair and safe for young children, "We found that most toys that you can buy today are very sophisticated. Ad- vertising seduces parents into buying these kinds of toys for their children but often they're not what the child really wants. A child will have just as much fun with a cardboard box, using his imagination," said Prof. Elmitt. The students tried to avoid constructing educational toys because "adults al- ways want to channel chil- dren into the things they think are best. They're of- ten not the best for the child." More than 60 toys were constructed by the students, They will be distributed to deaf and blind children at Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto and hospitals in southern Ontario. 10 Cents