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Revised Freure subdivision gets - special committee majority support Two more people run for council A compromise subdivi- sion plan by Freure Homes Ltd. proposed for 30 acres along the Clair Creek has been accepted by the ma- jority of members on a special committee of Beech- wood residents, city staff and Freure represents tives. The committee was set up last spring after resi- dents of the Beechwood Glen, Downs and Park areas . expressed opposi- tion to the subdivision at a public meeting May 17. m its report to council committee Monday the special committee made the following recommend- ations: 3. That a proposed town- house project, re-located on the west side of a wood- lot area is acceptable. 1. That .the revised Freure subdivision plan would appear to minimize traffic problems caused by the development. 2. That patio style single family homes are accept- able in the Beechwood area. Two more Waterloo resi- dents tossed their hats into the political arena this week as they declared intentions to run for council. - Six merchants are named to core committee Jim Beecher a divisional advertising manager for Electrohome, and Blake Hull, an elementary school teacher who works in Cam- bridge, bring to 12 the number of candidates seek- ing council seats. Incumbent councillor Bob Henry also announced Mon- Six downtown Waterloo businessmen were appoint- ed Monday with council committee agreement to a downtown improvement area board of manage- ment, The board members im clude Steve Raynor. man- ager of Waterloo Square: Alan Rigby, of Rigby's House of Furniture. Bruce Burns of Schendels: Owen Palmateer. manager of the Royal Bank: William Eckert, manager of Pepi's Pizza: and Richard Biggs. alawyer Council's representative on the board will be the chairman of the city's plan- Waterloo chronicle 121st Year No. 43 4. That if the Clair Creek is relocated in the Freure plan, care should be taken to retain the four existing discharge areas to main- tain existing creek flows. 5. That provision be made to augment minimum flows in Clair Creek in order to maintain Clair Creek, if necessary. 6. That council under- take a’study of the Clair Creek watershed to ex- amine measures necessary to handle projected mini- mum and maximum flows after urbanization with the goal of keeping Clair Lake from deteriorating. However, not all mem- bers of the special com- mittee agreed with the majority report. Setteral minority reports were presented to council com- mittee Monday. Hugh Lemon, 349 Craig- leith Dr., presented a 64- name petition from Beech- wood Glen and Down resi- dents objecting to the Freure proposal. He also urged council to preserve (Continued on page 2) day that he will seek re-elec- tion. He is a nine-year vet- eran of council. Mr. Beecher who lives at 90 Amos Ave., is current- ly a director of K-W Oktx> berfest Inc. and cxrchair- man of the Oktoberfest Parade Committee. He also works behind the scenes for the Cansave Poor Boy Luncheon. His past community in- volvement has included (Continued on page 3) ning and development com- mittee. A week ago, council agreed in principle with a Waterloo Downtown Busi- nessmen's Association re- quest to increase the pres- ent downtown improve- ment levy, A bylaw legal- izing this increase is pres- ently being drafted by city staff and has not yet been presented to council for approval. The board of manage- ment. appointed Monday. will administer the money collected by the levy and draft plans for downtown Improvement. Wednesday, October 27, 197B A book designed to "stretch the imaginations of girls choosing careers" was formally introduced to the K-W community last week by the K-W branch of the Federation of University Women. “100 Alternatives" aims to broaden girls' horizons Entitled 100 Alternatives, the book features thumbnail sketches of 100 local women who have unusual occupations. Careers described in the book run the gamut from butcher, taxi driver and translator to poet, author and geologist. The initial idea for 100 Alternatives germinated during International Women's Year (lWYl when the K-W club was searching for an IWY project. In its finished format of 115 pages, the book is the culmination of one year's work for the K-W University Women's Club and the book's author Frances McIntosh of Kitchener. "We were looking for an lWY project and it was suggested that a guidance counselling book for girls would be a good idea. We consulted local guidance counsellors and they said they could use such a book. So we applied for an lWY grant and began the project," said Frances McIntosh, of 36 Cloverdale Cres, Kitchener. From the beginning, the aim of the book was to provide girls with a reference book describing some unusual career possibilities open to them. "lt's kind of a browsing book, We hope girls will pick it up and expand their career horizons. They still often get stuck in nursing and secretarial work," said Mrs. McIntosh. Frances McIntosh of " Cloverdale Cres. and a committee of six K-W University Women‘s Club members have compiled a career guide for girls entitled 100 Alternatives. " features thumbnail sketches of 100 women in the K-W area. By Mary Stupart Waterloo. Ontario Most pamphlets and books in guidance offices that. deal with professional careers are aimed strictly at boys not girls says Mrs. McIntosh. - "Books about engineering careers never have pictures of women on the front of them... I went and looked at material available for girls and was very disappointed to find mostly business college material and nursing school brochures directed at girls... I sort of felt it was a very limited amount of material and a narrow interest field." 100 Alternatives attempts to provide girls with alternative role models of successful and attrac- tive women who have "made it" in professional fields. "We felt the people in the book represented very attractive role models that girls might want to be in the future. I feel role models are very necessary for girls who want to go into unusual careers. Girls feel much more confident in trying something if they have a successful. attractive career model." Mrs. McIntosh said. Finding women employed in 100 different pro iessioiis in the K-W area wasn't always an easy task for Mrs. McIntosh and her committee of Lisa Avedon. Mary Copp, Nancy Francis. Marjorie Geiger, Mary Elizabeth Hearn, and Marie Le- Lievre. . "The occupations we left out are more signifi- cant than the ones we put in,.. If you made up a list of occupations and tried to get men employed in them it would be easier than women. We (Continued on page 2) 10 Cents