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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 27 Oct 1976, p. 2

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Pager 2 - Watermo Chroetickt, Wednesday, October 27, NN - Obi! 502 - Single play auto tltt and with a cart of equal quality. a souhd second to none. V SEE TTIE WM. " NATURAL mono giawral db ct/Was,-, WM. ttlttrttIffCrt0ttntlrltBuat " OFFER vou THIS YEAR (Continued from pap tt couldn't find any women employed in trades like carpentry, electrician or plumber. These occupa- tions are not unsuited for worrien and they pay well," Mrs. McIntosh said. Most women described in the book are K-W res- idents but the committee had to go outside the two cities to find a theatre designer, dentist and architect. - _ "Other than those. most of the women live in Kitchener-Waterloo and can be contacted by guid- Book provides career models for' girls (Continued from page 1 l the creek in its present state and maintained that relocation of the creek would destroy the lake and creek flow. Mr. Lemon asked coun- oil to reconsider its plans to encourage housing de- velopment in the Clair Creek watershed. nice departments for further ittfttematiott. We haveaiormsitmedbyucttotthemsayingtitey will be willing to talk to girls about their careers." In addition to copies of the books. guidance counsellors haveheen supplied with the phone numbers and addresses of the women who appear in the book. On request. this information is sup- plied to interested girls by high school guidance counsellors. . Women who appear in the book were contacted by the 100 Alternatives committee and asked to fill out questionnaires about their educational background and careers. This material was lager written in a bright. journalistic style by Mrs. Mc- Intosh. The book also contains pictures of some of the women engaged in their everyday duties. "We realize that the book does not give all the details on the careers described. It's not a full def- inition of all the professions. ICs sort of a mind- stimulating hint. After girls read it they will have to go and find out more information on the topic." "It's not too late to re- consider land use for this property,') he said. - ’ Peter King, a member of the special committee and a resident of Beech- wood Glen, publicly ex- pressed his support of the committees report. Melvin Code. manager of planning,' engineering In its. revised subdivision plan Freure, has 'kept the same number of dwelling units and density rates as its original proposal but has redesigned the sub- division to allow the pres- rervation of a woodlot and open space. Lot sizes for the single family units (have been reduced from 6,500 square feet to 5,000 square feet Mr. Code said. and land development for Freure Homes Ltd., told council Monday that his company has added a third road access to its subdivi- sion plans to alleviate traffic problem fears of Beechwood residents. Mr. Code promised coun- cil that his company would "protect discharge points into the creek and main- tain present creek flows to the best of our ability." But he refused to accept complete responsibility for the future of Clair Creek. Future housing develop- ments upstream from the Parkdale Plaza K. Albett and Hazel St.. Waterloo Two hundred copies of the book have been pre- pared and distributed to libraries and guidance departments in the Twin Cities. It is looseleat style so that extra pages and careers can be add- "rm still collecting unusual professions. I've got a museum curator and a small appliance re- pair woman. However, I'm still looking for the electrician and the plumber." smiled Mrs. Mc- lntosh. “I feel the places are there for girls to go if they're mentally and emotionally prepared...But girls have many subtle things to overcome. There isn't one factor you can put the blame on (for more'giris not entering professional careers) but there’s a multitude of little things.” . Mrs. “elated: aid. . Although he doesn't (legume herself as a tem- inist. Mrs. McIntosh behaves a book like 100 Ai- tematives is necessary to help young girls "de- velop fully as persons“. Freure proposal would play a bigger role in chang- ing the creek flow than his company's proposal Mr. Code said. Freure will accept re- sponsibility for maintain-, ing existing stream flows on a cost basis proportion- al to the amount of land it owns. One hundred and thirty acres of urbanized development around the Clair Creek also plays a role in reducing creek flow and residents must accept a proportional share of responsibility for _ this Mr. Code said. "We feel it's grossly un- fair to make a victim ot this subdivision for a situ- ation of which everyone is a party," Mr. Code said. Councillors made no comment Monday dn the special committee report but asked the city planner and administrative com- mittee to prepare a report on the committee's rec- ommendations. 'RESTAURANT, 885-0580

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