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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Oct 1977, p. 8

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A new publishing com- pany, named Sand Hill: Books, Inc., has been form- ed in the Waterloo Region. President is Hildegard Ties- sen of Waterloo, formerly of Winnipeg. Mrs. Tiessen is also a part-time instruc- tor in English literature at Wilfrid Laurier Univer- Water/0‘0 woman heads ne w publishing firm P..- a - WM” maniac, m, new 19. 1911 Area Volunteers to attend conference The second National Conference of Volunteer Bureaux and Centres is being held in Ottawa from Oct. 18 until Oct. 20. Pamela Loucks. mem- ber of the Board of Direc- tors of the Ontario Associa- tion of Volunteer Bureaux and Centres and Gloria Taylor, coordinator of Volunteers of the Kitch- ener-Waterloo Central Vol- r The Finest In " Handcrafted ( Clocks at ( FACTORY-IMPORTED; L DIRECT Pansy OUR PRICE (TO YOU rm canonical? £28 Gage Ave. at View Phone 57$1B10 Size: tCH tt 20"W x11" tCEriiEIr2TE Vine "CARMEL" " PM 653-15“ Open Mon -Sat, 9-5 A 1453 King St. E (at ammo) $1095 -Sat 9-5 The title of the first book is People Apart: Portrait of T a Mennonite World in Waterloo County. Ontario. Most of the 56 black-and- The first two publications are based on the selected visual art-work of two pro- fessional photographers. sity unteer Bureau will repre- sent the K-W area. Delegates will represent volunteers working in a variety of fields. from routine volunteer jobs to challenging and creative work. All represent Teo- ple helping people'. The conference is plan- ned by the Canadian Com- mittee on Volunteerism and is funded by the Citi- zenship Branch of the Sec- retary of .State Department. Workshops will be held to emphasize better skills in management of volun- teer centres. Grant Maxwell, a well known social Journalist. will speak on “In Chang- ing Timer' - the confer- ence theme. . COMPTON MOTORS no. A DON’T USE _hiJ"A'l' '.b..,r- -. Cjiriflji, GAS Ask about our Exclusive 3 a 4 year lease plans. _ SEE, DRIVE & BUY the 632 VICTORIA ST. NORTH, kiTCHENER, ONT. 576-1370 , This car has a quality that gets more valuable every day. It needs no gasoline. It's a Diesel. But not just any Diesel - it's a Mercedes-Benz. The Mercedes-Benz 300 Diesel. It's also unusually reliable and has one of the cleanest burning engines in any car. Want to save gas? We have the solution. f 3!. Just Seconds Ott the Parkway at Frederick St . . a. l 'r"y.)ws. 3.11547. fs. A t ' n; ' . v 'J' ' l"e Vs""s,r'r, Mercedes-Benz 5001). Diesel at white photographs are from the collection started by David L. Hmsberger of str Jacobs over thirty years ago. The written text is based on the extensive re- search of Dr. J. Winfield Fretz, University of Wa- terloo sociologist and, un- til recently, president of the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. The book. 112 pages in length, is being published this October in a suit-cover edition. A limited cloth- bound edition will be avail- able in November. The photographs of the second book are from the work of the late Peter Rem- pel. studio photographer. Taken in Russia both be- fore and after the 1917 re- volution, the photographs were brought to Canada by Rempel's family when they fled from Russia in 1923. This book will trepublished in ma. . The Laughing Horse Gal- lery of St. Jacobs, Ontario has been appointed Canadi, an distributor of Sand Hills books. The books will be available at local book- stores, gift-shops, and at the Laughing Horse Gal- lery itself. J', " but t3A,,t, w4,. Family Y to discuss ways to healthy back The Waterloo Family Y is starting the second ses- sion of 'The Y's Way to a Healthy Back.' Classes will be held Mon- "itdegard Timon Fimess.tr-rhmoymsknowi6rigbc days and Wednesdays from eight p.m. until nine p.m.. tor six weeks starting Oeto- ber26th. Interested persirns are invited to register immedi- ately. For further infor- mation phone Fred Curren at 885-3500. Mr. Hunsberger. question- T 1fyou had k. ed how the proposed bylaw to walk to war would be enforced. She said :ould you make it? the city could be in an "em- -- barrassing“ position if an , scumunED mans l SEMI-PERMANENT 1 l LASHES. MANIcunEs & PEDICURES‘ 241 KING SEW, SUITE N0. 10 DOWNTOWN KITCHENER Tr,eCar-mo--ort-soeess The Foundation consists of fifteen directors. each being a representative of an organized heritage-oriented group or a number elected by them. Its purpose is to act as a funding and a supporting group, not as a program-setting organization. The objective of the Foundation is to assist in the preservation of our heritage, culture, historic buildings, and objects of historical significance. For additional information and a copy of the brochure 'Person to Person', please telephone tttM5-tM93. 742-232I NWvawou WATERLOO REGIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION Reggie Loo Speaks Out with Waterloo Regional Gammon! Smokers may be banned in city - “'1 think people are hung up on enforcement." Mr, Hunsberger said. "Its an educative thing . ' ' this is the desirable effect. .. Mr. Hunsberger. quoting the city of Toronto's bylaw. which was passed earlier this year. said it was up to employees and manage- ment of public places to en- force the smokggg bart.pr refuse service to smoking customers. City council committee Monday night again toyed with the idea of banning the heathen tobacco, and seem to be gathering more fuel for their fire in promot- ingthesmoking ban. If this failed. the police could be called in, he said. Mayor Marjorie Carroll said she was notified that the president of the Non- Smokers Rights Associa- tion. Gar Mahood. from Toronto. wants to speak to council before any action is taken. Smokers may be gasping their last when it comes to puffing in public places in Waterloo. . Aid. Mary Jane Mewhin- ner' while agreeing with Mr. Hunsberger. question- ed how the proposed bylaw would be enforced. She said barrassing" position if an anti-smoking bylaw came into effect but wasn't en- forced. He noted that the munici- pal act is "too general" in what it says can and can't be done to contain smokers. adding that other Ontario municipalities have passed smoking bylaws, but none have been tested in the However. he urged the city to get moving quickly on its own on-the matter. hoping the city of Kitchener would follow step with similiar measures. “One could imagine the situation if in one munici- pality bordering another smoking was permitted in one and in the other it was not.” Anti T smoking lobbyist Albert Hunsberger re- appeared before council- lors and lauded their ef- forts to study a smoking ban bylaw. No.6inaselies

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