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_ ( "-itibiir. 'iiiii'iiiiii, _riitfiiri"iiyetar"itentariiar trnteiita"piit officials _ In. " - mm» Ctteortte%yltedretw. bt-ttter 30. 1.71 - “For too long, local gov- ernments have been regard- ed as very junior partners in the political process. Their scope and responsibi- The, provincial Liberal lities have expanded he- party has come out in, ta- yood anything which could war of three-year term: for have been envisageq a gen- elected municipal represen- eration ago. tatives. "Their budgets are enor- Waterloo North MPP Herb 'mous - as are their budge- Epp. the Liberals inter- tary problem. That they governmental affairs critic. should be constrained and said last week his party restricted by a tworyear will table an amendment term is an anachronism in. to the Municipal Elections thisday and age." . “Municipal governments have to contend with very complex issues and in many instances the programmes which they undertake ne- cessitate long-term plan- ning and long term financ- ing." said Mr. Epp in a pres_s release. _ _ will table an amendment to the Municipal Elections Act adding an additional year to the current two- year term. Mr. Epp_cited the need for municipal councils to have more' time for plan- ning and saving money from numerous elections as the reasons for the proposal. Municipal government is becoming very complex and councils "should have more time to plan ahead," Mr. Epp explained in an interview. Drmtitt-seemtrqttiitRoomttttt PANT SUTS. WINTER COATS. FUR COATS. DRESSES, GOWNS " Church St. Kitchen“ New & My New f Fashions OmnTm- 10006 Ruhr“. Tol.744-5611 Since federal and, pro- vincial legislatures usually sit for at least three-year periods, extending " the municipal term "would fa- cilitate relations betwéen provincial, federal and local governments. while intergovernmental pro- grammes would be more effective and almost cer- tainly more efficiently ad- ministered." People are fed up with the Costs of elections which would be reduced if munici- pal contests were held every three years instead of every twonfeels Mr. Epp. "During this time of fi- nancial restraint, reducing the number of elections will save Ontario taxpayers millions of dollars. .. As an example. instead of five municipal electiom every 10 years, there would only be three. ' Critics argue the longer terms would discourage some residents from run- ning for council. "rm pre- pared to accept that. but only as a very minor as- pect," Mr. Epp responded. Although the longer term may discourage some pros- pective candidates. Mr. Epp doesn't see it having a significant effect. .He pointed out most candi- dates for local office run with the intention of serving at least two terms, or four years. anyway. Mr. Epi, atsio feels the pub- Parkdale Pharmacy HOURS lie perception at tt impot- tamed municipa eléctions tem of office were cub- greater voter lama. The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation is inviting people to come and tour the Joseph Schnei- der Home at 466-468 Queen St. s. in Kitchener. on Sunday December 4th 1977, from 2-5 p.m. People will see the home. built in 1 820, in the rough (before restoration) and thus see some of the structural features of it. The Heritage Foundation bought the home in 1975 and plans to restore it to'a living museum depicting the life and times of an --open- Monday toSat'urday 9 am - 9 pm Schneider House tour Sunday 12 noon - 6 open 7 days a week. . that last August ii: Aud- ciation of Municipalities in Ontario IAMO) endorsed early 1850's Pennsylvania Ger- man farmhouse and its family. Students will be able to do weav- ing. cartdterttakirtg and soapmalk ing " well as cooking at a recon- structed cooking fireplace. To date, this is the most ambitious undertaking of the foundation. Hopefully. in a year's time the work will be completed and the people who come on this tour will notice quite a change when they see it restored. for the first time throe- 'sie"iealtties have four-year year team. guns. _FotttteovirtqtMtttsite. 'Pyttftfr.P, J“? "t tttre-ter-ttite New-‘ ni*taiitiets at!) ttyr-re.? (mum and Quebec am for cities. while Prince Ed- ward Island/Eu "ro-year '""""'"'"""'""'""""'""1 terms except for Charlotte- tcwn which has three-year Crematorium to be ready soon The long-awaited facility, to cost $84,228.56 is be- ing built onto the chapel at Parkview Cemetery. The estimated cost was $70.000, but this has increas- ed over the past three years. After four years in the planning, Waterloo's cre- matorium should be set to open in early Dengmber Since the idea was originally approved by the city. it has taken this long to gain approval from various government agencies, which strictly regulate the operation of crematoriums. The city wanted to build a crematorium in order to provide a full range of cemetery services, Ken Pflug, community services director said recently. Final approval for the facility has just been receiv- ed. he said. Until now. cremation services have been avail- able only in Hamilton, Toronto, and London, Figures show that five to six per cent of people who die are cremated in centres that have cremator- iums. "The figure hasn't been as high here because there hasn't been the facility," Mr. Pflug said. A pofulation of about 300000 is needed to support a crematorium. which will easily serve the Region, As well as Owen Sound, Guelph. and Stratford areas. Cremation costs range frdm $55 for children to $55 for adults, with an additional $5 charge if the re- mains are mailed. Burial plot costs are reduced from sum for a tradi, tional grave, to $23 for the smaller crematory plot, plus a $25 opening charge. Total cost for a crema- tion burial is $138. including plastic urn. The city won't need to hire any additional staff to operate the crematorium, but will train two staff members on procedures, - _ The crematorium PS fired by natural gas. Body and casket are placed in the firing unit for about two hours. Temperatures reach 980 Celsius. (1.800 Fahr- enheit) and reduce everything to ashes. Opening a local crematorium has received favor- able response from the K-W Memorial Society. of which half of its 1,700 members choose cremation. Stringent government regulations ensure that there will be no smoke or odor, The facility is near completion, save for installa- tion of Pyro-Bric for the firing unit, which is being imported from France. '.dri.iimisi, ttr real mutti.. PeNity will lend its sup- port in a subsidized youth employment program by placing and paying for a newspaper ad. despite ob- jections of one alderman. The program, called J29 Experience and Training. "crE'rr is designed to help alleviate unemployment in the 16 to 24 age group, esti- mated to number 3,865 in the area. Aid.. Mary Jane Mewhin- ney said Monday night she objects to a Canada Man- power program that will provide up to 26 weeks of subsidized employment for those who leave school early and can't find a job. British Cohmibia, the Yu- tton and the Northwest Ter- ritories have two-year terms. Aid. Mewhinney said the program of short-term jobs offers no long-term soiu- tion _ However, Mayor Marjorie Carroll said every effort to reduce unemployment should be supported. and the rest of council agreed. City - supports Subsidized yduth jobs