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Waterigo Chronicle office is located an Znd figor of the O.W. Sports building opposite Waterioo Square. Parking on King Street or in Waterioo Square. Open Monday to Fnday 9:00 a.m. to §:00 p.m. ‘Page 6 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, February 22, 1978 Downtown perspective I‘d like to start with an apology this week, to William Palmer, Waterloo Region review commisâ€" sioner. He wrote a letter to the editor on January 30, and somehow it was misplaced. Fortunately, I found it yesterday in time for publication this week. Sorry Mr. Palmer. But, better late than never. Waterloo city hall staff should be commended for their plans for Participaction Week (March 5â€"12). The week should prove to be one of exerciseâ€"related activiâ€" ties promoted by schools, stores, offices, businesses, etc. City hall staff plans to set one hoi‘r aside after work on Tuesday, March 7 for City Hall Participaction Day. The plan calls for the staff (and any other interested parties) to meet at Seagram Stadium gym by 5 p.m. Recently an approval was granted that will, at some time in the future, markedly change the apâ€" pearance of the downtown. This approval is for an apartment building on the old Sunbeam property, at the corner of Erb and Willow Street. The proposâ€" ed apartment is to be 24 stories high. At the present time, the view of the central part of the downtown residential area is dominated by the Marsland Centre building. From the southâ€"east, at night, when the lights of the Marsland Centre are augmented by those of Waterloo Square, the Marsland building appears as some squarish preâ€" historic monster, rising out of a reflective orange sea, peering over the neighbourhood. And yet the Marsland building is only 13 stories high. A 24â€"story building will be nearly twice as tall as the Marsland Centre. It won‘t "peer over‘ a neighbourhood. It will look down upon the neighâ€" bourhoods and thoroughly dominate them. The Tweed Street area will be dominated by its shadow. The first block of Willow street will be engulfed by To the Editor: I know I would be a wiser man if I restrained myâ€" self from responding to Norma Sangoi‘s letter in the January 25th Chronicle. Nevertheless.... o The Commission has already talked at length not just with the 25 members of the Regional Council, but with all 72 members of City and Township Counâ€" cils within the Waterloo Region. We have talked not only with, say the Engineer and Treasurer of the Regional Municipality. but also with Engineers and, Treasurers of the Cities and Townships. Indeed, the rooting out of frustrations and duplications beâ€" tween the Regional and City levels is our first conâ€" cern. 1. Mrs. Sangoi is incorrect to say that my inquiry is restricted to ‘"Chairman Young‘s council and staff . 2. This study will not be a waste of taxpayer money. e â€" o For this, she has her Regional Council to thank. The Regional Council insisted that this study should show the way to savings and to more streamlined service to the residents of the Region including the City of Waterloo. I personally will not be content unless I feel confident that I have shown the way to savings which at least exceed the cost of the study. 3. Mrs. Sangoi is illâ€"advised to expect a "whiteâ€" wash". If 1 feel confident the municipal system canâ€" not work to best effect as it is presently organized, I will recommend changes â€" Period. I am not legalâ€" ly, nor do I feel, behoiden to the Province of Onâ€" tario, to the Regional Municipality. or to any other local body . 4. We all pay taxes and 1 am well aware of this published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd., owner 235 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont. address correspondence to Waterioo office : 92 King St. South, Waterioo, Ont., telephone 886â€"2830 subscriptions : $10 a year in Canada. $12 a year in United States and Foreign Countries. Publisher: James M. Boland . Editor: John Schuitheiss Advertising Manager: Wolfgang Urschel * * ® wWohlcle established 1854 222 w r uPy OA x s s s ks t n t io i d on ie t To 1 ?'*T‘ e t y . 50 o We S on 1 ‘%"4”'"‘"";’?@“ * e o t u2 From there everyone will walk, crossâ€"country ski, jog, or snowâ€"shoe along a one and one half mile trail through Waterloo Park. Congratulations city hall‘ o By the way, if there are any other offices out there that think they‘re pretty fit, the Chronicle is always open to challenges. (Some of us have been training for a while now) â€" Today is a special day for scouts and guides across Canada and around the world. It‘s the birthday of Lord and Lady Badenâ€"Powell, the founders of the worldâ€" wide scout and guide movement. These two dedicated people have affected the lives of millions around the world for seventy years. Thankâ€"you. ently marked by its presence. its size. And the surrounding area will be premanâ€" As a part of the deal for approving the 24â€"story building, the developer was required to give the city a certain amount of land. The city intends to use this land, as well as land presently occupied by three houses on Willow St., to provide a right of way to feed William St. directly into Erb St. There is even the possibility that this rightâ€"ofâ€"way might contain a fourâ€"lane street. Why is this necessary? Experts tell us that there should be no increase in traffic since there are no major traffic generators in the southâ€"west part of the central area. I hope they are right. If they are right, then there is no need to connect William to Erb and the project should be formally abandoned. If the experts are not right, then a major amount of through traffic could result. However, most of William St. is a residential street, and it is thereâ€" fore necessary to keep through traffic off it. In this case, also, the tie to Erb Street should not be cqnstructed. . Mrs. Sangoi is by no means the first to express concern to me about the costs and services of these bodies. I do, in fact, have authority to concern myâ€" self with the relationship of these bodies to municiâ€" pal councils and to the property tax base, and 1 do intend to, at a later point in this study. 6. A diatribe is really of little use to me in my work. escalation. I ask, however, if there is not reasonable value received in return, and if these taxes are not comâ€" parable or lower in the City of Waterioo than in cities without regional government. This is the missâ€" ing side of the equation which Mrs. Sangoi has forâ€" gotten but which we are researching right now. 5. I have not forgotten that schools and police are the responsibilities of regionâ€"wide bodies (though not the Regional Council). What I can use are reasonedâ€"out arguments and carefully chosen examples to illustrate specific weaknesses and point toward improvements. I sincerely hope that your rehkders will make every effort to contribute in this fashion. That I would appreciate very much. It is hoped that a detective story without murder, fraud or other crime may be sufficiently novel as to win space in your paper. _ _ _ _ _ S To the editor There is such a story of a Canadian Army unit that served throughout Europe WW2. This unit, the 65 TANK TRANSPORT COY. RCASC was disbanded in Waterloo Region Review Commission * % & by Bob Rowell Yours very truly, W. H. Palmer Commissioner There was some misunderstapding caused by my article last week on Bluevale‘s plans to drop football and some other sports from their interâ€"school activiâ€" ties. (Page 1) I quoted Gary Boug as saying that parents and stuâ€" dents should be able to expect programs such as these at schools, and that it was unfair.for.these opportuniâ€" ties to be taken away from the students who really wanted to participate. I still think, however, that the people responsible for making the initial decision at Bluevale probably feel that they are making the right decision and it‘s probably a hard one for them to make. _ The whole thing is still up in the air, as far as I know, but we‘ll try to keep on top of events as they happen. I guess I didn‘t make it clear enough that Mr. Boug was generalizing to include any schools that would make such moves (to cut sports from their curricuâ€" lum). Paul and I are still heading out to the Y most days and we‘re both starting to get into shape. But there is someone else in the office who sure talked good fitness, but hasn‘t done anything more about it. Right, Ricky? An hour at the Y every day makes me feel so much better. But not only that, it‘s a lot of fun. After your exercises (running or whatever) comes our daily volleyball game. It‘s been a long time since I‘ve had this much fun (and I‘m getting fit at the same time). If there is anyone out there who may be interested in joining the Y, I‘d like to take this opportunity to invite you to join Paul and myself for an hour or so some day and see what it‘s really like. Believe me, you won‘t regret it. Holland in 1945. Exâ€"members departed for civy street in every part of Canada and contact between indiviâ€" duals was lost. Twenty eight years later, two former members met in Flin Flon, Man. and speculated on what had happenâ€" ed to their wartime friends. It was decided to try for some answers. It should be noted that a 28 year old trail is a cold trail and difficult to follow. The first answer was a shock, a man remembered as a happy joking youth and unit favorite was found dying in an Edmonton hospital. A notice in the Legion Maâ€" gazine produced eight replies, all from the area beâ€" tween Sydney, N.S. and Powell River, B.C. (a truly generous hunting preserve). The search became a chain reaction as the members when found joined in the endeavour. After some progress had been made, the undertaking was organized by province with exâ€" change of information. Leads were dredged up from memory, unit daily orders (source Ottawa Records), from old address books, phone books, old photos, etc. So, why not give me a call, and give it a try. The only thing that could happen is that you‘ll enjoy yourself so much that you‘ll want to come back for more. Four and a half years of detective work has located 210 living exâ€"members and about 35 deceased out of a possible of about 700. The search continues. _ _ Will anyone reading this, please check with your WW2 army acquaintances, if a 65th man be found, please advise him of a company reunion to be held at North Bay, Ontario, July 7â€"8â€"9, 1978. For reunion deâ€" tails and other important information, he should conâ€" tact Maurice Rainsforth, P.O. Box 1071, Stirling, Onâ€" tario, 613â€"395â€"3052 (or the writer). sincerely, L .L. Purdy _ . P.O. Box 145 Waterloo, P.Q. JOE 2N0 ) * * %