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Jim Reid. 'tice-president of the Waterloo Chamber at Commerce, is heading a committee preparing a questionnaire on the Waterloo Regional Review. The questionnaire will be mailed to Chamber members early in August. The reaults will be tabulated and presented to the Waterloo Regional Review Commisgion in Sep- tember. Mr. Reid said that the questionnaire will probe those areas that haven't had lunch exposure. In particular. the questionnaire will try to examine how theregional budgetissetandwhosets it. The K-W United Mennonite Church, 15 George St., Waterloo, is holding a Vacation Bible School from Au- gust " to August 18. Children between the ages of five and 14 are welcome. A special interest group for youth and adults is also available. Classes will be in opera- tion between 7 pan. and 9 pan. Meditation and the experience of consciousness was the topic of a lecture given by Mr. Ben Spector. of Ot- tawa, on Sunday, July 9, at the University of Wa- terloo's Campus Centre. Mr. Spector is a statistics analyst working for the federal government. and has been a student of Sri Chinmoy for over five years. His lecture gave tech- niques for meditating to develop positive inner quali- ties. Mr. Spector described meditation as one path to help get rid of anxieties and deresion. and to an quire peace, joy, and love, It was with mixed feelings that the Waterloo County Board of Education accepted the resignation of Ross Cruickshank, director of education, effective June 1979. On one hand trustees were pleased to see him given the opportunity to pursue his own interests but on the other hand they felt the loss of a respected leader. Mr. Cruickshank gave the board early notice of his retirement so suitable arrangements could be The introductory lecture. attended by 12 people. was given to find out if there IS enough Interest in the Waterloo area to set up a regular lecture series and meditation class. The Waterloo group will be lead by Michael Berens, also a student of Sri Chinmoy. An- yone interested in attending the classes can call Mr chael for more information. at 5762078. made for a successor Director of education retires Questionnaire , probes unexplored you Waterloo at a glance Vacation Bible School Lecture develops positive qualities Ross Cruickshank by Geoff Hoile "Maybe the people could pick up the litter and do the small jobs instead of going to the government and giving them hell. pr Jim Harrison of 255 Thorncrest Drive, Waterloo, voiced this opinion as a suggested solution to the high cost of park maintenance, a figure that reached close to $400,000 in the city's parks system last year. During a series of open house meetings that covered eight nights and stretched over a three week period, the City of Waterloo planning department encouraged public input into a proposed master plan, to guide the planning and develop- ment of parks and recreation over the next to-ar years. During the meetiig held June 29, for the residents of, Lake- shore Village, Mr. Harrison. and a few other of the seven people who came out for the meeting, discussed the concept of public participation with planner Greg Prrn.anie.k. . Mr. Romanick, a graduate in urban and regional planning from the University of Waterloo, is operating under a one- year contract with the city to put together the master plan for parks and recreation in Waterloo. He expressed interest in the public's willingness to get involved in the operation of their parks, and cautioned that "the city can't do it alone; there is a need for some sort of co-ordination...whereby the city and citizens working in the same direction can develop the parks system at a cost we can all live with." Mr. Harrison said that three years ago, two different fa- milies in Lakeshore Village wanted a ska mg rink for the benefit of the local children. They asked meg“? for the ma- terials and looked after the entire operatio " f -the outdoor rink themselves. "A few of the people did most of the work" said Mr. Harrison, "but you‘ll always get that." The main point was that they got the rink they wanted.at a minimum cost through cooperative effort. It is this concept that Mr. Harrison would like to see carried through in the main- tenance of local parks. “If a tree needs watering or grass needs cutting, do it yourself instead of phoning the parks maintenance department and causing the government to kick up the taxes." " While Mr. Romanick felt public turnout at the open house meetings was disappointingly low, he is "certainly in favor of public input in planning future park development ...the framework is partially there" he said "if the people want to plug into it. '. . Although Mr. Romanick is of the opinion "people are basi- cally happy with the parks system in Waterloo", there is one group of Lakeshore Village residents who are not sa- tisfied with maintenance in nearby Heasley Park. The prob- lem stems from a silted-in portion of a creek bed, broken bridge-railings and uncut grass in the part of the park ad- jacent to Cedarvale Cres. Mrs. G. Ruediger. of 192 Cedarvale Cres.. says she has been prodding the city's community services director, Ken- neth Pflug, since March to have the creek bed cleaned up and railings put back on the bridges that cross the creek. She says their answer has been “we'll get around to it." Mrs. Ruediger said "they‘ve only cut the grass once this summer: they used to come once a week. ,. Both Mrs. Ruediger and her next-door neighbor, Mrs. Jan- ice Schenk. feel the city parks authorities have neither put Stephen Schenck and many of his pre-school-aged friends play in Heasley Park, where the grass in the creek bed grows taller than the children. Some parents complain that the present condition of the park is hazardous to children. _ If ye ttii Want it done, _ - . do it Yourself! _ out picnic tables this year nor repaired the bridge railings because both were damaged through vandalism in recent years. "Kids used to enjoy the parks," said Mrs. Schenk "we're not the only park that has vandalism. .. In Mr. Pftug's absence, Rio Caron, Waterloo recreation and program director, said Beasley Park "probably should be cleaned up, but in the case of vandalism, you wonder how often you should put them (park picnic benches) out to have them broken. " Pounding the pavement in Waterloo Pirric iondrun' ners Bill Griesbach, 25, and Mitchell Diem. 21 ' have been running rings around the park for years. www.mntmima - "GGir Weiget,'ot 196 Cedarvale Cres.. said "a lot of I 4* (Continuod on noon til