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Boarding house loses heat for five days As far as Waterloo County School Board trustee Dr. Don Baker is concerned, it‘s time government bodies made every efâ€" fort to economize by reducing overlapping services or functions and sharing physical resources and support services wherever possible. In two separate recommendations made to the board last Thursday evening he asked that (A) a committee consisting of trustees and officials be struck to enter into discussion with the separate school By Geoff Hoile Chronicle staff writer Three University of Waâ€" terloo students got caught in the middle of a "gas war‘ last week and spent five days without heat in their downtown Waterloo boardâ€" ing house. . Pat MacKenzie, Paul Auâ€" muller _ and _ Jonathan Schaeffer were feeling the cold considerably more than 124th Year No. 11 Paul Aumuller, a UW student living in a Willow St. student boarding house looks apprehensively at the 46 degrees registered on the living room thermometer. During the five days they were without gas for the furnace, he and two fellow tenants used the kitchen stove oven to keep warm. Community calendar 2 Waterloo at a glance 3 . of E. to discuss headquarters Wednesday, March 14, 1979 the average Waterloo resiâ€" dent after Union Gas Limitâ€" ed suddenly cut off the furâ€" nace gas supply last Thursâ€" day. In an ensuinl telephone conversation with the landâ€" lord, Murray K. Matthews of RR 1, Preston, Mr. Auâ€" muller said, ‘‘he seemed surprised that we were still occupying the house, despite board, the Regional Municipality of Waâ€" terloo, the two universities and Conestoga College to explore ways in which the above could be carried out and (B) that discussions with the Regional Municipaâ€" lity of Waterioo specifically include the possibility of sharing a common headâ€" quarters. After a brief discussion trustees passed both recommendations. In a brief presented to the board, Dr. Baker said ‘"The creation of the Regional the fact he had charged five months rent in advance,""‘ up to the end of March. By Saturday, according to the tenants, the temperaâ€" ture in the house was in the low sixties, and by Sunday morning it had dropped to 48 degrees. Mr. G. Goodman, credit manager at Union Gas Liâ€" mited, said both Mr. and Mrs. Matthews were adâ€" vised by certified mail that the gas bill was seriously overdue. During Jan. 12, and Feb. 13 telephone conversaâ€" tions, they were advised to tell the tenants the gas would be cut off, said Mr. Goodman. Finally, on Feb. 21, according to the gas company â€" official, Mr. Matthews said he wanted the gas shut off. When Mark McGuire, preâ€" sident of the UW student feâ€" deration heard the story, he sent the Willow St. tenants to Gary Flaxbard, a Kitchener lawyer who reâ€" presents federation members in grievances of this type. Mr. McGuire said both UW and WLU offâ€"camâ€" pus housing offices have reâ€" ceived complaints about Mr. Matthews‘ practice of colâ€" lecting the year‘s rent in adâ€" vance payments of $220 in August, $550 in September and $550 in January Yor rooms that rent for $110 a month. ‘‘Because of the exâ€" pressed dissatisfaction by students,"" Mr. McGuire said Mr. Matthews‘ houses had been taken off the uniâ€" versity recommended lists circulated among students. "I haven‘t met Matthews." he said. ‘"but he doesn‘t seem too concerned." Until a fire last month gutted the student boarding house at 117 Albert St.. Waâ€" Business Comment {(Continued on page 3) 10 Cents Inside Marina Endicott, left, plays Kleopatra and Laurel Candler, portrays Madam Gloumov in Alexander Ostrovosky‘s Diary of a Scoundrel The play is the major spring production of the UW Drama Group and will run until March 17 at the UW Humanities Theatre. See story on pg. 10. Municipality of Waterloo has made the question of collaboration both more difâ€" ficult and easier â€" more difficult because the Region‘s existence has prompted fears of its incursion in local municipal matters and in educational affairs, easier because, for the board of education, there is now a parallel level of government with which to collaborate. The question of posâ€" sible collaboration is now immediate beâ€" cause both the board and the Region are seeking new accommodations.‘"‘ **I would like to see this made more sysâ€" tematic and formal," he said. ‘"The seâ€" parate board is the obvious possible partner in such discussions. We could do more in the area of sharing school sites and buildings during a time of shifting enrolment patterns."‘ Rev. Harry Janke, Kitchener trustee, said he would like to support the recomâ€" mendations but felt they were premature. He described them as ‘*motherhood‘‘ kinds of recommendations. He didn‘t feel the need for the establishment of a comâ€" mittee. Speaking to the secomi\ecommenda- tion, Dr. Baker said he had been persuadâ€" ed by the Palmer Report that sharing a facility with the Region could involve savâ€" ings of some significance. Dr. Baker said he was aware that over the years there has been discussion with the separate board, Region and perhaps the colleges and universities. Historical insight ~A \ Following the board‘s decision to enter into discussion with the Region, trustee Janke reminded the board that they still have a time line to follow. **There is a limit to bigness in the sense of not being practical,"‘ said trustee Altâ€" man. ‘"I do not buy our association with this particular board. If we are going to expand why not consolidate our own ofâ€" fice. We need 80,000 square feet. (the proâ€" posed new headquarters will be a maxâ€" imum of 50,000 square feet.) ‘‘*As a tax payer as well as a trustee, I don‘t want my money wasted because of bureaucratic jealousies.‘‘ Trustee Janke said it was not a form of stubbornness and the accommodation committee had in fact examined the posâ€" sibility. **"There is a time line we have to meet. We can‘t delay much longer if we are going to save tha taxpayers money,‘" he According to accommodation commitâ€" tee chairman, Ted Clare, Cambridge trusâ€" tee, the Region has a similar time line in getting out of leasing arrangements at the Marsland Centre. Both trustee Janke and viceâ€"chairman Herb Altman, commented on the fact that Regional Chairman James Gray himself did not see too many advantages to having the Regional:â€"offices and board of educaâ€" tion buildings in close proximity. 14â€"20