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_â€" Two isolettes needed Toronto company @ open local plant A Toronto manufacturer of electrical distribution and control equipment will be opening a new regional assembly plant and warehouse in Waterloo later this year. _ â€" Charles R. Verrier, president of Square D Co. of Canada Ltd., said the plant initially will employ about 150, a figure which should climb to 200 within a year. The number inâ€" cludes management and office staff involved in the data processing centre, which is relocating to the Waterloo site. Leased from Major Holdings & Developments Ltd., the building is 83,500 square feet, with provisions for another 30,000 square feet to be added later. o O The move is part of the company‘s program of decentraliâ€" zation to expand and improve service and markets. ‘"Square D Co. Canada manufactures products to satisfy the demand of the diversified markets of the manufacturing and conâ€" struction sectors of the national economy," said a news _ The plant, which will turn out things like panel boards, switchboards and transformers, is located in the Weberâ€" Parkside industrial and business park. â€" mare D owns other assembly plants in Edmonton and treal, and product manufacturing plants in Toronto, Arnprior and Stratford, Ont. and Edmundston, N.B. Police begin driving program forâ€"cops Chronicle staff writer The Waterloo Regional Police Force announced today it has instituted a ‘"Law Enforcement Driver Training‘‘ program to inâ€" crease the effectiveness of (Continued from page 1) Odyssey, set up the mall display to exhibit the stanâ€" dard model isolettes they hope to purchase from public pledges based on the number of miles they sucâ€" (Contineud from page 1} ~ the building, even having the sign for sixmonths would get us going."‘ The Planning and Civic Development Committee voted to approve the Duke of Paul Oschefski, the general manager of operations at the Ali Baba Steak House in Waterioo and part owner in the new Duke of Waterioo restaurant and pub on King St. told city council the sign variance committee‘s decision to turn down his application for a projecting sign did not take into consideration the fact that the sign of the previous owner was already on the building. He presented an architect‘s sketch of the building as it will look on completion some time next month. Local pub wins sign battle patrol police officers. . ___ Mr. Pesek has been a proâ€" and instructed by Karel Pesek of Probe Driving, Toronto, started in Waterloo June 4, and will continue until September 1979. Waterloo application to alter the sign on the condiâ€" tion the owners comply with the 1981 deadline for removâ€" ing all such signs in the downtown business area. left before they depart the total pledges are just $300 short of the amount needed cessfully cover during the canoe trip. With 16 days to buy two deluxe incubaâ€" With renovations to the building nearing compleâ€" tion, Mr. Oschefski said coâ€" owner Henry Krebs had made arrangements to fly in the English Duke of Wellingâ€" ton, who also carries the title of Prince of Waterloo. fessional rally driver and has been teaching driving skills for five years. He said Probe Driving has co operated with the Ontario Motor League and several high schools in driver trainâ€" ing, as well as the Peel reâ€" gional police and presently, the Durham Regional Poâ€" lice. Using this method, Mr. Pesek estimates officers can use about 9% per cent of their driving abilities, cut down on accidents and inâ€" crease the effectiveness of their patrol. The course is divided into two sections: classroom inâ€" struction in the theory of acâ€" cident avoidence and defenâ€" sive driving; and defensive driving under practical ‘"on the road‘‘ conditions. Practical training inâ€" cludes driving on selected regional roads to experience certain difficult situations Initially, participating ofâ€" ficers will examine accident statistics, and viewing deâ€" termining the cause of acâ€" cidents and how each could have been ao Mr. Pesek named five eleâ€" ments of defensive police driving: perceive, realize, intend, doubleâ€"check and exâ€" ecute (PRIDE), The officer should become aware of the situation, realize the impliâ€" cations of it, make a plan, check and see that the situaâ€" tion hasn‘t changed and that nothing has been overâ€" looked, and finally carry out his plan. Plans have been made for the Duke to ride through Waterloo in an open carâ€" riage drawn by four white horses prior to greeting paâ€" trons at the opening of the King Street pub. the policemen is likely to enâ€" counter, such as blind corners, hidden intersecâ€" tions and winding roads. In addition, drivers will pracâ€" ice difficult steering and stopping techniques in parkâ€" Chronicle staff writer The University of Waâ€" terloo‘s teaching resource Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Carroll participated in a special ceremony at Waâ€" terloo‘s historic Kumpf house last week. The occasion was the unveiling of a plaque officially designating the house as a historic site. A large group turned out at the 167â€"yearâ€"old house, which is now owned by a local law firm. Resource centre gets grant ; Creek flooding threatens homes ing lots to determine the acâ€" tugl physical limits of their vehicles and themselves. Although going into a skid isz a loss of control, Mr. Pesek says he will discuss ways to recover from it office has received a $15,000 grant from the provincial government to help improve teaching on the campus. The money will be used to supplement projects of the office, with an overall budâ€" get of $70,000 under the direction of Dr. Chris K. Similar grants over the past three years total In a letter to UW presiâ€" dent Dr. B.C. Matthews, the teaching and learning comâ€" mittee of the Council of Onâ€" tario Universities called Waterloo‘s program for imâ€" provéed teaching ‘"among the most secure in the system."‘ According to Dr. Knapâ€" per, the office provides a wide variety of services to university faculty. Among them is a consultation serâ€" vice to teachers on their methods and a system that allows students to evaluate the effectiveness of faculty members. It is also possible for the resource office to sit in on classes, though this is rarely done. Demonstrations on difâ€" ferent teaching methods. A delegation of Highpoint Ave. homeowners appeared before Waterloo‘s works services committee Monday to protest what they conâ€" sider to be potentially danâ€" gerous flooding conditions in Lakeshore Village as result of a new housing developâ€" ment north of Northfield Drive. City Engineer Jim Willis said the homeowners would not likely be able to sue the developer who built their homes in 1972 on land that was too low because reâ€" leases would have been signed at the time of purâ€" chase Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 13, 1979 â€" Page 3 * should it occur. This would include looking at ways to avoid skid. According to Mr. Pesek, about 125 police officers will be taking the course this He pointed out that a teaching resource office is necessary since university professors have very little instructional training before hey actually begin teach ing. However, he did not suggest preâ€"teaching courâ€" ses since "the most imporâ€" tant training is on the job." The UW grant is part of a total grant of $170,000 being paid to Ontario universities for teaching development activities. will be distributed to inâ€" dividual teachers as small grants. ‘"This should," said Knapper, ‘"encourage the faculty to try out new methâ€" ods of teaching." like the use of computers and audioâ€"visual equipment, are presented periodically, along with seminars on method improvement. Besides publishing a newsletter periodically, the office presents three distinâ€" guished teacher awards and citations annually to teachers nominated by stuâ€" dents and faculty as exâ€" cellent educators. Dr. Knapper said about $10,000 of the grant money Delegation spokesman Wilfred Horst said city building inspectors should have stopped construction of the homes if the land was in danger of future flooding. He told the committee the manâ€"made creek bed runâ€" ning through Lakeshore Vilâ€" lage was fine until the city approved the new developâ€" ment north of Northfield Drive, although at least one garage in the area was flooded during heavy spring runoff three years ago. Mr. Horst warned of the possibility of children drowning in the creek and (Continued on page 5)