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I Council agrees Q-construct Columbia Ave. sidewalks , was their visrboltty to ma torlsts and the speed of traf- he on Columbia At present. students must either walk on the shoulder of the road or on the road Itself A delegation of concerned Beechwood North residents told council that a lack of transportation and Side walks m the area affects at The distance students must travel to and from school was not a primary concern. according to the Mayor What worried her 'r, '1ltrmsrcertt-ot-iattptatturt, 'l""""' suffe! from hearing problems Mayor Marjorie Carroll pomted out that severe drifting caused by prevail- Ing Winds on Columbia Street would not only cost city the Initial $31,000 to d the Sidewalk but also additional cost of ploughing the walk some- times several timvs a day The sidewalk. approved at the regular Council meeting on Monday night, will run along the south side of Co lumbla Street between the Stillmeadow Circle walk- way to Beechla wn Drive and from Westmount Road to the CNR crossmg Barring extreme weather conditions over the next lew weeks. secondary school students in the Beechwood North subdivision of Waterloo can ex- pect to well: to classes on a new sidewalk by the end of the year. ' the majority of people read- ing it, reading is easier than hearing it. Nancy L. Pinkie. regional ctor of the Canadian ring Society, says that more than 10 per cent of the By Mickey Leblanc A sign in the window of the carpeted sound booth says "Have a nice day". For By Stewart Sutherland Chronicle at.“ writer The Mayor wants to know If the schoolboard will come m on a Jmnt transportation venture with the City or re- sume sen/Ices they had tried m the past Mayor Carroll suggested that counml look Into the Possibility of sharing sor- vnros With the schoolboard With the possibility of usmg mther mty buses or those of the srhoolboard Jim Willis. City engineer, sand a shuttle Service was tried In the past With the ex- pertatmn of losmg mon.ey It lost more than expected and It's doubtful that It would be undertaken again In the near future, he said Flschbach suggested that a study be undertaken on the feasibility of a bus running twtce-a-day on Columbia Street or a shuttle service to the University of Waterloo least 30 students. "It seems to us that non- taxpayers (students) In the area get better transporta- tion service than do resident taxpayers." sand Carl Pasch- bach, a spokesman for the delegation A hearing impairment may be the result of missing consonance sounds and the difficulty can also impair the persons verbal com- munication. population in waterloo and Wellington' Counties have a hearing impairment. That translates to about 42,000 people. " did not take too long for three-year~old Karen to 9e 10~yeav old Keven and 12-yerar-oid Wendy stalled a one Sunday. Actually Karon is not quite three yet. Halloween. resulting in her nickname, "pumpkin." need a hearing aid. It's slsl mething werhavq to grow Ms. Pinkie said it is hard into," Ms to get people to have their People hearing checked because it hearing i (hearing problems) has be- "deaf and come a social problem. having sor . ‘It seems acceptable to that does carry a white cane or be in a equal to tt wheel chair but nobody "With It wants to. admit that they tion this l three-year~old Karen to get to know her leafy friend vent-old Wendy stuffed a pair of old jeans and iaclu Spirit ori-Eitirv%"aG "With more-public educir. tion this will change. The only problem with these into," Ms. Pinkie said. People sometimes equate hearing impairments with "deaf and dumb or mute" or having some other disability that does not mate them equal to their peers. - k -. r to know her leafy friend. In fact her sisters. Hair of old jeans and jacket in a half an hour her birthday hills on the 31st of October, Witterioo, Ontario Community Calendar Pd. 23 Classified . Pg. 21-22 Sports Business Columns Comment LL Pg. , Pi, 8 Pg. 12-20 15 Cents Pg.