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Chronicle staff writer The Kâ€"W Humane Society recentlly proposed that Kitchener and Waterloo help pay 80 per cent of the cost of its new building planned on society property on River Road in Kitchener Wary of paying for a building it won‘t own. Waâ€" terloo has ordered a survey of other cities on the cost of animal control Chronicle staff writer It‘s time for teachers to reâ€"evaluate themselves. acâ€" cording to Bill Townshend. Director of the Waterloo county board of education Townshend. who addressed nearly 200 Waterioo Reâ€" gion teachers last Wednesday at a meeting of the area‘s Ontario Public Schools Men‘s Teachers Feâ€" deration. called teachers "good. effective agents of public relations . the natural leaders of the education svstem because they are "the essence of education _It‘s up to teachers to restore the public‘s faith in the education system. Townshend said Teachers must provide leadership. especially in the midst of criticism levelled at education these days. Teachers must restore public‘s faith in educationâ€"â€"Townshend Waterloo leery of high animal control costs The city‘s finance adâ€" visory committee ordered the survey last Tuesday after a meeting with Robert Snyder,. solicitor for the soâ€" ciety, who outlined the soâ€" ciety‘s plans to build the aniâ€" mal control shelter. The city‘s finance commussioner will arrange the survey Under the society‘s propoâ€" sal. Waterloo‘s animal conâ€" trol costs would jump from the present 80 cents to $1.50 per capita in 1980 When Bob Cruise, finance committee chairman, comâ€" mented that the 1980 price was almost double the preâ€" sent rate. Snyder said the Twin Cities have been given a gift in the past on animal control Snyder said Waterloo would ‘"pay that or more" if it contracted out the serâ€" critreism which blames the school system for ‘‘almost every sin in society. he said So the time has come for reâ€"evaluation. Townshend urged teachers to look at their strengths and weaknesâ€" ses. to examine what they have done and their objecâ€" tives He said teachers must be flexible in the face of a rapidly changing society because ‘rigidity is a greater barrier to progress than ignorance _ Townshend urged teachers to keep a positive atti tude conductive to "solutionâ€"finding rather than pro blemâ€"making. _ And. he added. teachers must live with the fact that society expects them to be perfect vice Cruise sarid the society was asking the city to pay for the building. but not have any equity in it. Waterioo Mayor Marjorie Carroll said she wasn‘t preâ€" pared to make any decision on the matter at present and asked what would happen if Kitchener refused the deal Snyder said the society would probably not enter ‘Waterlido Chronicle, Wednésday, November 14, 1979 â€" Page 3 Council agrees to investigate Maple Hill ' Creek problem Chronicle staff writer Resig'e'nts of Waterloo‘s Maple Hill area didn‘t get everything they wanted from City Council on Monâ€" day night. They wanted the City to build a berm in Hallman Park along Hallman Rd. They also wanted Council to approve a motion calling for the filling in of Maple Hill Creek, referred to several times at the meeting as ‘‘*Waterloo‘s Grand Canâ€" yon."‘ The Maple Hill delegation wanted the berm (a large ridge of soil) in order to cut down on exhaust fumes and headlight glare from passâ€" ing traffic and to protect children playing in the park near the creek. ‘"A large berm would take away from the park. I‘m looking at something in the area of four to five feet,"" said Jack Foxworthy, spo kesman for the delegation. "I‘d like to see a berm at least 10 feet high...it‘s the only effective sound barâ€" rier,"‘ Alderman Robert Henry said. ‘‘*A berm would have a minimal effect on lights and exhaust. We would like to avoid it wherever possible,"‘ said D‘Arcy Dutton, comâ€" missioner of engineering for the Region of Waterloo, who was in attendance at Monâ€" day‘s meeting. Open house to be held at ARC Alderman Richard Biggs believes the whole concept "of water conservation and the creekbed must be looked into very carefully in the adâ€" vent of the proverbial hundredâ€"year flood." ‘‘Something must be done to make it a viable park .‘ said Alderman Doreen Thomas Bryce Little, another member of the delegation, expressed his concern for into an agreement with Waâ€" terloo alone. He explained that the soâ€" ciety did not want to build the facility with its capital funds because they were mostly the result of gifts to be used toward the humane aspect of the operation By Stewart Sutherland Snyder said the society wants to retain its capital intact and that‘s what is at the heart of the matter Under the original, 10â€" year payback schedule. Waâ€" terloo‘s costs would jump from the present $40,000 to $77,.000 in 1980 Kitchener‘s costs would rise from Options for the proposed elimination of the sharp job between Park and Caroline Sts. in Waterloo will be preâ€" sented at an open house at the Adult Recreation Centre on Nov 20. from 2 p m to 9 Representatives from De the safety of children playâ€" ing on a winter rink in close proximity of the creek. _ _ In a split vote, Council opted for a plan calling for the erection of a fence and the planting of trees along Hallman Rd. "As far as I‘m concerned, the only solution is to fill in the creek. Kids could fall in and drown," Little said. At the same time, they called upon the engineering department to ‘"investigate measures that could be taken to improve the apâ€" pearance, stability and maintenance â€"requirements of the creek." In other business, Council was presented with several proposals for the eliminaâ€" tion of the Caroline jog beâ€" tween Park and Caroline St. Two of the four plans preâ€" sented are favored by Steve Donato of De Leuwâ€"Cather consultants. The best option, according to Donato, would be a single intersection cutting through the playground at Alexandra Public School. The proposal involves buying four adâ€" jacent properties to make up the difference. The second option, called a ‘"compromise scheme‘‘ by Donato, would bypass most of the school property by placing the intersection on an angle. The two schemes rejected by the consulting firm would involve the use of oneâ€"way streets to get around the problem area. They were eliminated because they would cause a considerable shift in traffic to adjacent streets. The elimination of the jog is part of a major roadâ€" widening scheme that will see Park and Caroline Sts. become a major fourâ€"lane route. $94,000 to $200,000 next year This financing was based on the two cities paying 80 per cent of the cost or the amount estimated to go into animal control The remainâ€" ing 20 per cent would be for the society‘s humane work Leuwâ€"Cather. _ consultants. the designers of the propoâ€" sals. will be present to exâ€" plain the options and answer questions from the public A low bid of $484,.000 was brought in for the original tender, but Snyder said it may have to be retendered because of the delay in negoâ€" tiations with the Twin Cities The consultants will have a visual display of the propoâ€" sals and will explain the pros and cons of each opâ€" tion. . _ Snyder suggested the soâ€" ciety might consider staging the project to cut down on the initial capital cost