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The most successful educational institution in Waterloo Region â€" in terms of graduate employâ€" ment â€" is also the least known and understood. It‘s not the University of Waterloo, and it‘s not Wilfrid Laurier University. It is Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology. Statistics released last week show that almost 97 per cent of Conestoga graduates seeking emâ€" ployment found jobs. And of that figure, 93.5 per cent found jobs directly relating to their chosen field of study. _ published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a division sof Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record ‘Ltd.. owner 225 Fairway Rd. S.. Kitchener. Ont. address correspondence to Waterioo office: 92 King St. South. Waterioo. Ont.. telephone 886â€"2830 Waterioo ‘Chronicle office is located on2nd floor of the 0. W. Sports building opposite Waterioo Square Parking on King Street or in Waterioo Square ‘Open Monday to Fnday 9:00 a.m. to §:00 p m Those statistics are impressive, to say the least. Add to that the fact that the college offers a wide range of programs in business, technology, applied arts and health sciences along with hundreds of adult education courses, and you have the reason Conestoga‘s enrolment is growing in leaps and bounds. And yet, there remains a great deal of misunderâ€" standing and downright ignorance about college education. Many people look at Conestoga as a training school for "blueâ€"collar"‘ workers. Page 6 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, : March 5, 1980 A typical misconception is, "...sure, it‘s alright for some â€" the ones who couldn‘t make the grade in university â€" but it‘s not really postâ€"secondary education. After all, you don‘t get a degree..." Open Letter to Roy McMurtry Ontario Solicitor General Dear Mr. McMurtry: I am writing to you in relation to recent controversies which have â€" arisen in relation to drivers who are convicted in Court of offences under the Highway Traffic Act and given the option of payment of fine or a number of days in jail. # Cambridge to hold % homecoming party No., graduates~donr‘t get a degree. They do get a diploma. They do get jobs, and that‘s more than can be said for many universities in the province.r Traffic offenses not used as deterrent Conestoga College is turning out talented, careerâ€"minded graduates who are joining the workâ€" force in fields that will become more and more imâ€" portant as time goes on. It‘s time our community and the others in Waâ€" terloo, Region realized that, and acknowledged what a vital, progressive school we have in Conesâ€" toga College. To the Editor: We would appreciate having this letter published in your newspaper. It announces what is to be a very special week in the history of our City. We are inviting all former resiâ€" dents of the City of Cambridge (formerly City of Galt, Town of Preston, and the Town of Hespeler), Ontario to a reunion. This will be an opportunity to renew old friendships, check out old "hangâ€"outs", and experience our annual Internaâ€" tional Festival hosted by the various ethnic clubs in our community. There will be parades, concerts and a variety of other special events organized for your enjoyment throughout this week. Certainly the place to be between June 28th and July 5th, 1980, is the City of Cambridge, Onâ€" tario. For further information, please contact us at: Letters to the editor is there no â€" justice? _ c/o Dickson Centre 30 Park Hill Road West P.O. Box 963 Cambridge, Ontario NIR 5X9 1980 Homecoming Coâ€"ordinating Committee e subscriptions: $14 a year in Canada $16 a;y_qrinUnlu States and Foreign Countries (519) 623â€"6800 established 1854 I brought this issue to your attention several months ago and on August 14, 1979, I received a letter from you in which you stated the following: "It is the policy of this government to decriminalize minor matters and where possible to avoid jailing perâ€" sons for these offences. The Justice of the Peace will when possible suspend the driver‘s4icence rather than commit to jail. ) Section 26 of the Highway Traffic Act provides that the licence can only be reinstated on full payment of the fine. The defaultor does not have the option as to whether he or she is going to pay, go to jail, or have their licence suspended. That option is left to the Justice". The letter further states that ‘"nonâ€"payment of a fine may result in the suspension of the defendant‘s drivers licence."" From your comments, I am compelled to deduce that the ‘"defaultor‘ is clearly being deceived in the Court Room. He is led to believe that he has a choice or option of either payment of fine or so many days in jail, when in fact, he really does not have that particular choice, but that of payâ€" ment of fine or suspension of drivers licence. And further, that the options really lie in the hands of the Justice of the Peace. In view of this, I strongly feel that the defaultor should not be subject to this false pretense of choice. I feel that the Justice of the Peace in . the Court Room at the time of conviction should clearly state the defaultor‘s The Chronicle welcomes letters to the editor I UNDERSTAND THEY CAN RECYCLE _ PRETTY WELL ANYTHING THESE 1»AYÂ¥s. Comment No common sense in choice of candidates _ Kitchener was fortunate in the choice of candidates for the last election in that the three major parties chose perâ€" sons who were relevent to their community. 3 s Waterloo was not so lucky. Mr. Needham was unknown to many of us, Frank Epp‘s interests lay more in the internaâ€" tional field which at this time is not the solution to federalâ€" provincial nor internal economic problems plus energy etc. Sometimes the choice of candidates is determined more by chauvinistic attitude than plain common sense. Dear Editor: _JA;'; Bam;igshot at “separa'tism". the only difference beâ€" tween Premiere‘s Lougheed and Levesque is the completely honest approach of Levesque. E. I urge you to instruct the Justice‘s of the Peace when givâ€" ing Judgement on Traffic offences to give the defaultor his ‘real options‘. This controversy should become clear so that the driver‘s of the Province of Ontario are no longer misled as to their freedom of choice. ‘real choice‘ or option which is that of payment of fine or suspension of driver‘s licence. *Wt !â€" © 5 I am further led to believe from your comments that trafâ€" fic offences are then really being used as a source of revenâ€" ue and not as a deterrant to bad driving habits. This matter should be given your immediate attention Tony Lupusella MPP â€" Dovercourt Yours very truly, Norma Sangoi