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When the Supreme Court convene: in Toronto this week for another chapter in Brown’s legal battle to be reinstated as chief, his lawyers will argue the statu- te of limitation: prohibits a hearing planned by the com- The Waterloo region po- lice commission has no means by which to fire de- posed chief Syd Bmwn a se- cond time, according to Brown's lawyer Alan bencmer. In an interview, the Toronto lawyer said the commission "ean't do any- thing, it's too late." Without a hearing, Brown cannot be dismissed But commission lawyers believe the limitation period does not apply and that the hearing has legal status be- 126th Ya No. 15 . ./ . Hinge tte championships start this week Here they come! Starting today a total of 350 athletes, their coaches and fans and game officials will noek to Waterloo for the second annual Canadian National Ringette cham- pionships. - Sevai provinces will be taking part in the four-day event which gets underway bright and early Thursday morning at 8 am. at Waterloo Am. 7 --- - Local interest heightened last week ,dterrWatertoo, coached by Ron Derhecker. won the provincial Belle (14-17) title in North Bay to qualify as Ontario repre- sentative in the nationals. Other Ontario reps will be Sudbury in the Junior Belle (under 14) division and Etobico Debs in the Deb (18 and over) section. Another highlight of the championships will be the impressive opening ceremonies which will be staged at 7 pm. Thursday evening prior to the crucial On- tario-Manitoba Belle match-up featuring our local team. All the athletes ‘will gather on the ice to take part in and enjoy the pageantry as the championships are officially declared open. The goal of course for all teams is a spot in the finals Sunday morning when all three divisions will stage their championship game at Waterloo arena: Followith the title games Sunday, the closing cere- monies and award peserttations will take place. More information on pages l2-I3. Regional police chief controversy returns to court cause it is being carried out at the direction of the court. The matter is going back to the Supreme Court Mter Brown‘s lawyers filed a writ of prohibition just belore proceedings were to get un- derway last January. The commission planned to constitute itself as a tri- bunal to consider a report of the Ontario Police Commis- sion (OPC) and determine whether to accept its find- ings and act on the recom- mendation by the OPC to fire Brown. However, Brown's lawye- rs will now argue in court that it is too late for any pro- ceedings concerning Brown‘s employment to be initiated. Under the Public Authori- ties Protection Act, action against a police chief moat Wednesday, April 9, 1980 Chronicle staff writer The University of Waterloo is the second most popular school among Ontario high school stu- dents planning on entering university next fall. ac- cording to H.W. Pettipiere, director, Ontario Uni- versities' Application Centre (OUAC). Provincial MW1Lt.ty say§ But commission lawyer Elmer Moore said the com- mission will argue that pro- ceedings actually began at the time of the OPC enquiry into the force in October of ms. or, at the latest, when the commission considered its report in December the same year. If the court should rule the hearing can't take place, there is no clear indication what the commission will been officially discussed" and indicated there are no contingency plans to rein- state Brown to active duty. Chairman Bernice Adams said the situation "hagn't begin within six months of any alleged offence. Broan hasn't been on ac- tive duty since August of Mark Roth. 6 (right) can't understand why there are so many maple syrup buckets on one tree. so Allen Cutts. , , I explained that each one represents a different period in the history of maple syrup gathering. The two N.A. MacEachern School students were attending a special maple syrup program for the clas- ses of the Waterloo County Board of Education at the Laurel Creek Outdoor Education Centre. Approx- imately 82 classes. 2,600 students, 246 parents and " teachers have participated in the program so far this year, according to Dennis Wendland. a consultant at the centre. UW popular choice for high school grads The enquiry was sparked by allegations of police brutality following a raid on the clubhouse of the Nach- men motorcycle gang. Brown appealed the deer (Continued on page 4) Brown was initially fired onJan.3ol 1979mm: re commendation of the OPC following its enquiry into management of the force. He was reinstated to the payroll on Sept. 5, 1979. but ordered not to perform any police duties or "net as chief." Moore said the commis- sion would review its op- tions in such a case and said an appeal would be con- sidered. Meanwhile. Brown conti- nues to receive his yearly “2.400 salary " one of two chiefs of the force. Waterloo, Ontario Within the university, in- creases in first choices were reported by every faculty except that of human Kine- tics and leisure studies lHKLS): there are, ho. wever, substantial in- creases in the numbers of first choices in the health studies and dance areas of HKLS. The number of first choice applicants to UW's faculty Figures recently released by the Guelph-based centre show that of 36,821 grade 13 applicants from acrOss Om tario. 4.872 list UW as their first choice, up from last year's total of 4.321. The increase - 551 sto. dents -- is by far the largest of any Ontario university; in fact. UW is the only Ontario campus reporting an in- crease of more than 400 in first choices, Pettipiere said. Nothingiswutod................... Soyou think you know Waterloo7. ...._ amtmurtitvCaiendar........... 12ittssifittd...............-.. Business........... Inside Applications from outside the province and from peo- ple who have been out of school for some years rose 17.9 per cent, from 883 first choices last year to 1.011. There was a 60 per cent increase in first choices for the integrated studies pro- gram and St. Jerome's and Renison colleges also re- corded substantial in- creases. according to OUAC. Other faculties and their first choice increases are: science (4.6 per cent); en- gineering (15.6 per cent); environmental studies (2.5 per cent) and mathematics (18.5 per cent). of arts mushroomed this year from 390 to 524. a 34.4 per cent increase and the first time in the university's history that arts has record- ed more than 500 first choices. 15 Cents 11 1248 19.23 21-23