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Lisso‘s chances of winning one of the two regional . appointments to the police commission were slashed when he failed to get nominated by anyone of his fellow councillors. Woolwich Township Mayor Ken Seiling and Kitchener Ald. Dominic Cardillo were easily acclaimed to the posts. The North Dumfries mayor pointed out that unlike Seiling and Carâ€" dillo, who were nominatâ€" ed, he was not asked to state the reasons he wanted the position. ~After the formal inauâ€" gural ceremony, Lisso complained to regional chairman Jim Gray. Prof awarded COUNCIL CONVENES North Dumfries Mayor Frank Lisso is angry he didn‘t get to fight for a seat on the poâ€" lice commission and on Thursday â€" night it sho wed. "I would have loved the opportunity,"" Lisso said following the regional council inaugural meeting. Lisso has accused the councillors of the larger municipalities within Waterloo Region of manipulation, of squeezâ€" ing him out of the race. Seiling and Cardillo were both unofficially selected to the police commission at a preâ€" inaugural meeting of reâ€" gional council two weeks A University of Waâ€" terloo electrical enâ€" gineer, Dr. Mathukuâ€" malli Vidyasagar, has been awarded the presâ€" tigious Steacie Fellowâ€" ship this year by the Naâ€" tural Science and Enâ€" gineering _ Research Council in Ottawa. He was born in India and completed his baâ€" chelor‘s, master‘s and PhD degrees, all in elecâ€" trical engineering, at the University of Wisâ€" consin. The North Dumfries mayor, who did not atâ€" tend that meeting, inâ€" A Waterioo resident, Dr. Vidyasagar, 33, has been on the UW campus since May. He is a full professor. Prior to joinâ€" ing the UW faculty he spent 10 years at Conâ€" cordia Univeristy, Monâ€" treal. He has also taught at Marquette University and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Lisso miffed at rejection A main goal of Seiling in his new role, will be to create a more positive image of the police force. Cardillo, an 18â€"year veteran at Kitchener council, was nominated by Kitchener Mayor Morley Rosenberg. The motion was seconded by Kitchener Ald. Grace Stâ€" oner. tended to blast regional counciliors at the inauâ€" gural but he didn‘t get the chance. Lisso has maintained that the township is conâ€" tinually being stomped on at the regional goâ€" vernment level because it has only one of the 24 votes there. His townâ€" ship council is giving the region one year "‘to shape up or we‘ll ship out." Seiling, who expected a showâ€"down, with Lisso at the inauguration, said he was prepared for a police commissioner election and was conâ€" fident he would win. Marjorie _ Carroll, mayor of Waterioo, noâ€" minated Seiling and Cambridge Mayor Clauâ€" dette Millar seconded it. The two regional posiâ€" tions on the police comâ€" mission became availaâ€" ble when Cambridge Ald. Dave Durward did not seek reâ€"election in the last municipal elecâ€" tion and Police Commisâ€" sioner Bernice Adams passed away recently. A twoâ€"minute silence in honor of Adams was held. "I know that the pubâ€" lic does not find this terâ€" ribly exciting, but when you realize that if the vote had not been in the affirmative, I could right now be among the ranks of the unemâ€" ployed, it becomes quite exciting to me."‘ Cardilio said he inâ€" tended to approach his new position with ‘‘an open mind"" and to work to ‘*get things back on the road."" He was referâ€" ring to morale problems on the force and the Syd Brown affair. It was Cardillo‘s third try for the job. In other business, Gray was elected to his second term as regional council chairman. His reâ€"election came as ‘"no surprise,"‘ he said. Among the tasks facâ€" ing the new regional council will be coming to grips with the longâ€"term water supply for the urban areas of the reâ€" gion, together with the On the planning and developing committee are Cambridge Mayor Claudette Millar, Camâ€" bridge Ald. Bob Jeffery, Wellesley Mayor Albert Erb, Louis Hill from Wilmot Township, Kitchener Mayor Morâ€" ley Rosenberg, North Dumfries Mayor Lisso and Waterloo Ald. Glen Wright. The police commisâ€" sion chairman is expectâ€" ed to be elected from amongst the three proâ€" vincial and two regional appointees before the end of February. Curâ€" rently, Chris Jones of Cambridge is acting chairman but has inâ€" dicated he does not want the job. Both Seiling and Cardillo are considered to have a good crack at getting the top spot. The standing commitâ€" tees of regional council were also okayed at the inaugural meeting. The region‘s personnel committee will be made up of the chairman and one member of each standing committee and the region‘s finance adâ€" visory committee will be composed of the viceâ€" chairman â€" and _ one member of each standâ€" ing committee. On the region‘s health and social services comâ€" mittee are Cambridge Ald. Graham Busb and Bill Struck, Woolwich Township Ald. Jean Hachborn, Kitchener Ald. Brian Strickland, Grace Stoner and Gary Leadston and Waterloo Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinâ€" On the region‘s enâ€" gineering committee are Cambridge Ald. Fred Kent, Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Carroll, Woolwich _ Township councillor Joe Zinger, Wilmot Township Mayor Raiph Shantz and Kitchener Ald. Al Barâ€" ron, Will Ferguson, and Don Travers. Grand River Conservaâ€" tion Authority making a final decision on the West Montrose Dam, deâ€" termining the‘future of the Waterlooâ€"Wellington Airport, _ and ‘‘esâ€" tablishing both capital and operating budgets which require more study and tougher deciâ€" sions than in previous years,"" Gray said. The chairman noted, "I have no driving ambiâ€" tion to make radical changes in local governâ€" ment; I do have the deâ€" termination to make it work." Newcomers to regional council Cambridge Ald. Bob Jeffery and Waterioo Aid. Gien Wright share a few ideas at the reception following the inaugural meeting of regional council. First opened for business a week ago Monday, the new pub, Wiif‘s, has hours from 12 noon to 2 p.m., when it closes to reâ€"open at 4 p.m. for the evening. Soup and sandwiches are provided by the universityâ€" run Food Services. Mike Belanger, a WLUSU employee in charge of Wilf‘s, said the staff had problems when it tried to enforce the rule at first, such as a group of students buying just one sandwich among them and then orâ€" dering drinks. By Carl Friesen A concern about students indulging in tooâ€"liquid lunches in the newlyâ€"opened pub at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) has caused the school‘s adminisâ€" tration to rule that during the noon hour, customers there must buy food before being served drinks. The university administration holds the liquor liâ€" cense for the entire WLU campus, including the two pubs, Wilf‘s and the Turret, owned and operated by the Student Union. ‘*We realized after a couple of days that it wouldn‘t work"‘ said WLUSU President Mike Brown, adding that students are now only "strongly encouraged‘‘ to buy food. In the negotiations regarding the house rules for Wilf‘s between the administration and WLUSU beâ€" fore the pub opened, the administration wanted to ensure that students would not be going to class tipsy after drinking on an empty stomach. Mike Brown said a verbal agreement was reached that customers would only be ‘"encouraged‘‘ to buy the food provided by Food Services. He said he was surprised that staff at Wilf‘s were interpreting ‘"enâ€" couraged"‘ as meaning ‘"required"" and would not serve alcohol to anyone who had not bought food. ‘It‘s quite true we didn‘t want liquid lunches only,"‘ he said. ‘‘*The idea is that food goes with drinks." Members of the Student Union (WLUSU) operatâ€" ing the pub contend the rule is unworkable and say they are disregarding it. By the end of the first week of operation, the requirement was relaxed by the staff. In an interview Friday, university President Dr. Neale Tayler was apparently unaware that the rule was not being enforced. He said his understanding of the agreement beâ€" tween the student union and administration is that food with drinks would be a requirement, not just encouraged. Liquid lunches | cause some concern "I know it sounds paternalistic, but some of them (the students) are just 19‘ he said. Dr. Tayler exâ€" pressed concern that, since many students do not eat breakfast, they could be drinking on an empty WATERLOOQ CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1980 â€" PAGE 3 stomach if they don‘t have lunch. "But don‘t read that I‘m implying that‘s what all students do"" he said. Dr. Tayler said that since most students eat lunch anyway, asking them to buy it at Wilf‘s is not imposâ€" ing on them. All parties concerned seem to agree it will take tihe to get the new pub running smoothly, especialâ€" ly as normal university routine is now disrupted by the exam period. Belanger said he hopes the issue is settled by the time classes resume in January. Carroll said she was sure the issue would come before council again and they‘d take his comments into consideration at that time. Atkinson lives on Glen Forrest Blvd. in Waâ€" terloo and is a grade six student at Cedarbrae Public School. ‘*We get enough fluoride in our toothpaste," Atkinson told an attentive council. ‘"The city should stop the fluoridation and sell fluoride tablets at drug stores. That way people who want it can buy it and the city can save money by not putting it in the water." Members of the Fifth Waterloo Scout Troup attended Monday‘s council meeting as part of their preparation for earning a merit badge in civic politics. By Stewart Sutheriand City council was caught by surprise by 11â€" yearâ€"old boy scout Mike Atkinson when he raised the controversial fluoridated drinking water issue on Monday. Atkinson took advantage of an offer by Mayor Marjorie Carroll when she asked the scouts if anyone would like to make a presenâ€" tation to council. He told council that his neighbours and friends in Lakeshore Village were opposed to the city‘s fluoridated water program and said it should be stopped. Scout nixes fluoridation