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By Stan Clarke Is the intersection of King and Cenâ€" tral streets a future death trap for the area‘s young children? Aidermen and spectators alike were asking themselâ€" ves that question following a presentaâ€" tion to council Monday by concerned parents‘ spokesman Carl Thompson, of Dorset St. The Kingâ€"Central ‘T‘ inâ€" tersection has traffic lights. The last car turning north in a line of three or four could be a great danger to the young children, because they are not ‘streetâ€"wise‘‘ Thompson said. He said the lightâ€"cycle at the comer is one of 80 seconds ; 50 seconds for King and 30 seconds for Central. Of the 30 seconds, a "walk‘" sign is flashed for only 9.6 seconds, then it changes to ‘‘don‘t walk‘"‘ for 16.8 seâ€" *‘*Drivers do not recognise this. They know how long they have to wait if they don‘t make the light," he told Thompson told council that parents with for and five yearâ€"old children atâ€" tending Brighton public school are particularly concerned with the crossâ€" ing. Small children, in kindergarten and grade one, are confused when the ‘‘don‘t walk‘"‘ sign comes on and many try to run across King as quickly as possible. At the same time, cars turnâ€" ing north from Central proceed as soon as the ‘don‘t walk‘‘ sign apâ€" byâ€" Herb Epp, Bob Labbett and Bob Needham respectiveâ€" ly. The following is a brief personal and poâ€" litical platform outâ€" line for each of the candidates: BOB LABBETT â€" Conservative Conservative Bob Labbett is running for office for the first time. He is president and general manager of the Beaverdale Golf Candidates for the three provincial poliâ€" tical parties have made â€" their â€" final pitches for voter supâ€" port and polling staâ€" tions open for business tomorrow morning. The Liberal, Conserâ€" vitive and New Deâ€" mocratic parties are represented in the ridâ€" ing of Waterloo North By Stewart Sutheriand Crosswalk a concern to parents Signet staff Your provincial election candidates Philharmonic Choir and the Waterloo reâ€" gional committee on open space and outâ€" door recreation. â€" Labbett says in his campaign literature that the economic Labbett has been inâ€" volved with First Unâ€" ited Church, the Kâ€"W club and has an active involvement in golf and squash as well as coaching in local minor sports. â€" Bob Labbett ‘‘*But the drivers just do not yield as often as they should,"‘ Thompson said. **To four and five yearâ€"olds, it is a perâ€" ceived short light." Deputy city engineer Gord Lemon agreed with the engineering opinions, and said even slow children should be able to cross within 15 seconds. Thompson said his group had apâ€" proached both the city and regional engineering departments with their concerns, but were told that the 25â€" second total time is enough for even small children to cross the street safeâ€" ly. j However, Alderman â€" Charles Voelker said he is worried. He lives in that area, and said the Kingâ€"Central intersection was much safer years ago when there was a pushâ€"button stop signal. "I wouldn‘t mind seeing a senâ€" ior student standing there."‘ Council endorsed a motion by Ald. Thomas to immediately investigate the parents‘ claims and decide what changes could be made. Alderman Doreen Thomas said soâ€" mething has to be done before a young child is killed at the corner, and Voelker added that the Kingâ€"Central light is the only one between Univerâ€" sity and Bridgeport, so King street traffic is usually moving quite fast. Thompson suggested a five second increase in the total crossing time and repeated that ‘"perceived time‘"" is imâ€" portant. HERB EPP â€" Liberal Incumbent â€" Liberal Herb Epp was first elected to Queens Park in 1977 and has 13 years experience as an elected representaâ€" tive including mayor Labbett and his wife Barbara live in Waâ€" terloo and have three children : Sharon, Craig and Sandra. He also says imâ€" mediate _ attention needs to be focused on industrial growth, enâ€" ergy, employment opâ€" portunities and an efâ€" fective and realistic agricultural policy. He feels these probâ€" lems and their soluâ€" tions can best be reâ€" solved with a strong representative on the government side at Queens Park. problems and the conâ€" stitutional crisis require strong leaderâ€" ship and direction. He is a member of Kâ€"W Catholic Social Services, the Waâ€" terloo Young Men‘s Club, the Kitchenerâ€" Westmount Rotary "Club and the Kâ€"W Real Estate Board. and alderman in the city of Waterioo from 1968 to 1977. In his campaign liâ€" terature, Epp says ‘"a Liberal government will encourage Canaâ€" dian investment, proâ€" â€" Herb Epp vide incentives for reâ€" search and developâ€" ment for _ small business along with an improved _ apprenâ€" ticeship program." He says his party will make job creation its top priority, inâ€" crease the agriculture ministry‘s _ budget from oneâ€"haif per cent to one per cent, reâ€" duce _ rural hydro rates, expand the market for farm proâ€" ducts through the creation of a Food Strategy Fund to supâ€" port projects such as: storage facilities, proâ€" cessing plants and imâ€" proved market re Epp and his wife Jane live in Waterioo with their two chilâ€" dren David and Sarah. His platform also inâ€" cludes cutting governâ€" ment waste and bringâ€" ing government spending under conâ€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1981 â€" PAGE 3 terioo ran unsuccessâ€" fully as an NDP canâ€" didate in the last feâ€" deral election. In his campaign liâ€" terature, Needham says he is ‘‘*concerned to see that governâ€" ments at all levels, BOB NEEDHAM â€" New Democrat New Democrat Bob Needham is not new to politics. The econoâ€" mics professor at the University of Waâ€" â€" Bob Needham wife Dawna reside in Waterloo with their two sons Robert and Brent. whether municipal, provincial or federal, put the needs of peoâ€" ple first in the formuâ€" lation and administraâ€" tion of economic and social policy." He says that, if elected, his party will create new economic opportunities _ and strengthen existing inâ€" dustries by expanding investment in key secâ€" tors using Crown Corâ€" porations and enâ€" couraging indepenâ€" dent Canadian business. Funding health care through progressive income taxes and eliâ€" minating ‘premiums and optâ€"out privileges while providing comâ€" pensation for doctors through negotiation is~ another plank in the Needham platform. Needham and his