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Firemen may still bargain In interviews with the Chronicle yesterâ€" day, both Mayor Marâ€" jorie Carroll and Dougâ€" las Cassidy, chairman By the Chronicle Staft It‘s only a slim chance, but it appears possible the city‘s firefighters and its wage negotiating committee could find their way back to the bargaining table to thrash out a compromise for a 1981 contract. 127th Year No. 18 Wednesday, May 6, 1981 Waterioo, Ontario 25 Cents Gary‘s got them ready SEE PAGE â€" 22 WLU won‘t OK plan for Gr. 13 Even though Wilfrid Laurier University has been accepting a limited number of students from grade 12 since 1966, it is in no position to endorse a study that calls for the elimination of grade 13. Keith Rae, assistant registrar for admisâ€" sions, said the university has always limited enrolment to a small group of highâ€" achievers from grade 12. They must have a 75 per cent average, plus a letter of endorsement from their school. But Rae said grade 13 traditionally has been a preparatory year for university stuâ€" dents. "And we are really comparing apples and oranges since, as I understand it, the new study suggests that the five years be condensed into four which creates a new situation," he said. Rae concedes "that many bright grade 12ers from the present system have done well and benefited from early entrance through our grade 12 scholarship proâ€" gram." * But he points out that students selected for the grade 12 special program at Laurier are required to take two degree credit courses and pass them with at least a Bâ€" average at summer session before being admitted to the regular first year at the uniâ€" versity. THIS WEEK INSIDE, of the negotiating comâ€" mittee of local 791 of the firefighters‘ associâ€" ation, indicated the possibility of some movement from the latest offer and deâ€" mand in negotiations. The association has rejected the city‘s final offer of a 10.5 per cent wage increase and the matter is now headed to provincial arbitraâ€" tion. Talks broke down in March. Cassidy said the fireâ€" fighters are asking for an increase of 16.67 per cent in wages, but apâ€" peared ready to negotiâ€" ate that figure. ‘"‘There‘s some possiâ€" bility of the firefighters moving, if the city is prepared to move,"‘ he said. Mayor Carroll was reluctant to predict the city would go higher than its current 10.5 per cent offer, but she said ‘"if they want to move off their demand ... if they‘re prepared to come down, we‘ll look at it." Cassidy said he didn‘t want to negotiâ€" ate through the media, but conceded that if a better offer was made â€" even if it were less than the 16.67 per cent sought â€" "I‘d take a long, hard look at it .... we have not closed the door that we will not negotiate again."‘ However, if there is any movement, both sides appear deterâ€" (Continued on page 3) A special Wednesda’ Girl see race â€"s By Stan Clarke Waterioo North hydro‘s new $1,537,000 headâ€" quarters at the corner of Northfield drive and Country Squire road will be built by city contractor Laverne Asmussen Ltd., commisâ€" sioners decided at a special noon meeting last Thursday. The construction is expected to take about 38 weeks, so the new headquarters should be functional sometime early in 1982. Waterloo North has needed a new building since provincial restructuring added the townships of Woolwich and Wellesley to the old Waterioo P.V.C. Mary Pemberton signs the books as the new ‘"mayor‘‘ ofâ€" students‘ activity at Waterioo Collegiate Institute as deputy mayor Donald Duench looks on. The two grade twelve students were elected by fellow students last week to begin their terms August 1. Hydro OKs bid to build PA \‘ Woman ponders 99 , fluoridation @ & tackled Meiaie :o <~â€" â€"f addiction "% y . SEE PAGE â€" 9 SHE‘S THE MAYOR â€" The $1,537,000 figure does not include $260,000 worth of work already done at the site, however, the contractor‘s bid is approximateâ€" ly $80,000 under the amount budgeted for the project by the utility. The tender does not cover landscaping, asphalt paving, garage floor heating, extra roofing or a 50 per cent performance bond. These extras were approved separately by the commission and will be added at a later date. The final figure also does not include a 6.5 per cent architect‘s and engineer‘s fee meanâ€" ing the final cost of the project could be somewhere over two million dollars.