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127th Year No. 22 Wednesday, June 3, 1981 â€"SEE PAGE 15 You decide Monday Nana pleases most THIS WEEK INSIDE Bob gets his gold star â€"SEE PAGE 3 YES OR NO? Waterioo, Ontario Waterloo residents go to the polls Monday to determine whether this city will continue to fluoridate the public water supply. And a heavy turnout at Saturday‘s advance poll indicates interest may be running high on the controversial issue. s During the advance poll, 417 voters cast ballots at the Waterloo public library. That‘s 87 more than were cast during two days of adâ€" vance polling in last November‘s municipal elections. A total of 39,217 resiâ€" dents will be eligible to vote at 32 polling staâ€" tions throughout the city between the hours of 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. City clerk Ron Keelâ€" ing says voters should check the location of their poll on notices being sent out by the city. Voters will be asked if they want fluoridaâ€" tion stopped through the stifflyâ€"worded question ‘‘are you in favour of the discontinâ€" uance of the fluoridaâ€" tion of the public water supply of this municiâ€" pality?‘‘ No means one‘s in favour of fluoridation and yes means they‘re opposed to the practice. If the majority of voters answer yes, city council is compelled by provincial legislation to pass a byâ€"law disâ€" continuing the fluoridaâ€" tion of the water supâ€" ply. e The plebiscite was forced when the Waterâ€" loo Safe Water Society gathered more than Voter turnâ€"out heavy at advance poll Seniors savings pay off â€"SEE PAGE 11 3,900 signatures on a petition, representing more than 10 per cent of the eligible voters. Proponents of fluoriâ€" dation say it is a safe, effective way of reducâ€" ing tooth decay in chilâ€" dren, while opponents claim it is deleterious to one‘s health and an imfringement of indiâ€" vidual rights as a form of mass medication. The Ontario ministry of health, in a pamâ€" phlet, refers to fluoride as ‘‘a miracle subâ€" stance" that can reâ€" duce cavities by as much as 65 per cent Teens form park patrols A vandalism awareness program, sponâ€" sored by Waterloo regional police, with funding provided by the federal Solicitorâ€" General‘s office, was launched Monday. The program has been formed to heighten public awareness of vandalism, to reduce vandalism in and around public parks and recreational areas and to provide a safe park environment. The program consists of six teenage patrollers and a project leader. The paâ€" trollers‘ main function will be to observe any act of vandalism and report this immediately to the recreational supervisor in an assigned area, or to the police force when necessary., compared to communiâ€" ties with no fluoride in the water. Results of Monday‘s plebiscite will bge teleâ€" vised as they come in on a Grand River cabâ€" lecast at 8: 30 p.m. on Channel 4. Clerk Ron Keeling says the vote is the first plebiscite on an issue in the city since the early sixties, when voters were asked if they were in favour of liquor being served in dining rooms. Waterloo‘s water has been fluoridated since 1967.