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128th Year No. 17 These Lincolin Heights School students shine when it comes to industrial arts. The Waterioo young people, shown above working in the Lincoln Heights industrial workshop, won firstâ€"place awards in competitions held this week in Toronto during the Ontario Industrial Arts Teachers Association convention. Brad Marshaill (centre) won first place in the Grade 8 woodworking category as well as overall best of show award for a solid walnut sconce he handcrafted. Grade 8 student Joyce Lee (left) and Diane Babensee, Grade 7, won top honors for mechanical drafting in their respective grade categories. As many as 250 entries from 100 schools across the province were judged during the competition. (Photo by Karla Wheeler). INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS THIS WEEK INSIDE: Mike has pigskin powerhouse SEE PAGE 22 Wednesday, April 28, 1982 Waterioo, Ontario \ â€" SEE PAGE 5 Joanne enjoys her ‘"‘family"‘ Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 25 Cents at the Newstand CORE SHOPPING STUDY Basically, said Mark Van Dongen in his pre sentation to the CDC summarizing the study ‘"Downtown â€"(Waterâ€" loo) was never rated superior to anything it was compared to."the report, which was based on a survey of 250 WLU and Universiâ€" ty of Waterloo stuâ€" dents, went on to say. ‘‘"‘The shops are there,"" said Mayor Marjorie Carroll, ‘"but abviously the message is noto getting through .‘ The study completed by the students, the mayor said, is ‘"conâ€" firming many of the things"‘ brought out in the Woods Gordon study which examined the city core and ofâ€" fered recommendaâ€" tions for strengthening the uptown area. The report, Sandrock said, ‘‘unfortunately shows that we are not really tuned into" what is happening at the universities, ‘‘that we‘re talking a difâ€" ferent language." "It‘s not nice to be thumped," Dave Sanâ€" d rock, Waterloo Chamber of Comâ€" merce‘s representative on the CDC, told the authors of the study, ‘‘but what you have to say is very imporâ€" tant." The report, prepared by five Wilfrid Laurier University {WLU) business students at the request of the city, concluded that "Preâ€" sently, students in genâ€" eral have a low awareâ€" ness about downtown Waterloo. In addition, their opinions about the area are slightly negaâ€" tive. This was the reaction of Waterloo‘s Civic Development Committee (CDC) Tuesday when its members considered a report released last Friday examining attitudes of university students towards Waterloo‘s core shopping area. By Melodee Martinuk It may hurt to get "thumped," but the experience can be very educational. . University _ students shun uptown stores John is WCl‘s new mayor findings, *"students do not feel their specific needs can be met in downtown and they are going elsewhere." Students, he continâ€" ued, "are generally unâ€" aware of the downtown area ... only 13 per cent were classified as aware" of the stores located in Waterloo‘s uptown. Currently, the report found, uptown Waterâ€" loo is meeting student needs for ‘"convenience shopping‘‘ but for ‘"items that need selecâ€" tion, price or quality, much of the spending is Conservation areas open Saturday â€" SEE PAGE 19 â€" In addition to dayâ€"use and camping, GRCA conservation areas are also popular with groups. â€" With good weather fast approaching, the conservation areas operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will officially open for the summer season this Saturday, May 1. Again this year, the parks will offer a complete range of outdoor recreation acâ€" tivities. Dayâ€"use activities include swimming, picnicing and hiking, while fullyâ€"serviced camping areas are available in most parks. Church picnics, company picniecs and family reunions can easily be accomâ€" modated in all areas, with swimming facilities and picnic shelters available. Organized youth groups are also given special discounts for group campsites,. which can be reserved in advance by contacting the local conservation area su perintendent. _ For further information regarding out door recreation in the Grand River valley this summer, call 621â€"2761. leaving the region or else going to Kitchener or to the malls." Figures prepared by the project team reveal that the discretionary spending by individual students averages $2,000 or a total of $36 million, each school year. Presently, it was reâ€" ported, university stuâ€" dents are spending about 21 per cent of that amount, a total of Sixty per cent of stuâ€" dents, the report said, will do their shopping outside of Waterloo. {Continued on page 3}