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City rejects request for fluoride vote 128th Year No. 18 DECISION ANGERS MEWHINNEY ‘‘For the past 16 years," Mewhinney arâ€" gued, ‘"people have been drinking fluoriâ€" dated water whether they wanted to or not. "I feel very upset that I have to drink fluoridated water," she said. "It is an infringeâ€" ment on my civil liberâ€" In introducing the motion Mewhinney said she was a ~lone voice in raising this question. A motion by Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney that a plebiscite on fluoridation be held in conjunction with the fail election fell on deaf ears in council chambers Monday night as she failed to find a seconder for her request. By Melodee Martinuk If the fluoridation question is put on the ballot for the November municipal election it won‘t be because Waterloo‘s aldermen want it there. Go west young man, go west é â€"â€" SEE * PAGE 26 Mickey Mouse, . please come home Since Mickey‘s disappearance was first reported last fall, "there‘s been a lot of community interest" about his safe reâ€" turn, Curtis said. "Even now if 1 go downtown shopping, people always ask ‘Have you found Mickey Mouse yet?" If anyone has information about Mick ey‘s whereabouts, plase call Curtis at 886 3610. Even though many months have gone by since Mickey first disappeared from the playground at the corner of Albert Street and Bridgeport Road, "we haven‘t given up. We know he‘s out there," Curtis stressed. According to Penny Curtis, nursery supervisor, "he was the real focal point of our playground, and we all really miss him." This is the message staff and students at Emmanuel Day Nursery are sending out in hopes of finding Mickey Mouse, the fourâ€"foot high playground seesaw which was taken from their schoolyard last fall. a oouUt HIN 58!(‘ 16 AS w(,"' h() argued. "Even now if 1 go removing fluoride from . people alwa{f:‘ ask the water would be "a key Mouse yet?" . penalty imposed on rmation about Mick those with low inâ€" ase call Curtis at 886 come," who cannot afâ€" ford to get fluoride in other ways. Mewhinney said the issue of fluoridation has ‘"not been resolved satisfactorily ... we should have the vote again to have a fullyâ€" decided situation in Waterloo." Following the meetâ€" ing Mewhinney said she was ‘"angry that people aren‘t willing to support the issue ... particularly when so many support the conâ€" cept." Waterioo Safe Water Society viceâ€"president Jim Colley, who for the past two years has fought fluoridation of Waterloo‘s water, adâ€" mitted in an interview ties ... 1 should have a choice whether this medication is in the water. Wednesday, May 5, 1982 None of the questions which the Safe Water Society have raised concerning last year‘s referendum are ‘"valid" he said. ‘‘We just haven‘t the money to spend on something that is not necessary,‘‘ Harris said. Earlier in the eveâ€" ning council heard a delegation, representâ€" ed by Jeoff Harris, a retired loca) businessâ€" man and resident of the city for 22 years, who urged council to continâ€" ue its policy of fNluoriâ€" dation. "I am thankful that the counciliors of Waâ€" terioo éiected, based on the technical advice they got, to put fluoride in the water," Harris said. Colley is confident that his group can colâ€" lect sufficient signaâ€" tures to force a second referendum . after the meeting that he was ‘"a bit down" because of council‘s decision. Under the Fluoridaâ€" tion Act, if a petition signed by 10 per cent of the eligible voters of a city is presented to council, a vote must be held. However, Colley added, council‘s deciâ€" sion was not unexpectâ€" ed and the society "has a plan all ready to go out and collect signaâ€" tures," to force the city to put the question on the bailot. Her gift‘s fit for ‘ a king â€" SEE PAGE 9 â€" Waterioo, Ontario Waterioo potter Jacquelyn Lumsden (left) discusses her handicraftts with shopper Marea Gustafson of Noecker Street during the Waterioo Potters‘® Workshop spring sale heild at First United Church this past weekend. Lumsden, who has her own pottery wheel and kiln in her Allen Street home, has been a member of Waterico Potters® Workshop for 11 years. More than 30 members of the local nonâ€"profit group displayed their earthenware art for hundreds of eager shoppers during the twoâ€"day sale. (Photo by Karla Wheeler). Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 POTTERY POTPOURRI 25 Cents at the Newstand â€" SEE PAGE 3 Haroild celebrates 85 years