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Â¥d8Tt Finst Round Woman determined to continue fight against hygiene product tax The 34â€"yearâ€"old Dorset Street woman had travelled to Toronto Monday to see Waterloo North MPP Herb Epp present a petition to Ontario Treasurer Frank Miller, bearing names of 5,400 people from across southern Ontario who opposed the 7 per cent sales tax on sanitary napkins and tampons. _ ‘Eyesores‘ in city core will have decorative hoarding, CDC decides By Chronicle Staff Writer Waterioo resident Barbara Saunders may have lost the first round in her fight against the recentlyâ€"imposed provincial sales tax on feminine hygiene products, but she hasn‘t given up the batâ€" But, Saunders said in an interview with the Chronicle, three minutes before the petition was to be presented, Miller got up and left the legislaâ€" Miller had known for weeks that the petition was coming, Saunders added. ‘"And just before he got a note from Herb Epp that the petition was going to be presented ... 1 don‘t know why he (Miller) couldn‘t have stayed three minutes more." "I walked out after him," Saunders said, "and 1 saw him in a back room drinking coffee and talkâ€" How to camouflage gites in uptown Waterâ€" loo where buildings have been destroyed by fire and construction has yet to begin? That is one problem Breakâ€"andâ€"enters reo report the folâ€" ewing breakâ€"andâ€" taters during the week «€ Jume 14 to June 20. Widwood Place, entry tia basement window, biroceBlars, ring, liâ€" quor, television and Waterloo regional Partâ€"time teaching stipends will be increased by eight per cent, effective May The board also approved adjustments for several staff groups. Senior executive ~staff, which includes five, deans and two viceâ€"presidents, will receive the same percentage adjustments as the facuity. Seventyâ€"four staff in the executive and pofeulonal group will receive acrossâ€"theâ€" board increases of 9.25 per cent effective May 1. Like the faculty, they also could receive a further adjustment of up to 14 (Cantinued from page 1) ‘_ in the secretarial, clerical and technical group. 193 staff members will gain acrossâ€" the board increases of 11 per cent also effective May 1. Average hourly wages for the 56 food services staff will be raised by 67¢ an hour, or approximately 11.3 per cent effective 1. ?:’. in previous years, additional monies bave been provided for facuity and staff who are eligible for discretionary merit lncreases and for the correction of salary lnsquities created by market pressures. Pr. Tayler said his recommendations Laurier By Melodee Martinuk » based on an extensive review of tutioneal salary data, salary trends, consideration of the current economic which Waterloo‘s Civic Development Commitâ€" tee (CDC) dealt with at yesterday‘s committee meeting. lines for future develâ€" opment in the core area, the Architectural Guidelines Committee converter taken; Erb Street West, entry via front door, food taken; Lincoln Road, entry via garage, power tools taken; Weber Street North, entry via ceilâ€" ing, nothing taken. Miller‘s actions, Saunders said, "were an impolite and discourteous thing to do to 5,400 people. I feel it was very much an insult to me and the people I represent." â€" _ Despite her reception Monday, Saunders said she is not going to give up the battle to have the tax removed. Already she has asked to appear before a legislative committee set up last Thursday to review the imposition of the sales tax in order to give a 10 to 15â€"minute presentation. _ _ And, Saunders said, "signatures are still coming in and I‘m still mailing out petitions." _ But, she admitted, organizing the petition is beginning to take its toll. "I‘m getting a little tired ... I‘m praying for more energy." o _ "Had I had more time I could have quadrupled the number of names on the petition," Saunders remarked. The Waterloo mother started the petition just over a month ago because she "felt strongly about the fact that people in Ontario had been trying very hard to survive ... and we didn‘t need this slap in the face from the provincial government. "To tax women for a natural bodily function was the last straw," Saunders said. (AGC) last month sugâ€" gested that decorative, reâ€"useable screening be used instead of traâ€" ditional hoarding to fence off unused buildâ€" ing sites. Traditional hoardâ€" ing, the committee said, presents a ‘"negaâ€" tive image" in Waterâ€" loo‘s uptown streetâ€" scape. â€" As a result of the committee‘s suggesâ€" tion, chief building offiâ€" cial Guenter Trinkaus was asked by the CDC to prepare a report outlining alternatives to screenng now used. In making his report to the committee, Trinâ€" kaus pointed to .«.the empty building site owned by the Canadian Imperia) Bank of Comâ€" merce located on the east side of King Street just across from the north end of Waterloo Square as a "perfect example‘‘ of the probâ€" lem. t ‘*The coloring (bright yellow) draws attention to the gap ... it‘s a real eyesore," Trinkaus said. After considering other possibilities, such as metal and conâ€" crete screening, Trinâ€" kaus proposed that wooden hoarding still be used, but that it be designed and painted to harmonize with adjoinâ€" ing buildings. The decorative hoarding, he said, should be the property of the city. Cost of erecting and dismanâ€" tling the screening, Trinkaus added, should be borne by the properâ€" ty owner. _ Total cost of 100 feet of decorative hoarding, Trinkaus estimated, would be $1,750. The CDC enthusiastiâ€" cally endorsed the proâ€" BIA sets strategy to boost core shopping posal and unanimously recommended it for council‘s approval. Ald. Doreen Thomas emphasized that the city "should do whatâ€" ever we can to discourâ€" age" graffiti on hoardâ€" ing. ‘"If people get away with it ... it defeats the purpose of this hoardâ€" ing ... it just accentuâ€" ates the problem,"‘ she said. For this program to work, Trinkaus said, "there‘d have to be coâ€"operation on the part of the merâ€" chants." "A lot can be done," he said, ‘"You just have to sit down and look at it." By Chronicle Staff Writer Uptown Waterloo merchants are now planning their strategy to encourage university students to shop in the core. And, to guide them in charting their course, the Uptown Waterioo Business Improvmen(t Area (BIA) has decided to spend $500 to hire a student whose job it will be to outline promotional strategies and merchandising methods which would be more effective in enticing students into The BIA proposal is that a student be hired to work 20 hours a week for the next two and a half months at $5 an hour â€" for a teotal cost of $1,000. The BIA has asked the Civic Development Committee (CDC) to allocate $500 to the project to make up the remaining argount. The decision to hire the stutdent was made by the BIA after a report released in April revealed that Waterloo‘s university students have a low awareness of and are indifferent to the uptown shopping area. Umwn. concluded the report prepared by five Wilfrid Laurier University students, "was never rated superior to a:lymmg it was compared to." The student, said BIA representative on the CDC, Wayne Deyarmond, would visit core merchants and outline the findings of the report, nd outline the findings of the report, advertising guide, outline vehicles Lundy, who hopes to establish his own company after graduation. Although his company is just now getting under way, Lundy says he has already learned "quite a bit" about marketing and setting up a business. _ ‘"‘I‘ve had to deal with things like where to find the right suppliers, to compare prices and get good prices, how to set up my own accounts and do my own bookkeeping,"" he said. Which, said Middlemass, is what makes the Student Venture Capital Program unique. (Continued from page 1} "It‘s not a makeâ€"work proâ€" gram, said Middlemass. "It‘s venture capital and these are the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. ‘"‘These students are not asking Jim Lundy displays tâ€"shirts and basebail caps containing a speciallyâ€"designed logo of the Canadianâ€"made arm of the U.S. space shuttle. Lundy received a loan through Ontario‘s Summer Venture Capital Program, enabling him to start a company to market these products. Students start new businesses WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1982 â€" PAGE 3 available to reach students, establish student liaison so the BIA would always be in touch with what is happening at the universities, and prepare an uptown promotional booklet. The CDC and the BIA should both be involved in the project to hire the student, Deyarmond arâ€" Although committee members approved of the project proposal, they were reluctant to commit themselves to spending the $500 because of budgetary considerations. ‘"It‘s going to be fairly tight," said committee chairman Ald. Robert Henry, after examining the committee‘s budget. The committee decided to delay making any decision on the matter until a complete examinaâ€" tion of its budget has been completed and until the m:uuu of getting a government grant to the project have been investigated. The qmmr to hire a student is one which will be by the CDC and the BIA when they meet next week to discuss core improvement and beautification. The meeting will be held Tuesday, June 29 at 8: 30 a.m. in committee room 2, third floor of the Marsland Centre. It will be, said Mayor Marjorie Carroll, "a real brainstorming session...to get everything on the table and see what we can do together.‘‘ for a high wage, they are taking $2,000, and over a fourâ€"month time, turning that into a profit," he added. ‘"‘Most businesses couldn‘t turn a profit in such a short time. one project that "was not a success. And that‘s fantastic.‘" "I‘ve seen some pretty good returns on a nominal investment with this program." â€" _ During the five years that the provincial government has been sponsoring venture capital projâ€" ects in this area, Middlemass continued, there has only been "It‘s exciting working with these kids," Middlemass comâ€" mented. ‘"These kids are the most gutsy people â€" they‘ve got it. These are the people who are going to make the future." Melodee Martinuk photo