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Waterloo regional police report the folâ€" lowing breakâ€"andâ€" enters during the week of Aug. 9 to 15. Oops, we goofed. In a frontâ€"page story last week The Chronicle reâ€" ported that the Univerâ€" sity of Waterioo Federâ€" ation of Students would be holding a street dance uptown on Sept. 22 to celebrate Waterâ€" Parkwood Court, entry through rear window, liquor taken; Wildwood Place, entry gained via rear baseâ€" ment window, stereo budgetary difficulties forcing staff layoffs, Waterloo is in ‘"fine" shape. ‘‘We‘re right on tarâ€" get," said Schaefer. *‘*We had budgeted for a surplus and there is every evidence that we will achieve it." This spring when the city finalized its 1982 ‘"‘This is a good, high quality â€"book," Van Dongen added. "I don‘t By Melodee Martinuk Right now the city of Waterloo‘s finances are as sound as â€" maybe sounder than â€" the dollar. This is according to city treasurer Don Schaefer and Mayor Marjorie Carroll, who say that although other municipalities are reâ€" History book sales hit vacation slump City‘s finances ‘right on target,‘ says treasurer Publication of the history was initially set for May 27 but was delayed two months because of what Van Dongen has called "production difficulties." ‘"‘We seem to have hit right into the vacation period ... we‘re not hitting the people we need," he exâ€" plained. By Melodee Martinuk Welcome to Waterioo, the 132â€" page history of the community funded by the city of Waterioo as a 125th anniversary project, is ‘‘not selling very well," according to Mark Van Dongen, the Wilfrid Laurier University student in charge of book distribution. â€" In the three weeks since the book went on sale, less than 1,000 c«:sks have been soild, Van Dongen said. In an interview with the Chronicle at the time of publication last month, Van Dongen said the city‘s goal in selling the history was to *‘*sell 3,000 (copies) in the first three weeks. We feel we have to get more than oneâ€"half sold in the first few weeks and then it will snowball." According to Van Dongen the main obstacle he has encountered in marketing the book is the time of its release. As well, he said, cost of the book, which is selling for $6, has been a problem. "I think it is the peoples‘ perception that the price (of the volume) is too high. But, at $6 we are just covering printing costs ... it‘s not a moneyâ€"making project. Breakâ€"andâ€"enters Correction The actual date of the getâ€"together will be Saturday, Sept. 25 from 7: 30 to midnight. Sorry ‘bout that! loo‘s 125th and the Uniâ€" versity of Waterlioo‘s 25th anniversaries. budget, expenditures were set at $14.5 milâ€" lion and, said Schaefer, ‘"at this point expendiâ€" tures are within $6,000 of budget." Police urge residents in the Sugarbush Park vicinity in particular to be aware of suspicious people in the area and to become involved in the Neighborhood Watch Program. unit taken; Twin Crescent, entry door, liquor taken. Rather than lay off staff this year, Schaefer said, Waterâ€" loo has been able to hire 10 new employees through participation in the provincial govâ€" ernment‘s municipal incentive program, which awarded the city At the same time, Schaefer noted, the city has not been forced to cut back on planned programs beâ€" cause of increasing costs. ‘‘We‘ve been able to do our full program as anticipatâ€" ed," he said. Twin Oaks entry via And, despite the fact that business has been slow, Van Dongen hasn‘t lost hope that sales will turn around. ‘"‘The next big push," he said, "wili be Oktobefest. Oktoberfest will make or break us." Although response to the book has not been what the city had hoped for, Van Dongen said, "It‘s good that the city did this. If the city hadn‘t done it, they would have been criticized. Now that they have done it, they‘re not getting the support they need." The book is also being sold at Towers Department Stores, all Zehr‘s Markets in the city, Coles Book Store, W.H. Smith at Westâ€" mount Place and at both university bookstores. Welcome to Waterioo is available through the city‘s community serâ€" vices department, at the main branch of the Waterloo Public Library and at the Wateriloo Chamber of Commerce. W want for $6." bad Waterioo was written by three local historians, Marg Rowell, Ed Devitt and Pat McKegâ€" ney. It traces the history of the community from its beginnings, documenting the growth of Waterloo from a village into the city it is today. The book also includes nuâ€" merous photographs, maps and diaâ€" grams and features a 12â€"page sports section written by Devitt. Five thousand of the histories have been printed at a total cost to the city of $20,000. The city had hoped to recover its investment through book sales. In order to cut costs this year, the mayor said, fewer seasonal employees were hired this summer than in the past and city workers undertook construction projects, such as the building of Heritage Park at King and William Streets, which ordinarily would have been contracted ‘"In running through the financial picture," Schaefer concluded, ‘"it looks very fatorâ€" able for the city." Schaefer‘s optimism is shared by Carroll who attributed the city‘s financial soundâ€" ness to the fact that ‘‘Our people just stick to the budget ... they don‘t overspend. We‘ve always prided ourâ€" selves on being able to budget very close to the line." *‘‘This is going to take the pressure off next year,‘‘ Schaefer added. The only items of real concern for the city‘s treasurer which could throw the city‘s budgeting off track, are winter mainteâ€" nance costs.. But, Schaefer said, "we‘ve put in a realistic esâ€" timate." The 10 employees, he said, "have been doing painting, creek and maintenance work which we wouldn‘t have been able to do otherwise, and it is funded by the provâ€" a grant of $126,000. A research grant of $42,051 has been awarded to the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo to deâ€" velop a smoking preâ€" vention program â€" for use in Ontario schools, Health Minister Larry Grossman recently anâ€" nounced. Dr. J.A. Best of the Department of Health Studies at the Universiâ€" ty of Waterloo will reâ€" ceive the grant. He will be assisted in the projâ€" ect by Dr. K.S. Brown. The grant is among To comply with the residents‘ request and enclose the creek, Carâ€" roll said, "would be the ultimate solution, but it UW receives grant for school smoking prevention program (Continued from page 1) fenced to keep the chilâ€" dren out of the creek." A major part of the problem experienced this year, Carroll said, is simply the heavier than normal rainfall of the summer. "The bigâ€" gest thing is that we have had a very wet season ... we‘ve had an unreal amount of CULPEPPER DRIVE Creek raises concern for children‘s safety Calif., and Dr. Janusz Brzozowski, chairman of UW‘s computer science department. Faculity members and students in the computer science department will be using the new equipment. Hewlettâ€"Packard (Canada) Ltd. has announced the gift of a new line of computer equipment valued at approximately $250,000 to the University of Waterioo made available to UW under a ‘"research partnership‘ agreement. The equipment includes four computer work stations, each featuring an Hâ€"P 9836 computer and auxiliary interacting equipment. Seen on the UW campus at the time of the recent announcement are (left to right): Mailcoim Gissing, Hâ€"P (Canada) president; Gaylan Larson, general manager, Data Systems Division, Hewlettâ€"Packard, Cupertino, vide career stability and support for clinical and community health researchers so we can meet projected manâ€" s very expensive." But, Carroll said, "it has always been counâ€" Based on past experiâ€" cil‘s intention that it be ence, Willis estimated an open ditch ... it is that enclosing the council‘s policy to creek could cost the leave the creeks 118 totalling $4.1 milâ€" lion announced for health research proâ€" grams across the provâ€" ince. For the first time, this includes almost $1 million in awards to 16 career scientists and eight postâ€"doctoral felâ€" lows. *‘We are financing health research perâ€" an alternative which ‘"Jim (Willis) thought the city could live with," would be to inâ€" stall a smaller pipe, to carry off some of the runoff from a rain, and also have a shallow open watercourse on the surface. city between $800 and $1,000 a foot. COMPUTER GIFT Instead, she offered, Carroll expects WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1982 â€" PAGE The career awards go to universities to enable them to pay salaries to research scientists who are esâ€" tablished in their fields but are not on permaâ€" nent staff at a universiâ€" ty. The money awarded ‘"Our aim is to proâ€" vide the funds to keep topâ€"notch scientists in the health research field and bring promisâ€" ing new people into this work," he added. next 10 years," Grossâ€" man said. Carroll expects the Despite the concern engineering departâ€" expressed by city hall ment to present their about their problems, report on the creek to Hollis said he doesn‘t council later this fall. "think anything will However, she said, change. But, if you ‘"the decision will most don‘t fight, you won‘t likely be made in conâ€" get anything. Anything junction with the rest they do would be an of the budget in the improvement to what spring."‘ we have now."‘ * The grants were recâ€" ommended by four adâ€" visory committees made up of heaith proâ€" fessionals from across the province. They apply to programs based in Waterloo as well as Gueliph, Hamilâ€" ton, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Simcoe and To undertake addiâ€" tional creek improveâ€" ments this year, she added, would be imposâ€" sible, because "there‘s just no money this coming academic year. Each award provides for a scientist‘s salary for a fiveâ€"year period, renewable for up to five additional years.