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128th Year No. 38 _ Wednesday, September 22, 1982 Waterioo, Ontario 25 cents at the Newstand August 1940 will long be remembered as the start of the twoâ€"year struggle over the skies of England which came to be known as the Battle of Britain. Sunday, members of Wing 404 of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, the Wing 404 Ladies Auxiliary and the #80 Squadron Air Cadets took part in a parade to commemorate the Battle of Britain and those who served in the Allied forces in World War II. Above, members of the Wing 404 color guard make their way down King Street to the Waterioo cenotaph where a short service, given by Father Vern Brunning, chaplain of the 404, and Waterioo M.P. Waiter McLean, and a wreathâ€"placing ceremony were held. TIME FOR REFLECTION THIS WEEK INSIDE Vic Davis named top athilete â€"â€" SEE PAGE 20 Metlodee Martinuk photo They‘re bowling over myth â€"â€" SEE PAGE 9 Ald. Charles Voelker suggested that council visit each of the five Erb would like to see the city investigate alâ€" ternatives to the proâ€" posed blanket policy such as varying the number of home resiâ€" dents according to the geographical zone the home is located in and possibly setting difâ€" ferent regulations deâ€" pending on which minâ€" istry a home is operatâ€" Ald. Jim Erb asked council to reconsider the six maximum beâ€" cause, "I think we were quite restrictive last wee# ... I think we can really do a better job on the bylaw." Last week, bowing to pressure from resiâ€" dents, a committee of council approved guidelines limiting the maximum number of residents in a home to six unrelated individuâ€" als. But, when this deâ€" cision came before council Monday for final approval, city alâ€" dermen changed their minds and decided to investigate the matter further. A recommendation from city staff, submitâ€" ted to council in July which received little opposition at a July public hearing, sugâ€" gests that as many as 10 unrelated individuâ€" als be allowed in a group home. tives. Currently city bylaws do not address the issue of group homes and homes of under five residents are allowed in all resiâ€" dential zones in the city. Council unanimously decided Monday to defer making any decision on the proposed new bylaw regulating group homes until aldermen meet with representatives from the Minisâ€" tries of Community and Social Services, Health and Corrections as well as private home operators. City staff was also directed to prepare a report examining policy alternaâ€" More study is needed to decide group home issue Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Waterloo council will be taking a closer look at the group home issue before setting a new group home policy for the city. o Jean‘s athilete ; of the week â€"â€" SEE PAGE 29 ‘‘*We can make a much better decision if we do that," Voelker said. Council decided to seek out additional inâ€" formation about group group homes currently operating in Waterloo, ‘‘to see how each one operates ... the probâ€" lems that exist if any. Not much time left Anyone interested in contacting the Society can do so at the National Food Market or by phoning 884â€"6338. The underlying problem with reaching the 6,000 target is that because of the size of their group, the Safe Water Society has had to spend a great deal of time during the summer reaching residents, unfortunâ€" ately coinciding with peak vacation periods. The Safe Water group is aiming at 6,000 signatures for their petition, more than the 10 per cent (of eligible voters) needed, as a safeguard against possible reduction due to invalidated names when the petition list is computerâ€"matched against the city‘s voter list. ‘‘*Our probilem right now is the people we haven‘t reached, we‘re asking people to contact us if we haven‘t gotten in touch with them yet." That‘s how many days are left before the Sept. 30 deadline agreed upon with the city to collect signatures on a petition to force a plebiscite on municipal election day Nov. 8 re artificial fluoridation. *‘Basically things (petition) are going well," said society president Herbert Riedel Tuesday about his group‘s second campaign in as many years to bring the matter to plebescite. In June of 1981, the society lost in its bid to halt fluoridation by a margin of 313 votes. Chronicie Staff Their target is 6,000, but right now the Waterloo Safe Water Society is more worried about the number eight. Barbara Whitney, representing a group of 35 Batavia Place resiâ€" dents attending the meeting who are proâ€" testing a plan from the Kâ€"W Kinsmen Club to homes after hearing delegations argue both for and against the proposed policy. (Continued on page 38)