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Wilt Kaufman. right, and Rheta Austin, left, present Barb Evans of the tGW Services tor the Physically Disabled with cheques totalling more than SI ,100. The money will be used to help pay the organization's operating expenses. WHITE SUGAR COCA COLA PAPER . 'l,fgl-lu TOWELS 99' [SEE Prim. in qhqct “till Mon. 0ct.11th. " at Beechwood tttom Wo m the right to limit quantum SHORT STOP TAB, spans, SUGAR FREE spans CASE CASE OF 24, 280 mL TiNS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ' 'TILL MIDNIGHT BEECHWOOD PLAZA (Erb a. Hellman) Waterloo VIVA SE33 99' $499 2 kg BAG The 67-year-old said he made the five-hour trip, "because the ser- vice is a poor agency . . . I wanted to do some- thing worthwhile." K-W Services for the Physically Disabled is a volunteer agency, funded by Federated Appeal, which provides social, recreational and community in- volvement programs as well as other sup port services to physi- cally disabled adults in the K-W area. Kaufman, a Waterloo resident for the past 41 years, raised his dona- tion, $350. by holding a 15-mile walk on August to. The two, aware that the K-W Services for the Physically Dis- abled faces a $14,000 budget deficit for 1983. recently raised more than 't,000, for the or- ganization by holding a raffle and a walkath- on. Chronicle Staff It is frequently said that in this world there are two kinds of people, the "talkers" and the "doers". Wilt Kaufman and Rheta Austin are doers. Chipping in helps cut their deficit ls MENS WEAR ' "no“ WM! ThursUFn QUANTITIES WITED - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED The exam was writ- ten by 3.099 first year UW students in the Faculties of Arts, En- vironmental Studies, Human Kinetics and "He didn't have a blister except on his hand from his cane," she added. Austin, with help from the members of the Ricochet Club, a social group sponsored by K-W Services, raised another $807, largely by selling tich- ets to a rattle for a The writing profi- ciency of people com- ing out of the Ontario high school system continues to improve, judging by the results of an English language proficiency examina- tion administered to freshmen students at the University of Wa- terloo. Kaufman,. who sur fered a crippling stroke five years ago and "was unable to walk for weeks am! weeks after ... was as. strong when he Ntished as when he started," his wife Gen said. Exam results better Leisure Studies, Math- ematics and Science. The failure rate was unchanged from last year (16 per cent); however. according to Dr. Ken Ledbetter. director of UW's En- glish language prori- ciency program, the percentage scoring well in the exam (stu- dents in the "high pass" category) in, creased substantially - from 42 per cent last year to 69 per cent this This year the group expects to receive ap proximately $22,000 from Federated Ap- peal, their grant re- duced from last year's award of 826.000. At the same time, Evans said. they face a proposed operating budget for 't13 of $36,000. “Although we are not like these, said Barb Evans chairwoman of K-W Services mr Ithe Physically Disabled. are critical to the ht- ture operation of the organization. color television. ___ Funginising when thtertttttity 9-5230 Thurs. ' Fn, 9-9 year. Waterloo has been testing the writing pm ficiency of students since 1976 when 800 Faculty of Arts stu- dents wrote the exam; 47 per cent of them faced with fundrais ins... it's a whole new ball game and they responded in that fan, tastie way." failed. At 16 per cent. the failure rate was con- siderably improved over the 25 per cent figure for students who wrote the test two years ago. Evans said, “we arr going to have a sub suntiil detieit." For the ttrst time in the " years the agency has been in operation. in Ignition ot immedi ate lunch! disaster,' Because of the enthu slasm of those who participate in the Ser vice's programs, Evans said, “I'm not worried, I know we'll raise the money."