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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 24 Nov 1982, p. 13

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of University Women willsoon beas common such power. With the for enriching our lives as First United Church as telephones and as trend to smaller cars is beyond immaginaâ€" in Waterloo last Tuesâ€" â€" simple to use. there will be less steel tion and its implicaâ€" day with the above ‘‘We must begin and rubber required, tions for education story to illustrate the planning now for what â€" less gasoline consumpâ€" very exciting. If a child fact that advances in will surely be massive tion, smaller garages can be taught to use a science and technology changes in society. and parking lots. The wordâ€"processor to do Women and Pensions workshop ‘‘*Mommy, in the elden days they used to send men to the moon in rockets" said a first watched the Columbia Mr. Lorne Smith of the Ministry of Educaâ€" tion‘s Computers in Education Project preâ€" Canadian Federation of University Women as First United Church in Waterloo last Tuesâ€" day with the above Members of the pubâ€" lic who attended a twoâ€" day workshop on Women and Pensions in Kitchener Nov. 19â€"20 voted to send teleâ€" grams to Premier Davis and to federal government representâ€" atives urging pension reform in two key areas affecting women. In a telegram sent Tuesday to Premier Davis they urged the withdrawal of Ontarâ€" io‘s veto of the childâ€" care dropâ€"out provision in the Canada Pension Plan. Such a provision is in force in Quebec but has been prevented from being implemented in the rest of Canada beâ€" cause of Ontario‘s stand in spite of recomâ€" [ * fls mak coftatictndt _ocfineingine, _ Racca‘s Art Supplies have been in the quality framing business for over a year now. Next time you have a picture, print, or photograph that needs special treatment be pleasantly surprised. Phone 884â€"1396 for details This is not news! Computers should free us for imaginative use of time _ 31 Princess Street East, Waterloo are happening so fast that the future is upon us. Making reference to Toffler‘s book, The Third Wave, where the same way that the maâ€" chine age extended human muscle. Smith said ‘"the computer will soon be as common as telephones and as simple to use. scribed as extending the human brain in the mendations supporting the provision from the other nine provinces and from Ontario‘s own Royal Commission and Parliamentary Comâ€" mittee on Pensions. The provision would exclude from the calâ€" culation of a person‘s average lifetime earnâ€" ings, on which their pension is based, the years of low or zero earnings during which a person was at home caring for a child aged less than seven. ‘‘We must begin planning now for what will surely be massive changes in society. Another telegram was sent to Prime Minâ€" ister Pierre Trudeau, Rt. Hon. Monique Begin, Minister for Health and Welfare, Rt. Hon. Judy Erola, Minister responsible: for the Status of Women, and to local Women will be the first to feel the impact in the work place as many of the lowâ€"skilled clerical jobs will be automated. Middleâ€"management will be next and then the workers in the The industrial society has peaked. Never again will the automoâ€" such power. With the trend to smaller cars there will be less steel and rubber required, less gasoline consumpâ€" tion, smaller garages and parking lots. The It urged the federal government immediâ€" ately to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement of seniors to a level at least equal to the poverty lines for large cities as estabâ€" lished by Statistics Canada. This would alâ€" leviate the deprivation suffered by single elâ€" derly women whose lifetime earnings were lower than men‘s due to discriminatory marâ€" ketplace conditions, or to homemaking roles and also those whose spousal income was seâ€" verely reduced upon the termination of the marriage. M.P.s Walter McLean (Waterloo) and Peter Lang (Kitchener). _ _ A total of 75 people attended the Women =# _ _|= Woxbarner~~ Erila Socha _CATALYTIC CONVERTORS ON SALE IROQUOIS STONE SCULPTURE and MASKS _ Reduce creosote by 80% _ Achieve 95% combustion efficiency Adapts easily to any top flue, airtight woodstove â€" Reg. $219.00 s 1 Damper closed _ all gases flow through the combustor (corner of Dupont and Regina) anuery . OnorarEna November 27 â€" December 11 Tuesdayâ€"Friday 1:00â€"5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.â€"5:00 p.m. cllul . when you bring in this AD implications are enorâ€" be prepared for these allotments of funds will be required to reâ€"train or reâ€"locate people disâ€" placed by technology. ‘‘*But we should not look at these changes as all negative," Smith and Pensions Workâ€" shop Nov. 19â€"20 coâ€" sponsored by Kitchenâ€" erâ€"Waterioo Status of Women, Community Resources for Women, Waterloo Adult Recreâ€" ation Centre and Rockâ€" way Gardens Senior Citizens Centre. The Workshop inâ€" cluded addresses by Ken Battle, Executive Director of the Nationâ€" al Council of Welfare, on ‘What Elderly Women Live On and Why Changes Are Needed‘ and by Coraâ€" bel Penfold, Founder of Canadian Pensioners Concerned, on ‘Planâ€" ning for Retirement‘. Panels focused on speâ€" cific aspects of pension reform affecting women. Damper open _ gas We v is straight through 885â€"3071 able to produce a more literate generation? HIf, for example certain mathematical concepts can be taught and unâ€" dents will the next genâ€" eration be more math oriented? The comâ€" puter holds no fear for children,"" said Mr. Smith, himself the faâ€" ther of three teenâ€"agers but "I am always conâ€" cerned for the safety factor. We don‘t know the effect of sitting in front of a terminal will have for children and we must guard against automating what teachers do best. The computer should be doing the routine borâ€" ing jobs faster and betâ€" ter free us for more imaginative uses of Ta_ Residential Landscaping Workshop This course will meet the needs for those who wish to know all about the design, location of plant materials and the maintaining of lawns and vegetable gardens. Beginning: Tuesday, Jan. 4 7â€"10 p.m. (10 weeks) _ $85.00 Floral Design This course will feature design arrangements for the home owner by using cut flowers, silks and dry arrangements. Beginning: Tuesday, Jan. 4 7â€"10 p.m. (10 weeks) (all materials extra) $87.00 Woodlot Management This course provides forestry principles, management, planning and design layout â€" maintenance and conservation. Beginning: Wednesday, Jan. 5 7â€"10 p.m. (10 weeks) $85.00 Indoor House Plant Culture This course provides the student with the basics of indoor plant culture including soils, plant identification, fertilizing, propagaâ€" tion and some practical work. j Beginning: Wednesday, Jan. 5 7â€"10 p.m. (10 weeks) $85.00 Registration now being accepted by mail or at the School of Horticulture. School will be closed Dec. 17 â€" Jan. 3 419 Phillin St. Waterioo . 884â€"1077 419 Phillip St. Waterloo WATERLOO CHRONCLE, ' Kâ€"W School of Horticulture EVENING WINTER COURSES â€"

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