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Beauty of a debate Chronicle Staff A group of Waterloo residents is fighting a proposal to establish a beauty salon on Albert Street in order to stop commercialization of their neighbourhood "When we moved to Central Street we liked the idea of being close to the downtown without being downtown. and now we don‘t want downtown on our street." one resident told aldermen at a special public hearing held Mon day . Realtor Lincoln Bender has asked the city for a zoning amendment to permilt the salon in a semiâ€"detached house at 120â€"122 Albert. just north of the core. Under existing zoning regulations commercial use of the property is prohibited but use of the house as a medical office is allowed Council made no decision on the application but will consider the matter in fourâ€"six weeks after a report is prepared by the city sâ€"planning department A spokesman for the deveioper said the beauty salon would fit into the residential area.‘ and create less traffic than a medical office But. John MeMenemy of 91 Fountain St. called the proposal) ~an intrusion into the area "It is obvious this proposal is inconsistent with present uses on the street " he said Pat Arbuckle Russell Muncaster. of 142 Albert St . told Chromcle Statf Declining enrolmentmay force clo sure of another elementary school in Waterioo‘s core At a public information meeting held last week by the Brighton‘Elizabeth Ziegler/Northdale Schools Accommoda tion Review Committee. parents learned of the committee‘s decision to recom mend closure of Brighton Public School in June of 1984 The committee‘s report will be submitted to the WaterJoo County Board of Education on April 28 In the 1960s with school enrolment exploding. school boards could not build schools fast enough to meet the growing demands on its resources. Today. with enrolment in a steady decline. the boards are faced with the painful task of deciding which schools should be closed . "Part of our problem is that we have too many schools and they are located too close together in the city core," said Bruce Scandrett. chairman of the com mittee. ‘"Our schools are not where our children are." he added in reference to the more than 700 empty places in core schools. At the same time, schools in the suburbs are faced with serious overâ€" Future doesn‘t appear Brighton for core area public schools crowding The committee composed of three school principals. parents, trustees and a representative of the city planning department was established last May to monitor the enrolment situation at three core schools; Brighton, Elizabeth Ziegler and Northdale. The public meet ing was called so that committee members could outline their recommen dations and receive some input from the community on these proposals In its report to the board. the commit tee plans to recommend that Brighton remain open for the 1983â€"84 school year and be subsequently closed in June of 1984. It will also advise the board to conduct a survey of parents of Brighton school children to determine which school they would prefer their children to attend and to adjust school borders to conform with the wishes of the parents where possible . The three schools under study were assessed according to four major cri teria: the academic program, geographâ€" ical location, number of students and parents effected by closure and physical condition of the school building. Although facilitiee at Brighton the newest of the three schools, were judged to be ‘"in a good state of repair‘"‘ the aldermen that "one of the reasons I bought on this street is the rather unique character of the houses ... if you allow this one there will be others following very rapidly and you will be destroying one of the better streets in the city." Over 700 men and women who volun teered their time to minor sports programs in the City of Waterioo during the past year have â€"been invited to the 19th annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner next Wednes das Formeriy held at the Waterioo Knights of Columbus â€" Hall. the sheer size of the gathering has necessitated the shifting of the dinner to the Waterioo Inn Refreshments begin at 6 p.m with the dinner to follow at 7 p.m. Invitees are asked 10 RSVP to 579â€" 1020 between 7 10 pm prior to this weekend dinner at Waterloo Inn Recognition school was selected for closure because a continual decline in enrolment would make it necessary to implement triple grading at the school as early as next year, explained Dan Klages, the school‘s principal. With a projected enrolment of 85 students for September of 1984, mem bers of the committee also felt that closing Brighton would effect the least number of students A further advan tage. said Scandrett, is that all of Brighton‘s students can be accommo dated at neighboring schools within walking distance wl "The â€"closing of a school is an emotioral issue that should not be entered into lightly." he said _ The â€" committee chairman â€" assured parents that every possible alternative to closure had been investigated and "we can‘t find another solution,." he said. "I honestly believe it‘s the best decision for the children." What is ironic, according to Scandrett, is that the closing of Alexandra School as an elementary facility this year and Brighton School next year will not resolve the problem of declining enrol ment in Waterloo‘s core. More than 250 places will still remain empty in core Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Foreign students may not have liked bow it was done, but the presidents of Waterloo‘s two univerâ€" sities say Ontario universities had no choice in the way they instituted provinciallyâ€"ordered tuition fee hikes. "It was impossible for us to inform the students any earlier because the exact amount of the increase wasn‘t known until it was approved by the board," said Wilâ€" frid Laurier president Dr. John Weir. Under fee schedules recently apâ€" proved by both WLU‘s and the University of Waterloo‘s boards of governors, visa students enrolied as of Sept. 1, 1982 must pay $3,780 for a twoâ€"semester year of regular courses, an increase of $1,009 from last year‘s $2,771. The new fees go into effect May 1 for the start of the summer semester. The foreign stuâ€" dents were officially informed of the increase when they recently reâ€" ceived their fee statements from the universities. ‘Led to believe students aware‘ ‘Nothing was done differently this vear than any other, it is just that the amount was higher,." said Weir. Students at both UW and WLU have protested the fee hikes. argu ing that they received "inadequate notice" of it. Responding to the student protests Bette Stephenson. Ontario minister of colleges and universities. last week asked the Council of Ontario Universities to investigate the student complaints Dr. Douglas Wright. UW presi dent. defended the manner the fee hike was implemented sayinpy that because student federations were mawi(um.woodymmm Tugmbokowmdmmmwum available at an information display in Waterico Square. The dm,mmm*ocmmmdmm available to them through community agencies and voluntoororganizations,wa'duptocoincidovmhcm and Justice Week in the Community. At left is Andrew Telegdi, executive director of the Waterioo Region Youth in Conflict with the Law Association. MAKING US AWARE Fee hike protest WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. Parents who attended the meeting expressed concern about the distance their children would have to walk to school. particularly if they have to cross main arteries. Others like Joanne Deutschlander wondered what would happen to the school building. Most people in the area bought their homes because of the proximity of schools and "now we are left with a building in the middle of our residential area and no one can tell us what will happen to it." she said Another resident was concerned about the future of Waterloo‘s core if another school were to close. "One of the assets of the downtown would be the neighbor hood schools. A liability would be the lack of schools," he said. "I wish the board would be more sympathetic to the future of the downtown .‘ Emily Hunsberger, a Brighton parent who served on the committee, admitted that when the committee was first organized she was opposed to closing the school. But with the prospect of losing another teacher and triple grading "can we realistically expect the same quality of education for our children?" she asked. ‘"Hopefully we all have the same objective in mind â€" the best possible education for our children .‘ involved in lobbying the province to have the increase rescinded, "we were led to believe the students were aware and I‘m sure a great many were." He also maintained that a large number of the foreign students currently attending university were enrolied in Ontario high schools when the increase was announced in February of 1982 and "notice of the increase was heavily covered in the media." While Wright conceded the stuâ€" dents protests were ‘"not altogether unreasonable," that "technically the student allegations are correct," he maintained "the environment was one where there was every reason for them to have heard of the increase." Students from Ontario universiâ€" ties plan to continue lobbying the province for a reduction in the fee increase. Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Wiebe Property Corporation Lim ited of Waterloo has purchased the site of the old Canada Cabinet Factory at 52 Allen St. W.. it was announced Tuesdar "It is a perfect piece of real estate for development.‘ said. Waterloo developer Abe Wiebe in a telephone Lratye 2