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i Melodee . Chronicle The cit % world pe : youth exc ? City ties ; countries. ; _ This wa 7 city counc â€" _ Chronicle | wins CCNA : recognition Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff The city of Waterloo should join the world peace movement by promoting youth exchanges and establishing Twin City ties with European and third world This was the message given Waterloo city council by members of the Peace and Friendship Caravan, 1984, in town last week as part of their fiveâ€"month, 50,000â€" kilometre journey for peace. We as individuals strongly desire peace, and the most effective way to accomplish this is by means of a grassrootsâ€"level exchange," said David Leis, a 19â€"yearâ€"old from Elmira, who acted as caravan spokesperson during the hourâ€"long meetâ€" Since early February, Leis and the 16 other caravan participants have travelled Region baffled by water storage advice Chronicle Staff Expect the unexpected. That‘s what members of the region‘s engiâ€" neering committee learned last week after consultants told them that despite all previous information, the best site for Waterloo‘s new lwmer storage facility is near Lakeshore Vilâ€" age. Chronicle Staff It‘ll be the same organization, doing the same job for the same agencies, but next year Kâ€"W and Area Federated Appeal will be going by the name United Way of Canada. According to Mayor Marjorie Carroll, comâ€" mittee members ‘‘flipped" after hearing the report of consulting engineers Proctor and In a unanimous vote Tuesday afternoon, Federated Appeal directors approved a recomâ€" mendation from its administrative committee to "undertake negotiations to become a member of United Way." David Macintosh, past president of the Federated Appeal and a member of the task force established to study the proposed union, said in an interview that his group will proceed with the affiliation "as quickly as possible" with the hope it can be accomplished before January _ He said Federated Appeal will be able to ‘‘do a more effective job raising money for its member agencies," as a part of the national group. "The national advertising, recognition and relationships we will have as a result of being a part of the national organization will be of benefit to us,"" Macintosh explained. He stressed that the union will not mean a change in the nature of the Kâ€"W group. ‘"No policies will be directed to us by United Way â€" our board will still make the decisions under which the Appeal is conducted. It‘ll be the same organization doing the same job as always."‘ Grassâ€"roots approach needed to achieve peace aims: caravan Appeal to switch to United Way Linked by thread of humanity to 20 countries, including most of Western Europe and the entire East bloc. The eight remaining members, from Ontario, Britâ€" ish Columbia, the United States and Norway, arrived in Canada May 27 and will cross this continent, visiting Washingâ€" ton, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton and Cal gary, before the journey‘s July 5 concluâ€" sion in Vancouver. At each stop, Leis said, the caravan introduced two proposals for ‘"‘cultural and buman exchange in order to promote greater understanding between the east and west:" an expansion of the twin city network and promotion of youth exâ€" changes. These proposals, he explained, are based on the belief that one of the main causes of tension between nations is fear, and that this fear is due largely to mutual ignorance and misunderstandings. Redfern Limited. "Our biggest question was how does technical data change so dramaticâ€" ally." Earlier this year Proctor and Redfern was hired by the region to investigate solutions to Waterloo‘s problem of water shortages during periods of peak demand. At an open house and public hearing last month the consultants unveiled three solutions: construction of an underground water reservoir at either Rumâ€" melbhart or Erbsville Road or a storage tank in the area of White Pine Cres. in Lakeshore North. However, at the meeting last Thursday, the consultants revealed that their preferred site wasn‘t any of those previously proposed, Carroll said. In his report Dave Fisher of Proctor and Redfern told the committee the region should consider two new locations, both in an unâ€" developed area off Conservation Drive west of the subdivision. Committee members have long believed that the Rummelhart site was the most obvious and efficient location for the storage facility and new pumping station. Concernéd that "people would be confused and upset,‘‘ by the new findings, the committee cancelled the scheduled June 14 open house and directed the consultants to come back with more information. The Waterloo Chronicle has again fared well in the Canadian Community Newspapers Association Better Newsâ€" papers competition. Results for the 1983 competition were released last week and the Chronicle came second in Best All Round paper in ‘Tabloid class 5, the highest circulation tabloid class in the competition for those papers with over 10,000 circulation. Winning the Best All Round category in that class was the North Vancouver North Shore News. ‘The Chronicle also received a thirdâ€"place award for best editorial page behind firstâ€"place finishing Thunder Bay Lakehead Living. © â€" "Coming up with two different proposals and wanting an open house this week was just unacceptable,"" Carroll said. S "Quite frankly, my confidence level in them sunk to below the surface line. You start to question whether these people know what they are doing." She noted that the two new sites may be better "technical solutions‘" to the city‘s water probâ€" lems, but said they haven‘t been ‘"evaluated according to cost or land use." _ The consultant‘s report also stated that additional water storage may also be needed at the Rummelhart site within the next 20 years because of development in the area. ‘"We started out wanting water storage in Waterloo and now we have two storage tanks and a pumping station (proposed)," said Carâ€" roll. Because of this delay, the soonest the public will have a chance to review a preferred concept will be the fail, she added. Philosophy of the caravan, he said, is best illustrated through a quotation he found while at a billet‘s home in Ottawa recently â€" *"‘We‘re all linked by the common thread of humanity and if that thread is broken, we are all undone." According to Leis, the caravan was wellâ€"received by each of the countries visited. He added that during their Euroâ€" pean tour they discovered a "very deepâ€" rooted fear of the West." "I found it frightening how much fear there is on both sides," he continued. "In Odessa, we met with Soviet students and they came up and said they didn‘t believe we were capitalists because we were nice._ In Geneva, we met with American stuâ€" dents who said that if they meet commuâ€" nist sympathizers, they would have no hesitation in killing them." He admitted also that he is unsure of the Approximately 300 motorcyclists from across Ontario and the northern United States took part in Saturday‘s fifth annual Toy Ride For Crippled Kids, sponsored by the Blue Knight Ont. VI Motorcycle Club. Admission for participants was one stuffed toy. Above, Eric Hooton of Kitchener secures his contribution for the long ride from Conestoga Mail to Cambridge. Metodee Martinuk photo Chronicle under the Fairway Press banner, also achieved outstanding results. The Independent came second in Best All Round, first in Best Front Page and First in Best wmch-clnll’:&h Tabloid Class three for those newspapers with 2,000â€"3,499. all papers were obliged to submit. By finishing in the top oneâ€"third of its class, the Chronicle is also recipient of a Blue Ribbon :;.rd. the third consecutive year the paper has been so honored. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1984 â€"â€" PAGE 3 Judging was done using two randomlyâ€"selected issues that The New Hamburg Independent, a sister publication of the Mayor Marjorie Carroll told caravan members city council will give serious sconsideration to their requests, adding that, with next year being the Internationâ€" al Year of Youth, ‘"it may be an approâ€" priate time to do something." impact the caravan will ultimately have in reducing tension between the East and the West. Leis stressed that after the journey has concluded members will continue to take their message to the public in their hometowns.. ‘"We‘re hbere as ordinary individuals and I would emphasize that as ordinary individuals we have to take action, otherwise who will?" Ald. Doreen Thomas gave the caravan her wholeâ€"hearted personal backing and promised to do what she could to promote exchanges. She noted, however, that it is not within city council‘s mandate to finance such endeavours.