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Sgt. Steve Calma, officer in charge of the region's trafftc branch. said the weather forced the postponement of IDE on a number of occasions because police were forced to be ready for the Due to the poor weather and a manpower shortage, police were only able to operate the RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program once during the first half of December, thus giving overindulging area drivers somewhat of a break when It came to spot checks. Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff Waterloo Regional Police admit that the inclerw ent weather of the past holiday season may have been a blessing in disguise for impaired drivers in the region. . In 1924 a faculty of arts Was established and Waterloo College came into being. A year later, the institution affiliated with the University of Western Ontario, an association that lasted 35 years. The institution received its own charter in 1960 and became Waterloo Lutheran Additional land, extending to King Street and including a spacious house, was purchased and the seminary opened in 1911 with four students. Waterloo was anxious to attract the seminary and pointed out that the town, plus Kitchener and the surrounding area, had the largest concentration of Lutherans in the province. "If we spread it out we may lose some success. By holding the celebration at year's end, we are expecting a high degree of alumni participation and student involvement." Special events will mark WLU’s 75th anniversary Stephen says the celebration will gain srrengttrgradually through the year and climax in the fall months. "I'm hoping the anniversary will make a big splash in the community. We want everyone to know we have been here 75 years," said Arthur Stephen, WLU Director of Institutional Relations and Anniversary Chairman. . Both the university and its founding seminary. Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, now a federated college, will hold a number of joint and individual celebrations throughout the year. One of the major events will be a V re-enactment in October of the gift of five acres of land from the Town of Waterloo that persuaded the seminary's founding synod to select Waterloo over Toronto. Wilfrid Laurier University, which began as a small Lutheran seminary in a large home on Waterloo’s Albert Street Oct. 30, 1911, will mark its 75th anniversary this year. Well-wishers gathered in front ot a stately home on Albert Street 191 1, when ceremonies took place that launched the Evans Seminary, with four students. From that modest beginning Cl Laurier University of today, 75 years later. The anniversary will b number of events. ublic awareness helps birt- on halt to impaired driving " run! or a stately home on Albert Street, on October 30, took place that launched the Evangelical Lutheran ants. From that modest beginning came the Wilfrid , 75 years later. The anniversary will be marked with a Chronicle Special ,,"__V.-‘, “nay-“u“, u changing," said Calms traffic accidents that generally accompany poor weather. Despite the slowdown, Calma does not think impaired drivers necessarily benefit from it. "The impaired drivers who may get away from RIDE are the ones we'll be likely pulling from a ditch," said Calma. Despite the bad start, police rallied in the second half of the month and are able to report that the public is putting a halt to impaired driving. "We saw a change in attitude this year and RIDE is not the only reason for that change. It's like cigarette smoking, the attitude of people is "K-g.,- " __:_l n I Immediately noticeable on campus will be the installation of three bells in the tower of 'the seminary building. They will be dedicated on Nov. 9. In addition, Seminary Day will be marked across the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Oct. l9. Another major event will be the publication of an anniversary book, which will tell the story of the 75 rs in words and photos. A separate 'llil,i'ic%2, telling the story of the seminary, also Will be published. A major musical concert will be staged at Kitchener's Centre in the Square, Oct. 29, featuring a number of graduates from Laurier's music faculty. Guest conductor will be the internationally known Agnes Grossmann of Toronto and Vienna. At the Kitchener dinner, 75 graduates will be honored for their contribution to the university, the community, the world of academia, the arts, medicine, politics, business and jurisprudence. The dinner is set for Oct. 4. V Two black-tie dinners during the year will be held to mark the 75th anniversary year. One, early in the year, will be held in Toronto, and a second at the Walper Terrace Hotel in Kitchener. _ t Finally, in 1973, after much discussi university separated from fhuTh-sponsbrship to become Wilfrid Laurier University, a provincially-ass institution. The 60s signalled a rapid growth for the university. Sixteen major building projects were completed, and the student body quadrupled. But the growth caused financial problems for the sponsoring body, the Eastern Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church in America. University, with two divisions: Waterloo University College and Waterloo Lutheran Selninary. ‘., after much discussion, the (Continued on 039911) assisted Of particular interest to Waterloo is legislation to be considered final reading later this week to give the city of Waterloo a fourth on regional council. Epp expects the bill, which was introduced the former Conservative government before it was removed f office, to receive royal assent within the next week or two. If happens it is believed that Alderman Lynne Woolstencroft, fourth-place finisher in the November municipal election, will fill position. And, despite the government's pre-election promises to allow sale of alcohol in grocery stores, Epp does not expect to see that i debated this spring. ._ "At the moment we don't have the support of either the NDP or the Tories on this so I doubt it will be brought before the legislature. It's not an immediate priority with the goverhment," Epp said. "Now they're able to sell a high-priced drug, although less expensive is avail ble," said Epp. "We're 'tvrllifg' to save money for the taxpayers, partie ularly for seniors .and other groups where the government has to pay the full bill." be given to legislation requiring pharmacists to not only provide more information on the drugs they distribute and but also sell the lowest-priced drugs avail- able. Aid. Andrew Telegdi and hie new wife Nancy Curtin-Teiegdi were presented with a wedding cake at Monday's council meeting. The two were married on Dee. " in Weterioo. emu. main ror-work'-oreqiavaii' Egg}; tion. It is also hoped by Liberals that third and fihalA reading will of January iuPPsuirGdiiiiriiii'", ing the principle_ of_eqqal-pay- With a full schedule of proposed bills to be dealt with in the first months of this year, members of Ontario's legislature had to cut short their winter vacations and head back to work Monday after- noon. Of the more than 80 bills tabled by the minority Liberal government since it was put into power last summer, less than one quarter had been passed by the legislature before it recessed in December. Premier David Peterson and his government hope to have much of the remaining backlog cleared up before the house adjourns for the March break. "There's so much work to be done we had to come back early,': said Waterloo North MPP Herb Epp in an interview . “It's a heGah load, with some difficult issues and some pretty big bills." Topping the list of matters to .'. be resolved, said Epp, is the E2iii ‘ question of extra billing by on, " - tario physicians, which will be *4: "‘4 I considered by the house in a , F "rl _, "few weeks," and before the end Crt . i T Melodeo Martinuk Chronicle Staff Liberals have big slate, at titueen's Park WATERLOO CHROMCLE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 8, CANE COUPLE s1tN56---PAaE3 Ni - l 7 Ni "i."::";, _ f i; _ y t, I. _ ll ‘ C' F [" i -7. “tax; .