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131st Year No. 9 Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff A delegation of Beechwood West residents were in a charitable mood Monday night as they told Waterloo City Council to give neighboring homeowners better bus service at their expense. The reason, of course, is that they don‘t want it. The Winchester Road residents, 14 in all, were there to voice objections to a proposed expansion of Kitchener Transit‘s route 5 which would see service routed into the subdivision via their street and exiting the same way. Delegation spokesman Corry Weiss of 440 Winchester Dr., told council there were a number of reasons for the objection, but the major one was that it was not needâ€" "‘When I heard about the proposal I couldn‘t understand why. We only have to walk one block either way, to Zehrs or Keatsway and Fischerâ€"Hallman, and Waterfoo Chronicle | Chronicle Staff Waterloo taxpayers are off the hook. If spouses of aldermen and city staff want to tag along at conventions, they‘ll have to pay for it themselves. By endorsing a revised personnel deâ€" partment report Monday night, council passed the death verdict to a prior proposal which would have helped spouses cover the costs of outâ€"ofâ€"town accomâ€" modation and seminar registration fees. In fact, there was no mention of spousal subsidies contained in the report. "I think John Shortreed put it best. We were trying to do something for the employees which generated a lot of negative press, so we dropped it. It wasn‘t worth the problems,‘" said Waterloo‘s personnel director Terry Hallman, who coâ€"authored the original proposal with chief administrative officer Don Roughâ€" ley. _ While council was busy burying the proposal, Ald. Andrew Telegdi was quesâ€" tioning the handling of the entire issue. _ "I‘m vi\'ap'py with the outcome but concerned with the procedure," said Telegdi following the meeting. _ _ Telegdi was not only upset by the deletion of his request for more informaâ€" tion on what other municipalities do for spouses in the Feb. 17 minutes, but the way in which the TCC (Technical Coordinâ€" ating Committee) revised the original reâ€" He told reporters following the meeting, that TCC, a group comprised of Mayor Marjorie Carroll, Roughley and various department heads, may have been wrong in deleting mention of the spousal proâ€" gram in the revised edition. What his case hinges on is section 14 of Waterloo‘s procedural bylaw which says once a proposal has been read, it is council‘s property. _ _ Council dumps convention scheme Council agreed his Feb. 17 request should have been noted, but alderman and Carroll, stood behind the manner in which the proposal was handled. Thanks but no thanks, delegation says to plan for improved bus service to area Wednesday, March 5, Owen Jones, a setter with the University of Waterioo Warriors volleybail team, leaps high before putting the balil up for a teammate to hit over the net during Ontario Universities Athletic Association championship game with York Yeomen Saturday at UW. Warriors started slowly, losing the first game 15â€"7 and they were down 5â€"0 in the second game before they rebounded to win 3â€"1 in games. See story on page 25. « Richard O‘Brien photo we‘re at a stop," said Weiss. He said after further investigation he found out from City Hall that the expansion was to satisfy other residents of the subdivision who would like closer service. With this the case, theorized Weiss, he suggested Kitchener Transit consider sending the bus up the west end of Keatsway instead so those who requested the service will be better served. ‘"So if they (residents at the rear of the subdivision) want it (increased bus service), we would like to give it to them," said Weiss. Waving a 40â€"name petition in the face of council, Weiss told aldermenWinchester was not wide enough for buses during the winter months because of snow banks. He also expressed concern about the potential danger to the large child population on the street, particularly since there are no sidewalks. Weiss‘v .c.(v)nvc-;;r'\'s“;;dmpted Ald. Brian Turnbull to Waterioo, Ontario 25 cents at the Newstand ALL SET suggest placing a turning circle at the end of Keatsway to provide two way service up and down the heavilyâ€" travelled road. The cost of such a turnaround, which would have to provide at least 100 ft. for the manoeuvre, was estimated at $5,000 by Kitchener Transit Director Walter Beck. s In what seems to be an apparent victory for Weiss‘ group, Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney moved that the matter be redirected back to Kitchener Transit to address the feasability of the Keatsway turnaround. In an unrelated matter, the motion also asked for an investigation as to whether "school specials" could be provided for students of Bluevale Collegiate, who currently are forced to cross Erb and Bridgeport Roads, without traffic lights, to reach their school. and 9 this year The city plans to spend $58,900 on changes to routes The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospital has been given the go ahead to establish a foundation as a vehicle for ongoing fund raising. . Approval was given by the hospital‘s board of directors on Tuesday, Feb. 25 in order to maintain a constant fund for equipment renewal, building addition and renovation. Pat Cawley, director of public relations for the hospital said that a poll taken by the Ontario Hospital Board in 1985 showed that 73 of 235 hospitals in the province have this type of foundation already established. Another 29 are planning to establish a foundation. "The need for public support is not going to diminish," said Cawley. The only funding hospitals receive from the govâ€" ernment are for operating costs,. Those like supplies and salaries. The governâ€" ment does not give money for equipment renewal, said Cawley. Hospital establishes foundation As for building, should the hospital require an addition, the government would fund only oneâ€"third of the cost, leaving the hospital with the remaining twoâ€"thirds. Presently, the Kâ€"W Hospital has raised nearly $3.5 million for equipment renewal over the next five years. However, "we know our needs will not come to an end," Cawley said. With the new foundation, monies donatâ€" ed will go directly into equipment renewâ€" al. **People want to know that it‘s (donation) not for salaries." Cawley also stressed the fact that the hospital‘s board of directors is voluntary. "It‘s a major responsibility," Cawley said. "It‘s too much to ask them to also raise funds." The foundation will have its own board whose members will be comprised of those who are interested in fund raising, said Cawley. In the past, people weren‘t aware of the hospital‘s need for money, said Cawley. "The campaign has educated people to the financial needs."