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131ist Year No. 15 Waterfoo Chronicle | Robert Preidt Chronicle Special Mary Radmore of Waterloo wants to be able to do something should one of her children go missing. That‘s why she was at the child identification program at Waterloo Town Square Saturday. T "It‘s like we feel we‘re able to do someâ€" thing,‘‘ explained Radmore. ‘"‘"It helps (parents) feel better in the event of something like (having their child go missing)." Radmore‘s two children and niece were among the estimated 1,000 children who had their pictures and fingerprints taken at the uptown mall. Other malls in Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" loo also hosted child identification sessions Saturday. Parents were given the photos and fingerâ€" prints to keep on file as well as other information on how to protect their children from abuse or abduction. Students from the Criminology course at Conestoga College and staff from Domino‘s Pizza volunteered their time. The unexpected response forced the staffers to stretch their scheduled time to accomâ€" modate everyone who showed up. Most everyone was smiling and positive, pushing to the backs of their minds the reason they wanted to obtain an identification kit for their children. ‘"‘They‘re positive about it," said Lena Lewis, one of the criminology students who was fingerprinting. She explained they take 20 prints from various areas of a child‘s hand and noted only four are needed for making a positive identification. She said children from Necessary move In our changing world Wednesday, April 16, 1986 three months old to 15 years old had been through during the day. _ _ . "I think it‘s a really good idea. If something did happen to any of my girls I‘d like to be able to give the police all the information they need,"" said Doris Thomas of Kitchener. She did note her mother and other mothers years ago would probably never have thought about having to do something like this but noted with regret, "the world is changing." _ "It‘s ridiculous," agreed Beckey Greig of Kitchener. "You should feel safe letting your kids walk to school." 8 Neither women needed any persuading once they found out the clinic was planned but admitted they hadn‘t really thought about taking such steps before. "I think it makes people more aware," said Jeanette Denotter of Kitchener. She added it not only makes parents more conscious of their children‘s safety but might also make a potential criminal think twice because parents are fighting crimes against their children. "All this can probably be a deterrent. They‘re (criminals) going to know we‘re serious about taking care of our kids," agreed Radmore. She especially liked the password idea which was being suggested to parents. The parents and child establish a password which only they know . If someone tries to pick up the child they ask for the password. If the stranger doesn‘t know it the child runs to find help. Radmore says this program allows the children total involvement in their own security and it‘s something so crazy I like the children to feel they‘re in control (of their lives)." Waterioo, Ontario Chronicle Staff The prospect of Waterloo taxpayers paying user fees for sewer maintenance, garbage collection, recreation services and even some administrative services, is not as radical as it sounds, says Mayor Marjorie Carroll. > _ _ _ wWh.llgll2 ccaneaincg Carrall and ic nld" ui dchndtih tb ns idindinit Speaking at a press conference Tuesday morning, Carroll and senior city staff fielded questions from the media about the 28â€"page Waterloo Economic Impact Study which was released Monday night. sls mm ol Me e an o o onf es oc lccndatian. whirh nigibl. Included in the report is a ‘"controversial" recommendation, which if implemented would see residents pay special fees for services they now take for granted. "It would certainly be a controversial move if ever taken,"" said Carroll, ‘"but it may not be as radical as you think. Certainly in minor sports it‘s not unusual to pay one." hb h n n WlE cA 14c whilacanhs nf d Siidutioidie h ic diuhidbaitionintsdnn in hi ado. Ait dactt The report says the city should stick with its philosophy of cushioning impacts on the budget over a period of time and smoothing out any dramatic changes in the tax rate. "In the long term, the municipality must aggressively look at revenues and increase those revenues in areas that are possible and areas that fit with council‘s philosophy. A user fee system may have to be implemented for some of the services now provided through the ‘ 12 T U O Oe qTLILILIL Sununckinn Un U hifi lekhd tdb tivinich doirbnlndiondinibi t ind icshi ie in o ai c amnaiie I mill rate, ie. garbage collection, sewer maintenance, recreation services, and even some administrative services. Another approach is consideration of the privitization of some services or the lowering of certain service levels. A further approach is simply to increase the mill rate," the report reads. The purpose of the report, is to articulate in a comprehensive manner, the impact of economic growth in Waterloo. A variety of socioâ€"economic and technological trends were explored within the "Waterloo context‘" to arrive at the conclusions for the city‘s next quarter century. The report concludes, among other things, that the unique position of the city of Waterloo with respect to a highly developed financial/insurance sectors and the existence of two universities creates a climate for continued positive economic activity and growth. The report will be circulated to various agencies for comment and ad;)bied by council on July 1. ‘Controversial‘ user fee plan included in new economic study Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff The "more positive ‘ of two iGeas puti i0fin im int P4o® week to try to bring harmony between the councils of Kitchener and Waterloo was adopted by both bodies Monday night. The adopted proposal, by Waterloo Ald. Jim Erb and Kitchener Ald. Carl Zehr, calls for the cities to enter into a combined task force to review and explore areas where discussion and coâ€"operative efforts would be beneficial and enhance the provision of services to the citizens of both. The task force is to be comprised of one community member, one senior staff and two elected officials from each city and a task #orce chairman from the community at large. IGIGC. The Erb/Zehr proposal stole the limelight from a similar proposal made last Friday by Waterioo Ald. Andrew Telegdi and Kitchener counterpart Will Ferguson. At a Kitchener City Hall press conference, Telegdi and Ferguson said their proposed venture was a direct response to the selfish attitudes taken by both councils. "I‘m disappointed about the parochialism that is taking place on my council as well as Andrew‘s," said Ferguson last Friday. The aim is for coâ€"operation positive" of two ideas put forth in the past 7 â€" RUUs C omi t L. > (Continued on page 13) of