The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

LETTERS PAGE 8 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, Keep hockey fun for all players (An open letter to minor hockey parents) I am writing this letter to you as &A fellow minor hockey parent and coach because I need your opinion and your help. . Overt.hepasts'uprseven_yegrslhlve become increasingly appalled at the amount of unnecessary violence and use of intimidation tactics that seem to have become part of minor hockey. I am now at the point where I have decided that my three boys will not be allowed to play OMHA hockey beyond the Atom level (body contact starts at the Pee Wee age group) unless something is done to clean up the game. If you have had, or are having, the same thoughts, then perhaps we can join together and help change this great game for the better. What I am proposing to you is the elimination of body contact in all levels of minor hockey. Tyke, Novice, Atom, Oldtimers, and most men‘s Rec. leagues now play no contact hockey and I don‘t think you‘d find many of them saying that the game has deteriorated because of the lack of hitting. To the contrary, most will tell you that both the speed of the game and the skill of the players have increased. My personal opinion is that a combinaâ€" tion of high emotions, sometimes quesâ€" tionable coaching tactics, a feeling of invulnerability, and inconsistent officiatâ€" ing, all combine to present a problem with too many variables to allow for a quick solution under the present format. I feel a major change is necessary, and that the elimination of body contact is the answer! .1 have taken the following statistics from a recent Hockey Development Counâ€" cil pamphlet to help illustrate a point: another 150,000 in House (Mjr. Jr. A), which is the main feeding grounds for professional hockey. 3. Less than 1 per cent of all amateur hockey players in Canada will turn professional and in 1983 only 1/10% played in the 2. There are only 300 players in tl{e QHL If you too are a concerned Minor Hockey Parent (whether or not you agree with my opinion) please take a minute of your time and angwer the following questions. Then mail your reply to Kevin Dunlop, Box 1168, Bracebridge, Ont. POB 1CO. My goal is to have 25,000 or more responses, compile the data, and take the results to the OMHA general meeting in June. Hopefully, with a united effort we can effect a major change in time for the next hockey season 1. There are gpprp;imgtely }_8_,'8?5 playâ€" WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 1988 Time to doff roseâ€"colored glasses _ It‘s election year! Time to take off your roseâ€"colored glasses or your blinders! It is going to take all your wits and abilities to wade through the barrage of changes, improvements and promises coming our way. Agoodplncetomrtisthephnbytbe City to buy the Uptown ‘eyesore‘. On the surface it sounds like a good idea. But quick take off those roseâ€"colored glasses! A water flowâ€"through? What is Herbert St. and the railway tracks? Where would this water come from? Isn‘t the open part of Laurel Creek closer to this vacant lot? Isn‘t that where the water would be coming from? I thought we had a flood control system that would stem the affect of a flood, outside the downtown? When is this flood coming? There are just so many questions. And we had better ask them! I am going to find time to ask some questions, I‘ll get back with some answers soon! city representatives are about the status of Waterloo‘s recycling programs; Coun. John Shortreed stated, ‘"We do have a recycling programme in this city and have had for many years in terms of the (Boy) Scouts collecting newspapers." It‘s hardly a Boy Scout responsibility A comment by a local government official, quoted in a recent Chronicle article, illustrates how i!l-informed our Thank you all for your help. It is hardly the responsibility of preâ€"adoâ€" lescent boys to carry the burden of our city‘s recycling needs. Further, the Scouts only pick up newspapers approximately every six months, and do not, as we were told in a phone conversation with the main Scout office, accept private deliveâ€" ries of newspapers between pickâ€"ups. In addition, recycling of old newspapers does not constitute a comprehensive recyâ€" cling program, as glass, tin and other reusable materials are not recycled at the present time in Waterloo. F on en ces Aeses t The operation of a full waste recycling program in this and every city is, as Coun. Andrew Telegdi commented in the same Chronicle article, ".. .not a frill. It is something which is necessary." The imâ€" pending Waterloo waste recycling progâ€" ramme cannot begin a moment too soon. Ralph Dickhout Lorie Saxby Waterloo Gerald Underhill Waterloo, Ont. displayed interest in the idea. Annie Coteâ€"Kennedy, director of public realtions at the Kâ€"W Hosptial, said the interested parties represent a "a good range of healthâ€"care providers." About 40 representatives from such groups as the universities, boards of education, Conestoâ€" ga College, YWCA, Planned Parenthood and the Waterloo regional health unit attended the meeting held last Tuesday. From the mwtmgmpeop‘eflisnedul’w study the proposal initiated by the hospâ€" uh sdrtedistihcofmeninnes durie y seeking help to find it. Coteâ€"Kennedy expects the centre would also provide counselling and educational information. Those showing interest will meet to "determine whether there are gaps in services provided" and whether agencies are providing services to all ages of '!'i\e centre would coâ€"ordinate informaâ€" tion of women‘s health services in the region thus making it easier for someone o powih . s ces ts ul ul ar 0 0gl One hundred University of Waterloo students added their support to the cries from students across the province angry with the provincial government‘s lack of funding to colleges and universities last Thursday at Queen‘s Park. _ UW organizer Darren Meister said he believes the contingent of students from secondary institutions, numbering anyâ€" where from 600 to 1,000 students, accomâ€" plished what they set out to do and that was to draw attention to the underfundâ€" sending mixed messages to the public. "The government is saying education is a priority but they aren‘t coming through with the dollars." Meister, chairman of external liason of the university‘s Federation of Students, said the problem is twoâ€"fold: students are not getting needed financial support through government grants, and universiâ€" ties are experiencing increased enrolment without additional expansion and without an increase in the number of instructors. "The university is still underfunded and it‘s affecting students through increased enrolments as the space is not being made for them on campus," Meister said, who he is a fourth year engineering student. For example, he said, in his first year of The Liberal government, Chronicle Staff Despite claims to a reputation for efficiency in dealing with site plan apâ€" proval, council recently decided to further streamline the site plan approval process by delegating authority to the Commisâ€" sioner of Planning Tom Slomke. ‘‘We have one of the fastest approval processes in the province," said Slomke in an interview with the Chronicle. Howevâ€" er, he added, "we can always improve building site plans conform to city byâ€"laws and seeks ;ob‘:dnfluencefin'm' i iidings and landscapiny. g::lwersmbmitn'uplmwaciu Health centre for women to be explored Site plan process is further streamilined UW contingent joins protest at Queen‘s Park women from adolescent to post menopausâ€" al, said Coteâ€"Kennedy. As an example, she said, a woman mwbenekjngthehdpdanwitwn but does not know where to find one. By calling the centre the woman would be There didn‘t appear to be gaps in the clincial services provided, however Coteâ€" Kennedy said. what was identified was "a need for information sharing." The idea to look into the need for a centre came about since the ministry of health‘s recent announcement of a woâ€" men‘s health branch in the department. The Kâ€"W Hospital decided to see whether there was interest locally in a women‘s health centre because "women‘s type of services would generally fall under the mandate of this hospital,"said Coteâ€"Kenâ€" nedy. _ _ 0_ 0_ _ _ o She added, should the centre become a reality the hospital‘s role would have to be further discussed. At this point howevâ€" er, the interested parties will be getting together to identify the health care needs of women in the community. university there were 80 students in a class, now he says there are 100 in first year courses. He added, many students are faced with education debt loads in the neighborhood of $10,000. "The government has recognized that we need more people to finish high school," he said, ‘"but if you have these people finishing high school they have to go somewhere." As leader of the opposition David Peterâ€" son spoke about making up for the underfunding of past administrations, said Meister. Three years later secondary education institutions are no better off under Premier Peterson, he said. Students, faculty associations and uniâ€" versity administrations share the same concern and are united on their call for more monetary input from the province, Meister said. As the government is talkâ€" ing about increasing its revenues, uni:rer;_ e m e l o 4 â€" h sities and colleges must be assured of receiving an increase in their budgets. ‘"We need to put the money in to assure we have an excellent system of postâ€"sconâ€" dary education." The Ontario Federation of Students will hold a June conference where it will discuss the effects of the government budget and "draw up a strategy from that," Meister said. plan review committee composed of city nlanning and engineering staff and volunâ€" tions for change. Council currently apâ€" proves all site plans and hears appea!s from developers. Approval times varies from 10 to 21 days, notes a report to council. "We are unaware of any other similar size munic)â€" pality in the province that provides this fast a delivery time," it notes. . Slomke said the elimination of council approval will save time for approvals and lessen inconvenience and cost to developâ€" ers. Applicants not satisfied with the deciâ€" sion of the committee will be able to approach the planning commissioner for further consideration of their case.