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Council â€" restricts ‘monster‘ houses Protesters demand sign _ language in schools "Mr Conway is not being supportive of the needs of deaf peophinOnurio.'lhArH‘ort specifically stated that is needed in schools for deaf and hard of hearing students." Instead, Conway introduced a pilot: project to study the limited use of ASL in one of three schools for the deaf in Ontario. Other initiatives inâ€" of teachers of deaf students to a recognized faculty of educaâ€" tion and increasing support for English and French shouldn‘t be the only two official languages in Ontario‘s Keren Adderiey Chronicle Staff should be included as ‘well. Te OC: Sn innt" Memreniyte k ipeariomm szree aaransrs .' ,’MW ® s reri 5 amcmmerse w « Demonstrators outside M.P.P. John Sweeney‘s Kitchener riding office protested the Ontario But Nelson says a pilot proâ€" ject isn‘t needed or wanted. resource centres in provincial schools. """"""'""l 'II-â€"'.; 12 ts :fi"" "'""" Eo in o e e oa oo ns lc """""0'"' (eawn s schools to: the deat. pas® Sen & Keren Adderiey photo bylaw to stop the development of "monster houses" in two neighborhoods and may extend it to cover the entire city in three The bylaw, affecting the Columbia and Central districts, bans the conversion or enlargement of any home "where the total floor area of existing and proposed strucâ€" tures would exceed 40 per cent of the total lot area." It is intended to stop the conversion of existing buildings into large "monster house" triplexes like those being built on James and Euclid Streets. Waterloo council has approved a control Councillor Robert Brown told council he .‘"The Review already covâ€" ered this; they don‘t need to do more studying. Bill 112 passed and we want it passed now." was concerned about the "exclusivity" of the bylaw and asked that it be extended to cover the entire city. But Planning Comâ€" missioner Tom Slomke told council the law would have to be reworded so it wouldn‘t interfere with all development in the city. But Ward Pudney, owner of a small development company in _ Waterloo, warned council that interference with any kind of development could have serious "Developers are extremely vulnerable to sudden rule changes. We need consistency ang stabilty because of the lead: times between buying land and supplies and actually building. I‘m just a little guy but I will be badly hurt by this bylaw." * Eleanor and Herbert Cripps are deaf parents of two deaf children who attend the school * for the deaf in Milton. They If the city imposes a size restriction, Pudney says developers will be forced to reduce unit sizes and the number of units they can build. This, says Pudney, will have a "serious effect" on the student housing situation in the city. Councillior Mary Jane Mewhinney opâ€" posed the interim bylaw, calling it an ‘"ill thoughtâ€"out" proposal. "If we want a totally sterile city with only singlefamily dwellings, then we‘re heading in the right direction. We are totally neglecting the rights of students." The interim control bylaw will be in effect for the period of one year, or until council has reviewed existing zoning by laws consider themselves bilingual. They say having a mother who uses ASL is no different then blind and she has two hea children. Amber, 11, any other parent who speaks Nelson says Bill 112 would provide deaf people with an option to lip reading and oral communication because both are difficult to learn and akâ€" ward to use. "Deaf children deserve the same access to quality educaâ€" tion that hearing children when they‘re not being taught in their own language." _ Nelson‘s husband Randy is say ASL is the accepted lan guage of the deaf because it is the most effective means of communication for deaf peoâ€" ple. With Nelson interpreting, the Cripps described the diffi culties they faced growing up having to use oral communica tion. They described oral com munication as "frustrating" and ‘"ineffective" and said ASL provided them with a more effective way of commuâ€" nicating because it provides a deaf person with the ability to be as expressive as hearing people who use their voices to convey emotions. Game Room Store in Conâ€" estoga Mail. Costello won the game and Epp says he‘ll stick to baseball from Joe Costello, 12, watches M.P. Herb Epp pocket a NICE TRY Keren Adderiey photo t