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Students, groups combine to make books available A love of reading Eleven-year-old Whitney Smith loves to read and last week she made a point of making sure other children acquire the Pete Cudhea Chronicle Staff Ch ii'i'i'ii'jriiiile Clifford Takes a Spill. Andrew Marshall attempts to catch a stack ot Clifford Takes a Trip books which spilled oft the table in the library ot Mary Johnson Public School last Thursday. Students, teachers and members of the live area Kiwanis Clubs were on hand to launch their Books tor Babies program for the upcoming year. Health Nurses will distribute over 8,000 literacy package kits in the Kitchener. Waterloo, Elmira, Cambridge and Guelph areas. Wetsrloo County board of edu. ention trutee Diane Stickney this week My announced her intention to tt reelection. Stickney, one our trustees who represent the city of Water- looonthesehoolttoard,wasfimt elected in 1988. After three years of service as a trustee. Stickney said one her greatest contributions to the com- munity is her ability to serve on the board on a full-time basis. Because her trustee position is her sole career responsibility, Stickney said she can devote [gigs tqjgggjeast dt regional questions 136 6th Yea: I Take Pride and Shop on tonight Page 9 lednesday. September 1 mm“, I think it's in the com. munity’s best interest that we have some people who can serve on I full-time basis - be available during the day ttnd during the evening," Stickney said. “I be. lieve I do have a reputation, which I see to be a positive one, and that's that I've delved into my duties and committed myself wholeheartedly to my activity work, my board work, and my committee involvement." Stickney is chairperson of the board's transportation committee herself complme to the job. "While I wouldn't suggest we Inquire tr, board of 20 full-time some love. Smith, a grade 6 Mary Johnson public school student, along with several school mates, teachers and members of local Kiwanis service clubs, spent. Thursday There’s more to retirement than t security Page 12 As chair of the transportation committee, Stickney has been instrumental in the development of Elle board's bugging policy. "We (the transporation commit. tee) took a look at all of our policies and dealt with student transportation. We came up with new policies - one that has loo. Ont afternoon in the school library packing books and information leaflets which will be distributed by public health nurses to families with firgthorn thil. dren. (Continued on page 3) Departments ShortStory ....... Opinion Community ....'., Entertainment ...., Business "Over the next three years, there's going to be a review on the provincial level through the Fair affected the community in a nu- jorwny,andthetisthechangein transporation for children in kin- dergarten to grade 3," Stickney said. "While we saw at our com- mittee meeting that there was an need to review our policies. we also kept in mind that there was a dollar figure attached to any changes, and so we put our priori- ties with the small children." Stickney said the school board will be faced with tough issues next term, the most prominent of which will be the issue of taxa. non. M Guam We ,istuatoetedthei-inise that they draught it In. a 'tWBtrer al attack, no I'm iettam to both trttgtmg telling them that it had rothing to do with them, pal-mal- y." Hendry took a lot of vu'hd abuse at the meeting from fellow man: Twyla Hendry (no relation) who was quoted saying "I'm “(John Bendry's) hide". Cambridge trust- ee Ted Clare called the proposal "The dumbest thing I've ever heard” to Cambridge m Wal. tar Gowing who called it "ridiew Hench-y admitted an a uniti- ,tfhmdagmatdiarmtdl, have two Iran's-h . 1fitehtlleipi-thithmr-Ht that tht d.drytitrs in"! . syeautta.a.Aaxmrirtiterpe. Advertising suppierrwnte dohvrn-d um tonight's Waterloo Chmnu‘lr Zeno Sunny with afternoon ( clouds, High 18-20°C _ Hendry’s proposal 'not dead' Tit been hem at thinking . Tltarsdar's weather some to be new aa-ai, directly impart on the I" locally, but will remit “ board involvement." Stickney and she also fab Ch board will have to moved.“ the community, by, for example. etrtablitshing a community adviats ry committee. will have to deal with the growmg concern about quality ofeducauon. and will deal with student behavior are” they're m LGarrL- education tax, htndittg H the grunt: thrterteistg Mk. and - nicipal St,rtu'rttl I“. 1'l,fe'trt'ltih"t,'twgif, 50 cents ol