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Two women from warâ€"torn Sudan will visit the Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" loo area this week to raise awareness among Canadians of the human rights situation in Sudan, specifically concerning women. While in Waterloo Region from Nov. 28 through Dec. 1, Fatima Tbrahim, president of the Sudanese Women‘s Union in northern Sudan, and Anisia Otworo, coâ€"ordinator for the Sudan Women‘s Voice for Peace in southern Sudan, will visit local:schools to disâ€" cuss the impact the war and human rights violations have on women, children and families; and the role women can .play in peace building and conflict resolution. The women will also speak at a public forum to be held Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at Waterloo North Mennonite Church on Benjamin Road just south of the Stockyards and the Factory Outlet Mall. Admission is free. Olworo and Tbrahim‘s visit to Canada has been arranged by the Interâ€"Church coalition on ‘Africa and their visit to Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo is coâ€"sponsored by the Mennonite Central Committee, = wle Lifesells | > {ookbooks for food bank To help out the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, Equitable Life of Canada will be selling special cookbooks to invited guests durâ€" ing the company‘s 75th anniversary party Nov. 27 at its head office in Waterloo. The cookbook, which has been on sale to Equitable Life staff this week, is a reproduction of one originally published in the 1920s and used as an advertising tool for the first Equitable Life insurance agents. Current staff members have contributed recipes to create a unique blend of past and present. Sean Strickland, the food bank‘s executive director, will be on hand at the party to accept a donation from Equitable Life chairâ€" man and chief executive officer Jack Weber. The anniversary party, organized by a staff committee, will be the last of a series of events held this year to celebrate the comâ€" pany‘s 75thanniversary. In keeping with a 1920s theme, the party will feature silent movies, a barbershop quartet, costumed barkâ€" ers, and a Charlie Chaplin lookâ€"alike. _ . Cleanâ€"up cash HEWS DIHSEST THE ONE Sudanese Women to visit KW LAâ€"Zâ€"BOY® MAKES THE WORLD‘S â€" ] ~_~ RECLINING SOFAS AND LOVESEATS _ _ MOST COMFORTABLE RECLINERS ‘ | | 1z _ a~. BR esmm 2s Faaslcd t { T T T this past summer also emphasized the need to improve the lake‘s water quality. During debate on the issue Monday night, Comnolly originally asked that council delay spending most of the $521,000 for one year and Mwwgadnummydmbow tosunwm'ld!;?on ir upstream gbymmm eotmcflwssmaxlrz that effort, the city should then start spending the money in 1997, he said. But Coun. Bruce McKenty said he felt it was important to improve Silver Lake largely because of the efforts Waterloo is taking to attract redeâ€" velopment in its downtowni core, including sevâ€" eral proposed highâ€"density residential projects on approximately 50 acres of land very close to "I think you should take a really hard look at the investment you‘re going to put in," he said. "This to me is necessary and I think we should do it now." * (Continued from page 1) ies t City saves money/time with new computerized ticket writers & has finally caught up to both Kitchâ€" When it comes to the latest in [ > . is parkingâ€"ticket technology, Waterloo 4 has finally caught up to both Kitchâ€" Assistant city clerk, Deborah Bricknell, said Waterloo has now equipped two of its bylaw enforceâ€" nfetl'l'officprs, who spcchhu in computerized handâ€"held ticket for a number of years while Camâ€" bridge began using them eartier this year, Bricknelbsaid, > _ _ ugh it may actually take a bfilmmmwm issue a parking ticket with the new ticket writers, Bricknell said the new system will eventually save the city *Now at the end of a shift YOU ooo afficer nrenares to lssue a parking tickee ‘*ROne‘ porce olicers ano pNÂ¥ale just plug the handâ€"held unit into a :;:; fir &:momm m enforcement officers who issue tickâ€" (computer) that‘s dedicated to those _ posg yicket writers. The city began using the new ets on behalf of the City of Waterloo handâ€"held units and the informaâ€" * machines in late September. still issue handwritten tickets. She tion is downloaded," the assistant * said if police officers were to start city clerk said. "So there‘s significant staff time savings there." ‘using the machines, the machines would probably have to be supâ€" Under the old system, a city employee would have to spend plied by the municipality the police were working in because offiâ€" between two to 2 1/2 hours a day manually processing parking _ cers issue tickets on behalf of municipalities. money because the machines make fewer errors than the previous manâ€" ual system and less staff time is required to process ticket informaâ€" Kitchener has had such devices HIGHâ€"TECH TICKETS And Coun. Joan McKinnon said she viewed the lake as a facility in the city that provides enjoyment for an enormous number of people. She said the city had recently spent approxiâ€" mately $2 million to improve the Moses Springer Arena but appeared hesitant to do the same thing for Sitver Lake. "We haven‘t done anything for the lake for 61 years so you can‘t say we‘ve spent a lot of money on it," she said.. As a result of councils decision Monday night, work will begin in 1996 on the construction of a cascading outlet structure at the southeast end of the lake at a cost of $313,000. Dredging of the lake will also occur next year at a cost of $381,000 while shaping and bottom work will cost $127,000. lake will also occur next year at a cost of * & boardwalk and ‘stonedust pathway netâ€" $381,000 while shaping and bottom work will _ work that will travel the entire circumference of cost $127,000. the lake and will include a history walk Although the entire cost for the work is _ * wetlands in the western part of the lake, a $821,000, the Grand River Conservation _ water garden and a fishing pier near the southâ€" Authority has agreed to provide $300,000 © east end of the lake . towards the cost of constructing the outlet.~ * naturalization of Laurel Creek Danny Gowing, a City of Waterloo bylaw enforceâ€" ment officer, prepares to issue a parking ticket using one of the city‘s two new computerized handâ€" held ticket writers. The city began using the new machines in late September. FRgimbate Imcs 56 ST. GEORGES SQUARE, GUELPH 821â€"7982 8 KING STREET EAST, KITCHENER 745â€"5058 City treasurer, Bob Mavin, said that although the city will not have to pay any debt charges to cover the expenditure in 1996, it will start payâ€" ing $81,000 a year in debt charges for the next 10 years, starting in 1997, to cover the cost of the work. That translates into a 0.3 per cent increase in Waterloo property taxes as a result, he said The sevenâ€"year $2.3 million plan for the lake and the creek endorsed by council calls for * dredgingâ€"and cleaning up the lake and creek to improve water quality and aquatic habitat * a cascading lake outlet structure at the soudmu:dghhhkuoaddnsfloodconuol DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1959 46 King St. N., Waterioo 886â€"2040 MONDAY â€" THURSDAY 9â€"5.30 ticket data. Now that employee has been freed up to do other work, Also, the new parking tickets issued under the automated system are superior to the old tickets. "They‘re a more durable ticket," Bricknell said. "They‘re not going to be destroyed in the rain like the The city has spent approximately $22,000 to implement the new sysâ€" tem, Bricknell said. That figure covâ€" ers the cost of two handâ€"held computers, printers, chargers, interâ€" face devices, computer software, a warranty agreement, training and 25,000 tickets. The city will budget for one more handâ€"held unit in 1996 so all three of its bylaw enforcement officers â€"who currently enforce parking reguâ€" lations will eventually be equipped with the machines. Bricknell said all Waterloo regional police officers and private enforcement officers who issue tickâ€" ets on behalf of the City of Waterloo still issue handwritten tickets. She said if police officers were to start