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_ After opped uest al to incré F?Mmed (by tarrier â€" 10 every household Separate board, teachers settle The building on King Street North near Erb Street which formerly housed McPhail‘s bicycle shop was torm down last week after McPahil‘s moved to a new location at King and Young. Canada Trust, which owns the property, has made no plans for it yet. The matter is still under review by company officers. _ â€"Photo by Fred Miller Only the formality of ratiâ€" fications remains to bring a salary settlement between the Waterloo County Sepaâ€" rate School Board and its more than 600 lay teachers. In a joint statement isâ€" sued today the board and teacher negotiation commitâ€" tees said they anticipate a quick settlement as a reâ€" sult of progress made durâ€" ing a meeting November 23. The meeting, interded as a short information session, turned into more than four hours of negotiation when teachers and trustees reaâ€" lized they could be close to settlement. Frank Shewchuk, teaâ€" cher negotiating commitâ€" ‘;e chairman, told trustees e main items of concern were consultants‘ allowanâ€" ces, the board‘s share of payment of medical and hospital benefits, pay inâ€" creases in the bottom three teacher categories, and with the lack of a retirement graâ€" tuity for teachers. After discussion, teachers 'opped the gratuity reâ€" uest and trustees offered to increase consultant alâ€" lowances by another $100; to pay $100 more to teaâ€" chers in categories 1, 2 and 3 with three or more years However the majority will not be open during the evenâ€" ings until Monday, Decemâ€" ber 13. All merchants will continue the extended hours until 5:30 p.m. Christmas Eve. Extended hours begin tonight A survey of a cross section of Waterloo merchants inâ€" dicates several will begin evening Christmas shopping hours tonight. in WATERLOO The changes in the salary grid will affect more than 350 teachers. A few who would have received only a $100 pay increase will now get $200, and some who would have received $400 will get $500. The range for consultants‘ allowance will be $1,500 to $2,000 compared to $1,300 to $1,800 last year. of experience, and to pay 60 per cent of present hospital and medical benefits beâ€" ginning in January, 1972. The end result will be an average eight percent inâ€" crease in salary and beneâ€" fits for teachers and will inâ€" crease the board‘s salary bill by about $370,000 over the 1970â€"71 figure. â€" Doris Deeks of 104 Norman Street was treated for minor injuries and released from Kâ€"W Hospital yesterday after the car she was driving jumped the curb and hit the side of the Waterloo Mutual Assurance Co. building at Erb and Albert Streets. Damâ€" age to the vehicle was estimated by Waterloo police at $200. The offer will be retroacâ€" tive to September 1 except for the change in medical and _ hospital _ payments which wil} become effective in January 1972. Staff representatives from each of the separate eleâ€" mentary schools in the counâ€" ty will meet December 8 to decide on a means of obâ€" taining ratification from the teachers. A general meeting of all the teachers isn‘t expected. Staff representatives will probably determine the conâ€" census among teachers. It is expected the matter will be brought to the school board for formal ratificaâ€" tion at the December 6 meeting. Committee suggests 8 as choice for council â€" The first public act of a citizens committee recently formed in Waterloo was to city council December 6. The committee has had 5,000 flyers printed for disâ€" tribution, outlining its purâ€" pose in naming the candiâ€" dates. It has also purchasâ€" ed advertising with a similar message. ‘ The eight are : Roy Bauman, John Henâ€" dry, Robert Henry, Barry Pauley, Chris _ Radder, John Snyder, Brian Turnâ€" bull and Charles Voelker. They were named by 12 members of the committee at a meeting Monday night and each was informed of the action Tuesday. None of the eight was consulted before hand about being named to the group. ‘We‘re trying to have people elected who are conâ€" cerned~ for the citizens of Waterloo," said J.C. Pavanâ€" el of Westmount Road South in Waterloo. He is a comâ€" mittee member. ‘‘Our opinion of the presâ€" ent council is that it operâ€" ates on predetermined ideas and actions. The members really don‘t show any conâ€" cern for citizens." felt Mr. Turnbull has since requested that the comâ€" mittee delete his name from the advertising. Mr. Bauâ€" man said last night he was considering similar action. Mr. Turnbull said he made the request because he thought the committee‘s intentions _ were _ being twisted. ‘‘The list was intended to He suggested that the three incumbent councillors named in the group were sympathetic to the people but ‘"possibly overpowered by other aldermen"‘. _Each of the eight candiâ€" dates consented to have his name in the group he said. wouldn‘t be controlled by would make best councilâ€" *"‘But it has been exactly the opposite of what was intended. People are thinkâ€" ing the eight are a slate backed and possibly inâ€" fluenced by the committee," he said. ~ Each of the eight stressed they were in no way comâ€" mitted to any group in the city. Most of them rejected the ideaâ€" that the commitâ€" tee had special interests at heart. Saturday, November 28â€"A 40â€"pound female bobcat was freed from its pen in the wildlife display in Waterloo Park. Vandals broke open the pen to allow the animal to escape. **I think it was done in good faith," said Mr. Henry. Mr. Pauley said he was submitting a written stateâ€" ment to the committee which said he appreciated the support of individuals but wouldn‘t be swayed by pressure groups. Mr. Radder, Mr. Hendry and Mr, Voelker said they appreciated the support and that the committee‘s concerns were prominent in their platforms. Monday, November 29â€"The Waterloo community serâ€" vices board will recommend to council that a third arena and an adult recreation center be built next year. The board decided the action at a special meeting. The cat was seen several times but park personnel and community services board personnel couldn‘t capture it. The elusive bobcat was still on the loose today as it outsmarted searchers trying to coax it into an area where it could be trapped with a net. â€" _ Erhard Schlenker,â€"a founâ€" dgr of the committee and now its secretary, said the 12 members who made the selection studied each candiâ€" date at the meeting Monday night. Several candidates not named in the group were inâ€" terviewed as well, he said. Committee members also studied campaign literature and nominationâ€"night speeâ€" ches in making their judgeâ€" ment. Reaction from candidates not named in the group ranged from indifference to disappointment to indignaâ€" tion. An informal poll showed that none of them had ever been formally apâ€" proached by the committee Carl Sulliman, a candiâ€" ‘‘We decided which (canâ€" didates) would be more willing to listen to citizens," and not brush them aside, he said. Mr. Pavanel outlined the procedure the 12 used. ‘‘We went through (the candidates) _ qualifications and what they stood for," he said. He indicated that the eight candidates named in the group had been interâ€" viewed by committee memâ€" bers and their views found acceptable. Week in retrospect members but that he‘d neâ€" "I find it interesting to note that a group which puts strong emphasis on apâ€" proachability hasn‘t boâ€" Ron Buddell said he hadâ€" n‘t been contacted by the committee yet. ‘"If they‘re not concerned enough to contact me, I‘m not conâ€" cerned about them.‘‘ | Bob Cruise said he knew pressed disappointment at the move. ‘"I feel experiâ€" ence has demonstrated voters don‘t respond well to a slate because it‘s no more than an inch removed from partisan politics at the civic level." _ » Doug McDowell criticized the methods used by the thered, as a group, to apâ€" proach all candidates. *"I hope they wouldn‘t want council to conduct itâ€" self in the same manner as the committee operates .‘ Rudy Kominek said only, ‘‘If they feel they‘re going to shake the earth, that‘s their privilege." He suggested slates were an insult to the voters. "It‘s rather presumptious on the part of a few people to tell the city how to vote." "I have never been apâ€" proached by this group. I would want to be completely dissociated from any slate." Harold Wagner and Ian MciIntosh couldn‘t be reachâ€" ed at press time for comâ€" ment. tion for running was conâ€" cern for citizens and getting citizens‘ opinions across to council." He said the action of namâ€" ing agroupbranded those not chosen, as the ones who would brush off citizens. Lew Murray said he‘d never been contacted by the group formally, ‘"but I‘m not comâ€" plaining." ‘‘*Not knowing any of the group nor what criteria was used for determining qualiâ€" fication of candidates, it‘s impossible to comment," said Ron Dalton. ver been Rich Lloyd said he was: insulted by the committee‘s choices. "It‘s a kick for me because my prime motivaâ€" Herb Epp rejected the idea of slates in an election and said he wasn‘t taking the committee‘s action over seriously.