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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 18 Apr 1979, p. 1

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Cat fanciers «@isplay 200 â€"furry friends Planned Parenthood fight rages on The Waterloo Motor Inn played host to some 200 furry visitors on Sunday, April 15 and drew large crowds of spectators. The event was the Second Anâ€" nual Allâ€"Breed Cat Show sponsored by the Golden Triangle Cat Fanciers Club. Exhibitors came from Scarborough, Buffalo, Misâ€" sissauga, Elliott Lake, Roâ€" chester, Georgia, Winnipeg, Tennessee, Barrie, Quebec and Wisconsin. The Golden Triangle Cat Fanciers club is a nonâ€"profit organization affiliated with Cat Fancier‘s Association Inc. (CFA). CFA is the larâ€" gest association of cat fanâ€" ciers in the world and has associated clubs throughout Canada, the US, Mexico and Japan. The local club was formed ap. January ‘77 and today it .sts 25 members from chenerâ€"Waterloo, New Hamburg, Cambridge and Guelph. Associate members come from as far away as London and St. Catharines. The aim of the organizaâ€" tion is ‘"to promote interest in and knowledge of cats; to encourage the selective breeding of purebred cats; to educate regarding the imâ€" portance of neutering and spaying of pet quality By Howard Elliott Chronicle staff writer If last Thursday‘s regional council meeting is any in« dication, the battle over public funding for Planned Parenthood Waterloo region is far from over. At that meeting, two deleâ€" ons attacked council for wrting the controversial up. The Catholic Knights 124th Year No. 16 â€"â€"â€"Insideâ€"â€" Waterloo at a glance > Community calendar Sports Comment Refuge for abused wives â€" Anselma House 4 Albert Ruetz, 155 William St. W., Waterloo, also subâ€" mitted a letter to council asking that the organizaâ€" tion‘s grant be reconâ€" sidered.> According to Jim Gould, president of the club, any profits arising from the show will go towards a spayâ€" ing and neutering program the club is trying to set up in the community. of Columbus and the Salvaâ€" tion Army both protested on the basis that Planned Parenthood discusses aborâ€" tion with pregnant women seeking counselling. - purebred and domestic cats and to promote the general welfare of all cats and kitâ€" tens in the Kâ€"W area". Members : own Persians, Himalayans, Colour Point Shorthairs, Russian Blues, Manx and Siamese. The club gives breeders and cat fans a chance to get together and share ideas. During the show purebred cats were judged on their body type, conformation, head type, eye color and structure. Judges were not allowed to know the owner or breeder. Household pets were in a category of their own and according to club members ‘‘is probably one of the best liked parts of a cat show"‘. The cats must be clean, have a good bill of health, been neutered or spayed and cannot have been declawed. Wendy Gould, treasurer of the local organization felt the show was a success. Last year the club hosted the show on March 26 at the University of Guelph. 14â€"19 Wednesday, April 18, 1979 previously granted Planned Parenthood about $13,000 in provincial funds, but only after a lengthy controversy and protests launched by Right To Life, an antiâ€"aborâ€" tion political group. If council is to reconsider the grant, a motion to reoâ€" pen debate will have to be Separate school board passes *27.6 million budget for 1979â€"80 The Waterloo County Separate School Board recently apâ€" proved a $27.6 million budge® for 1979. For the separate school ratepayer it means a 15 per cent hike in the education portion of their tax bill Ratepayers with an average $6.500 assessment will pay a tax bill of $247 for the Catholic elementary school system and an additional $206 for public high school system costs Spending represents a 10 per cent increase over the 1978 budget of $25 million Georgette Wawrzyn, a judge during the Golden Triangle Cat Fancier‘s second annual all breed cat show, gives this long haired breed the once over. The show attracted participants from the United States and across Canada and included both purebreds and household pets. According to chairman. Alf Dietrich. the board has bud $13,000 grant appealed ' vote would be required again to withdraw council‘s support. ¢ At Thursday‘s meetin% council voted 12â€"10 to upho their original decision, but Kitchener alderman Dom Cardillo asked that another formal motion be presented at the April 26 meeting. °, supported by at least twoâ€" thirds of the counciliors. A and fundâ€"raising events. _ The $13,000 in provincial group being thrown out of the Kâ€"W Federated Appeal two years ago. Since then, the organization has been surviving on private donaâ€" The longâ€"standing conâ€" troversy over Planned Parenthood resulted in the geted for a drop in enrolment of between 200 and 300 stuâ€" dents Nineteen per cent of the budget will be raised through municipal taxes and the province will pay $22 million or 80 per cent. The largest share of the budget goes towards saâ€" laries and benefits funds granted to the agency Gerry Denomme, business administrator said tight finâ€" ancing will hamper preventative maintenance programs at schools There was no public discussion on the budget WATERLOO, ONTARIO P and $10,000 in federal funds are needed to operate Planned Parenthood in 1979, said local coâ€"ordinator Marg van Vliet. | The agency‘s total budget is $43,000. And while $11,000 was donated from the privaâ€" te sector, Mrs. van Vliét said the group may run out of money by July without government funding. s 10 CENPS ho. n

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