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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Sep 1980, p. 3

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and anyone else who can't read: the protein» can now bring the class into their own living-room, with the aid d a television set. w b to m Slut-ins, travelling ales- men, mothers with small i',iRgtr,t'i in cooperation with Mrid Laurier Ihtiver- ,ity, will be airing seven un- iversity credit courses this fail on its repeat network TVO 2. The courses, designed and developed by Wilfrid Laurier, will be scheduled by TVOntario on TV0 2 in such a manner that they should fit the time schedule of anyone interested. TVO 2 is a cable channel. supplied by two cable sys- tems: Canadian CablesysJ tems Limited,' which reaches about 650,000 homes in Toronto, London, Brant- ford-Paris, Newmarket- Bradford, Hamilton, Burl- ington, Oshawa-Whitby. and Brampton-Bramatea and the Grand River Cable Sys- tem, which includes Kit- chener-Waterloo. Elmira, Stratford and Cambridge. TV0ntario has inserted several general-interest courses into the schedule around WLU's. credit cour- ses. These programs include The Real Story with host Jim Lazer, who, during the year, will look at Germany's politics. investigate the Can-' adian constitutional situa- Cron, and interview a number of prominent Cana- dian historians and Behind the Shield, which is the per- sonal joumey of two jouma- lists - Mary Kay Ross and Scott Symons - to discover the nature and character of Ontario. Six of the WLU courses run forone term, either Sep- tember to December, or January to April. Que cour- se. introduction to psycho- logy. is a two-term, full- credit course and will run for both terms. Grand River Cable in Kit- chener-Waterloo will also carry an eighth lecture ex- Get educated via the 'boob tube' Jim Erb, a local businessman. has an- nounced he'11 be running for a seat on Waterloo city council in the Nov. 10 elec- lions. Erb, 33, is a partner in the Edward R. Good Funeral Home and has been in- volved in varios community organiza- tions. In an interview with the Chronicle. he said he wasn't sure what relationship he may have to Waterloo pioneer Abraham Ertr, but noted the political blood in his family with his father. Albert Erb. serv- ing for the past 15 years as a councillor in Wellesley. The local businessman said he would like a new council to be more aggressive in attracting industrial and commercial development to the city. He said one way of doing this would be a combined effort_with other regional municipalities to attract high techno- logy industries that would be comple- mentary to existing ones. Erb {and he is also keen on the preser- vation and devlopment of the downtown In a press release, Erb said the down- town should be "the locus forthe entire city; a place for business to thrive. a place for people to come and visit. and a By Phil Jalmac Bull Writer Erb makes bid for council seat clusively, on 4ttryehettso- logy, an inundation to the new of abnormal psycho- logy. Teieseoilege started on Grand River Cable in a li- mited way two you-Inga: The tall term begins trem umber B for 13 weeks. Then. after a Christmas break, the winter term runs for the same number of weeks, be- ginning January 5. All one- term courses given in the fall or winter are worth a half credit. Each hour of lectures will be offered four times each day, with reruns on the wee- kend. Weekdays, the lec- tures will be offered at B a.m., no a.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 pan. The Saturday and Sunday reruns will begin at l p.m. “We have arranged the frequent showings to enable students to see them at times that work into their schedules," Little says. “It will also allow a student to review the lecture and ab. sorb more orthe material." Coursesrto be offered, with the day of the Week on which they will be shown are: . ' Economics 102: an in- troduction to the workings of the Canadian economy. Monday. fall term. Economics 101: an in- troduction to the econOmic principles relevant to tue decision-making judgments of individual consumers. Monday, winter term. (Completion of both these one-term economics courses constitutes Economics 100. the requirement for taking more advanced courses in the subject.) , Political Science 101: an introduction to Canadian go- vernment designed to in- troduce students to the prac- tical working of Canadian politics. Tuesday, fall term. English 309: a study of Shakespeare's plays. focus- ing on his great tragedies of love and power. such as Hamlet, Macbeth. King Lear, and The Tempest. Tuesday, winter term. Psychology 100: an in- place where residential living can conti- nue." He said he would like council to give continued support to neighbourhood as- 'socialions. "Things are really starting to conNn- trate in downtown Waterloo," he said in the interview. Erb said though he would like the city to attract more industry, he's in favour of "clean" industry. not foundries or smokestack factories. - "Waterloo has not progressed that war" he "said. "and I don't see any need for turning in that diryetion. 99w." On Clinent issues. he said he agrees with a recent committee report calling for a renewal of the city's lease at Mars- land Centre for three to five years. with a view to the building of a new city hall at the end of that period. And, of course, he maintains the new city hall slould be tem in tte downtown. In regards to a change in the bylaw restricting the hours of sale for gas. EN said "I think the hours should be extend- ed, but I'm not sure it should be opeh- He said he would like to see a commo- mise solution. somewhere between maintaining the status quo and opting for unrestricted boon. As far as fluoridation of city water goes. Ertt's in favor of keeping up the Mon to the, subject. in- volving an new of human and animal bdmlim (the "u-credit, two-term couroe offering). Wednes- day, both terms. Business 233: a penum- investments .course de- signed as an introductory. study of the stock market and investing. Thursday. fail term. . Beginning September I, Community Mediation Ser- vice tCMS) will receive $8.455 from the Solicitor General of Canada. The amount represents approx- imately half of the first-year An innovative Kitchener- Waterloo program for re- solving disputes in the com- munity has been awarded a start-up grant by the federal government. ESTOTV Mediation service gets funding While students may want]: out of intetest,-the courses are all credit course: that Count towards a degree Buincss m: 1 ohm on business law. designed cape. dilly for ”in. account- ing, and but" madam. It deal: with the basic legal principles of lag, considered vital for persons working in these fields. Thursday. winter term. budget for the program. Grants for the second and third years will be contin- gent upon satisfactory per- formance of the project dur- ing the first year. The mediation service offers free help in dealing with conflicts among neig- hbors and landlords and ten- ants. Problems arising over noise. pets. fights. and fences are among the situa- practise on the basis of "the evidence that's here." He also said he wouldn't like to see the question of fluoridation become an elec- tion issue. "You need a little bit more time for both sides to present their case," he said. "There's so many other things to talk about in Waterloo. and it ifttrorida- tion) can become an emotional kind of issue." Erb could do nothing but ballyhoo a resurrected Kitchener suggestion that the Twin Cities become one municipa- lity, saying "we've got too much going for us in Waterloo to want to amalgama- te with anybody. Waterloo has a nice. small city atmosphere about it which I think our civic officials have worked hard at building." “She's an excellent mayor." he said. "here‘s nobody in my mind who could do a better Job." - - ___ _ _A Erb is a director of the Waterloo Lions Club and has been' an active volunteer for 13 years with the K-W Big Brother Association. And. finally, he said he would support Mayor Marjorie Carroll in her pre- sumed bid at another term at office. He and " wife. the tormer.Marianne Schmidt, along with their children David and Michael, are members of the Erb Street Mennonite Church. where - - o- c a a - coon“-”w~c ”manomauooau Waterloo Chroma-,ijtptm s, no - M3 from the university. Stu- duu wanting to take them for credit ms! first be ad- mitted to the hive-my be. {on atoning in any of the comes. w For those over 21 years of age or who have been work- ing for two years. admission deed not require completion of high school. Life ex- perience is accepted instead of high school - tions . that are most frequently referred to me diation. If both parties INF luntarily agree to participa- te in mediation. a meeting is scheduled with neutral me- diators to search for a solu- tion to the dispute. Media- tion hearings are typically held on evenings or wee- kends. CMS is the first program of its kind in Ontario. and Erb is chairman of the church council He is also vice chairman of the board of Rockway Mennonite School and treas- urer of the K-W Council of Churches. He served as campaign manager for Liberal candidate Frank Epp in the last two Waterloo riding battles in the fe- deral elections. Fir “an: enrolled for (are: form: only a part of the reqttiremmtts. There will be a umber at "aigsted feadings. papers to write. and finally. an examination to pass. Fees are $81.50 for each one-term course (worth a half credit) and 8163 for the two-term Haiku-edit) cour- Informal mediation hear- ings " an alternative to lengthy and often expensive court proceedings is one of several ideas being tested by the Solicitor General in an effort to enhance the deli- very of Justice in communi- ties across Canada. has been operating in the K- W aka since November of last yer. Jim Ertt

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