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By Karla Wheeler And the constitutional debate continues. But this time, politicians weren‘t in the House of Commons â€" they were in Waterloo council chambers. Waterloo council Monâ€" day approved endorâ€" sement of a resolution from the township of Tilâ€" bury West requesting Pat Lawrence of Winâ€" terbourne was elected president of the Waâ€" terlooâ€"Wellington Flying Club at the Club‘s annual meeting recently. Lawrence received her pilot‘s license in 1969 and has been a member of the Flying Club Board since 1971. She succeeds Conrad Barth of Kitchener. preâ€" sident for the past two years. is time, politicians Council made its deciâ€" ren‘t in the House of â€" sion in a 4 to 3 vote, deâ€" mmons â€" they were â€" spite concerns voiced by Waterloo council â€" alderman John Shorâ€" ambers. treed, who asked city Waterloo council Monâ€" â€" staff if the resolution y approved endorâ€" could ~limit the city‘s ment of a resolution _ right to expropriate proâ€" m the township of Tilâ€" perty for municipal purâ€" ry: West requesting _ poses." Flying club Council split > on question of property rights Readers may remember that a delegation of civic politicians from the U.S. city appeared before counâ€" cil last July to lay the groundwork for a twinning of Waterloo with Centreville. . By Philip Jalsevac Whatever happened to Cenâ€" treville, Ohio? Council was receptive to the plan, and agreed to send a delegaâ€" tion in turn to the Ohio city, not blushing or bashful of the sudden friendship that had sprung up. Not really. The return visit hasn‘t taken place yet "because we couldn‘t get ice time (in Cenâ€" treville),"" according to Waterloo mayor Marjorie Carroll. Huh? Ice time? ‘ It‘s a long story. It seems the cities agreed to tie in the visit with a friendly hockey game between teams from the two cities. Has one of the "twins‘‘ got cold feet since then? But red tape tied that up, with a local hockey team not able to get approval from the provincial minor hockey association. It seems any games with ‘"‘foreigners‘‘ have to be approved by the association, which couldn‘t sanction the Ohio match because What happened to city‘s ‘twin‘? Ottawa to include the basic right "to own and to enjoy property‘‘ in the Canadian constitution. Other directors electâ€" ed include _ Stuart McLean. â€" Kitchener: Tom McMurray. Waâ€" terloo; Owen Lackenâ€" bauer, Kitchener; Roâ€" bert Nicol, Waterloo: Don Nurse, Waterloo: Doug Sherk,. Ayr. and Harry Zinn. Bright. Jack Smyth of Kitchener was elected viceâ€"president. and Walter Banks of Waâ€" terloo. treasurer She said tentative plans call for a busload of young athletes, city councillors, staff and members of the community to travel to Cenâ€" treville together to be the guests of that community. They‘ll play ball â€" probably get beat â€" look around, enjoy the American hospitality and then get down to the business of twinning. all things still being copacetic. ‘‘Certainly the interest is still there," Carroll said. Centreville is located near Dayâ€" ton and has a population of about In any event, by the time Waâ€" terloo had set the gears in motion recently for a makeâ€"up team to go and play an unofficial match in Centreville, time had run out. ‘*We were just going to get some kids to volunteer," Carroll said. **but then the iceâ€"time fell through. It‘s just too late in the season." Whatever, the city suitors are undaunted and it now appears a baâ€" seball game is in the works inâ€" stead. ‘‘We‘ll start from scratch with a makeâ€"up baseball team," Carroll said. f the teams there don‘t belong to any state association. ‘‘Hockey (in Centreville) is not at the level it is here,"" Carroll exâ€" plained. The only reply he reâ€" ceived came from city clerk Ron Keeling, who admitted "I _ don‘t Shortreed told council ‘‘we are not constituâ€" tional experts‘‘ and said he believed the topic should be left to the exâ€" perts. After the meeting, Shortreed noted that although the city hasn‘t used its right to exproâ€" priate land for a few years, sometimes it‘s the only way to get land for roads and hospitals."‘ Alderman _ Richard Biggs, who also voted against the resolution, said in an interview yesâ€" terday that "frankly, I don‘t think we should cloud the (constituâ€" tional) issue." The _ constitutional matter is ‘"very, very complex,‘"‘ Biggs said, ‘‘and by starting a proâ€" vincial lobby*‘ municipaâ€" lities would simply add to the problem. Council should "stick to what it has jurisdicâ€" tion over,"‘ he said. Student volunteers and a member of REACT speak to a motorist while on patrol in Waâ€" terloo park. The patrol was set up about two weeks ago to combat a rash of indecent asâ€" saults that have taken place in the park. (Photo by Ivan Valvassori) ORGANIZER SAYS ‘*Everything‘s just moving along," he said. "I haâ€" ven‘t heard anything, so I guess no news is good news." Elliott said the patrol will continue ‘"as long as we have people to run it,"" but said he doesn‘t expect it will continue past the middle of next month when the university exam period is over. Bob Elliott, viceâ€"president of the University of Waterloo federation of students, told the Chronicle on Monday that "there‘s been less and less women in the park (recently), so maybe people are taking the alternate routes." At the same time, Elliott said response has been good to a student patrol for those women still using the park at night. The park patrol was started up about two weeks ago by students, members of REACT â€" a private ciâ€" tizens band radio group â€" and the Waterloo region police force. Two members of REACT and about a half dozen students have been patrolling the park nightly, Monâ€" day to Friday, equipped with flashlights, whistles and radios connected with the nearby police station. The patrol was triggered by a number of recent inâ€" decent assaults, including a case of rape in the park last February. By Philip Jalsevac Fewer women appear to be using Waterloo park pathways at night in response to publicity surroundâ€" ing a rash of indecent assaults that have taken place there. Their purpose is "to observe and report] any criâ€" minal or suspicious behaviour in the park as a means of protecting women walking through. Meanwhile, Wim Simonis, president of the student federation, said he will be drafting a letter to Waâ€" terloo city council about the students‘ concerns reâ€" garding lighting in the park. Council will consider better park lighting as part Fewer women using pathways at night WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1981 â€" PAGE 3 But he said he will outline to council his view that such a measure should be planned for the future. Simonis said it doesn‘t look like there‘s any posâ€" sibility right now"‘ of getting a light installed at the footbridge of the path to Westmount Place. Pflug said there are two alternatives he will reâ€" commend for lighting on that pathway â€" one, to inâ€" stall a new underground system that will link a strâ€" ing of at least six or seven lights and, two, incorâ€" porating about four additional lights into existing electrical sources from some lights already in place. ' And, in any event, he said "the best thing is for people not to use that (pathway) at night. I think that‘s what people should be discouraged from doing. The pathway to Westmount Place â€" which currentâ€" ly has no lighting at all â€" is considered as less of a timeâ€"saver for walkers than the one to Waterloo arena. Although it would be possible to install some type of lighting at the footbridge which leads on to this path, Pflug said there have always been problems with vandals destroying lights in that area. The community services director said his recomâ€" mendations will be restricted to better lighting for the pathway that leads from Seagram Dr., through the park‘s animal reserve and on to the Waterloo arena at Caroline St. Lighting for another walkway that cuts through the park to Westmount Place will not be recomâ€" mended, he said. y of its budget deliberations at a meeting this Monâ€" day. Simonis met with community services director Ken Pflug on Monday to go over some of the alternaâ€" tives for park lighting. Council has asked f’flug to prepare a report to be considered at the Monday meeting.