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129th Year No. 32 Wednesday, August 10, 1983 Melodee Martinuk Chronicie Statt Drastic cuts in service and staffing are not "practical" solutions to the current budget woes of Waterloo Region‘s Family and Children‘s Services (FCS) following a provincial decision last week not to increase society funding, says FCS board president Norma Marossi. 1 i h 1 1 Pon e aeoa s s _ To radically cut would cause us to de fault on our responsi bility to the public to maintain a quality of service." y dudvatatinatt} 1dieindeitniediad in db in im aiie it is ‘*One option open is to drastically reduce services, but I‘m very reluctant to see that happen. Such a reduction is neither sensible nor practical and I won‘t be recommending it to the board,." said Marossi. a Instead Marossi said she will advise the PCS board of directors to ask the province for an "exceptional circumâ€" stances review"" of spending requirements Drea rejects FCS bid for fund increase Chronicle Statt Relax â€" it could be the police officer who has been tailing your car for the past 10 minutes and is now flagging you over just wants to give you an award for being a good driver. it‘s all part of an experimental Courteous Driver Award Program, being conducted by the Wateriloo Regional Police Department in â€"conjunction â€" with Union Carbide of Canada and CKKW radio. ‘"The purpose of it is to heighten public awareness of the necessity of safe and courteous driving," explained Constable Roland Pike. Good driving can pay off The way it works is that each day of the twoâ€"week trial period one officer of the police department‘s Community Relations section "keeps and eye out for good drivers" while cruising the Twin Cities and if one is spotted "follows them, pulls them over and tells them we‘re pleased with their driving." The driver‘s reward for his or her good motoring sense is a free radio. If the trial, which concludes this week, is sucessful the program may be expanded by Union Carbide into a nationâ€"wide campaign promoting good driving. And, contrary to what you may think while driving down King Street in rushâ€"hour traffic, Pike said he and his comrades have had no trouble finding "safe and courteous‘"* drivers to commend in the weekâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half the program has been underway. this vear in hopes that such a study will lead to a funding increase As well, she empha sized that the board will work to trim the society‘s operating budget as much as is possible. "It‘s very â€" difficult and tricky for us to orchestrate our way through this situation.‘" THIS WEEK INSIDE Marossi commented Marossi added she has set up a series of meetings with "key persons"" to discuss the current dilemma of FCS and a decision will be made by the end of the month on what acâ€" tion the society will be taking. Waterloo Region Family and Children‘s Services is funded by the province, which provides 80 per cent of its budget, and Waterâ€" loo Region, which conâ€" tributes 20 per cent. The agency has operated this year on the basis of a $5.8â€" million budget ap proved by its board this spring. The present conflict arose, howevâ€" er, when the Ministry of Community and Soâ€" cial Services approved funding allocations for 1983 of. only $5.2 milâ€" tion, which represents an increase of five per cent over last year‘s budget, plus a $200,000 oneâ€"time grant to cover additional costs. A child Welfare Re view â€" Committee, esâ€" tablished to examine the agency‘s subseâ€" quent request for addiâ€" tional fundings, met in June and proposed a compromise allocation of $5.5 million. This recommendaâ€" tion was rejected by Frank Drea, minister of community and soâ€" cial services, who in a statement last week reaffirmed the original budget allocation of $5.2 million. {Continued on page 8) Peter talks tourism â€" SEE PAGE 3 Waterioo, Ontario 25 cents at the Newstand Some 100 Twin Cities motorists took advantage of an offer last week from Kâ€"W Big Sisters to get "the best car wash in town for only $2."" No matter how big or small the vehicle was, the Big Sisters‘ crew didn‘t spare any effort to get them as clean as could be â€" here Big Sister Jacqueline Cornelisse (left) and Little Sisters Kim Montagne (centre) and Pattie Powroznyk (right) go all out to give this Austin Mini a likeâ€"new shine. The car wash was held by Spectrum Photo on Victoria Street in Kitchener, which has declared August Big Sisters Month. Other Big Sisters fundâ€"raising events planned for this year include a Girls‘ Nite Out September 16 at St. Louis Church featuring a casino and smooch booth as well as Arttest, a twoâ€"day sale of art held in conjunction with the Kitchener Sunday Arts and Crafts Festival QOctober 9 and 10. SCRUBâ€"Aâ€"DUBâ€"DUB Susan shows them SEE PAGE 17 Melodee Martinuk photo