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Another great response‘ So make sure you have Last week, to thank our _ your coupon to us in the next loyal readers for their comâ€" few days as we will ?e mitment to our Voluntary making the draw Feb. i8, Paid circulation program, â€" the same day as our monthâ€" we announced a First Anniâ€" ly Voluntary Paid draw. versary Bonus Draw, a _ Winners of both draws will chance for our readers to be notified immediately by win a $100 grocery youcher. _ phone. And ever since then, the back into the office fast and This group promotes international goodwill to the letter Pen friends Brenda Young, a family service worker at Family and Children‘s Services who is in charge of publicizing the event, explained that the topic, Child Abuse, was selected after organizers conducted a survey to determine community ‘‘*We sat down with police, doctors, the school board and various professionals in the commuâ€" nity to find out what the needs were in this area and we organized it around this," she said. Keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. Ken Finkel, a pediatrician and professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster Medical School, who has been involved in the area of child abuse for the past 10 years. Finkel, considered an expert on the subject, will attempt to define the term child abuse. Pat Arbuckie Chronicle Staff Child abuse wili be the focus of a oneâ€"day conference sponsored by the Midâ€"Western Branch of the Ontario Association of Professionâ€" al Social Workers, in coâ€"operation with a number of local community organizations. One of a series of presentations offered by the association, it is designed to provide a forum where professionals, dealing in family or child care, can develop their knowledge, understandâ€" ing and responses to child abuse. The conference will take place Friday, Feb. 15, beginning at 9 a.m. at Grand River Collegiate. Pat Arbpuckle Chronicle Staft « Ever dream of going to exotic, farâ€"away places? Through a pen pal‘s eyes, you can travel thousands of miles, without ever leaving the comfort of your favorite living room chair. ‘"It‘s terribly romantic â€" I haven‘t travelied very much â€" to know there is a real person living somewhere who is getting my letter,"‘ explained Michelle Morissetti, a local agent for International Pen Friends. Morissetti, who admits that she always liked writing letters, joined the club two years ago at the suggestion of a sister and now communicates regularly with five pen friends, three in various parts of Australia, one in South Africa and one in Poland. ‘"‘It‘s more like a relaxation than a chore," she said, adding that her pen friends exchange letters about once a A nonâ€"profit organization based in Ireland, Internaâ€" tional Pen Friends has a membership of 100,000 people in 145 countries. Approximately 50 Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo residents currently belong to the club, Morissetti said. Presentations by a panel of local experts wiil "Its goal is to promote international goodwill through Organized around needs Professional Social Workers offer Child Abuse conference We hear you! Africa Week Chronicle Statf Dearborn Industrial Park â€" sold out. This is the good news Waterioo business development director Gerry O‘Neil delivâ€" ered Tuesday to members of the city‘s development committee. According to O‘Neil, in the past 18 months the city has sold the nearly 24 acres of land in the park to 17 companies., leading to the creation of more than 500 jobs when construction is completed and businesses are in operatiorf No room at the Ind! coupon, see page 17 of last week‘s Chronicle. If you missed the bonus In the afternoon, those attending the conferâ€" ence will have an opportunity to select two of 13 45â€"minute workshops. Those being offered inâ€" clude Indicators â€" signals to watch for in the detection of physical, sexual or emotional abuse; how to report suspected abuse; Caring for the abused child;, Coping with your own feelings when confronted with abuse; Communiâ€" tyâ€"based prevention programs; Therapeutic techniques; the teacher‘s role in child abuse. follow the keynote speaker with discussion focussing on such topics as Prevention of Molestation, Documentation of Court Proceedâ€" ings, Case Sharing among Agencies and Selfâ€" Help Groups. Young emphasized that although members of the general public are welcome to attend the conference, it has been geared to respond to the needs of local professionals â€" child care and social workers, nurses, doctors, teachers, police and lawyers. The cost of the oneâ€"day event is $15. Those interested in attending are asked to send a registration form and either a cheque or money order, payable to the OAPSW, to Claudia Vestula, 21 Maple St., Guelph, Ontario NIG 2G4. Register early because workshops will be limited in size. Also available at the conference will be copies of Child Abuse: A Handbook for Social Workers in Ontario, a book which has been published by the OAPSW . Total value of land sold was $924,000. **Purchasers represent a very broad mix of uses," said O‘Neil in a written report to the committee. ‘"Manufacturing, processâ€" ing, distribution, service industries. inâ€" vestment propérties for lease. The latter, when constructed, could house a considerâ€" able variety of businesses." O‘Neil added that interest expressed in the industrig) park and small industrial lots indicates the city must "continue to provide this kind of product in the fuâ€" ture." (Continued frompage 1} with an Ending Hunger Briefing, to be presented by Professor John Hotson of the UW Economics Deâ€" partment Thursday, 4 p.m. in Room 246, Biology II. The University of Wateriloo has several direct connections with Africa. An exchange program with the University of Addis Ababa, for example, brings doctoral students to study in Waterioo, while UW faculity members teach in Ethiopia. Similar programs with other Afriâ€" can countries bring students to UW Those who join the club, however, should be individuais who enjoy writing and receiving letters, she added. To join IPF, interested persons must fill out an pen friend contact â€" making people aware that in far away places, there are real live people,‘" she expiained. Morissetti emphasized that IPF is a legitimate pen friend club, not a dating service. Members are matched according to interests, age, country of origin and marital status (single people with single people.) So far, she said, IPF officials who maich up club members have made a consistent effort to provide suitable pen pals who share common interests. In fact, she believes it carn be a sftisfifin} 7;v°ayâ€" of meeting new friends and learning how people in other lands live. + "It‘s easier for people to introduce themseives without being judged. When you write, you build a relationship in a more stable way, based on mutual interests, rather than appearance or social pressure," she explained. Although modern technology has shrunk distances, making relatives and friends just a telephone call away, Morissetti does not beliey_e Iette!- writing is a dying art. to acquire skills and knowledge to meet development needs in their own countries. Research has aiso been undertakâ€" en at the university to develop technology to meet water, energy and food needs in rural African communities. Two UW professors, Dr. Alan Plumtree and Dr. Aifred Rudin, recently developed a plastic pump which has been widely used in African countries where replaceâ€" ment components for metal pumps are difficuit to obtain. Wilfrid Laurier University faculty, staff and students honored their "alumnus of the century," Earle Sheliley, Sunday with a party to mark his 80th birthday. Known as ‘‘the Major‘‘ to friends, Shelley attended Waterioo College (as WLU was known then) graduating in 1928. He continues a close association with the University, regularly attending sports activities, as well as serving on the Senate and Board of Governors. Melodee Martinuk photo * ie % 1} WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 6, 1985 â€" PAGE 3 To obtain an application for IPF, interested persons should write to Michelie Morissetti, 1â€"590 Bearinger Road, Waterloo, Ontario NZL 6C4. application providing personal information (age, sex, occupation, marital status), outlining their interests and indicating from which countries they would like to have pen friends. The applications should be returned to Morissetti; who forwards them to the club‘s head office in Ireland, where pen pails are matched. Members receive a list of 14 to 18 names, from which they can choose pen friends. Their names are in turn sent out to about 14 other club members. ~ ‘"‘‘The potential is humoungous," Morissetti said. IPF also has special divisions which facilitate the exchange of stamps between members and which encourage blind people to communicate through cassette tapes or braille. > Memberships are $10 for adults 17 to 60, $5 for those under 17 or over 60. Group memberships are also available for school classes, girl guides, boy scouts or other youth groups and there are special rates if two club members agree to share a list of pen friends. Memberships last one year. MAJOR ATTRACTION call the UW C 885â€"1211 ext. 6229. A linkage project between the Universities of Addis Ababa and Waterioo has also been undertaken to facilitate the development of freshwater fisheries program, ulâ€" timately an alternate food source, and to provide training for graduate students. One UW professor, Dr. Arthur Harrison, has been working on the site since October, 1983. For more information on the schedule of events for Africa Week, Melodee Martinuk photo at