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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 18 Nov 1971, p. 1

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. . . . Friday, November It - Waterloo mail delivery was halted today when 30 letter carriers walked off their jobs to protest the post office department's policy on hiring casual help. John Hendry. a Lake- shore Village resident. an- nounced a committee will be formed after the upcom- ing election, to petition the city to force the company to clean up the lot. "We want the company to clean up the lot by the summer of next year. We're asking them to level and seed the property," said Mr. Hendry. The lot has been designated for a proposed service station Monday. November 15 - Star-Wol Developments was told by Waterloo council it wouldn't be forced to pay increased unit levies for a proposed plaza on Erb Street West if con- struction were started by March 31, 1972 or two months after Ontario municipal board approval, whichever is later. Several Lakeshore " lage residents are concern- ed at alleged inaction by Supertest oil company about its lot at the corner of Glen Forest Boulevard and Weber Street. . Canadian poet Irving Layton gave a reading of some of his work at the Waterloo li- brary Monday evening. He read for about an hour and answered questions later. Want lot cleaned up Wednesday, November " - City engineer D'Arcy Dutton told planning board consideration is being given to estab- lishing a substation of the Waterloo fire department near the proposed intersection of Westmount Road and Columbia Street. This would mean accelerating the proposal to extend Westmount to Columbia. A county court Judge ruled today that the residents were entitled to be on the assessment role and thus on the voters list. Their names had not been on the assessment role be- cause the land on which the complex occupies is owned by the university and. as such, is ruled to be mm-assessable. The residents' appeal was based on the claim that the city received taxes on the land indirectly through an agreement between the university and the city, made when the land was rezoned to permit construction of apartments. . . a Wednesday. November 17 - Four hundred residents of the University of Waterloo's married student apartment com- plex on University Avenue West have been placed on the voters list for the upcoming municipal election .ILakeshore residents plan committee Week in retrospect Balm by carrier to every household in IVA TERL oo H d “T. On his instructions. Bit- zer Real Estate had re- moved their sales field of- fice from the property. At the same time the Super- test company bulldozed the. property. removing a dirt mound according to Mr. Scheme. Walter Scheme. city building inspector, said he has heard no complaints about the property since late spring when it was last cleaned up. s---""" for over two years. Mr. Hendry said the regi- dents in that area of Lake- shore have asked the city for action several times and received the answer that nothing could be done. 's' ‘ . ‘6 f h ", V. " l, _ V _ q 1lljitliliitgiantillliittgt (tl-Illini-ii-it-tttthighest . K -_- _ _ - - . - PRICE tttTH YEAR - NO. " A crane was used to lower the roof on the old log schoolhouse in Waterloo Park last week. Reconstruction of the building, now almost finished. is being done by students from Laurel Vocational school. The schoolhouse has been moved twice since it was built. It was originally a home situated beside the Kitchener collegiate. then it was moved to the site of the former Central school (now MacGregor) and then it was moved again to a per- manenthistoricalsite.‘in.Waterloo.P.ark...,.....4.....,.......,.‘ .. .r.F. _ -MMAM'°~ "I looked at the property then and felt it was cleaned up reasonably well. I've heard nothing about it since then,‘ he said. Mr. Hendry said the com- mittee also plans to sur- vey Lakeshore Village to determine whether or not residents wish to have two plazas located "close to each other". There is a proposal to situate a plaza at the inter- section of Glen Forrest Boulevard and Havelock Drive and another at Glen Forrest and Bearinger tknsa"LttiiietA'lis! Now/1 6 ingouncil election, no contest expected for PUC "There should be a NF assessment of priorities for movement of traffic with- in the city." He is opposed to widening streets as a general solution to traffic problems. Mr. Pauley said he would like increased communica-' tion between the city gov- ernment and the people. "I would like to promote more civic involvement and a- wareness." “I don‘t want the senior levels of regional govern- ment walking over the city and the desires and needs of the ratepayers. grow, but in a controlled and planned way,sothatthe growth doesn't outstrip the ability of the taxpayers to pay for increased ser- vices. He said he favors a sums voice for the city in regional government, _ The official mination meeting is next Thursday. November 25, but no more entrants in the race are ex- "The council must be strong to make decisions for the good of Waterloo," he said. He feels the city shbuld The candidates who de- clared most recently are in- cumbent Rudy Knminek and newcomers Barry Pay Iey, M, 259 Thomcrest Drive in Lakeshore Village. and Brian Turnbull, M. 426 Barry Pauley is married, with three sons. Hens the news director of a local radio station. Sixteen men, eight ist- pumbems and eight new- comers. have said they will run in the December 6 Wa- terloo council election? Barrie Place. Who, Wham- .,’ His campaign slogan is: .0. 400; one for a shopping plaza at the intersection of University Avenue West 'and Phillip Street and the other for a restaurant and The' City of Waterloo's building and plumbing in- spection department issued permits for almost $850,000 worth of work in October. Forty five residential per- mits were issued for $578,- 800. Two commercial per- mits were issued for $220,- and ito due knows how you feeluniesstotattitttem.", -He also feels there should be increased empha- sis on physical facilities for all forms of recreation including parks develop- ment. He would also like employed planning con- sultant. was a candidate in the recent provincial elec- "The annuity}: owed - iii, firm is presently en: gaged in a local government study in Oxford County portant issues to be decid- ed in the next couple of years. "The two-tier system seems to have gained ac- ceptance but people are con: cerned about provincial transitional grants and cost. "There should be more information made avail- able. I would push for a cost tennis mum. sponsored by Woodstock, lngersoll and the county. He was formerly the City of Waterloo’s planner} He said reéional govern- Building activity rises ya I “.1 Lt .0. One industrial permit was issued for a 'O,000 office and factory on the Conesto- go Road. ers are Howard Scheifele. chairman; Howard Better, William Smith and James Uffelman. groceteria on Weber Street North. The four men presently» sitting on the public utili- ties commission are all ey- pected_to stand for election again. ‘No further nomina- tions to commission are ex- Building for October, 1971. is almost '400,000 higher than for October, 1970, but building for the 10-month period this year- is down over $7 million from last year for the same period. regarding roads are still valid. "We must ask: 'Are more roads necessary?" He also said there is a need to obtain more opin- ions from Waterloo resi- desires for their city. I could make a contribu- tion is in making more citi- zen participation." he said. study and a guarantee of PMMI grants him taster than it did. We heed The present commission- {My ... PRICE ttt W33?

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