Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 9 May 1973, p. 1

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j' Residents persist in ' apartment protests ' Special week for anti -sh0plifting “Minimum atrdtrtttetteriittintretfo6 trrsit-rtmmttttrilttirtg. In Begademttet first qe*eontteltaifofttteresi- mm was” on» council March IO, 1971 con- eeming the traffic problem andtodate nothinghadbeen this " nines. My taid The week of_May 14 has been designated as "Anti- Shoplifting Week" by both Waterloo and Kitch- ener city councils. The Waterloo Chamber of Commerce approached Waterloo' council Monday night in the form of a letter seeking its support for the week which will be the kick- off of a year of concentrat- ed efforts to decrease theft instores. The letter signed by Mr. M.W. Turner said the Waterloo Chamber along with Kitchener had been actively studying the prob- lem of retail losses for over a year. Mr. Turner said, "We are ready to open a year-long education- al campaign designed to reach all sectors of the Dressed in clothes particular to the 1950‘s, students at Bluevale Collegiate came out to demonstrate the old rock and roll dance methods during that school's musical presentation held last week. 118TH YEAR NO " f. E Tt Vi "id,"andtheresiderttsaee My Writ the immune whit! will malt apartment building There mrititteanineteaseirtttteat- Wanting tmttiettottte- neck and the situation will become even mote hard» on Arr the chin-en unad- irttrtttet-AmtH." sitttthetttrihdiatgofa66mit "etreateittutsineeatnriw ingpermtthadnotretbeeet issued to the apartment community. To launch such a campaign with the proper panache however. we would appreciate an "ofrr. cial opening" of our anti- shoplifting year by a Mg cil. " Aid. Wagner voiced his opinion saying “I think it's a silly idea." Mayor Meston then said the chambers were merely trying to draw attention to what they are tryingtodo. Aid. Henry agreed with the idea while Aid. Epp felt the special week might in- crease the shoplifting problem by drawing more attention to it, making it more of a challenge to get involved. Week' by Council voted unanimous- ly in favour of the motion. it should be de- 'kn t i - Shoplifting WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1.73 teemdor-t.ntrtetmtira mummy» 1.an - In. [any Dickey who first bemq9t the widow plateau h coucil arm- utteetheweekbdonthal presmtedamsottrtioettotte ansideredttremreii: tth-et-uit-ae- aditirttrtitenatyTotttterte- mumbling Mrs. Dieter shit! the raidents of Glenridge Drive would like to see the general -msidence Inning there be changed to permit no building taller than (0 The reason for the pro- poem according to Mrs. Dickey was that the pres. ent proposed building on a hill obstnicts light and does not have a suitable exit. Mrs. Dickey asked council for its vote of support in this matter. Md. Kominek moved the item be given to the city solicitor for further comment. Council did not discuss the matter. The provincial grant given to Waterloo Public Library, took a big jump this year, increasing to $51,156 from last -year's totalol $23,603. The 116.7 per cent increase was among the highest totals in the province. Basic grants to municipal and county public library boards, which are based on popu- Library grant increases 116% First annual music show packs in 1500 peopla These youngsters, part of the Moppet Club at Waterloo Library learned some basics about film making Saturday morning from Universal Vision, a group which is funded by an LIP grant to show and talk about films throughout the region. The children drew on a strip of film and then viewed the results on the screen. See story on page 3. v lation were doubled for increased this year, but Lakeshore., this year changing from they didn't know just how expected to 65 cents per capita to $1.35. much until recently. - ber.. On a province wide basis, The last increase ac- the grants represented an cording to Mr. Brown was hr. Bron increase of 58.5 per cent in 1970 when the price per that such 2 with. the amount spent in- capita reached65cents. probably h: creasing from over $8 mil- The increase was a wel- audio-visual lion mover $13 million. corned sight Mr. Brown equipment Mr. Jim Brown," chief librarian at the Waterloo library said they had some advance knowledge that the library grant would be The Many Moods of Love was the theme attached to a musical performance con- ducted last Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday evening by students at Bluevale Collegiate. Approximately 1500 people attended the perform- ances put on by some 225 students at the school. The theme used by the students was interpreted in various ways, with the music varying from Bach tomodern Rock. Bluevale's concert band, which recently captured first place in the K-W Ki- wanis music festival played several variations of their own including the English Masters' Suite which won them the competition. The tempo of the evening varied from number to number and included such selections as Moon River, Dixieland Jam- boree, Love Story. Maggie May and New World HATE R [.00. ONTARIO, CANADA The last increase ac- cording to Mr. Brown was in 1970 When the price per capita reached 65 cents. The increase was a wel- comed sight Mr. Brown said because of the increase in the library’s budget this year due to the establishing of the new branch library at McCormacR arena in Symphony. Dancers captured the attention during the show with square dancers com- ing out in the first half con- trasted in the second half by a group of hobbysoxer's who danced out rock and roll numbers from the late fifties. A group of teachers even got into the act, and received two call backs from the audience for their rock and roll performance. Mr. Ken Fry, one of the staff directors of the show said he was pleased with the attendance at the perform- Waterloo city council will hold a special meeting Saturday morning May 12 to discuss the preliminary budget estimates. A pre-budget session to consider requests for grants was held following Mmday's regular council meeting. It's almost budget time 11mm WWW toereryhoesehotd on WATERLOO _ PRICE IOCENTS hr. Brown felt however that such an increase will probably help improve the audio-visual materials and equipment at the library in future years. But, Mr. Brown added, it is hard to predict at this stage exactly where the extra money willbespent. expected to open in serem- ances. He said the proceeds covered the cost of the pro- duction, an estimated $1500, The cost was so high since the students had very little equipment to work with according to Mr. Fry. They purchased lighting equipment and ‘a sound system for the evening, a cost which will not have to be duplicated for future performances, - Any money left over fol- lowing the payment of costume and other produc- tion costs will go to the student's council. The decision on this year's budget has been held up due to the fact the budgets of the school boards and the region have not yet been finalized. The city does however have sufficient information concerning its government grants to pro- ceed with the preliminary meeting

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