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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 27 Dec 1978, p. 8

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Page 8 â€" Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, December 27, 1978 .. m RAI Deluxe rib dinner includes a glass of red or white house wine, crisp chef salad, barbeque or sweet ribs, potatato, dessert and coffee. A value over $8.00 for $5.95 each Tuesday Night. Tuesday RIB NIGHT $§°5 * NEW YEARS yf"_ DINNER RESERVATIONS CALL 893â€"3230 0 â€"/<~ 1078 ~The year that 1 (Continugd from page 7) s Mayor Marjorie Carroli cameyvery cld'se wm::- ing the only politician to apâ€" pear in two places at the same time by rushing from a Regional Review Commisâ€" sion presentation in the Kitchener city hall to the Valhalla Inn where she was presented with the Woman Politician of the: Year Award. Metro Toronto‘s roads commissioner couldn‘t get to a UW class reunion beâ€" cause of a mail strike. Apâ€" parently Sam Cass didn‘t arâ€" rive for the class of ‘27 graâ€" duation reunion because of some procedural complicaâ€" tion directly attributable to the strike. & The municipal council and board of education election campaigns began in what some members of public and media described as an election without issues. Twelve aldermanic candidaâ€" tes vied for eight council seats while eight board of education candidates fought for three trustee seats. November Doreen : Thomas entered council to replace the two retired alderimen, Brian Turnbul} and Donovan Mesâ€" ton. Mary Jane Mewhinney had a clear margin as the most popular candidate. Lynne Woolstencroft ran away with the popularity pol! in the board of educaâ€" '?n race, with Neil MacEaâ€" cheérn and Donald Baker being elected to the other two trustee posts. + Santa Claus came to town before a thin crowd down King St. in Waterloo and Kitchener, while Waterloo‘s Frieda float was entered â€" the same day â€" in the Guelph Santa â€" Clause parade. Council later decidâ€" ed not to have what is basiâ€" cally a warmâ€"weather float entered in winter events. Lynne Woolstencroft Chairman be funded by grants of $200,000 each year qver a period of five years by the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce under its program of Advanced Centres of Technology deveâ€" very of its new $58,000 fire truck at the No. 2 station on Westmount Rd. ThaKâ€"W Federated Apâ€" peal ;ésflnr pledge camâ€" paign reached an amazing $1,032,862. December Waterloo Regional Chairâ€" man Jack Young officially retired from office on the 14th, and during his last hour as top executive he faced the possible dilemma of having to cast the decidâ€" ing vote for his successor. It was thought that former Wilmot Twp. Mayor Emie Ritz and the then Kitchener Ald. J@mes Gray might have been locked in a tie vote for the chairman‘s job. However, the regional counâ€" cillors voted 14 to 10 in favor of Mr. Gray, and Mr. Young was spared the delicate deâ€" cision of having to choose between his two calleagues. According to a reliable sourâ€" ce, he had decided well in advance to flip a coin had the crisis arisen. Dr. Jennifer Jackson of UW was selected to head a study into the needs of the aged in Waterloo Region. Dr. Jackson will conduct the twoâ€"toâ€"threeâ€"year study in coâ€"operation with the proâ€" vince‘s Ministry of Comâ€" munity and Social Services, the university and the Reâ€" gion‘s Senior Citizens Needs Advisory Committee. A feâ€" deral grant in the vicinity of $30,000 to $40,000 wil} be sought to cover basic costs for the survey. School Trustee Lynne Woolstencroft was appointâ€" ed board of education chairâ€" man for the region. Waterloo received deliâ€"

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