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PAGE 8 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDA Y , SEPTEMBER 16, 1981 By Mark Wesse! from the registrars of Happy days are here the three schools reâ€" again for a number of veal about 17,000 grads merchants and reâ€" ‘and undergrads will be tailers in Waterioo now taking courses here, that university stuâ€" with at least 13,000 dents have arrived for coming from outside the fall semester. the region. Following the lull of the summer months, business has picked up for local hotels, restauâ€" rants, grocery stores, record shops; and other outlets catering to stuâ€" dent needs, according to John Kennedy, manâ€" ager of Waterioo Square and Conestoga Mall, and member of the Business Improveâ€" ment Area (BIA). Although registraâ€" tion tatals for Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College in Waterloo are still being tabulated, the combined estimates _ «oo saasr COUNTRY STONE B2R sermsant" 653â€"6241 A# . r°§$: /J NE <~~ GCOUNTRY STO Student influx â€" boosts business SQUASH and TENNIS CLUB â€" â€" UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT > *‘The students are a very big factor within the Waterioo market," said Kennedy in an interview with the Chronicle. ‘‘With the spinoff of their money a lot of jobs are created by the: students,"‘ he said. 4 Kennedy said several stores "gear up" for the influx of students in advance by running ads in student calenâ€" dars and other publicaâ€" tions. "If you look at the grocery stdre ads you‘ll probably find a number of specials on staples to attract busiâ€" ness at the first opporâ€" Special Discounts for Corporate Membership â€" . up to 40% tunity." The strategy behind the ads "is to catch them as regular shoppers for the whole term," he said. BIA, estimates about 80 percent of the stores in Waterioo benefit ‘"‘in one way or another Fall Fantasy, the twoâ€"day flower show sponsored by the Garâ€" den Club of Kitchenerâ€" Waterioo, will be held at Victoria Park Pavilâ€" ion Sept. 23 and 24. The show will feature competitive floral and horticultural exhibits; demonstrations in flower arranging, corâ€" sage designing and horticulture; and reâ€" freshments served in a Jan Ciuciura, anâ€" Fall Fantasy featured from the student popuâ€" lation. _ ; As partâ€"owner of The Athlete‘s Foot, Ciuâ€" ciura said 25 percent of his business comes fom the, students. *‘Maybe 25 percent doesn‘t . seem like much, but it can be the difference between a profit and a loss," he said. formal tearoom Tickets are available at the door for $2.50, or $1.50 for senior citiâ€" zens, with persons in wheelchairs admitted Fall Fantasy will be open from 2:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday. For more informaâ€" tion, call 742â€"9489. We told you they were coming guys, so if you weren‘t at the Waterioo Jaycees Celebrity Softball tournament at Hillside Park Saturday, you have no one to blame but yourself for missing Wendy, above, and the rest of the Toronto Argo Sunshine girls. Don‘t let her sweet looks fool you either, can she play a mean third base!