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Originally it was planned that the strucâ€" ture, a replica of a bandshell which once stood in front of the former city hall with a complicated steamâ€" powered centrepiece of pipes, would be comâ€" pleted as part of Waâ€" terloo‘s 125th celebraâ€" tion last year. Tuesday. committee members <were forced to concede that despite all their efforts. the 129th Year No. 25 Wednesday, June 22, 1983 Waterioo, Ontario 25 cents at the Newstand For almost two years now the group, which includes representatives from Kâ€"W Oktoberfest Inc., Uptown Waterâ€" loo Business Improvement Area and Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, has labored to see a heritage timeteller built in the cityâ€"owned part in front of Labatt‘s Brewery. So far they‘ve had little to show for their work. Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff There‘s one thing you can say about the members of the heritage timeteller coâ€"ordinating committee. They never give up. The final assignment â€" SEE PAGE 22 Teeing off in playoffs Entries, to be postmarked not later than Thursday, June 30, will be judged on individual merit and sincerity of response. All entries should be marked ‘"Canada Day" and must include the student‘s name, And now some more good news. One winning entry will be picked from all the entries submitted and that winner will receive a double pass to Canada‘s Wonâ€" derland for a day of funâ€"filled activity. Five runnerâ€"up contestants will receive Wind surfer frisbees. age, address, telephone number and school he or she attends. Winning entries and those of the five runnersâ€"up will be published in the Chronicle July 6 edition. The decision of the Chronicle is final. Now the bad news. Your final assignment is being handed to you by the Waterioo Chronicle and it is due back here Thursday. June 30‘ All elementary school students in Water loo are eligible We have some good news and some bad news for elementary school students in the city of Waterioo. First. the good news. School ends in the next week and summer holidays begin. With Canada Day upcoming July 1. we want to know why you think your country is so great â€" so tell us, in 100 words or less, "I lowe Canada, because ..." * Time ticks on re plans for heritage clock THIS WEEK INSIDE The committee agreed to spend $3,500 to hire a Toronto firm, Omniplan Design Group, to prepare a design for the centreâ€" *‘*I don‘t think anyone expects that it‘ll be anywhere near finished for Oktoberfest this year,""‘ commented committee member\ Jack Middlemass. timeteller will probaâ€" bly not be built until next year. 1 find a local firm to _ design the centrepiece, | but the only company r which the committee ~ found that could do the > design work has decidâ€" ) ed against attempting , the project. Modifications to the plan brought cost esâ€" timates down to $155,000 and this spring the project seemed to take on new life after Labatt‘s agreed to up its contribution from $20,000 to $50,000. Oktoberfest then apâ€" proached their other partners in the scheme and persuaded them to increase their project contributions. The city will now kick in $15,000 and the BIA $12,000, leaving Oktoberfest (Continued on page 11) Last summer the project seemed all but dead when the consulâ€" tants hired to design the timetellier estimatâ€" ed construction costs could reach as high as $200,000, almost double what the committee has planned to spend. Even still, the future of the timeteller deâ€" pends on whether the provincial government will agree to increase the size of its Wintario grant fromâ€" the original $38,333 to $51,666. Comâ€" mittee chairman Bill Renaud of Oktoberfest said he will know withâ€" in the next few weeks whether the grant inâ€" crease has been apâ€" proved. piece and the mechaniâ€" cal figurines planned for the building‘s roof dormers . â€"â€" SEE PAGE 2 awards Wally The second annual Celebrity Softball Game featuring disabled athietes and members from Waterioo city council was a funâ€"filled activity once again during Waterioo Days last weekend. Organized by the Kâ€"W Coâ€"ordinating Committee for Ability Awareness, the game‘s purpose was to highlight the versatility and many skills of the disabled person, according to game chairman Bunny Waechter. And indeed skills were shown, as witnessed by above superimposed photos as outstanding athiete Dennis La Flamme gets set to crack out a base hit against the aldermen and friends. But city council brought in a few of their own ringers like Aid. Mary Jane Mewhinney, seen in inset photo making a ftine relay from left field to third base. Much, much more on Waterioo Days inside. â€" TALENTED TWOSOME Rick Campbell photos