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noun-mo.” WMJIovanhum. 1903 "MLW 2Scqett.qtthq$6qtttMtaqtd A peek ot Beavers from the Lexington area of Waterloo lest week got a sneak preview of the belted goodies they'll be enjoying during the Christmas eeeeon when they took a trip to Rotteveel‘e Bakeries in Kitchener for a quick course in how to make e gingerbread house. Shown above giving a light dusting of “snow" to one ot the completed been is Richard Rott_eveel, who worked under the watchful eye let iiaia "Gr,"iaiiGriia'i -Gkrrtiiriuinuh Won't towed to butt appredete the Christmas baking from a dietence, without actually getting a chance to sample - each walked out with a pleasant remindet of the excurelon, a glngetbteed men with Mann-Icon". - SEEPAGEQ Women’s lobby praised THIS WEEK INSIDE BUSY BEAVERS PRIDE is at stake - SEE PAGE ' ”WM Nearly 150 city resi- dents converged on the city's council chamber last week to participate in public hearings into three sepa rate re- quests for zoning changes to allow vari- ety store/gas bar operations to locate in the city: one at King and Columbia Streets. a second at Glen Forrest Blvd. and Weber Street, and the third at Weber and Union Streets. Almost without ex- ception, those 150 peo- ple were against hav- ing such a store in their area. While Carroll admit- ted that plans to open variety stores in Wa- terloo have always drawn resistance from abutting property owners, she said this time the city has been put in a "very difficult position because all the applications are com- ing in at once." The question to be decided is how far mu- nicipal politicians should go in regulating what businesses can lo cate in the city; and where they should go whether the city has the authority to inter- fere with the free mar- ket, or attempt to con- trol competition. "and” Martinuk Chronicle Staff Convenience stores in one corner, residents in the other. Caught in between are Waterloo's aldermen, and no matter what decision they make, it's highly unlikely they're going to be able to please everyone this time. "It would appear to me there is an unusual phenomenon out there - that there's some sort of war by the well- known variety store chains competing for prime locations in the city," said Carroll. “I don't know what we're going to do...there's going to have to be some serious council discussion about this," said Mayor Marjorie Carroll in an interview with the Chronicle, referring to the variety "store war" currently occurring in Waterloo. "You almost get to Variety store 'war' could he on the horizon Some cragy cooks - SEE PAGE " the point of super-satu- ration, where one more and it could go poof, and blow it all away." the mayor said. "How do we at this point sit down and say which are the sites where they can locate and which are the ones where they can't. They're all prime loca- tions. And how do we make that decision without becoming in- volved in the question of how much the city can bear," Carroll con- tinued. "There's going to be some interesting council meetings in the New Year." 1n the first of the Wednesday night hear- ings, a group of some 70 Columbia Place res- idents, argued vehe- mently against a plan to erect a 2,40tFsquare- Boar's Head at Laurier. The Christmas season gets under way at Wilfrid Laurier University Monday, Dec. 5 when the annual Boar's Head Dinner will be held at 7 p.m. in the Theatre Auditorium. The dinner, modelled on a similar event held at Oxford University for 600 years, is a traditional Christmas feast with some additional trimmings - such as a boar's head carried in procession. it is always-a light-hearted and happy event ending with the singing of traditional Christmas carols. Speaker this year is the American comedian, Wally Blake. of die tirttey dinners. "158.35 in former years. tleet-footed students will race against the clock at- tempting to set I new record in fast serving foot building on a now- vacant lot at the corner of King and Columbia, just south of their luxu- ry condominium apart- ment. The building would house a variety store/gas bar opera- tion. Residents' spokes- man Gordon Bingeman told the hearing: "We do not feel there is a need for another gas bar. coffee shop, convenience store, fast food outlet or other similar enterprise in our neighborhood...The increased litter, Ioiter- ing, noise and traffic, this type of develop ment will generate, will devalue our homes and lower our standard of living from an aes- thetic point of view." Sheldon Sugden, rep- (Continued on page 3)