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Dream site (Continued from page 1) ference." A berm that was included in the agreement never was built. and, although they're not supposed to, garbage trucks use Westhill as a shortcut to the landfill, usually leaving a trail of garbage behind them. . The spirit of charity comes through at complex It seemed everyone around the world had charity on their mind Saturday; H .- . Mark Edison Chronicle Staff While the vast majority of the limelight was grabbed by the Live-Aid concert for starving Africa, a group of Waterloo residents did their part for the victims of recent tornado victims in Central Ontario. A yard sale was held by Mayfield Estate residents with good results. They raised $900 during the two-day sale for the Central Ontario Disaster Relief Fund. Kay Fitzpatrick, who "The problem is the impact of living so close to the dump - the visibility, the sound. And it's evident there's an impact on property values," said Shantz, noting that there are presently three properties for sale in the vicinity of the dump. Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will hold a charity golf tournament at Conestoga Golf Club Monday, July 22. with all proceeds dedicated to CF Research, There are limited entries at $75, which includes green fees. dinner. prizes, contribution to CF and tax receipt for the full amount. 3931429 (homo) or 7464100 quince) what has the Westhill Drive neighborhood on their guard now is the Region's Waste Manage- For participant spots, call Helen Jutzi at Heidelberg Fun Centre's the hotspot as feuding continues Not so much fun Attractions galore at CF golf event Bob Oberholtzer will have to find another home tor his zebra if Wellesley township council is successful in closing down the Heidelberg Fun Centre. tufhortooMtoerrrtp'to0o Tornado relief help ment Master Plan. which is recommending expansion of the Waterloo landfill to the south, and they are united in a drive to prevent that from happening. "If they wouldn't expand, they'd be out at here quicker; they could possibly finish it off and it wouldn't be an ongoing operation. Now, they're talking about 20 years or more," said Shantz. Acting on behalf of the residents living in the vicinity of the Waterloo landfill. regional councillor Brian Tumbull recently asked the region's engineering committee to fulfill the conditions of its agreement before proceeding with an expansion to the facility. All involved now await release of a report being prepared by regional engineer; outlining what they can do to answer the residents' complaints, which will be considered at the engineering committee's August I5 meeting. But, while they talk of ways to use Dorms. fences and trees to improve the Waterloo dump, Shantz confesses there are only the two things the region can do to satisfy him. "First, they can buy my property and I'll move out. Second. they can close the dump. You tell me how you are going to hide something that looks like that," he said, pointing to the landfill in the distance. The charity did not stop when the sale was over. The remainder of the merchandise was donated to Goodwill clothing boxes and hotr sewares to the Anselma House for battered women. "About 75 per cent of the residents here participated in some way. Unlike most yard sales the people were not there to barter, they realized it was a good cause and paid what we were asking," said Fitzpatrick. along with Theresa Heibein organized the sale, said there was good participation by both the residents of Mayfield and the public. The on going feud is between Bob “her holtzer, who operates the Hvidvlberp, Fun Centre. and members of Wvlleslcy township council. who want to get rid of it, The most recent development is a charge under a new zoning bylaw which prohibits the operation of the centre. adjacent to the Heidelberg Hotel, which is also owned by the ()berholtzer family. T'u- battle lines have again been drawn in the village of Heidelberg for about the sixth time in just over a year, According to council, Ihc Fun Centre is located on two sections of land. nciihcr of which has the proper zoning for its opera tion. "Hart of it is classed as lone four.” said Susan Duke, head planner for the township of Wellesley "Entertainment and recreational commercial use is permitted only in an enclosed building, The other pa rt is on an area that has been zoned as residential," For Oberholtzer. this is just another of many attempts by council to do away with the centre, which opened on May 24 last year: "They started calling it dirty and noisy and said it had a circus atmosphere.“ ()herhollzor said. "rt's ridiculous, That subdivision is two or three miles away The loudest noise is kids' laughter as they're coming down the slide .. Oberholtrer (aid that the people who live closest to the centre have had no complaints about it Catherine Miohm Chronicle staff He believes the problem started early last summer when a group of people from a subdivision east of the centre circulated a petition complaining about it “The lady 'who lives closest and would be most bothered try the noise loves the place." he said. “She loves to hear the sound of kids laughing. She even went to council on my be, half” According to Duke, the problem started when ()berholtzer built the centre before applying for the proper zone change, "When the application for the zone change came in. the structures were pretty well William Chisholm acted as somewhat of a treasurer as he counted the money raised by Mayfield Estates residents during their tornado relief yard sale last weekend. The two-day sale raised $900 tor tornado victims. an on”. photo WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY tr, 1985 - PAGE 3 "It comes as a result of the things he seen done while attending council meetings," he said. "As the largest taxpayer in Wellesley towship. I've become concerned about where my dollars are being spent as well an everyone else's." The r0jocljon by council did not end the controversy, Otwrholtzer discovered that om- of the councillors who voted lo refuse his application had moved out of Wellvslvy township before the manor came to council and had failed to resign his seal, “If it had been carried out properly. I would have won the decision thrcc to "WI," tther holtu-r said, "Mayor Firb nm‘r would have had to cast the deciding vote Therefore I appealed the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and we're still waiting for a court date In the meantime. however. council decided not to wait for the democratic OMB process of appeal and charged mo last fall for an illegal operation of the Fun Centre .. Township council maintains that (me-r hnltzer is still operating in direct (-untraw-n tion to two of its bylaws. An offshoot of this year-long battle is a decision by Oberholtzer to contest the mayor's position in the municipal f'lectrons this fall. "In the same process. the old bylaw which they charged me under was discontinued." ()herholt7er said "This charge has since been dropped by the township lawyers and now I have these new charges against me under the uprtodate bylaw. The ease will be heard in Kitchener on Sept, 6 The ironic thing is the centre will close for the season on Labor ha) weekend." fytrerholtrer's lawyvr then discovered that two days previous to the charge the OMB had approved all the counril's new bylaws whirh had been pending for In months there." she said When the matter Cam" lo Wollmlt-y council for a vote last year, the decision was split Mayor Albert Erb had to cast the deciding vote and Oberholtzcr's application wax u- fused,