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132nd Year No. 19 Chronicle Staff Stiffer fines and bylaw enâ€" forcement are being considered by Waterloo city council to stop motorists from illegally using parking spaces in Waterloo square designated for use by handicapped individuals. e Such a crackdown is seen by most local aldermen as the only answer to this longâ€"standing problem, which primarily inâ€" volves the two spots located in front of the Toronto Dominion Council agreed to examine stricter enforcement of the handâ€" icapped parking regulations after being was told Monday that the two speciallyâ€"designated spots are being constantly misâ€" used by ableâ€"bodied drivers, who are just making a quit trip to the Ableâ€"bodied drivers ignoring disabledâ€"only rights Crackdown on parking abuse bank, and delivery men, who block the space with their truck while unloading merchandise. Bank employee Patti Henry related the experiences of a handicapped customer who comâ€" plained to her Friday because the spots were being blocked by a delivery truck. The man became ‘"terrifyingly agitated" after Henry called city officials and the police, only to learn that nothing could be done. Ald. John Shortreed noted that these two parking spaces have long been an enforcement probâ€" lem, and suggested that the situation is due to the existence of an automatic banking maâ€" chine in front of the handicapped ‘"He could not fathom the fact that there was nothing we could do for him,‘"" she said. parking area. ‘"The problem is people go in saying I‘m only going to be two minutes, then there‘s another two minutes and another two minutes,"" he said. Mayor Marjorie Carroll said that asking the bank to move the banking machine would solve the problem. Because Kâ€"W Services for the Disabled are located in the Waterloo Square office tower, the two problem parking Because this is Victoria Day holiday weekend, deadlines for Waterloo Chronicle advertising and editorial have been adjusted. _ â€" Since our office will be closed Monday, May 18, display advertising deadlines have been moved up to 5 p.m. Friday, May 15. It would also be appreciated if all editorial submissions, wherever Victoria Day deadlines spaces are heavilyâ€"used by handâ€" icapped individuals, she said, stressing that the "handicapped have to take precedence." Ald. Andrew Telegdi mainâ€" tained that the city should inâ€" crease the $15 fine for illegally parking in spaces reserved for the handicapped, and noted that the fine for such a parking violations in Ottawa is $50. Ald. Woolstencroft proposed wad : nom Mn S ie ie in * while bargain hunters browse at the Burnell family‘s eighth annual garage sale for Cystic Fibrosis last weekend, a poster in the foreground serves as a poignant reminder of the worthwhile _CF saleâ€" enormous success paradeâ€"physically or financiallyâ€"last weekâ€" end during the Burnell family‘s eighth annual garage sale for Cystic Fibrosis research. The community tradition at the home of Ken and Marg Burnell at 70 Ellis Cres. N. overflowed the past week with donations to the sale by the community and organizer Joâ€"Ann Sheridan, daughter of the Burnelis, was thrilled, if tired, with the sale results. Although official totals will not be known until a meeting next Thursday, Sheridan estimates that between $11â€"12,000 was raised through the twoâ€"day sale, with an incredible $8,400 coming on Friday alone. "About last Wednesday the forecast for Friday was rain and I was just chewing my nails," said Sheridan. "But it turned out to be just a tremendous success." The first year the sale was held, $316 was raised, and the popularity of the event has blossomed ever since. Last year‘s totals were *"We just had a super response in terms of donations from the community, we couldn‘t donations from the community, we couldn‘t possible, be made using the same 5 p.m. Friday deadline. Classified advertising deadline will remain unchanged at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May, 19. The Chronicle wishes everyone a safe, happy holiday weekend. strengthening the bylaw to perâ€" mit towing the cars of people abusing the spaces. "It won‘t take too much time until people get trained to stop using these spots unless they‘re allowed in them," she said. According to city engineer Jim Willis the city has issued 19 parking tickets during the past three months for the spaces in front of the bank.