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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 9 Nov 1994, p. 3

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Work is scheduled to commence immediately and is enacted to be completed by August of 1995. Other projects include renovations and an addition to Alumni Hall. Funding of $300,000 will provide administra- tion oifiees and meeting space. Renovations to the athletic complex to repair change room and locker rooms, and to install a new pool bulkhead, will cost $106,000. ConstrudionofthefirstphateofaReginaStmetfheility will, to provide a “one-stop shopping" concept for student services, will cost $400,000. Approved under the Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works program, funding of $425,900 will be used to upgrade the university stadium to ensure amtinuing we of the facility by university and community members. Funding of $450,000 will be used to renovate the univer- sity's am building. Repairs will be made to the buildines mofandandelevatrorwillNsirutalkdtoprmideaaxsato person with physical disabilities. . 37 per cent of persons in Waterloo Region consume excessive amount of fat in their diet and males are 1.3 times more likely to fall into this category than females; . the percentage of persons with healthy body weight increases with level of education; . a high proportion ofpersons in the 65 and older age group do not have dental insurance; Osmokersintheregion reportstartingtosmoke atan earlyageandrnalessare1.6tirn-ehhelytodoisothan females; '34pertentofmmtenwhoare46orolderreporthaving had a mammogram. Launer construction prolects create 17 let, Six projects in aterloo totalling dae to $1.8 million will create 16 per-years of employment and one long-term ith, the Ministry of Transportation announced Monday. Highlights of the report indicate that; .69perasntofpemmainWaterloongionusuallyfeel happy and interested in life; The Region’s community health department released Fri- day the local highlights of the 1990 Health Survey. Thea1rveyteptxsentathtsfinstinaseriesofhealthstatus and state of the environment reports that will focus on the population of the region. These documents will provide a basis for assessing local needs, planning and evaluating public health programs, and stimulating discussion and action concerning health Health survey results to determine service needs Brian Walton. Vie. Pt-lthttt (519) 868-6688 News Digest Trufhe Talk, provided by the City of Waterloo pub- lic works department, anawers common questions about Waterloo's roads. If you have a question youd like answered. call Christine kbehler at 74 7-8747. According to the Highway Tattic Act, every pedestrian who lawfully enters a roadway in order to cross may continue the crossing as quickly as reasonably possible, notwithstanding a change in the direction he u facing, and, for the purpose of the crossing, has the right-of-way over vehicles. Who has the right-of-wny at an intergeetion - the pedestrian or the motorized vehicle? The big question on the minds of many investors these ars is: Are interest rate: beaded higher! Midland Walwvti feels the answer is an emphatic Nu! Inflaton is a key determinant and Dr, Mark Mullins, our Lluef Economist, gives {out reasons why he feels inflation concerns gre exaggerated, First, most OECD countriet have high unemployment and low plant utilization. Secondly, the US has taken appropriate steps tii curitain inflation. Third, many past periods 0! oflation occurred during shocks such as oil price changes in the Mos. We see no such disruptions an the horizon. Finally. with interest rates ”SIM and a future sluwmg d G, yw have a lumen about mmrmg you! money wudy' Wnte Jo Bnan “(has J, Waerlo, Chronic. 75 Km V y _ Em NW mm. A weekly séiles mm BriiiriAttirkks; Midland Walwyn. tr,t,titrgt Under the terms of the deal, Mid- land-Walwyn would lease the building for 10 years with an option for rnre more. The rate for the first five years would be $14 per square foot, while the rate in years six-10 would be $18 per square foot. The deal will guarantee the city total revenues of $414,880 over 10 years. "lt makes a little bit of our past con- tribute to the future. If we can restore‘ heritage buildings and make them compatible with retail or commercial enterprises, I think thath excellent. That recycles the building and keeps it in modern use." Tom Brockelbank Chronicle Staff aterloo's old train station on W Regina Street is set to become a new financial serviws oftite by next spring, and Art Dayman, chair. man of the city's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC), couldn't be happier about it, "lt sounds like an excellent use for the building,” Dayman said Tuesday after hearing of Waterloo city council's acceptance of a lease offer from Tomntsrbased Midland-Walwyn Capi- tal Inc. Ayers said the advantage of using composite ballots is that election work- ers will save time folding and counting ballots, tytdtheyTterstillloavehyt,ory! piece of paper to unfold and refold instead of several. "In the voting process and the count- ing process we're going to save an immense amount of time - it just makes sense because we're eliminating all that paper." "We're very optimistic that it's going to be received well. We've tested it with election workers and stall” and with a number of seniors at the Adult Recre- ation Centre just to make sure that they were comfortable with it. We had nothing but positive aanmenW' While the choices may be diffieult, city clerk Lew Ayers says new can” ite ballots should make the voting process in Waterloo a little easier this time around. In past elections, vow? selections for mayor. councillors and trustees were made on separate pieces of paper. This year, the candidates for all elected oifias will appear on one ballot, which Ayers said will save the city approxi- mately $4,000 in paper and printing "We talked about it for years, and finally made the decision this time to run with it. We think itjust makes for a more eiticient and effective election. Midland-Walwyn ready to lease old Waterloo train station Dr. Mullins feels that Will R malts! thmun mcr thc nor mu vein south 0f the linden and even kss here Government Guaranteed bonds are nnu \Irldm): 9 5% and It helm: the tune.“ ugh! to buy bonds and lock m (hue well hrlmr mm decline. To deremune ll bonds are ugh! tut mm portinlm, or " mm ot Dr Mullins ankle. please call Tina, Damn. u! mvwlr, and wr'll mm! or tax It to you right away the economy in the near mm. the his .nr hum}; (hm dcurcd P Tll 'Our intent is to expand our facilities within Waterloo Region 'r' and we'd like to do that in unique structures," said Peter Chandler, a Midland-Wal. wyn vice-president who works in the If that happens, the building will become a satellite ofnce to the firm's main Waterloo office at King Street and University Avenue. 1diPYifrtt'errtmtyorttrotrtty.rtyeetoe1terttstotrastttsvoteearty Saturday at the advance pollin'g station at Waterloo City Centre. rG attmtottttoliingatatiorttM0hotteqtentndityuntii8p.ttt. Midland-Walwyn had asked for Six months free rent, but council would not agree to that clause. -Midlantrwauyris executive commu- tee must accept the deal (they vote Thursday) before it can be cormdered With so many names on one piece of paper, however, Ayers said it's impor- tent for voters to remember that should they spoil a ballot by voting for too many people, they can ask the Deputy 'lt makes a little bit of our past contribute to the future.' -Art Dayman Lacac WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER M, 1996 (hum \‘JHI’.’ I i Councillors Craig Huddle. Trma Siemens. Bill Butler and Rob Brnun voted against Midland-Walwyn 5 pm posal. Butler. Huddle and Siemens ah expressed concern alvut the appmpnr ateness of 033cc use for the tram sta. tion. Ono unsuccessful bidder Duzatwrde, Lawsotrlhsuglas. came to counml Mun day an appeal for a champ to turn thr train station mm a market full or small shops. “I think It would have been lowl} U: have It done up as a hoquuc - m3 posh," she and but council did nut respond. Other proposals for the use of the building had been brought to muncxl , train station selection commlnw (Monty Taylor. Cralg Huddle and John Summers; but the mmmmec realm mended MrdlamrWalwyn s prrrportd because the [Pace rate "as 1n the ranm advertwd the use lF "apprvprratc" we "armpatible mth the sunvunding land use" and Nxuaurw ll "prtrsnde, the high- est level of financial accumy' Returning Officer IDAR O,1 for a new firm's Waterloo offitx, Chandler declmcd to comment on h likelihood of the deal bung finalumi If a voter only spoils one part of a bal. lot without malmng It, the other parts ofthe ballot will still count. he added MIDLAND WALWYN maul. 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