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Millennium Recreation Complex on schedule to open in September hecked out the city of Wateriloo‘s web site lately? Make sure you visit the Millennium Recreation Park pages and see how the city‘s stateâ€"of theâ€"art, oneâ€"stop recreation experience is shaping up If you haven‘t already heard. _ the â€" Millenmum Recreation Park‘s multiâ€"purâ€" pose recreation complex, 18â€"hole golf course, and park house are on target for an â€" official opening . of Sept. 1, says Bob Hayes, City of _ Waterloo â€" Millennium Recreation Park team leader. The muluâ€"purpose facility s structure is 30 per cent comâ€" plete; roofing will be finâ€" ished by the beginning of April and exterior walls are expected to be up early the following month. "There has been an excelâ€" lent working relationship with our overall contractors on site," says Hayes. Due to extremely wet weather last summer, 60 days of construction were lost on the landscape comâ€" ponent, but Hayes is confiâ€" dent Gatemanâ€"Milloy will make that time up this spring. Melloulâ€"Blamey General Contractors of Waterioo was awarded the golf course park house contract and conâ€" struction is expected to begin soon. As for the 18â€"hole golf course, it‘s also 70 per cent complete much to the liking of anxious golfers hoping to teeâ€"off before the end of the season. The 10 soccer fields have been sodâ€" ded and will be available in June. The three baseball diaâ€" monds will be ready a month later, and play strucâ€" ture designs for the park‘s two playgrounds are curâ€" rently being finalized. A leader in turf management, the City of Waterloo will maintain the sports fields under its plant health care program, which does not involve pesticides. As for future hiking, cycling, bird watching, and site seeing, Hayes says remaining sections of the Walter Bean Trail and Millennium Recreation Park trails are in progress and information â€" nodes and access points have been established. Seeding will be done in May and pottedâ€" material will be planted in midâ€"July and August, The park‘s internal roads are not yet finished but the municiâ€" pal roads are complete at this point. The planning, design, and implementation of the Millennium Recreation Park has been an ambitious proâ€" ject, says Hayes. "The first phase of implementation creates a backbone for the park and establishes a framework for future park improvements." For a more detailed progress report on the Millennium Recreation Park, visit www.city.waterâ€" loo.on.ca/mrp and watch for biâ€"weekly updates in the Waterloo Chronicle. Eâ€"mail 100 King Street S. Waterloo oppos. Waterloo Square Sex in the Snow â€"Canadian social values at the end of the millennium $27â€"00 $2.99 The Hanging Garden â€" lan Rankin is fast becoming the master of British police thrillers $34.95 $6.99 The Sound of Trumpets â€" John Mortimer, of Rumpole of the Bailey fame, continues his hilarious assault on British twittery $33â€"99 $5.99 Born tor Love â€" Lea Buscaglia prescribes more than hugs in these oneâ€"page "ponderables" sasos $7.99 Audio: The Law of Love â€" Laura Esquivel (Like Water for Chocolate} novel abridged on 4 cassettes _ $28â€"00 $4.99 The Day of the Twelveâ€"Story Wave â€" glaciers, hurricane, volcanaes and other ‘awesomes‘ explained _ $414â€"95 $3.99 plus many more kids books â€" load up for March Break publishers‘ remainders (while stock lasts} 884â€"2665 9 to 9 Weekdays 9 to 6 Sat..12 to 5 Sun