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Childâ€"care and affordable housing groups bid for use of uptown Waterioo school facilities A number of groups have expressed interest in taking over the sites for the local aid agency is denying A::y links to a financial twork providing funds to Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, despite assertions made by U.S. government officials in the weekend edition of the New York Times. The home crowd went wild for their Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks during Saturday‘s Homecoming football _ game against the McMaster Marauders. Unfortunately, the Hawks fell to the Marauders 15â€"9, but that didn‘t stop the fans from celebrating at the game and other homecoming events, such as a parade through the streets of Waterloo and a tailgate party at University Stadium. Party animals WATERLOQ.GHRONICLE Wa By Anpara Bairey Chronicle Staff DEBORAH CRANDALL PHOTO By Bos Vrranac _ Chronicle Staff â€" purpose, ghey claim, of addressing two key municipal issues, the lack of adequate childâ€"care facilities and affordable housing within the city. These groups pled their cases during an informal public hearing Monday night, asking the city to support their tequests and possibly even form certain partnerships that would see WNAi. The Benevolence Internatâ€" ional Fund, with an office on King Street in Waterloo across from Waterloo Town Square, is part of a _ larger â€" U.S.â€"based _ aid organization called the Benevolence International Foundation (B.LE) located in Palos Hills, D. It labels itself as an Islamic humanitarian organization dedicated to helping those affliicted by wars and natural WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO "C tm Serving your community since 1856 shared use of either one or both uptown schools, which are planned to close in June 2002. Figta. council heard from the terloo Community Arts Centre, who, along with dozens of potential partners encompassing a wide range of interests, would like to expand its current operations at the former Waterloo Button Factory on disasters. The foundation first provides shortâ€"term relief such as emergency food distribution, before moving on to longâ€"term projects providing education and selfâ€"sufficiency to _ children, widows, refugees, injured and Regina Street to one of the available school sites. Sher Diciccio, executive director of the arts centre, told council her organization, along with others including Emmanuel Day Care and Nursery School and the 55+ Advisory Board, are looking for an arrangement in which the city would purchase and maintain one of the sites, Current projects _ include running hospitals and clinics, sponsoring orphans, operating vocational and computer centers, and _ conducting _ seasonal projects including helping needy Muslims mark Ramadan. Established in 1992, the organization | is _ conducting projects | in . eight â€" nations including Afghanistan, staff of vital governmental institutions. $1 INCLUDING GST while the user groups rent, operate and manage the facility. She â€" said â€" such _ an agreement would enable the groups to offer programming _ that _ is currently unavailable due to a lack of space. "We are very happy with the Button Factory, where Continued on page 5 Azerbaijan, _ Bosnia, _ China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and the Russian Federation states of But federal officials in the George W. Bush government told the New York Times on the weekend that some worldwide charitable organizations have provided critical financial or logistical support to a number of Viewpoint Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo gets ready to ziggy lcanadaâ€"com| Saab of Kitchener Waterloo 663 Victoria St. N. 744â€"5811 Continued on page 2 WHAT‘S INSIDE Assante Capital Management* The Brick* 13