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Blinds Are Us % 35 Sasaga Dr. Kitchener â€" 893.8687 (between Homer Watson and Wabanaki, past CAA) Hours: Monâ€"Wed Samâ€"Spm, Thursâ€"Fri Jamâ€"Gpm, Sat Samâ€"Spm CAMBRIDGE _ HAMILTON _ ST. JACOBS COOKSTOWN NIAGARA FALLS 64 Grand Ave 8 347 Ottawa St N _ 25 Benjamin Rd 1311 Huy #89 _ 7500 Lundy‘s Lane Southworks fat Barton) Waterino Cookstown alg‘r‘v Canada One Outlet Mall Outlet Mall (rutlet M Factory Outlet (519) 622â€"5542 . (905) 549â€"3056 . (519) 746â€"9186 . (705) 458â€"2442 . (905) 371â€"3427 () 1 fbAI"" _ and a Happy New Year from all of us to you!! t H TOWEL & REDDINt () U t‘s budget time for the I(Lity of Waterloo and. for the first time in the last few years, paying for RIM Andrea Mitchell was elected viceâ€"chairperson of the board. "I would like to thank the outgoing thairperson and viceâ€"chairperson, Kathi Smith and Mike Ramsay, all trustees and staff for their hard work over the last year," said Harrington. "I view Harrington first elected in 1997, is beginning his eighth year as a trustee representâ€" ing Cambridge on the board. Council will shave budget, says chair of finance At the inaugural of the Waterloo Region District school board, trustees electâ€" ed Harrington as chairperâ€" sun of the board. ongtime school trustees | Colin Harrington and hanne Moser were recently elected as chairs of their respective school boards. Longtime school board trustees Harrington, Moser elected chairs By Tim Murery For The Chronicle "RIM (Park]) should be put to bed here. It‘s only one of many issues we have to look at," d‘Ailly said, adding council has been trying hard to debunk many theoâ€" ries surrounding the park. Coun. Jan d‘Ailly, the city‘s chair of finance, said the past year has been a great year for the park, which, he says, "is filling to the RIM". At the Waterloo Region Catholic District School board, Waterloo trustee Moser was elected the new chair of the board replacing The Waterloo Region Disâ€" trict school board is one of the larger school boards in the province with approxiâ€" mately 60,000 daytime stuâ€" dents. Park isn‘t a major concern A chairperson and viceâ€" chairperson are elected annually at the board‘s inauâ€" gural meeting in December to a oneâ€"year term that begins immediately. 2003â€"04 as a year of many accomplishments. _ The trustees first elected in the 2003 elections are to be commended for the speed with which they became familiar with the work of the board." Factoring all operating costs. expansion requests and funding requests from outside agencies, a 9.86 per cent increase in tax revenue would be required. D‘Ailly said he and counâ€" cil are committed to making Council‘s goal is to mainâ€" tain the promised increase of 6.42 per cent. but d‘Ailly said there will be some chalâ€" lenges involved in making that number a reality. She has served on the boards of the Rotary Club of Kitchener, Big Sisters of Canada, the United Way of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, the YWCA, St. Monica House and the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo She is a past president of Catholic Family Counselling and was a founder of the Betty Thompson Youth Cenâ€" tre. Moser, a past Executive director of Kâ€"W and Area Big Sisters and currently a memâ€" ber of the St. Mary‘s Hospital board of directors, was first elected to the board of trustees in 1994. Waterloo trustee Louise Ervin, who retired from the position. Moser had previously served as chair in 1998/99 and 2002/03. "As far as I‘m concerned, we‘re still going down that path to stick within our plan," he said. He said last year‘s budget had safeguards built into the reserve funds in case a situation like this arose. "We planned for the worst. and hoped for the best." d‘Ailly said. The Waterloo Catholic District school board, repreâ€" senting more than 100,000 Catholic school supporters, operates 52 schools and two adult education facilities serving more than 30,000 elementary, secondary and continuing education stuâ€" dents in Waterloo Region â€" continuing a tradition of education excellence first begun in 1836. sure that won‘t happen Buchholtz, an active and highly regarded educator in Waterloo Region‘s Catholic schools for 33 years, retired in June 2003, and was electâ€" ed to the board in November of that year. Irustees also elected Kitchener trustee Wayne Buchholtz to a second term as viceâ€"chair of the board. Community Foundation Continued on page 9