StraIght from the pages Life after death Golden skate Cookbook series brings new recipes to New exhibit at Canadian Clay and Glass local junior skaters wow the judges to win popular uptown eatery/Page 10 Gallery has ghostly origins/Page 13 ï¬rst Canadian title/Page 19 amazes-Isa»:- w , 'l . 1r 5‘ \ k - ‘ 8 a b -= we}; :11: . as. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 28, 2009 - WATERLOO, ONTARIO _* $1 INCLUDING CST at: I Council I‘EVBI'SBS . ~ / - discretionary ‘ . - - .. . - .¢ budget cuts b ‘ “a . ~ 4‘... a . i f Bma MACDONAu) amounts That's not how we :1 " " t Chronicle Stag should be demonstrating our ‘ ‘ ï¬nancial pmdence," d'Ailly I ; ... ity council has said. “We set our budget in ‘ ’7 ‘ fl ' reversed a decision to December and i don't think 7 . '1 . _ . 7 " \ ‘ cut travel and confer- we should make any cuts to g ' if“ . ._ ’ ‘ ence expenses forsenior staff (it)." ' " "’ .- .. » ~ “v. , I and councillors. D'Ailly echoed comments 5‘- ' . r . At last week's finance from his colleagues Karen ; . ' ' . , ' meeting. council decided to Scian and Diane Freeman . f ‘ chop 50 per cent of the dis- about the importance of the . ~‘ ‘ cretionary spending budget. money. which goes towards amounting to $40,000. The travelandconference spend- ‘ l ' “m" ’ ““'~« measure passed by a narrow ing. . , , g " ' 4-3 margin. Those conferences are it???“ . Conn. Ian d‘Ailly. who was where senior staff and coun- ‘ *‘ a not present for that meeting. cillors meet with their peers .- , asked that the item be moon and learn ways to improve ,. _’ in V ' sidered when it was up for thecity.d'Aillysaid. 7 . ' ‘ approval at Mondays council “That’s how we really . meeting. make sure (management) is He voted against the cuts ready and the city is per- this time. deadlocking the forming (efficiently)," he council. A tie means that the said. recommendation fails. so the But times are tough and spendingcuts were nixed. council needs to show it’s "an“ "m D’Ailly has been opposed willing to make sacriï¬ces, Wald scramble a“ to the cuts since they were countered Coun. MarkWha- . . . . originally discussed in Icy Meka Park. 2. takes part in literacy games at the 11th annual family lrteracy day at Conestoga Mall last weekend. December’s budget process "‘During a time of eco- /' Dozens of local kids and their families took part in the event that promotes reading. Some of the activities included He believes that the cuts nomic restraint, “,5 im r- sharing a book with the kids. face painting and word and letter games to get young readers interested in picking up were merely symbolic and tant for council to show ad a book. would hurt the city. ership. not just make a politi- ‘We shouldn't make arbi- H b o b O mmmmmm Wow-w Cyc st concerned a out chill new ike \ . ' jiffylube it rules might have on the uptown core ‘ [â€30st made to the uptown core to It seemed the manage- She contacted the securi- ' 1 : attenuating make it more inhospitable ment of the ofï¬ce block that ty guard and won her bike's _ ‘ _ . for bike riders.shesaid. now dominates the south freedom. but she wondered “ ‘ - now, sleet or rain have The latest incident was side of King Street didn‘t like about what the practice says never deterred avid when she visited one of her where she parked her bike, to cyclists who come to the T ' cyclist Susan Fish from favourite coffee shops. Star- althouyi it had never been a core ‘ , visiting the uptown core on bucks. and retumed to ï¬nd problem before. The note instead of encouraging a " her favourite bicycle. her bicycle with double said she would have to con- sustainable environmental c" ‘_ d / The only atmosphere locksâ€" one she put on and tact the security ofï¬ce of practice. it's having the Va“ ‘ (I "7 7. that could change thatisthe one she had never seen First Gulf Development oppositeeffect. rm w >00an , , mm chill she’s getting from before with a note attached beforeshecouldgetherbike ' changes that have been to it. back. meqez . . )0 ' " varlan its '1 a II III; . wiuoow worms v .‘ ' . _ f. -l . , / I 1‘ a i . . â€(3" l n V j A if f E a l . ~ ' l l V ‘ @0421: % in! can (2 . , ‘ . ‘ “*- ~ _. "9.578.393. , . m..“'. '. . , -" mmm-moeuJo-a