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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Jan 2010, p. 10

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'- f ‘ j r .. l , . . r r '“" " ' r fi.,~ ' ~ ' - ‘ ‘ t l i ~ l Tfest parade to announce to the ‘e‘ ' 4»; S ._ a â€" for semors . _ 3 s ;, 4, l ': v r v _ t" - . t. , world that it was possible for a group of ; : ;t a 3, : â€"â€"- A W l: 2 "‘ s ' 3 ~,\“ lhe (ity of Waterloos 55+ programs and servio local'high school students to build a £3 3,“ [r Q1; i J n _.- E‘” es division is launching a new series, called Speak- working solar-powered vehicle. 5, '. , ‘ . '...r“ s s 4 7 7 , ing to Seniors. l ‘lheir next challenge is to take what s \‘ _ ‘ l f ”7 It will run on the third Monday of each month, they learned front that successful first : '. fl ' ,. fl featuring different speakers that will discuss topics experiment and retrofit a roadworthy a f: i s ' of interest to people who are 55 years old and vehicle that could be driven on local ' 3 above. streets. _ k i _ if l The series kicks oil" on Ian. 18, from 7 [In]. to lhey got thatoppor‘tunity last week _ 3, ’ r i ' i ’ 5 , 8:30 p.tii,. at the Wing 404 RCAYA Rotary .\dtilt l when a local group called the Waterloo A “a ' ~ ' ‘ ' (jentre. at 510 Dutton Dr. ‘ Farmers and tirafters' Market (fo-Upt’f" .: g A i This month's speaker is personal trainer (iloria ative lnc.. which began selling locally .. _ ‘ ' A 5 t ‘ ‘~ Vaughan She “all talk about how to optimize your grown produce In Vt‘arerloos new PM} . > % ' A health and happiness iii order to live a liilfillirig lic square last October. offered the stu- . life Admission is $2 per person, l dents its 1385 Volkswagen pickup truck ’ I . 3 .â€". _ ' as the guinea pig lot the project. ‘ . ' -- ' a , 3 v 3 , Licensed as a commercial vehicle. . » r ..-’é‘-‘-a - .,- £1; 3 , annin arth l , the plan is to make the Volkswagen . . vie if gym, 3” {JV ' Pl g for E Day truck a xero~emissions vehicle pow- ' ' ' ’ u' "‘ “V“ ' "M Q ' ' I parade at Button Factory r ered entirely by the sun to deliver local The WCl eTearn crowds around a 1985 Volkswagen pickup truck, which they plan l produce to market. This is a green idea to convert to a fully solarâ€"powered vehicle, Once complete, the truck Wlll be used ’ A meeting to plan for the Button Factory's l‘arth on so many levels that the students to transport food to a local market. E “MANN “Hm" Day Parade called the Procession of the . ecit‘s and organizers involved couldn't hide will he held at the Regina Street centre on lan. 2 at their glee at the prospect. reritly dominated by what the students coordinator 2 pm. Organizers are looking for interested a ists “This would be an alternative fuel see as relics of the past ~ old cars with “ l'hey‘re quite excited about taking ; and volunteers ‘ vehicle that trticks around locally internal combustion engines â€" this it to the next level and seeing ll we can f l- t more, visit W“W.lt\\‘ptt)(t’sslt)n.t‘2‘i. . grown food." said Laura Wensirtkr a latest project represents the future and create a veliit le that is street legal." said (irade 12 member of the Clfialll “We has captured their imagination (Ilarkson, -’ . see a lot ntore things going in this "its very itispiririgto knoivwe‘rt' this ilhey prorett has also dra\\n sortie Envlronmental warfare direction. young and that you tan actually do interest from the University oleiter ‘ "It will be completely et ofriendly something like this." said Wensitik "lt loo, which has its own alternative fuel ‘ lecture at GIG] with zero emissions." definitely opens us tip to the possiliili~ program, and tonestoga t ollege to l ‘ \ touts l’feifer. a (rrade it) student at ties ifyou want to explore them." provtde sortie technical support or cre \ (it"l'lll'l'llhil NPU” (11.00 Pmkfll “Wk“ i“ h““ \\‘( I who was part of the original ”It's great experience for us to do are other opportunities for the stii ‘ (“llV'l‘lll'lWllldl changes W'll affect‘more than ill“ cit-am project, acknowledged that it something we might want todo further dents ”1" weather ‘“ a lecture (”19d lllflhi‘l Warring i was a lot of trial and error to get their on," said l’feifer "to“ don't get this "We're lioptng to show people the ”OW l ItVlf'lltmcnldl. l‘t‘tanmlL‘; and l’olitit‘al \ first creation on the road. llut he said experience iii ttiost high schools but tron-fossil fuel way til getting around (fish‘s “Ill Redraw the World Map 1h“ Hull-“lay r it s a good stepping stone for what you should be able to ,.. this is the next and it Wlll beset upright it\ the centre at 1h" ( eritrc for Intertiation Governance l””““l‘ ”112V“ now (”18,1“ng technology." ofthe mm" said ”3,ka . t|orr. l‘asluil is the associate fellow in energy. ertvr~ “I'm excited." said the livear-old With the success of the first solar l'lie project also wouldn‘t he possi- ronmettt and resource governance 2“ theihatham \ - who was responsible lot a lot of the powered vehicle the \\'(,l team has ble with its sponsors. which include a llUU-‘(Jll‘llidl “him”? ”f lpwmflmmal M731“ and internal Wiring for the last vehicle. “It already created more interest around number ol'local green tech companies, atllvltorol (,|()bal “71”an q . ‘ seems like a big task but we're hoping the school and has more students join- as well as the local Reduce the ]uice ‘ lhc lecture Will he held all 1917“ "ll lhl s r\l|’t l we ran have it done by lune " trig the protect said hols (ilarkson. program uni l'or lit kets. 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