The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

i Serving your community since 1856 â€"-â€"â€" WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 2012 0 WATERLOO. ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING HST . f th "i ’ "“ 8 0 e ‘ it c ll.- - i ‘ ‘- ' roblem \ - V .. ‘ “ . -- o A a; . orbes Residents group upset W wuh city’s silence on 7 ’ . hydro’s uptown plan x ‘ ~ . Billions Anson T ' i it (mm-CL w . ARTS FOCUS __..___â€"_ . H ‘- ‘ Recallin Sam the group of more than 60 uptown ’ ‘ in. mm Min/Page 17 Waterloo residents are emanding to know city coun- 3w 8 r cil’s position on proposed hydro ’ V" ' W .11 ’ upgrades in the historic neighbour- "% $2 fit hood. -:,â€" ‘ - Members of Conserve (hr Residen- I , tial Environment ((DRE) are frustrated ' ,; with the silence coming from city staff ,_ A j and the olfioe of mayor Brenda Hallo- "I ~. ran. ‘We would expect our mayor to ; g C have an opinion. but she seems to be K 4:» , rather studiously avoiding expressing ' . , 'l W. an opinion.” said CORE member ’ ~ ' Robert Lang. who has lived on Avon- dale Avenue for 34 years. He said numerous letters tothemayoronthe [aye m mm, mm mmum . Who’s your favourite p r? , CITY LIFE 'Wewouldexpectourmayortoat FamofVlfilfridLaurierUnNersityfootballplayeflhomasGril‘fithsholduphisnumberbeforetheGolden least tell us what she thought of our Hawks took to the field against the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday for the annual homecoming game. The K-WOkroberfest issue' Hawkslostaheartbreaker22-19onalastminmefieldgoal.Studentsandalunnifrombothmtversities ‘ warefloo North Hydro w.n[8 to descended on Waterloo over the weekend to take part in annual homecoming celebrations. 08ka the install l6-to [B'metre hydro poles in fDOd of the the neighbourhood along with two 0 0 0 0 ° festival/Page 10 new circuits that would increase the B th g1 W, {m 4.5 “mm to m, m usmesses say Clty mlssmg 8 SI ”"5 W “mm We? a"? '2 "W“ Bums 1mm 'These signs are the least Staff have specifically targeted ”l"- W“h ”'9 “"3 “9'8“ necessary Ommt'deStafl expensive and most effective form mobile or portable signs. comâ€" m new Mid") W W of advertising,” said Mike Gau- monly found near roads and sideâ€" Elli [It " . 5"“‘S 'n the I)"In ”‘CIUde MIC“ everal Waterloo business own dreau of React Mobile Signs. who walks with neon letters. as a way §"°e‘- Avonda‘le avenue. Norman ers appeared before city ooun- brought a petition signed by 87 of reducing the amount of clutter mas.m ”"3“ and ROSI'" Street. 50m” "Mk cil on Monday night to voice businesses. “Many business own- and visualdistraction in the city. h” already begun on Mk‘" Street, b‘" their concerns over proposed ers will tell you that portable sign Under the proposed bylaw. the “I. ' '5 09"” for the year, , . changes to the city's new sign advertising keeps them in busi- signs would no longer be permit- ° . ”WNW“? PUNK meeting 9" Jun" bylaw. ‘ um” ted in commercial plazas and “- Wh""" result-ms voiced me" m” Their concerns were mainly The current sign bylaw was businesses would instead be per- ‘X'm‘ “hm" m“ '"‘l’a"_‘h° W“ ”0"", focused on changes that would drafted in 2005 and city staff felt it mitted to use awry signs such “3"" ”0‘ "my ”" the lustnnc nature "f restrict the number portable signs was time to update the document as Aâ€"frame or sandwich board ”‘1‘ are“ hm ”" the health of "‘3ng around the city. as the new bylaw to remain aligned with the recent signs inflWN” “mm?“ a 60-day New» would limit the areas where the approval of the new official plan Continued on W 7 signs could be used. and urban design guidelines Continued on N 7 h w 5 H u WW W :3; ”1ft" ‘2 :2 ' i .1 _ "3;, ' Iva/2‘) AJCJ~{ ‘ | ' l ‘ ‘\ l W V,” N P‘" _ , ‘- 2'3") :1 a; : ' ~ A E< . g Fr ~ gwww h ' 20 new Road, View ‘ ., /, MUM? “ I“ ”mm ”mammal-n , - (Pal Int-0n “I. - . X at I. Set. nun-1m I“ i Q u. the 519-7464“ A;