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Chronicle Lincoln Heights Missionary Church is all set to take area residents on a tour of Christ‘s birthplace during its second annual presentation of ‘"Step Into Bethiehem‘"‘. Live animals, along with authentic costumes and sets, have helped transform the church basement into a first century village street, with a home, stables, carpenter shop (as shown with Alan Shantz), a potters shop, and more. Continuous shows will run Friday, Dec. 13 from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. and again Dec. 14 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets $4 for adults, $2 for children under 12, and free for children under 2. Noharch Remndall sham Take a break with the kids at Berties ‘v I If you‘re‘ thinking of attending & city * structure with split.committees. cm:d??preommmumfiwinth mmwfitmmm near future, better make sure you have â€" of all councillors and met right meeting time â€"â€" and the right mflmnmonm..u replace its "committee of the whole" D'fl? inaugural meeting last week, l:og;?ty council elected to New council revamps committee structure A13° Musicians come to the aid of Food Bank ol e en w n ind m% at 7:80 p.m., alternatâ€" w city council meetings. . Under the new structure, split comâ€" ber 11. 19 HLEHEM Page B1 Water| loo. Onta Deborah Crandall photo SpoOrls ........... . ARG Classified .......... A36 Entertainment ....... B1 Departments Opinion .......... Community ....... Business ......... meet separately 1&6“7'%”“ at different times in the evening. The administrative and community services committee, otherwise known ummitt:‘e ‘B’.mdlip.m. It is counci Robert Brown, fiu&m Morty Taylor, John "An increase of 25 per cent during these extremely difficult economic times is extreme in the least," McCoome â€" said. "Few members, if any, can afford this kind of additional cost. and we question the concept of fairness associated with this proposal at this point in time Don McCroome. of the Kâ€"W Figure Skating Club, told council the proposed 25â€"perâ€"cent increase in ice rentals would put undue hardship on many of the club‘s members. Some proposed increases are as high as 65 per cent, such as the rental fee for Bechtel Park ball diamonds. which will increase to $53 during prime time hours in 1992 from $33.25 in 1991. And ice rentals increase to an hourly rate of $100 in 1992 from $80 in 1991 The proposed increases had some minor sports organizers up in arms, stating that increases from 25 to 65 per cent were "ridiculous" _ in _ recessionary times. In other words, the committee is recommending that the increases be approved as recommended by the city‘s user charges and fees committee, but is recommending that minor sports groups receive grants in kind that would ultiâ€" mately limit increases to 15 per cent. After a twoâ€"hour debate during Monday‘s commuttee meeting (a)} councillors were in attendance), the committee agreed to recommend substantial user fee increases, but made provisions to ensure minor sports organizations would not be hit too hard by the hike The committee agreed that the city should recover 100 per cent of operational costs from adult user fees, while agreeing to a 15â€"perâ€" cent cap on minor sports inâ€" creases through the use of a grants system. City fee increases ‘ridiculous,‘ sports groups tell council Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff A proposed hefty hike in Waterloo user fees is one step closer tc reality after the administration and community services committee voted to send the recommendation to council McCroome said he understood nance, fire and emergency planning, recreation and parks, culture and comâ€" munity relations. Summers, and Bruce McKenty. Comâ€" mittee B x; responsible for issues concerning human resources, COMâ€" PARE End information systems, fiâ€" Mainly cloudy. Chance of showers. High 7° countil as a repre newlyâ€"formec Lak borhood _ Commutt group is attempt better use of Albe Community Centr youths recreationa keep them out _ archades "The proposed f1 that the cfty Cover its operat taining public reducing taxes mended that cof Increases over t ‘The proposed fee structure is, we believe, prohibitive to a lot of the young people in our neighborhoods.‘ aulnc (Continued on page A11) prok (Continued on page A * represt Nyl iKex Richards M ng