Nix explained that while revenues were $176,00irthan budgeted, out: are breasted to be $860,000 higher than, budgeted Damn “Unfortunately, the level of business at the WRC is requiring a greater amount ontaifing than expected when the budget was set," city budget manager Ken Nix said in a recent 12pm to wand]. Ith been only one year since the Waterloo It-tion Complex opened, but the $21mil. Iitmfirilityisalreatiranintegralpartofthe lives of thousands of local recreation lovers. City financial statements indicate, however, that the building has become a victim of its own sum. Ttnn Brockelbank Chronicle Stttlf _jiftiiriiMiiiEEirllln Year-old recreation. complex too popular " staffing costs overshadow high attendance The Watarloo Mortal Polloe started Its high-vistblllty trqtmtt program Tuesday, with police ttttleer, concentrating enforcement efforts 1etteettgguardompostetdttrttiatittotg t?ustrtopsThtrtimgram will txarttinueuntiltheendofthemontti. Sgt. Bill Chipman ot the tratllc branch calls the program a timely reminder that drivers should now be more alert that children are travelling to and from whool. Plcturad above la orooslng guard Christine Robson helping brothers Kari and Ted Torbicki get to Keatsway Public School tgttNCttmt.thttt Budaralma hlaradargunatpasolngoara. Ifllliltlf'i'jlll[?ii' 1f'lt'g't,'g't'tt Nothing taken for $httrtitnt "..tt.tt.'S e . of granted as Hawks isl'i.i'i)?cr,riij':r-) German war vets $81M mm for opener l 2:12:32: xix: waie Dietrich, the city's director of facili. tie services, said yes: one at the WRC has finanass aside, however, Tumbull said he is "very pleased" with the high usage of the mgplex. - He said other recreation centres in Ontario are making much more money and costing less to operate, so "Either they're doing some- thing better than we are, or they have a com- pletely different circumstance. I want to find out which it is" additional savings of $15,000, the [woman line shows a net deficit of$160,000. Althougkhe never expected the complex to break even, Waterloo Mayor Brian Tumhull said gtaff will be visiting similar facilities in other cities to find out what can be done to improve the WRC’s financial situation. '_..--"-,--- (heat, Cars and Great Deals - It's a Great Time to Buy Now / 1994 LEGACY SPECIAL EDITION SEDAN GEMINI No charge Air Conditioning and 6.9% financing The 1994 Subaru's must go before the 1995 models arrive In MOTORS September. We have a full closet of incentives including 69% financing, no charge Air Conditioning, Value Packages and $2000 26 Manitou Dr., rebates. . _ Kitchener at Fairwav Come on In - choose your model and we will sweep you oft your feet with a sensational deal on a new 1994 Subaru. Don't wan too long - 9 2 O 0 'cause when they're gone - they are truly gone. - So far this year, parks and rmatmn staff estimate that 400,000 people have entered the Waterloo Recreation Complex for at least one activity. "We've got four months to go, so I think well see halfa million people in this facility m 1994," Dietrich said. "The pool alone sees (Continued on page 2) Like the mayor, Dietrich was surpnsui by tht complex's high customer volume, "It’a certainly been a challenge gettmg all the programs up and running and expertenct ing me new program activity that our com- munity hadn't seen before - the Scott Tournament of Hearts, American League hockey games, Team Canada and Team USA began exciting" Option ' W. M! up - as QUEEN E KtTCHENER VOLVO 'topartmoiid bEPT sn.r The two low scores are a cum rem. says Waterloo Mayor Brrar Tumbul]. but measures that would Impmve them ml soon be ths. cussed by conned Turnbull said a mmmunn} workshop on the future of pubbc The survey results have a man- mum stat1stacal error of w- f) 9 per cent. Faced mth a chum: of excellent. good. far or poor. a w hoppmg 36 per cent of those sun and mmdw the fire department enher gmd or excellent. Samumon and libraries wen: not far behind. but the num- bers slide down fmm there and then plummet to 66 and 56 per cent, resptmvely for buses and street mamwnance, Readers raand .wmces .x‘ Ihr, above order, wah the iirr dspur1- ment coming out on top. and strwl maintenance bringmg up (he my Community servocvsysdgva' b) our readers indud& the fire department. sanjmuon. bbrarie, pollen parks and n-cmatwr. ,v')rrr" ping. education. hospxtals, pusut semces. puhhc transmrmmr: and street maxntemmu' Tom Brockelbank Ch PUMP/F Sm/f lic' h "math rvadvrs Cal) bc trustmi land we know they can Waterloo is a safe. clean plan) In live, but it's rife wath pothole: and poorly routed buses That was the gust of the won-lb of a reader survey 'x'rfrtrmk 1r. May and June by Kubas Con.tuy tants in whlch 200 esudvnu, seletui at random mmplutm quesnumaxres aboux my quahty of): semen Survey, ttttytrHix those roads ts'ue: IV"' . L3EF.AR"" QM IConunuec on page a» JWPW -1f -.reromtt W" t'iER RY