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E Council gives $500 lr. ’96 summer hostel _ _ ‘ _ .' - _ C _ _ _ g " . L "..s ‘ w- "V f" 'f A F I T ' ,. _ \ . . _ . _ . [ 'y V: . _ g . _ I _ >1. ‘ " _ g. sf" 3‘, "ir, . b "'. _ d . _ ME I Cl 5 _ ", r) Ll0 I : , f ' I , , - . ' ' _ r p , p, J .x " L, lt-wiu provide accommodation for a maximum three-night stay at a $1 a night. Those who cannot pay will be asked to perform com munity services in return for ac commodation. The accommodation will be lim- ited to those between 16 and 26. Those younger and older seeking admission will be referred to the sehildrett's aid society or Friend- 'iip House. A letter from Mrs. Meg Young of Kitchener also supported the project. A Trio City youth hostel got a $500 grant and council support this week after council heard ap- peals from three of nine super- visors from the proposed refuge, survived a verbal sparring match between finance committee chair- man Bob Cruise and Aid. Rudy Rommel and listened to tales of youthful odysseys across Canada by council members. Mrs. Gail Kendall, a spokesman for the hostel which has won ap- proval of the federal government and medical officer of health for a tent location in Kitchener, said its approval would mean consider~ able savings for the Twin Cities since people using hostels will not be eligible for yelfare. - 7_ "What a significant time in the history of our country for 500,000 young citizens to become delight- edly aware of a sense of place. Asked by Ald. Cruise to com- ment on an excerpt from Police Chief Basse's annual report in which he commented on hostels for transient youth saying: “I feel that greater effort should be made to encourage these young people to go home and not make it easy for them to leave home and become a poten- “It would be a pity if, instead, their self-respect and their faith in their country should be trauma- tically affected by their reception when some arrive in K-W. THE BIG DAY--F'tiday was a momentous occasion for Stanley Marsland, retired Waterloo industrialist, and his family, when he officially opened his Marsland Centre, a $3.3 million, l3-storey office tower in downtown Waterloo. Lfiiiirtfai"iii Aid. Henry hastened to pour oil on the troubled council waters by proposing the funds "if council could locate them." City treasurer Don Schaefer said the budget provided $1,500 for charitable grants and sundries. Council agreed to deduct $500 from this for the hostel commit- “I think it should be clearly de- fined where the dollars are com- ing from," Ald. Cruise retorted. Nettled, Aid. Kominek pointed out that council was finding mon- ey to move into Marsland Centre. "If council can locate those kind of funds we can locate these." Aid. Henry then proposed a $500 grant and was asked by Aid. Cruise to add a rider stating where the money should be found. Incensed by the request, Aid. Komlnek (whose tales of derring- do as a youthful voyageur topped those of even Aldermen Cruise and Voelker since he allegedly slept in a telephone kiosk with his legs protruding) suggested the finance chairman had no right to make such a stipulation. nothing be granted to the hostel committee since the budget ap- proved in April had no such pro- visions. However, he failed to get He said young people told him trouble at the University of Wat- erioo's campus centre arose be- cause of a lack of supervision "when the good were mixed in withthebad." tialburdenousociety." Mrs. Kendall said she felt the community fears were under- standable but unfounded. Aid. Bob Henry, a high school vice-principal, said his conver- sations with youth led him to be- lieve that the proposed supervi- sion of the hostel would eliminate the problems the community feared. AId. Harold Wagner proposed 'h'JnX’ F:'a',5igk May " About 500 members of Parents Without Partners Inc. attended a three-day Canadian me conference in the Twin Cities which con- cluded today. May 17 Rev. Dennis B. Hayden was named rector of All Saints Angli- can Church replacing Rev. William Hockin who has gone to Tillson- burg. Rev. Mr. Hayden has been serving on the Six Nations Indian Re- serve since his ordination in 190. Dr. J. Arthur Cowan, a Water- loo physics professor, was re- elected president of the Kitchen- er-Waterloo Skating Club at "the annual meeting of the club this week. The club has completed its most productive year ever, providing instruction for close to 2.000 May IS About 600 cyclists took part in a 50-mile bike-a-thon from K-W to Elora Gorge and back, raising an estimated $5,000 for the Fat Angel drop-in centre and K-W Pollution Probe. Mike Adams, 14, of 313 Lester St., was the first to complete the trip. 2gtttttiurtthsrrona May 13. Waterloo Lions honored midget and bantam minor hockey champions with trophies presented by Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bantam captain John Stumpf and midget captain Dave Good received the awards. About 400 persons attended a two-day open house which concluded today at Waterloo Police department. . skaters. Jack D. AdamsofKitchenerwas elected vice-president. Mrs. Thomas (Helen) Powell of Kit- chener was re-elected secretary and Lea G. Bauman, also of Kit- chener, was reelected treasurer. New directors elected were Paul Condom and Duane Currier, bothot Kitchener. Directors who were reelected and their chairmanships are Donald LeCocq, Kitchener, ice bookings; Mrs. Terence (Diana) Cough, Waterloo, program; George Ewing, Kitchener, ice show; Mrs. Gerald (Marlene) Young, Kitchener, music; Dr. John Coker, Waterloo (profes- sional liaison), and Keith Brooke, Kitchener (finance). Mr. Marsland (above) is surrounded by his family at the 'hortly ceremony-his wife, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. L.H. Mars- opening laniH right, receiving a bouquet of roses), and his son (part-- 1t,tl'lt. ly visible, extreme right). _ m,_,__; Week in retrospect Skaters pick eihrmem ‘1??? .e:trs . iii'iirtai, Ll chener. learn-ttskate program; Mrs. John Cater, Canadian Fig- ure Skating Association tests; Mrs. Arthur Cowan, national skating tests. and Peter Frank- Elected " committee chair- an were Arlo C. Ringle, Kit- Dr. J. Arthur Cowan Over the last quarter century he has served various defence production departments as di- rector of the machine tool branch and technical mrdinator and special adviser to the deputy minister. His pay was a $1 a year. Mr. Marsland has completed 14 trips around the uprld. is a licensed pilot and has served as adviser to four federal govern- Mr. Marshnd proposed plans for a private urban renewal de- velopment of the downtown area through which he purchased Waterloo’s crumbling city hall on which site his new structure The building towers 182 feet above Waterloo and is the tal- lest office building in the Twin Cities. " Mr. Marshnd grew up in Water- loo where he founded Mainland Engineering Ltd. about 45 years ago. The company expanded six times between 1961 and 1969 and became the city's largest in- dustrial employer. Two years ago it was sold to Leigh Iristne ments Ltd. of Carleton Place. prosper." Mr. Smithson referred to Mr. Marsland's contributions to Waterloo, how he established Mainland Engineering, a com- pany which provided 1,200 Jobs and how "He will continue to provide employment for a lot of people and contribute to the-- city's economy." - Afterwards, several hundred persons were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marshnd at a reception on the12thnoor. Mankind Centreâ€" opens manager of the Ontario division of the Toronto Dominion Bank, paid tribute to Mr: Mankind. "A well-known bank says people make the difference. Citizen Marsland falls into that category..." we had so Stan Mar- slaods the economy would alsendsiththeiob.' "Mr. Am has been con- structing all the Madam! build- ings for 15 yean. And there has netrerttemany atgttmet between -ttrahand6au." Mrs. Marxian! cut the ribbon to mark the centre’s official opening and Mr. Amman pre- yyttsf a key to met-Ming to when Mayor Mn of Waferloo iytd_Ald. 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