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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 20 May 1971, p. 3

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Mr. Stanley was named best supporting actor when the group presented the play in the eighth annual Oakville one-act play festi- val. Adjudicator Peter Bearing, professional director of a Hamil- ton theatre group, described his portrayal as "very convincing." B.P. (Barney) Stanley, 170 Erb St. W., whose brief but convincing appearance as a funeral parlor caretaker won applause last month in the Lakeshore Village Players production of Please, No Flowers, won an award for the same role in competition May 14. Waterloo actor wins festival award Six adult and 10 high school drama groups, mostly from the Toronto area, competed in the week-long festival. The Waterloo group performed Friday night and, with their director. Mrs. John Wright, received a private adjudication following the show. Five other members of the Lakeshore group were nominated for awards. They were Louise Warsnop and Angie Fischer for best actress, Mary Bracewell and Pat Davis for best supporting actress, and Richard Woolwich for best supporting actor. M 11-4.)? M, Bfi' _ _ 'T, i H. 4491-» il 2k " _ " . - a" .‘ {0,3 s WF, F ' ,, _ rs"4i'k ‘ 'n. “WM," q i‘ t tt ' Ct, " ‘ = ' fied" SW§,&2 f . A" tw'titii' "'r,':rCril_is','ie:',r:, , " - 'dit 4- f ,'rti'iri"ij0t .,"7?& ce, Uya'uirzr; 505' Mr. Kreutzwiser will be study- a draftsman In the Mttpneer1nt ing toward a masters of environ- department. mental studies in geography of - Approved bus accounts total tourism and recreation. ling $8,2N. Reid Kreutzwiser of 159 Univer- sity Ave. W., Apt. 1001, has been awarded one of eight Bell Canada graduate fellowships each valued at $5,000. Many returned to Oakville Sat- urday night for the awands pre- sentation. An entry from Brama- lea was chosen best play. $5.000 award - Approved rezoning of 91 Union St. E. from light industrial to general residence. - Granted permission to Corn- wall Kinsmen Club and Hamilton Junior Chamber of Commerce to sell lottery tickets in Waterloo. - Agreed to proclaim June 20 to 26 Ontario Senior Citizen Week. - Approved a six-week leave of absence for Mrs. Liliara Chao a draftsman in the engineering - Agreed to discontinue the Amos Avenue bus service and reduce the Crosstown and Col- umbia Street routes to 30-min- ute intervals between July 1 and Sept. 5. - Agreed to a fire survey of the city. - Rejected a grant request from Camp Columbia. Both appointments were ap- proved by council this week. In other business council: - Approved $260 grant to the St. Jean Vianney Landslide Re- lief Fund. Elaine Fischer of 110 Ellis Cres. , has been appointed to a similar position in the city clerk's de- partment. Council briefs Margaret Ann Finchen of Kit- chener has been hired " a steno. grapher for the welfare depart- ment, where increasing appli- cations have taxed existing staff. The appointment is effective June 14. VIEW FROM THE TOP-The IS-storey, $3.5 million Mars- land Centre (left photo) is the tallest office building in the Twin Cities. Towering 182 feet over downtown Waterloo, it affords a magnificent view of the city and surrounding area from its upper regions. The top photo, looking south- east onto King Street, was taken from a 12th-t1oor window. City hall to move to Marsland Centre lease. F Cgsts of V the space currently occupied in the square, negotiat- ed through a 10-year lease, are Council can have 14,000 square feet in the proposed button for City council has decided to lease the second and third floors of the Marsland Centre when the present lease for city hail office space in Waterloo Square expires at the end of this year. Recommendations to negotiate a lease for the space were ap- proved this'week. a year over a five-year $3.99 a square foot. Annual ‘cost of the 8,854 square feet occupied V is $35,327. Ald. Rudy Kominek, the only alderman. to oppose the promo a1, said he is not satisfied with the arguments for moving. Aid. Roy Bauman noted that the cost of partitioning the new area would be expensive. He indicated the city treasurer had estimated this at 820,000. The chamber of commerce is planning a weekday bus trip to Ontario Place sometime in mid- June. Seats are limited to mem- bers and their wives or husbands. Council, which has no other regular meeting scheduled this month, will hold a special meet- ingtodiscusstheissue. Under the proposals the city would be charged approximately $35,850 for the second noor space and give the use of the third floor for which it will pay about 812,750 in taxes, maintenance costs and services. The provisions include an option to renew both floors for a second five-year term at a cost of $5 per square foot. Hesaidhehadyettoseere- ports on the projected space re- quirements for city offices in five years. He agreed this is partially contingent on area go- vernment but meantime he had reservations. , He also expressed reservations about the cost of additional space in Marsland Centre. "I have seen no quoted figures." He said he was opposing the move since he had not found answersto thesequestions. _ Office committee chairman Ron Buddell said proposals call- ed for tent of $5 per square foot on the second floor and approxi- mately $1.70 per square foot on the third floor for taxes and services. This averages to $3.35 per square foot for the two floors over five years. - He said it was claimed that city offices would be fragmented if they remained in their present location. “How is being on two floors (in Marshnd Centre) not fragmented?" Chamber trip (Hugo; by Herb Rutherford)

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