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Monday. December l3 __ The traffic and transportation committee recommended to council that the King Street crosswalk be eliminated and replaced with a set of traffic lights, Mrs. Roland Francois of Kitchener suffered a broken leg and cuts when she was hit by a car at the King Street cross- walk. Seventy motorists have been charged with ignoring pedestrians at the crosswalk so far this year. said chief Harold Basse, Four persons have been injured there since August. City engineer D'Arcy Button told the board there was need of an industrial mall in the area. ursdny. December ' - Waterloo county board of educa- n business administrator Jack Tummon told trustees an increase in school tax may be needed to offset losses incur- red by lower-than-expected enrolments in county high- schools. Friday, December " -- Waterloo county separate school board teachers voted to accept a contract which will give them an average eight percent salary increase for the cur- rent academic year. The vote was 422-147 to accept the contract. retroactive to September 1. "The idea of commercial- convenience plans in Lake- shore was that any resident would be able to reach one "By eliminating the Park- side Drive plaza we would possibly find people from the northeast and north ends of Lakeshore travelling a- cross to the two plazas (on Glen Forrest)." said Bob Beausoleil of 555 Glen For- rest. Wednesday. December 8 - The bobcat missing from Wa- terloo Park mo is still on the loose. Vandals released the cat and four racdons November 28 and only two racoons have been recovered. The Waterloo Planning board voted 4-3 to reject a proposal by Major Holdings for a home improvement center on We- berftreet, between University and King. association opposed awry reming for third plaza before the city . g board. The group I now circulating a petition for presentation to the city development committee where the matter will next beheard. The planning board rec- ommended. at its October 27 meeting, that two half- acre plazas, rather than three 1.5 acre plans be ap- proved for Lakeshore. can... -5 "I“ Dh____;a Residents in the Tohyate- Glen Forrest area favor the third plaza because they feel unnecessary traffic will be generated along Laheshore's major arteries if it isn't built. Tuesday. December T - Waterloo council approved ad- vising the 1972 council to hire an architect and allocate funds for construction of a fire department sub-station on Westmount Road. Fight likely over location of third Lakeshore plaza , Sites at Glen Forrest Boulevard and Bearinger Road and at Tollgate Boule- vard and Glen Forrest have already been reamed com- mercial-convenience and the properties sold to develop- ers. The third plaza is pro- posed at Parkside Drive and Old Albert Street, on the subdivision 's east side. Upwsltlon has arisen to the Lakeshore Village com- munity association's stand against a third mmmerclal- convenience plan in the subdivision. Week in retrospect Delivered by carrier to every household in WA TERLOO .0. .0. .0. 0.. Waterloo police investi- gated 14 minor accidents Tuesday night as freezing rain coated the city's streets with ice. According to a police spokesman there were no serious or personal-injury mishaps. " just a lot of minor scrapes." The site has frontage on Parkside Drive and the near- by housing will be mostly multiple - family. "This makes it a reasonably good location, ,, said Mr. Scott.. A commerCIal - com/er City planning director Don Scott said the suggested traf- fic problem was one of the reasons for the location of the Parkside plaza. It is al- so the city's policy to at- tempt to locate small plazas adjacent to major arteries and near housing concen- trations. He suggested these people would drive along Glen For- rest, Cedarhrae and Glen Manor and that the extra traffic would be a threat to school children as well as an irritation to residents. His stand is supported by several residents in that area including Lloyd Hol- land, Stitt Glen Forrest. and Gerard Niemoller, 554 Glen Forrest. At least five let- ters favoring the third plaza have been sent to the city planning department, ac- cording to Mr. Beausoleil. Icy streets cause " accidents by walking. The walk from the north east end to the other two plans would be too long. specially in win- ter." 117TH YEAR - NO 50 Howard Snyder used fiddle bow and handsaw to play Silent night during open- mg ceremonies for opportunities-for-seniors week. Rhea Kirk played guitar. Opportunities -for-seniors week opened in style Mon- day with entertainment by the jolly oldsters choir and the grade 8 choir from No- tre Dame school in Kitche- ner. The two focal points for the week are an audio-visu, He also rejected the ex- tra-traffic argument. "When Parkside is completed to Bearinger Road, people in that area will use it and Weber Street to travel to Parkdale plaza (at Albert and Hazel), in my personal opinion." Open house at center all week He said a survey con- ducted by the association showed 90 percent of those answering didn't want three plazas. ence plan would include such outlets as a varity store and a barbershop and per- haps a doctor or dentist. "Another major reason, for parents, is that plazas are notorious as hangouts for kids." Members of the com- munity association oppose establishment of a third plan because, they (eel, it is unneeded and possibly uneconomical. “The three would be too close together, mughly with- in 2,000 feet of each other. The people fear vacant stores and messy, ill-kept plazas," said association president Neill Campbell. Seniors week given successful send-off Waterloo fire prevention officer Charles Devison (left) and fireman Dennis Dubrick examine the department's newest Busy Beaver fire safety sign. There are now three interchangeable signs. all handpainted by Mr. Dubrick after department mechanic Carl Zarnke had cut out the plywood forms. ual display in the Waterloo Square mall and the senior citizens drop-in center on Albert Street. The official opening for the week was held at the mall Monday. Community services board director Ken Pftug and mayor Don Mes- Photo multiple listing service sales for the first 11 Real estate sales record- ed by the Kitchener-Water- loo real estate board, rose to an all-time high during November, G.A. Ulmer, board president said recent- ly. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Local real estate sales reach peak ton both made brief re- marks to the small crowd and then the mayor cut the official ribbon at the dis play. The school choir, directed by Anne Anderson, opened the ceremony with several songs including the national months of 1971 rose to al- most :50 million, up 42 per cent from $35 million in the period last year, and 26 per cent higher than the last peak recorded during the ll months in 1969. '"1he year 1970 was a bad one in the real estate busi- TOMMY. ma $4k ttVt Volunteers are handing out flyers in the mall which explain the opportunities- for-seniors week program The display in the mall was put together by the photography students of Conestoga College. Doon Center. as a class project. It includes action and still photos of seniors out in the community and at the drop-in center. Open house is being held until Saturday at the drop- in center at the comer of Albert and Dupont. Volun- teery have been giving de- monstrations craft for sen- iors and representatives of various agencies have been explaining their work. There will be a macrame demonstration there to- morrow afternoon. A worker from the Cana- dian mental health associa- tion will be speaking at the drop-in center tomorrow afternoon. 2 to q p.m. The regular mealson-wheels lunch will be held at the drop-in center tomorrow and, as a special attraction, TV and radio personalities will attend. Howard Snyder and his sister Rhea Kirk accom- panied the singers after the ceremony. Mrs. Kirk played the guitar and Mr. Snyder the banjo and har- monica. He also played a moving rendition of Silent Night using a handsaw and a fiddle bow coated with resin. After the singing, the seniors present danced for several numbers. anthem. After the ribbon cutting they joined the jolly oldsters choir in sing- ing holiday songs and car- ols. has," Mr. Ulmer said, "with the sharp sales de- cline from 1969 reflecting high mortgage interest rates. Central Mortgage and Housing Corp. rates were at l0.5 per cent, while conventional mortgage mon- ey cost 11 per cent. PRICE MP