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Fight likely over location of third Lakeshore plaza A Opposition has arisen to the Lakeshore Village com- munity association’s stand against a third commercial- convenience plan in the subdivision. The association opposed necessary rezoning for third plan before the city arming board. The group E 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 plazas be ap- ’proved for Lakeshore. 0:6... 0“ fNC-. pamn‘ , 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. "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 ton Glen Forrest)." said Bob Beausoleil of 555 Glen For- rest. Residents in the Tollgate- Glen Forrest area favor the third plaza because they feel unnecessary traffic will be generated along Lakeshore’s major arteries if it isn't built. "The idea of commercial- convenience plazas in Lake- shore was that any resident would be able to reach one Tuesday. December 7 -- Waterloo council approved ad- vising the 1972 council to hire an architect and allocate funds for construction pf a fire department sub-station on Westmount Road. Wednesday, December 8 - The bobcat missing from Wa- Gai,' Park mo is still on the loose." Vandals released the cat and four racoons 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- ber Street. between University and King. City engineer D'Arcy Dutton told the board there was need of an industrial mall in the area. nrsday. December 9 - 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 I. _ - __, _ 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. Monday, December 13 - The traffic and transportation committee recommended to council that the King Street crosswalk be eliminated and replaced with a set of traffic lights, Week in retrospect Delivered by carrier to every household to every in WA TERLOO t.‘ 0.. 0.. His stand is supported by several residents in that area including Lloyd Hol- land, 558 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. by walking. The walk from the north east end to the other two plans would be too long. specially in win- ter." 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. Waterloo police investi- gated l4 minor accidents Tuesday night as freezing rain coated the city's streets with ice. He suggested these people would drive along Glen For- rest, Cedarbrae and Glen Manor and that the extra traffic would be a threat to school children as well as an irritation to residents. The site has frontage on Parkside Drive and the nea r- by housing will be mostly multiple - family. “This makes it a reasonably good location." said Mr. Scott. A commercial - convey According to a police spokesman there were' no serious or personal-injury mishaps, bb just a lot of minor scrapes." Icy streets cause " accidents Waterloo Chronicle H7TH YEAR _ NO 50 ence plaza would include such outlets as a varity store and"a barbershop and per- haps a doctor or dentist. Members of the com- munity association oppose establishment of a third plaza because, they (eel. it is unneeded and possibly uneconomical. “The three would be too close together, noughly with- in 2,000 feet of each other. The people fear vacant stores and messy, ill-kept plazas,“ said association president Neill Campbell. He said a survey con- ducted by the association showed 90 percent of those answering didn't want three plazas. "Another major reason, for parents, is that plazas are notorious as hang-outs for kids." Opportunities -ior-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.. 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." Ogen house at center all week The two focal points for the week are an audio-visa- Howard Snyder used fiddle bow and handsaw to play Stent night during open- mg ceremomes for opportumties-for-semors week. Rhea Kirk played guitar. 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. 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 - Photo multiple 'Iisting service sales for the first 11 ual display in the Waterloo Square mall and the senior citizens drop-in center on Albert Street. The official opening for play. the week was held at the The school choir, directed mall Monday. Community by Anne Anderson, opened services board director Ken the ceremony with several Pflug and mayor Don Mes- songs including the national .l',‘.r... ICU-‘1' Ali Local real estate sales reach peak 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. "The year 1970 was a bad one in the real estate busi- ton both made brief re- marks to the small crowd and then the mayor cut the official ribbon at the dis play. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1971 ness," Mr. Ulmer said. "with the sharp sales de- cline from 1969 reflecting high mortgage interest rates. Central Mortgage and Housing Corp. rates were at 10.5 per cent, while conventional mortgage mon- ey cost 11 per cent. 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. Open house is being held until Saturday at the drop- in center at the comer of Albert and Dupont. Volun- teers 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 4 p.m. The regular meals-on-wheels lunch will be held at the drop-in center tomorrow and. as a special attraction. TV and radio personalities will attend. 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. Volunteers are handing out flyers in the mall which explain the opportunities- for-seniors week program kR'd:L' arr PRICE IO'