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"It‘s a lot cooler."" remarks Waterloo mailman Bob Miller as he wasted _ little time last week in taking advantage of the new ruling allowing letter carriers to wear bermuda shorts. Mr. Miller was out on the route Thursday in the shorts with the mandatory dark kneeâ€"length socks and dark shoes. Official permission came from Ottawa last Tuesday July 3 allowing the new relief from the heat to letter carriecs. Mr. Miller cast aside his regulation wool postâ€" ,rousers soon after the announcement and Â¥ Friday eight of the 120 carriers had joined Bob Miller was one of the first at the Waterloo post office to cast aside his wool slacks for shorts last week but the heat has still been hard to beat. o o | Mail carriers now may wear shorts Twentyâ€"one Grade 13 stuâ€" dents from Waterloo are Ontario scholars this yvear. him. Twelve at Waterloo Colleâ€" giate and nine at the Kâ€"W Collegiate had 480 marks in six credits for an average of 80 per cent or more. Each receives a special diploma and a $100 ministry of educaâ€" tion scholarship. Matthew Smith. 250 Shakespeare Drive. had the highest average. (94 per cent ) at Waterloo Collegiate Second was Sherry Noble. 177 Cedarbrae Ave.. with 21 Ontario scholars in Waterloo Other Waterioo Collegiate Waterloo Chronicle 118TH YEAR NO. 28 scholars were Fred Wright. 130 Weston, <~Place. 85.2: Janice Cape. 59 Margaret Ave. N. 83.7. Bandana Prasad. _ 383 _ Tamarack Drive. 81.6: Bruce Burns. 343 Browning Place. 81.3; Nancy Kerr. 552 Glen Manâ€" or Blvd.. 80.7: Lynn Pychel. 104 Eigin Cres. 80.3. Catheâ€" rine Garner. 269 Shakesâ€" peare Drive. 80.1; Stephen McLachlin. 347 Dale Cres . 80 1. Craig Dolbeer. 161 Albert St.. 80;: Peter Waâ€" lesch. 62 Bluevale N . 80 Eleanor Dyck. 190 Branâ€" don Ave . Kitchener. topped the Kâ€"W Collegiate students .. Report includes idea F of King Street mall WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1973 Waterloo residents will be paying an average of $15 a year more on their taxes for 1973 than they did in In what the city refers to as Former Waterioo, which is all of Waterloo before Regional _ Government added the township areas, the mill rate increased on A summary of mill rates was released at Monday evening‘s council meeting outlining the rates for pubâ€" lic and separate schools. Waterloo‘s urban renewal committee last week disâ€" cussed its draft plan and proposals for the downtown area and decided to seek public reaction to some of the ideas. The purpose of the comâ€" mittee over the past seâ€" veral months has been to draw up a long term conâ€" cept of how Waterloo‘s core should develop. The map illustrating the proposals and report which was beâ€" fore the committee last week represent the startâ€" ing point from which disâ€" cussions with the public, businessmen, private â€" inâ€" vestors, city staff and counâ€" cil will follow. The report was a colâ€" lection of ideas and thoughts gained by the contmittee from public hearings and discussions. It was prepared by Ian MacNaughton, a planning â€" consultant who had been hired to do so by the committee. Several ideas were sugâ€" gested in the report as a way to attract people into the core. One was to close King Street off from Erb Street to William Street and convert the area into a pedestrian mall. The advantages of the mall were seen as removâ€" ing the barrier to shopping across King Street and creating an _ atmosphere of sitting. browsing. watchâ€" ing and meeting. The reâ€" port said that the removal of traffic. coupled with a with 90.5. Shirley Hinschâ€" berger. 213 Allen St. E.. Waterloo. was second with 89.7 per cent. Other Waterloo students who were Ontario scholars at the Kâ€"W Collegiate were Mitchell Lappin. 45 Kinsley Cres.. 86.2. Douglas Hoovâ€" er. 51 Amos St.. 85.5; Karen Lo. 189 Royal St.. 83.6; Ernst Eberhard. 50 George St.. 82.9;: Margaret Horman. 49 Norman St.. 817. Ulrika Schrader. 66 Short St.. 81.7; Alexander _ Mcintyre. _ 259 Lourdes St.. 81.3: Marion Hagedorn . 59 _ Cardinal Cres. . 80 8 Mill rate up slightly residential property from 715 to 74.5. On commerâ€" cial property it went to 85.1 from 79.79. The separate school taxes are only slightly higher at 74.9 up a mill from last year‘s 73.3. On commerâ€" cial property the rate is 85.6 mills as compared to 81 .89 in 1972. In the merged area of Waterloo which includes the land formerly part of Waterloo township the pubâ€" lic school taxes for resiâ€" well designed layout with interesting nooks and comers could make the downtown a ‘*place to be"‘. The mall would according to the report require exâ€" perimentation â€" during the summer months and would probably not be something that could be accomplished before the next five or ten years. Members of the commitâ€" tee commented on how street malls in other cities had helped to boost trade and attract people to downâ€" town areas. They also disâ€" cussed the negative aspects of the project such as diversing _ interest from the upper portion of King Street which would not be Christine Ristau pulls a card from the deck of Susan McBain. Susan was playing the role of the fortune teller at a carnival neighbourhood children had a 239 Parklawn Place to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. Betina Ristau reported the group raised $17.31. WATERLOO, ONTARIO dential land is 98.95 up from 97.89. The commercial land rate went to 118.76 from 109. 6. The mill rate for separate schools in the merged area is 102.2 for residential and 12.4 for commercial. This is compared to last year‘s rates of 98.8 residential and 110.7 commercial. Although the mill rates in the merged area are much higher than those in Waterâ€" loo the tax increase will in the mall and the long walk involved for those who want to shop in the area. _ Ald. Kominek, council‘s representative on the comâ€" mittee pointed out that alâ€" though street malls had been successful in other cities, the committee must remember the vast diffeâ€" rences in size between Waâ€" terloo and say Toronto. The alderman said, *"we are still dealing with a small town. The committee decided to seek Committments from city council on preserving historic and old housing districts of the downtown and to make a committâ€" ment in the capital budget to help implement the comâ€" mittee‘s plan. 1 3, 700 copies delivered by carrier to every household in WATERLOO PRICE 10 CENTS Commissioner of Finance for Waterloo, D.C. Schaefer explained that the different methods of assessment acâ€" count for this fact. In Former Waterioo Mr. Schaefer said assessment is 2%.6 per cent of the marâ€" ket value while the townâ€" ship is assessed at 15.4 per According to Mr. Schaeâ€" fer the distinction between the two will end in 1975 when there will be full market value assessment. Mr. Schaefer attributed the increase in this year‘s taxes to the schools and not regional government. He said transitional adâ€" justments grants from the provincial government were sufficient to offset the cost of regional governâ€" ment thus avoiding tax inâ€" crease from that area. Ald. Kominek commentâ€" ed during the council meetâ€" ing that it was Waterloo and not Kitchener which is losâ€" ing the most under regional government. Ald. Kominek said he had brought up the subject beâ€" cause of stories published in a local paper where Kitchener had been comâ€" plaining about its share in regional government. He said Waterioo was hit hard because of its relatively small population compared to the assessment. Waterloo is not getting as much for its money as it would if it looked after all its own affairs, the alderman said.