The urban renewal talks have been concerned with a lot of generalities over the past year, but now things are down to specifics and every- one is waiting for what line of action council will decide upon for the future of our downtown. The ball is now in Waterloo council's court and observers of the urban renewal game will be anxious to see how they play it this coming Monday night. Mice it is a committee of the Whole meeting it also gives those in attendance a chance to speak up if they want to. ' T You read regularly what your city council is saying and what they are deciding....why not come out next Monday night and see them in action? You may be very surprised by what you will learn. The installation of it at this point in time though looks unlikely unless Regional Govem- ment finds a soft spot in its heart and makes an exception for Waterloo. So far in its short life, the Region has not been known to develop such soft spots especial- ly for Waterloo. Any Waterloo resident who has been putting off attending a council meeting for fear they might hit a boring one, should have no qualms about this meeting lacking in lively debate. But this time, should the light not be installed, the residents can blame the City of Waterloo. Council approved the light two months ago and since then it has become entangled in the bowels of Regional Government" with little hope of coming out alive. The tremendous growth of that area just off of University Avenue between Glenridge and Bridge Street, has supplied enough new traf- fic to make a traffic light necessary. The warrants of the province does not take into account the hill that is there, only the amount of traffic. With that, neither Glenridge nor University qualify. The reason or supposed reason the region has this power over our traffic situation is to try and create some uniformity in such decisions across the region. This would just mean that any municipality wanting a traffic light Would have to meet the same standards. Last week hopes for any subsidation of the light with a 50 percent grant from the provin- cial government were looking pretty dim. By their traffic light warrants, something like an average of 900 cars an hour would have to be using University Avenue and about 170 on Glen- ridge. _ _ It would not be surprising if the traffic light proposal meets its death at the Regional Gov- ernment level. Whether or not the City of Waterloo feels the light is warranted and eventhough they are paying the bill for it, the Region has the final The light will have to meet with their war- rants which happen to be the same as the prov- ince. The way things look at this point the much hoped for traffic light won't be installed in the near future. v Come see them in action If you are upset about the Glenridge Drive and University Avenue traffic situation, then qent on being upset for a long time. 4 Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday. Octobot 24, "" Won’t see the light More intelligent hunters, of course, will go after partridge. and prowl along an old bush road in com- fort. The most intelligent hunters Will sit down in the sun, lean against the bole of a tree, have a perfectly relaxed nap, and go home But October has some- thing for everyone. The hunter is happy. He can squat in a blind until he's almost crippled, or lurch through a swamp until he's almost on his last lurch. He ma'y see nothing more than a few late and lazy crows, or.the starling head- 'ing 'south, but by George, he feels great when he gets home and tracks. mud all over the house, and tears into that peanut butter sandwich his irate wife has left out for him. F There could not be, any- where on this globe, a finer place to be, in October than Canada. October has everything. Glorious golden days with the foliage flung across the land in such magnificence it's as though the Creator were chuckling, “I am far from dead. Just try to match this with your puny genius." Nights are remarkable. Cool enough for a sweater, but usually calm. Perfect for a stroll around the side streets of a small town, with the smell of burning leaves poignant on the soft air, and the spurt of orange flame as someone pokes up his fire. It's against the law to bum leaves, but such laws were not made for small towns, and are generally ignored. And why not? All the burning leaves in all the small towns of Can- ada wouldn't pollute the air as much as one hour on five per cent of the high- ways in Canada, with about a million stinking cars belching their bad breath. Offer me a ticket to any exotic spot in the world, any October - Rome, Paris, Athens, Rio, Tahiti - and I'd tum it down flat. Bill Smiley Wants to siee a secondary plan LETIEB, TO THE EDITOR (a) adopt the plan and program of implementation in principle, with particular attention to number eight: "Cbmplete a secondary plan for the Central Residential District indicating future land use and transportation scheme, including locations for low and high rise resi- dential development and public parking, by the end of 1974. Care should be ta- ken that low rent housing is preserved". And also number nine: ‘in congunction with the The following is a letter sent to Mayor Meston and members of council con- ceming the “Downtown Plan" which was prepared by the City of Waterloo Ur- ban Renewal Committee. Dear Editor, We support this plan and we would urge Council to: It's a grand occasion for closing up the cottage, or getting together with the family for a gorge of turkey and punkin pie, or just get- ting out into the, country and counting the things you have to be thankful for. This year we had our They're all home in bed. For the sports fan, 0c- tober is the zenith of the year. He might see almost nothing of his family for a month. but he's as happy as an idiot with an ice cream cone, sitting in front of the boob tube, wildly switching channels as he tries to club-house sand- wich the height of the foot- ball season, the beginning of the hockey season, and the World Series. October is Thanksgiving. By some piece of uncanny good luck or good judgment, it usually turns out to be a beautiful weekend, and this year's was nigh perfect, in these parts. Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a division of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd. 225 Fairway Rd., s., Kit- chener, Ontario. Address correspondence to Waterloo Square, Waterloo. Ont. Telephone 744-6364. (b) as an interm mea- sure, until 8 and 9 are com- pleted, we Suggest that you enact an amendment to the secondary plan amend the existing restricted area zoning-by-taw applying to the downtown. in particular taking measures where necessary to protect stable residential or historical areas". I said, "Carry on, kid." My wife bit her lip, her tongue and her fingernails. but kept silent. Every hour or so she couldn't stand it, and would sneak out, while Kim wasn't in the kitchen. and have a look. The turk just lay there, like a big dead bird It "was pretty obvious that the only Dro- You cook it for hours and hours at about 200 degrees, instead of the usual 325 or so. Many a turkey I've cooked in the normal fash- ion, and they always come out golden, meat falling off the bones. The bird gets too slow a burn This method "keeps all the good of the turkey in, and when it's finished, it's so tender it just falls of the bones. " End of quote. daughter and her husband for the holiday. She insisted on cooking the entire 1han.ksg.itins dinner. And she -insisted on using her method, which is known as slow roasting. In Canada: one year ttr. in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ESTABLISHED 1854 Wendy Hermnn. editor l Downtown Residence Assn}; (e) take steps to ensu that the necessary ir"iiiil sional planning staff a resources are allocated to this project. zoning-by-law which re- stricts land to its present There was only one catch. The kids had to get their bus right after dinner. My wife and I looked at the kitchen, looked at each other, and went to bed. We finished doing the dish- es Wednesday evening. Meat falling off the bones? I had to tear it off with pliers. But it was a great dinner. The stuffing was well and truly stuffed. the canned peas were ex- ceptionally tender and the white wine was bang on. Her husband can't carve, so I did the honours. I like my steaks rare, but I can't say I'm wild for rare tur- key. I almost sprained my wrist on my first slice with the carving knife. cess that was setting in was rigor mortis. But no interference with modem methods. The grand moment arrived, after cook- ing a nine-pound bird, practically a midget, for nine hours. Yours very truly, ( Mrs.) R. Rowe - . _ Secrgetaryt mm