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'drrar-eumtputtrrrpieas- tereimtrt-shating may ttetmittadiaeenttotheWa- In presenting a proposal to when Monday nite, Jack city to donate tt25,000 to wards the project. Council voted unanimously to con- sider the project in the 1976 budget which comes up in April. “There is an increasing demand for public recre- New public arena suggested by skating club Waterloo's transit deficit must end warns Wagner "We can't afford this high deficit financing. We will either have to curtail spending or increase our taxes," Aid. Harold Wag- ner warned council Mon- day night of the escalating cost of using the Kitchen- er transit system. . Using projection figures from Kitchener transit of- ficials Aid. Wagner pointed out that the present figures for Waterloo's share of transit costs as of Aug. 1975 is a deficit of $291,000. l waterloo clhroiniiielllltt "On the assumption we will have a five per cent growth in passengers and Waterloo woman lost bronze medal Although Joan Wenzel, 21. of Waterloo placed third in the 800 metres at the Pan American Games in Mexico City recently. she has been forced to give up the bronze medal for taking antibiotics. Urine and blood tests are given to winning ath- letes after finals in each event to assure that none have been using sex hor- mones ulants. The medical test which showed positive also forced Mrs. Wenzel to withdraw from the mmetre relay team Monday. The team New wall for mall approved by Council team went medal Although the test was taken last Wednesday after In an effort to reduce vandalism. a dividing wall between the entrance of Brunswick Twin City Bowl and Waterloo Square will Be constructed, 7 Waterloo council agreed Monday night. lll‘lll. According to a report "I would like to see It from the owner of the mall. kept architecturally pleas- Oxford DevelopmentGroup, ing." said Aid, Charles Edmonton. youths loiter- Voclker. "Perhaps a ing m the mall entrance decorative Iron grill could are removing cethng tiles. he considered for the par- breaking glass and defac lmon 120th Year No. 43 or banhed stim- to "win the gold ferent rinks in the 1va Cities area, none are suit- able for proper practising," said Mr. Adams, past-pres ident of the club. The 100 by 200 foot rink would accommodate 500 people during public skat- ing and 100 during skating lessons. "This facility would be designed and -used solely for public recreational skat- ing and for the instruction- rates will continue to be the same . . . in the next five years, our deficit will be more than $4 million," said Aid. Wagner, "I think we should take a new look at this," he said. “In my opinion, we have to do something, even if it means curtailing other services. '. ”it; -sugested discontime ing Sunday, holiday and late night services. . "rm concerned with the cost. I don't want to be told by Kitchener Transit that it's none of our business, that's the way it's being the race, omciais_reacted. lllt Ian», v...-...... " - a decision Saturday, but didn't inform Mrs. Wenzel until Monday. Dr. Doug Clement. man- ager of the Canadian team, had administered an anti- biotic to Mrs. Wenzel as she was suffering from a cold and bladder problems. According to her coach, Arthur Taylor of Kitchener. the antihistamine slowed down her performance, as she was clocked below her usual performance rate last Wednesday. lf Mrs. Wenzel refused to return the medal, she would have jeopardized her chances of entering future competition includ- mg the '1976 Summer Olympics, ing the walls The wall would create a separate entrance to the bowling lanes within the corridor and would leave a sax foot access into the mall Wednesday, October 22. 1975 skating activities of the K-W Skating Club." he said. Mr Adams pointed out the advantages of building the new arena adjacent to the existent one - the land behind the arena is not pro grammed tor any use; with iiome modification, the existing ice plapt __ma_cbilr ir, real; be u-sed; the loca- tion is central and conven- ient; and it will enhaqce area. Operating costs for staff run," Ald. Wagner said. “I don't care what they do down there (in Kitchener), we in Waterloo can't afford to let these deficits go on and on and on." He added that muncipali- ties cannot expect the province to continue to pay 50 per cent of the tran- sit deficit indifinitely. Prompted by a sugges- tion by Mayor "erts Epp. council agreed to establish a committee to appoint of- licials to find ways of re- ducing the deficit. The com- mittee will include Mayor Epp, Aid. Wagner. Aid. Roy Bauman, City treasurer CE. Schaefer. and com- missioner of engineering. Jim Willis. “I think council should take a close look at these pertinent figures and see where we can cut expenses." said Mayor Epp. "Water- loo is in complete control over routes of the city and the frequency of the routes. except for the King Street run." Control over new ex- panded transit routes, ad- ditional day and time fre- quencies as requested by the City of Waterloo have added isp over the years. themayorsaid. - . "Only one route is exclu- sive to Waterloo," Ald. Bob Henry added. "All the others tie in with the Kit- chener schedules." In the last eight months. Waterloo has used the transit for 479.492 miles, At $1.22 a mile, the total cost for the period is $587,- 911. As Waterloo paid $360,125 towards it, a defi- cit of $281.786 remains. plus a building rental charge of $9,672. 'tve noticed the West- mount Road route has empty buses many times. At $125 a mile. that's pretty expensive pleasure driving for a bus driver. .. Ald, Charles Voelker added "When the present strike is over. we will have lost some people who usu- ally rode the bus. This will also affect our costs. .. The yearly breakdown of Waterloo's shares of de- fitut transit costs as out- lined by Aid. Wagner is as follows: 1975 - $291.000, 1976 _ $600.000. 1977 - $685,- OOO, 1978 _ $802.000. I979 - $1.2m.600. 1980 - $1.235.000 dimntown Waterloo and utilities would be more economical than in a 'intrlt iiriedrasd wigh ttttt of Wa, terloo Arena.headded. “Its use would make 60 hours a week of ice time available for hockey in Cities." Mr. Adams said. Presently, 3,000 people are registered in the club's skating programs and the number would increase withthenew arena. Consulting architects es- The first neighbourhood meeting between City Hall and Waterloo residents will be held Thursday, Nov. 20, School, 141 Amos. St. "Out of three areas, this is the most satisfactory," Aid, Brian Tumbull told council Monday night. The pilot project initiated by Aid. Turnbull is to encourage residents to discuss any issue of interest with council and staff If successful. oth- This Thanksgiving sharing was prompted last an Public School ioliowing the grade one students it purchase ingredients for making bread. Deanna Junior. s. give each other a taste of their homem tail. future The meeting would focus asthe opentipp 10‘ would be planned in the Pilot meeting planned at 'Centennial at that the city could sup- ply the land behind the arena valued at 875,000. 7, _ - The K-W Skating Club has pledged a donation of $50- $100,000. Mr. Adams sug- gested a Provincial Com- munity Centres and Arenas grant of 8150,000, a Win- tario grant of $150,000 and a matching donation from another community donor of $50,000 would make up the balance. Waterloo, Ontario on the present status of the planning and design of the University-Hallman inter- section; future use of the vacant land south of War- rington Drive; and a recrea- tion program. “A representative of Freure Homes and a Com- munity Services representa- tive will be present at the meeting to answer any ques- tions," said Ald Turnbull, Waterloo trustees of the two school boards and staff are also invited to attend the meeting Ald Marjorie Carroll Rug» lIquillu -7 M."--" .7 V - a taste of their homemade broad and fruit cock- Photo by Vicki Gough ed iris/Iss had mama risianeettseirroyset, “Yes I've considered It. week at NA. MacEachom ' visit to the stock yards to ma Salem. s. and Maurice but I haven't given ig may amsf He proposed thaf tht arena would be owned and operated by Waterloo. and then rented to the club. An office, lobby, meeting rooms, change rooms ground level of the arena. (Continual on POI. 2’ Aid. Turnbull agreed and added. “We'll have tn nail that down before the meet- ing. Other than that. we should be ready to talk about many things. Fr gested a regional represent- ative should be present at the meeting. and Aid. Mary Jane Mewhinney pointed out that a chairman should beappointed. 10 Cents Residents in the area bounded by the south side of Erb Street. the future extension of University Aven grind Hallman Road are invited to attend the neigh- bourhood meeting the area