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Debbie Rowbottom, the bass drummer of the Coachmen drum and bugle corps from Keswick, gave her drum a mighty thump during the National Drum and Bugle Corps Championships Saturday at Seagram Stadium. For more pictures turn to page 3. Sitting behind the planâ€" ning director‘s desk _ at Waterloo city hall is a new experience for Paul Dietâ€" rich. But the 27â€"yearâ€"old plannâ€" ing director who took ofâ€" fice August 9 is no stranger to the city. He‘s a Waterloo native who lived in the city until 1973 when he moved to a new home and job in Kitchener. â€" waterioo chronicle â€"= He‘s also no stranger to municipal planning. A gradâ€" uate in environmental studâ€" ies from University of Waâ€" terloo with a major in urâ€" ban and regional planning. Mr. Dietrich brings four years experience as a Guelph city planner and senior Kitchener planner to his new job. One of his key tasks as planning director will be to make minor changes in the city‘s recentlyâ€"completâ€" ed official plan. "It‘s up to me now to revise it and add changes that the region requires We‘ll have to incorporate the regional road system in the plan since many of the major roads in Waterloo are regional roads. Another thing we‘ll have to do is show certain commercial By Mary Stupart New planner sees multiple housing trend 12 1st Year No. 36 areas so they relate regionâ€" ally,"" he said. Incorporating the comâ€" pleted residential district plans into the official plan will also be a future task. The district plans for the Lincolin, _ Lakeshore _ and Willowdale areas have been completed and "will be a vital ingredient in the way these residential areas will look on the official plan."" The planning department is still finishing up the Westmount and Columbia plans and is close to comâ€" pleting the central resiâ€" dential district plan, he said. Community â€" plans, deâ€" signed by the city in co operation with the property owners, will prevent new neighbourhoods from beâ€" ing developed on a pieceâ€" meal basis with the first Another aim of the new planner is to complete comâ€" munity or secondary conâ€" cept plans for new subâ€" divisions before devleopâ€" ment begins in these areas. The community plans will ‘"‘determine the structure of the areas, show where major road ways, the sites of parks and types of housâ€" ing will be~so that the new areas are "planned areas . he said. Wednesday, September 8. 1976 developer setting the trend for the whole area. "Right now, the first developer really determines what goes in later .. .But we‘d really like to get to gether with all the owners and plan the area together so some owners don‘t have to develop by default .‘ Community plans which show the types of housing and mix of high and low density units planned for the neighbourhood will also benefit the new homeâ€"owner moving into the area. He will be able to find out what type of unit is planned for his backyard, where the future parks will be and the road pattern for the subdivision. _â€" Mr. Dietrich hopes comâ€" munity plans will eliminate some of the hostility that sometimes â€" surfaces beâ€" tween single family unit owners and the developers of multiple housing units. Homeowners _ will know right from the beginning if apartments or town houses are slated for their neighâ€" bourhood . ‘‘*We‘re fortunate in Waterâ€" loo to have so many of the community plans done alâ€" ready so people planning to buy in those areas can call in and find out about the future plans for their arâ€" eas,"" he said. One future trend Mr. Dietrich predicts for Waterâ€" loo is more multiple housing and fewer single family homes. ‘"*Waterloo has had few multiple density areas to date. As a planning department, we‘re going to have to drive this point home now, that multiple family housing will be going up in the city." _ Mr. Dietrich believes the move to more multiple housâ€" ing units in the city is being dictated by market deâ€" mands, fewer consumers who can afford houses and the increasing price of land. *A lot of the newer areas are starting to have a greater mix of housing beâ€" cause everybody can‘t afâ€" ford single family units ... There will probably come a time when the single famâ€" ily unit will be as limited in Waterloo as multiple units are now . In spite of this trend, Mr. Dietrich â€" believes _ some areas of the city will reâ€" main as mainly singleâ€" family _ unit _ subdivisions with low population densiâ€" ties. He would have no hesiâ€" tation in approving future singleâ€"family â€" unit neighâ€" bourhoods if the developers Historical Society ~ | Staff sure host games Waterloo, Ontario Final confirmation that Kitchener and Waterloo will host the 1977 Ontario Sumâ€" mer Games will be received within. the next week acâ€" cording to community serâ€" vices director, Ken Pflug. ‘‘It hasn‘t been officially announced yet but it is exâ€" pected to be announced shortly. I would say within the next week,"" he said. Mr. Pflug made his stateâ€" ment Tuesday after council unanimously accepted an administrative report recâ€" ommending the city proâ€" ceed with plans for the games. According to figures comâ€" piled by an interim games committee which has memâ€" bers from Kitchener and Waterloo, the city‘s cost of hosting the games will be an estimated $5,000 to In return for this investâ€" ment, Waterioo will receive in excess of $13,000 to upâ€" grade city sports facilities the report said. Kitchener‘s share of the tab is estimated at $15,000 to $17,500. That city would were willing to build them, he said. Community â€" plans _ for Beechwood _ West, _ West Acres, Lincoin East and Lakeshore North are curâ€" Paul Dietrich gain new sports f estimated at $26,667. If the Twin Cities are designated hosts of the Onâ€" tario Summer Games, up to 2,500 athletes from across the province could be bilâ€" leted in Watexloo at Uniâ€" versity residences. Proposed sports for the games include archery, baseâ€" ball, basketball, canoeing, cricket, cycling, diving, field hockey, golf, horseshoes, lacrosse, lawn bowling, lawn tennis, parachuting, sailing,â€" shooting, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball and water skiing. The total cost of hosting the games has been estiâ€" mated at $65,000. The province has promised to pay $40,000. At the urging of Ald. Marjorie ~Carroll, council passed an amendment to the administrative report on the games that would ensure community services staff representation on the games management comâ€" mittee. The proposed date of the games is August 26â€"29, 1977. rently being formulated. Mr. Dietrich believes these areas will probably handle. Waterloo‘s future populaâ€" tion growth for the next 15 years. 10 Cents facilities