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Last week was tougil for John Lysnes, manager of Comâ€" munity Snow Services, a free seniors‘ snow shovelling proâ€" gram financed by a Local Initiatives Project (LIP) grant. U nmirm n nusfanie l coge O _ 00 i o eao e esn t C m PAAEEC: Heavy snowfalls and increased demand by seniors brought 10â€"hour work days for his employees and ate into his salary budget. Once he pays the 11 men he employs salaries of Estimated cost of the work for the street. which Despite the written oppoâ€" sition of all the affected property. owners, council agreed Monday to proceed with the construction of conâ€" crete curbs and asphalt pavement _ on _ Durward Place Seniors‘ shovelling service is snowed under Ruth Bean, of Waterioo finds a dinosaur isn‘ Ruth was one of 300 children who attended : Friday at University of Waterioo. The childre dinosaurs and saw skeletons of preâ€"historic an “P,,rote‘sts don‘t halt road work By Chris Brown 122nd Year No. 3 waterioo chronicle ; How tall is a dinosaur? City _ _ engineer _ _ James Willis encouraged council to proceed with the work despite the opposition beâ€" cause "‘we look at this not has mainly commercial uses. so would be $39.700. The proper bu ty owners‘ share would be the $38.600. or $26.82 per foot I of frontage IS E: m innmmmnemmnntâ€" o uts o mtc m eenccctg) 2 00 + 10 attended a special professional development day program . The children watched movies, made plastecine models of eâ€"historic animals in the university‘s museum. t much taller at the front than a 7 Mr. Willis said the street is "becoming very close to an industrial slum" because employees are parking on the front lawns of the properâ€" ties and site plans have not been adhered to _ The in $140 a week, he will only "break even on the project About 395 senior citizens and disabled residents in the Twin Cities (130 of them in Waterloo and 265 in Kitchener) are using the service, which is funded by a federal grant of $39,000. Ninety percent of the customers have incomes of less than $5,000 a year and all were required to fill ont anâ€" plications for the service so much as a road project but an attempt to upgrade the neighbourhood.~ Wednesday, January 19, .1977 Because the work has been initiated under section 8 of the local improvements act it will now proceed to the Ontario Municipal Board for a hearing. _ stallation of curbs and regâ€" ulation â€" sized driveways would control this problem he said. customers have incomes of were required to fill out apâ€" â€"yearâ€"old girl. the Waterloo, Ontario notice Some customers claim they have not received regular service. Herbert Weinstein,. of 156 Graham St. in Waterloo said as far as he knew the service had only visited his house three times this winter. Asked if he was satisfied with the service, Mr. Weinstein said, "I have to be I guess." Part of the service that is new this year is Mr. Lysnes‘ idea of an emergency crew that can be sent out at short However, frequent snow storms and large snow accumuâ€" lations this year have placed heavy demands on the service. During the snow storm of Jan. 10, Mr. Lysnes and his men worked ten hours. ‘*We got around to everybody and to about 30 per cent of our customers twice,"‘ he said. Demand has been high for the free snow shovelling serâ€" vice and Mr. Lysnes says he is unable to handle any new customers. His twoâ€"man work crews clear 16 to 20 sidewalks each day, five days a week. Each customer is supposed to receive service once a week. Council hopes the informaâ€" tion gleaned from this study can be applied to other watersheds in the city that face urbanization. It may also be used to formulate a city policy for the urbanizaâ€" tion of creeks and streams. It calls for the hiring of a consultant to report on the hydrogeology of the Clair _ Creek‘s _ northern branch using existing studâ€" ies and information. Basâ€" ed on this data, the consultâ€" ant will be asked to recomâ€" mend methods to ensure high volumes for the creek‘s low. flow periods. to mainâ€" tain an esthetically pleasing stream channel, to ensure acceptable water quality levels and to design a stream channel and runâ€"off system to _ accommodate _ peak stream flows. A" twoâ€"step formula proâ€" posed by Ald. Brian Turnâ€" bull for the Clair Creek watershed study was adoptâ€" ed Monday by council. Mayor Herb Epp proposed the committee in his inâ€" augural address two weeks ago. Its aim will be to colâ€" lect and preserve cityâ€" Clair Creek study clears its last hurdle ihne committee will inâ€" clude former _ aldermen Roy Bauman, Harold Wagâ€" ner and Charles Voelker, Bill _ Moyer, community services director Ken Pflug, and Ald. Walter Mcâ€" Lean, chairman of communâ€" ity services. A committee designed to discover and preserve artiâ€" facts and pictures from the city‘s heritage was appointâ€" ed Monday by council. Old Cit.’%\fiecflmea, Ont. pictures to. be Pr eServed L to dig someone out so they can get t;) a doctor‘s Late in 1976 a deadlocked council turned down the Freure Homes Ltd. proâ€" posal when a vote on the project ended in a tie. Sevâ€" eral councillors wanted to deiay voting on the proposal until a creek study could be initiated and examined. Hugh Lemon, one of the Beechwood residents who has expressed opposition to the Freure project, and pressed for a creek study. said Monday that the terms of reference for the creek study were "very encourâ€" aging." Waterloo Hm,or'lca\ 5o . Museum Kitchener Public Ti Queen Street North, + KlTCHENER, Ont. A section of Clair Creek is the proposed site of a Freure Homes Ltd: subâ€" division that has aroused citizen fears about the fuâ€" ture of the creek and lake. Present city plans also call for the urbanization of thousands of other upstream acres in the Clair Creek watershed, be used to decorate the council chambers. The determination of a permanent ~ location to house the artifacts will also be up to the committee. The mayor suggested that some pictures of former aldermen or mayors could of its needed budget by April 2. Wintario fundâ€" ing could lighten the city‘s costs the mayor said. The committee has been instructed to report back tq council with an estimate that reflect some city‘s history. owned . and _ communityâ€" owned pictures or artifacts (Continued on page 2) | Societ}y Library, ap of compâ€"