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superintendent. Walter Berg of 356 Dum- fries Ave. Kitchener was presented with a plaque last week by the Waterloo Regional Chapter of the Kidney Foundation to hon- or his service for the or- ganization. Mr. Berg was responsible for organizing the hemo- Plaque presented Tom MacMillan, a grade six student at Empire public school, presented a cheque for St , 5 on behalf of the school‘s students to Kay Sloane. of the Canadian Cancer Society. The money was raised by the stu- dents for the Deborah Jewson fund. Deborah was the daughter of a Waterloo County Board of Education Waterloo Motor Inn, Ballroom A at 8 pm. Guest Speaker - Hugh Edighoffer M.P.P. (Perth) “J, v? Wednesday, March 16th, 1977 .w ‘(nd'loxs’iiblI’UOVavs . ov'§\‘\§“ WATERLOO NORTH-PROVINCIAL LIBERAL ASSOC. 884-8790 ANNUAL MEETING For memberships or information Sue Beard, Secretary - Jim Erb President He. was also the original founder of the Waterloo Regional chapter of the Kidney Foundation. The organization currently has 60members. dialise unit at the hospital last November. MASSAGE "ERAPtST " William St. E.. Waterloo Therapeutic Or General O. GREY 742-9374 For Appointment Call 886-1 350 Seagram . site - picked for arena A report from commun- ity services director Ken Pflug Monday favored the Seagram site because its larger, rectangular site would allow more versa- tility in the buiiding's de- sign and because the loca- tion would be more visible for the community. It would also be close to pres- ent recreational facilities in Waterloo Park. The one drawback to the Seagram site is that it will cost $7,699 per .year more to operate than an arena linked with the existing Waterloo arena. However, in light of the extra 8200.000 cost of build- Waterioo's new skating arena will be built on a practice field near Sea- gram Stadium council de- cided Monday. The Seagram site was chosen after council learn- ed poor soil conditions at the original Waterloo arena site would inflate construc- tion costs by $200,000. EXPERT PAINTING; Wmloo Chmniclc, Wodnuday. Mad: 9. 1977 - P. , - Wallpapering - Fully insured FAST EFFICIENT SERVICE PHON E 742-2834 ...o..st't'io--vieivgv" Construction is - slated to begin in May. Preliminary cost esti- mates for the arena, which has been on the drawing board since November, have been set at $600,000. The city has received a $150,000 community cen- tres grant and the promise of a $150,000 Wintario grant. The community must raise $150,000 as its share towards the project. The city of Waterloo has pledged to contribute $125.- 000 to the project when the budget is ratified this year and has donated the land for the project. In addition to an ice surface designed specifi- cally for figure skating and pleasure skating, dressing rooms, washrooms a lobby and office space and a community hall will be included in the project. ing behind Waterloo arena. council chose the increased operating costs of the Sea- gram site.