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‘‘"We‘re proud of our parks," Bob Kurschinski says, referring to Waterloo Park and the litter spilled at random by careless citâ€" izens. ‘"With the demand made and the number of people using the park, you‘ve got to expect a cerâ€" tain amount of mess." "just part of routine mainâ€" munity services for Waterâ€" Waterloo Park contains close to 200 refuse cans and the number increases each year as the need arises. Most of these are placed close to picnic tables, with the remainder tables, with the remainder set at random. Mr. Kurschinski doesn‘t feel the concession stand is totally responsible for the piles of litter found Page 14 â€" Waterioo Chronicle,; Wednesday, July 27, 1977 " There is no‘t toarrange a Eoward) £. MGoon® BIKE A¢/ _ CLEARANCE $20 But there is a "best"time. By preâ€"arranging your funeral now. with us. you can lessen the burdens forced on loved ones. And relieve them of emotional stress and financial worries that are often the result of last minute decisions. 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The bins are emptied in the regional dump on Erb St. W." park by Sunday afternoons, making relaxation in the grass an awkward situaâ€" there was no uproar from the public about putting it in," he said. ‘"We have no complaints about the litter: You‘ve got to visuaâ€" lize that park as a ball park or stadium after a game. If you‘ve got that many people, you‘ve got debris." Mr. Kurschinski â€" feels the squirrels and racoons pulling litter out of garb age cans are partly reâ€" sponsible for some of the mess found scattered about. there since the 1950‘s and t outamp cowitn We also take m trade ins. All Bikes carry a full csU WAENCO 1 year warranty Ontarto Funcral Service Association 40 .. ‘‘Garbage pickâ€"up is just part of the staff‘s job and that‘s it," he says. "We just don‘t leave it lying around too long and we give the staff a variety of jobs so they‘re not just on garbage patrol." He foresees no problems with increased litter and feels that ‘"most people are conscientious enough to use the bins." Those directly involved in cleaning up the park don‘t agree entirely. "I find it really frustratâ€" ing," says Mike Goll, a business student at WLU hired to work in the park for the summer. "It someâ€" times looks like there‘s more garbage around the cans than in them." Mike gets the true picâ€" ture of the park situation as he‘s the only person actually involved in pickâ€" ing up individual pieces of litter. He uses a long pointâ€" ed pole and carries a bag tied loosely around his neck. Bruce Shantz {left) and Ken Brown find picking up people‘s mess a frustrating job and would like to see fines enforced to attempt to control litter in Waterioo Park. a & ‘"I usually make the He‘d like to see signs installed around the park or fines levied but realizes the difficulty in enforcing Shantz drive the garbage truck and empty cans in all the parks throughout Waterioo as well as in playâ€" of all as far as litter is rounds every day â€" day for sure," he "It depends on the a student in construction technology at Conestoga College, ‘"but it‘s probably because it‘s the most used."‘ Garbage pickâ€"up has been a fullâ€"time job for the past three years for Ken Brown. fenders are school kids at lunch time. Hf I tell them to pick their mess up, they just laugh at me and tip the cans over at night time. ‘‘Things are a lot wors now than three years ago, "It depends on the state of the park. The worst area They throw _ garbage and picnic tables in the lake. Sometimes it‘s so bad, they have to drain the lake to clean up all the He wonders what the future will bring when the city converts more secâ€" tions of Waterloo Park to ‘natural areas‘‘, where grass will be left uncut and picnic tables and garâ€" bage cans will be done away with. A users‘ survey of Waâ€" terloo park is currently underway as part of a Young Canada Works proâ€" gram. Four university stuâ€" dents are compiling two questionnaires, one to be used during a direct interâ€" view, the other to be mailâ€" "I think the idea of all this is to try to attract more crowds to Bechtel Park," says Ken, referring to the park planned off Bridge Street South of University Ave. "This is Mplace pumber of children, type of dwelling, locatnon Aof resâ€" The study is planned to discover what users like and dislike about the park as a means of improving neighbouring parksites. users attend Waterloo Park, which facilitiee do they use and a rating of the activities offered. The survey began less than a month ago and. alâ€" ready 100 replies have been received. *‘*People have made comâ€" ments about the litter in the holder, director of the proâ€" sion stand."‘ He feels most of the problem is caused by weekâ€" enders who are not from the Kâ€"W area and who are not too concerned about ‘‘Part of the problem stems from ‘the attitude of kids in school," he says. the state of the park during ed to 3200 residents. ‘‘They throw stuff on the floors in schools and say ‘it doesn‘t concern me â€" people are paid to clean it up.‘ ‘; The dondition of Waterloo Park has not gone unâ€" noticed by the general pubâ€" lic. Roger Miller who heads a youth group at the Reâ€" organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Kitchener, was driving through the city Monday looking for a project he could assign the members to when he came upon the park. "I had just _ driven through Victoria Park and it looked like someone had gone over it with a vacuum cleaner," he said. ‘"But when I saw Waterloo Park, I realized there was someâ€" thing we could work on. I called the parks board and they gave us the goâ€" ahead." Now he‘s waiting for enough keen and eager young people to return about the they can all pitch in and perk up the park. The fifth annual ‘Region of Waterloo picnic will be held August 17 at 3:30 p.m. at the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club, RR 1 St. Jaâ€" Region picnic The event is in keeping with the famous series of Waterloo County picnics. Caterer again this year will be Schneiders with ribs and pigtails. General ticket sales will not be available at the door. Reservations must be made by mail or teleâ€" phone or are available through local municipality clerk‘s offices. Tickets will be mailed on receipt of cheques or against invoices. The â€"meal â€" requirements make it necessary for ticket amounts to be exact. Admission will be $6 per person, the same as last year. If you plan to attend, please inform the office of the administrator before August 8. Cheques should be sent W.L. Bradley, chief adminisâ€" trator, Marsland Centre, Waterloo. . 19