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Charles Voelker, Don Mes- ton and Mayor Marjorie Carroll in opposition. The deciding vote was cast by Alderman Mary Jane Me- whinney who was acting chairman of the meeting. The vote was tied with Al- derman Brian Tumbull. Bott Cruise and Blake Hull in favour and Aldermen In a vote of four to three, Waterloo city council de- emed to make a bid for the 1901 Canada Summer Games regardless of whether or not Kitchener participates. Alderman Brian Tumbull made an attempt to con- vince his fellow aldermen that the city of Waterloo could adequately handle the responsibility. He said existing facilities could After several months of waiting. City Council re- ceived ON B, approval for the proposed skating arena and baseball stadium at Bechtel Pa rk. Waterloo bids on games alone caGa' Council approved a plan- ning department request for a public meeting with rosy dents of Erbswllc and the preparation of a question- naire No this is not a scene trom the old wild west. The Conestoga wagon and team of four horses transport- ed Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Carroll. MP Hath Epp and President of Cambridge Leaseholds Chartes Dabachnik. to the site where they performed the official sod turning cetemony tor the Conestoga Mall. The open space behind them will quickly disappear when the construction gets underway on the 350.000 square foot shopping centre. Citv {Ru-mil briefs The vote was taken after Interest was prompted In By Terry James 122nd Year No. 32 waterloo chronicle posed eigttt-lane, 50 metre pool which would cost the city " million. He suggest- ed that the six-lane pool at Wilfrid Laurier University may be sufficient and if not, there is a pool in Brandon! which meets all the reqttire- ments. The Waterloo alderman is confident that these costs can be met. One third of the capital is to be provid- ed by the host community and the rest is covered by the provincial and federal governments. be used and upgraded for human“ million. Mr. Tumbull was not in favour of building the pm “There are few capital facilities needed." said Mr. Turnbull. "The crunch issue is capital costs. " Mr. Tumbull noted that the city already spends this area when Sugar Bush Development Ltd, proposed a 60 luxury townhouse de- velopment, Changes In K-W bus ser- vice will be implemented by October I, Changes include Servtce cuts In the Glasgow- Guelph and Hallman-Lan- caster routes These deci- stons were made after a study showed that very few people were ulllmng the Waterloo Historical Society Museum co Kitchener Public Library, Queen Street North, KITCHENER, Ont, Wednesday, August IO, 1977 "At presentwehave plans to build it in 1978," said Mr. Tumbull. "I! we are successful in our bid we canwait." Mr. Tumbull warned that council should not make a submission at any price but strictly on their own terms. He said the city has enough expertise and it may be to their advantage that they are not planning to approximately one half mil- lion a year on recreational facilities and there are four years before the games. tie muted that if Waterloo’s bid was accepted the pro- posed ball stadium at Bech- tel Park could be subsidized by the Canada Games pro- gram. He is certain that if the city is successful Kitch- ener will not object to them using some of their facili- Service will be cut to 30 minute intervals from 20 minutes during busy periods, Guelph Street will no long- er have bus service after 8parr Service will be increased on the mainline Over crowding on the Stanley transit system in eas. These changes will save the Kitchener Transit a to- tal of $80.000a year these ar- Mr. Tumbull said that he too would prefer a Joint sub- mission but he believes Waterloo must be prepared if they dont Charles Greb. chairman of the Ontario Summer Games. spoke to Council and said that it was his opinion that Waterloo had enough highly qualified peopletohandle it. Kitchmer but she can't see Waterloo doing it alone. She doubts their bid will be taken seriously. ties. said Mr. Tumbull. "It will be a tremendous plus for the city. If we don't make a move now we may be sorry at the end of August." "lfwehaveagoodchance to get than»; withouta The metric conversion of road signs will be complet- ed in the Twin Cities by Sap tember6. By request of the World petition to "council, Otto Literacy of Canada. Water- Heick. of 65 Ezra Avenue. loo City Council agreed to disagreed with Mr. Morri- recognize September g as son and wrote a letter to Interoationalr,iteracy Day. council in which he stated Park run will be alleviated by changes in the Ottawa North and Loop routes, “It's not all that much .0. Waterloo, Ontario '; Roads in bad shape 5 residents want action more than the Ontario Sum- mer Collies," he said. He noted that while the Twin Cities is dealing with 25 sports in the Ontario games there are only 15 in the Canada Summer Games. There are 1500 participat- ing in the latter and Kitch- egterahtterhto is erqteet- ing an to participate in the games in August. The only major difference is that the (ham games last three days whereas the Canada Games will con- tinue for 12. By Terry James The city of Waterloo will soon have a new regional shopping centre. On Wed- nesday. August It, there was an air of excitement amongst spectators who watched the official sod turning ceremonies for the Conestoga Mall. is the last year for these games to be scheduled and they have never been held in Ontario before. For this reason he feels certain that the Ministry of Health and Recreation will provide as- sistance to any municipality which is successful in their Sod turning ceremony marks the. beginning Mayor Marjorie Carroll. President of Cambridge Leaseholds, Charles Daba- chnik and MP Herb Epp, arrived at the site in a Con- estoga wagon drawn by a team of horses. All three participated in shoving the silver spade into the site where the $20 million struc- ture will be Constructed. A total of 60 acres at the intersection of the Cones- toga Parkway and King Street North were pur- chased for the development. Thirty-five acres will be utilized in Phase I which consists of 65 enclosed clim- Twenty-nine of the 41 residents on Waterloo's Ezra Avenue asked that the city defer plans to have their street and sidewalk repair- ed. Their request was turn- ed down when Waterloo Council Monday approved spending $65,800 for the work, Ken Morrison. an owner of five rental properties along the street. presented the petition to council. Otto Heick, of 65 Ezra Avenue, disagreed with Mr. Morri- son and wrote a letter to Mr. Greb said that 1931 By Terry James The chairman explained the Friends of the Games Society, He said this society attracts gifts from corpor- ations in return for advertis- ing. He told COUCH mem- bers that moat of the funds would come from outside the city. bid. He said the commun- ity may also be eligible for Wintario grants. Mr. Grab said other cities will not be including con- ditions .in their bid such as Waterloo is doing by suggesting, that the swim- ming competitions be held at W.L.U. or in Bratnttord. He is certain that London and Etobicoke are also sub- mitting bids. Waterloo has to have their bid submitted by Septem- ber 16, Kitchener will make their decision sometime next week. ate-controlled stores and Mott parking spaces. The remaining 25 acres will be used for future expansion. _ The residential. indus- trial area the mail will serve includes Waterloo, Bridgeport. North part of Waterloo County. the farm- ing area in the southern part of Woolwich Township and Elmira. Shopping facilities will include a Robinson's de- partment store. Dominion supermarket and a Kmart department store. The faul- ities will employ 500 people on a full-time basis and 350 people part-ttme that the street is in very badshape. Cambridge Leaseholds Ltd., a member of the Ox- ford Development Group. Select Properties Lmuted. are theowners. "ft looks like a slum sec- tion in town," said Mr Heick. "It is one of the worst streets in Waterloo. .. Construction WI" get underway immediately and the grand opening is sched. uled for the summer of I978. Mr. Heick said the side- walks are badly cracked. weeds are growing every- where and a person may easily stumble and be hurt He added that the road bed is also in poor fhape Residents of Keats Way Place also presented a peti- tion to council requesting that a paved roadway be m- stalled between Keats Way and their residences on 10 Cettts {Continued on page 6)