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. Page 8 â€" Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, December 28, 1977 By Howard Elliott Waterloo has lost its bid to host the 1981 summer games, and Mayor Marjorie Carroll is not at all happy with the way the decision was announced, Mayor Carâ€" roll heard about the decision to hold the games in Thunder Bay from CKCO television. However, there are a number of contradictions regarding the misunderstanding. One source from the ministry of sport and fitness says that the error occarred when the site evaluation committee inspectâ€" ed the various sites in November. At that time the committee told the mayors of the various municipalities that the announcement of the games location would be made at the sport federation conference in January. 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According to this spokesman, the committee had no right to give out that information, because Mrs. Campâ€" agnolo had made no commitment at that time as to when the announcement would be made. ‘"‘The committee just assumed that the announceâ€" ment would be made at that time, but the minister had made no firm commitment," the spokesman said. ~ According to this source, the minislr{h:ent out letâ€" ters to all the municipalities, before announceâ€" ment was made in Thunder Bay â€" the municipality chosen to hold the games. ‘ Mayor Carroll received no such letter, however. ‘"‘There was no attempt made to contact me before the announcement was released to the media,"‘ Mayor Carroll gaid. 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