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",, & FACTORY s .4 L OQOUTLET MHURSLDAY 4PBR Y FOR GREAT BOXING dn PAY BARGAINS e SEE WESSELING 142 444 } ADVANCED AUDIO‘S WATERLOO BEDDING CO. AD ON PAGE 12 LTD | 27 Aii Eh S§1 (.(I"l’;\"““'.L,U‘l:"” PRTh M db nk. ns t the next 365 days. iWe can take a look back and see, in capsule form, what affected the peoâ€" ple in the Region of Waâ€" terloo over the past year. HaAPPY We can only guess as to what is in store for us next year. Since we‘re not in the business of speculation, we won‘t even attempt to foreâ€" énters her stuff," It‘s tumm decade and the beginning of anâ€" JANUARY Municipalities in the Reâ€" ion, with the exception of Vaterloo, were worried that YEAR At , Decoraten Caxes, Win 560 Excuusive KOPY KAKE Desiens Cl $ CONVENIENT LOCATIONSâ€"â€"â€"AMPLE FREE PARKiING _I% J * May all your joys be multiplie many time m t m over in the Northdale Auto Body t on Monday, out and 1980 STANLEY PARK MALL 430 Albert St FOR EVERY OCCASION The Home of Quality Buking‘ The Region‘s finance committee, concerned over the possible duplication of services, vetoed a recomâ€" mendation that they lease their own computer rather than paying Kitchener Mark Stagg, director of planning for the Region since its inception in 1973, resigned to become planning director for Prince George, B.C. He was succeeded by Gerry Thompson, the Reâ€" gion‘s transportation planâ€" ner. He kept both positions, miniâ€"reassessment of proâ€" perty for the 1979 taxation thus eliminatir year , but because of miniâ€" J Teannummpuormn ie ow S Reen e for the other municipalities were delayed. _ â€" the province wouldn‘t its promised delivery z for assessment rolils, Waâ€" terloo was the only one of menkqhulm-h?cn-' ties not to proceed with a 702 KING $T W (CORNER OF SHANLEY ST ) KIT be multiplied many times over in the New Year! minati:f one job PEBRUARY TRY (CORNER OF IANLEY ST ) KIT 142â€"1841 C ‘fi A water conservation proâ€" gram based at the Univerâ€" sity of Wateriloo had its $11,000 funding severed by the Region because the Reâ€" gion was thinking of institutâ€" ing its own program to eduâ€" cate residents on water conâ€" servation matters said expected changes in the That meant a 348 mcw on the 1978 average tion tax bill of $325 â€" an in crease of 15.2 per cent MA Y Regional chairman Jim Gray offered to hand more power to local councils in an effort to bring government closer to the people. Gray Planning Act would place ‘‘the responsibility of local matters squarely where it belongs, before local counâ€" cil"" and eliminate problems which pit ‘"‘Region against city"" in some planning matâ€" ters APRIL The Waterloo county board of education delayed a decision on the site and arâ€" chitect for its proposed $2.1â€" million headquarters until it meets with the Region to discuss a joint facility. Trustees for the board of education ratified a 1979 public school budget of $104.9â€"million one week after cutting $5â€"million from the proposed budget of $110â€" million. They also approved an additional levy of $736,000 to pay for a 1978 deficit caused by the unexpected size of the costâ€"ofâ€"living alâ€" lowance paid to its teachers. That meant a $48 increase Assessment appeals by Regional taxpayers have more than tripled this yl‘atr according to a provincial asâ€" sessment officer. More than 6,400 appeals were filed by residents of the Region‘s seven municipalities. The appeals represent tens of thousands of tax dollars, committee, He said municiâ€" pal planning departments would be encouraged to conâ€" centrate on tired core areas. The Region announced that it would cost about $1.3â€" million more this year to poâ€" lice the Region of Waterioo, This is an increase of ‘11.22 per cent over the previous year. $100,000 a year for time on nounced that it would build a headquarters at an estimatâ€" ed cost of $2.1â€"million on land owned by the board in areas in some municipali ties in the Region need atâ€" tention. warned Fred Kent, chairman of the Region‘s planning and development Progressive Conservative FOREST HILLS PLAZA 142â€"4251 eandidate Waliter McLean eaptured the federal riding of Waterioo with 46 per cent of the votes, outflasking hk' closest opponent, Libera Frank Epp, by §,500 votes. Harold Basse, a :nm police veteran the Waterioo Region Police Commission overiooked in 1976 when it chose byd Brown to head the force, was appointed police chief, Basse was a deputy chief in charge of adminis~ tration before this appoint ment. Cambridge Alderman Bernice Adams was elected chairman of the Waterioo Regional Police Commisâ€" sion succeeding Steve Harper, who resigned as The Region gave two Onâ€" tario communities $1,000 each to help pay for daâ€" mages caused by a severe snowstorm in Renfrew and flooding in Field township north of Sturgeon Falls. chairman but remained on the board as a commis HAS THE WAGON Now you can get the handling and comfort of a“ Volvo sedan, the capacity of a Volvo wagon, and one of the smoothest sixâ€"cylinder diesel engines you can buy. Ali under one rool{. Ours. vovo wmmmnm DIEIEL EMBMOEL i OVER 40 YEARS. OPEN NEW YEAR‘S DAY AT 4 P.AL CE CENI_‘ “q‘ EALOO)LTD C m 0@ 64 KING $T. 8. 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