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â€" Epp keeps Liberal nomination despite recount 126th Year No. 3 By Stewart Sutheriand _ Chronicle staff writer The final results of Friâ€" day‘s Liberal nomination meeting at the Waterloo Motor Inn were not known until Saturday, and the final word came not from Waâ€" terloo, but from Toronto where the votes were reâ€" counted at the headquarters of the Ontario wing of the federal Liberal Party. . The recount, by the fiveâ€" by John Cole > A winter federal election campaign will be no probâ€" lem for Walter McLean. McLean ready for campaign member arbitration panel.of the party, confirmed the reâ€" The Progressive Conserâ€" vative party for Waterloo riding made â€"sure that McLean will be a warm canâ€" didate for the February 18 voting by presenting him with a pair of long underâ€" wear, a parka, rubber boots and a furry hat. McLean was acclaimed as the PC candidate during the party‘s nomination meeting held Wednesday at the Waâ€" terloo Motor Inn. ; Even though Waterloo ridâ€" ing PC president Barney Lawrence assured the auâ€" dience that. McLean was the only person nominated for candidacy, a comedy of errors had the audience in When Mr. Lawrence called for nominations, the hall became silent. McLean‘s nominator, Waâ€" terloo Mayor Marjorie Carâ€" roll was not present. She was several minutes late due to a council meeting. . However, the silence was broken when Irvin Erb rose FRANK EPP Inside sults.of Friday‘s meeting which saw Frank Epp deâ€" feat Doreen Thomas by a mere two votes. A *"*Doreen congratulated me*after it was announced that I had won by two votes,""‘ Epp said Friday night. Thomas, a Waterloo alâ€" derman and former chairâ€" man of the Waterloo County School Board said she was ‘‘very disappointed‘‘ followâ€" ing a brief appearance on stage in the hotel ballroom. Thomas had sold about 950 party memberships while Epp, a professor at the Uniâ€" versity of Waterloo‘s Conrad Grebel College, sold about 700. The nomination meeting drew approximateâ€" ly 1,400 of the party faithful which saw 1,126 ballots isâ€" sued but only 1,092 cast. Supporters for Thomas‘ nomination claim there were three to nine eligible voters in the bar on the first floor of the hotel waiting for an announcement of voting times, but they said they didn‘t hear anything until.it was all over. Epp said he is in the process of calling Thomas‘ supporters to ask them for to make an impromptu noâ€" mination speech in Mayor Carroll‘s absence. Also, just as Mr. McLean was nominâ€" ated, the hall was plunged into darkness. Mayor Carroll arrived in time to deliver her nominaâ€" tion address. She said that she was ‘‘angry that we have to go this again‘" as she called the election ‘"unâ€" necessary and unwanted." She said that Mr. McLean will serve the "riding, comâ€" munity and country‘‘ with "‘pride and dignity." * "Walter McLean has fulâ€" filled all of our expectations as a member of parliaâ€" ment,‘" Mayor Carroll conâ€" cluded. *‘We have been proud to have you as our member of parliaâ€" ment...we‘ll be proud to send you back to Ottawa.“‘ Mayor Carroll also took the opportunity to take a pot shot at Liberal leader forâ€" merâ€"prime minister Pierre Trudeau saying, ‘‘Walter, when the government is reâ€" turned, we want you to ask Joe Clark to appoint Pierre Trudeau as ambassador to (Continued on page 3) E Originally the brainâ€" wchild of student Jane Hallman, the . seed for the event was planted last year but authorities at ‘the school figured it was too late in the term to orâ€" ganize so they asked the students to plan instead for this year. By Rick Campbell! Chronicle staff writer Displaying admirable school and community spirit (and a whole lot of endurance), 30 Bluevale collegiate students raised almost $1,000 for the Canadian Cancer Soâ€" ciety last weekend. For 20 hours beginning at 6 p.m. Friday and endâ€" ing at what seemed an eternity later at 2 p.m. Saturday , the hardy crew bashed birds back and forth in the Bluevale Badmintonathon. ‘"We‘re basically tryâ€" ing to promote participaâ€" tion at the school and at the same time help a very worthy charity," said Hallman, a member of Bluevale‘s badminton team who along with teammates and other students took part under the watchful eye of staff personnel. fastâ€"paced to begin with Friday but by Saturday morning, arms, calf musâ€" cles and feet were beginâ€" , ning to feel the effect of To get the ball rolling, lists were posted and stuâ€" dents were asked to sign up if interested. It was then up to Hallman and other organizers to purâ€" sue the signees to make a definite commitment and they in turn were responâ€" sible for rounding up sponsors on an individual basis. Based on those pledges just over $970 was raised and that amount will be rounded out to $1,000. During . the actual event, students rotated partners and courts, seâ€" veral times agreeing to challenge matches with supposedly fresh (but eventually wellâ€"whipped) teachers. Every hour each student was allowed a 10â€"minute rest period, and judging by the number of empty pizza boxes all were obviously wellâ€"fortified during the The action was quite Wednesday, January 16, 1980 Bluevale students rally for charity the vigorous activity and students began to find various ways to conserve Chairs are for the birds But with music cooking in the background and inâ€" cessant banterâ€" from spirit remained high, and everyone â€" especially the Cancer Society â€" is happy for that.