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Gas sales war' looms over bylaw 126th Year No. til Wednesday, July ao, 1980 Watirrkto.Ontario 15cm: It appears a behind-the-scenes war is heating up between opposing fac- tions of service station operators in the area, with the bone of contention being Waterloo’s reconsideration of a bylaw that restricts the hours of sale for gas. In interviews with the Chronicle, operators spoke strongly both for and against the bylaw which prohibits gas sales in the evenings and on Sundayé. - SEE PAGE 8 One week away- back today bil companies say" they won't meddle In interviews with the Chronicle, executives of Im- perial Oil and Shell Canada in Toronto attempted to calm the fears of some local Operators who are wor- ried about pressure from the oil giants. The spokesmen said some contracts have clauses related to the expected competitiveness of a station, but indicated operators are largely left to their own in determining hours. Lionel Smith, region manager of Ontario for Shell, said "if. the bylaw were repealed tomorrow. we would not have people running to Waterloo/o reassess hours. Station operators are free to run their bu- siness." . ~Jle said "we might advise an operator to consider staying open in a key area. But that would be one out of twenty. If he said ‘I Just don't want to.' that would be the end of it." However, he indicated the clause is mainly a legal safeguard and said, "we don't tell him (the operator) to stay open just because of the contract. If he says it's not economical for him...or he doestft want to, we will not put undue pressure on him to change his hours." “If the bylaw were lifted in Waterloo. and everyone were open 16 hours a day. we would endeavor to talk to the dealer about good opportunities for him to stay open. If he says no, we wouldn‘t cut him off." By Phil Jalscvac and Karla Wheeler Spokesmen for two major oil companies say they would not force local operators to stay open if the city scraps its bylaw restricting the hours of sale for gas. Smith conceded those who lease from Shell, com- prising about half their total operators, have a clause in their contract calling for minimum hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. where allowed. Charles Wyatt, external affairs advisor for Imperial Oil, said “we have no minimum hours set for dealer" in the company's contracts. "eratt emphasized “whatever changes are made, it will bt up to the individual dealer what hours he stays THIS WEEK INSIDE. By Philip Jaluvac Sun Writer Case in point: one opera- tor said he purposely kept his station open several evenings "to make a point" in protest of the bylaw. He said he then received an an- onymous phone call from a hostile caller who said if he stayed open one more night. his lot “would be surround- -ed by tow trucks." Second case: another operator approached the Chronicle for an interview, wishing to remain an- onymous. He claimed his livelihood could be jeopar- dized if the oil company he deals with found out he had gone to the press. _ The situation was stirred when Waterloo operator Gregor/tos Asimis, who runs a BP station at the comer of Erb and Regina Streets, went to city council in June to complain about the bylaw and ask for extended hours of sale. Some operators are afraid of interference by oil coin- parties if the bylaw is lifted. while others are more con- cerned about intimidating tactics employed by fellow operators opposed to any change. As a result, the service station advisory committee met but decided to recom- mend there be no change in the bylaw. He said be's opposed to getting rid of the bylaw be- cause it would put operators at the mercy of the large oil companies who. he claimed, would force them to work the longer hours whether they wanted to or not. - SEE PAGE " Order gets new Superior (Continued on page 3) By Stewart Sutherland Stall Writer When Dave Durand and a group of his friends decided they'd throw a party to raise money for charity, they didn't realize what their good intentions would even- tually lead to. The 19-year-old who works as a caipeeeleaner and part-time disc-jockey. de- cided with his friends to raise money for a charity. They first thought of the cancer society, but that idea. was quickly scrapped be- cause, as he said, "we all smoke." Durand appeared at a re- cent council meeting and after much discussion man- aged to get its grudging ap- proval for the scheme pro- vided several'.conditions were met. _ They then decided to sup- port the muscular dystrophy association and the heart fund by holding a street dance. . - With the group's objective resolved. they next thought they'd better inform city council of their intentions. That's where the complexi- ties arose. Council demanded he get the apprbval of his neigh- bors and the police, restrict, the hours of the party from , Teen gets green light for street dance "I'm hoping that between 200 and 300 people will buy tickets," Durand said. "i've got about 15 or 20 friends who lift weights and they'll act as security. We'll just stand back and watch for troublemakers. " "The police are going to supply the barricades and snowfence and they're going to have a cruiser patrol by every once in awhile to keep an eye on things," he said. . The barricades are neces- sary because his party will be held in the middle of Ros- Iin Ave.. between Dawson and Lourdes Ave. to 11 p.m., submit the names of his organizing committee to the pity's community services depart- ment and erect a snowfence to protect adjoining proper- ties. Durand said in an inter- view that all the ‘conditions have been met and. the liquorlass party will go ahead as scheduled on Au- gust 15. Getting the go-ahead hasn't been easy for Durand and his friends. At the council meetings the teenager attended, Al- derman Blake Hull com- plained he was putting coun- oil "in a difficult position, because how do you turn down raising money in a fun - SEE PAGE 6 Walter stands up for the women But Durand's confusion was short-lived following an appointment with Ken Phlug, director of com- munity services. Hull had previously ex- pressed his opposition to the idea, and added at the most recent council meeting “I gave you the impression that , was the proverbial wet blanket and I don't want to dispel that feeling." And council imposed so many conditions that Durand left the last meeting a bit puzzled. In fact, he told the Chroni- cle "I have no idea what they're talking about" after the meeting. way for muscular dys- trophy?" . Alderman Mary Jane Me- whinney, for another, pre- dicted the get-together would be "a disaster." "I understand everything now," Durand said. "Mr. Phlug straightened every- thing out for me and I feel a lot better now about the whole situation. I was begin- ning to wonder if I should go through with it." Durand's party for charity will be held at " Roslin Ave. on Friday, August IS from 7 to ll p.m. Tickets are available in advance or at the door.