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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Nov 1980, p. 4

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PAGE 4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDA Y , NOVEMBER 19, 1980 e Basketware, Mirrors, Fern stands, Wall sheives are all 15% off. e Wine Racks, Wall Decoration, Magazine Racks, Lamp Shades are all 15% off. e Hundreds of Rattan Wicker Love Seats, Chairs, Coffee Table, End Tables, Chest with Drawers, Arch Shelt are all features on this saile. Sale (Ideal for Christmas Presents) e Oriental Gifts, Chinese Hand Painted Vases, Hand Carved Soapstones, Beautiful Wall Scrolls, Oriental Jewellery, Jade and Mother ol‘pPearl. e Handâ€"Carved Jewellerfi Boxes (All Sizes), Various Sizes Crocheted Tablecloths, Hand Embroidery Pictures, Palace Lamps, Hand Carved Wooden and Stone Chess Sets, Brasswares, Happy Coats and Kimonas 143 222 King St. w. ?P;a} College St.) Kitchener (Downtown) â€" Tel. (44â€"4/ Open Daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. â€" Thurs. & Fri. till 9 p.m. (Free Delivery) __PREâ€"CHRISTMAS SALE STOREWIDE SAVINGS UP TO 25% ORIENTAL ART SHOPPE ,,, ,,,, Also Oriental Gifts Are All 15% Off 8 By Stewart Sutheriand Waterioo Council will take its bus battle with Kitchener to the Ontario Municipal Board «OMB») for a deciâ€" sion and at the same time. ask Kitchener to begin full transit ser vice to the Maple Heights section of Waterloo on a sixâ€"month trial basis Council wants an OMB ruling on Kitchener‘s refusal to provide peakâ€" hour service following its rejection of Mayor Mar]orler?arroll‘s perâ€" sonal request for the service earker this month SHOP Tanning Centres The temporary transit service to the northwest Waterloo subdivision is expected to begin early in the new year and ridership. cost and public reaction will be monitored during the sixâ€"month period to determine whether the service is economical But atthe same time. council backed a motion by Alderman John Shortreed to have the matter taken to the OMB as quickly as posâ€" sible. _ Shortreed told council that the city should push for peakâ€"hour serâ€" vice which is expected to cost nearâ€" ly $19.000 rather than the fullâ€"serâ€" vice that Kitchener is willing to supâ€" ply at a cost of $39,000 each year Council approved the necessary $5.000 legal costs for the OMB hearâ€" ing over Shortreed‘s objections to having an ~expensive expert witâ€" ness and city solicitor attend the hearing ~Our agreement (with Kitchener) is simple and straightâ€" forward." Shortreed said. People at the OMB aren‘t a bunch of dumâ€" mies. they can read and I really is that Christmas party coming soon or are you going South and lost your tan..... Try Something new â€" A natural tan quickly and without burning 10 â€" 1/2 nour sessions ©59" IN EFFECT UNTIL CLOSING SAT. NOVEMBER, 22ND, 6 P.M. DROP IN FOR COFFEE AND DONUTS Bus battle goes to OMB sun shop _ 258 KING NORTH Tanning Centres WATERI.OO OPEN HOUSE SPECIAL dgon t think we need to pay someone to tell them what we want But Ron Keeling. city clerk. told council that the OMB would ~alâ€" most_certainly " want to conduct a hearing to hear the facts in the bus battle Alderman Doreen Thomas told council it should not fudge on this and if we go to the OMB we should be prepared to spend between $5.000 and $5.000 Thomas said 1 m opposed to postponing this matter any longer ~Our first responsibility is to the residents who have gone without bus service for nine years Thomas said. We should provide service on a trial basis and also take the matter to the OMB. At least we‘d know where we stand in tranâ€" sit service Alderman Richard Biggs said Kitchener ~has put us in an unusual position by offering us full service and he said the hearing may not come out in Waterloo‘s favor beâ€" cause of Kitchener‘s offer Earlier this year. residents of Maple Heights requested service during peak hours (6 a m. to 9 a m and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ) Monday to Friâ€" day Waterloo endorsed the proposal. but it was rejected by Kitchener council which must approve bus service requests before they are imâ€" plemented Kitchener offered Waterloo full service but Maple Heights called the solution cunacceptable â€" and many aldermen called it unnecesâ€" sary and too expensive

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