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"EPP says NDP out of the race 127th You No. 6 Wodnuduy, February M, 1981 Waterloo, Dumbo 25 Cents By Philip Jaluvac Liberal Herb Epp, the incumbent MPP for Waterloo North rid- ing, says the local race in the March 19 provincial election is be- tween him and Tory candidate Bob Labbett. Citing what he calls a "dwindling" of New Democratic Party support province-wide, Epp appears to have already dismissed NDP candidate Bob Needham as a contender for the post of representing Waterloo North at Queen's Park. "The race is primarily between myself and Labbett," Epp said in an Lemon said the four-storey office and retail building will be constructed with reddish- brown brick and will feature arches on the icground floor to blend with adjoining buildings, Developer has a better idea By tho Chronicle no“ The owner of Square 22. a proposed building at 22 King St. South in Waterloo. presented council Monday with plans for a new building design. Last month, Mayor Marjorie Carroll had said she was not pleased with the design of the truiiding's front. but noted there was little council could do about it Carroll had called the building a box with windows and said it didn't fit in with other buildings in the downtown. __ Gord Lemon, deputy engineer, told council Monday that the building's owner, Angelos Gi- kopoulos, had delayed starting construction because he was "concerned with council ‘5 comments." He returned to council Monday with archi- tectural improvements which Carroll called "far superior" to the original design concept presented last January. She told council that Gikopoulos had gone out of his way to redesign the building so it would blend with surrounding structures "Gikopoulos has been really co-operative," she said. "He has been into city hall numerous times to improve the design." ,, THIS WEEK INSIDE interview Monday, And, In any event, Epp said the Liberals "are trying SEE PAGE - 3 to defeat the govern- ment. We're not trying to defeat the NDP" The former Waterloo mayor and high school teacher said he plans to focus his attention on knocking out the Tory candidate he faces in this riding and will spend about $20,000 in a campaign to do that. The key issues to Epp are the Progressive Con- servative government's handling of the econ- omy. environment and education: He said he will empha- size a sound industrial strategy and the crea- tion of jobs in his plat- form, As for the environ- ment. Epp said “there's no doubt the government hasn't lived up to its own standards by far." citing plans for a waste dispo- sal site in South Cayuga without holding an en- vironmental assessment hearing first and charg- ing "the standards for pollution control by INCO Cm Sudbury) have been continuously shelved." On education. Epp said a Liberal govern- ment would increase (Continued on page 2) organize SEE PAGE - 12 Needham NDP banner SEE PAGE __ 3