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Library bid gets approval Waterioo‘s public liâ€" brary was built in 1966 and since that time the increased 74 percent, library membership has gone up 50 percent, and the number of books in stock has jumped from sixty to 112,000 volunes. These were the figures given by Bill Dewar at Monâ€" day‘s council meeting for expanded library facilities. Dewar is chairman of the Public Library Board. The board‘s request for a 480 square foot extension to the library By MARK WESSEL price spiral." That‘s the sales pitch a local home builder is using to stir up business, and it would appear Waterioo residents are paying heed to such advice. Money lenders, builders. and real estate agents in the area agree that in spite of high mortgage ratés, house sales have "I haven‘t seen sales this brisk for over four yvears," says Brian Gould, manager of Olsen Realty. Gould said lower. middle and upperâ€"income families have been playing a ~waiting game*" for the last few years in hope of lower housing prices and interest rates. think it‘s better to buy now before prices rise even further." Gould Glen Zurbrigg. an assistant manager at Roval Trust, says prospective homebuyers in Waâ€" teriloo "seem to be aceepting high mortgage rates because housing prices here are better than most parts of the province." As Zurbrigg explains. "it‘s a lot house in Waterioo than it is to Toronto for $100,000 . With mortgage rates currently hovering between 17 and 19 per cent (depending on the duration and type of the loan) Zurbrigg said many home buyers are looking long and hard for resale homes with existing mortgages at a low rate. But those owners with lower mortgages willing to sell their homes are ailso asking premium prices Zurbrigg said. What realtor Brian Gould perâ€" ceives in Waterloo‘s housing market is a good deal of speculaâ€" tion in response to escalating High interest won‘t dampen housing sales **Buy now and beat the coming By Mark Wessel proved in principle by the planning and civic tee of council ingly difficult. ‘"The liâ€" brary isn‘t just overâ€" crowded... it‘s in danger of becoming inâ€" efficient.‘‘ he told Dewar said the re quest was made beâ€" cause of "a critical the library."" He said the lack of space makes the storage of notices and mainteâ€" Plans by the archiâ€" tect of the library call for the extension to be mortgage rates. An example he gives is someone with a low interest threeâ€"year mortgage on months. This person will put his bhouse on sale before the cheap mortgage runs out. in order to attract prospective buyers. In the meantime he‘ll comb the marâ€" ket" for a house mortgaged lower than the going rate, Gould said. Families who buy new homes in the Waterios area are seeking relief from current mortgage rates anyway they can. Accordâ€" ing to Russ Howald, who owns his own construction and develop ment company. a buyer request for "paydowns‘‘ has become commonplace. In such instances, the builder negotiates a mortgage with the money lender (either a bank or trust company) at a level below current rates. The builder does this on behalf of the customer For the builder. a paydown means raising the overall price of the house â€" for the buyer. it is temporary respite from exhorbiâ€" tant mortgage rates. In March and April of this year. Howald said be sold more houses than he did all last year. And in his opinion the sales are a good indication of the buying spree going on in the area. Howald estimates as many as 10 per cent of these buyers "are usually people coming from outâ€" side the area who have sold their homes for considerably more than their new place.~ But meost buyers. be said. are people already living in Kitchenâ€" erâ€"Waterioo who have saved up a large down payment. Of these people Howald said "they‘re gambling on the prices of today with the hope that tomorrow‘s prices will be even higher." iContminued from page 1) ley complained that providing the pamâ€" fNuoride lobby at an unfair disadvantage in the upcoming referenâ€" "How can we ever match the government for spending?"~ he said **Do you know how much it costs to proâ€" duce (thousands of) Liberal MPP Herb Epp (Waterioo North) can‘t get overâ€"excited about an issue with shades of grey." referâ€" ring to the fact that there is normally free. pamphlets However. he said the government ‘*is obâ€" viously getting inâ€" volved. indirectly. The more I think about it. they shouldn‘t bave made them (the pamâ€" phiets) available in this context... of a refâ€" Doug Enright, media relations officer with the ministry of health. said he was aware the paign,. but claimed ‘‘the governent is not actively invoived at all I don‘t think we would want to be invoived in a local political conâ€" used in the local camâ€" Trevor Damien entertains Sperry Joyce with the magic of doves and rabbits at a performance at the Pinchaven Nursing Home, as Gerard Dietric looks on. The Saturday show was put on by members of the Kâ€"W Junior Magic Club, of which The ‘antis‘ object i Add FULL OF TRICKS doing was responding to the request of the dental director in the health unit. They are merely providing inforâ€" mation to a locally acâ€" countable body .~ Boddington said peoâ€" ple should look to the And George Boddingâ€" ton, executive officer to health minister Dennis Timbrell. said local level ‘"if you‘re looking to the question of the appropriateness of it." Dr. Glenny told the Chronicle ‘it‘s not the civil servant‘s job to iry and influence it (the plebiscite) whatâ€" soever." ranged for the pamâ€" phlets because "it‘s a "all our fellow was pamphlet that‘s been available for years and the government is on record" as favoring fuoridation. Dr Beyvers said "anyâ€" body can get them~ and Enright said clerks."" He said up to two million copies of a pamphlet may be Chronicle phoned the com m unications branch of the ministry. it was informed that printed at a time and "it‘s not unusual~" to receive large orders. However. when the any order over 2.000 would have to be ap WA TERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981 â€" PAGE 3 arâ€" fluoride pamphilet could be made availâ€" able,. the ministry worker said it‘s quite a quantity. It would wipe us entirely out of The officer. David Fletcher. said **we don‘t send a large quantity to just anyâ€" But there was a "leâ€" gitimate reason." he said. when Dr. Glenny told the ministry the pamphlets were needâ€" ed for the local Auonmâ€" dation campaign. alâ€" ihough he said he didn‘t know if they had ever been used for that purpose before. He said Glenny reâ€" quested 15.000. but the ministr? was able to In the interview with the Chronicle. Glenny also reacted to a comâ€" plaint made by a memâ€" ber of the WSWS that a dental hygienist for the region was writing ‘‘*don‘t forget to vote â€" June 8 on proâ€"fluoride pamphlets being disâ€" tributed to school chilâ€" The hygienist is said to have been examinâ€" **I think I‘ll probably tell her it‘s not approâ€" Haroid Wagner public school when the pamâ€" phiets were handed out ing for kindergarten at priate to do that,"" Glenny said in referâ€" ence to the writing on the pamphlets. Meanwhile. the No Means Yes committee has set up a campaign headquarters in the Marsland Centre and the office is manned from nine to five daily. Beyers are Helen Vice. president of the Waterâ€" loo North Progressive Conservatives and former city alderman Blake Hull. A campaign worker at the office told the Chronicle vesterday used in the proâ€"fluoride canvass,. but the worker said people‘s involvement in the campaign "has nothing to do with their poliâ€" have been enlisted to begin doorâ€"toâ€"door canâ€" vasses. urging people to vote no in the June 8 plebiscite. The worker. who would only identify herself as Pat. was compiling voter list folders "just left over~ bett‘s campaign in the last provincial elecâ€" Hull told the Chronâ€" icle ~we‘re just sane. sensible people trying like you and your paper have contributed to." Spearheading the The folders will be