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\ s d : Furore over , 1GP CBPb facilities 127th, Year No. 37 Wednesday, September 16, 1981 Waterloo, Ontario _ 25 Cents at the Newstand â€"â€" SEE PAGE 3 Chronicle office manager Bill Karges (the one with the bat) is a regular page three peruser of that provocative Toronto morning daily, so naturally he had one of his dreams come true Saturday at Hillside park when he was surrounded by this bevy ofTomfltoArooSumMmboaufiuinthcondockc&rclo.Thooecadonwntho Waterioo Jaycees Celebrity Twoâ€"Pitch s_ofib.ll tournament npd it you weren‘t there, shame on you. But keep turning these pages, there‘s lots more inside... (photo by Rick Campbell!) WHERE DO WE SIGN UP? THIS WEEK INSIDE Eugene‘s going strong â€" SEE PAGE 5 Debbie shines fo charity SEE PAGE 3 t *4 Anniversary _ ,;| present too !; I expensive? }t could still be built withâ€" â€" By Mark Wesse! Several Waterloo aldermen are having second thoughts about spending thousands of dollars needed to build the proposed Hertiage Square at King and William Sts., which has been targeted as a possible project to commemorate the city‘s 125th anniversary in 1982, ‘The future status of tag. "Is the project Richard Biggs, said he the square came under â€"really worthwhile?"‘ had ‘‘*reservations‘‘ discussion during the Wright asked following about the square committee of the whole Mayor Carroll‘s sugâ€" ‘"whether the cost is meeting Monday when gestion the city could $300,000 or $100,000." Mayor Marjorie Carâ€" confine itself to develâ€" Biggsâ€"said Hilton Fosâ€" roll advised council to oping the east side of ter Ltd.‘s asking fee of decide whether part or the park next year, $24,000 to oversee the all of Heritage Square which would include a completion of the should be given the mini bandshell and surâ€" square ‘"is ridiculous... green light for anniverâ€" rounding landscaping I don‘t know why anyâ€" sary preparations. _ for about $100,000. _ one would pay $24,000 Earlier in the day tity hall received a letter from Hilton Fosâ€" ter Ltd. advising counâ€" could still be built withâ€" in the $300,000 estiâ€" mate, but warning there would be added costs if the project were completed in stages. O Alderman Doreen Thomas was the first to place a question mark on the square, anâ€" nouncing she had ‘"‘serious reservations about spending that kind of money for such a small area." She said it is becomâ€" ing increasingly diffiâ€" cult for both the city and its residents to make ends meet with inflation /and high inâ€" terest rates, and ‘"spending money on the square might be stretching our budget unnecessarily."‘ â€" Thomas was joined in her arguments by Alderman Glen Wright, who questioned the project‘s $300,000 price Eric‘s l on junior nationals â€"â€" SEE PAGE 25 Another alderman, Keep your eyes peeled for an ad in the Chronicle soon denouncing the illâ€"begotten habit of posting garage sale signs on public property. City clerk Ron Keeling was invested with the task of running the ad Monday when aldermen complained the illegal signs are besmirching the image of Waterioo. . _ Council decided to tackle the problem after Sandbury Homes posted several signs along Erb Street on the weekend advertisâ€" ing the sale of homes at University Avenue and Westmount Road. Alderman Richard Biggs said he was "absolutely flabbergasted" when he saw the Sandbury signs and suggested running an ad in the paper to inform people that the sign posting is illegal. _ Waterloo has been lenient with offenders in the past said Mayor Marjorie Carroll, but she warned "we‘re not going to allow people to turn the city into a junk yard." Meanwhile, Alderman Jim Erb, who was chairing the meeting, said nothing on the matter. It seems his wife held a garage sale on the weekend. Don‘t sign up Richard Biggs, said he had ‘*‘reservations‘‘ about the square "whether the cost is $300,000 or $100,000." Biggs said Hilton Fosâ€" ter Ltd.‘s asking fee of $24,000 to oversee the completion of the square ‘""is ridiculous... I don‘t know why anyâ€" one would pay $24,000 (Continued on page 3)