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[‘Waterfoo Chronicle Shoppers‘ shuttle to start Saturday COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN According to city enâ€" gineer James Willis, the service, which will cost the city between $1,400 and $2,000, will run through the Waterâ€" loo Square parking lot, around the square, out to King St. via the entrance facing Herâ€" bert St., north on King to Dupont, along Duâ€" pont to Memorial Arena and back to the square. The city will offer this free service Saturâ€" day, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursâ€" day, Dec. 17 and Friâ€" day, Dec. 18, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 19, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m» Willis said the loop would take between 10 and 15 minutes to comâ€" 128th Year No. 49 By M.A. Martinuk Waterloo Christmas shoppers, there is hope. City council voted Monday night to set up a twoâ€"bus shuttle service beginning this Saturday to relieve parking pressures in the cityâ€"owned Waterloo Square parking lot. Fees unchanged, vehicle stickers now on sale Attention drivers! A bit of good news for the new year. â€" â€" â€" The Ontario ministry of transportation and communications has announced there will be no increases in fees for 1982 motor vehicle licence stickers. The prices will remain $30 for a fourâ€" cylinder car; $45 for a six; and $60 for an eight with an engine replacement of less than 6.5 litres. Owners with eightâ€"cylinder cars with engine displacement of more than 6.5 litres, pay $80. We s _ Trailer registration, now valid for the life of the vehicle, remains at the oneâ€"time fee of Motorcycle and moped registration stickers remain at $20 and $5, repectively. Fees for snowmobiles and historic vehicles are $10. To obtain a sticker, motorists are asked to fill out a licence renewal form available at all licenceâ€"issuing outlets, MTC offices and Onâ€" tario LCBO stores. Stickers went on sale Dec. Information relating to the owner and vehicle, and providing for a declaration of proof of insurance is required. â€" _ All nonâ€"commercial vehicles must have a valid licence by midnight, Feb. 28, 1982 if they are to be driven in Ontario. THIS WEEK INSIDE plete, depending upon traffic conditions and the number of people using the service. The initial recomâ€" mendation submitted to council provided for a oneâ€"bus shuttle servâ€" ing the Waterloo Square, the Knox and the Arena lots. However, Alderman John Shortreed conâ€" vinced council that such a service would not be sufficiently used because of the length of time required to make one loop from the parkâ€" ing lot to the shopping area. "I think if we are going to do it, we should do it properly," he said. We should do it with two buses, offer a real service. In the Barbara writes for children â€" SEE PAGE &5 long run it‘s going to be a cheap way to provide parking." Shortreed was supâ€" ported in his motion by Alderman Doreen Thomas, who said, "let‘s not throw good money after bad. However, as Willis stated at Monday‘s council meeting, there is a question of whether doing so is legal. An agreement between Kitchener Transit and the city of Waterloo forbids the city from operating a bus service which picks up or disâ€" charges passengers on public streets. "Let‘s give a really good service and see if it works and go from there." According to Willis, the shuttle service will discharge passengers in front of the Waterloo Hotel and may pick up passengers if possible. The initial recomâ€" mendation made to council made use of a loophole in the dgreeâ€" ment permitting the operation of a bus serâ€" vice "from a private property to private property," Willis said. "It can run on public roads as long as it doesn‘t pick up or disâ€" charge." Shortreed argued that Kitchener Transit is not likely to protest the program. ‘"Someone should put in a call to Kitchener Transit and explain that," he said. ‘‘We‘re running a parking lot, we‘re not running a bus service," explained Shortreed. *‘*We are putting in reâ€" mote parking and givâ€" ing rides to shopping areas." (Continued on page 3) ‘"‘Little Sisters‘"‘ Amy (left) and Shariâ€"Ann join University of Waterioo engineering society president Jim Balcom in trying out tricycles donated by the society to the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo and Area Big Sisters organization. (Photo by M. A. Martinuk) The society donated a dozen rebuilt tricycles to Big Sisters Monday, so the trikes could be distributed to children served by the agency. Christmas will be a bit brighter for 12 local children this year, thanks to the University of Waterloo (UW) Engineering Society and Big Sisters of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and Area. According to society representative Jenny Thiers, the tricycles are used in UW‘s annual students‘ trike race and "get loosened up a bit."" Students volunteered to tighten them up so they could be given away. â€" Every year the society sponsors a bus push in which a transit bus is pulled from UW to Kitchener city hall. Pledge money from this event is donated to Big Sisters. _ Monday‘s donation is the latest example of service to Big Sisters by the Engineering Sociâ€" The Engineering Society has also donated proceeds from barrel races and other events to Trikes brighten Christmas Serena helps santa sale ' â€" SEE PAGE 39 > The next fundâ€"raising event for Big Sisters will be the Jan. 20 Rollerama at Superskate 7, during which the group hopes to raise $4,000 through pledges. It is presently the largest Big Sister agency in Ontario, with a caseload of 158 Little Sisters and Little Buddies matched to a Big Sister. The groups serve the needs of area children ages 5 to 17 through a oneâ€"toâ€"one friendship with a mature, supportive woman. Any woman interested in becoming a Big Sister is invited to phone 886â€"1090. A new orientation program begins in January. for Big Sisters through the UW Engineering Society‘s efforts. Big Sisters of Kâ€"W and Area became an independent agency in 1972 as an outgrowth of the Homework Helpers Club, a project of the YWCA and Suddaby School. the agency. In all, over $10,000 has been raised