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_ Cash offered to objectors, council told ; Waterfoo Chronicle Council was told that Peter DeGroot, who is planning to develop property on Bridge Street, offered to pay homeowners $2,000 for their approval of the extension. DeGroot had asked council last year to extend the sewer to serve a subdivision to the east of Bridge Instead, council deferred consideration of the matter for one week pending a report from the city solicitor on the legality of this practice and possible repercussions of cancelling the sewer extension. By Melodee Martinuk Waterloo city council Monday night held off giving final approval to a proposed sewer extension along Bridge Street because they were told the developer who initiated the proposal offered to pay homeowners to withdraw their objections to the project. 3 $2,000 FROM DEVELOPER 128th Year No. 9 Build arena, students say in referendum Now that the students have voted, Robertson said, the future of the facility is up to UW President Dr. Douglas Wright. If approval is received, planning of the building will begin and the facility could be ready by the 1984â€"85 academic year. ‘"If he feels he has a mandate from the students he will go to the Board of Governors to have them approve construcâ€" tion of the building," he said. The response, he said, "was very good for a student referendum or a student election or anything like that. Students tend not to respond to things of this sort." According to Pat Robertson of UW‘s academic services department, 22 per cent of the university‘s 15,689 fullâ€"time students voted in the referendum. The university recently conducted a referendum to determine student support for a $5 compuisory fee to finance construction of the facility. By Chronicle staff writer Students at the University of Waterloo (UW) have voted two to one in favor of a proposal to build an arena on campus. THIS WEEK INSIDE Ruth Woroch, a spokesman for Bridge Street residents still opposed to the extenâ€" The extension was to be built as a local im provement and Bridge Street property owners were to share in the cost of the work. Street where he plans to build singleâ€"family homes. (Continued on page 3) Innovative aids local SEE PAGE 6 ‘‘"Where are the homeowners going to come up with $5,500, with the economy the way it is," she asked. ‘"The only way we can do it is to sell the propâ€" erty. if the sewer extenâ€" sion is approved, Woroch explained, it will cost the homeownâ€" ers at least $5,500 each, and, she said, some of these homeowners will be forced to sell part of their property to pay for the sewer. A«ccording to Woroch, "Mr. DeGroot only approached enough homeowners to swing the petition (which) is unfair to the other owners." ‘"If he had offered all the owners the $2,000 then it would be a fair petition," she said. Woroch offered to produce a copy of the agreement as proof of her assertions. But, she said, "four (of the homeowners) changed their minds when they were offered $2,000 each." Now, Woroch said, homeowners are dividâ€" ed six to five in favor of the extension, but, she stressed, ‘"four of the six are being paid sion, told council that initially eight of the 11 Bridge Street homeâ€" owners had signed a petition opposing the project. {Continued on page 3) NHNe‘s Canada‘s star of the Waterioo, Ontario â€"â€" SEE PAGE 12 Lifelong Waterioo resident Conrad Allendort, who celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday, shares a loveâ€"look with his bride of 59 years, Lucinda, who will be 93 in June. The Willow Street couple enjoyed a day highlighted by guests, gifts, cards and cake during Saturday‘s momentous occasion. See story on page 5. (Photo by Karla Wheeler) « 100 YEARS YOUNG â€"â€" SEE PAGE 25 Coulthard