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' u f ' _ o Westâ€"side e e . deferred :%anuo. 10 °* Wednesday, March 10, 1982 Waterioo; Ontario 25 Cents at the Newstand â€"â€" SEE PAGE 3 A bit of stee! wool and a lot of elbow grease is all it takes to clean up artifacts to be displayed in Waterioo‘s Seagram‘s Museum, as Dr. Peter Swann, museum director, demonstrates above. . t a un Momentum is building for Seagram Museum But that is the goal the Seagram‘s people set for themseives just over a year ago when the Seagram Museum project was first anâ€" nounced. It is a monumental task to start from sceratch and build a museum in only two years ) â€" _ â€"â€" SEE PAGE 5 THIS WEEK INSIDE Campbell named citizen of the year Story and photo by Melodee Martinuk It was last January when Charles E. Bronfman, chairman of the worldâ€"wide Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Ltd., announced plans for his firm to build a $4 million museum here in Waterioo. + â€"â€" SEE PAGE 17 ROW heads to winter nationals The museum, Bronfman said, would tell the (Continued on page 3) However, the matter was further complicatâ€" ed Monday when a legal representative of Evelyn McLaughlin of 568 Bridge St. told council that his client would withdraw her objection to the project if a new proposal for A report from city solicitor W.H. White presented to a commitâ€" tee of council Monday said that "council has the final decision in this matter and council may decide whether or not to proceed with the sewer extension projâ€" ect." Of concern to council was the ethics of this business practice, and city staff was asked to prepare a report on the legality of the offer and the ramifications of dropping the work. Last week aldermen held off giving final approval to the project for one week after they were told that developâ€" er Peter DeGroot had offered to pay four homeowners $2,000 each to withdraw their objections to the extenâ€" sion. The work was to be done as a local imâ€" provement project with property owners along Bridge Street sharing in costs of approxiâ€" mately $5,500 each. ‘"I am concerned that we have a situation where things are being manipulated and citiâ€" zens are losing out (while) other interests are using their means to get their way," Wright told council. BRIDGE STREET ISSUE Monday night Waterâ€" loo council approved a motion by Alderman Glen Wright that the issue be deferred until next week. L By Melodee Martinuk Bridge Street homeowners opposing the installation of sanitary sewers on their street will have to wait at least another week before the issue is finally resolved. He g\ates ', f bookE# â€"to Y Waterlio0â€" _ library â€"â€" SEE PAGE 13 Wright cites ‘manipulation,‘ urges deferral The new proposed loâ€" cation for the reâ€"alignâ€" ment of Bridge Street would swing to the east of the route recently agreed upon by the city and developer. Ruth Woroch, repreâ€" senting homeowners objecting to the sewer installation, responded to this proposal by sayâ€" ing that "the issue brought up (last week) was the way which the sewer was forced on us ... we didn‘t approve of the way he (DeGroot) the reâ€"alignment of Bridge Street, which McLaughlin accepts, were approved.â€" Check tires, police urge Items officers will be watching for include: Mixing radialâ€"ply tire on front with biasâ€"ply or belted biasâ€"ply on rear; mixing 50 or 60 series tires up front with any other series at rear; tires smaller than vehicle manufacturer‘s specified miniâ€" mum size; minimum tread depth of under 1.5 mm; and tires with abnormal, visible bumps, bulges, knots, exposed cord or tread or sidewall cuts deep enough 4o expose the cords. Each person found in contravention of the regulations and found guilty of an offence is liable to a fine of up to $500 upon conviction. Police now have the authority to order any vehicle with faulty tires off the road; or they can issue a special form requesting the driver to replace an unfit tire and report back to the officer within a 96â€"hour period. New standards for tires used on vehicies operated on Ontario roads came into effect Feb. 1, and Waterloo Regional Police urge area residents to become aware of the current regulations. And, she continued, "It seems he is workâ€" ing with yet another homeowner ... maybe she is working with him now because she is gaining something ... she is saving her house." Developer Peter Deâ€" Groot told council that ‘‘it would be a loss to everyone if this were postponed... "I feel I have acted in the best interests of everyone: the city, myâ€" self and the majority of homeowners,"‘ he stressed. gained the majority." (Continued on page 3)