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On Saturday. from 1:30 to 4 p.m. there will be a rock concert in the Centennial Bandshell in west Waterloo Park. and the Beirdo Brothers Musical Group will perform be. side the old school- house on both Saturday and Sunday from I to 5 Music, Litwiller said, has always been an essential part of Wa- terloo Days. and this year is no exception. Admission will be charged for both the Countryfest and the 'sos dance. country music and square dancing on Fri, day. June 18 at the Seagram Stadium: a 'sos Dance on Saturday in Moses Springer Arena. sponsored by the KW Kinette Club: and the Waterloo Clas- sic IO km Roadrace. Disarmament not municipal issue, says McMurtry Last month council voted 7 to 2 in favor of placing the disarrmr ment question on the ballot for the No- vember municipal election, providing the province said it was legal to do so. ICooterrued from page ll Nuclear disarma- ment is not a municipal question, and a refer- endum on disarma, ment could be declared illegal, attorney gener- al Roy McMurtry has told the city of Water- loo. C Waterloo Days Waterloo represents tives Mayor Marjorie Carroll and Aid. Glen Wright both voted in favor of the proposal, but Aid. Mary Jane Mewhinney spoke against the roadwork. calling it an extrava- Construction of the Extension will begin this year with cumin: tion scheduMd for cot which will extend University Avenue from Erb Street to Hallman Road. In a 16 to 6 vote last Thursday, the region decided to proceed with the 5950.000 Proj- Then on Sunday from Regioyal council has cleared ‘the way for construction of the Uni- versity Avenue exten- sion. Extension okayed despite protests from Mewhinney Council, concerned UNIVERSITY A VENUE By Melodee Martinuk Battinuk Waterloo regional police report the tor lowing tsreak-and- enters during the week of June 7 to I3: McKay Crescent. entry via side door. old coins taken; University Avenue East. entry un- known; University Av- enue West, entry un- known, cassette player taken; BIuevale Ave- nue North, entry via 'iii"y"s""icti':iti'i/Ts'i,"e' "This is something pages 18 and 19, 'ale" to pursue tur Brea k-and-enters For a complete schedule of Waterloo Days activities, see pages l8 and 19. 2 p.m. until dusk, Cen- tennial Bandshell will be the location for an all-day concert featur log Project People, the K-W Community or- chostra, Concordia Band and the Waterloo Concert Band. Responding to Keel- ing's query, McMurty wrote that, according to the Municipal Act. referendums conduct- ed by municipalities must deal specifically with municipal ques- tions. “In our view," McMurty wrote. "it is clear from the decided that the results of the election could be de- clared invalid if the referendum were held, at that time asked city clerk Ron Keeling to write the province to get a legal opinion on the matter. Also voting against the proposal were Mayor Frank Lisso of The money to be spent on the extension, she argued, could fund the hiring of 15 addi- tional people for the region's health care unit. "rd prefer that to having this particular piece of asphalt," Me, whinney, chairman of thtsregion's health and social services com- mittee, said. “I have to be consis- tent that human ser- vices come before roads," the Waterloo councillor maintained. "I personally don't “support the road," Me- whinney told council. "... the expenditure of $1 million for what amounts to a shortcut through a nelghbor~ hood is extravagant." gant shortcut. rear window, two mir. rors taken; Princess Street West. entry un- known, two Chainsaws taken; Longwood Drive. entry unknown; Moore Avenue South. entry via rear door, unknown if anything missing; and.King Street South, Video Movie House, entry via front door, three video machines and 200 video cassettes taken. "We know it is not a municipal question ... what we are concerned about is the question of whether the whole mu- nicipal election could be tossed out because we are putting this question before the people," the mayor said, "As far as I am concerned," Carroll said, "this does not answer the question council was asking. But, for Mayor Mar- jorie Carroll. McMurty's letter was of little help to the city. cases that a question on nuclear disarma- ment would not fall within the meaning of 'municipal question' and that any bylaw authorizing such a question would proba- bly be ruled invalid if challenged in the courts." This view was sup- ported hy waterloo's city solicitor. The region's engi- neering committee, at the suggestion of Kit- chener Aid. Will Fer- guson, will investigate additional methods of reducing traffic noise from 'the extension. Construction of this %-mile stretch of road- way has long been a controversial issue in Waterloo where resi- dents' groups prepared petitions both in sup- port of and in opposi- tion to the proposal. Kitchener Aid. Don Travers, a member of the Westmount Golf and Country Club, de- clared a conflict of in- terest. North Dumfries Town- ship, Kitchener Alder- men Judy Balmer and Grace Stoner, Cam- bridge Mayor Clau- dette Miller and Aid. Bill Struck. 7 When you take into consideration Waterloo':, student population. the mayor said, "tor the three glues to the_ region (Kttchener. Cambridge and In a report submitted to council last week, regional chairman Jim Gray recommended that Waterioo's contingent be increased. However. council members chose not to decide the matter at that time. Instead, they elected to circulate Gray's report to each of the region's municipal- ities to determine if the move has unanimous sup Waterloo). uteri Is no questloo that the'aty is “I would be very surprised if there wasn't some opposition to it." Carroll said in an interview with the Chronicle. Nevertheless, she added. "even if we don't get the unanimous support of all seven municipa itles. I would like to get some reading of support. and if there is a majority. I'd like it to proceed to the minister." Waterloo will press for increased representation on regional council: mayor ed, askediekionat council to consider inéroasing the number of Waterloo seats from the present three to four. The matter arose last month when Aid. Mary Jane Mewhinney, arguing that with the growth in the cily's. popqlatipn Waterloo is under-represent- By Melodee Martinuk Even if the move doesn't have the support of all seven municipalities in the region. Waterloo is going to press to have its representation on regional council increased. says Mayor Marjorie Carroll, Mel Broome and his best triend Brutus stop tor tt rest and some friendly conversation with passers-by. Mel and Brutus make a daily stroll through Waterloo Park in the summer months. According to Mel, the six-year-old Great Dane is quite a conversation piece, attracting comments, questions or at least a triendly pat on the head from practically everyone he meets. MEL’S BEST FRIEND NATERLOO CHRONDCLE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE to, tttttp - PAGE 3 -i_-g----------..L.-L.c=-u='-ut=r__- Current representation on regional council is: Kitchener. nine members; Cambridge. five; Waterloo, three; Woolwich Township. three; Wilmot Township. two; Wellesley Township. one; North Dumfries Township. one. But. she said,Hhere has to be some method worked out to remedy the imbalance" on coun- cll. "Waterloo has grown luster In assessment and population than any other municipality in the region in the lat l0 years." Making a change in Waterloo's representation on regional council will require an amendment to provincial legislation. and, Carroll said. "there is great reluctance at the provincial level to expand any political body in number." "We are very individual and We vote on regjopal matters with our regional hat on." "It is a reassuring thing that could be documented very quickly. that rarely does Kitchener and Waterloo vote as a block." the Waterloo mayor explained. Although not all of the students live in the city, Carroll continued. "we (Waterloo) are still carrying a big municipal load." Nome members of regional council, she said, fear that the addition of one Waterloo seat would give representatives from Kitchenerwaterloo a voting majority, but, Carroll said, "that fear is not a valid one. under-represented . Pr Pet Attack“ photo a?!