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128th Year No. 28 Joe Gerrie of the Fergus Legion Branch #275 joins many other veterans in a special parade along King Street in Wateriloo Sunday, as part of the weekend events marking the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Legion Waterioo Branch 530. The events, which tied in with the city of Waterloo‘s 125th birthday celebrations, began with a Grand Ball at Moses Springer Arena Saturday, continued with the parade, and concluded with a Drumhead Service at Seagram Stadium Sunday afâ€" ternoon. _â€"LEGION PARADE THIS WEEK INSIDE: Wednesday, Juty 14, 1982 Watertoo, Ontario *+~ â€" SEE PAGE 14 Nancy stars in Emma Orr Doug MacLelian photo 25 cents at the Newsstand Local businesses apply for funds through ILAP Waterloo and Kitchâ€" ener were designated to participate in ILAP just over three months ago. Theâ€" designation applies for one year but can be extended for up to two sixâ€"month periods The final decision on all applications is made by a special In dustry and Community Development Panel of the Enterprise Devel opment Board. As of the end of June. four local firms have submitted applications for loans and grants 10 fund expansion orre structuring of opera tions under the com munityâ€"based industri al adjustment compo nent of ILAP. said Peter _ Meinichuk. ore gional officer forsthe Department of Indus try. Trade and Com merce. who is coâ€"ordin ating the program lo call\ The dollar value of the proposed projects, Melnichuk said. is in excess of $4.5 million. with the portion funded through ILAP exceed ing $1.7 million If given final government approval. these proj ects would create em ployment for 85 area résidents. . In addition to these. Melnichuk said. he is developing proposals for sn’u-r projects with an‘estimated total cost of almost $3 mil lion. which would create 127 jobs in Wa terloo if approved. EXPANSION, JOBS Through the industri al component of ILAP. local businesses have an equal chance with firms in eight other ILAPâ€"designated com munities at the $156 million the government has made available through the program By Melodee Martinuk Waterioo businessmen are taking advantage of opportuniâ€" ties for expansion offered through the federal government‘s Industry and Labor Adjustment Program (ILAP). â€" SEE PAGE 19 The first of the proj Tom‘s a soccer Olympian $ «â€"â€" SEK PAGEKE 3 ~ Sunar workers \_get reprieve ect applications from Waterloo, Melnichuk said, were presented to the board for approval Monday, and an an nouncement will be made shortly about the outcome Under the program. grants will be available for up to 75 per cent of eligible consulting casts assaciated with the development of ex pansion programs. for feasibility studies ore luted to expansion. and for legal costs arising from mergers or acqui sitions The more than 100 workers who were scheduled for layoff at the end of July have been given a temporary reprieve, accord ing to Bill Rov,. director of personnel at Sunar. loo The company had earler announced plans to lay off approximately half of its 380 emplovees. As of June 18. 87 hourls paid workers were laid off and an additional five office workers at the end of June ‘"The July 30 notification tof layoff) has been withdrawn." he says. The layoffs were due to a sudden drop in the number of orders (the companyre cerves. Sunar is a manufacturer of office furniture and filing cabinets. The change in plans was caused by the receipt of several new orders that will require â€" more manpower â€" through the summer. The company has even recalled five people who had been laid off prefious to June 18 "The business level for August indicates that we need the full compliment of people that we have," explains Roy , Roy says. however, that he has no idea whether the receipt of new orders reflects a turnaround in Sunar‘s economic difficul ties We will have to reassess the situation as we go dlong.~ * By Pat Arbuckle Things are looking up at Sunar in Water The federal gmtr;)lh ment will also provi interest free loans of up to 50 per cent of eligible expansion costs including the acâ€" quisition, construction,. expansion and modifiâ€" cation or conversion of machinery, equipment or buildings Although Meinichuk and Jimâ€" Beingesser, chairman of the 19â€" member Kitchener Wuterloo Community Adjustment Committee established to promote ILAP lucally. are ied