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Breakâ€"andâ€"enters Westmount Road North, entry to storage locker, china taken: Young Street East. entry via rear window. jewelry taken; Weber Street North, entry via small window, cash taken; . Weber Street North, entry via rear window, nothing taken; Job help Waterloo regional police report thefolâ€" lowing breakâ€"and enters during the week of July 12 to 18: (Continued from page 1) hundred letters to poâ€" tential employers in the area to notify them of the layoff and to outline the qualificaâ€" tions of the 67 people who are now looking for work. ‘"We are getting reâ€" plies back now." said Bell. **We (the horticulturâ€" al society) were upset at having no input into By Melodee Martinuk Although final plans for the proposed Heriâ€" tage Square have been approved by Waterloo council and excavation of the site is now under way, the Waterloo Horâ€" ticultural Society would still like to have some say about what happens in developâ€" ment of the park. Because the initial cost estimate made building the timeteller impossible. Oktoberfest has not gone ahead and signed Omniplan to a contract to To construct the timeteller as proposed by Omniplan, Renaud said. ~would be too heavy a burden ... we (Oktoberfest) either had to get the other four partners in the project to contribute more to the kitty or try to get costs down." Although the citsy of Waterloo and the business improvement area? Wenaud said, ~"appeared fNexible" about the amount of their contributions. those of Labatt‘s and Wintario were "fixed." the timeteller impossible. Oktoberfest has not "If there is any pm.\iblvv way of doing it. it wili gone ahead and signed Omniplan to a contract to _ be done," he concluded Horticult lists d d a say in Heritage project As first conceived, Oktoberfest was to raise almost $40,000 for construction of the timeteller through a public fundâ€"raising drive. There mainder was to come from Wintario ($38,000). the city of Waterloo ($10,000), Labatts Brewery ($20,000), and the Uptown Waterloo Business Improvement Area ($6.000) The committee had originally believed that total cost of the project, including both the buildil_\g and the timeplace, would be $115,000. lt o d tdA e inb t ts liint: ids d id McA c d h ie 2. tA 0 a 24 be reasonable. If this comes out to be $200,000, it‘ s just not worth it." * The committee coâ€"ordinating the timeteller project, to be built in the cityâ€"owned park in front of Labatt‘s, was told in early May that cost of constructing the bandshell, which was to have housed the steam timetelier, would be almost $150,000 . And, although no actual design for the time piece has been prepared. (Omniplan Design Group,. the consultant hired to design and build the timeteller, estimated that its cost could be as much as $30,000. ""We all want to see it go ahead," said Renaud in an interview with the Chronicle, "but we have to By Melodee Martinuk $ Construction costs must be brought down if the Heritage Steam Timetelleris to be built, said Bil} Renaud, president of K W Oktoberfest Costs must drop if steam timeteller is to be built: Renaud Bell feels that pro Erb Street West, entry via sliding door, liquor and jewelry taken: Erb Street West. entry via front door, cash taken: Cedarbrae Avenue, entry via rear. door, nothing taken; Craip leith Drive, entry via rear sliding door, cash taken; Stillmeadow Circle, entry via garage, nothing taken; Beechlawn Drive, entry via garage. noth ing taken. ‘"They know that there is someone who cares," he explained. "It‘s a scary thing being dumped out on the job market." grams such as the Job Assistance Plan act as a great confidence builder. That is the primary benefit, he said. The society. he added "doesn‘t want to hold up construction but would like something to say about it." To back up his reâ€" quest Carter produced a document, signed in 1966 by the mayor and city clerk, which leased the cityâ€"owned park on the east side of King below William it,"‘ Bruce Carter. spokesman for the soâ€" ciety told council Mogâ€" day. But. said Carter. "we don‘t have that much green space in the downtown,"" arguing that the area be left grassed. "We don‘t see it as such a highâ€"traffic area that paving stones are required. We‘d much rather see people sitting on the grass As proposed in the concept plan prepared by Hiltonâ€"Foster Ltd.. the landscape archiâ€" tects hirv(‘to oversee completion of the park, the $100,000 square will feature a 5,200â€"squareâ€" foot outdoor plaza con structed of concrete and paving stones. The plaza will be able tn accommodate public gatherings of up to 600 people The horticultura) soâ€" ciety, Carter said, beâ€" lieves the overall plan for the park is "attracâ€" tive"" but is concerned that "quite a bit of green space will be removed from the area." Carter assured counâ€" cil that the society doesn‘t "want to hold the lease up as a type of power or influence ... as far as the horticulâ€" tural society is conâ€" cerned we could tear it (the lease) up." Street to the society for 25 yvears. The lease. which Carter said was found in the society‘s arâ€" chives, had been forâ€" gotten by city staff who were amazed to learn of its existence. + Although the heritage steam timeteller project was all but dead after the coâ€"ordinating commit tee received Omniplan‘s costs estimates, now Renaud said. "We‘ve all got a renewed interest in following this thing through. According to Renaud,. the mechanical figures will have to be dropped from the plan in order to bring costs down. As well, he said. "I think steam is out. That has turned out to be a very costly item and I don‘t see how it can be done. The initial plan submitted by Omniplan showed an eightâ€"sided wooden bandshell. resembling the one which once stood in front of the old city hall. with roof dormers housing fiveâ€"footâ€"high animat ed figures illustrating the history of Waterioo. _ ‘"We‘ve got a list now of people who want to help," Renaud added. ‘"We‘re speaking to them to see what conributions can be made to get costs down." The project, he stressed, will ~go" if costs can be brought down to the original estimate Oktoberfest, which has spearheaded the drive to construct the timetelier, is now reviewing the cost estimates and investigating a proposal that volunteer workers and designers construct the timetelier, said Renaud. He will meet with the Oktoberfest executive tomorrow to fill them in concerning the alternatives available As a result, Renaud said, "we are back at the drafting board again to see if we can still put a project together that is somewhere near the origmal $115,000 figure." Oktoberfest, he added, has given up any hope of building the timeteller by October, which was the planned completion date. "We are working very hard to ha‘\‘c Jt done by next vear," be said. begin construction of the project. The firm has been paid a $9,600 consulting fee for the design of the project. _ As well, city aider men agreed to ask Hil ton Foster about re ducing the size of the paved area but ap proved the plan to raise the grade of the park site to the level of King Street. However, council agreed that the group. which has maintained the park for many years in return for an annual fee paid by the city, should be consult ed for their input on park design Despite complaints from the horticultural society that they had not been consulted in the preparation of the park design, both Comâ€" munity Services Direcâ€" tor Ken Pflug and Chairman of council‘s Community Services Committee Jim Erb said the society had been approached beâ€" fore the idea was put before council for con sideration. The horticultural soâ€" ciety also requested that the grade be left at its current level beâ€" cause ""the original grade is part of our heritage ... it has always been at that level." We were told it was going to be a horticulâ€" tural park," continued Carter. "Now it‘s a niceâ€"looking park. but there is quite a bit of paving there ... it‘s not too useful as far as horticultural, decoraâ€" tive purposes are conâ€" cerned." eating their lunches Rather than having a blanket regulation, he added, council should set guidelines in the future which gear hiring a police officer to Because of the cost of hiringy the police officer, who will be paid $22.37 â€"an hour, the softball league will lose money by operating the beer tent, Walker told council ‘"Smaller groups are sufferiny." Walker said Glen Waiker, organizer of a tour nament being held by the KW Ladies Softball League in Waterloo Park this weekend, said that al though the "bylaw is good (be cause) it provides regulations for large tournaments (council) should consider what it does to those at the smaller end of the scale." At Monday‘s meeting council was told that the bylaw passed in January, which says that n offâ€" duty police officer must be hired to patrol the ballpark area if a beer garden is being held in conjunction with a tournament. ‘"imposes a financial hardship‘" on smal) leagues sponsoring events By Chronicle Staff Writer Regulations governing the use of Wateriloo‘s ballparks are again causing problems for city hall. SALE OF BEER Ballpark regulations again come under fire Youngsters from around the world who are participating in the Kâ€"W Offâ€"Season Skating School this summer found a way to cool off in last week‘s heat wave when the school hosted a skateâ€"aâ€"thon Friday evening at Waterloo‘s Rink in the Park. Cathy Wilson of Ingersoli (standing) and Tammy Westmacott of Norwich were among 100 skaters who helped raise approximately $2,000 to send figure skaters Melinda Kunhegyi, Lyndon Johnston, Kevin Parker, Christine Hough and Kevin Wheeler to upcoming international competitions. The skating school plans to continue its fundâ€"raising efforts until Aug. 6 when an ice show will be held at the Rink in the Park. SKATEâ€"Aâ€"THON $# f P it (s 4 i 4 %.s) a‘s S Pacowe + .r_.-:,‘.v‘». w# ‘g‘: WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDA Y This regulation along with the 11 pm. curfew will be reviewed by council in the fall when the basebail season is over. As well as Walker® protests, community services director Ken Pflug said. the city has received complaints from at least two other groups because of the beer garden regulations Mayor Marjorie Carroll agreed with Walker that the regulations were "silly" when only a small number of people attend the event In late June, representatives from area baseball teams as well as fans protested the i1 p.m. curfew in effect under the bylaw. after the lights at the Hillside ballpark were switched off during the 15th Annual Chym‘rs Fastball Tournament. This is the second time in under a month that council has heard comâ€" plaints about the ballpark regulaâ€" tions, which were passed after residents of the Glenridge area complained about noise and lights from the nearby Hillside fastball diamond. estimated attendance figures or the quantity of beer sold at the pavilâ€" ions. Melodee Martinuk photo JULY 21. 1982 â€" PAGE 3