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c * «l W o # f e P o ce 6 8 C ;. ‘b,}‘ is s > * h a <+ * is e A., + * [ * y * t * s C y 4+ \ * i 6 int s ied $ : > s Aye l ce ae ' g ’ L B # 4 t e _ . 4 ‘ ’ L 1 i ‘ » ? e o ~< M A b s k E | P P $ & e a PÂ¥ s * f 1 # L ; 3 tol t o d t 't, : * *4 8 ®; * " We * t L33 * A outstandinglyâ€"colorful parade as they lined chilly King Street for the coming of jolly d St. Nick. See page 17 for story, more photos. Rick Campbeil photo Something at Saturday‘s Kâ€"W Jaycee Santa Claus parade must have caught the imagination of fourâ€"yearâ€"old Sarah Schmidt â€" she was clapping her hands with so THIS WEEK INSIDE TIP OF THE HAT Doesn‘t let: â€"â€"SEE PAGE 09â€" bility of bringing Route 9 (Lakeshoreâ€"Lincoin) into the uptown and to examine the ramificaâ€" tions of creating a ment Committee asked tention of the commitâ€" Despite a report from Kitchener Transit to the contrary, Mayor Marjorie Cafrroll believes changes should be made to existing bus routes to encourage north Waterioo residents to shop in the core. ' "I still think we should be looking at changes," she commented. ‘"‘We may have to take the initiative rather than wait to respond to demand."‘ residents of the Lakeâ€" shore and Lincoin subâ€" divisions to stop in the core. ‘The study completed by Kitchener Transit, which was submitted to council Monday night, rejected both proposals as premature, arguing that the cost was not warranted by current from the Lakeshore subdivision to the core, which requires that University Avenue, is adequate and a greater demang exists for serâ€" vice to Conestoga Mall dership studies conâ€" ducted in 1981 reveais that 16 per cent of the shoppingâ€"trip demand from the Route 9 serâ€" vice area is to Conesâ€" toga Mall and only seven per cent is to the and industrial areas in Lakeshore and Lincolin communities to Upâ€" town Waterloo has been justifiably perâ€" ceived as enhancing commercial and retail activity in the area," the report concluded. "Frdofh a transit perâ€" Transit report â€" _misses mark of creating demand Kitchener Transit riâ€" Last December the «â€"â€"SEE PAGE 4 *‘‘The routing of tranâ€" Penny‘s put not a priority." Extended service to Comestoga Mail, Kitchâ€" spective, however, it is North or Lincoiln North communities become more fully developed." Transit officials esâ€" timate that to extend Route 9 service into the more than $100,000. Loop service to Conesâ€" toga Mail through the Uptown, they predict, will cost in excess of also not warranted . Ald. Mary Jane Meâ€" whinney said she was ‘‘disappointed‘‘ that Waterloo city council Monday night approved the structure of a new committee to direct and encourage business developâ€" ment in the city. The new committee, to be called the Waterioo business development committee, replaces the current civic and industrial, or economic, development committees. Mayor Marjorie Carroll told council that the new committee format was proposed in an attempt "to streamline the activities of the two former committees with a comâ€" Gordon study on core revitalization. The EDC was established to encourage industriâ€" al expansion in the city:© will "avoid the duplication which we‘ve had in the past." Committees streamilined By merging the two groups, she said, we ing area in the core," create more demand rather than trying teo demand,"‘ she said. CDC for comment. rejected the proposed miniâ€"terminal. ‘‘They cut out the concept of having a centrail meetâ€" ‘‘Our original aim was to create a means City council referred the transit report to the Following the meetâ€" ing Carroll said, "the point of the CDC in requesting the report may have been tContinued on page 3)