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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 9 Mar 1983, p. 5

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Chronicle Staff The Region of Water Inn's engineering mm. mittee will be deciding next week whether or not to spend $60,000 to erect it five-foot con- crete noise attenuation fence along the Univer- sity Avenue extension in the area of Culpep per Drive, Carroll seeks resident input on noise fence The committee was to have made a deci sion on the matter at last Thursday's meet Proud family Oklahoma Buplnt University announced recently Harvey and Norman Weber, suns of Mr. and Mrs Guido Weber, 67 Allen SL W, Waterloo, have been named In the Presi- dent's Honor Roll for the fall M'mt-slt'r of 1982. In order lo qualify for the Prvsident's [lunar Roll u student must maintain u 3.50 grade point au-rngv with no grade below» a KATHY ___ SEER GULZAR YVONNE awn MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY: OPEN MON., TUES., SAT., 9:30-6 pm, WED, THURS., FRI., 9:30-9:30 pm " WESTMOUNT PLACE, WATERLOO PHONFiBBC-GQGO FROM NOW UNTIL MARCH 31st,'83 RECEIVE Westmount ing but deferred dis- cussion at the request of committee chairman Waterloo Mayor Mar jorie Carroll who "wanted ttt have the residents' input on the problem, Last June regional council gave final ap- proval to construction of the almost $1 million extension. At the same time. in response to arguments of Culpep- per Drive residents who maintained that construction of the roadway would greatly increase noise levels in their yards. regional council also instructed engineering staff to conduct noise studies in the Culpepper Drive area and report back, "rm going to “intact the residents and ask them how they feel about it," said Carroll in an interview with the Chronicle. "I didn't want to see it turned down without their input." . In their report to the engineering commit- tee. tabled Thursday, regional engineers rev vmmended against construction of the fence because studies indicate that traffic noise levels will not 7’1 13 CATHERINE a: 20% “FF ".xceed Ministry of the Environment guide- lines The approved design of the extension in cludes construction of a five-foot earth em- bankment to reduce traffic noise from the roadway. Twenty-five thousand dollars will be spent to landscape the berm in order m further reduce road noise. Regional council, against the advice of engineering staff, has already okayed con- struction of a noise attenuation fence along the extension behind Kingsley Court. Noise levels there will be comparable to levels in the Culpepper Drive area, "I feel council set a precedent by approv- ing it behind Kingsley Court," Carroll com- mented. "That was strictly a political move. Staff was very much against it. "The noise along Culpepper Drive is bor derline as far as pro- vincial guidelines." she continued. "it's a ques- tion of whether they want to look out their windows and we a wall or a treed bermC UNISEX r',', Reunion is i,'-, planned for l' Dominion choir More than 50 guides and former girl guides trom Kitchener-Waterloo and area held a reunion Saturday at Knox Presbyterian Church in Waterloo. It was a chance to renew old friendships and raise funds for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS) campaign to build a new international centre tor guides in London, England. Present for the occasion were guides who have visited the organization's tour world centres in Mexico, Switzerland, India and England. They are (left to right) Pat Lapsley (seated) area public relations chairman and district commissioner in Waterloo, Kay Thurston, a member of the national publications committee, Margaret Mulligan, Ontario camp committee member, Ester Mackay, a retired guide leader and Pat Heraldson, deputy area commissioner for Maple Way 'i;iiiir1'iirG 631601;. raised for the campaign. GUIDE GETu'rOGE'rlHIER WATERLOO CMONICLE. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9 YVONNE hairstyling ON ALL PERMS CUTS INCLUDED AND COLOURS The well-travelled and highly-respected Dominion Life Choir is planning a 35th anniversary re-union May 14 with a dinner at Wuolner's Lodge. Anyone wishing more information on the reunion should contact choir president Audrey Eicholz at the Dominion Life Waterloo Group Sales office titt6-4970. PEGGY PAUL Pat AMI. photo "tga-seas'

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