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Two Lakeshore North residents are steamed because of a Waterloo city council deeision Monday to support a “compro- lube” solution for the location of the pro- posed six-million- Chronicle Statt Only three weeks into the 1985 fundraising campaign, United Way has already reached one-third of its $1.5million target. Campaign chairman Bryan Stewart an- nounced Tuesday that a total of $525,000 has been raised to date for United Way's 29 member agencies. -That tigure represents a 10.4 per cent increase in pledges compared to last year at the same time, he said. 7 Council throws support behind compromise "If we maintain our pace, obviously we will make our goal," Stewart told campaign organ- izers and canvassers who gathered for the luncheon meeting. . Already, employee group pledges are up 11 per cent and corporate donations show an increase of sevenper cent, Stewart said. - He attributes the campaign's success to the fact that canvassers managed to get an early start in contacting in-plant volunteers. They have been making frequent presentations to local groups and have been holding regular meetings, to share strategies. Thio year's Poppy Campaign hao a now look and a now moooago " domonotratod by Loonatd Dunkol (loll) CD, a W ll votoran, honoro and awardo offlclor for tho provincial wand. Ed Mulronoy (mm) public rolatlono officer tor the K-W Poppy Fund and Aibort Gill (right) a vototan of both ww l and the Koroan War. Tho throo aro holding umploa of the rod and whit. onvolopoa that will ho arrlvlng at k-W homes thin wook. The packagoo will contain an lnoort oxplainlng why Canadiano wont popploo on Nov. , , and how monoy colloctod in the annual poppy campaign lo uood. With four weeks left in the seven-week fundraising drive some companies have already completed their canvass, some are now in progress and a few will be kicked off in the near "I believe that if we can get the message out to the givers, or at least to the canvassers, about the needs of our member agencies. everyone will get involved in some way," he said. United Way's 1985 campaign goal of $1.5 million represents a 9.1 per cent increase over the total collected last year. This year's fund drive ends Nov. 16. United Way "on target" K-W Poppy Fund fights fire with fire by launching awareness campaign of its own gallon Waterloo water The alternative which received the city's blessing would put the "-foot-high standplpe 500 feet to the west of the Old Westmount Road/Con- servatlon Drive site recommended by engi- neering consultants Proctor and Redfern. "I think this is dis- gusting, l don't believe it," said Pat Corbett, of 135 Mallard Cres. in an interview. "From day one this is what we've been given and this is what we'il get. There's no damn way we're happy with council's decision." Location of the north Waterloo water tower has been a contentious issue since it was first proposed earlier this year. with Lakeshore residents opposing the project because of the impact such a struc- ture would have on property values. Last week, Corbett's husband, Harold. pre- sented to city council a petition signd by 504 Lakeshore property owners who object to having the tower locat- ed in their area. The residents would like to have the region build an underground reservoir on Rummel- hardt Road. That op- tion. which would cost $6.15 million. has been rejected by consultants because it would not meet the city's current water needs and would necessitate an exten- sive program to re- place watermains throughout the city. Alderman Doreen Thomas Joined a re- gional engineering committee tour of the (Continued on page a) Waterloo aldermen welcomed a familiar figure back to city council chambers. Monday night. In a unanimous decision, they appointed former alderman John Shortreed to fill the vacancy created last week with the resignation of Glen Wright. Shortreed gets nod to fill council vacancy Shortreed signed the oath of office Monday, but would not take his seat at the council table because "there are some items here (on the agenda) I'd like more information on." “Welcome back to Waterloo council," re- marked Mayor Marjorie Carton. __, 7 _ The appointment was moved by Alderman Brian Tumbull, who said that because the current term of office is more than two-third's completed, “I don't feel the expense is warrant- ed to hold an election across the city just to fill this vacancy." According to the Municipal Act, council had Approximately Irs people marked the start of International Disarmament Week Saturday by taking part in a walk tor peace, sponsored by the Waterloo Region Peace Network. The familiar red poppies have begun arriving at Kitchener-Water- loo homes, but this year, they will be carrying with them a new mes- sage. Disturbed by a letter in the local daily newspaper last year, which questioned how money collected in the annual sale is used, members of the K-W Poppy Fund have launched a public awareness campaign this year. "We were upset by the letter and decided to fight fire with fire. We felt we should be letting people know what we do," explained local author John Mellor, who has spent much of the past year helping to organize the new campaign. This year. the K-W Poppy Fund will be mailing out 150,000 poppies to area homes. Contained in the letter will be an insert with detailed information on how money raised in the poppy sale is used and with an explanation of why poppies are worn on Nov. li. "We're not stressing selling the pop‘py. We're stressing wearing it." sal Ed Mulrooney, public relations omeer for the K-W Poppy Fund. He added that he is confident that most local residents would be glad to purchase and wear the poppies if they understood their significance. Last year. 850.0” was collected through the sale of poppies. Cam- paign expenses came to 841,200. a figure which Included the cost of purchasing the poppies trom Vet Craft, postage. salaries for March of PEACEFUL PROTEST m3; 93134324.}..[3 the option to fill the vacancy either by appointment or by election. Research hy the city clerk’s office indicated that during the past two decades, vacancies occurred four times. and in each case. council appointed the person who finished ninth in the previous election to fill the gap. This is the second time in his political career that Shortreed. a professor of civil engineering at the University of Waterloo. has been appointed to till a council vacancy. He first got on Waterloo council in 1979 as replacement for Walter McLean, who had resigned his seat mid-term to' run in the federal election. Shortreed was re-elected in 1980, but lost by a narrow margin in the 'tt2 municipal election. -iiirigttt resigned last week to- take a job as executive assistant to Walter McLean. seem tary of state and MP for Waterloo riding. “WY Dimes workers who prepared the packages. printing supplies and campaign or office expenses. _ _ Approximately 12 per cent of the poppy fund was used to assist needy veterans and their families in buy- ing groceries, paying rent, fuel or medical bills and in providing trans- portation or Christmas food hampers. Mulrooney stressed that, while the fund is intended for veterans, other needy members of the com- munity have been offered assis- tance in the past. Members of the legions have also contacted the two local school boards offering to help In organizing Remembrance Day services. Ars minimum 50.000 poppies have provided to the schools. Money from the campaign was also used to sponsor the annual Legion essay, poem and poster contest for area students. Organizers of the sate are hoping that by increasing Ltubeawarenest of the reasons for the annual fundraising drive, they will be able to boost revenues to 875.000 this year. This year, local vets have also produced a one-hour program fea- turing a panel discussion and sereening of the film The Gift. It will be telecast on Rogers Cable 4 Sunday, Oct. 28, 4 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 1, . p.m.; Friday, Nov. 9, T and ‘Sunday. Nov. li. 2:30 ma! " --PAaE__3