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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 23 Oct 1985, p. 1

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130th Year No., 43 Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff The list of entries vying for Waterloo‘s eight aldermanic seats is set at 14 as two late entries nipped Monday‘s 5 p.m. nomination deadline. The race for mayor, however, is over. For the fourth consecuâ€" tive time, Marjorie Carroll will face no opposition on election day. Despite her certain return to office, the possibility of Carroll stepping down to occupy the Regional Chairman‘s chair is still far from a longshot. The two latest aldermanic hopefuls seeking a seat on Nov. 12 are Dorothy Schnarr and Stephen Beattie. Schnarr, 59, got her nominaâ€" tion in at 3: 30 p.m., uncertain to the very end. "I‘ve hesitated more than once over the decision but decided to throw my hat in the ring anyâ€" ways," said Schnarr. Beattie, 30, entered the race at 1 p.m., but was certain of his decision last week. "There are directions I feel the city of, Waterloo should follow and I hope to help lead the way," said Beattie. Schnarr‘s major concern is keeping the uptown core vital and alive now that the city is experiencing such rapid growth. She is also concerned with keep ing the area a popular place for young families to locate Race is on for aldermanic seats Beattie sees his major goal as to establish more input to council from the community. He believes it is time there was a Citizens Advisory Committee created that could express the senti ments of neighborhood associa tions, church groups, service clubs and social action groups. He is also concerned with the city‘s rental housing crunch. According to Beattie, Magna and Raytheon alone will create 8,300 jobs by 1991 and compounded with today‘s student housing problem, it could create a major headache for the city. The swimming pool issue is another thing Beattie has ideas Wide open trustee battle Wednesday, October "If we really need one then I‘m all for it. But with the Y operating at 70 per cent, I‘m not too sure the money couldn‘t be spent elsewhere," he said. He sees social services such as sidewalk shovelling for senior citizens as being just as imporâ€" tant as a pool. Schnarr is less specific about the issues, stating she just wants to help out in the continuing successful growth of Waterloo. She believes her ability to reason Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff The resignation of three veteran Waterioo trustees has left the field wide open for candidates seeking election to the Waterloo County public and separate boards oj education. Avdiitindiicabntetiabe dioiintit cumaszen At the close of nomination Monday afternoon four candidates were vying for the three Waterloo seats on the Waterloo county board of education, while five residents had jumped into the race for separate school trusteeships. Jacqueline Papke also received her fourth acclamation as Waterloo‘s separate school representative on the public board. 2 2 uBeZ,. 2 . is oi n c 'â€"Gi{[h'léi{ume trustees Robert Kleinschmidt and Lynn Woolstenâ€" croft bowing out of the board election race this fall, current chairman Elizabeth Witmer is the only public trustee seeking reâ€"election. Other Waterl-c;(; re«id‘entslc;rapalgmng for a seat on the Waterloo Beavers from the 1st Waterioo troop met at Winston Churchill school last week to shine apples in preparation for Apple Day. The four little buffers are: 23, 1985 Waterloo, Ontario 25 qgnts at the Newstand would help her in making realisâ€" tic decisions. Schnarr plans to be very accessible as well. _____ The mother of four is the president of the Ontario Meals on Wheels program and was Waterâ€" loo‘s Woman of the Year in 1975 for her community services conâ€" tributions. She directed the volâ€" unteer bureau from 1969â€"73. She lives at 375 King St. N. Beattie, 12 William St. E., decribes himself as a public educator. He has been involved with CUSO, Waterloo‘s 125th TAKING A SHINE birthday celebration and a numâ€" ber of charities dealing with Third World problems. He feels his strong communiâ€" cation skills and ability to work with people are his strongest assets. Beattie hopes to use that abiliâ€" ty to change some of Waterloo‘s "unfair‘ housing bylaws. He does not feel a municipal governâ€" ment should tell a person who they can live with but rather base bylaws on square footage of county board are: former teacher Alida Burrett of 360 Westcourt Place: Robert Monteith of 360 Culpepper Place, a teacher and businessman who lost a bid to sit on the board in 1982; John Hendry, 237 Northlake Drive, a selfemployed businessman who currently serves as a volunteer trustee on the North Waterioo Children‘s Centre school board. Heading the list of Waterloo contenders for the trustee‘s job on the separate school board is Annâ€"Marie Sehi, who has been a member of the board since 1970, serving as its cly_irm_an!or the past two years. 3 11 3 ofi t c h t fies 1 14 4 ol 1.A A. 1 Mc it Bc mt â€" Abooicdiicircntiioesttaiiit antair on o P E As well current Kitchener trustee Wendy Strub has crossed the border into Waterioo for this election. First time candidates Mel Barrie, executive director of the Catholic Youth Organization, former social worker Louise Ervin and local physician Ted Kryn round out the list of candidates for (left to right), Philip Luk, Matthew Jones, Brent Porteous and George Jones. Mark Bryson photo Waterloo‘s three spots on the separate board the building. When Waterloo voters head to the polls they will have the choice among the five incumâ€" bents running; Brian Turnbull, Bob Henry, Mary Jane Mewhinâ€" ney, Jim Erb and John Shorâ€" treed, and choose from the seven other candidates in addition to Schnarr and Beattie. They are: Jim Axler, John Thompson, Robâ€" ert Brown, Sandford MacLean, Lynne Woolstencroft, Andrew Telegdi and Pat McMahon.

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