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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Jun 1986, p. 3

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Licensing plan (Continued from page 1) a "temporary‘‘ license was acceptable. "If you don‘t have the safety aspect covered, any type of licensing is insuffiâ€" cient in our minds," said Roughley. The special ‘committee will consider what it heard Monday night and report Rodney Gilchrist Chronicle Staff The AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area (ACCKWA) held a press conference Monday to announce itself formally established, and to outline its plans for the next 10 months. The conference kicks off first day of AIDS Awareness Week in the region, held in conjunction with their Toronto counterpart, the AIDS Commitâ€" tee of Toronto (ACT). AIDS Awareness Week activities included meetâ€" ing with government administrators to provide them with current information about AIDS and the work of the AIDS committee. Members of the board of directors for ACCKWA lead the press through a stepâ€"byâ€"step outline of their intended activities for the area. The week will be highlighted by a candlelight vigil Thursday in Toronto, with ACT, and a dance Friday night at the Cabaret Dining Lounge in Kitâ€" chener. The general objectives of ACCKWA are to provide educational services in the area, to supply Community Mediation open house ACCKWA outlines plans for organization wA . _ x"A* s Community Mediation has been assisting people in the Wateriloo Region to resolve disâ€" putes for six years. An open house will be held in celebration at Community Jusâ€" tice Initiatives, 298 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario June 13 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Kitchen er MPP David Cooke will be the back to council with another draft as soon as possible. â€" _ In contrast to the grandiose entrance being made by Waterloo‘s lodging house licensing, the city‘s Property Standards bylaw came into effect quietly June 1. Although officially fielding complaints, the property standards officer who will be the public, media, and government with upâ€"toâ€"date information about AIDS, to establish a telephone line for informational and crisis support services and to implement a plan to acquire financial resources for ACCKWA. ACCKWA consists of four separate committees, formed to divide the work load for the organizaâ€" tion. There is a committee to compile and maintain files on the media‘s handling of the AIDS issue, a committee for fundraising, a committee to provide and define support services and a committee for supplying the public with information. Although there is no formal count of how many people are members of ACCKWA, there are 15 committee members and their support people. The group is currently trying to establish a temporary phone number through one of the other social agencies in the area. At the moment they can only be reached through writing to P.O. Box 1925, Kitchener, Ontario, N2Gâ€"4R4. ACCKWA estimates that they will need approxiâ€" mately $185,000. dollars to operate for the next 18 months. Brighton Public School in Waterioo reâ€" leased 120 invitations *concealed inside heliumâ€"filled balloons Monday to kick off their 25th anniversary celebrations. Sevenâ€" yearâ€"old student Jennifer Gesinghaus is shown in the foreground of photograph, waiting to release her personnal invitation. h. Rodney Gilchrist photo Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff The public address system at Waterloo CHYM‘r home games is bad enough. But to expect Glenridge area homeowners to listen to threeâ€"andâ€" aâ€"half hours of rock n‘ rollâ€"even if it is for a good causeâ€"â€"well that‘s just asking for too much. With that serving as fuel for thought, Waterloo City Council bowed to the complaints of five residents Monday night and decided not to allow a nearby roller rink hold an outdoor dance that would have raised funds for Anselma House, a home for battered women. Super Skate Seven was asking for a temporary exemption from the city‘s noise bylaw on June 27 from 7: 30 to 11 p.m. With the exemption, the rink was planning an outdoor video dance to be staged by Toronto FM station CFNY. The outdoor equipment would have consisted of one nine by 12 foot video screen with appropriate video machines and videos, and one three way speaker system with 1,500 watts of power. _ Rink manag'er Gary Stewart told council that the project would be an ideal way for young adults to become involved and made aware of local chariâ€" ties. *# ‘"‘The benefit ‘parking lot dance‘ we have proposed will provide an evening of clean, wholesome, well supervised entertainment for young people; as well as, bringing an increased Community Mediation Service (CMS) is a program of Commuâ€" nity Justice Initiatives. It is the longest running program of its kind in Canada. CMS assists neighbours, separating families, and others in resolving disputes. special guest and will be availâ€" able to talk informaily with other guests. The public is welcome. BALLOON BUDDIES City bows to pressure turns thumbs down to charity dance venture pounding the pavement to ensure Waterâ€" loo homeowners meet minimum commuâ€" nity standards, will not start until next week. Until then, the city‘s building department is handling all calls. According to building inspector Guenter Trinkaus the method of enforcement will be nothing short of "friendly."‘ Chronicle Staff A deal that would have solved the overcrowding woes of Waterloo‘s Adult Recreation Centre has gone sour. When announced May 12, Waterloo was to enter into an agreement with the Kâ€"W Royal Canadian Air Force Association 404 Wing for the purchase of their facility at 510 Dutton Drive. The $307,000 acquisition was to be a cure for the ARC‘s ongoing overcrowding pains. At that time, the purchase was conditional upon approval of Waterloo City Council, Kâ€"W R.C.A.F. 404 Wing, Waterloo Rotary Club, Ontario Municipal Board and Provincial funding. None of these conditions appeared to be a probâ€" lem "I‘m not accusing anyone of bargaining in bad faith, it was just not what we agreed on,"‘ said 404 Wing president Stan Steip Tuesday. â€" _ ‘What‘s a minor detail to them, is major to us," said Steip. o I o â€" One example of the city‘s "lack of care"‘ in preparing the contract was the omission of an agreement that would allow 404 Wing members to use the main hall in the facility 10 times a year. "It‘s up to the city now, but we‘re not going to vote again on what they offered us," said Steip. O A June 5 meeting of 404 Wing members has quickly changed things. A vote taken by 80 of the Wing‘s 350 members called for the turning down of the city offer because of innaccuracies in the final contract. Steip said the innaccuracies were minor, but Wing members had no other choice but to vote against the deal. Community Services director Ken Pflug says he will try and arrange a meeting with 404 Wing executive members. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1986 â€" PAGE 3 Building purchase plan goes sour awareness to the needs of Anselma House and people within their own community," said Stewâ€" "I find it hard to believe you (council) would even consider this. Children will want to sleep and adults will want to sit outside. This is just too much to ask of a neighborhood that has bore the brunt of intrusion over the years,"‘ said Dr. Arthur Jones of 272 Ferndale PI. One dollar from every $5 ticket purchased would be forwarded to the house, with the rink‘s cost at ‘"‘around $4,000", said Stewart. He expected as many as 1,700 people in attendance. Nearby residents agreed it was an admirable cause, but said it was just too much to ask of them. The rink is located on Marsland Drive, across from Hillside Park, home of the CHYM‘rs. Jones has spoken to council on a number of issues over the years, including the public address system at Hillside Park, something that still irritates nearby homowners. In fact this past weekend, on a Sunday afternoon, a Glenridge resident had the Waterloo Regional Police turn the volume of the speaker down at the CHYM‘r fastball tournament. _ Aldermen Mary Jane Mewhinney and Brian Turnbull were the only two who felt the residents could put up with threeâ€"andâ€"aâ€"halfâ€"hours of dance music. Jones said the only way the dance could gain neighborhood approval, was if Super Skate Seven gave more than $1 from each ticket. o Following the meeting she expressed further disâ€" pleasure. â€" â€" e Stewart said the dance would have been regulated by 20â€"30 security people and ‘"a couple" of offâ€"duty policemen. ' "It‘s very unfortunate a spark to a fundraising problem should be hindered this way," said Meâ€" whinney. (e O "‘The cause is good and it was a oneâ€"night affair, so I really don‘t know what the problem was. It sure isn‘t a great intrusion into their neighborâ€" hood," she said. "It is not going to be our policy to jump all over the owner. If we handle this all on a friendly basis, I‘m sure it will work out quite well," he said. Trinkaus was unable to say how many complaints had come in to date, but did reveal that they were from a wide cross section of the city.

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