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131st Year No. 36 Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff Opponents to the daytime ‘"‘commerâ€" cial" use of a neighboring church parking lot have given up their yearâ€"long battle to stop it. _ â€" _ c Citing financial constraints caused by Canada‘s ‘"often confusing and drawnâ€"out court system", the approximately 20 residents opposed to Mutual Life‘s use of the Church of the Holy Saviour lot on Allen Street East have decided to throw in the towel. _ "If things could have gone a little differently then perhaps we wouldn‘t have Residents opposed to the use of the Holy Saviour Church parking lot by Mutual Life, sponsored a lawn sale Saturday to help defray legal costs. The group has since announced they have given up the battle. Liz Smith makes a sale to Bill Clayâ€" to give up. But as it stands now it‘s like playing noâ€"limit poker,‘"‘ said resident Les Faichney Tuesday. _ Although several factors have pushed their legal expenditures beyond anticipatâ€" ed levels, the true crippling blow was dealt on July 17 when District court judge William Higgins announced at a Supreme Church lot foes give up on bid to put halt to commercial use Court of Ontario hearing in Kitchener that he was going on vacation and advised interested parties to seek an alternate Resident leader Cilla Cross estimates the losing battle has cost her group $5,000 in legal costs, of whith a small portion has been recovered by yard sales. *‘We‘re obviously disappointed but we‘re not bitter," said Cross, adding that the group is still accepting donations to offset the remaining legal bill. Higgins was to have decided at that time whether a temporary injunction against the parking use be granted. But because of the foulâ€"up in court scheduling, the possibility of seeking a temporary injunction was removed, forcing residents to engage in an allâ€"orâ€"nothing fullâ€"trial within the next few months. The controversy caught the public eye last September when residents argued unsuccessfully to Waterloo City Council that by allowing Mutual‘s Allen Square tenants to park on its lot, the church was using it in a ‘"commercial" manner. Waterloo‘s bylaw prohibits such use. But on advice from city solicitor Bill White, council decided to do nothing about the agreement between the church and Mutual which saw the 68â€"space lot built in the church‘s rear yard as a ‘"donation‘‘ by the insurance giant. Cross and her group will now concenâ€" trate on making the process of fighting city hall through the court system an easier task. In response to an advertiseâ€" ment for the Ontario Courts Inquiry, Cross will detail her group‘s problems to a provincial task force examining the organization, structure and jurisdiction of all Ontario courts to the people of the province. The setback has also prompted the residents to call for a system of recourse where residents don‘t have to pay large sums of money to fight city council deciâ€" sions. ‘"‘There should be a higher level where citizens can go without having to deal with lawyers and judges, a sort of municipal ombudsman,‘"‘ said Cross. Faichney agrees, claiming the resiâ€" dents were on the receiving end of an ‘"‘unpopular decision‘‘ by city council, ‘"‘just like the people in Colonial Acres who were forced to welcome a granny flat to their neighborhood." ‘‘They (council) made a bad decision that we‘ll all have to live with but by and large they‘re a pretty good council," he ‘"‘I guess we‘ll just have to call this an expensive lesson in civics." Chronicle Staff Seven weeks. September 15 to October 31. Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and Area has to raise the $1.825 million needed by its 34 participating agencies to operate next It is the most ambitious goal ever set by the local United Way; the campaign being kicked off Saturday is the most aggresâ€" sive ever as an army of 2,500 United Way volunteers attempts to reach every emâ€" ployee of every Twin City company for a Said campaign chairman Sonja Carney, it is also a lot of work, which began as far back as December ‘85 with a post mortem of last year‘s campaign to see what worked and what didn‘t, and has continâ€" ued through the past eight and a half months with volunteer recruiting, trainâ€" That‘s exactly how long United Way of Even Dagwood Bumstead would be hard pressed to dress quickly enough to win the Farmer‘s Market Mania during Sunday‘s third annual Corporate Challenge at Waterioo Park. A total of 55 teams took part in the fun event featuring crazy stunts and performances. Epton Industries finished on top. More photos, see page 5. Ambitious goals set for United Way drive 25 cents ing, the preparation of campaign packâ€" ages and strategies, presentations to employee groups and a thousand other ‘‘*Most people have no idea how much time and effort is involved in getting a campaign like this set upâ€"I certainly didn‘t until I got involved," said Carney. This year‘s fundâ€"raising effort features a number of firsts designed to maximize corporate and citizen support of United Way, said Carney. For the first time the campaign has an honorary chairman, John Acheson, retiring president and director of The Dominion Life Assurance Company, whose task it is to encourage increased corporate support. Also newly appointed is UW president Douglas Wright as the United Way‘s Honorary Education Division Chairman. Wright will encourage support from presidents Melodee Martinuk photo (Continued on page 3)