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June 17 seven students to receive $20,000 scholarship through the Universiâ€" ty of Toronto‘s National Scholars Program as well as receiving the U of Ts Prince of Wales award for entering the faculty of arts and Waterloo collegiate with a 97.6 average. June 24 The situation turns ugly as striking letter carriers confront Canada Post recruitment workers outside the Waterloo Post Office. June 30 The provincial Ministry of Laâ€" bor had no other option than to order Waterloo Memorial Arena closed because it is in contravenâ€" tion of the occupational Health and Safety Act. s nounced it will give the Universiâ€" ty of Waterloo $100,000 over five years to support the university‘s July 8 The _ Ontario _ government turned down a major grant appliâ€" cation from Waterloo that would have financed a significant porâ€" tion of a proposed community issued 65 million seven gram $1 coins. They will replace the $1 bill by the end of 1989. University of Waterloo accountâ€" ing professor Efrim Boritz was awarded a grant of over $400,000 by the Canadian International Development Agency to help Revâ€" enue Brazil establish computer auditing and statistical auditing July 15 Waterloo County Board of Eduâ€" cation trustees asked that further testing be done of electromagneâ€" tic fields at the new Mary Johnsâ€" ton school for comparison with and one other school. July 22 Dr. John E. Thompson, Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo biology professor, was one of 50 distinguished Canaâ€" dian humanists and scientists to have been elected to the Fellowâ€" Margaret Marsh, of Waterloo, was one of two Canadian Girl Guide leaders to be chosen to take part in the Pinzga ‘87 camp in Austria, which will be attended Hummacpoduanofconuol.oddoavldsmmldlnawaomommwobfln at area homes 1987 IN REVIEW by 2,500 guides and scouts from 21 countries. The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Skatâ€" ing Club announced that their Senior Team has received an official invitation from the XV Olympic Winter Games Organizâ€" ing Committee to skate in the Olympic Closing Ceremonies in July 29 City council gave the go ahead to a $708,000 temporary solution to the Waterloo Arena. Most of the arena as it stands now will be demolished and in its place an air supported plastic dome will be July 29 Canada will be represented by the â€"Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Symâ€" phony Youth Orchestra at the Pan American Music Festival of Champions at Butler University in Indianapolis in August. August 5 Waterloo City Council will not follow Kitchener‘s lead and will continue to control which gasoâ€" line service outlets are allowed to open on Sundays. Ray Brown,, of the Waterloo Swim Club qualified for the Caâ€" nadian team going to the Panâ€"Am Games in August in Indianapolis at the Canadian Championships held in Calgary. August 12 City Council decided to issue a $2,500 cheque to Strathcona County, an Albert County deâ€" feated by Waterloo in the Particiâ€" paction Challenge, which was one of the small communities daâ€" maged by a twister that touched down in that province. August 12 City council endorsed a task force recommendation that will see fines jump to $50 from $15 for motorists caught occupying Waâ€" terloo parking spaces designated for handicapped persons. Waterloo‘s novice girls allâ€"star softball team beat Stratford 2â€"1 in a final game to take the gold medal in the regional championâ€" August 19 The Seagram Museum welâ€" comed its 500,000th visitor. The museum opened May 17, 1984. The lucky visitor, Mildred Knudâ€" sen of Michigan, received a hamâ€" per of gifts which included bottles of wine, books on wine and wine glasses. Forced to take action immediâ€" ately, Waterloo regional councilâ€" lors gambled more than $3 milâ€" lion on a proposal to make the Grand River the region‘s primary water source. August 26 September 2 Two aldermen convinced Waâ€" terloo City Council to temporarily back out of its controversial coal tar cleanup agreement with CN Real Estate. Waterloo City Council made a $300,000 commitment to the sepâ€" arate school board to assist in the construction of a new elementary school on the city‘s west side. In return the city will be able to use the school‘s recreational facilities after classroom hours and during September 9 Negotiating committees repreâ€" senting the City of Waterloo and local firefighters have come to terms on a twoâ€"year contract resolving all 1987â€"88 contract Guelphâ€"based Yeadon Fabric Structures Ltd. is awarded the contract to construct the air supâ€" ported structure that will cover Waterloo Memorial Arena later this year. easily sweeps to his fourth provinâ€" September 16 Liberal incumbent Herb Epp 16,792 votes to his nearest rival Tory Elizabeth Witmer‘s 8,681. September 16 Citizenship and Culture Minisâ€" ter Lily Munro announced that Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, along with 10 other Ontario communities will soon have a Young Leaders Tomorrow Program which will place young people on committees or boards of directors of voluntary organizations, a joint venture between the Ministry and the Ontario Association of Volunteer Bureaus. Kâ€"W Kiwanis Meals on Wheels celebrated the delivery of its oneâ€" half millionth meal with a Celeâ€" bration tea at St. Mary‘s Hospital Heasley Hall. The program began in September 1975 with approxiâ€" mately 45 deliveries the first day. joined forces in a marketing stratâ€" In a move designed to encourâ€" age outside investment and aid local industrial expansion, the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph have September 23 "Canada‘s Technology Triangle". A new rubber technology, develâ€" oped at the University of Waterâ€" loo, received the gold Award of Excellence in the invention cateâ€" November saw Waterioo‘s Norma and Garxoagrd leading a local campaign to collect used eyeglasses for distribution in underdeveloped countries. Kâ€"W curlers celebrated th ~ September 30 _ M Suxlas Cc 0*9" gory at the Canada Awards for Business Excellence dinner in Halifax. The Committee on Achieveâ€" ment of the Eastern Canada and Caribbean District of the Internaâ€" tional Kiwanis Club declared the Rockway Golden K Club the winner of the "Single Service" project award. Waterloo Whirlwind captured its second consecutive Southwest Soccer League Minor Mosquito championship after finishing first in regular league play and winâ€" ning the championship trophy at a tournament in Ohio. October 7 The City of Waterloo and the Canadian National Railway Comâ€" pany signed an agreement effecâ€" tively closing the book on the coal tar controversy. The agreement provides for the selling of cityâ€" owned land at the Regina Site to CN Realty and sharing the cost of the coal tar cleanup. Tenants in townhouse and semiâ€"deteched houses on McDouâ€" gall Road and Shakespeare reâ€" ceived the green light from city council to convert their buildings to condominiums. October 14 October 21 Council members passed a moâ€" tion giving residents of apartâ€" ments and condominiums a reâ€" bate on the taxes they pay for garbage pickup services they don‘t receive from the city. Five students from the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo were among 90 students from 18 countries at a conference at the Royal Melbourâ€" ne Institute of Technology in Australia to establish an internaâ€" tional student network. WATERLOO CHRAONICLE, \ October 28 Workers at the Erb St. landfill site can safely handle soil contaâ€" minated with coal tar, said Stan Chapman, the safety officer for Waterloo Region. Chapman said that tests of soil stockpiled at the site showed that traces of five chemicals "were below the detectâ€" able limits of the equipment". With an estimated 1,000 memâ€" bers today, the Kâ€"W Granite Club, which is celebrating its diamond jubilee this year, has come a long way from what it was on Dec. 30, 1927, the day that 40 AY DECEMBEA 30, 1987 â€" PAGE 11 November 4 A lastâ€"minute attempt by Coun. Andrew Telegdi to open to the media part of the council retreat was defeated at a council meetâ€" November 11 Unhappy with the pace at which Waterloo city council is considering a ward system for the city, a group of citizens circulated a petition to force discussion at the next council meeting. November 18 General Motors of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engiâ€" neering Research Council coâ€" sponsored a $930,000 industrial research chair at the University of Waterloo. November 25 The Waterloo library will be computerized by mid 1989 as a result of a decision by city council to set money aside from the 1988 budget for an implementation study. December 2 Two University of Waterloo students Carolyn Duke, a hearâ€" ingâ€"impaired computer science student, and Terry McCain,, a paraplegic English student reâ€" ceived $2,000 awards under the Imasco scholarship fund program for disabled students at Canadian universities. December 9 A possible ward system for Waterloo was delayed until at least the 1991 election as city council voted to seek public imput over the long term. The vote was in response to a petition preâ€" sented to city council demanding the issue of ward creation be addressed for the 1988 municipal election by immediately applying to the Ontario Municipal Board. December 16 New procedural policies for closed meetings, and a procedure for requesting legal opinions were adopted by Waterloo city council. supplement the rules for public council meetings adopted by council on Oct. 26. The Ontario Municipal Board announces February 15 and 16 as the dates for hearings into the electoral system review in Waterâ€" loo. 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