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Local Former Riding President, Ruby Weber, has joined the competition for nomination as Liberal Party candiâ€" date in the federal Riding of Waterloo. "Having been involved with the Liberal Party for more than two decades, including 10 years on the Riding executive, I believe I have the _ _Weber seeks fed Liberal nomination experience necessary to win a seat for the Party and truly serve my constiâ€" tuents," she said. "I have also learned how important it is for an MP to work as part of a team â€" in Parliament and in the constituency â€" so that practical benefits can be secured." Weber, a Certified General Accounâ€" tant and Administrator, was born and John Roberts has conducted a telephone poll of Waterloo residents to guage his support in the community, Coun. Andrew Telegdi, a local Liberal confirmed Monday. Roberts, who has been approached by a group of local Libera:. and asked to run for the nomination for Waterloo riding, was in New York when the Chronicle tried to reach him. "He said he was not going to make a move until he determined his level of support," said Telegdi. The poll has been conducted and "it‘s being put through a computer," he said. The results should be available "by the end of the week, which is in line with when he is expected to make a decision" whether to seek the local nomination. "Obviously, he doesn‘t want to run here if he is not going to be accepted here. That‘s why he conducted the poll." Local candidates for the nomination include Waterloo lawyer Stephen Woodworth, veterinarian Dr. Kellyâ€"Leigh Thomas and accountant Ruby Weber. Telegdi has said he will consider running for the nomination if Roberts decides not to seek it. Judging by the telephone calls and comments we receive regularly here at Waterloo‘s favorite newspaper, there‘s an increasing number of Waterloo citizens giving some thought to the repercussions of our tremendous rate of growth. The city has had a 50 per cent increase in population in the last twelve years, and is promoted by our efficient business development department as being open for business. All very well, I‘m hearing it said time and again, we need the jobs and welcome those who would like to share in the first rate lifestyle enjoyed by Waterloo residents. But there is a cost. More than one actually, judging by what I hear. Rapid growth in population and industry results in rapid growth in municipal taxes. Those homes need servicing. Those citizens need cultural and recreational facilities. City hall needs tax dollars to pay for them. Beautiful green areas are being turned into industrial lands and subdivisions. This, of course, has been the price of Roberts on the line Time for examination of growth=â€"concerns? Ruby Weber raised on a farm in the Wallenstein area of the Region. She attended Lougheed Business College and obâ€" tained her B.A. and M.B.A. degrees at WLU before going on for accountancy. She has worked as an accountant with Moore, Diegel and Moore in Waterloo, comptroller for the Ontario March of Dimes, Office manager for the Mennonite Reporter and Business Manager at Conrad Grebel College at the University of Waterloo. Weber said her community and volunteer activities are extensive. She is curâ€" rently serving as treasurer for the Waterloo Region Social Resources Council, Secretary of the Kâ€"W Chap ter of the Certified General Accounâ€" tants Association of Ontario, and is active in church, educational and professional associations in the Kâ€"W area. She served as treasurer of the Mennonite Bicentennial Commission for six years, and was secretaryâ€"treaâ€" surer of the Mennonite Publishing Service for ten years. In addition to serving as Riding Association President, Weber has served as a director for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) and has been an active participant in Federal and Provincial election campaigns. Weber is married to Amsey Weber, and has a daughter, Loni, and son, Chuck. "progress" since the city was founded. But not at this rate! Citizens involved in the Futures Committee last year spoke out against the number of and repulsive appearance of strip malls blanketing this city. Older neighborhood residents are concerned about losing parklands. Houses are being torn down to make way for commercial developments, such as the one planned for Peppler St. and Bridgeport Rd. The Uptown will soon receive a commercial plaza on the land around the former City Hotel. Let‘s pray it is an attractive looking building. Jim Bradley (left), Ontario‘s environment minister dumps a load of glass in the recyclin truck Friday at the kickâ€"off to the blue box program in Waterloo. Barrre Lichty (rlghg delivers the boxes on Briarcliffe Cr. Thursday. Residents can now recycle newspapers, glass, tin and plastic pop bottles. lan Kirkby Chronicle Staff About 16,000 homes received their "blue box" recycling containers last week, enabling Waterloo residents to join 60 communities across the province in taking household newspapers, cans, bottles and plastic pop bottles out of the "waste stream". Jim Bradley, Ontario‘s environment minister kicked off the Waterloo program Friday, delivering the first installâ€" ment of the provincial subsidy to get the effort underway. "It is satisfying to add yet another municipality to the growing list of communities that are committed to conserving resources and landfill space by having recyâ€" cling activities," said Bradley. After years of delay while politicians fought over who was responsible for a program, Waterloo recycles. _ Bradley said there are three things he finds positive about curbside recycling. "One, we stop environmental problems before they start. Recycled garbage never produces landfill leachate contaminating of water, nor becomes incineratorâ€"generated air pollution. "Two, we do this while conserving resources, energy and landfill capacity. "Three, curbside recycling is a way for individual City Seen lan Kirkby At last, Waterloo‘s in recycling spirit WATERLOO CHRONICLE According to Jean Haalboom, the chair of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, what these issues have in common is heritage. Speaking last Friday to the foundation‘s annual meeting (at which the Chronicle received an award for heritage education for our Heritage Day supplement), Haalâ€" boom said, "as supporters of heritage we must be wary of those persons who talk of progress... We must ensure that the promoters of progress are forced to balance our present with our past. We owe it our children and our forefathers. They are counting on us." She said later that Waterloo has "a special character and buildings reflect that social and historical character and that‘s why we should try to preserve them." We need policies that encourage developers to blend the old with the new rather than create more ugly mallâ€"like buildings, she said. Otherwise we will turn this magnificent city into another sprawling suburb of Toronto with its malls and office towers destroying the integrity of streetscapes. citizens to make a difference through their own efforts. In a world where so many of our problems seem to be too great or probably too distant to come to grips with, recycling offers us each a chance to act significantly on our convictions that the environment must be restored and Mayor Marjorie Carroll told those gathered for the official kickâ€"off, "For many years recycling was hampered by the belief it had to make money or at least break even. "We now realize it is important to preserve our natural Carroll noted the Waterloo program, which will be carried out by the regular engineering department staff was on a tight deadline, with the trucks arriving only last week. "Recycling is a job which requires all of us to work together. It‘s our future environment that is at stake." Coun. Lynne Woolstencroft said she was "elated" to see the program underway. "It‘s nice to see a strong winning'" The staff is really keen. I think the citizens have been ready for a long time." â€"The city hasvkept over 2,000 blue boxes in reserve for future use. Citizens who have not received boxes can call Bill Garibaldi at 886â€"2634. WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 lan Kirkby photo