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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Aug 1991, p. 3

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aRaieriyade, Construction of the multi-use Waterloo Recreation Complex is scheduled to begin in October and will be completed by Febru- ary of 1993. It will include a 3,500-seat arena, 30-metre in. door swimming pool with men- ities, a 550-seat banquet hall and four community meeting rooms. Uptown merchants are excited about the additional tourism and business activity that will be generated by the new complex and its neighbor. ing Clay & Glass Gallery and Seagram Museum. Millard admits there are con. cerns about such an event but, if such an event is held, the only stipulations the federation would require are ensuring the safety of patrons and providing some cul. tural value at the event so alcohol isn't the entire focus. Seigfried says he will try to stress the positive aspects of such an event, such as the enormous benertta to Uptown merchants, "We do have a policy of holding non-alcohol related events and, in fact. all our orientation events are nomaleoholie, But we don't dictate someone elae‘s policies, what another organization can and cannot do as it relates to students." - 7,, . - --_7 ,7‘7 WW Uptown merchants have been 'Take Pride and Shop" will invited to join together in sup be promoted with a multi-page port of the $21-million Waterloo coupon insert in the Chronicle, Recreation Complex. On the on-site radio coverage, celebrity evening of Wednesday, Sept. events and competitions among 18, participating merchants local teams like the Siskins, the will urge Waterloo residents to WLU Golden Hawks and the "Take Pride and Shop", with a University of Waterloo War. portion of proceeds donated to riors. 1"idi2jtilh'on fund raising , Paltiti?atittg businesses may University of Waterloo’s Federation of Students, says while his council doesn’t suport the street dance proposal, neither do they cqndemn it. Dance 1.7.115, !N_-_I._INE SKATE EXCHANGE - - w - .. i - . I I - Rosumhon measuring volaub organic compounds tmm cor exhaust. "ttttr wax“. dom- smok- nnd others. show ham haw the wont air. Micrograrm per cubic mam: The Complex Situation We buy and sell New & Used In-Line Skates & Accessories - We take trade-ins 0mm. residuum YI/tttst Air Inside Homes (continued from page At) t a Glam "Take Pride and Shop" will provide both shoppers and mer. chants with a creative way to support a project that will bene. fit every resident of Waterloo. For further irArmaiiJriGh 72541032. Participating businesses may donate 10 per cent of their sales during the event, or designate a particular product or service with a portion of the sale price donated to the campaign. Staff will be invited to work for free on this special evening as their gesture of support for the corn. plex. Seigmed (vhTiriTiiariiineu at the Sept. 9 meeting. - _._ ....,.v..... on“. dance proposal, says Seigfried, includes a shuttle service to the universities to take students home, 40 independent security guards, the involvement of the university-based alcohol aware. ness group Bacchus, and the endorsement of the BIA, the Ugmwn business association lnsldo "I eouldn't believe it when almost the exact same proposal went before Kitchener council and, even though there was no plan, no outline, no details of any kind, they approved it automati- cally. It doesn’t surprise me that they approved it - they saw the benefits such an event will have for the downtown," says Seig- fried. Pt new and improved street something Kitchener’s council had no problfmg ageing. "Fthslotorttttssorss Bauer _ "e ____..._.,u. _._'.iF.N.... Hendry, who has served two threeyear terms as a Waterloo public board trustee, said his campaign this year will reflect the attitudes he has maintained throughout his six years as a trustee. Integrity in standing behind decisions he believes to be right, no matter how unpopular, lb something Hendry said he has always had, and will continue to have, if elected again. Trustees 'John Hei;dry'aiiiuikiiiiitTi"t'h, as well as Jane McLachlan registered this week as candidates in Nyvember't munipipal elelctiom Two incumbents and a rtrsrtime hopeful have officially announced their intentions to seek election as Waterloo County ht/ld, education trustees reitrtsetttjng the City of aterloo. Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff Hendry, Monteith run again McLachlan seeks trustee's job - . .- a.-. ...._ .....-,..--o. sunnvvuuluue, gets a nelpmg nana trom a spectator during one af his routines over the weekend. The tour-day Watenoo Busker Carnival attracted close to 35.000 people to the Uptown core area. . . . . BMW Grog Tarlln, juggler and unicycllst extraordinaire, gets ma")! durlnn an: n hie Inn-Diana m.-. ' ...‘_L___. -L, ., Hendry has repeatedly expressed opposxtmn Ur junior kindergarten, swung that such a program holds little or no educational value "There are some programs that really have an educational value, and because He polnts to his actions 1n spearheading a campaign to close Victona pubhc school in an example of sticking to unpopular dmsmnr Hr felt the closure of the school was fiscally responsmu; "I always found that Ahctoma schmi among other things, was an area m Much thr. board could save money." Hendry sard “It “as a needless expense keeping that school 09m But " was tough - I faced a lot of abuse M'cr that particular Issue _. a being hand 1:05 1Conhnueo do not of that. I

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