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Canada‘s "largest barbecue party" will get underway June 18, when 130 M & M Meat Shops across Canada flip burgâ€" ers to raise funds for the Crohn‘s and Colitis Foundation of Canada. The inaugural "Charity BBQ Day", in 1989, raised more than $50,000 for CCFC. Since then, M & M Meat Shops has raised more than $1 million for the cm‘n-yur.upilmhnp the event will raise $400,000. "This will be our sixth annual Charity BBQ Day event," said Mac Voisin, presiâ€" dent of M & M Meat Shops. "Every year the event gets bigger and better and the amount of support we receive from communities across the country increases with it." . 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at all M & M Meat Shops locations. A hamburger or hot dog with a beverage will be available for a minimum donation of $1.25. First Nations Pow Wow to educate & entertain ‘The White Owl Native Ancestry Assoâ€" ciation is sponsoring the Kâ€"W First Nations Cultural Pow Wow, June 18 and 19 at the Kitchener Memorial Audiâ€" torium in Kitchener. â€" The first of its kind in the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo area, the event is expected to draw between 4,000 and 5,000 people per day. Organizers hope the celebraâ€" tion of Native culture and heritage will educate the community about the hisâ€" torical and contemporary Aboriginal presence in Waterico Region. The event will feature educational and cultural displays, Native arts and crafts, a Native art gallery, and Native dancers, drummers and singers. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for stuâ€" dents and $4 for seniors and youth. Children young than five are admitted Red Cross seeks funds for Rwandan refugees The Canadian Red Cross Society is hoping to raise $13.8 million (Canadian) to support Rwandan refugees who have fied to Tanzania, Zaire, Burundi and Ugands. ) _ J The International Committee of the Red Cross Society is assisting 300,000 refugees in camps, providing such essentials as water and sanitation, items. . With funds raised, the committee plans to build a 21â€"day stock of food, maize and beans for 250,000 people. ‘The 21â€"day stock will help deal with the food shortage problem as well as transâ€" portation difficulties. Donations can be made locally at the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, 186 King St. S., Waterieo, NJ 1P9. § hi . The raising market continues to remain active as home buyers and sellers continue to reap the benefite of low interest rates and low house prices. ‘The ssle of homes in Kitchener, Waterloo remaina up over last year with 1710 sales to date versus 1388 in 1993, a 23% incronse. Sale of homes over $200,000 ure 174 this year while there wore 121 in ©93 or a 44% increase. This indicator shows there are more moveâ€"up buyors than last year where many people movedâ€"down or oul lo spartmenta. The sale of homes in June 1994 are steady but down from last year as June 1993 was probably iine af the best munths last year. Salos in town in June ure 110 versus 150 in ‘93 or a 26% reduction. In Waterloo the number of sales has dropped from 47 to 38 for June sales. The interesting thing is that sal: of homes over $200,000 has increasod from 7 to 10 in Waterloo so far this month. those old photo albums and dig out any shots City planner Tom Mahier said the city needs pictures of the Grand Trunk Railway (later CN) station on Regina Street in order to renovate it more accurately. ‘The city plans to use $140,000 from its fedâ€" eral infrastructure program to repair and spruce up the exterior of the station this year in hopes of attracting a tenant who will fix up most of the interior. "When we get down to a more detailed design for the interior, it would help us, or any tenant, to restore it as accurately as posâ€" sible," Mahier said. He said members of Waterloo‘s Local Archiâ€" served as treasurer until now. "It‘s sort of hand to mouth, but it‘s continually improving. "Basically, it‘s been a breakâ€"even situation," she said, adding that the opposition to the City‘s involvement with the gallery (the city was forced to buy the gallery building or see the gallery close) has made the first year "a hard struggle". Brien said because the gallery won‘t qualify for government funding until it has been open for two years, other ways of raising its $300,000 . annual operating budget have been found. For its first year, the gallery‘s funding came from special events, memberships, admissions l She said in year two, she is hoping to build an endowment fund as well. Brien said a "more structured orgaâ€" s nization" will be one of the keys to the f gallery‘s second year of operation. "There has been so few people doing so much, so what we are planning on doing is setting formal plans in place." One of those busy people has been gallery director Suzanne Greening, who has spent much of her time over the last year travelling around to galâ€" leries and museums, raising the proâ€" Craanina file of her gallery inch by inch. CCGEG snowbailed from an idea to a reality has been exciting. "That one year of reality seems so small next to the 12 years of vision," she added, referring to the extensive planning that went into Canada‘s only institution devoted to clay, glass, stained glass and enamel arts. Since its grand opening last June, over 15,000 people have visited the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. There have been 25 school tours, giving 800 students the chance to see Canada‘s best clay and glass artworks, and 35 other bus tours from across the country. The most popular days at the gallery, Greening said, have been the Gallery Days â€" the first Saturâ€" day of every month, when guests are 2000 given a behindâ€"theâ€"scenes tour of the gallery complete with demonâ€" strations and videos. 1500 "We‘ve attempted to give people a ho'huundeutndincofflnplm mtthlery!JmThcy.’vebo;en 1008 really well received," Greening said. The gallery has also seen strong attendance on the opening days of 500 each of the 13 exhibitions the gallery has held. ‘In its first year, the gallery has seen a total of 25 artâ€"related events 0 and another 60 activities such as Jun. Fab. Mar. Apr. M pelitical meetings, corporate funcâ€" Long time residents, it‘s time to dust off rates had had‘a cooling effect on the murket but this could nemF o. (Continued from page 1) She said the way the gallery has Canaman Clay nd Glass Gallery Attendance 2000 1500 1000 500 5 0 6 E‘E '.w: % (LACAC) have tried unsuccessfully to find photographs of the station taken during its 1910â€"1930 heyday. "There have got to be people out there with family photos of trips or daytrips that show the inside of the station," Mahler said. With photographs such a rare commodity, verbal descriptions of the station. ‘The best description of the interior of the CN station in the city‘s possession is an artiâ€" cle from the defunct Waterloo Sentinel newsâ€" paper dated September 16, 1910 â€"â€" just before the station was opened. About the waiting room, for instance, the article states, "The sanitary floor is of terra Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nev. Dec. C.M.1.C. has extended the 5% downpayment program to include some new types of puchases. Those now permitted to use only 5% downpayment inclide those recently having a matrimonial breakup, people who have sold their houses and lost money and people who haye to relocate due to employment reason«. There are certain provisions to these new qualifiers but it will help many people, We look for a fairly bulanced June market but do not expect a particularty busy summer market which is fairly normal for real estate. The recent opening of new restaurants in Upâ€"Town Waterloo while not necessarity supported by residential neighhours certainly spenks well of the general health of the Uptown. The costs to open and operate a business are high but the benefit« to the community in employment, taxes, supplying services and to filling empty lots and buildings is appreciated. Have a great work. Ted Scharf, Broker 747â€"2040 Waterloo‘s Canadian Clay and Glass Galiery celebrates its first birthday this weekend. "I think its really important to be part of the community that way," Greening said of the gallery hosting such events, "As long as the event doesn‘t potentially damage the collection." The work of Greening and her staff of three fullâ€"time emj}o. _ < and one halfâ€"time employee has been greatly augmented by the 1,200 to 1,500 hours of work per month done by volunteers All of the gallery‘s greeters and retail salespeople are voluntcers, and much of the manual labor and clerical work is also done by vo: »â€" teers, including one volunteer who is currently organizing the gallery‘s library of clay and glass artists, which is set to open this vear "I love it â€" that‘s why I‘m here," said one volunteer, audioâ€"visual expert Willy Nassau. _ Nassau said the 'gallery compares favorably with similar instituâ€" tions he has seen across Europe. . o _ WATERLOO CHRONICLE, cotta with border of a darker hue. The side walls are of burlap painted in a dark green shade. Above these, up to the moldings, murescoed plaster of a lighter shade of green appears." It continues, "A wainscotting stained nearly black over naturalâ€"grained wood with perpendicular side boards sets off the beauty of the side walls. An arch to the rear of the waiting room, directly opposite and similar to the one at the front of the office gives a most "That‘s the best thing we have to go on," Mahler said, but there is no detailed descripâ€" tion of the ticket counter, which he considers keywthemmmm,depmdingonme new use of the building. _ gives you a great deal of satisfacâ€" tion to be associated with such a worldâ€" class organization." _ _ The gallery will celebrate its first birthday on Saturday, June 18. Festiviâ€" ties will be held at the gallery from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnbull will arrive at 11 a.m. by way of an antique fire truck and then open the festivities with a speech. Incoming chairman Lon Brien will also speak, as will representaâ€" tives from the federal and provincial governments. Coffee and cake will be served at the event. The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery is open Wednesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m to 5 p.m. Y, JUNEâ€"15, 1904 â€" RAGE 2. ~ â€" ~