The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

and lifelong learning as being vital to the future of all resiâ€" dents in Waterlco Region. Of the 450 entries, 15 have been selected as finalists. Those 15 will be displayed at the Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge library main branches as well as Waterloo Region headquarter on Frederick Street in Kitchener until a winner on Nov. 10. More than 450 entries have been received for a regional contest to design a logo to represent the concept of "leading and learning". The contest is organized by, and the concept was recently adopted by, the Community Committee on Educational Excellence, a committee that sees excellence in education "Service: We Believe In It" 747â€"2040 Organizers hope the conference will demystify the process of financial planning or business startâ€"up for all women in general and for visible minority women in particâ€" ular, regardless of income level. Keynote speaker at the opening banquet Nov. 11 will be Canadian entrepreneur Beverly Mascoll of Mascoll Beauty Supplies Ltd. in Toronto. Panel discussion and a variety of workshops are the agenda for Nov. 12.For further informaâ€" tion, call Marcia Smellie at 570â€"0300 ext. 4389 or Elaine Brown at 742â€"9926. More than 450 enter '%2 des;gn contest than 450 entries have been Congress of Black Women to host conference A conference on Women and Economic Development, aimed at providing opportunities for women to increase their knowledge of economic resources available to them, will be held on Nov. 11 and 12 at Kitchener‘s Holiday Inn. An estimated 50,000 pumpkins were used for pumpkin pies and jackâ€"oâ€"lanterns throughout the Region to celebrate Halloween. Those pumpkins will create more than 200 tonnes of waste that will eventually find its way to the landfill site. However, up to 30 per cent of residential waste can be diverted through various composting initiates, according to the Region of Waterloo‘s Waste Reduction department. The department is encouraging residents this season to "Take Jack Out Back" to your composter. A statement issued by the Region reminded residents to remove candles and other lights before cutting up your pumpkin and stirâ€" ring it into the compost pile. If you don‘t have a composter, ask a neighbor if you can use theirs. Compost your Halloween pumpkins ®4 The real estate scene continues to be one of rateâ€"watching and confidenceâ€"building. The month of October was relatively stable as buyers and sellers react to the balanced supply and level of interest rates. The stats for October are not out yet as the final tabulation of the information is put together, It would appear that sales in October will closely match those of last year as carly figures would indicate. The low end of the market scems to be the consistent arca as the firstâ€"time home buyer continues to be the catalyst to the pycrall market. It is in this market range that local builders have continued to overâ€"supply the market. The result being that many firstâ€"time buyers buy these mew homes rather than resale. Since the new home sale does nat result in a seller who will also buy a moveâ€"up home, then the sale ladder is broken. 1 am the last person to believe in quotas, but 1 do believe the building industry should wise up and sce that ghey are Butler says regional government is the worst thing that has ever happened to Waterloo. _ "I wasn‘t going to run again, but when I saw what the region was doing â€" taking control of planning, engineerâ€" ing, roads â€" I had to. I‘m running on an antiâ€"region platform, and I‘m much more effective as a member of the region than from the outside," he said. Tough race for atâ€"large seats _ Butler says he is running for a counâ€" cillorâ€"atâ€"large seat primarily to dismanâ€" tle regional government. the councillor for Glenridge ward. Butâ€" ler was born in Toronto and raised in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. He studied accounting at the University of Waterâ€" loo and is now a retired accountant. Half will win and half will lose in the tough battle for Waterloo‘s three counâ€" cillorâ€"atâ€"large seats. Candidate BILL BUTLER is now Invited participants include city council candidates in wards 4, 5 and 6 as well as candidates for councillorâ€"atâ€"large and mayor. The forum will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 12 noon in the Great Hall of the Campus Centre at the Uniâ€" versity of Waterloo. Advance polls Nov. 5 & 8 The voting begins this Saturday, Nov. 5 for anyone not able to vote on election day, Nov. 14. Advance polls at Waterloo City Centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and also on Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Candidates to meet UW students The University of Waterloo‘s Federation of Students is holding a candidates‘ forum to give students a chance to meet candiâ€" dates in the upcoming election. _ "It has cost us millions of dollars He has three children and seven r Connolly became a councillor last year, replacing councillorâ€"turnedâ€"MP Andrew Telegdi after the 1993 federal election. Connolly is coâ€"chairman of Neighborâ€" hoog@ Watch Waterloo and was the coâ€" founder of Tax Watch of Waterioo Region, and chairman of that organizaâ€" tion for six years. Butler is also in favor of frozen or reduced tax levels and controlled growth "with clean industry that will not draw heavily on our water or other Connolly and his wife, Mary, have lived in Waterloo eight years. They have six grown children and six grandâ€" children. (and) it‘s not democratic because the chairman is appointed, not elected." born in London, England. He served in the British Forces, finishing his miliâ€" tary career as a lieutenantâ€"colonel. Three main issues dominate Conâ€" Candidate MIKE CONNOLLY was The recent offering of Canada Savings Bonds with progressively increased interest rates would seem to indicate that interest rates will be going up in the future _ It would also seem that the increase in the cost of lumber and products that go into a home and labour costs would eventually be passed on to the buyer. Increases in home prices will be the final result of this cost transfer, Home buyers should look at the present housing market as yomething that may never be repeated as affordability is at its highest level in years The downtown Waterloo picture would certainly change if the idea of building a futuristic theme park in downtown Waterloo is kicked around. 1 guess it would work if they parked the cars in Paisley hurting their own chances of selling larger homes by overâ€"supplying starter homes , ESTATE UPDATE WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994 â€" PAGE 3 * 0 * C i _ An election advertisement for Bill Butâ€" ow c ler in the Oct, 26 edition of the Waterloo MRMB@MW®E . Chromicle contained incorrect information S SSE TT _ due to a typographical error on the part of EPEPR4 the Chronicle. The correct information xees******** _ should read "Passed similar motion to reduce councillor salaries and senior staff salames five per cent. Will propose similar salary decrease at regional council." The Waterloo Chronicle sincerely regrets this error and any misleading impression in may have caused. TAsimlacte hincstâ€" 56 ST. GEORGE‘S SQUARE, GUELPH 821.7982 °8 KING STREET EAST, KITCHENER 745â€"5054 The Mary Allen Neighborhood Associaâ€" tion is presenting a candidates meeting at 9 p.m. tonight at the Church of the Holy Savior on Allen Street East. All candiâ€" dates for mayor and the Uptown ward have been invited to attend Mary Allen residents host meeting _ Campaign ad correction Lexington ward councillor BRUCE MCKENTY is a lifeâ€"long resident of Waterloo. He has one son McKenty graduated from Conestoga College and has spent much of the past 25 years in the hospitality industr including time spent running his own pub. nolly‘s campaign: holding taxes down. eliminating the duplication of services between the city and Waterloo Region and redeveloping the vacant industnal properties in the uptown core "We must ensure there‘s enough green space, we must ensure that they‘re environmentally safe and make sure that we don‘t go for the fast buck with developers, but look to the future." As for taxes, he says."Any increase in the tax burden would hinder the busiâ€" nesses that are here, would stop busiâ€" nesses from moving in and would not help house building or jobs Amy Faulhafer and Natalie Sonosky were front and centre last Ffidlyu_m\gam of 26 University of Waterioo students protesting outside of Waterioo MP Andrew Telegdi‘s King Street office. The rally was called to protest the federal government‘s proposed withdrawal of postâ€"secondary transâ€" fer grants to the provinces. Telegdi was in Ottawa at the time of STUDENTS PROTEST Ted Scharf, Broker . 747â€"2040 Tom Brockalhank photo (Continued on page 9 â€" so no lax