by repentediy dipping a catton string infarg pot of hot tailow (rendered animal fat). prl@ok Roederâ€"of Waterioo epent Saturday afternoon at Joseph Schnelder Haus making is out of beef tallow â€" one of the museum‘s winter activities. The candles are made UNITED _: ~WAY J d8t RMarch to‘ 2 $4.1M merrnreny mm rri reopr Solmelizs..... * Plus $600, , * , opty. "See our Sales for Detaiis" _/ en t c ces ow sn aa hn _ _ * es t e t Lt EEL 575 DAVENPORT 58_0 * WATERLOO 884â€"5888 (BESIDE CONESTOGA MALL) +9 2 ready to go â€" o oeulse yon cooking days The twelve N Tom Brockaibank photo "Miniâ€"mall to open in April month since then. Nevertheless, the project has seen little activity since April. In June, Cohen said the project would be finished by August or Sepâ€" In April, Torgan informed Waterâ€" loo city council that if its developâ€" ment charges (approximately $60,000/annum) were not deferred for one year, the project would be immediately shut down. A motion to that effect failed, but council did agree to allow Torgan to pay its development charges in 12 monthly The $2â€"million, 34,000â€"squareâ€"foot Waterloo Place development was originally scheduled to open in December, 1993. That date was later moved to April, 1994. "The biggest chunk of it is behind us. said. "We‘re very close," $ Having to complete the project in winter will add to Torgan‘s costs. |: "We need to heat it up ... so it‘s a litâ€" tle bit more expensive," he said. but the rate of construction and the quality of the results will not be affected by the cold weather. Cohen said the hoarding around the site was secured two weeks ago, further prepaâ€" rations are being made this week and full activity will resume in Januarn The build ing _l_b now scheduled for completion in April. * New‘life has been breathed into uptown Waterloo‘s white elephant "The project is on the go again," said Sam Cohen of the Torgan Group, owner of the Wgtgrloo Place development at King Street and Willis Way. AGAIN . Torgan has paid every (Continued on page 2) 485 King St. North Waterloo, Ont. Bâ€"K MOTORS Unless Monday‘s commuttee of the whole decision to write off the sum â€" by far the biggest part of over $1.5 million in writeâ€"offs â€" is reversed at the next reguâ€" lar council meeting, the new owners of Van Dresser‘s Northfield Drive property will only be on the hook for the $300,000 in back taxes that were not written off as well as the cost of cleaning up the site Tom Stockie, the city‘s chief adminisâ€" trative officer, told council Monday that Van Dresser‘s receiver, Peat Marwick Thorne Ltd., has found a buyer who is Waterloo counail has wnitten of! «â€" uncollectable almost $1 milhon in uspa taxes owed by bankrupt auto parts man ufacturer Van Dresser Ltd There‘s not much left (to doâ€" there." Coher Tom Brockelbank Chronwle Sta# Council writes off Van Dresser debt 15 VOLNVVO (Continued on page 9 )