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*Service: We Believe in It" Local branches have also arranged to handle regular donations customers may want to make to the Heart and Stroke Foundation during February. National Trust branches will set up displays of heart and stroke health promotion material and canvasser recruitâ€" ment posters, and will have for sale copies of the latest HeartSmart cookbook. "February is traditionally the heaviest month for RRSP contributions," said Murray Schiedel, manager of the Zellers Plaza branch in Waterloo. "We thought this would be a great way to help out a community group that works hard to educate everyone about heartâ€"healthy living." Local National Trust branches will be donating $5 for every RRSP contribution made during the month of Februâ€" ary to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario‘s annual fundraising campaign. _ fal'{'he archives will be available for publicflrc:szai};}-x-;fi the of this year. National Trusts support Heart and Stroke campaign _ More than 100 boxes of material were donated by the nowâ€"disbanded group, including memoranda, letters, research sfipdies and polls from different organizations. froffic falk The coalition, founded in 1981, was the largest environâ€" ment group in Canada and the first registered Canadian lobbyist group in the U.S. The University of Waterloo‘s Dana Porter library has received the archives of the Canadian Coalition on Acid MPP Elizabeth Witmer has again been named the Proâ€" gressive Conservative candidate for Waterloo North riding in the next provincial election. In accepting the nomination last week at a meeting at Waterloo Inn, Witmer told more than 150 supporters that Ontario has potential for a bright future. "Ontario has everything it needs to once again become the economic engine of Canada and the Region of Waterloo is well positioned to provide much of the fuel for that engine," Witmer said. "The only thing lacking is the politiâ€" cal will to make the changes which Ontario must have if we are to prosper in the 21st century. UW library receives acid rain archives Local PCs choose provincial election candidate News Digest Traffic Talk, provided by the City of Waterloo pubâ€" lic works department, answers common questions about Waterloo‘s roads. If you have a question you‘d like answered, call Christine Koehler at 747â€"8747. Under the City of Waterloo‘s Traffic and Parking Bylaw #83â€"19 and Section 134 of the Highway Trafâ€" fic Act, no vehicle except an emergency vehicle or a vehicle authorized by the city engineer or a police officer, shall travel on any street that is roped, barricaded or marked by signs prohibiting its use. Waterloo Regional Police will ticket motorists who disobey roadâ€"closed signs. Page 3 If there are ‘roadâ€"closed‘ signs on the street on which I would like to travel, can I go around them? 747â€"2040 x s ts : The bright cold days of February are ushering in the "spring" market. Good recommend to my friends to ge news is beginning to reach the buying public as news of lower interest rates and a _ because March and April are u stronger Canadian dollar makes headlines. homes exposed to the market. 1 The market of January is behind us but the statistics continue to support my help but believe we‘ll see the m; belief we‘ll have a great spring market. My feeling is that this year will be the more news ... year of the moveâ€"up buyer and January information supports this. In January February is "Heart and Strol 163 homes changed hands with an average price of $133,159 since our moveâ€"up _ find ways to reduce the largest market begins with homes in the low end moving first to enable the owners to this fall as my father suffered a buyâ€"uy into a higher price range. While total sales were down from last year 13% _ side and in the hospital the past there were still 37 homes sold in Waterloo with 5 of those homes over $200,000. benefit from research in this im The supply of homes for sale has increased as many homeowners realize that Ted Scharf. Broker 747â€"2040 the best time to get their homes exposed is early in the spring market. 1 "The library shakes?" he asks. "I‘ve been there many times and never noticed it." We mention the underground stream theory. "I don‘t think it would be an underground stream. As far as Tate suggests we visit the city‘s director of engineering Gord Lemon. Maybe he knows more about it. Okay, we have "I don‘t really know what causes the shake. Supposedly, this building is built on an underground river and somehow it causes the building to shake. We get extra shaking every time a piece of heavy equipment drives by, too." Once you experience the snake, you‘re compelled to ask the question. What causes the it? We begin by askâ€" ing head librarian Joanne Tate. "We always seem to be shaking. It can gét annoying sometimes," Tate If you‘ve ever been to the main branch of the Waterloo public library and you‘ve stood still, you might have noticed that the floor shakes. A person from California visiting the WPL once reported to one of the librarians that the sensation inside the main Branch is quite similar to the earthquake shake she experienced in California. This is no ordinary vibration. intmitioiss â€"AMiaris Actarei wl atalis sdaiis It‘s a perfect case for Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys. Like _ never noticed the shaking so I can‘t all good cases, it stems from a seemingly insignificant obserâ€" _ that there is an underground strea vation and someone asking a simple question. So begins our Our one solid lead is evaporating mystery. es mm â€"â€"â€"râ€"â€"aâ€"mememme . "|{ voi) W Bill Bunn Chronicle Special What‘s shakin‘? Council did, however, hack $203,000 off the budget Monday, avoiding what would have been a 1.6â€"perâ€" cent rate increase. Eleventhâ€"hour cuts included $77,000 that had been reserved for Investigating the mystery of the quaking library "I can‘t believe that in an organiâ€" zation as large as the city we can‘t find another $190,000 to cut (to reach a zero increase)," Taylor Budget way, and I don‘t see that will here WATERLOO REAL ESTATE UPDATE (Continued from page 1) Waterloo public libary always seems to be shaking, says head librarian Joanne transit funding shortfalls, $60,000 realized by altering projections of the city‘s interest income and $40,000 cut from the personnel training budget. Nevertheless, Hoddle told council that many residents are "tired" of increases in government spending and would have been prepared to accept service cuts instead. "If we have the courage to spend more tax dollars, I think we should also have the courage to reduce February is "Heart and Stroke" month. The need for increased funding to help find ways to reduce the largest killer of men and women was brought home to me this fall as my father suffered a serious stroke that has left him paralyzed on one side and in the hospital the past three months with many more abead. We will all benefit from research in this important medical field. Please give generously recommend to my friends to get their homes on before the end of February because March and April are usually very active and we need time to get their homes exposed to the market. With interest rates beginning to move down | can‘t help but believe we‘ll see the market start to move very briskly. Stay tuned for more news ... WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8 1995 . PAGE 3 "The library shakes?" Tom Polzin ry always seems to â€" sounds puzzled. "I haven‘t‘ heard of ad librarian Joanhne | that. 1 seriously doubt that it is built on an underground water source. We would have known about that when the building was built. We found remains of the old mill race when we built the parking garage but we took it out and filled it in. The mill race didn‘t come close to the library itself I really can‘t speculate. T‘d have to go down to the library and experience it for myself. It could be something as simple as a fan motor out of balance or something like that. It is really difficult to say. There is some logical explanation. But it would take some investigation." We agree. And we are stumped But the case file remains open. If you haven‘t felt the pheâ€" nomenon, drop into the main branch of the Waterloo public library. Maybe you can find out what‘s shakin‘ I know, the old mill race was closer to Erb Street 1 don t think it would be that. It‘s probably something to do with the building â€"â€" maybe the heating and cooling or something I‘ve never noticed the shaking so I can‘t say. But | seriously doubt that there is an underground stream underneath it * IRsiomlacthe hn 56 ST GEORGES SQL ARE. GUELPH ®. OR KING STREET EAST KITCHENER ~a KNaR JEWELLERY With temperatures dropping to close to minus 20 C earlier this week, it wasn‘t too difficult for the folks at M&M Meat Shops Ltd. to have a few red noses and cold hands in support of Lighten Up Canada! It‘s Red Nose Day! Participating at the Weber Street store in Waterioo were (from left) franchise owner Phyllis Doucette. M&M President and CEO Mac Voisin. Mertyn Campbell and Sharron Sherâ€" lock. This past Monday all M&M Meat Shops employees across Canada sported red clown noses in an effort to spread good cheer. Coun. Bruce McKenty disagreed with Hoddle, saying residents who have taken the time to figure out what their city tax dollar provides for are pleased to pay for the good value they are getting in services, especially when compared to taxes paid to other levels of government. Mayor Brian Turnbull said the city needs a balance between the level of service and the level of taxâ€" ation, "and this budget does that." And with that, Lemon points us in the direction of the Walter Fedy Part nership to speak to the architects there. Perhaps they can shed some light on this mystery "If you went downstairs into the basement and you stood on the floor down there. if the building still shook it might be something underground If it wasn‘t shaking in the basement. it is probably something to do with the building."