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Interestingly enough, Whitney also said during his presentation it is important for the city to determine what the current needs of the science and technology sector are. For example, in 1980, locaâ€" tion, being close to Waterloo‘s universities, and parking were the three most important things for the science and technology secâ€" tor, he said. However that‘s changed. For the future, the companies respondâ€" ing to Whitney‘s survey now said their top consideration was parking, followed by room for future expansion and then access to data/communication lines and fibre optics. The fate of Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnâ€" bull concerning a failure to provide a breath sample charge won‘t be decided until at least Turnbull pled not guilty to the charge, laid Oct. 8, 1994 by a Waterloo regional police officer in Kitchener, in Ontario court provincial division in Kitchener last Friday. The mayor‘s lawyer, Sheldon Altman of Toronto, asked Judge Elliott Allen to reconâ€" vene the trial to Thursday because the Participants can pick up pledge sheets at any Zellers store or the Arthritis Society office, 41 River Rd., E. in Kitchener. Upon regisâ€" tering, participants can hand in their pledge sheets and pledges and receive their official "Jingle Bell" for the walk through Waterâ€" need to start planning now for where that growth is going to organizes food drive , Before you out to Jumbo Video on Bridgeport Road in Waterloo, first head to your kitchen cupboards. Local Jumbo Video store ownerâ€"operator Bill Mason is sponâ€" soring a "Jumbo Food Bank Drive" during the holiday season for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, and is asking his patrons to donate nonâ€"perishable food items when they visit his store. Those who do will have the chance to win a complete Sony home theâ€" atre system, purchased by Mason and to be awarded to one of his customers on Christmas Eve. "We‘re hoping that the perfect price for movie buffs will bring in jumbo‘ donations for the food bank," Mason said. "We see a lot of traffic at this time of year anyway, so we‘re banking on high cusâ€" tomer participation to make this a very successful food bank Over the past seven years, Mason has initiated several charitaâ€" ble activities, such as donations of movies and toys to children‘s wards in local hospitals. Arthritis Society hosts Jingle Bell Walk , The local chapter of the Arthritis Society will ring in the lightâ€" ing of Waterloo Parks Wonder of Winter Dec. 1 with the "Jingle Bell Walk", an event to raise funds for the organization. â€" Survey Turnbull‘s fate may be decided Thursday \JL/ The lights of Christmas season brighten up the streets as young and old get _ market survey that shows Kâ€"W should have a 12% increase in resale sales in GDQ in the spirit. Homebuyers and sellers are busy getting ready to make 1996 the _ 1996. Banks have lowered interest rates again as increased confidence . best year in real estate in the last 6 years , (according to economists). returns to the economic picture. The local market while still down significantly for the year, has shown some _ Look for a quick start to the 1996 market. strong signs of turning the corner. With sales of 177 homes so far this month The show of lights at Waterloo Park and Kitchener‘s Victoria Park are a its clear there is still a lot of interest in buying before years end. There are must see as large groups of people stroll through the beautifully lit trees and actually only around 1700 homes for sale in Kâ€"W with over half under walkways. $150,000. Sales were very strong as usual in the under $150,000 range with Drive carefully and keep an eye out for the other guy. "Service: We Beli@ve IN It" 115saleswith the median home in the $130,000 range. Homes over $200,000 _ For information call Ted Scharf, Broker, 747â€"2040. TA7â€"2040> sowed 12 saies withoneâ€"over $300,000:â€"C.M.H.C. has just come out with a NEWS DI6EST PiCK 3 Chronicle Staff Jumbo Video (Continued from page 1) lawyer wanted to reconsider his defence If Altman does decide to call defence witâ€" nesses Thursday, he said he would only call Turnbull to the stand as well as a male friend of the mayor. In evidence presented last Friday, assisâ€" tant Crown attorney Mary Ellen Cullen asked Const. Perry Cort, the officer who arrested Turnbull, the circumstances surâ€" rounding the incident. Cort said he was driving northbound on Ottawa Street South near Kehl Street, shortly after 1 a.m. on Oct. 8, 1994, when TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS at Emmanuel Day Care marched from the Bridgeport Road centre, down King Street to Waterloo Town Square Friday to protest anticiâ€" pated provincial government cutbacks to child care subsidies. Teachers and parents carried placards that read, "Mike Harris had declared war on our children", "Day care workers should be rewarded by Harris, not punished" and "This voucher entiâ€" tles the bearer to exchange the Harris t for a govâ€" ernment that cares about Ontario‘s chilg':”. WATERLOO REAL ESTATE UPDATE he encountered a darkâ€"colored Chevrolet Blazer travelling southbound on Ottawa Street. As the vehicle approached Cort‘s cruiser, the officer said the vehicles two left wheels were travelling over the centre yelâ€" low line. Cort quickly pulled a Uâ€"turn on Ottawa Street South and followed the vehicle to the Ottawa Street South/Westmount Road East intersection. During that time, the vehicles two left tires rode the centre line or actually were partially over the line two more times, (Continued on page 9) Deborah Crandall photo "What we‘re really trying to do is have workplace campaigns set up," Reid said. "If we had enough peoâ€" ple, we‘d do it like the veterans do with the poppy, and have people out on the streets. But that would involve a lot of volunteers and organization. So we‘re hoping employers set up their own campaigns, and we have suggestions as to how they go about doing that." The Rose Button campaign initiated six years ago in Waterloo, a project of the December 6th Coalition. In 1992, the coalition handed over the project to the YWCA of Canada so that larger organization could run it nation wide. ctivities will commence this week to mark the A sixth anniversary of the mass murder of 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal The December 6th Coalition of Waterloo Region is sponsoring several activities, including the selling of "Rose Buttons" throughout the community and a can dlelight ceremony and remembrance service to be held Dec. 6 at Kitchener City Halls Rotunda "People in this region should be very proud of the fact that they had so many community volunteers who put their heads together and started something that has taken off the way this has," Reid said The candlelight service, organized in partnership with the Canadian Auto Workers Women‘s Commitâ€" tee, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Guest speakers will include Casey Cruikshank, director of the Waterloo Regional Sexual Assault Treatment Centre, and Jackie Johnson, editor and publisher of W! the women‘s newspaper Rose Buttons, to be worn in remembrance of the 14 women murdered six years ago and for all women who suffer from violence, are available now at many workplaces throughout the region and at YWCAs in Kitchener and Cambridge "The twoâ€"fold purpose of the button is that it comâ€" memorates the 14 women who died and other women who suffer from violence, but it‘s also a fundraiset," said Donna Reid, chairperson of the December 6th Coalition. "All the money that we raise goes to the three crisis shelters â€" Mary‘s Place, Anselma House and Family Crisis Shelter Bunches of 50 Rose Buttons, which employers can distribute in workplaces to raise funds, are available from Rose Button coâ€"ordinator Donna Buck at the Family Crisis Shelter. For information, phone 653â€" 2289 or fax 653â€"0902 "For me it isn‘t so much the raising of the money The whole sense for me is that 1 don‘t ever want that episode forgotten. And 1 think it‘s so important that society see it for what it is. and that it was an attack on women because they were women." Rose Buttons honor 14 slain women TRsimlacke hncs 56 ST. GEORGE‘S SQUARE, GUELPH 821â€"7982 8 KING STREET EAST, KITCHENER 745â€"5058 Chronicle Staff