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mittee would see a reduction in the current number of City of Waterloo Reform), said one recommendation currently being proposed by the comâ€" rid of one of its seven wards,. _ _ Coun. Mike Connolly, Waterloo‘s representative on the current region review committee (the Working Group on Local GoÂ¥ernment Waterloo may finally be able to conâ€" form with the wishes of a 1994 H::onnduuh‘bu‘ §, xt pflmwlhpmflduhfidyn&m General Hospital from July 22 to July 28 and exclusively at Grand River Hospital KW Health Centre from July 29 to Aug. 11. Emergency orthopedic sutgery will be provided exclusively at $ Mary‘s General Hospital from July 22 to Aug. 11, inclusive. Elective orthopedic surgery will resume at Grand River Hospital on Aug. 6. Children‘s surgical services will not be affected by the temporary restrictions, and will continue to be provided exclu sively at Grand River Hospital. The measures were recommended by area surgeons as a way of providing the community with necessary surgical coverage in light of the physicians‘ availability and onâ€"call schedules during the summer months, Local ambulance dispaich services have M%ddnmd-flmm directly to the appropriate hospital as required. Where transfers would cause a serious threat to patient safety, the hospitals will provide the surgical care required at their respective sites. For three weeks this summer, St. Mary‘s General Hospital and Grand River Hospital will be providing emergency surgical serâ€" Surgery limited to one hospital il government reform may mean loss of only one city ward a sevenâ€"ward system of municipal councillors sitting on regional council from three to two. The region review committee preâ€" sented its report on regional govern~ ment reform on governance and on regional/municipal services to regional council for information last Thursday. One of the main recomâ€" mendations being proposed by the committee is the reduction in the number of regional politicians from the current 26 1o 19. ~The City of Waterloo implemented occupancy in the fall of 1997, Kays said. opment project, is to 10 be conâ€" Rev Sum of Warerâ€" structed on 14 acres of land ‘ * P0 I.o.-hce;:nhhs-& south of Waterioo Park. ib is . ep m e g P ment in March. sand it was Lutherwood Child and Famâ€" k Te both the Christian concept ily Foundation is a public founâ€" 1 and the position of the comâ€" dation that raises funds on plex in the centre of Waterioo ,.,.'“:',l_,.."'""",,_,u-'" w-huquu-t-uw;uuuu t i h ied hi io the t tion that operates, among other Weduesday at Waterloo Park to homor the 52 "It‘s within walking distance things, an accredited children‘s POPIc who have purchased housing units at Watcrioo‘s of so many things we like to mental health care centre and ":;""‘"""‘"""'-wv-"" go to," Sim, 76, said. "The residence on Benjamin Road. _ !I¢ . With Turnbull is the chairman of the Lutherâ€" pigk and the recreation cchure Construction on phase one of 0*4 Foundation, George Breen. and the library are all places the seniors village is now expected to begin in late Ociober or we like to go to. And it‘s even within walking distance of shopâ€" carly November. The townhouses should be ready for occu ping." pancy in June, 1997 while the apartments should be ready for _ Howard Thompson, 68, of Kitchener purchased an apartâ€" Siud Euk smme woll ces iuln:“h'n honor es who have bought units in on oo n housing complex says 52 of the project‘s hirst 179 units have activcly advertising in the community in mid March. already been sold. e prrengecmers + â€" "I think with any concept Rev. Dicter Kays, the ' icA P34 like this it takes awhile for the dent of the Lutherwood Child h x y community to become aware and Family Foundation, said v * 2 - of i and 10 get excired about 44 out of 155 lifelease apan i ie i1," Kays said. "Bust we‘re very ments for the first phase of a l very pleased with the sales wmhw ' . »akh and how things are going, And have already been sold, while [( s in the last month (June) alone cight of the project‘s 24 town we sold 20 units." houses have also been sold. Prices for apartments a Kays made the comments 7 phase one of the complex ring a picnic at Waterloo hm 506 AOD har a TX 5,090 in favor of maintaining the curâ€" rent seven wards. Comnolly said Friday if city council and regional council vote in favor of the committee‘s planned reduction in the number of regional politicians, the number of wards in the city from seven to five in a nonâ€"binding municâ€" ipal referendum. The results were However in November, 1994, city voters voted in favor of reducing the councillors at large to represent resiâ€" dents both at municipal and regional councils, in 1991, 10,991 in favor of the reduction and Connolly said last Friday he believed voters in the 1994 municipal referendum were actually voting for two fewer councillors on Waterloo Waterioo council is expectied to vote on the commitiee‘s recommendaâ€" tions on cither Aug. 19 or Aug. 20, while regional council is expecied to vote on the committee‘s recommendaâ€" ;i:lmwpvmmon&p City of Waterloo will likely have one less regional/municipal councilior to vote for in the next municipal election in 1997 As lor the commutters recommenâ€" dauons, it is proposing five recomâ€" mendations concerning governance reform and 11 recommendauons conâ€" cerning services reform Regional council will vote on the recommendsâ€" tions concerning services reform in October. (Continued on page 5) city council as opposed to two fewer wards in the cty If the commutiees recommendation concerning regional politicians is approved. that would mean only one ward councilior would need to be removed in order to mer: the voters wishes As for the Rev. George Sim ol Warerâ€" loo, who along with is wife Ideida purchased an apariâ€" ment in March. said 1t was both the Christian concept and the position of the comâ€" plex in the centre of Warerioo that attracted them to the vilâ€" in the last month (June) alone we sold 20 unins." Prices for apartments as phase one of the complex range from $96,000 for a 700â€" 730 square4oot one bedroom apertment to $214,000 for a 1 600 square oo twoâ€"bed room apartment, Kays said The prices for townhouses start at $161,000 (Continued on page 5)