(offen im Memory Tree Productions* Music students at BCI trekked to Waterloo‘s sister city Centervilie, Ohio recently as part of a cultural exchange proâ€" ORA ..::253..%; ...0s...0.2.M0 ts 4 she could take the matier to regional Any store owners in the Region of Waterloo %:Lbdw-ufl,- who would like to open their stores on Boxing one in the region had applied for an exemption Day may atill have a slim chance 1 do so. 10 the act in order to their business this i:-dï¬dnbk.*m‘ n.-.n,s.....l if someone did apply to her office today _ Metro Toronto council vored 22â€"5 last w. $ I s2H 0 Brent McFartane capped off a great season by winning the CIAU cross country championships in Montreal ............â€"27 4 l i 6 / uc M6Y 141. 90 LIEARAR « ye . a ‘MJ‘;»',.‘;; oighnong ts k',"ilf;fl;' a fx* P â€" § 5 "al ~â€"â€" eï¬ ~Of" # A round of championship golf. _ Saab lease for a month.* *Selected areas only. & heated mirrors, heated front seats, air condidioning, air filkraticn. ABS, for an exemption to the provincial Retail Busiâ€" wike Helihiys ACt in ordcl t open thcis siowe on Wednesday w allow merchants all across Metroâ€" :ï¬nhk&oquï¬uuh this Boxing Day. Council was able to to get around the Retail Business Holidays Act by passing an "exempting bylaw" detlaring all of Metropolitan Toronto to be a tourist area for Boxing Day only. Under the act, a municipal council can approve store openings on certain FVTVPEEVVVILEVS CE * e Â¥AFCLEIITELEEILEE C 64 Chromicle Staff Kitchener and Waterloo councils Twin Cities commutter will likely be making 2 recommendation to tighten up Project Lifts ehâ€" gibility criteria Nov. 29 Commitiee coâ€"chairman, Waterioo Coun. Scott Jones, saad the Twin Cities commitiee would be meeting Nov 29 at Kitchener city hall to discuss Project Lift‘s chgibility rules. The Twin Caties committee is a commitiee set up by Kichener and Watrrioo councils to discuss issues of mutual interest Jones said the meeting was set up specifically to discuss the Proâ€" ject Lift cligibility crizeria issue. "I don‘t really know," Jones said, when asked if 2 decision would be made on the issue at the Nov. 29 meeting, "We‘ll come up with recommendations. But then they just have to go back to our respective councils " "(But) coming in with 2 strong recommendation from the Twin Cities committee, it (changes to the chgibihty criiena) is going to be pretty much of 2 done deal," Jones saad The chairman of Project Lift, Rosemary Pell, said the current provincial Ministry of Transportation (MTO) guidelines concernâ€" ing transit systems for the physically disabled call for chents not to be able to board a bus or walk more than 175 metres Propc Lift is currently meeting those guidetines, Pell saad. However both Pell and Jones said that although the MTO has the guidelines, it has recently provided municipaliies with some flexibility as to how to interpret the guidelines. Jones said as he understood it, the MTO provides funding for transit sysiems for the physically disabled based on its guidelines but gives muma palities a fair amount of leeway in determirung what the local guidelines actually will be. Pell said whatever the changes will be, they will be stncier and fewer people will be able to qualify for Project Lift However the people with the fewest number of transportation alternatives would be protected, she said. Project Lift clients could face tougher eligibility rules *Clearly it would not affect anybody who‘s in 2 whecichar." she Saturn Saab Isuzu of Kitchener Waterioo 663 Victoria St. N. 7445811 holidays i#f by doing so the action maintains or develops wurism. "Yes 1 think it could," Stettner said, when asked i an application by 2 local store owner to open his/her store on Boxing Day could still be considered by the region. "Just from a seal cursory look at the calendar (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page ?)