00 599 l99 |1 9 |89 I39 rloo The close to $2 million King Street reconstruction project includes total road reconstruction, some curb and gutter repairs, storm sewer and sanitary sewer repairs, watermain repairs, trafâ€" _ fic signal upgrades and some sidewalk reconstruction between UA# Youhg Streer in the north and Allen Street in the south. Roeder, 37, said in an interview Monday he wanted to run again because he currently sits on the city‘s uptown vision comâ€" mittee and wanted to see how the city would continue to develop the uptown area over the next three years. He also said he was looking forward to representing the Laurelwood area in is newexpanded ridng"" > â€" _/ > Alexander, 33, who is currently on holidays, said in a news release he wanted to continue to help keep Waterloo‘s tax rate low as well as continue to help the city redesign itself on a more businessâ€"like model. Current Lakeshore ward Coun. Dave Roeder officially regis tered to run as ward councillor for the city‘s new Northwest ward on July 29 while current Glenridge ward Coun. Bruce Alexander formally registered to run as ward councillor for the city‘s new Central ward on Aug, 1. Both councillors were first elected in ject between William Street and Allen Street. As a result, much of the soil had to be removed and replaced in order to prepare a still had to be completed in both of the earlier two stages of the project while the southbound lane of King Street South between William and Allen Streets still had to be completed. However he said unlike the earlier two stages, no storm sewer or sanitary sewer work had to be done between William and Allen Streets. project manager for the reconstruction of King Street Whaï¬b;mn i one when they began working on the third and last phase of the proâ€" of Sunshitic Avenue has now been leased out. Peter Bjerland said ‘last Friday the foundation has leased out 104 of 155 lifeâ€"lease apartments being built as part of the firs: i famseaganmiienam as As of July 30, 10 of the development‘s 24 townhouses had been occupied, Bjerland said. He also said the north wing of the apanâ€" ment complex would be ready for residents to move into in midâ€" November while the south wing would be ready for residents in the spring of next year. Luther Village on the Park‘, a $78 million coreâ€"area redevelâ€" opment project, is being constructed on 14 acres of land north of Sunshine Avenue and south of Waterloo Park. Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation, the engine behind the housing complex, is a public foundation that raises funds on behalf of Lutherwood. Lutherwood is a nonâ€"profit organization that operates, among other things, an accredited children‘s menâ€" tal health care centre and residence on Benjamin Road. IEWS BDBIGEST Tkm of development for the Lutherwood A Child and Family Foundation says 70 per cent of the founâ€" Felebingemeneit onl wo more incumbent Waterloo city councillors have forâ€" mally registered to run in this November 10s municipal c o e i t t + d c e t t In an interview Monday night, Saunders said he decided to run decisions," Saunders said. "And that is why I figure it‘s about time for mayor because no one who was currently running for mayor that somebody who‘s just a normal everyday regular person, who had his point of view. goes to work everyday so he car allord o pay the morigage on to try and work out a way that we can get back to his house, has some representation at city hall." doing what city council was supposed to do in the beginning, _ Saunders, married, first came to Waterioo in 1990 Waterloo in this Nov. 10s municipal election. David Saunders, 37, officially registered to run for mayor this past Friday. Saunders joins current Waterloo Coun. Joan McKinâ€" non, former city chief administrative officer Bob Byron and 28â€" yearâ€"old resident Henry Hon in the race for the mayoralty Current Mayor Brian Turnbull announced April 21 he would not be seeking a fourth term as mayor of Waterloo and would be A fourth candidate has come forward to run for mayor of "We‘re an organization that‘s 101 years _ at least until the new year old and we‘ve been collecting blood for Mitchell 58 years," Mitchell said. "So we‘ve had lots of other things _ job, Th going on in other time periods. And internationally, in many _ Much cases, the Red Cross is not involved in blood collection at all _ donors in areas of the world." agency *zhuh-um-wumwu "Well Red Cross‘ decision to get out of the blood collection service, blood to "I think some people will say, Well, if the Red Cross is not involved in blood, then is there a Red Cross?" Mirchell said. "Well the reality is the Red Cross in Canada didn‘t start as 2 result of collect local branch in which Red Cross workâ€" ers collect blankets from the community at large and distribute them to such organizations as Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (ROOF), the House of Friendâ€" ship and church groups. Other activities the Kâ€"W branch is wmhw.m tâ€"aid program, the coordination of some water salety activities, the mainteâ€" nance of an emergency services group to respond to disasters, homemaking serâ€" vices, an international reliel service and ‘Blanket Bank‘, a service unique to the or somebody will," he said. *I don‘t know what‘s going to happen. So that‘s an unknown at the moment." However both Moule in her news release and Mitchell said they didn‘t believe the Red Cross other services in Ontario would be affected by the agency‘s decision to get out of the blood Mitchell also said he didn‘t know what the future would be for the branch‘s blood collection centre located behind the main office on King Street South. "Maybe we‘ll still be collecting there DON‘T THROW OUT THAT OLD Fourth candidate to run for mayor WORTH $$$ David Mitchell, the branch manager for the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, stands in front of the branch‘s office at 186 King St. South. Mitchell says the branch will continue to collect blood which was taking care of as many people as possible and not just bowing under t special interest groups," Saunders said, when asked why he wanted to run for mayor. He also said 100 many people were unemployed or on wellare and that he fek city politicians could do something to help soive the problem if they really wanted to. Saunders, who works as an â€"mw-.dhun'ahdmhn an representative of just an ordinary working person. "We‘re underrepresented when it comes to council making donors would continue to give blood under 2 new blood _"Well 1 hope they do. 1 mean the reality is you don‘t give blood to an organization , you give it to save individual lives. " Mitchell said one O three partâ€"time workers might lose job. Three other fullâ€"time workers would not be aflected (Continued trom page 1) Mitchell also said he hoped longâ€"time Red Cross blood EM DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1950 46 King St. N., Waterioo 886â€"2040 CLOSED sumpay AnD monoay "TUESDAY â€" THURSDAY 95 30 lighy s FRONT & REAA OF STORE