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Taxes 5 Licence 'Lease 48 Months, No Money Down, No Security Deposit Required. $350 Administration Fee Extra Call for details SALE HOURS: NEW PARTS ' SERVICE HOURS: Monday-Thursday 9 a m B p m . Monday-Thursday a a m ", p m mm a. Saturday 9 a m 6 p m. Friday ll a m 6 p m . Saturday 9 am? p m Elizabeth Lorenz BA. CFP Buy and LORENZ HA CFP Beechwood residents light In keen neighbourhood lllllk A proposed land awap mvulvmg a developer and a my park has sarred up a hor- net's nest In a Beechwood neighbourhood Tracy Castell, Ross Beauchamp, Don Mitchell and Steve Bryant, all reudents of Old Post Road, told the Water loo t hromcle last week they were strongly against a pro- posed land swap that would allow a Guelph development company lo build a 30-house sutxiivuuon on a vacant eight- SPEC!” MEI III" was Tim Gardner C hmnu fr Mall ’3 him I“! 1.I In! MAr.QII\1 an: Buy Award wail; [EATER-m STEM MI. I“ mu maln- SIIFI I“ acre plece of property located east of Beechlawn Drive and west of Old Post Road The mam reason the Old Post Road tesuierus are against the development ts because the Cay cl Waterloo has tenla- lively agreed to swap U2 acre of land at the north end of nearby Old Post Park In Heathshore Homes Ltd, of Guelph m exchange for another 1/2 acre of land located at the north end of the pro- posed sulxhvnaon. The land swap would enhance a green space at the north end of the proposed development that currently allows local residents to walk between Beechlawn Wwe and Old Post Road and helps link two nearby athletic facilities. SPECIAL sums SE” Ill Waterloo council wdl be addressing the issue at its next meeting Monday night. Beauchamp and Castell recently ctrorgamzed a group called Beechwood Citizens to Protect Old Post Park' and started a petition to present to council next Monday that opposes arty reduction In size or any reconfiguration of the park, As of last Friday, 126 peo- Fred Gore, the director of the St. Jude's Academic School, will receive one of 15 Commu- St. Jude's director receives Community Action Award DRIVING IS BELIEVING rm so: “I": ple from 85 different residences on 14 different streets in the area had signed the petition, Castell said. "As I understand the pro- posal, the loss of Und from Old Post Park is to be justified by formation of a strip of open space at the other end of the development," Beauchamp wrote in a letter lo Mayor Joan McKinnon, dated May 19. "This trade beneflls the developer and a limited num- ber of adjacent home owners but does nothing to compen- nity Action Awards presented by Lieutenant Governor Hillary Weston at a Queen's Park ceremony today. This is the l4th annual award ceremony. Community Action Awards are presented to those who have made out- standing efforts to make J)r ttttttit,? < SUMMER we Ill' 50% OFF SAVE tht SIMS ' SPORTCOATS plus golfshiri: shorts, slacks, sport Airte and dress shirts. Waterloo Town Square; (across from Shoppers Drug Mart) 746-9136 sate the loss ofparkland in Old Post Park which IS a commu- nity-wide resource," he wrote. Castell said last Thursday one of the reasons she was so upset about the proposed land swap was because although the piece of park planned to be incorporated Into the develop- ment was relatively small, it would cover an existing path that residents currently use to walk between Beechlawn Drive and Old Post Road Residents would now have to walk north to the new proposed green Ontario a better place to live and work for people with dis- abilities. As director OISL Jude's, Gore IS being honoured for his work to help more than 1,000 clul, dren with learmng difficulties to succeed m both their per- sonal and academic lives. stnp to walk between the streets She also sud the pm: ol park that would disappear way the only piece of the park that was flat and that currently pro- v1ded neighbourhood children with a chance lo play soccer or ball on With that piece of park gone. the children would sulkr, she said. Castell also sand she was unhappy With the my because she believed city animals had not tried to buy the green strip at the north end of the pro- posed subdivision outright By doing that, they could reduce the development to 27 homes, maintain the enhanced green space at the north end at the subdivision and not touch the park, she said, The developer would benefit because although he would have three fewer lots, the Six to seven lots at the north end of the subdivision would back onto the planned green strip and would thus be enhanced in value. "Why bargain with existing parkland against a lot of netgh- bouts' Wishes?" she asked Gore has been involved wnh the Learning Disabilities Asst" ciation for many years, Smce the award was launched m i987, it has honoured men and women for their leadership and commitment in affecting positive change for persons with disabilities,