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Siemens was speaking after a meeung last Wednesday organized by 'Our Water- loo', a group of uptown residents and busr ness owners dvssatisfied wllh the public process regarding Frrst Gulls proposed development and us plan to burld a l2, screen HBO-seal Cinema complex on the city-owned former Seagram lands. Water- loo council will be voting on a zone change application to allow the cmema complex to go ahead ill Its next meeting June 28, Siemens actually presented a l.t1.t0, name peuunn lo council at Its regular But the co-owner of Words Worth Books said last week that f the grant bookstore chain does accompany First Gulf Develop» ment Corporation?; proposed S200 mdhon mixed-use development into “amino; uptown core as planned, her husmess' struggle agamst mega compcmmn well defimtcly get harder. Trina Siemens doesn't know. If the arrival of an Indigo bookstore In uptown Waterloo will mean the end ol her busr llnlnwn residents/business owners convinced first thdfderehtimtertt 'ttttttttttttll is not has! for Waterloo INDEPENDENTIY OWN") AND OPERATT0. BrtohTR IllBlllltllllllll-llllllllllllllllflllg ROYAL LEPAGE _IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SCHARF REALTY fit) WfifiTMOUNT RD N WATTiRlg k) 74T204o _lllliptir3 Tim Gardner Chronicle Slut] "We're not alrald of compeoort," Siemens mud. when asked about Indigo povubly mun immng mega bookstore [u haw all parking on the Iormer Seagram properly and the Waterloo Town Square property to he frrc, acccsshle and all sur- face level. meeting Monday night. signed by people opposed to First GuTs Current proposed development. The petitioners would like the cinema complex In have a maximum of Six scrcenVl.2thT seals, to have all man! outlets on the former Seagram lands to he no larger thart som square feel in Size and "We're not afraid of competition. But these 'big box' bookstores - they're in a different playing field. " - Tricia Siemens For all your real estate needs call Royal LePage - Scharf Realty. Ted Scharf “The Name Friends Recommend” And thay, lhc problem If First Gulf's cnvnsmncd trartsformatoon of uptown Waterloo fads. lirmn said The company currently wanls In build the l2-screcn cur emu complex, a 150-200-room hold. d lN).00)-Nuarc-foot dcpartment More and two large parking garages In the heart of uptown Waterloo by 2006 Enon sad what First Gulf Ph proposlng rcmmds him of the early days of the Mar- Irtterestingly enough, the Slums» that frm ished thrrd and fourth In that survey. Pier! Imports and K marl m Waterloo Town Square, art no longer In business In the uptown arm Waterloo residents should perhaps pay particular heed to Slcmens' and her hus- band and cu-msner Chuck Enon's plight, In an uptown consumer profile prepared by Wilfrid Launer Umversity Master of Busmcxs Administration students In 1007. Words Worth Books was found to he uptown shuppcrs' favourite store cham Chapters m the Waterloo market "But the big box' bookstores -- they"re m d different playing field. They bully pub- hshers into gwmg them discounts." (Continued on page 13) The ninth annual Hunter and Jumper Show at Kiwanis Park over the weekend lea- tured a number of local entries including Natalie Gascho and her horse Royal Review, left. Gascho, 16, took part in the Children's Hunter competition as well as a number of other competitions that featured show jump- ing. Bob mm.» In... Leap of faith "First of all. we gm lo he youth arnlvssndorr, ior Canada." Bax! said. “he" asked if hr nuns looking for, ward to the mp 'And Ht' g?! to represent not only uur schools and our rcgmn. bur "Thousands of kids arc accepted to 1inltcrsiry n-crr year," she smd "But onlv 40 kids across (dlde .er accepted mln [lm And Ils |usl such an honour I'm so cxcatcd," "I was mum happy .Jhuul this than my .ixLL‘PIJnu' to unnvcrsily." Underhlll mud. when asked hos, she fell u hen she found mn she way, Ptrl oi the teamlune 3 an Ontario Academics ( mum: student an Krtcherwr-Waterloo collegiate & vocational s1 hon! will be lmvclling 10 d numbcr of southeast Asian (minim-S for approximately thaw weeks thes August as pan of Junior Team Canada. Jumor Tram Canada is an mitratlve ypoll- sored by Global Nruon Matt Bau. d Grade ll stu- dent at Waterloo collegiate mstnute and kate Underhrll. Two Waterloo high school students have won the nght to travel to southeast Asra later thes summer to brush up on their busmcss skulls OWEN? M'Witt Kate Underhill v - v - "s"rtsxChmh*risrtsmc.uioepxat th, _ ‘H M858tE , Waterloo dull“ Mann] ImeS'S 5194800 7 ll Knchene' 5943700 CRLDIT UMON Comma 312-537? 'Bmd an my or SIOVJJU unwed W119 Urn-Jr Mir-AW "W’W Dt ”CO GICS. 4.4ro' Ti Haxl and l'ndcrhlll ended up Winning Ihc mmpculmn for |hmr rcglun and Will be travel- Imp, to Ottawa Aug 1 fora [Ive- day hrlchng on what thcy can Expert and what WI" be nputcd of them avenue the conference and three of [haw miludog Bast and L‘ndcrhlll. dcudcd to ruler " L‘nmpclllmn to Sec II they could hccomc part of the learn. liuh ~ludrl1l had In suhmn ' C\'id\"~ and answer two q1rcs1rous on vshy Ihey [ell they would hc, good global youth ambassadors for Canada and what [hm actually would do If they wars choscn ambas- sadors, The ma students began therr quest to become part of Junmr ream Canada earlier Ibis year when they applied to the business heads of the" two respect“ c schools to see Illhey could become part ofthe team The top four business students who applied at each school were chasm to attend a confer- ence mnccrnlng the team at the Urusersity of Western Ontario m London thes past April 30 10 May 3. (Continued on page 12) Six kwal students attended Matt Bast , Broker