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The staff haison with the City of Waterloo‘s second annual ‘Waterloo in Bloom frontâ€"vard competution says the city is the big winner in this vears contest Citizens big winners in bloom contest Lori Ludwig said Tuesday the fact more people particrâ€" pated in this years competinon than in Jast year‘s inaugural comest means the ony stself is becoming more beautiful thanks to individual homeâ€" owners and businesses efforts Ludwig and fellow city employee Chris Barker handed out winners‘ certificates and lewers to this years five resiâ€" dential frontâ€"yard winners in each of the city‘s five wards Monday: The development manager for First Gulf Development Corporation says whether his company buys Waterloo Town Square or not is now in the hands of The Canada Life Assurance Company. Mark Kindrachuk said last Friday (Aug. 6) Mississaugaâ€" based First Gull had done everything it could to buy the mall and was now waiting for Canada Life, the current ownâ€" ers of the mall, to make a move. _ First Gull president David Gibson originally said June 29 m m uim o sam m m luP pLUS 10 yo l RECEIV (MOST WINDSHIELD: a tA 1 & / F0 > m | MraATS & CHEESE | Eye of Round Steaks or Roasts ©2.9916 Boneless Chicken Breasts $4,4916 Centre Cut Pork Loin Chops $3.49n6 \Assoned Smoked Farmers Sausage ' $2,49n16 AUTO Back Bacon Old Cheddar Tim Gardner Chromcle staff SPECIALS GLASS STONE CROCK Final sale date of Waterloo Town Square now up to Canada Life CLAIM any The five residennal winners _ cent in this vears frontâ€"yard compeâ€" U umon are Fhomas and Kaytherâ€" â€" win inc Reuel ol Old Post Road _ prog (Ward COnel. John and Shatron Carey ol Canewood Crescent i(Ward Twat. Wilhetlm and Helga Napl of Abbotswood Court i(Ward Three}. Frederick and Pearl Zarnke of Albert Street iWard Four) and Karl and Johanna Hirzer of Seagram Drive (Ward hive: The overall winner ol this years frontâ€"yard competition will be chosen among the Iive ward winners and officralls announced at a televised Waterloo council meeting on Oct + The alternatwe/enyiranmenâ€" tally friendly frontâ€"yard winner this year was John and Brenda Semple of Candlewood Cresâ€" he hoped his company would own the mall by July 13. "We‘ve done everything we can," Kindrachuk said last Friâ€" day. "We‘re waiting to get a response from them (Canada Life). And I‘m not going to try and guess when they will do that." Lou Nuspl, the director of real estate investments for Adaâ€" son Properties, the real estate arm of Canada Life, said very little Tuesday. "I can‘t really comment right now," Nuspl! said. "All I can say is we‘re still in discussions." $2.49n16. $5.9916 $4.5911 ~ > (MOST WINDSHIELDS) Pemoone n emenl rtfiti Advantageâ€" ® s Fon Caomnan *AUTOGLASS 6 ;%WJ’ U ’r‘ 1 FYDIREG IN BUSINESS TO SERVE YOU§I_’{CE_ 1987 â€"@~®« 10 [ l EXxPIRES IN BUSINESS TO SERVE YOU!...SINCE 1987 Juy 30/09 _ 1138 King East @ Ottawa Kitchener 576â€"18â€"55 1 00L 0 s â€" cememes . eeeemene . ce There were also four award winners in the business awards program in the tront yard comâ€" peution this year Winmng in the large suale commerual category was Eooâ€" notmecal Insurance Company of Westmount Road, while Q Lubes head office of Dearborn Place captured the smallâ€"scale commerctal category Luther Yillage of Father David Bauer Drive won the mulncresidential categors while Oniano Dic Compant Lid. of Ruoger street wan the industnal category The Waterloo letter carriers noemmnated approximately 86 residential front yards in the vity of Waterloo for this years frontâ€"yard competition, up about 20 residential front yards First Gul{ is hoping to buy Waterloo Town Square as part of a proposed massive 17â€"acre redevelopment of uptown Waterloo. The company wants to buy the mall, along with the cityâ€" owned mall parking lot and nearby former Seagram lands, to create a $230â€"million mixedâ€"use development which will include a 12â€"screen, 3.000â€" seat cinema complex, a 150â€" 200â€"room hotel and a 160,000â€"squareâ€"foot departâ€" ment stote by 2006. Kindrachuk said July 9 he Ee e ')“ N Th 12e 3{‘“ [ s s e h ” a C ks m | TB . Py wso ¢ m_,z;s;:’@“*::‘f t pPre_ls oo puostâ€"so,ipts.<@ [ thase val TR = go P â€"snoia 7 HEXAGON PEDESTAL Petete â€"~,anmidad &4 CHAIRS RIVERBOAT SWING ; For Your Outooor Living Prsasure Come See Us .. Flamborough Patio Furniture tov 1 €tD + 0e + 42R roU 1_." $ *Â¥ 1 T fivg T +KF€ + es + 8‘ X 10‘ â€" 4° PORCH SHED from last year, Ludwig said Ludwig also said the overall quality of residents front yards this vear had amproved trom last years intual competition ‘Absolutely," she said "I think maybe just people are teartung about it They‘re findâ€" ing out thatits not a huge comâ€" petition â€" it‘s just the entire communmity getting involved with making Waterloo beaunâ€" ful as a whole 1 think people are catching the buz: and thinlng is kind ol un to par ticapate in MWaterloo will find out Sept 35 how it did in the provincial Communities in Bloom‘ comâ€" petnon The city entered the compeâ€" titon for the first time this year and is competing against the cities of Sudbury and Ajax. was still "extremely confident" First Gulf would soon own Waterloo Town Square. L_ _A 00e 20 SS . 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