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Its getung to be that time of year again and Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo‘s Volunteer Action Centre says the 11th annual Waterloo Busker Carmival Waterloo Busker Carnival needs volunteers MON â€" Fiel 9 3Oam 9 00pm + SA 9 3dom . 6. dOpm + Slitv 2 noor â€" 5 00pm â€" Kitu Siket Roll up your sleeves, put on your gloves and get out your shovel for the annual Waterioo Horticultural Society Show. It grows every year with "fresh" new displays. And for the "pick of the crop" come early. CcONESTOGA MALL Roustabouts: tasks include setung up the carmival, setting up equipment, decoraung the needs roustabouts for Aug 30 Can You Dig It!? street and cleanup. Volunteers must be able to comfortably hit 30 lbs and follow instructions precisely Anyone interested in volunteering call 742â€"8610 NuseTH Al A model of the new educaâ€" tion charges goes into effect Sept. 1 in the Guelph area. The levy will be 100â€"perâ€"cent resiâ€" dentialâ€"based and will add $1,158 to the cost of a new home or apartment unit. The six to eightâ€"month process will determine if 100 per cent of the charge will be levied on new housing develâ€" opments, or if new business developments will pick up as much as 40 per cent of the Cost. The public and separate boards are looking at a joint public consultation process to figure out how to implement the charges starting this fall "Being a growth board. we have to implement EDCs (eduâ€" cation development charges) or we won‘ have a source of funding to buy the land these schools need to be built on‘ NE NCA [ XPIE SSÂ¥ (Continued from page 1) Home builders Van Dongen said hus associaâ€" "Our concern has consisâ€" tently been that development charges have been a significant drag on our ability to compete, and we think they are one of many factors that hinder our ability to develop our econâ€" The Kitchenerâ€"Waterlaa Chamber of Commerce has also joined the Home Builders Association in its opposition to new charges. "We think this is just an out and out tax grab," said Van Dongen, the president of Tribâ€" ute Homes. "It‘s the boards of education looking at new homes as a cash cow, and we would be very opposed 10 that." tion is against any similar increase in the cost of building a new home in Waterlao Region ‘We think this is just an out and out tax grab.‘ â€"Mark Van Dongen All 1998 Fashion Swimsuits 1000‘s to choose from Have BATH FITTER® install a beautiful new acrylic bathtub right over your old one. * Tested and proven in 1000‘s of commercial and residential installations all across North America Airness GLassics * Fast. professional installation 75 King St. S. * Waterloo Town Square * 747â€"1424 REAL SUITS BATH FITTER® Tired of looking all over for a sutt that fits and looks great? Your search is over! A perfect madeâ€"toâ€"measure fit every time Easy to clean Slip resistant bottom Customâ€"formed seamiess acrylic bath and shower walls also available 50*70"° orr E for REAL WOMEN "We just have to be straight up, fair and open about the numbers we plug in to have everybody accept it. We have no choice." He said the need for new schools is being generated hy new development and new grawth in the area. "We want the development industries to understand we‘re only collecting what we need to." said Smith. "It benefits them because schools in comâ€" munities help to sell houses But Smith disputed the alleâ€" gations that the new education development charges were simply another tax grab Lews said that the schuol boards should come up with creative solutions like stag gered school staris to beiter utihze space that hes dormant for the summer months "I‘m surprised the schuol boards haven‘t look at that serâ€" ously before implementing a charge that will end up costing us tens of millions of dollars" he said " We already pay enough taxes." ‘We have been vehementls upposed to any additional charges let alone existing charges omy," said David Leis, the Chambers general manager