The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

5L5" tIM ttttttditto-tttOOO-trodboomboom ®®®®m Some Waterloo Town Square store owners arent sure where "home" will be in the nextatu- ple ofyears, but many are happy to see that a deal has finally been reached between the malls landlord and the First Gulf Corporation "I think it's win-win all the" way," said Jim Schallcr of Flagstaff Mens Shoppe. Tm happy to Mall merchants Whiting for details of sale mmnmldu' Like a hat tit mittens far Your C 'yAndreaBaiiey Chronicle " WTNTERMAItmiNANCE 656 Fairway Rd. s., Kitchener 89441700 q N 1llltstrttttttttt m w., Kimmy 7m . 15 UniversityAm.:LWaterloo 885-5410 t.ms(>c-tTt.-rott-tr.am-mt-t"-o"_$"tre tltlRMrTmEBFEAmt oSgrtrttrstst'mt-tre_h6mrctMcmrtit s “a .S-restroecqacWrrtthtttetMmpmerroetrdtstrtrrotr 'l was ttotttrfatxtmorttsgrtdcnmpuhrs .tQtn72moNfomt_r18tttotdMtr-armnt StsepartichmttrFsshtxtst0rdetaitsorvtStourtetmiteaemsset, m.nidu.ca-0flmendoac 31/99 ”ATERLOO PUBLIC LIBRARY see tt's Mally settled, and l tlnnk the develop- ment will gm: us a facelift and a new concept for the whole Region to have a look at." Though the financial details of the sale, wluch occurred almost two weeks ago, have not been released, it was thought that Canada we Assur- ance, the owner of the mall, was seeking mart than $16 million for the once-popular shopping venue, As pan of a $230 million redevelopment pm- MIDAS GOLD BAITERIES cllildrclr in Waterloo legion. Visit the Angel Tree and Ink Guiana higher for special chil- dren h this My. Deb-i 0-H phl- Ject for Wateriooy uptown area, which was approved by my counol last week, one of First Gulf plans tsto demolish the mall and construct a new IO-screen cmcma mth seating for 2,500 to 3,000 people, as well as a 45,000 square foot supermarket. First Gulf also plans to construct new slow front shops on King Street, where many of the mall's cumnl tenants may relocate. But, according to many owners, until formal ixiiii'iiss,s; 5592-5 “Mr-Bur anaconda 1Mthitscunmt9ipamlolfkzm21 dammylusll olficerssw tionalirmmira,eitevertssauthe_hiseimahouteigNmin- utesofresponsetimeforexhm1uarevonsetimehewoukniketo seeslwrtemd Ikseiesanumlxrofnewiiie+xzsinunikrmtcitywue,9evens saidtherewilltraninaeaeinmor-iyeaexhestopohiaog, as well " more Italic enftxuanent. "iWwanttoinaeaepatmlsinixsthtesikntialadimhtsarialareas," hesaki,ahiirwhattlecrimerateinwatetkohasgoneupoverhehs fewycars. Nkalsowantiorsirmxetimeinshoobamlrtinto therteigN_xistotakearmrwtive-haesacrime." Stevens said his branch would also love to see more police carer Them could be more visible poke presence on the sums of Water- kxrwithintherarifrzgkxtalcoumslkxsgivetheirtpaheaitoanew suirgplanin tlertewyear, A council vote injanuary could mean that load Division 3 of the Waterloo regional police servicewill havefive more &tectives, 15 more from-line palm] sagams and 15 more [mm-line patrol ofikers walk- ingtlelxstwithin the nexttwo Pars. "Thisisworderfulnews,"saBillste_Branch3serin- tandem. "lt'ssamtethirtgwehre hem hoping forami workingon for a longtime." The potential increase in police presence was a result of an announcemen_bythepolice setvicesbaardlastweekstatingthat its budget for next year sits at $57 million; a figure which includes a plantohireatotalof45motedfkzrs. Amrther30newpdexofhzrswi0ehimiinhm Fimlbaiget-lisexpextedihmitheRegisminthenewyear, amitmtrNhirirFtrainirmmxzsesarecorwkte,thenewoh- cetsshtmkltemhthestreetsinahoutayear. Remtssiitheannounamentcoukinotlsrvecomeatalrtterarne ktrthecitydWaedooinpartkutar. "Our sen/ice here is good, but its in need of improvement," he ex#ained"rkmusedalttlteir-idam_hweonus,weare notabaysasquektoreseitosomesituatiorsaswewoukikketo parkadinlhcstationslol. . "So ifanyone would like to derail: some cruisers." hes-id witha chuchk,G'dbemmethanhwytohoethent" More cops to hit Waterlloo's streets papi "But I'm not winded," said Gueshan Habib, owner of The Cbflee Mug. "l think the develop- ment plan IS good. “Ever since k-Mart left, the customers have gone down, That's because we dont have an anchor stme anymore to bring them in." notification and details come from First Gulf, their futures at up in the air. Chrtmicle9tf (Continual on pay 2) I Including