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"BEAM BEDDING" All Sizes of Mattresses -Antique sized mattresses . aSHqh 0Foam mattresses Jiglllt for water beds A - ' x - - " » LN OIKEA and - .5233” . Ill, / Mausser , ' ', w " l a B , . furniture , _ " - "f M {I sized mattresses ' WI i ' J ' Mon - Fri 10 00-330 pm; Sat 10200100 pm CuusforaFREEEtmMATEorositourFactmy0utletShowmom s6t0Mu2AMsritN-st-tulAmtu30 743-3219. dozen groups rust met individ- ually and then brought forth opinions and concerns on mal- lets such as core values, taxa- non, land use and service levels to the emu: group. Other questions, including what would happen to the many volunteer groups in the region if total amalgamation took place, were also raised. Most agreed, however, that issues of this kind cannot be touched until a clear plan and process is in place. Mexande/feels, thanks to the weekend meeting, that ball IS Gally rolling. Tm excited and frustrated," he said, "I think if we had another hour or hour and a half, we could have really determined where we're going. "But I definitely think there was strong support of a coordi- nating committee, and that's what we need to keep the con- sensus working." Alexander said one of the main obstacles has been the issue of trust between some councillors. Barbs were thrown by some Saturday, and again at Waterloo council Monday night con- cerning rumours that behind- the-scenes meetings, also termed "breakfast club" gath- erings, have been taking place with only a few elected ortcials invited. Conn. Lynne Woo1stencmft, who said she is not in on this "club", stressed that meetings of this kind take from local council's credibility. Mayor Joan McKinnon, however, took exception to the reference of a breakfast club and explained that less than 10 councillors from the tegion's "it was one meeting to try to get the (reform) process going," she said. "And now that process has started." McKinnon said she did not arrange the meeting and us unaware of why only certain oFtciais were called to attend, but added she thinks the meet- ing was of great benefit m jump-starting the issue. three Clues got together for a breakfast meetmg on only one occaswn last December, "There are those that talk and those that do," she said, "1 want to be one of the ones that do. Alexander agreed if suspi- cion of each other's motives is allowed to rear its ugly head, all the progress that has been made could be lost. "Questioning all of [his now is counter-productive." "This is about relationships," he said. "l know myself I've tried to spend time getting to know more of the township councillors over the last few days, so they will recognize me and my name in the future and say' yeah, I know him. Hey a nice gssy'." Thbdgh satisfied with the (Continued trom page 1) n 1hVl proposal of a commune, Com nolly felt a mm line to dense a plan and a vuston of when to implement cerium change should have also been deter- mined at the weekend meeting, He suggested a draft be uh place hopefully by April 30, but no later than June 30. Before a time IS set, however. the commuter. if fully approved, will meet at least once to work towards some recommendations. "We have to give the public the information on thrs," he Alexander said, however. that It IS still Important to keep an eye on the clock. "We cant afford to wan 10 hear from the Provence," he said, "We have to get movmg on this now and keep what we've now started gomg " From there, a trme guide wnll be put In place police dog handler The Director of the Specul Investigations Unit, Peter A, Tinsley, has concluded that no charges will be laid against the dog handler involved in the investigation into injuries su; mined by a female jogger who was bitten by a Waterloo regional police dog on Nov 19, 1999, in Waterloo Park. SIU clears The SIU investigation revealed that at 6:20 am on Nov. 19, the Waterloo regional police were conducting , search of a wooded area of the park with the aid of a police dog. The dog, named Kane, “is d member of the Waterloo regional police canine unit and was misting in the search The SIU designated one sub- Ject olhcer and SIX w1tness um cers In thes Investigation An cxlenswe exammanon of ihe police dog's record and vanous municipal police dog training policies and procedures were among the ondence rewewed by investigators. Kane was searching off the leash, m accordance wuh the training standard of the Water- loo regional police, when the dog attacked a woman Joggmg along a roadway through the park, The woman sustained multiple Injunw In hs decision, Tmsley sad the evidence does nol lndlcalt that there was a dehberale intention on the part of the dog handler to inflict harm on this particular individual “In consideration of any Issue of negligence," Tmsley concluded, "the offlu'r's tom duct was largely In anurdancc with the [raining he had received “