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You said It "We're trying to make uptown Waterloo look nice, and some crazy per- son comes along and does something ridiculous" After the first incident. Hollohan said, she and her brother went out and repaired the barrel as best they could. Over the last few weeks, close to a half dozen clay pots, which were donated to local businesses by the Waterloo Community in Blooms committee to help add some colour to the core, have been pushed over, smashed and left to create a muddy mess along the sidewalks. "This kind of thing is so dishearten- ing" she said. "To see such blatant disre- spect while we are trying so hard to build relationships within the community, it's very sad." The mischief began more than two weeks ago, just days after the pots were planted with flowers and placed on ven- dors' doorsteps. Businesses who seem to have been hit hardest, Vieth said, are Bent's Foto Source, Ten Thousand Villages gift shop, and Magic Mountain Trading Co. In faEt, Bends Polo Source" has been hit on two separate occasions, with the most recent attack taking place just last week. "Whoever is résbonsible for this is plain ignorant." said employee Jen Hollohan. Vandals hit uptown Waterloo Noi exactly the-purpose of the project, said committee chair Angela View. here's one word that can be used to I describe the person or persons behind the recent vandalism of a number of flower pots along King Street in Waterloo: lowlife WATERLO fl,filjll jfti)ri0lr..tlI,lfl WHAT'S INSIDE BY Mum Bum Chronicle SM Continued on page 2 35 " WATERLOO PUBLIC LIBRARY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2000 . WATERLOO, ONTARIO Angela Weth, chair of the Waterloo Communities in Bloom committee, shows the vandalism done to a barrel of flowers outside Bent's Foto Source on King Street. Vieth's committee donated barrels to a number of uptown businesses. Many have been damaged. with some completely destroyed, “m _ Serving your community since 1856 $1 INCLUDING GST Library's ttttttre uncertain After spending months conducting a public process and assessing the library's current and future needs in terms of growth, the library board brought its top three recommendations on possi- ble relocation sites to Waterloo council Monday night. Those options, rated from most favoured to least favoured. included: telocat- ing to a new 70,000-square- foot facility on Caroline Street as part of the First Gulf redevelopment at a cost of $10.2 million. excluding land costs; relo- eating to a 70.000-square- foot facility on Father David Bauer Drive, adjacent to the Waterloo Recreation he Waterloo public I library will have a new home in a few years, but where that home will be is still undetermined. _Council, in turn, referred the matter to staff for fur- ther investigation. Icanadacorhl 533 King St. I. Walarloo, ON 885-5091 Princess CinemaMend I. Br Mum Bum Chronicle Stag B-K VOLVO Continued on page 5 VOLVO E81