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RUTS committee hits road block r I "The Residential Uptown Traffic _ Committee, commonly referred to as RUTS, ran into its first road block Monday night when _ Waterloo _ council refused to allow for the installation of anymore allâ€" way stop signs in the quiet uptown neighbourhood. Since the inception of the committee more than a year ago, the group has been sucâ€" cessful in gaining approval for allâ€"way stops at nine uptown intersections. But some members of council felt adding more stops at this time would pose more problems than benefits. "I think we have to rest on this," said Coun. Bruce Anderson. "I can‘t support anymore at this time. We need some breathing space." "This process has been fastâ€"tracked," added Coun. Scott Jones. "I think RUTS has done some great work; but on the other hand I‘m very envious. There‘s no way 1 could get this much done in my area Continued from page 3 think about giving." said Ruthâ€"Ann. "New donors are always needed, and people and parents need to know that this can happen at any time." David‘s school communiâ€" ty at Sir Edgar Bauer Catholic â€" school quickly adopted the idea as a means of expressing its Christian and civic responsibility to learn about the need to be a future blood donors. While the students were too young to donate, they wanted to host the event to keep their classmate‘s memâ€" ory alive. "It‘s important to do it because we can save a lot more lives now that we know about it," said John McNorgan, one of David‘s close friends. "We want to educate _ people _ about leukemia and other bloodâ€" related diseases "The more that people know about this, and what he went through, the better it will be." Sir Edgar Bauer principal Pam Garbutt said the clinic fits into the tradition of carâ€" ing at the school. The school community has rallied in the past to help out its memâ€" bers, and members of the Keeping David‘s memory alive By Anorea Baicey Chronicle Staff in the current traffic patâ€" terns in and around the city‘s core, as well as the future trends and problems which are anticipated to arise during and after the uptown redevelopment takes place, requested that a trial allâ€"way stop be impleâ€" mented at the intersection of â€" Dunbar Road â€" and Alexandra Avenue. "Even though the kids are minors and won‘t be able to donate blood, it‘s important for them to realize when The RUTS committee, a group of citizens interested To date their accomplishâ€" ments include the trial installation of allâ€"way stop signs at the intersections of William Street and Euclid Avenue, William Street and Dunbar Road, John Street and Belmont Avenue, Roslin and â€" Alexandra â€" Avenues, Dunbar Road and Dawson Street, Avondale and Alexandra â€"Avenues, and Avondale Avenue and Allen Street West. wider community "Our emphasis is always to be of service to each other, and this certainly fits in with our curriculum and the spiritual sense we want to bring to the kids," she said. in this amount of time, not a chance. And the same issues that we‘re seeing here are all over the city." And though the most recent request was denied, Bill Reimer, coâ€"chair of the RUTS committee, took the ‘you win some, you lose Seams Like Magic And while council did approve other RUTS busiâ€" ness, including a series of speed humps to be installed on John Street between Westmount _ Road _ and Dunbar Road for a oneâ€"year trial period and that the yield signs within the study area be replaced with stop signs, there were some resiâ€" dents who were happy with council‘s decision to deny the request for more allâ€"way stops. "I think it‘s good that we‘re showing our support, and showing everyone that we cared about him," said Halicki. some‘ attitude "I think council has hanâ€" dled the process very well and ! default to their wis dom," he said. Nick Czudyjowzez told council that the committee does not represent the majority of the neighbourâ€" hood‘s wishes, and went on to refer to RUTS as the "Righteous Urban Terrorist Society", _ recommending they push for a wall to be built around the city to keep all traffic out. "This is beyond safety issues," he said. "It‘s almost a personal agenda of the comâ€" mittee members." they are of age it‘ll be their opportunity to do that." _ Wade Halicki, another close friend of David‘s, said he would have appreciated the support. But Czudyjowzcz also said the pollution problems "We really miss him." the allâ€"way stops induce by causing cars to halt then accelerate at a fast pace is the real issue. Reimer said he underâ€" stands how some of the committee‘s recommendaâ€" tions and decisions can be frustrating; but he also ensured all matters have and will continue to go through a complete public process before they are tabled. "You‘re killing us by polâ€" lution while saving us with all these stops," he said. "This is a community. You have to start thinking about communityâ€"minded deciâ€" sions." "It‘s not just about lookâ€" ing at data on the effectiveâ€" ness of these interventions," he said. "It‘s about how people feel about these intervenâ€" tions." _ _ â€"_â€" sroNn MraTS & CHEESE | Jumbo Roasting Chickens Extra Lean Ground Beef Fresh Farmer‘s Sausage Back Bacon by the Piece Deli Sliced | Baked Meat Loaves Old Cheddar SPECIALS 2.99 17916 2.19n16. $5.99);, 3.06916 $4.5916 /b