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} â€"â€"â€"â€" Serving your community since 1856 â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" o | â€"l%“ mM ' § WEDNESDAY,. ~MRCMT5, 2001 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING GST 0_ â€"â€" p oz z_ You said it Arts Calendar 00 Viewpoint Classified 30 Waterloo Hawks honour the memory of former coach. Looking after Waterloo‘s heritage. Saab of Kitchener Waterioo 663 Victoria St. N. 744â€"5811 WHAT‘S INSIDE Princess Cinema *Selected Distribution h.‘L 1 ol 19 6. SUBTER Page 25 Page 11 WATERLOQ PUBLLC LILBRARY Dogs could still have their day he Battle of Dogerloo is still I well underway in the minds of a committee fighting for the right to have a public dog park within the city. The volunteer group of dog lovers and owners, known as Dogerloo of Waterloo Region, has spent the better part of the last year working with the cities of both Kitchener and Waterloo, as well as the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Humane Society, exploring available opporâ€" tunities to establish leashâ€"free dog parks â€" within _ the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo area. While group members claim the community interest in such a project is there, the real challenge has been finding and securing a location for such an outdoor facility. Radio broadcast personalities Glenn Pelletier (left) and Lisa Drew of Newstalk 570 were the overall winâ€" ners of the The Food Bank of Waterloo Region‘s Check Out Hunger media kickâ€"off event last Friday at the Zehrs food store on Weber Street in Kitchener. The campaign runs until Canada Day. By Anorea Baicey Chronicle Staff â€" Visit our: SHOWROOM @ 1151 Victoria St., N., | Website @ www.bavarianwindows.com Phone @ (519) 578â€"3938 Checking out hunger "We‘ve looked at a number of locations throughout the city," said Arlene Shousterman, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent of the Dogerloo board. "We‘ve looked at the Kaufman flats, Bechtel Park, RIM Park, and all over. But we need something that‘s not wellâ€"used, and something that won‘t infringe on the lives of othâ€" "I don‘t blame the university," she said. "I heard that people were coming all the way from Cambridge to walk their dogs. Things just got out of control and it Shousterman said group memâ€" bers and the community at large were recently using an area behind Columbia Lake, on University of Waterloo property, to walk their dogs leashâ€"free. However, as word of the area spread and its popularâ€" ity grew, Shousterman said the university opted to close off the area. INUOW We "With a bylaw like this that so many people consider to be unfair, you‘re going to find that those peoâ€" ple either disobey it or try to change it. And that‘s exactly what we have here." Shousterman said an ideal solution would be for the group to come to an agreement with a priâ€" vate organization, which has its own private land. She said that would eliminate the need for dog owners to worry about the current city of Waterloo dog bylaw, which states that anyâ€" one caught walking a dog without a leash on public property could face a $41.25 fine. "So many cities do have dog parks," she said. became too much for the universiâ€" One possible organization the Continued on page 4 DEBORAH CRaNDALL However, Tate said the developâ€" ment of the new library and YMCA branch hinges on whether the proâ€" ject receives the $4.6 million in provincial Superbuild funding the city applied fOrG@TNAI UDif XFAGuge 2 Last year the board reviewed a number of options surrounding library relocation. After a lengthy public process, the board recommended its top three choices to Waterloo council, with a new 70,000 squareâ€"foot location on Caroline Street topping the list. But, given the uncertainty around First Gulfs plans for the core, the board was forced to reevaluate their choices and throw their focus in another direction. "This site has become much more attractive to us," Tate said. The First Gulf Development Corporation‘s recent announcement that a new library will not be included in the redevelopment of Waterloo‘s core hasn‘t put a damper on the city‘s plans to build a new facility for booklovers. And if the concept receives Waterloo city council‘s approval, a new 90,000 squareâ€"foot library faciliâ€" ty, which will include a 20,000 squareâ€"foot branch of the YMCA of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo which the orgaâ€" nization will lease from the city, should open within the next two years. In total, the project will cost the city over $19.6 million to complete. Expansion of the existing facility on Albert Street was not considered an option. After deliberating between two locations, the local public library board has officially set its sights on a location on Father David Bauer Drive, adjacent to the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. "We‘ve really turned our attention to this site," said chief librarian Joanne Tate. "We feel it would be a great opportunity for us." still in the By Anorea Bamey Chronicle Staff