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SATURDAYS 6 am TO 2 pm I FREDERICK ' DUKE STREET S, DOWNTOWN KITCHENER l FREE PARKING "Vendor Specials" are valid for Saturday September 1st and 8th at the Kitchener Farmers' Market. Charles Quality FRESH ONTARIO LAMB CHOPS '/2 price - $7.59 '5 99 regular - $7.99/Ib To find these vendors, look for the "Vendor Special" Rags. LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRTS MEATS COMPETITIVE PRICES RESH FOOD llb Mayor questions region’s support of big box centre Caraway Rye Bread regular price - $15.00 Q 35 gtouo, /Ballety were in keeping with the city's official plan. They are just different types of retail, ers than originally erwi, sioned. "We've only allowed massing that our core could stand," said Woolstencrofr "We've been dedicated to preserving the core, pretty actively, since 1954." And the city has already won a number of fights to keep other big box stores from being built across the street from those develop- mems. Woolstencroft also bris- tles at the suggestion that the city is just trying to pro- tect its tax base and that this is a grab at some of Woolwich's future assess- ment. The mayor in turn believes Woolwich and the region are intent on obscur- ing the division between Newcomer Settlement program helping to prevent violence against women Waterloo MPP Elizabeth Witmer announced last week that the Kitchener- Waterloo Multicultural Centre will receive $68,761 in funding from the Ministry of Citizenship as part of the Newcomer Settlement program. a The funding will help / Loaf urban and rural parts of the area. You can'l have it both ways. she said. The tax issue is just a red herring and the real issue is still about plan- ning. "Regional council was formed to preserve certain kinds of lifestyle," said Woo1stencrort. "if we are starving our townships fur assessment, then at the regional level we're not doing a good job. "On the other hand. the rural areas, to be really blunt, have not declared themselves as anything beyond settlements. even though they are quite recog- nizable, There are advan, tages in being a settlement versus a town or urban area, So they have to make up their minds when they have a certain mass of people" support the Violence Against Women Prevention program and the Cultural Interpreter Services and Training program. The Newcomer Settle- ment program helps organi- unions develop, deliver and evaluate interpreter ser- vices, which enable victims of domestic violence who do not speak English access to shelters. health care and legal services. It also includes support for the delivery of the Partner Assault program and allows access to the Domestic Violence Court Systems program. "The Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre is pro- viding invaluable services to local women who do not speak English," said Winner. "t am pleased that this fund- ing will enable women to access the appropriate com- munity services when need-