The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

SGAAB Vector new 9 Linnear available from Viewpoint You said it Arts Calendar 24 Local doctor and his family off to help in the Congo. Siskins unveil their campaign for ‘Sudden Change.‘ ..__ Saab of Kitchener Waterioo 663 Victoria St. N. 744â€"5811 DiMarco Golf*. Building Box*, Bast Napoleon®. Claircaâ€"Mario Matsias, WHAT‘S INSIDE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Canoe the Nith* *Selected Distribution SPORTS $34,900 Page 10 Laurel Creek Nature Lands saved he Grand River Conservation I Authority and the City of Waterloo have reached a comâ€" promise to save two remnant parcels of Nature Centre land that were potentially up for sale. And that compromise was unanâ€" imously supported by Waterloo city council.Monday night. A groundswell of public opposiâ€" tion was one of the factors that brought the two groups together to work out a plan that would preserve the property instead of forcing the GRCA to sell it as remnant land. That opposition climaxed in the fall at a packed council meeting where the ultimate decision on the properâ€" research Little helper Luke Villemaire (left) adds a bun to the hamburger Trevor Krulicki cooked up Saturday during the M&M Meats annual charity barbecue Each year, stores across Canada, including the Weber Street at Lincoln Road location in Waterloo, hold a barbecue in support of Crohn‘s and Colitis By Bos VRBANAc Chronicle Staff WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2003 «+ WATERLOO, ONTARIO Serving your community since 1 856 In the meantime, the city, the conservation authority and local citâ€" izens investigated ways of resolving the dispute. It included a campaign to have the provincial government restore funding to the conservation area, as well as a fundraising drive by a group called the Friends of Lauâ€" rel Creek which included concerned residents from the Laurelwood area, in addition to local environmentalâ€" ists and nature lovers. But an April 1 deadline for the fundraising effort passed, and there was some concern that the GRCA would go back to city council to renew its zone change request. Those fears were allayed last week when the GRCA agreed to withdraw its zoning application after the city ty was deferred by city council Nice buns agreed in principle to provide sewer and water services to the Laurel Creek Nature Centre in 2004 at no cost to the GRCA. The extension of sanitary and sewer services to the Laurel Creek Nature Centre will cost the city $359,000, but the GRCA will also provide a written guarantee that it will not submit further development application for the Laurel Creek Nature Centre lands. "I would like to say thanks to those members of the public who took a sincere and positive approach to the issue, gently prodâ€" ding both sides to find a resolution," said Peter Krause, chairman of the GRCA. "I think it is safe to say that everyone who has been involved in this issue over the past few years is $1 INCLUDING GST ubpt" LLBRARY While Mayor Lynne Woolstenâ€" croft said they‘re still seeking ways of resolving that issue, she was glad they were able to save the Nature Centre lands. There was no way the city could have purchased those properties, so the extension of serâ€" vicing proved to be the next best "I would have loved to have purâ€" chased the properties and put the covenants on it," said Woolstencroft. glad that we have been able to end it in such a positive way." â€" The deal only applies to the Nature Centre lands. A parcel of land that will be made remnant by the realignment of Westmount Road is still being disputed, with an OMB hearing slated for May 26. Continued on page 4 ANDREA BANEY PHOTO