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e story of a young I mother who recently had quintuple-heart- bypass surgery has inspired a local school to raise a record amount for the Heart and Stroke Foundation Local school shows they have a lot of heart Stacey Brohrnan-Way, a mother of two who gave birth whet son Wroglune l). hasbeenuiedawalkingmir- Shawn Way gets sheared by fellow teacher Mlle. Renée Guay. acle after her heart stopped suddenly on Aug. 13, and stopped twice more before emergency surgeryat the new cardiac care centre at St. Mary's Hospital saved her life. Taylor throws his hat into the ring for mayor’s chair And while the road to recovery has been difficult in the six weeks after the surgery. Brohman-Way. her husband Shawn and sons have had Mony Taylor says he's tired of seeing bad decisions made in the Walerioo city council chambers And he's ready to put an end m that trend. That's why the longtime bus:- nessman and Ward 4 councillor has decided to run for Wutedoo's mayor 1n the upcoming municipal election, Tayibr annJunced his plans in front of a group of supporters last Friday at RIM M - - He chose the recreation facility as a symbol of the "massive mistake" made by members of the current and past city councils when the RIM Park financing agreement was approved That approval added an WHIMuWM’N wwiiiugumorsgnmuom BYBOBVRIMNAC - QWB‘CESM, Be Axum Bum 0:501“: SEIL their spirits buoyed by the outstanding community sup- port they've received. That induded a special fundraising challenge undertaken by stu- dents and staff at St. Agnes Catholic elementary school in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. Shawn, a teacher at the school who has taken some time off to help in his wife's recovery. challenged the stu- "I bumped up to the total a lot because it's very close to my heart this year," said Shawn. addressing a gym full dents to raise more than $6,500 in the annual event that now means so much more to his family. If the small school of 276 met that goal, Shawn would have his hair shaved into a Mohawk additional S33 million lo the city's debtload, "I have chosen this location because RIM Parbisasymholofthe careless attitude the mayor and pre- vmus council had towards city finances," Taylor said. "Contracts were not read or understood, Important planning decisions twere) rushed. Potential conflicts of interest were unaddressed. The result was a $33 million headache for taxpayers over and above the very large $113 million bill they had already paid for this sports com- plex' Taylor reminded, he was not a member of the council that approved the financing went. But he was perhaps the strongest supporter of a public inquiry into of his former students at the school last Friday. - The last time anyone had taken the shears to Shawn to carve such an interesting design was when he was play- ing Junior A hockey with the Belleville Bulls He was also a folliclely-challenged member of the Waterloo Siskins and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks to finish out his play- $8.006 was finally revealed. he had no problem stepping up to the barber (hair to have his lods sham. "I can't believe our total here," said Shawn “We had a ton of people mise more than $100 and a couple of people with over $300 which is amaz- The first person to take the clippers to Shawn was Grade 3 student Justin Barnes who raised the most money, bring- ing in $360. His mom Mary took it to work to get the donations rolling and Bames dug into his own pimbank to pad out the total. "That's was cool," said the shy little boy after his turn with the clippers. "We just wanted lohelp MI.Way." Sam Felske, the coordina- tor for the Heart and Stroke Foundation's Jump Rope for Heart event, was duly impressed with the week- and-a-half effort from the school to mach its goal. beat- inglastyear'stotal of $5,400 "In total since they've Mart- ed this campaign they're aver an whenme final total of PAGE 3 thesamdal. “I fought for the RIM Park My Tuylot $20,000,” said felske. "That's really an awesome achieve- ment for the uhooL" And it comes with some added poignancy with the Way's ordeal so fresh in every- one'sminds “I think they did put an extra effort in this year amuse of the cause and the firctthatithitsalitdedoserto home." said Felske. "lt became more personal for them, and they see it first hand with one of their leacher'swives affected by it? And theeffortwasappreci- ated by the whole Way family. Shawn Way, hdding sons Cooper and Owen, has his first look in the mirror. with help from Stacey. inquiry so that residents could tind out the whole story on how past council screwed up" he said. That's the kind of transparency Taylor has tried to promote throughout his political career: He"seoedaiaidetmanand reeve of Bridgeport in the 1960s and 19703 He returned to local government in 1991, running successfully as Waterloo councillor inWand 4, He ran and won again in 1994 with over 80 per cent of the vote. In I997 he ran for a seat on regional council, but lost hy60 votes. Taylor slid he's spent much of his term dealing with the RIM Park In 2000 he reiumed as Ward 4 councillorbyafclamation. - - including their sons Owen and Cooper. who were on hand for the event. "For what we've been through the last six weeks with Stacey it was the least we could do." said Shawn about his family's involvement. "To get people to support it now and hopefully in March because it's iust amazing the service we have in this region. Stacey, a high school teacher at St, David secondary school, was also touched by the support. "People should be Feauy proud ofit." _ A - _ "As much as I enjoy serving as a councillor, I must admit that l have fbundthepastthreeyearstobethe most frustrating of my weer at city "thavespentthepastthsmryears trying to Ctx others' mistakes," he "I am through being frustrated Now I want to make thinmbttter." " intend to make the finances of Waterloo my first and main priority" he said. Taylor will run on thehiatiorm of " Finances First". "We need to spend taxpayers' morteywiselrandweneexitogeta handle on our debt." Taylor pointed out. over the last Ht's a long haul and it's frustrating at times. but I'm feeling much better and I'm starting to get my energy back, " she said about her recovery. "This was just so incredible how the kids came out and all the support we've got homthestaff and friends "This is pretty dose to our hearts, no pun intended, because of what's happened and when other people take up the cause it helps create awarenessThat's kind ofwhat the two of us are hoping to achieve now - creating more Continued on pug! 4