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Viewpoint City Pages DynaMike and his busker friends roll into town. Lifestyle Sports WATERLOO CHRONICLE Program and Activities Guide, Pro Music*, Kâ€"W Guardian Pharmacy*, Saturn Saab of Kâ€"W*, Westmount Pharmacy WHAT‘S INSIDE *Selected Distribution Page 26 30 12 10 Uptown residents like Gord Ball are tired of dealing with the drunken crowds that spill out of King Street clubs after last call every night. They leave a swath of destruction in their path, and leave people like Ball, who lives in the area, to deal with the mess. ros vesanac moro Residents want action taken on vandalism t‘s two weeks until the start of Ithe school year and Gord Ball has already had enough of the drunken revelry that is to come. That‘s because it‘s never stopped for the Waterloo man who‘s home is surrounded by eight lodging houses, and has been witâ€" ness to some of the worst excesses of the local pub scene as their drunken guests spill onto the street of the uptown core. And you don‘t have to take his word for it, all you have to do is look around his neighbourhood just one block up from the King Street strip to see the damage they do. The house across the street from him lays dormant, and is up for sale after the occupants trashed the place last year. Evidence of their overindulging includes the blue box that still sits on the roof of the house, while a shopping cart which was used for other things than it‘s intended By Bos VRBANAC _ Chronicle Staff WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25, 2004 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO Serving your community since 1856 purpose sits parked in the drive way. o "At least once a week they‘d throw their refrigerator right out the front door onto the street," said Ball. "One week they threw it out there three times. "They were fine during the day, but at night after a few drinks they were like a pack of wild animals." And Ball‘s home is on the migration route of what he calls these young bellowing moose when they head out or come home from the bars. And while they‘re well lubricated on the way "They were fine during the day, but at night after a few drinks they were like a pack of wild animals." â€" Gord Ball concerned core resident to their mating grounds, they‘re even worse on the way home shouting loud enough to wake the dead in the early houts of the morning. He remembers one night when four of them got into an argument right in the middle of the intersecâ€" tion in front of his home. While he‘s used to raised voices, Ball looked out as these four drunkards decided to settle a dispute over which way was the best way home with their fists. He spent the next morning cleaning up the blood on the road with his garden hose as no police or local byâ€"law officers were to be found to break up the melee. Not that it was hard to track them down. Baill has three blue boxes full of the broken glass and beer cans that these drunken revâ€" ellers discarded along the way. He also has a collection of beer mugs from all the bars in the core. But that‘s not all the souvenirs they leave behind, with ripped up $1 INCLUDENGGSF, .â€" Continued on page 2 £n432" gf‘ i ’BBQB! wikls Community Watch he Waterloo Regional Neighâ€" Thuurhood Watch program is back up and running after a two year hiatus. And it‘s just in time with local police reporting an increases in property crimes, break and enters and vandalism. But in order to help Waterloo‘s streets remain safe they‘re in need of volunteers. Marietta Gassewitz, administraâ€" tor for Neighbourhood Watch, said the program is in need of 154 new Watch Captains to organize neighâ€" bourhood groups to help curb crime. "We‘d like to encourage them to form a Neighbourhood Watch in their area," said Gassewitz. There are currently 539 groups operating in Waterloo Region, but only 331 Watch Captains. The program, which works in partnership with the Waterloo Regional Police Service, has been running in the region since 1981, but has been inactive for the past two years. She said the program fell apart after communication problems, and many volunteers just walked away from the group. The watch now has a new board of directors consisting of 11 Waterâ€" loo citizens and one police repreâ€" sentative. Gassewitz retired from the program four years ago, but recently rejoined as administrator. "The need was there, and I decidâ€" ed to do it again." she said. "The neighbourhood watch was always part of me." program ends hiatus "We explain what we want them to watch for, what‘s suspicious, what numbers to call." â€" Marietta Gassewitz Neighbourhood Watch organizer By Tim MureHy For the Chronicle Continued on page 4