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ile it's not the I/l/iff,:')),-',?),':)" increase in the need for emergency food help seen last year, the lat- est Hunger Count survey shows that food bank use has climbed by 8.5 per cent nationally. Locally. the numbers seen at the Food Bank of Waterloo Region mirror the statistics put out by the Canadian Association of Food Banks with the num- bet of emergency food hampers distributed climb- ing by I? per cent to 4,983 from March 2003 to March Food hank prepares for added ItPttttttilPtt And while the numbers of adults using the local food security service declined by one per cent in that year-to-year compari- son, there were signiFrcant increases in the number of Children, people with jobs and families accessing emergency mod assistance. The number of children under the age of 18 being served increased by one per cent to 6,118, People with jobs, whether parHime or full-time. using the service increased hy two per cent. "Based on 36 month 60.000 km tease. 1 9% Inleresl rate. $0 down. cap cost $3£,560 & oplmnal buy back $18,085 Weather could help eliminate park shortfall ere are more numbers up in the air at Waterloo city hall as council received new information regarding RIM Park. However. um all the numbers are negative. A Accbrding to Bob Marin, chief financial officer and treasurer, the WATERLO (1cHRONIclLE BY BOB Vmwm: Chronifiefeg - Continued on page 4 BY Tm Mummy For The Chronicle The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks clinched first place and home field advantage through the OUA playoffs with a 29-9 win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees Saturday. While weather was a factor. players like Bryon Hickey (above) kept the ball moving for the Hawks, while the defence held Ottawa to just 105 yards of offence, Mavin said good weather is all the city needs to put the park into a situation where a shortfall might not exist. park is on thtprinkera swlus. The report to council stated that in order for the city to meet budget, approximately 33,000 aAn extra week of golf could put us in a surplus position," Mavin said. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2004 . WATERLOO, ONTARIO Serving your community since 1856 Golden Hawks clinch first place rounds of golf would have to be played in October. City staff estimates with the average expected facility use of approximately 29,000 rounds, RIM Park will have a shortfall of approximately 583.000 for 2004. The worst case scenario is that the shortfall could reach $200,000. Council has approved the 2003 RIM Park public inquiry expenses be funded by taking $200,000 from the tax rate stabi- Iization reserve, '500,000 from the commercial property reserve fund, and $486,912 from the sick leave reserve fund. The cash taken from the sick leave reserve fund will be imme- dially replaced with part of the 2003 surplus. $1 INCLUDING GST mu up?!“ ”0010 The total cost of the public inquiry amounted to just under $3.8 million. Of that total, more than $1.2 million was spent on legal coun- sei. Facilities preparation cost the city more than $215,000. >C0un. Gary Kieswetter ques- ”-l-l. Sports Classified Continued on page 2 WHAT'S INSIDE 26 31 16