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Ask us before you name our streets Pollm! may restore some Illllllil: with policy this week The Ethics in Municipal Life committee suggested a $25 cap be put on any gifts or tokens city staff members accept while conducting business. Citizens have been waiting for such a policy since the RIM Park financing fiasco uncovered what many have called unethical deal- Accepting anything above the $25 limit could result in reprimand or dismissal. am a resident in the villagc " Ilirhwille on Lrrrsville Road, and I am mnfuscd as to thy pron-v. in which s0ect-mm1it1g is conducted. Ihis confusion started when l received it letter from the In-ginn of Waterloo transpurtutior1 depart- mem on Non' 3. 2004 stating tis intention to name the puniun of the road dead-ended by il newly constructed lirhsville Road and to name the new mad Ira Needles Boulevard from lirl) Street to Keats Way. On Nov. 25, 2004, I rvreived a let. ter stating that resnlulinn has been made and the council intends In pass a bylaw naming this newly constructed road Ira Needles Boulevard. Also included with this letter was a questionnaire about changing the name of the remaining portion of lzrhwillr Road In Ira 'Needles Boule- vard, There surely must be more to life r I “u- l)|lI\l popular gmnr III North Ann-mu h tnvtul pm sun. ”mp-mu: rm 1hr mun-x Al 1hrt-xpc-Ihvnlnlml mnlh-rx P,stnrv, the. 1111'. vxhr, [mid K; 'ttttl Inr Ihu- LN Inn-x hot ling ward .n ”lamp" Stadium In luv-akin); nun "tist l'nnu- H.m\ InnL "Iult'ut " phulngmpln-r II (mild bc arurther (Imp of lath DI oh, lei hrr n-sl In plan r or that mdawr wax ttsed as n um stef, pm! to sm- if " lr-mlnn III I un 'rchilling's ankll- I nuld hr stalsilizvd for theWorld Hem-x By the way. " rrmldn1 hr asu-r mined if the rurpw was a Red Sax fan or not “In?! IIE'IIIII}: Ill the. humus» " lmmk' ldlI'gIJlL hul tht. Int-Hm. lmrml will] Ic'pmllng (1.1m druihs Ill Iraq, urn-dag: P" krnn- up Herein lies my runhhiun . [m Needlm Buuh'uml has hm-n "aterloo city council approved its long-awaited revised Code of conduct CHRON ings 1retween Waterloo staffers and business partners mummies include members of a previous council and former city bureaucrats attending a lavish din- ner and a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game. where the tab was picked up by MFP Financial Ser- vrces Ltd. - the company at the heart of the RIM Park scandal. And what will likely go down in the city's history as the hallmark for inappropriate business conduct are former (no Tom Stockie's ski trip and golfing jaunt to Florida with former MFP sales rep and vice pres- talked about for years but, accord- ing In letters received. that name hos nt'vt'r been officially adopted; . If we are just now going through the process of officially allowing this name. why is it that the newly vmvstructed road already has signage on it naming it Ira Nee- tiles, Boulevard?; . Why would a third name he iniected mm the equation when IWU roads. West Hill Drive and Erh- wills Road, are being connected? I feel that changing the name from lirhwille Road to Ira Needles Boulevard is a poor choice. The vii- lage of Iirhwille was just that, a vil- lage. before it became pan of the my of Waterloo. at which time we hm our identity with the removal of the village signs. With plans in place tu rename r_rhsville Road. the memory of the village of Iirhwille will be totally ohliterated. Perhaps a look through the his, Inn haul“ wnuld place a little more Hu- 2 lst l vntury provides proof pnsmw In the prrsun of modern man who gut-s m rediculous lengths to worship. himself and others. Any and wtll do, from Bill Clinton at " S2rm a plate dinner speech to COMMENT ORIAJ significance upon this corner of Waterloo. Rather than changing the name to snnw other historically important name, we could strengthen the one. or at least retain, what we already have. idem David Robson -- the man who arranged the deal that doubled the cost of RIM Park. Waterloo's last council, headed by former mayor Lynne Woolsten- croft. got the ball rolling on a new code of conduct. And the current council will be remembered for changing the policy. Hopefully the committee's fued- ings will draw a clear line for city staff as to what's acceptable, as well as restore some of the public's trust. In conclusion, here we have a process which, at the 11th hour (actually past since the signs have been posted), you are requesting public input. We are all, that is Erhsville resi- dents, dealing with this with much cynicism. as well feel the name change is a foregone conclusion and our now-requested input has no bearing. Talk about conflict of interest. Those events were surely more than $25 apiece. As councillors and decision- makers, I hope you will take the time to look at this, and yes I do have some opinion as to how to more appropriately name the streets as they have been created. Please ask. the mc'mmy ot Hris who Hun ('umhvd In " alum“; llfr'xlylv of drugs and 11mm- in hl's with Mk [in iirirs an” Alli-I “mp! I I JIM”. lhlln‘hI-s c-xprrII-m H! " n-vual ax proph- mull/ml Ill.” uhvn it Hum-x In the a rum h. WV mm (in u ”um-hm llw hit-ho.” wiuirrrrm. kil h'tl m I.’lll\ mg "x In wall/1» thut mmhc- pus! Imwhv. thc unsm-r In In" Imuhlvs vxisted hl'VUIld thc planet That didn't last long as we slum-(l our [lust hm k tn varth, hvlivving "llfl' again In our ability In over- an“? all ttwears. The Star Wars missilr (loft-n: " syslI-m will ward off attack. while 'itprn cvll research promises mirar ulnus CHIPS. albeit not in time for, Chris. In the original movie "Alfie". Michael Caine um-n the words, "Is this all ther" is?" a rmpnnsr‘ In the "selessnecs of life "(ll The answrr should he, "Nurely Joe Vandenand Waterloo km Newton Nmr I "mike I‘ll shovel the walk. hang the odd picture, take out the garbage. and I'm great at changing bumed-out light bulbs But other than that, you won't find me working in my garage on my weekends off, en it comes to working around the house, let's face it. Wi?, not the handiest of guys. I don't know why it is. but it is. Despite being the son of a tradesman. know- ing a lot of tradesmen and working on countless construction sites in my youth, I am just not the type of guy who straps on a toolbelt to do odd jobs around the house. That's why I surprised myself when I caught myself talking to my next-door neighbour about putting in an outdoor ice rink. You know how the conversation goes: it's summertime and 80 degrees and you start talking about how neat it -' - t " I would he to build an outdoor rink this i , r R1Ch1\ winter. You promise to call each other I SPEAKING to get it going in the late fall. and USU- ally nothing ever happens. Well not _ ' - this time, buddy: F, My neighbour and I did follow up with each other. We actually made a trip to a local hardware store and bought a "backyard rink kit". which is a fancy name for a big old tarp, some l8-inch stakes and a whole bunch of 2X8s and 2X6s. We were very ambi- tious and bought the tarp in early November. My neighbour. full of enthusiasm. l-CCC"'"-"".)-")"-"] actually staked out the 4DX32-foot rink one weekend when l was tied up, and last weekend we both worked past daylight to screw in the boards to the stakes. Total cash outlay to date has been approximately $250 each. By the time we finish the project. we figure it will cost us $350 each, plus about five hours of [about to get the rink ready for ice. Next year the cost will be lower since we can reuse the lum- ber from this year, The one condition I had with the neighbour is that he was the foreman. I will pay my share for everything and carry what needs I0 he carried. But figuring out how many boards we need and what we need to do to keep it level is definitely the neighhuur's deparunou. So far u, good. The tarp went down this wrvkrnd Nrns m.- just need the weather m (DUIH‘I’HR‘ and mu hurkx'urd rink will by a rmliu Backyard rinks trying to recapture the magic ofhockey , dnn'l know if it's [hr hurlu-y xlnkv m mu. hm {mm the suttuuis, oi it mum: nmn- pu-nph- arr finding 1hr mm' In build thor mu: rinks this mun-r 11-“ [Inu' mnrlung hurlm‘ on Ilu. tulu. mr.m~. p4-nplr haw 1hr Imu' In build [hm nnlu Idlm pvt mum shrirw In hm Lu gum: l’u- hum! 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After warring down the food. off we went In resume the game. keeping our skates on seemed rool at the time. but we sure paid for it an hnur later when um feet were frozen like If? blocks and we screamed in agony thawing them out in front of the radiator Personally, I will never forget my bruther and mc coming in fm supp” and sitting on the stairs at the side dour with our skates still an while mom gave us a hot plate of food, But there Wt' were the next night. hat k at it. freezing our mm oft, and (-njnying New magical minute ofit below. dur mg and aftpr a gamr of horkey on our very nwn backyard rink ltr, V0" haw an outdoor rink story? plvaw " mail will! mCmory m seangtseanstrVkiand.com. Who needs the NHL when you have a rink at your own