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"This has been a blessing for us to go somewhere dif- ferent than just around town," said the Waterloo woman whose mobility is restricted to a motorized wheelchair. "I've been to Niagara Falls casino, Torom to Blue Jays games and on a sailing boat. 'anda Cox never Wknew how much freedom could come from getting on a bus until K-W Access-Ability got its wheelchair-adapted one frve years ago. 1l8ttttkttttd EVEN raises funds tte new ttttttttM-ttttttds IIIIS By 3011me Ch mnicle Staff p, The real joy comes on the ride home when volunteer drive Frank lsche takes the scenic route home after they visit Anna Mae's in Millbank for a slice of the area's best pie. While other drivers zoom past them focused on They've come to appreci- ate the little things a lot of people take for granted, like a simpleride in the country. A life-long local resident. Cox has even been able to visit the Waterloo Farmer's Market and St. Iacob's for the first time in her life. “It's stuff like this we would never be able to do if we didn't have this bus." Restore the natural beauty and charm ot your home's from porch with Benjamin Moore exterior paints and stains. For the freshest ideas and colours under the sun make an outing to your nearest Heer's Decorating location. _ A . Life's Better CITY NEWS A recent excurision to St. lacob's had to be put off for six weeks after the bus died getting somewhere. this bus takes the long way home to taktinAl the sights. Unfortunatély, the bus has seen better days. thrwoto.oyH-rioutat-tarvoortmanco- A Luxurious Patio W'N! Furniture Set! Students at Winston Churchill public school in Waterloo vacated their classrooms over noqnhour Friday and partici- pated in a Jump Rope for Heart event, in support of the Kitchener-Waterloo chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foun- dation of Ontario. Showing off some of her special skip- ping skills is Grade 4 student Tina Ye (left), while Grade 1 student Jadzia Janse tries to maneuver her way across a colourful tarpaulin. "This bus isn't dependable Waterloo resident enough." Hopping for heart Outdoors Organizers of the fourth annual Rich Hansen Wheels in Motion event hope to "This bus isn't depend- able enough," said Cox, whose trip to the Harvest Moon restaurant in St. Jacob's was scrubbed by the breakdown. "We just could- n't go anywhere, and every- body was very disappointed that this bus wasn't available to us." Riders also face a long, hot summer after someone tried to break into the bus a few weeks ago and damaged the roof-mounted ventila- tion system. picking up passengers. AMNUA IAILEV moms “It really hit me," said Farrows. "l asked when they would go to St. Jacob's why Brad Farrows. one of the organizers from Scotiabank, said the importance of K-W AccesrAbility's bus was impressed on him after he talked to some of the par sengers who use the service. change that Sunday at Waterloo's RIM Park. Pre- sented by Scotiabank. they encourage people to walk, ride or skate, with 50 per cent’of the proceeds going towards a new bus while the other half of the money goes towards spinal-cord research. "People stop and take photos of our property because of the perennials... we do a lot of interesting stuff here and even city workers come here regularly and walk my property with "Our lawn and flower beds are organically done," said Stonz. "We have a spe- cial mulching mower, so all our clippings are mulched into the ground. The City of Waterloo even sends staff to her Strawberry-Crescent home to see how her property can be maintained naturally and still be cosmetically pleas- ing to the eye. Not so, said Linda Stonz. who has been composting and practising natural methods for removal of weeds since l965. To skeptics, the natural way means letting nature take its course as weeds, neltles and other aggressive species choke the life out of lawns and gardens. upporters of compost- Sing and green garden- ing practices are won ried the public is associating one thing with those types of practices - more weeds. Lack of upkeep at Waterloo Park upsets residents By Boa VRBANAC t .11 ran icle Sm ' - 583 King Street N., Watadoo (519) 772-1127 677W». w, VimeSlN '0TCHENE" KlTCD-ENER (51% 678-5330 tSI 9) 576-7576 -& DESIGN CENrREs-- "You'ré worried about traffic and other things," said Farrows. "When you look at this you realized that they're Farrows said it's a drive he himself has taken for granted. Everything else seems to be more important than taking in the sights. "They said, 'We go fur- ther just because we can. They just want to drive and look out the window, because they don't have the ability to do that all the time." would, they go further. "We just Walked through that and said, 'Oh my.'" said Stortz. "Anybody who looks at this display here is going Not that Stortz has a problem with dandelion; She collects them herself, using an old screwdriver to pull them out her lawn, as a special treat for the family's guinea pig. But for the casu- al observer it just looks like a mess. "Where the sign said it was pesticide free it was completely overrun by dan- delions." "When we saw that sad display in Waterloo Park we truly were sorrowful." said Sturtz. "Where it said it was an example of natural lawn maintenance. it was instead solid thistle. The displays, meant to promote green practices, were overgrown with dan- delions and brambles. and would turn off any potential convert to the cause. So imagine her dismay when she was at Waterloo Park last week for her daughter Laura's soccer game and wandered over to the natural lawn displays with her husband, Gary. "TheyYe just enthralled by what we do here." Continued on page 4 Continued on page 7