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ome of the legal uncertainty stirling around Waterloo city hall was cleared up last week after a couple of recent court judgments. But the leader of a citizens' group that pushed the city to sue former treasurer John Ford and others. said it didn't have to be that confusing, Robert Fleming, a member of Waterloo Watch who also had standing City could have won with different approach to lawsuits, says citizen Waterloo Booster [u ice franchise enjoying its booming central location - Page II Business 'w', my, ..' . . m- .,¢ Hun» "" ' = V V - 'NL' J, . : ‘ * ~ , . P tte -*J. c. = mgt'FrEi' r... ___ - . "A, ~. v'", " ' " are - 'G"Ai"t'+qN?r,il, 'T' ‘ P. . rr "Naiiq Y ' BR, ' li" ‘ . 'Pit, ' - - ‘ " '% if P. C" ,-'-m Kfr"'c".r, ,.--.,**§ CC n" a. "l f ‘ V I”; ,4 ' Wm, " v . - r” ' ,4. " " l* . RM . __ ., 4.. l C ' = . cr G' '" ‘ - ' "V - _ L' - 'am mt v 4 . ' _ ors, . , A. ' _. LT 'ttrite ., - 443mg):- : ‘ ' ,4,»» ‘ ' _ BMI , ~~ " a” 5 ‘3’ rr “ _..., g. l ‘5’ ca it?» LCN . _ "-v. MEM! g . 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The lawsuit failed against employ- ees of MFP Financial Services Ltd, because they tried to hit too many tar- gets instead of concentrating on a few key figures. MFP was the financing firm behind the complicated financing scheme that eventually added more than $33 mil- lion lo the original cost of RIM Park. A lawsuit i, Take that! aga Serving your community since 1856 Arts Focus First annual Waterloo Arts Festival brings a variety of en tertainrnent to park - Page J4 Herb Epp, Coun. lan McLean and some city staff by Toronto lawyer Mor- ris Manning, who was originally han- dling litigation against parties involved in the RIM Park financing fiasco, was thrown out of court July 17 by Justice loan Lax of the Ontario Superior Court. Manning filed suit decided to go with new in May 2005. ax said in her judg Continued on page 3 10min oIMsrou move n McLean and mo 1liBrlli Mor- ' . originally 1r.m parties Involved ', T (in 'mlm, was "ctr , m-NV" a _ "iii/s', uly 21%? by Justice 1cfuecrrrttiC"ysv'c,vad'- _ifl‘“}“§‘*., )Superinr (1mm 'tttl . . aiit-ist ' ‘ Ft it after [he thy , " - v tmlllSltNlIMt lfélK . f,l, Ri' Iment that Man- a A' , C H E R rmr,5 0“ Page I "an AT m T. mm IIW, city team up to conduct study tht nhysical activity , I “naugh H [hp mumh Wdhnstl_ilt, dislmt Ill {hr [ . n ...r. V . .. _n Tt . __. "There‘s a growing recog- nition that obesity and declining physical activity levels are not just an indi- vidual concern." said Kaczynski. "It's important that we look at how com- munities and neighbour- hoods are designed to better understand the factors that limit or enhance the oppor- tunities people have to be active on a daily basis." The study is being con- ducted in four planning dis- tricts in Waterloo - the Beechwood area between Fischer-Hallman and West- mount; the Central, down- town area of the city; the Thmugm‘l at August, in the applied health the University, In coniunctio department ol and leisure ser the University of Waterlo in conjunction with th department of recreat'm and leisure services at If City of Waterloo. will r, studying how the design i neighbourhoods is relate to the physical activity lave ofWalerloo residents. Andy Kaczynski. a Ph candidate in the del ment of recreation leisure studies. is Cori ing the project for his toral thesis, candidate ment of r Sports K - W Kodiaks battle to the bitter end of lacrosse season - Page f 8 There's EATERUU PUBLIC mummy ies. is conduct act for his doc faculty I science of Water Waterloo, with the 'creation ce', at the I. will he design of is related depart mo tet h archers Phl) and yrs of at ls lhese tour study areas were selected because they represent a mix of popula- lion characteristics, devel- opment patterns and diverse types of parks and recreation facilities. Starting next week, members of the research team will be contacting people door-to-door to request their participation. The study involves a questionnaire about them- selves and their neighbour- hood as well as a physical activity log in which to record various details about their physical activity episodes for a period of seven davs. Willnwdalv district in the southeast (omen analcr- loo: and Izaethridge. near RIM Park, Approximately 1,000 households across the four districts have been random, ly selected to participate in the study. Participants will receive a token payment in recognition of their time and effort, as well as a detailed summary of their physical activity patterns over the course of the study week. Continued on page 5