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offers the best protection for people over the age of six months, according to the local publicâ€"health department. The immunization is free to all Ontario residents. Community and work: Surrounding areas in centralâ€"west Ontario have also recently reported Influenza A cases. Influenza immunization Flu season is underway in Waterioo Region. A laboratoryâ€"confirmed case of Influenza A in an adult was reported to Region of Waterloo Public Health last week. Flu season has started Continued on page 7 Angie Hill, coâ€"host of the 105.3 KOOL FM m toy drive, shows her fourâ€"yearâ€"old son, Jesse last Friday afternoon at Conestoga mail. The cle, is accepting new, unwrapped toys for ch Drayton Entertainment opens pantomime production Page 16 4 f the 105.3 KOOL FM morning show and honorary chair of the Tree of Angels holiday fourâ€"yearâ€"old son, Jesse, where to put his cuddly donation during the campaign kickoff ) at Conestoga mail. The campaign, which is sponsored in part by the Waterloo Chroniâ€" . unwrapped toys for children through Dec. 20. Serving your community since 1856 Ponat_ion drop UW student off to Hong Kong to discuss telecommunicanbns/Page 10 Thrift shop sells fairâ€"trade coffee to raise awareness/Page 20 ANDREA BAILEY PROTO Masters of Curling hits the ice in Waterloo Page 24 Parents were hoping school board officials would allocate fundâ€" ing for a new addition under monies it recently received from the province under the New Pupil Places Grant. Parents have argued the problem has impeded the students‘ learning, and created an unhealthy situation for a school that rarely has all of its washroom facilities running. That meant long lines and long delays for children having to answer nature‘s call. The school‘s biggest problem was with the washrooms on site. While they met the minimum requireâ€" ments of the local building code, they didn‘t meet the needs of all the little bladders that attend the school. The school was only meant to house 329 students when it was built in 1987; it now has portables to deal with an overflow of students. WATERLOO PUBLIC LIBRARY week, upset money wasn‘t allocated for the upgrading of the 19â€"yearâ€"old school, which has seen its student population boom to 599 students. Patents and supporters of an expansion at Mary Johnston public school attended a Waterloo Region District school board meeting last new school and a commitâ€" A'r:(e]nt to fix some of the washâ€" m woes at another should address overcrowding issues at schools on the city‘s west side, say public school board officials. New school will eliminate overcrowding, says board rep By Bos Vrranac Chronicle Staff Continued on page 35