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City council _ decides on _ iunding inn _ community i agencies 1 e k-W Art Gallery is one of I many external agencies that won't receive the amount of money it requested from the City of Waterloo this year. And that didnt sit well with one city councillor. "lt's very disappointing," said (loun. Ian McLean, who asked council to reconsider and grant the gallery $40,000 in one-time funding to cover the salary of a public programs co- ordinator and increased development activities. The gallery will receive $56000 to cover operating exptnses {trough Mcfean sin: on- the gallery'é board. and he believes the group is becoming more self-sustaining. "I think they've made huge progress over the last three years with some project funding that we've given them," he said. "And they had a plan to make huge strides" Waterloo city council agreed to allo- cate '309.000 in operating and one- time funding tn I2 external agencies at Monday's finance meeting. That means the same number of groups will go em Pty-handed. City staff reviewed mqucsls from 25 community groups -- which totaled almost '500,000 -- and recommended amounts for each. which council used as a starting point for their delihera- tions, “my disagreed on how much to give to the Kitchener Waterloo Sym- phony. which asked for $85990: Staff suggested they get $72.000. hut Mclean argued they deserved the full amount. which they were granted t'venlually. Court, Mark Whaley. however. said he's against granting the entire $851100 until the group can prove it's on firm financial footing after last fall's Save BY lawn“: Omsnm (Mummy ital] Waterloo couple takes issue with Drive Clean program David Beaudoin of Waterloo is questioning the validity of the provincial Drive Clean program after his second emissions test showed his car was polluting more noxious elements than it was prior to the repair work he sought to get the vehicle up to Ontario's standards. Wat's why they had no prob- Irma taking their 1996 Toyota Ter cel sport edition in for emissions taming at the Canadian The store on Weber Street inWaIerloo at the end of February ment The were surprised to find their four-cylinder family car failed the first Driw Clean test and needed some repairs to its avid Beaudoin and his 'wife. Rebecca. are con- cerned about the environ» Br Boa VIMNM Chm/yup Ief, emissions system given they'd never had problems with it before. They weren't sure they could afford to fix the car. with David being a fulrtime student at the University of Waterloo. studying for his master's degree in political science, and Rebecca expecting the muplv's cecond child in April. "it was running fine," said Rebecca "We Just needed to do the test to get our licence tag." The estimate for repairs came in around $700 for the emissions system. and a total $1.500 for repairs to the entire car, So they opted to take advarr tage of the province's repair cost limit of $450 and get a second test. which would give them a conditional pass to get their car back on the road. But when the second test was done, the Beaudoins were shocked try the results. After the repairs wt're made. his car was emitting almost 57 per cant more hydro carbons and 91 per cent more carbon dioxide The amount of nitrous oxide the car was emitting had also Continued on page 4 not 1lrtBANAC ”.010 Includes up in " of IOWJO l qtamUrd Fitter "' Weber 'bt, N,, Walnlno 519.746747972 J r $1923 A record 11 nominations for Athlete of the Year Page 25 ARTS F0008 Beautiful beads Page 10 il,hil New business offers painless facelifts Page 21 SPORTS