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Waterloo Chronicle editor Andrea Bailey is congratulated by Ontario Community Newspaper Association president Rick Shaver on the newspaper's four awards. Saturday in Niagara Falls. Chronicle wins provincial gold for special anniversary edition The newspaper took top hon ours for Timelines, a special sec tion that celebrated the (thm cie's 150th anniversary in 2006. e Waterloo Chronicle cel, Tii?ii? a first-place win at the Ontario Community Newspaper Ncsociation's Better Newspaper Awards Saturday night in Niagara Falls. The protect showed the evo- lution of the m-wxpapcr. from its early days under pn-vmus Itwn- em like former Waterloo mayor “and Bean, to tts rum-m proc- Hospital names new Itrettiidtmt/elii0 Gland River Hospual's board of directors named Mair colm Maxwell. a wcll-rtspvcurd, summed wit-ran of Canadian hmllht are munagcmcnl. as (ho hospital's nvw prcsirituu and ( “Him wvek With nearly two Jvcades of (-xpcnl‘m‘v in health planning and administratrort alums the cmnnry. Maxwell will focus on loading Grand River Hospital an tices in the midst of (Nanchang ing technology. A _ "We spent so much time looking into our past. learning new things about this newspar per, and seeing how much jour nalism has chan ed in the last 150 years." said 'lr/l/ind,' editor Andrea Bailey, "The Chronicle is rich with mtervstmg history, and it's a real honour ttt have been pan of this project," This wasrit the only award the Chronicle garnered at a Journey of change to continue improving patron! care services in Waterloo Region. "We are extrcrnvly pleased that Mr Maxwvll will be joining the Grand River team on a two- year commitment," taid hoard chair Kris Bailey, "Bringing someone in with his level of national cxpvr'wnu- Is manly what we m-vd to help drive the exciting changes at our CITY NEWS The newspaper also took sec and place in the Best News Story category for sports editor Bob Vrhanac's piece on dangerous lodging houses in the university district. as well as in the Best Cartoon category for longtime cartoonist Mike lnkol's weekly efforts. the event The Chronicle also won third place in the Inca! Retail layout category for an advertisement on Gibson Sound and Vision that ran last fall. hospital," Maxwell comes from North- rm Health in British Coiumhia whcrc. as CH), he was responsi ble for the management and delivery of (-xtcnsivc health pro- grants and services, including acute (are. mental health, putr lit health, and home and com- mumty (arr. m/ holds two master's dcgrves smmw PM)": llR()\l('l.l Man faints over parking woes AWaterloo merchant aimed in city coun- cil's chambers after expressing his disap- proval of the city's plan to build a public square in the uptown. "I'm very passionate about it," said Peter Davies. the co-owner of All My Nails, after his sudden but brief episode on Monday night. Earlier in the evening he told Waterloo city council that he has more than 40 petitions signed by small-business own- Continued from page I unfair in my opinion," he said, Our Symphony cam- paign -- which was launched to ensure it avoided bankruptcy. T "They need to show this council and this community that their plan to move forward is sustainable. And I await that great day that they do." Council doles out the dough The staff report sugv gested the organization receive nothing because it is under the jurisdic» lion of the province and region, but Coun Duane Freeman asked council to fund the full request because of kidsAhility's role m this city KidsAbility - Centre for Child Development's ask for 325.000 in one- lime funding for its endowment fund also led In some debate. But Whalcy "[ng council to be careful about spending money on groups the city isn't responsible for. There are many limes when the city is asked to (over funding that falls In the envelopes of who! levels of government, she said. "KidsAhility is m out community and the wn‘r ice that they provide far outweighs the funding they rvreive" LTn let the other levels off the hook is hlatamlv By lawman oRMSToN chargcgswi ers who are against turn- ing Waterloo Town Square's King Street parking lot into a civic square. "I don't believe at this moment a public square is going to bring the public here (uptown)." he said. Barb Magee Turner. a city landscape architect, said, to some, parking is "a passionate argument." "l respect that people feel very strongly about what rhey're used to." The proposed Cort- 'It's an important component of a vibrant uptown." she said. kidsAbility, along with Waterloo Region's Extend-A-Family, Junior Achievement and Caribbean Canadian Association, among oth- ers, will not receive any funding from the city this year. The Waterloo Com. munity Arts Centre will collect $40,000. Waterloo Working Group will get $25.000 and KW 0ka berfest will receive 515.000. Greater K~W Chamber of Commerce's physician recruitment. House of Friendship and Social Planning Council of K-W will receive $20,000 each. About $231,000 was set aside m the 2007 operating budget to cover these requests. In the past. council has also used mnmrx from the tax rate Hahn? human reserve to accommodate one-ttme grants They approved $79,000 in one-lime funding this year. Monday's decisions ("mo after the mitral allocation pmu‘ss In l‘chruary’ was put on hold because some of the new councillors wcn‘ unaware of the proce' dum. This drlay was justi fwd. said Court. Ian (Wm WKTleDU CHRONICLE. . Wednesday Apnl a ceptual plan for this $2- million project includes a large space to accom- modate a variety of activities, landscaped areas, information kiosk. water feature and furni. lure. including tables, chairs and lighting. "lt's a very flexible space. so it's a large urban area with poten- tial for large events as well as small pro- grammed events," said MageeTumer. Council received this conceptual plan as infor- mation on Monday ly, the chair of the city's finance committee, adding there was a better understanding of the sysv tem this time around. "There was recogni- tion that this is not a clean-cut process," he "lt's always a little bit messy because you always have more demands than you have money. "it's very tough to say no to an organization. but yet youve got to do that." The city will rcvww how " grants funds to external agencies this year. d'Ailly said. “So we'll he having a discussion In terms of how we allocate them, who we should he funding and for what reasons." In Mrlran's opinion. these discussions should result In more pnnmy being placed on ans groups, which he said tht. city doesn't do enough to fund. "I'm really tmcomforr able with the notion of saying. well. if you sup port the art gallery then you shouldn't support the community arts (on tre or the band, "l think all of them play a role along the epecnum of saying we want to ('m'mnags‘ kids to get into thv arts." Continued on page 6 2007 "