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Derek Hergott, an educational assistant at Winston Churchill public school in Waterloo, laced up his running shoes and jogged around the school yard for six hours last Friday, raising more than $800 and awareness for the Alzheimer Society of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. This is the second year Hergott has led a unique fundraiser for this charity. Last year he grew a beard for more than three months, collecting pledges before finally shaving it off. Sixâ€"hour sacrifice CITY NEWS J AnDREA BAREY PHOTOS Clair Lake matter may go to provincial level for resolution fter 15 months of negotiaâ€" A:_:)ns. city staff are recomâ€" ending sending the Clair Lake issue to the Ministry of Environment for a resolution after reaching an impasse with people neighbouring the pond in the heart of old Beechwood. In December 2005, city council voted in favour of a proâ€" posal that included taking Clair Lake offâ€"line to soive some of the problems being seen in the Clair Creek watershed, which is a tributary of Laurel Creek. Clair Creek is downstream from most of the new development on the west side of the City of Waterloo and had become a repository for the erosion, sedimentation, degraded habitat and nitrificaâ€" tion that came with that urbanâ€" ization. A dam built by Bud Clair â€" the original developer of the project and the namesake of the current water course â€" for flood control back when the project started has also become a concern after a half century of So an environmental assessâ€" ment was started in 2003 to come up with different options to address some of those enviâ€" Uptown tourist train in the works sitors to uptown Waterâ€" \ ’. loo may soon be able to hop on a vintage diesel train en route to St. Jacobs, or perhaps Elmira, for an afterâ€" noon of sightseeing and shopâ€" ping. e â€" â€" The City of Waterloo and Waterioo Region, along with the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society, are looking into reâ€"establishing a tourist train along the 18.9â€"kilometre railway track between Waterioo and Elmira. And Mayor Brenda Halloran who remembers riding the forâ€" mer train in the lateâ€"1990s thinks it‘s a lovely idea. "It‘s a really nice, positive step for the tourism industry in By Jennirer Ormsron Chronicle Staff By Bos VrBANAC Chronicle Staff The rehabilitation project came up with key ways to address all five reaches of Clair Creek, including recommendaâ€" tions to mitigate some of the erosion and to change the creek‘s flow. ronmental concerns The most controversial fix was a $1.6â€"million plan to remove the dam and build a berm down the middle of the lake to form a separate stream that would effectively take Clair Lake offâ€"line. Karen Moyer, a special projâ€" ects manager for the City of Waterloo, said that decision was made with the consultation of a steering committee made up of residents surrounding Clair Creek. But after the council decision, 12 neighbouring resiâ€" dents asked for a Part 2 order from the Ministry of the Enviâ€" this area," she said. The train would depart from Waterloo station â€" at 10 Father David Bauer Dr. â€" and travel to St. Jacobs, where visitors could tour the village or shop at the farmers‘ market, according to a city press release. It would likely depart from Waterioo at noon and 2 p.m. on weekends and market days from May to December. And it would travel at about 15 miles per hour. _ Roundâ€"trip tickets would cost about $10 for adults and $7 for children. This proposal arose because the locomotive restoration sociâ€" ety, which operates the St. Thomas Central Railway, no longer has access to rail lines in that city, and is looking for somewhere to move its trains. "It‘s functioned for 58 years and we have no algae, no mosquitoes and no odour." Beechwood resident WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, April 25 ronment which halted the proj ect from going forward. â€" Moyer said the city has tried to come up with a compromise that could have at least allowed remediation work to start on the other four reaches of Clair Creek. These reaches start at Leighland Park and travel down through Trillium Valley Park, Roxton Park and Craigleith Park before getting down to Clair Lake Park . "We recommended some selective restoration on those reaches," said Moyer. "And focusing on the creek was the number one solution." But the residents who filed the Part 2 orders wouldn‘t budge so the problems persist in Clair Creek. That‘s why staff is recomâ€" mending that council pass on the report and recommendaâ€" tions to the Ministry of the Enviâ€" ronment to get the ball rolling. "That holds up the entire thing," said Moyer. "They‘ve basically come in with the posiâ€" tion that they don‘t want it changed." Moyer said the recommenâ€" dation to take Clair Lake offâ€"line was only made after extensive community consultation, and came with the recognition that "And Waterloo is an ideal location because we have a staâ€" tion and we have a rail line," said Pat Rutter, the city‘s ecoâ€" nomic development officer. The society‘s trains are restored antiques, with engines the size of those used in buses. Some of the coaches, which date to the 1920s and 1930s, are open air. A special steam train from 1923 would be used durâ€" ing special occasions. The tourist train would priâ€" marily appeal to visitors to Waterloo, although Rutter said residents may also want to jump aboard. _ "For one thing, it‘s not always that easy to get up to the market on a Saturday," she said. â€" H This proposed plan will likety Continued on page 7 Continued on page 8 2007 +3