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local heritage group Agas installed signs round the boundary of Waterloo as it looked 150 years ago to mark the city‘s sesquicentennial anniverâ€" sary last year. "We‘re trying to give peoâ€" ple the idea that when we started 150 years ago, we were a small place comâ€" pared to today," said Vic Hiebert, the viceâ€"chair of the city‘s municipal heritage committee. "Our city is now four or Follow the signs to local history § Lose Inches By Jennirer ORMsTON Chronicle Staff _ The Shape of Things to Come No pain, no down time 1st 100 patients 1/2 OFF 1st treatment 519.578.2828 Continued on page 7 Local pharmacy celebrates grand reopening. Waterloo‘s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje worked through a recent coaching change and tweaking of their ice dance program to take the silver medal at the 2008 BMO Skating Championships in Vancouver last week. The highlight of their performance was a Russian folk dance, above, they performed while using a peasant‘s scarf. It added a dash of danger to the program and would have cost them if dropped. Patsy Cline tribute show comes to uptown Waterloo/Page 20 Ringing in the Chinese New Year/Page 10 Silver lining ARTS Old man winter gets special honour from Waterloo Minor Ringette. TINA WELTZ PHOTO SPORTS Bavarian 519.578.3938 www.bavarianwindows.com SHOWROOM HOURS: Mon. â€" Fri. 9â€"5; Sat. 10â€"2 MWindow & Door -9?1//(’1:y 2236 Shirley Drive, Kitchener WINDOW WORKS Those services were two of the bigger ticket items in the $336â€"milâ€" lion regional budget. That means the average homeowner, with a house assessed at $203,000, will pay $35 more in regional taxes. acing increasing growth presâ€" Fsums, regional council voted in a tax increase of 2.72 per cent last Wednesday expanding both police and ambulance services while staying under the municipal price index. Coupled with the City of Waterâ€" loo‘s tax increase of 3.61 per cent, the average homeowner will be payâ€" ing $65 more in property taxes in Tom Galloway, the chair of the region‘s finance committee, called it a fair and balanced budget that maintained services while finding cost savings. The region was helped by fundâ€" ing from both upper levels of govâ€" ernment, especially the province, which came through with funding for transit and support for the region‘s childâ€"care programs. The federal government also committed a portion of the gas tax to address some of the infrastructure concerns faced by local municipalities. pressures add $35 to average tax bill CGrowth By BOB VRBANAC Chronicle Staff Continued on page 4