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Local caterer expands her gourmet business/Page 17 Shortt story maids. Add a 30â€"foot obelisk commemorating the city‘s intelligent _ community award to the list of things that don‘t exist â€" and probâ€" ably never will. The city announced on Monday that plans to build a nineâ€"metre monument in Heritage Green Park have been halted after hearing significant public outcry against the project. City kills idea for 30â€"foot intelligent monument "The message has been heard," proclaimed Coun. Tan McLean at Monday‘s city council meeting. The monument project was initially approved by council in February. At that time a group of local sponâ€" sors proposed funding the monument. In March, a committee made up of priâ€" vateâ€"sector supporters and city staff took the design, a 30â€"foot obelisk, to the pubâ€" lic, where it was met with ridicule. © Healing & Scar Rescue You have options. Free consult with MD, Treatment with RN § Call For Details 5 ACNE? Grec MacDonaL Chronicle Staff 519.578.2828 Victoria at Westmount perpetual motion machine. Peace in the Middle East. Merâ€" Pm > > AUuD+ ltiifiiiiihshhhhhhi Mii”‘il“‘fi'” Two fantastic cars. Two low lease rates. One difficult chaoice. www.crosbyaudi.com ROS BY 1175 Weber St. E., Kitchener The committee decided to rethink the project once the public consultation was complete, said Coun. Mark Whaley, who was a member of the committee. "We took an evaluation of the public sentiment and then determined a course of action," Whaley said. "We are very appreciative of the public response." _ It was clear that the pubâ€" lic was not in support of the design, so the committee decided to go another route, he added. The initial sponsors are still interested in rehabilitatâ€" ing Heritage Green Park, so the project is still alive, Whaâ€" ley said. But a monument is not on tap. Instead, the commitâ€" tee will look at different ways to celebrate the intelliâ€" gent city award, perhaps without being so explicit. "We‘re going back to the drawing board," he said. "We heard the public and we respect their opinion. There was a desire in the public to rehabilitate the park and Continued on page 4 Lbs Merry Melodies Seniors choir hold first charity concert for cancer centre/Page 21 ‘ 7bices from all corners of the debate were heard at last Thursâ€" day‘s public meeting about the upcoming pesticide byâ€" law, but all sides agreed on one thing: the public needs more information and eduâ€" cation on the issue before a policy is put in place. ' 519â€"894â€"9300 Questions remain over pesticide use The public workshop, The first ever Canstruction event, in support of The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, was held at Conestoga Mall last weekend and dazzled onlookers with the team‘s creative designs. Standing in awe of the Global Regenâ€"eration display of the planet earth, done by local Conestoga College students, where Michael Proper, 4, and his big brother Joshua, 7. The Conestoga team took the top prize for structural ingenuity. The final products will be on display until Friday. By Grazc MacDonaL _ Chronicle Staff held at Albert McCormick Community Centre, was hosted by the pesticide byâ€" law task force, which was organized by city council in December. r Members of the task force laid out the options they‘ve come up with for a potential byâ€"law and asked the public to weigh in with changes or opinions before the issue is brought back to council in May. It‘s a small world after all WATERLOO PUBLE Librany WATERLOO PuBuc usaagy Region of Waterloo swimmers try to punch their tickets to the Olympic games/Page 24 Making a splash But the crowd was so full of questions that some members of the audience were concerned about the timing of the process. "Why does council want this so fast?" asked Tracey Ens, a Waterloo resident. "Why not allow (the task force) to take time to really research this and get all the Ens also suggested a more accurate way to gauge public opinion on the matâ€" ter than a series of meetings. "If you want to know the will of the people, wait till the next municipal election and throw it on the ballot," will of the community, and they want a ban, said Denise McGoldrick, environmental project manager for the city. But council has heard the Continued on page 6 B08 VRBANAC PHOTO