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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 7 May 2008, p. 1

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New program helps parents guide their children‘s career choices/Page 12 Parent Prep City still seeks sponsorship for special elements of civic square ]The city will go ahead with plans to build a public square in the uptown core and seek corâ€" porate donations to build amenities such as a water wall and a skating tink, council decided Monday. City council approved a $2.8â€"million budget for the square, which includes "roughing in" space to house both a water feature and a skating rink. There was some controâ€" versy at council as to whether the city should bite the bullet and pay $3.4 milâ€" lion to include both features in construction. Instead, the city will look to the private sector to fund those pieces, which will be able to be installed at any time in the future under the current plan. The tender for the By Grec MacDonaLo Chronicle Staff _ Two fantastic cars. Two low lease rates. One difficult choice. ROS EB W 1175 Weber St. E., Kitchener 519â€"894â€"9300 square, which was awarded to Gateman Milloy, passed narrowly as Mayor Brenda Halloran and counciliors Scott Witmer, Ian McLean and Angela Vieth voted in favour of the "roughâ€"in" plan. â€" Karen Scian, Mark Whaâ€" ley and Jan d‘Ailly opposed, while Diane Freeman abstained due to a pecuâ€" niary interest. . City staff find council will now approach the corporate community to sponsqor the extra amenities. To construct both the rink and the water wall would take about $650,000 in donations or sponsorâ€" ships and the mayor said she was confident that the city will be able to come up with those funds. "We have a very generous community and l don‘t think we‘ll have any trouble findâ€" ing help," Halloran said. Polish & Glow Facial Treatment Only $50 in May Pampering & Results 519.578.2828 Victoria at Westmount Continued on page 7 www.crosbyaudi.com Sugar Accessories jewelry helps finish off an ensemble/Page 20 Sweet as sugar In the meantime, the remaining supply at Parkview Cemetery will be optimized and if there is a need, it will acing a critical shortage in burial Fgrounds, the city will look for a new cemetery site with plans for it to be operational by 2020. Michael Tikkanen, left, Trevor Thompson and Abet Land search for 13â€"millionâ€"yearâ€"old shark teeth in soil from North Carolina during the Kâ€"W Gem and Mineral Show at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre last weekend. Critical shortage of burial plots could lead to end of sports fields By Grec MacDonaLp _ Chronicle Staff Digging for buried treasure expand into adjacent areas, council decided Monday. _ _ â€" There is currently a fiveâ€"year supply of burial ground in Parkview, with the possibility of more years with the two extra supply areas, which are located near the cemetery entrance and where the cemetery grounds bound Universiâ€" ty Avenue. As a last resort, two sports fields in SJAM powerlifter goes from jokester to one of the province‘s strongest teens/Page 28 Strongman WATERLCC :7‘ Bechtel Park could be annexed to give the city more places to house the dead. That option, however, is a last resort and it will be staff‘s goal to find replacement fields before the ones at Bechtel Park are shut down, said Karen Anderson, project manager on the cemetery service Bechtel Park master plan. GREG MACDONALD PHOTO Continued on page 5

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