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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 Jul 2009, p. 5

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Barrysaid. “That has a more harmful effect vehideafineableoflerxx. service vehicles your car oflto begs “That movement breaks the than cars waiting in the drive- idlinng more than three min- it will also not be enforced - - three minutes.” he added, mean- thru,” he said. utes will now cost as much as $75. when temperatures are below 5C automatic as p 11ng ing the count for a violation resets "The car cools down and warms though that amount still has to be or above 27C. on a seatbelt." Victor labreche from labreche up.” approved bythe Attorney General. Enforcement will be focused on Pafterson and Associates. repre- But the idling ban is about Councillors voted unanimously the uptown Waterloo area. said Jim â€"Scotthtrner _ senting Tim Hortons' parent com- more than just the emissro ‘ ns â€" it’s to pass the bylaw, which went into Barry. head of bylaw. wam'loo CW comm” pany, refuted claims that limiting about creating a less car-depend» effect last week. w Coun. lan d’Ailly worried that idling in drive-thrus will help the ent culture in Waterloo. said Coun. “This is step in the right direc- people in drive~thrus would be environment. Angela Vieth. lion,” said Coun. Scott Witmer. charged. According to a report done by “it isn't only about emissions. who spearheaded the movement That is a possibility. but they same spot without moving the Guelph-based firm RWDI. it’s about getting people out of for anti-idling. would have to be sitting in the for three minutes or more turning offa car. entering a restau- theircars to walk.” she said. t D New money secures WLU pool 8 future . Continuedfrom I and the l sirn wasn‘t a hi on our ri- m 0mm?“ my 3" P FACTORY FLOORING “This will have a huge impact in the work The decision caused an uproar among F L O 0 R that is going on now and.will allow more university and local swimming communities. 3.... fr 8: HOME extensive revitalization to take place. who would be left high and dry without the /’ “i know these facilities are going to go to facility. laurier pushed back the closure until greatgoodand theyreallyrepresent the corn- December3l. -. it“. . “ a - , . 3 munity coming together to be behind (the Determined to save the pool. local swim 1 _ gag ‘ , I, I athletes)? groups mounted a significant fundraising . . ' ' f g Milioy joked many similar events taking effort. in Febmary. they announced they had /A, ‘ x / ' { (. i ' ’ I / K ( ‘ ‘ W. place across the province have included gim- commitments to cover $700,000 of the need- _. / ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ i g , : micky politico dress ups. including an ed repairs-to the pool. Both Waterloo and . g . . . _ ‘ ‘ ' appearance by MP Stephen Woodworth who Kitchener city councils agreed to pitch in WQE ~ showed up at a funding announcement $50.000ayearfor fiveyears. < ’ ' decked out in commotion gear. The student body at Laurier also rallied “Both our offices agreed right from the save the pool. In a referendum, undergradu~ ‘ start there would be no bathing suits." he ate students voted in favour of a $10 per term quipped with a nod to federal MP Rater Braid. fee that would generate $1.03 million. » “This is a speedo-free zone.“ Thanks to those funding commitments. The government cash means Laurier's the university announced in May it would pool will get the repairs needed to keep it embark on 32.2 million worth of pool . running for another 15 or 20 years. university upgrades. Those iniprovements were meant ~ officials said. Those improvements include as a temporary fix to extend the pool life by ‘ replacing the filtration and chlorination sys- about fiveyears, Blouwsaid. .. x , 'tems, repairs to the structure and roof and “meecancompleteiyrenewthe __, I a 3 changeroomupgradea poolandhavevirtuallyabrandnewfadlityat ’ ’ . Theuniversityannounceditwouldclose theendofitallandonethatwillineffccttake , diepoolinAiigustZOOBafteranengineering usrightthoughtoacompleterefreshofthe 19.9 5"? report on showed it needed extensive and entire system.’he said. ' ‘ . ’ Nympairs 'lt'sabigportofourathleticoomplexand CARPET . “We had leaky roofs." Laurier president. it’s also hugely important to the community ‘ Max Blouw told a crowd gathered at the About so percent ofthe use ofthis facility is ' announcement this week. “We had an awful community use. So, this serves everybody's ‘ lot of infrastructure that required attention interem' H A R D we 0 D .4 ‘ U 3., ,â€". -. Cool Sailings Event ...... b a ' I it g n r $429 ~ . . 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