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F0 th ttw ks I' bee 1.! - t t Th foster debate. the same can be said ldid my civic duty by voting in . . . r e pas 0 wee ' ve . n '5 enmg non-s 0p 0 » e - - . . I am intrigued to know if the Supremes in my car stereo ever since I received a greatest hits for bad art. Hence Simply stating the last election and blithely ow . . ~ » ~ ~ - . aterloo Bell was spec1fically CD for my birthday. Hearing hit after hit like Baby love, You that the Waterloo Bell has caused assumed that my interests would be . . - l ‘ ~ . . commrssioned and approved before Cant Hurry Love, and Stop. In the Name of love reminds me debate does not qualify itasgoodâ€" zealously represented at City Hall. . t l ,- hildh d b ‘ h th' - . till or as art. for that matter. I do not Judging by the results I may have being created. , , no on y o my C .00 ‘ u ow '5 mUSlC '5 s woven . . . ’ Since the vast majority ofWater- into the fabric of American pop culture after five decades conSider myself to be well versed in been mistaken. . . . . . . - . . loo reSidents do not seem to enjoy Thats why I was thrilled this past week to speak With the art. I am. however. a shareholder m Did the Council perform all the . . . . ~ - - . this creation. would it not be pru- legendary Mary Virilson. founding member of The Supremes this bell by mm: of being a taxpay- mundane steps required for such a . . - . er (eve woman and chi] d has I . 'tio 7 dent to find another home for it in a along With Florence Ballard and Diana Ross, about the 50th FY ma“- _ 3’89 30‘1““! n. 155 conspicuous site? May] “1885‘ anniversary of the world's most famous female trio. a 51 share. by my reckoning) and I I have begun to wonder whether - - ~ - ' doinsistu nsomeaccounmbili lsh “1de 'n cl uslngallorsomeofthe l70barrels Ihear our musicallthe timewilkingthrough airpons or p0 W o eepi 82‘ osereyeon asafocal point in the new squareâ€" when I’m shopping, and I want to tell everyone. ‘Hey, that's for the way my tax dollar was spent. them. Should I attend every meet- . . . . .. . . . . . . . . , , this mu re m keepâ€" me! Wilson said With a laugh in a phone mtervrew from her I find the artist 5 credentials mg. examme every document, and . m ~ - . . . . . . . . mg the history 0 erloo. home In 135 V8385. impresswe and his intentions noble. question every decrsron? th 'd f “But 1 5 19 would think I was c so it’s best not However if art has to be explained. If our council continues to spend ave H on 0 m too. gure pee p razy has it sewed its u so? in tax on lik b ch f I re mature trees w dgreat- to say anything. I”. rpo ' . y m .ey en “n 0 ly to the communi feel ofthe From 1964 to 1969.11“? Supremes Throughout hlSIOI'y. artists have drunken sailors (apologies to all the . . if . . . - . square. It is mce drive by at noon cranked out 12 No. I hits, nvalling'l‘he , been sponsored by patrons. who sailors out there). then what d folk rel ' - r I (it - Beatles in wofld_w,-de ulan'ty with .\ l \ l Ml l \ l l wielded a great deal of influence recourse do I have but to turf them an see _ ; 8 ove un m ~ . - - pop i . - . ' the spacer their icomc bob hairstyles and figureâ€" \] l \ over the creative process. One of . out in the next election? - . ‘ ‘ Can . . . flattering gowns. Their first No. I hit. ada 5 Group of Seven artists, To quote another great artist. Beryl Gotta - ~ Tom Thomson worked as acom- Iohn Don e W terl ci 0 il Waterioo Where Did Our Love Go. written by ' n ' a 00 tyc uric Motown Records' legendary songwrit- ing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. ‘ ‘ was originally intended for fellow '603 7‘ w ' . girl group The Marvelettes. Wilson ' ~ e cate 31108 on e 1'03 S told me. - “When (Holland-Dozier-Holland) I have an uneasy relationship with cyclists comes out of it the worst. brought that song to us we were a lit- About three years ago, I was living in Toronto. A McMahon also said she believed that motorists tle upset because The Marvelettes 4 ' friend had come to visit from out of town and need- and cyclists don't really hate each other. Pan of the rejected it. and we too didn't think ed to find a spot to park her car. problem, I suppose, is the infrastructure. much of the song, but the guys MARSHALL Being the noble guy I am, and Most of our city streets here in Waterloo assured us that it was going to be a WARD knowing the maze of one streets in ( * I) l l \ I t l( ll l\ and across the province aren't built for hit.” saidW'ilson. ‘ l the neighbourhood I lived in. l ' ‘ ' ‘H ‘ bikers “So at that time. we were low on the (Motown recording 1 offered to park it for her. That's a problem when. legally. bikes artists) totem pole so we couldnt really refuse it so they twisted So I snaked my way up to Harbord have the same rights as cars on the road. our arms and made us record it ~ and we're very happy that Street on the west side of downtown. ~ .1553 The issue is much more apparent on they did. I found a space to park â€" for free, no $ . . the narrower roads with no bike lines "You know, it's nice to be wrong sometimes." she said with a i less â€" and swung my door open . . . 3‘3. , and no room for cars and bikes to travel laugh. just as a cyclist was riding by. "- 34 side-by-side. Still exuding grace and style at the age of 65, Wilson's 2009 Now. it wasn’t like he flew off his a; . ' Drivers get mad when they can't pass North American tour wraps up on Nov. 21 in Toronto at the bike. He hobbled, he wobbled and .. -" and cyclists' blood boils when drivers 23rd Annual Crystal Ball Gala. Along with keeping The sort of slowly fell to the ground. I areon their tail. Supremes legacy alive. Wilson is also celebrating the 50th don't think he was hurt. GREG So, a large portion of the animosity anniversary of Motown. ., But he sure was angry! between cyclists and motorists comes ”I’m very proud to be a Motowner.” said Wilson. “We were ‘ The guy got up. said a few choice MACDONALD from the infrastructure. not the actions like one big family, but over the years we’ve lost many of our words that I cannot reprint in the ofeither party. dear friends who we grew up with ~ half of them are gone. Chronicle and ran at me. I dove back into the car And despite the deficiencies of the roads â€" not When someone from the (Motown) family dies. we all have just before he did a flying kick into the door. shut- enough bike lanes, tign lanes that don't accommo- that feeling of loss ting it on my legs date cars and bikes â€" most of the time, the system “The Jackson 5 came a little later than us but they were part Then he swore and swore at me. Huddled on the works of the family. and I can still remember how very young they driver's seat, I meekly offered to go back to my I drive by cyclists every night on University wereâ€"Michael wasso playful and runningallover the place.l house and get him a bandai‘d. I’u admit it, I am a Avenue on the way home from work. It's somede watched Michael grow up and later I'd run into him in England skinny guy and was scared out my mind. annoying if they're chugging up a hill but, for the or Monte Carlo and we'd hang out together. It was very sad to Eventually he rode off, unharmed. To this day, it's most part, it's out of my mind by the time I get to the see someone as young as him pass This 50â€"year anniversary of the closest I've ever been to getting in a fight. expressway Motown and The Supremes. for me, certainly brings up so Looking back. the whole situation is kind of A few months ago I bought a used bike and took many memories ofthegood ol' days” hilarious. Or at least it was until last Friday. when I it for a ride down River Road in Kitchener. when I told Wilson that The Supremes left an indelible mark on met Eleanor McMahon. who told me the story of there are wide bike lanes. I didn‘t have any trouble my childhood with hits like I Hear a Symphony, Back in My her husband's fatal bicycle crash. with name. lust with the brakes on the bike. which Arms Again. andYou Keep Me Hangin' 0n. He was riding on a street in Milton when a car now sits unused in a storage locker. ‘lt's a great feeling to hear things like that.‘ Wilson replied. swerved into him. This particular driver had a bad ltjust goes to provethat with the right lnfrastruc- ”We were very young. and music was very, very exciting to us record. but that's not always the case. . ture â€" and a little patience -â€" drivers and bikers can too.” McMahon made the point that in many colli- getalong stone between bikes and can. motorists and cyclists on MarshalquniLm visualartistand lndepmdenrfllmmaka are both to blame. But it’s always the biker who Brian Bourke mum next week. Snail is «rimmed Mum:th