The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"TENN mm: uni" WATERLOO PUBLIC LIBRARY .. AM?!" . ' ‘ ll - bl -\(g e 18-6 -. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 0 WATERIOO. ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING (EST 4 Fundraiser 1 ”mm“ . we a; 4..â€" . . moves pub c ' - - = ' rink " ll 1 - , ..,. square . . . s ,. c... mm... 1 ality "“* " r. 1. 29-3“ . , ' . L5 m C User to re q ‘ ' 1 ‘ _ x? ' a; by experience news at satum ca BY GREGMALDONAID ‘ , . .« ~ ‘ J ~ _ its: “ y T - Saturn Saab of 11mm“ If my] , _ ri‘ ’, b“ ‘ -. ‘ ” ‘ _»_‘, Kitchener Waterloo 7 I . $1! 1 ’ , nave-orbs. n. menus." local lundmtsing group has raised $2tl),(ll] towards ' t, a ‘ a,“ f , A? skating rink in the public square and now has an t: 33 f: , xi" ‘ it ) ARTS Focus kt. 19 deadline to Rose the rest ofits goal. 2 4- as» “Val" '- ' Skate (or the Square. headed by four former hockey ' ~' ‘ I. l“ f ‘ 45 CAFKA comes [0 coaches, is looking to raise 950.000 towards the over » :' Ll A; _ [oum/ page 18 all cost ofthe square. : > W. F * In three and a half weeks. they've got more than i . ' ' halfway there, thanks mainly in part to donations from . ‘ A . {3 East Forest Homes and the Kitchener Rangers. - _' 35 Those organizations' donations account for more it}! 4 ‘ l“ . . i than half of the current total. said Paul Rossi, a mem- it} 5 a ‘ , ber of the fundraising team. In total. there have been ""‘ :'\ ‘* "if; ' 1. four corporate sponsors as well as 26 individual donaa fl "' “ 71: , tions. ,4 711 “y, J“ - J ' ’ While Skate for the Square is confident it will be . f: ’ Z7; “ a I . g able to raise the rest of its goal and committed to {igfi 7; ‘ "i 1 doing so. the team was irked by council's decision on cw :' ' Monday to hold off on fully committing to building . Q 4&7 . ' the rink in 2009 until later this fall. ‘ ‘ T‘“ 5 . “I have to say we're disappointed," Rossi said. “It , v -' seems like city staff is on board. but council not so a . g ‘ much." Councillors agreed to extend the fundraising dead< f -.~ ' ‘ line by a month and move forward with a tentative » , - ‘ s. _ 4 tendering process that will allow the city to accelerate “' T ‘w’fii SPORTS the process iffunding is in place on Oct. 19. \“‘ g j, " ~ ' 3 fi' The goal is to have the skating rink ready for public ‘ ‘ ‘ - . _ . Try Battle ofWaterIoo use two months later. on Dec. 19. said David Calder. ' ' 0 Fig ' M' -" Page 21 general manager of corporate services a" ' ‘f. '7 g The total cost of the rink is estimated to be 3 “ ' Afi'yif 3126000. The city will fund the remaining portion if ‘ a. y a ‘ ’ a is??? >,' the fundraisers can get to $350.000. a" ‘ ~ 1, N ’ a 1 w 11" , 34; I 4 Rossi is cautiously optimistic about that chance. “' . . . -.. f; “f , P," 3 5-51” . "It‘s going to be difficult. but it doesn't mean it's not - a ’ V, _ M ,. = ‘g't‘fif.’ . - _ ' i ’ 3“ possible." Rossi said. 1 ' far " _ ‘ “ but? “m“ Council has made it a tougher job. added David " _ imam Martin, another member ofSkate in the Square. W , . - - . mm. "If they had put their fist down and said ‘We're g 75“ a“ n g \ going to do this for sure.’ it would have helped us a m m “< lot." Martin said. " I As for the remaining 5150000. the group has some Heavy metal "irons in the fire“ and is waiting for responses, Rossi Blacksmith Paul Milne demonstrated the ancient art of shaping molten metal at the 12th ‘ gaudy They are currently looking for another marquee annual Royal Medieval Faire at Waterloo Park last Saturday, The event transported local resi~ mland‘ca sponsor who will get its logo on the rink along with dents back to the time when lord and ladies ruled as they visited the mythical inhabitants of “an East Forest Homes. the Kingdom of Mearth. ' Continued on page 4 ~~-~â€"â€"- ‘-‘â€"“ ' {g'fi‘éz a“: ‘ - . Bavarlan " ’ . i ‘ . I ' , - - I. f N D i l l f’fl u wrunow wont: View an exclusnve ine-up o orth «a |< . _ . . - - U l -$ . ~ l . , . . y a ; y ,_ ,.- f W ., Q 7â€" America s finest WlndOWS & doors 9 p- a ~» r 7 out cm to at ”ltd , -., "W" “ammonium W mi memm* -' ,_ 519.578.3938 LEgfiucE. snowmen norm um - at 9-6: sci. l0-2 . , - , -. - . _ _ , wwwhavartmwlndowtcan