easemwtï¬b " 'â€" a E“ \ “J ' v e 1 b " r ' ‘ I a. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 2009 - WATERLOO. ONTARIO * SI INCLUDING GST â€A? - rah "Pï¬ï¬‚f â€P‘P ‘ 7 ‘7‘ City starts process; v i to replace . - w , l - "- s gs? ‘ departing i _ . . i . J? A 3 " “my. ,. BY Gnu; MALDONAU) new Monday. 1 f "T , " ~ '- 2.‘ Wi-L'hrfurflt‘k’htufliii " We'll all get around the . ‘ I ; table and ï¬gure out whether i 34 M » ~ he city's chief admini» the hire WI†be internal or ' L . if? trative ofï¬cer is leaiing external." ‘ ' we“ \‘ J his post for a job in I-arbrother became the it, y' _ ‘& _Lï¬ liniiontoii in the new year. (At) in 2005 after two riiaior J ' J "R57 f" ’ Simon l-arhrother WI†municipal blunders â€" ï¬rst. ‘ ' 7 ' if become the city admmistm- the RIM Park ï¬nancing has? ‘ ' r J “" r An ' tor for the Alberta municiv co, which saw lom Stockie ‘ . ' â€figéf " pality after ï¬ve years at the resign from the position. ‘ - f w > _, ' g g†‘ helm here in Waterloo. The city followed that up by Q“? . I ' Now councillors and staff hiring Bob Robertson. who é ' » - z are starting a process to ï¬nd was dismissed before he | . ‘ L y a! ’ ..»" - "53?- his successor, though the even started the job. ‘ fr" position likely won't be ï¬lled Ifarbrother was heavily l ' '.-‘ ' “u- ' until after Farbrother has involved in the Intelligent . g a“ left. Community designation the ‘ f ‘ " . "' , “I've been told the city received in 2007 and the _, r ' g a ' process can take between recent Waterloo Public , ' g ' ’ ._ four and six months,†said Library-YMCA project ' "" . S‘- . Mayor Brenda IIaIIoran. approved for the west side. ' . é“ ' "This is the ï¬rst time a He was also part of an e; 7} - 1 4 f CAO has left the city in quite executive team that negotiâ€" ï¬w or . . ' awhile. ated a controversial new ix â€713,11. g} "" “It‘s a positive opportuni- contract with the city's staff A’ “We “ ’ 1. f tyfor the city." association Overall, Far- 1 Councillors had prelimi- brother brought stability All Claws 6.“ m 0 nary discussions about and integrity to the organi- replacing Farbrother at a zation. Halloran said. Owen Slade, 3, decorates a pumpkin while wearing his Halloween costume during a party at Seven Shores Trading closed meeting on Monday, “The City of Waterloo is Co. in uptown Waterloo. Young children gathered last Wednesday to celebrate the ghoulish holiday. It was one of but no decisions were made. an exciting place to work." the many Halloween celebrations in Waterloo over the past week, including events at the Button Factory and in the Hallotan said. the mayor said. Wm“ square. “We haven't had a chance “That shows how much to have a full discussion." we've progressed." the mayor said in an inter- Continuedonpage7 F] ’t t Q in. b g PP PPY P 811 W t I /-â€///)(f-/,//".////}/fx BvBostwvAc they will even be expanding volunteers will take when "We‘re also encouraging fl! =- 71 Ill _ “ " ‘, “, ‘ ‘ ‘ Chmnu‘bh'taff the program into local handing out poppies this our volunteers to keep their ‘ I Flifstl Mbntf“ seniors' homes to raise funds year. hands clean. and if anyone Winter ~\ ' ' ' ' n addition to boxes of for medical services and vet- “I've encouraged them one of them is sick. thank- » I \ ‘ . l poppies. volunteers for erans in need. not to go to each individual you, but don't go in there." Tire < I the annual K-W Poppy Bob Berg, a veteran him- room in the places we're vis- There is concern for the P3 k . i i Campaign will be carrying self and the public affairs co- iting," said Berg after last Fri~ group's own volunteers. c ages F I I I hand sanitizer and taking ordinator for the Poppy day’s official ceremony to comprised ofa lot of aging mm 4 , R‘esult'SJG‘uaranteedl other precautions during House at Royal Canadian kick off the annual poppy veterans. But the bigger it it i ‘ '| the MINI flu outbreak. Legion Branch No.530 in campaign. “We'veaskedifwe problem the poppy cam- Co to b°° today i I I l? w "w . fr it Organizers said flu con- Waterloo, said they've taken can meet with people in the paign is facing is their dwin- (519) 746'2‘ J J “M i' ll ï¬n '. Tim" - I w] ‘. cems won't keep them from every precaution and dis- lobby. and we've got the little dling numbers. mronacsnnecsnmssoou : if A '; '.i g“. . 3! the usual public places. and cussed the measures their 35 containers ofhand wash. Continued on pages ? ‘ {- \». - - - e w . a a ‘ 201 0 Audi Models Have Arrived A f a . . . . Q r , ,_ Visn: us today for a test drive a“ . .. ' \ . g? @ CROSBY m f * r AUDI ’ . g f- ' ' . 1&3 . ~ X 1175 Weber St. E., Kitchener ° 519-894-9300 ADO! i? www.crosbyaudl.com ~