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"ml“ a decision on rapid Investments that transit spurs. and before construction is complete. transit. shaping our community i‘" without which we'd have those Number two. its route will corn» t has been 30 ears since Ha Cha in the American decades ‘0 co "‘9' buildings either derelict, or demolâ€" pletely destroy the ambiance of . .y rry_ 'p ' My beloved parents put me on a ished to ave wa for chea er char- Uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Singer‘songwnter and social acttvrst, died when the car he yellow bus for my first day of school. acter-lesgfam. y p Park. was drivmg collided With a tractor-trailer on the bong . fgfigitlfidsgo a quarter century of Maybe “is personal. as I $99k ‘0 But, my real concern is that a [Slaingogl‘f’think dilere has ever been a performer who crafted as When you realize that LRT is to protect the only farm my family has vastly reduced number of regional engaging a live show as Harry Chapin. and l treasure his live . « .. y .. not seen engulfed With sprawl, politictans have before them a plan rec ordin Alon with h auntingl beautiful lyrics and rivetin be the highway 9f our "an.“ “5' south of Cambridge. to vote on one and one only ill- musical $611 cs 18.“? alwa my tivat ed by the character: tem, and Ehe region-coveringnet. But I can't help but see the beau- thoughtâ€"out and flawed proposal. __ frequently uhde I E in sufm in son as Mr Tari- work 0f inpressbuses "5 View”) of ty my ancestral Dublin has me that is to spend taxpayers' dollars ner W0 LD and A Better Place to Be. p 85 ‘ "3310931 roads. 'l 5 easy ‘0 "“agme served with LR’l'. and want to see on a potential white elephant, one . humerotis tribute concerts marl in g the 30th annive of how little freed”? cars would have rails gliding through grass taking me which will most surely rival the Rim Cha in's death are ha nin all across North Am enmis "We km every highway and I?“ to a modern but balanced Cam- Park fiasco. P . . ppe 8 King as the lone street of its Size, . . . . . . . year. including ones in Kitchener on lune l7 and lune l8 at . bridge, and preservrng a region we Regional councrl. in its reduced The Regis Theatre f . six local musicians rformin what "3‘35" users face cunently. . all want to bear no resemblance to form. is intent on showing us what - try . -' eatunng . pe g. What is more rm rtam to me is . . hits such as Cat 5 in the Cradle, Taxi and the Sing-along p0 MisSissauga true leadership means. ' ‘ ‘ . anthem Circle. remembemg ”‘3‘ l" 0““ buses Andrew Dodds i challenge Waterloo council to . , . faded to stop my home of 0'1““ Waterloo rotect its citizens and its landscape Tb learn more about Chapms "'de legacy. I. recently ballooning into farmer's fields, just in d to 0 ‘ . . . tracked down the late singer 3 daughter. len Chapin. The way - . . . . p outofparticipauonin telememberiiarryistob . his __‘._._ as they failed ‘0 stop Mississauga S O t out of m as this one and only solution to a per- P609 . ring advance [mo the count ide . . . . work forward and the ongomg quest ~. . r . . r Mississauga's Mayoflvsdccallion so ution to growth “we“ mm” “‘ ”WWW“ for economic justice in this may; ‘- i l. l . \ i i l 1‘ sought to preserve Streetsville. as we len told me over the phone from her “i. l i Z \ seek to preserve Cambridge‘s histo- I‘m not against rapid transit. nor am home In Brooklyn, NY- "It's not SO ry. but instead it was swallowed l against [RT â€" for other commu- ' T‘G’ mavm hmuch aboultflloogiyng brig: I?" rather whole. nines a onounng m we g awards a better future for our children, which .I . . . . was his focal point" ; a len. too, is a committed social Wishing for the glft of foresrght ....-.....................,...m.. -- (World Hunger Year). an organization 've spent the past couple of weeks reading up have to imagine the Cities without it. just drive to her father coâ€"founded. She is also a I on transit proposals and then travelling around bondon and try to get around. singer-songwriter. with her own brand ‘ Kitchener and Waterloo, pondering the changes Downtown Kitchener has changed. The transfor- of jazz~tinged folk songs that search - to the area and what it all means. mation in uptown Watelioo is even more dramatic. for community and shared meaning. MARSHALL A week from now, regional council is set to make a The factories are gone. replaced by more nose-friend- TO mark the anniversary 0f Harry WARD decision. i wish them well, whatever decision is ly places. and there's continuing development beside Chapin's death on July 16. len will be made_ [1 “in tiansform me 3:93 yet agajn. . . the Waterloo Recreation Complex performing at a free outdoor benefit concert in her hometown i Some people who have contacted me. ) . ‘ The two-lane highway leading in of Huntington. NY, alongside Chapin family members and suggmt the project is too big to be left in . l l l i l . i ll ‘ and out of the area has exploded. and if friends [he hands of government. “They always ‘ B0 l l l { K l it's ever finished it will be very nice. With “I adored him and enjoyed the travels. we always had him screw these things up." they write. . ‘ flyovers and the like. it's become a lot aroundâ€" and since. we've always had people honouring him," ' 111mg not fair and that's apparent g . easier to get in and out of K»W. The said len. who was only 10 years old when her father was killed. when you take a look at the region with a a?” . ‘ 1 completion of Ira Needles Boulevard is "l have the privilege of having him not really be gone. in a I umpié “(decades(,rhmdsigm '_‘ g transforming the west side at the same sense. The personal interaction with him is gone, but in my i y. It was a little over 28 years ago when l . . . dramatic speed. dad's case. there are generations of people who still love and r i am“- into Kitchenerwaterloo for the first ‘ _ . You can spend an entire day in those remember him. And everyone has a story. They were at a con- timc. l was coming for a job interviewat 3 " a ‘ ’ malls now (not that I want t0. but you cert. he played for hours and kissed their wife after the show. (jK( ;() w _ in the radio division _ and ‘ .. i. could). But with the expansion ofother He waited until every last person had their t-shirt signed. Peo- dcspitc the fact I had lived in london fora 4' 1 retail opportunities there area number ple remember him so vividly and fondly. and it really keeps i . while I had never made it this far. 1 ofother ChOiCBS which Simply didn't him alive for me. l'm very fortunate that way." i i I remember a pokey two-lane highway . i CXiSt almost 30 years ago. I told len that my young daughters have recently discovered . leading into Kitchener. A somewhat i 1 You just don't thmw tip buildings. the music of Han'y Chapin. and love singing along to Cats in I ' depressing downtown. An expressway i BRIAN i and roads on your own. livery one of the Cradle. "That's so great!" she replied. "I have two little i ‘ Willi h circlcd both cities but didn't really 1 BOURKE . those projects had to go through boys. Maceo andVan. the older of which is five. and i can show 1 seem that imponant. There were vast ‘ ‘ municipal or regional approval process. him the footage of his grandfather performing. The last family ‘ ‘ stretches ofopen land, along the west ' ,._.___,, "â€"va W ' Is the": a point to this?i think so. concert we did â€" we do several of them a year â€"â€" Maceo was cm“ at I an)“. up Fischer llallman Road. You hear a lot of negatives about projects. but rarely on stage at the end of the show. mouthing the words to Circle. ‘ Uptown \Mitt-rloo? What struck me was the smell do we sit back afterward, and consider how it all It was powerful." ‘ Both Laban and \czigmm were still producing their Wtirkt‘d mitt Sometimes we don't know. and that's the l asked len. who has a striking resemblance to her father, if ‘ “(Mic mm m.- “10mm“ unnflgIakahk-_ t‘ilM‘ with the region's transit plans. ()iwiously. the her sons share any of the same physical traits."Maceo has the i I so“ min ll of the cities over the next few weeks, [woplc in favour believe LRT will be its successful as little cleft as well. that Harry had." she replied. "And somebody i .rs I scan llt‘tl out an appropriate house for my family, home Other projects, told him. 'lt's like your grandpa came down and kissed you on ‘ And once we made the deal. and the arrangements to Bill we're living blind here to some extent, and the the Chin.m ' ' . _ . mow. “land and I spent an entire day at Conestoga answer won't come perhaps for another 30 years. It's a beautiful sentiment. - that Harry Chapins likeness ‘ Mall Waiting for tho keys. Hint was not easy to do. transcends generations. post like his mu5ic has. given that the mall was not exactly a shoppers mecca B ‘ HI I“, hr.“ f h [as 3 K00! FM .ii that moment nan iur‘ .u mom 7r n r c .. . i last forward 28 years. l'hat cxpn-xswziy is now a "taming crew. can be reached by email a! Marshall Ward is a visual artist and wrestling reporter E- mail ' lifelinc for both Kitchener and Waterloo. You don't Wilermlfm.mm. IS urlcome at marshalLimnthotmarLcom.