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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 25 Apr 2012, p. 9

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ThoseweretheglorydaysoftheunadianNationalExhibi- than 56.000. based oti a compari- . - - - . - D . (ion (CNE) andthebackdmpofcolomed “film, midway noises , . . . ’ . also shift to the LRT for a better l)estgn lib-bu“! potholes into son with St. loiiis population and _ . - ~ andthesweet.wafiingsmellscreatedamagimlatmosphete. lit? eminence. roads for capital construction. By 'l‘heWWF of back th and 1'“ ‘ rbl . l ‘ ~h , . Add another 200,000 people to doingsoaie cost oldie potholfiwill a 653 riditigawave WW‘ I “I an . . .I P" I)? “2:; ”IIIh fegI‘IIIIIIIIg the region (as well as rising fuel be amortized over 30 to 40 years. I; "we? ' people attended even ' was thrilled I0 ‘5 II I” “"“m m I” I I ac" "II costs) and LRT will have no trouble That will be beneficial to taxpayers. one 0 them. III“ 3mm“ meeting and exceeding its ridership many of whom won't live that long. So "’0 "I“ Adam Copeland. II shy 12-yearâ€"old boy II°III Though the St. lotus metro area . . - - - Onngeville. Ont. who would eventually come out of hB shell . proyections. as has happened in In addition. permanent signs . . . has more than five times the popula (“her 'n cities should be erected ‘0 warn drivers of and find worldwide fame in the wrestling ring under the tion of \Vatt‘rlm) Region. transit rid- 8 g the potholes thereby driving them moniker Edge. Persistent injuries forced Edge to retire last year. 3mg”? is only (wire that of W m to choose to '5“), home or use a dif- but he’ll be remembered as one of the top stars of the past min g "I" .IIIIFIII‘ , Waterloo ferent road. decade. . . As sprawl ism conducrve to tran- Potholes that occur from year to I chatted vinth the IO-time world heavyweight champion sit use. the metro area isn't what Ways to MOM ear or remain from ear to year during WrestleManiti weekend earlier this month, just before matters. What matters is how many the mole issue income classified as a}: operational his induction into theWWE Hall of Fame. people live own good transit. po 6 se to be ‘d under the ci‘yis Our conversation quickly turned nostalgic for that magical - We've got a head start with an .. . an'nual budget [ammuch more painful night at Exhibition Stadium. urban form in which most major he (.in f“ “13‘9"“ prides sefort ' rs "Seeing Hulk Hoganand Paul Orn- destinations are on ii linear corridor. "my on innovation. IIII‘ICII OI expert axpaye . - dorfl' lock up at the CNE â€" just after which can be attributed in Waterloo. the entire issue could ‘ _ And mm h or the new tit‘\'[‘ll)pntl‘lll . _ . . - Orndorff turned on Hogan â€"- was i. ‘ . ' . ~ 1 . . . (meaty to the Universtty of Water- of course be resolved if the money . . y i \ r . 1 i in Watt-rim) Region Is already ocmr- - . . - - - amanng, bemuse l was really mmted ‘ . . , y . km and some of "5 duatea Mr. Selling wants to spend on LRT is . . y . ring near 1R1 stations. which is the gra , . , - in that feud. Edge told me over the \ g , . , , In {an a large pan ofWaterloos redirected to Waterloos decaying . . . surcsl may to gm“ ridership and ‘ : dri . roads When that ha nsit will bea phone from Marni. Fla. It was my make it t'ii.\_\‘ [or purple to gel around ,u unorriy Is yen ‘and med. by sunn .. da in paradigm first exposure to a lot of the guys who Without a car. 12:32:32.“. mgwhg‘afi‘fgxgfig ‘ y y ' wrestled on that card, like Andre the I? The t'lirrt‘lll iXpri-ss will. which ' ‘ It I’C I Ward a“! Giant. who didn't often come to Maple " ‘-‘| models lilt‘ UH routi- using regular V“I‘"'“ ‘ d h Waterloo leafGardens.’ ' b.‘ 7 , _ Am, ‘ Some years ago i attende t e Ukerne. EdgelovedgoingtoMaple ’ v. Leaf Gardens to see his childhood “ 2 wrestling heroes like Ricky Steamboat an on s are some c an e. wrestling show was at the Gardens. ‘ , . . ~ ‘ Tito Santana in not sure I ll ever get the smell of copper off my dent of the wildly successful Waterloo Ravens girls and the "m" event was . MARSH“ I ‘ I hands. hockey program. when one of his daughters played and “‘9 Junkyard D08 against 1““ WARD “in-(- weeks ago we began a campaign to collect fastball for "It I k d ll h ed mflsg??:i:dfmfy .m as man) pennies as we could for the Grand His out 00 ramatica y c ting . ' ' , , . liner Regional (Lancer ('cntru Part of the the way I approached SUCh things. mu! (King “2?!)me WI |' IIII.I' VIVIIIIyu,‘ I 20L! version ofniy radio employer's annual ; i l 1 l l l l 1 Rather than worrying about being 10“ can see Bandy "8 a giant 8 pin ng - l cfiori to raise awareness. and funds. for the ‘ 1 I ‘ ) "0. 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"spendapenny.’ noun: 2;: world â€" that l and countless other ans will ()nt' of the things we have learned as a media out- apple “I." to come let. alter yeah of Mil'klng with one charity or another. ”‘0, M 105 3 L FM ,. v is the biggest tiiipedirnt-nt to getting some help is our Brian W: a MD" ' - K00 mh‘h‘mmaq‘ rm" _ Magmmnbemhedbye-mdlat wwwuagmwmmpmm I learned that lesson from Robert “tennis, pm“- “”3““me ‘ , . i .. . _ _ __ . .+_â€"__â€"_â€"__-â€"_

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