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Snyder Avenue north of In addition to pleas from Riverside Drive. residents to avoid inflict- Hahn noted some of the ing harmful changes on properties will suffer ex- their properties, council- tremely negative impacts, lors meeting Mar. 28 heard including the loss of park- the township has yet to ing spaces that will essen- receive confirmation it will tially force homeowners to get $635,000 from the fed- park illegally, either on the eral government to cover street or overhanging the some of the costs. While new sidewalk. confident the money is The same arguments forthcoming, director of were made by three engineering and planning residents, two who spoke Dan Kennaley suggested Tuesday night and another putting off a decision until who sent a letter, to no mid-April, noting formal avail. approval of the job tender “It doesn’t make sense by council would establish to take parking away from a legal obligation to go people where nobody is Ethan Skinner regained Elmira’s lead over the Kitchener Dutchmen in the third period of Game 6 on Mar. 24 at the Aud. The score was locked at 2-2 until Kitchener’s goalie stepped out of ahead. SIDEWALKS | 2 the net to send the puck up the ice. Skinner scooped it up and shot it into the net, despite two Dutchmen diving to block it. Elmira won the game 5-2. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] In a split vote, council Soft Nuvella performance Your choice of · Living Rooms · Bedrooms · Dining Rooms · fabric cleans up beautifully. three colours! · Mattresses · Lighting · Home Decor · Sofa Loveseat EVERYTHING in the Store is ON SALE! OPEN 7 DAYS · 30 Benjamin Rd., Waterloo (across from St. Jacobs Outlet Mall) · 519-746-0060 · FLYER SPECIALS www.furniturehouse.ca 2 | NEWS THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 ST. CLEMENTS FIRE CAPTAIN RECOGNIZED FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE GRT union members vote no on tentative deal LIZ BEVAN was reached, Local 4304 workers voted 98 per cent A in favour of a strike if a deal still be in the future for the wasn’t reached. region’s bus riders, includ- Those at the region still ing those using Elmira’s aren’t sure what happened route 21 to Waterloo, as with the vote. Murray said workers failed to ratify they will have to reopen a deal reached between lines of communication. their union and Waterloo “It is likely that we will Region. meet with the union repre- Regional council hadn’t sentatives sometime this yet voted on the deal. week to try and better un- What happens next is derstand what the reasons St. Clements fire captain Darryl Green was presented with a medal Tuesday night to mark his 25 years of service. His fellow firefighters joined him for the occasion. From left, deputy still up in the air, but the were for their non-ratifi- chief Steve Martin, Steve Grein, captain Scott Dietrich, captain Dave Koebel, captain Claude Hergott, captain Darryl Green, district chief Brad Dietrich, Jon Bower and chief Paul Redman. region isn’t expecting any cation. We actually don’t [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] service disruptions. Chief have that information administrative officer Mike yet. We need to meet with SIDEWALKS: Woolwich to push ahead with Snyder Ave. project Murray says they are pre- them, find out what the pared. issues are and find out if FROM | COVER that some of the proposed walks.” residents’ concerns. “We always have strike they are solvable,” he said going to walk,” said Ken additions won’t connect to Noting, however, that Now, having approved contingency plans in place, Tuesday. Chalmers, noting the in- any other walkways. the sidewalks already in the project, the township yes,” he said. The union is still legally stallation of sidewalks on The lone voice of sup- place aren’t over-used, will search around for pos- The 644 Grand River able to go on strike despite both sides of the streets port was Snyder Avenue Merlihan said adding more sible alternative funding Transit workers have been the tentative deal, but are would serve only to in- resident Marc Christiaens, won’t suddenly turn peo- models should the federal without a contract since required to give the region convenience and anger who pushed for more ple into pedestrians. money fall through. That December. Having reached two days’ notice before do- residents. sidewalks, including on “There’s just a lot of will include drawing on re- a tentative deal, Local 4304 ing so. Following up on last stretches of nearby Herbert wishful thinking ... that serve funds and/or savings president Rick Lonergan The GRT has 66,000 rid- week’s presentation to and Samuel streets, which if we build it, they will from other projects, Ken- was optimistic this week’s ers daily, and according to council, William Street aren’t part of this recon- come,” he said. naley suggested, calling it vote would ratify the agree- 2013 numbers, has 350 pas- resident Jon Millar called struction project. “I think you go with the a “high-priority project” ment, but such was not the sengers on Elmira’s route for the township to hold off “We need a place to homeowners on this one,” due to the lead pipes that case. 21 to Conestoga Mall and on a new sidewalk given walk. We need our side- he added of siding with are to be replaced. Before the agreement back, through St. Jacobs. $ TORQUED-UP MAIL-IN70 REBATE With the purchase of 4 MICHELIN® PASSENGER OR LIGHT TRUCK TIRES. 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THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 NEWS | 3 Catholic board votes to close St. Agatha school Starting next September, current students will attend schools in St. Clements and Waterloo LIZ BEVAN our hearts as St. Agatha’s, it is particularly difficult. It W is the oldest school in the voting against the plan, the board. It has got an enor- Waterloo Catholic District mous history and many School Board has officially people that remember it decided to close St. Ag- and were educated there. atha Catholic Elementary We are sad about that, but I School. think the changing demo- The issue came to a final graphics require us to do vote at the board of trust- those things, to shift the ees meeting on Monday resources to the subdivi- night, with only Amy Fee, sions where new families representing part of Kitch- are moving in and there is a ener and Wilmot, opposing greater need.” the plan. There is already a plan in Six EDSS student participated in the electrical Skills competition at Conestoga College on Monday. Here, Connor Redmond gets to work. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER] Having gone through an place to help the St. Agatha accommodation review, students transition to their the board determined re- new schools. taining the school wasn’t “The three schools will EDSS electrical students worth the nearly $3 million start to work together to needed to repair the struc- get the students together ture, as just 82 students and everyone can get to currently attend. know each other so the excel at Skills competition When school starts back students from St.