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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008
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Kiss ‘em, drop ‘em and leave St. Teresa parking restrictions to discourage drop-off traffic around school
Elmira grocery store chopped
Price Chopper to close next month; Foodland to move from downtown location VANESSA MOSS Workers at Elmira’s Price Chopper learned this week they will be out of a job effective Sept. 9, as the town’s Foodland prepares to move into the building around Nov. 1. “I think our customers are going to be very upset,” said Price Chopper employee Lavone Fields.
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Although Fields has other jobs to fall back on, some of her coworkers do not, she said. “Yesterday (Tuesday) after we were told it was pretty quiet around there.” Fellow employee Vanessa McCullough said learning about the closure after months of hearing rumours to that effect was tough for some people. “I don’t think it’s really fair only in the sense that they’re not giving us any
other option. They never really gave us any options if we wanted this or not: they kind of just said that this is what is happening. … I definitely think it sucks for other people who want this as their job: this is what they need.” At this point, Sobeys, which owns both stores, has not announced anything about staffing at the new Foodland location, nor if the 34 Price Chopper emSee PRICE CHOPPER page »06
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THE CHOPPING BLOCk elmira price Chopper employee vanessa mcCullough and some 30 coworkers received letters this week stating the store will be closing sept. 9. the elmira Foodland currently downtown will take its place in november, with staffing still undetermined.
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If what happened at the end of the school year is any indication, students won’t be the only ones with back-toschool blues next month at St. Teresa School in Elmira. A move to prevent parents from parking in front of the school in the mornings and afternoons is bound to be controversial. Acting on a request from the Catholic school, Woolwich council this week prohibited parking on both sides of First Street – from Flamingo Drive to a point 175 metres east – between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and 3 to 3:30 p.m., from September to June. The changes take aim at the times when parents drop off and pick up their kids. School officials, citing safety concerns, want to reduce traffic congestion around the building. The Waterloo Catholic District School Board has instead opted to install a kiss-and-drop area along the south side of the parking lot. This new policy follows a decision in June to close off the parking lot to parents. Dropping off and picking up their children, they were parking along the fence at the back of the lot, instead of in the spaces, which led to other vehicles and walking children having to maneuver around them: a safety concern, principal Taffy
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