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Jim Toews has donated one week‘s free labor to construct an authenticâ€"looking staâ€" ble in Waterloo Park to set the Nativity Two Waterloo men are about to give their city a very special Christmas gift Shawky Fahel has purchased a oneâ€"ofâ€"aâ€" kind Nativity scene from Bethichem in the Holylnd,}urdrmedfiomolive‘wo_od. the Nativity scene are placed in the stable, likely sometime this week, Waterloo‘s secâ€" ond annual ‘Wonders of Winter Festival of Lights‘ will have a really unique new comâ€" ponent. The festival is scheduled to begin "So far as I know, I don‘t think anything like this (the Nativity scene) has been in North America before," ‘Wonders of Winâ€" ter organizer, Bill Weiler, said in a recent interview. "At least, not from Bethiehem." "I think it‘s going to be really kind of neat to have something like that in our commuâ€" Fahel said in a recent interview he origiâ€" nally got the idea to supply most of the Special Nativity scene to be permanent addition to ‘Wonders of Winter And when the 18 figures that make up A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT Chronicle Staff money for the Nativity scene (valued at approximately $25,000 U.S.) during a visit to Bethichem with Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnbull this past May. The people who are carving the figures are largely relatives of "It just dawned on me when I was in my relatives‘ store that it would be nice to donate something to this city (Waterloo), a Nativity scene or what have you," Fahel said. "Then I just followed up on it." â€""I got crazy," he said. "It‘s not that I can .Thelargenpiemmd:Nnfivitym several smaller pieces. Fahel said he expected the Nativity scene will be in his possession here in Waterloo by the middle of this week. In the meantime, Toews, with the help of local architect Lito Navaleza, Weiler, and the City of Waterloo‘s director of parks, Whitey Kurschinski, was getting ready to build a proper stable for the figurines. From Oct. 30 to Nov. 3, the Waterloo carâ€" penter worked in the rain on the stable, using lumber from the old Globe furniture factory and barn boards to give the strucâ€" ture that wellâ€"aged look. But when asked why he decided to build the stable, offering his services for free, Toews just said he wanted to make a donaâ€" tion towards the ‘Wonders of Winter. He has lived in Waterloo all of his 38 years. ."I thought well, instead of donating money, I would donate my time," he said. "A week of my time is a good donation, I would think. And it‘s something for the Waterloo Park and will be disassembled and stored during the summer. A glass viewing window will be placed in the front of the stable, he said. There will also be straw placed on the inside of the structure, and a natural gas heating system has been placed inside in order to protect the olive wood from damage. The temperature inside the stable must be kept around 50 F, he said. When the Nativity scene is set up in the stable, Fahel said people will be amazed at Toews said the stable is 12 feet long by 10 feet wide by 10 feet high. It‘s located just northwest of the old log schoolhouse in appear. "You‘ll look at the faces and you‘ll want to talk to them," he said. "That‘s how good they are." Ni tA Bats H T We C &\S“ 4 ;%Q““S\mf""f‘ ,.fntl,b'*g * Uflown éBquJs Travels Phone early to place your order. Carol‘s Chocolates 886â€"5999 HOLIDAY HOURS: MON.â€"SAT. 10â€"7; SUN 12â€"4 Delicious handâ€"made Truffies Boxed chocolates made to order Almond Bark Chocolate covered nute Brandied Cherries Novelty chocolate items Custum orders for parties Sugar free chocolate available All of our chocolates are made in the store and sold at prices that even Scrooae would like. elsl J'lv"' arol‘s chocolst" 94 yang 5* Y STORES & SERVICES. We‘d have to travel far to find better supporters of The Run!