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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Dec 1997, p. 4

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Natural Sound has purchased a quantity of slight seconds from Paradigl:ge(minor cosmetic flaws). These will be offered on a first come, first served basis! WITH THE SAVINGS . . . THEY WON‘T LAST LONG! REFERENCE SALE PRICES 1199°5 SERVO SVUBS Reg. $1800. _ STUDIO 100§ Reg. $2000 pair REAR SPEAKERS No trades at these Reg. STUDIO 6GO§ Reg. $1250 pair pair SPEAKER SALE SALE PS1000 . .. . POWERED sugwoorer $899°*° pair pair pair Finishing up her shift last Friday afternoon, Murie! Booth nndcmonlfs:r,;lbn.finfiglh’m.ahlmq!“ c:ghlym.mdloohn‘vhflyqudtlflm Trccmthenfiddlcol’lhul.kfifld,“%u es lhcb&lhitlgisaboudnwurfl'dmgmy told me. "It ties our community together Major Oakley says the greatest need is for children between the ages of eight to 12. "Games are a good gift for this agt group", adding that "any activity that they can share with 2 friend lslgoodida.'Khm;mmgudW mount Place, also suggests curling irons, hair dryers and books for girls and hockey sticks, sports equipment and books for boys as well. vrexl They are off to a good start. As of last Friday, 887 gifts and 364 cash donations had been received by volunteers. Major Oaklcysa)uhisyatkgodhlflrl.‘rhcyhopew- "Right now our supplies of toys are low, but it usually picks up in the two weeks before Christmas." he added Major Don Oakley, Family Services _ """""C "°°" Director for the KW Salvation Army, told me that last year more than 5,000 families were helped through this work "Although we have other toy drives," he said, "by lar the largest contributor is the Angel Tree." / ud retary at the Kitchener mayor‘s office. (*1 worked for cight different mayors over 23 years.") Booth is now active in her volunteer work, which includes time spent at the Kâ€"W Hos pital Auxiliary among others. Mrs. Booth says the only bad part about the job is the chill that she â€" pwam » gets when the cold seeps through the r 1 malls‘ big double doors. Smiling, she . 2 tells me that the warmth that she feels as B s children toddle over to the tree to make | % ’ a donation for a child "who is the same h age as they are" more than makes up for f the brief winter chill. omm s " ident of KW. Before her retirement, she was an executive sec Bugry‘s memory is just one of many from the Ange! Tree, now in its 12th year, As the City‘s Manager of the Aduk Recreation Centre, Bugry helps assemble the team of volunâ€" teers who annually staff the Anige! Tree . Volunteers from the Optimist Club and the inâ€"mall Seniors Centre also help. Vol. "I was scared. He was very looking and he ; ud.AfialM,ht*Cliflwdm: the tree. He asked me some questions, and I told him we were collecting toys for kids to be distributed by the Saivation Army, and he left." "About a half an hour later, he pulled up in van. i was lilledwihsoudybeahl“zqamm They still had their price tags on. These weren‘t cheap ones mm,myuz‘lhmmm,&-mhul'. Mom had recently died and that ‘she would have liked thig. Then he left 1 never saw him again." "I can remember sitting out here on a Monday morning m?xmap.ln‘i“dfianuh-” who came in for a coffee and he just stood there for the longest time staring." hy Julic Bugry, who coâ€"ordinates volunteers for the at Wumw.bnb@m“um,h Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Publbhedcvuy%‘kl‘-"ly f TALKING WITH ... Pn WATERLOO CHRONICLE .. A widow and grandmother of two, Booth is a longtime res "Seeing the generosity of the Myw-‘h,cvmwhcnumu are , Js amazing. Just hfinhdnhdycgmjcb with a big box filled with two ho ind mones Th iitted sweaters. The gifts are very personal " unteers like 78 yearâ€"old Munel Booth, who is in her eighth year at the tree. Booth donates a half a day a week during the five week period because she *gets a lot of satisfaction from Â¥ 6 6 & 44 # #+ Muric} Booth $ ¢) ¢) ¢) ¢) ¢) f 6 chil trip €rs. part

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