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Sale ends Sunday Oct. 11th Ask about our Book Club for additional savings 100 King Street, South Waterloo 884â€"2665 PHONE: 725â€"9028 } 75 King Street South UpTown Waterioo All New Joy of Cooking Now $29."° SALE $1 999 +6 OW $699 $ 1 599 The final Kâ€"W Oktoberfest ‘98 countdown is under way If you havent got your tickâ€" ets or planned your itinerary for this year‘s festivities, remember 1998 Kâ€"W Oktoberâ€" fest begins in just two days The momentum is building in Uptown Waterloo and retailers and event coordinators are all gearing up for the upcoming week. 1 had Sunday breakfast at Angie‘s Kitchen and Teresa told me she is all ready to share â€" the _ Spint of Gemuetlichkeit with the busâ€" loads of visitors and the throngs of locals after the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Ruedesheimer Gartens, the smokeâ€"free Festhalle operating at the Waterloo Rec Centre by the Rotary Club, is anticipating their best year yet and is promising a great party. The Stadtrat Empfang or Waterloo City Council Recepâ€" tion is being presented again this year at the Gathering Place beside the Glass & Clay Museum, tomotrow from 11:30 a.m. â€"1 p.m. Mayor Joan McKinnon and the Council will be serving free Piller‘s sausage on a bun cooked right before your eyes and the enterâ€" tainment will be great. My old friends, the Black Forest Band, who perform all week at the Concordia Club, will be perâ€" forming and the folkdance group Tegernsee from Bavania will be entertaining us as well On Thursday evening, you can attend the Miss Oktoberâ€" fest Pageant at the Centre In The Square or enjoy the proâ€" duction relaxing at home watching CKCO TV. Jack Peterson, the Chair of this event for many years, told me the competition will be steep to determine who the ambassador for 1998 Oktoberfest will be. Miss Oktoberfest makes numerous appearances at variâ€" ous ceremonies, festballs, famâ€" ily and cultural events, hospitals, and seniors‘ homes, and she will participate in over 60 school presentations. The challenge for the judges is to OKTOBERFEST PREVIEW choose the young lady who will best present the ideals of our Festival in the coming weeks The Official Opening Cereâ€" monies of 1998 KW Oktoberâ€" fest take place at the Kitchener Civic Square on Friday, Oct. 9, from 11:30 a.m. tol p.m. The Honourable Al Palladini, Provincial Minister of Ecoâ€" nomic Development, Trade & Tourism, will be joining Presiâ€" dent Peter Eichinger and many other dignitaries at the official tapping of the first keg that symbolizes the beginning of our nineâ€"day Festival. Enterâ€" tainment will include threeâ€" time Grammy winner, Walter Ostenak, the folkdance group Tegernsee from Bavaria, and from southâ€"west Germany, the Meeraner Band. If you can join us, it is a great way to kick off our 30th anniversary celebraâ€" tions. While you are in downtown Kitchener for the ceremonies, drop into the HANS HAUS on Benton Street for any lastâ€" minute ticket needs, a calendar of events or a souvenir pin to add to your collection. The 98 logo pin introducing our new "Wunderbar‘" theme is outâ€" standing. King Ludwigs Castle Museum and the Willkommen Platz are open daily and just down the street What an outstanding famuly day Saturday, Oct. 10 has turned out to be! You can start your morning early with a visit to one of the three Farmers Markets, then enjoy a free breakfast courtesy of CHYM FM and Waterloo Town Square, cheer your friends at the Great Barrel Race on King Street in Waterloo, catch a train ride on the Bavarian Express or go out to Mannheim and expeâ€" rience Bogenschutzenfest at the Hubertushaus. Sunday, Oct. 11, you can attend a breakfast and have a great afternoon viewing the fourth annual International Cavalcade of Bands held at University Stadium. The tickâ€" ets for this event, sponsored in part by Manulife Financial, are only $5 for a family of four. Later in the afternoon take in one of the 22 Festhallen that offer Family Day â€" lots of deliâ€" cious traditional foods, enterâ€" tainment and activities for the kids. On Monday morning bright and early, join me and my famâ€" ily at the Thanksgiving Day Parade which begins in Uptown Waterloo. I‘ll be the one with the smile, the sleepy eyes and the consoling Tim Hortons coffee. The parade lineâ€"up this year is again outâ€" standing. Don‘t forget to bring your canned and nonperishable food items for the Onkel Hans Food Drtive which is an inteâ€" gral part of the parade. This is an opportunity for all of us to live the true Spirit of Thanksâ€" giving. â€"One last point: Remember to travel safely during the Fesâ€" tival â€" don‘ drink & drive. L look forward, as always, to sharing the Spirit of Gemuetlichkeit with you, your family and friends during our 1998 Festival. Auf Wiedersehen! Spirit of Local Democracy fair offered Citizens for Local Democâ€" racy is holding a Spirit of Local Democracy Fair highlighting local groups and association that encourage public involveâ€" ment, social cooperation and political equality. Events will be held Oct. 7 at the Working Centre, 58 Queen St. S., and features an open house, craft sale and demoa« racy fair presentatians from various groups There is also a Democritey As An Art series featuring ¢ «un Mike Connally and Bah Net dun from the Elmura Indepen dent