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panning some 12 acres Sin the heart of the Millennium Recreation Park, _ the Elam â€" Martin Farmstead is a sixth generaâ€" tion Mennonite dwelling consisting of 17. buildings, orchards, _ gardens _ farm felds, a tree lane, creek, and bridge. In operation since the 1820s, the Martin house is an excellent example of early rural life and the city‘s last operating Mennonite farm, making it architecâ€" turally and historically sigâ€" nificant. In October, 14 of the farmstead‘s 17 buildings, together with its orchards, gardens, tree lane and fence line, received historical desâ€" ignation under the Ontario Heritage Act, allowing for its preservation and integraâ€" tion into the Milennium Recreation Park. With this designation, the City of Waterloo will be eligiâ€" bie for provincial funding to tepair the buildings and develop an interpretive proâ€" gram focused on celebrating the area‘s agricultural herâ€" itage. The _ Martin _ family, believed to be of Pennsylvania German herâ€" itage, settled here in the 1820s; but the existing Georgianâ€"style farm house was built around 1856. The twoâ€"starey . yellow â€" brick main house is gableâ€"roofed, typical of Old â€" Order Mennonite homes, with a smoke hause (used for preâ€" serving and curing meats}, schnitz house (used for dryâ€" ing fruits and vegetables), wash house, woodshed, and kitchen accessible to the gardens. The doddy house (grand â€" parents house}, with its own kitchen, entrances, and livâ€" ing quarters, is estimated to have been added to the main house around 1870. Also included on the properâ€" ty is a spring house, used for cooling milk, butter and other produce; a barn, datâ€" ing back to the 1860s; an attached silo; freeâ€"standing silo; wagon; drive, tool, meat processing and butchering sheds; pig barn; corn crib; and pump house Descendants _ of _ the Martins‘ currently live on the farm and will remain there for another two years. However, Marg Rowell, chair of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC), says a living history site like Doon Heritage â€" Crossroads â€" or loseph Schneider Haus is not planned for the farmâ€" stead. While plans for the farm â€" stead have not yet been finalized, she says many forms of recreation, includâ€" ing sight seeing, community gardens, picnicking, and theatre events. are possible for this historically signifiâ€" cant venue "We do not want to dupliâ€" cate what has already been done," says Rowell. . The Grand River is â€" another _ Millennium than follow, BMW introduces 3 Series Dynamic Allâ€" Wheal Drive, with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC} Standard on models, available on all BMWs, DSC heightens the aspects of safety and handling by / monitoring individual wheel speed, steanng wheel angle, and vehicle direction. If it should . sense overstear or understear, DSC maintaine control 6 mm Caniw ne mant‘ ne MuMi ngn ant Th i Mimae "romp Cimecence Bâ€"K MOTORS 527 King St. N. Waterloo, ON 885â€"5090 the AWO field. rather Choosing to lead synonymous with staying on. we smm ts of uW K0. mm e snn ie RRMY C mt in by selectively applying brakes or reducing engine power To enoure the best possible traction on i1ce, snow and loose surfaces, BMW engineers developed a unique system that continually diatributes 82% of the power to the rear wheels and 38% to the front. Doing so ansures the best possible traction on ice, snow and loos* surfaces performance or handling traction, control and performance BMW 3 Series Dynamic Aliâ€"Whea! Drive. Synonymous with without compromising the integrity of BMWs legendary UMW 3 Berise 3o0%i ww bmw ca vaon «87 sa~a