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The project is led by Prof. Hugh Kerr, Department of Mechanical Engineering and involves a number of other UW faculty members, including: Profs. Norman Zhou, [an Huissoon. Stephen Corbin, Amir Kha, jepour and David Weckman, all of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Prof. Walter Duley, Department of Physics. Zhou said: "The grant will strengthen our position as a first-class centre for advanced materials joining, I g ONTARIO BALLET TEATTIEE _ Httrtsrtqrs Tun VRF, UNn1-nsrn OF WAT} RH)” ADULTS $18, CHILDREN (under l?) SIG PM I Chandlev Bunch liar-apt Sensor " 6 Durant Omano Reerm mules me ammo" MC"fffttottosarttrwestrmmtNtosormttteUpta-n mm Ma M Carmen!!! Clonal Gamma CMtrsanlmestrrtemA6vtsor-rtttmeyearsot mans!" We He f6tkms a damned Wu) budding strategy 6990190 to but! 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The Kitchener Public Library and the Kitchener Public Library Foundation will host a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' classic. A Christmas Carol, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at Victoria Park Pavilion. Among the many readers featured for the evening's performance are CBC Radio's Russ Germain, host of The World at Six, and CKCO's Janine Grespan, co- anchor of the Evening News: with music provided by the Bleak House High School Choir. "This really is a project that benefits everyone involved." said ludy Mad- dren. "From the readers In the audience to the people who benefit from the money raised." Proceeds will support the KPI. Foundation.