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Wally Malcolm, vice president of customer servâ€" ice, said the book provides a Squirrel Gangs, Streetâ€" lights and Bucket Trucks: The History of Waterloo North Hydro was recently published and will be disâ€" tributed to schools and libraries throughout the region. aterloo North Wiydm is celebratâ€" ing its past 100 years with a book recently published about the utilities history. Book celebrates Waterioo North Hydro sn A _2 TT AN EXTRA 15% OFF ON & LEVOLOR Blinds Are Us _ "Vepficat winpow sordrions By Tim Mureuy For The Chronicle Fabric & PVC Verticals, Paneltrac®, & Perceptions* soft verticals. {Excludes European Collection} Ask Inâ€"Store For Details Offer valid only from June 1 â€" June 30, 2006 35b Sasaga Drive at Manitou Kitchener 893.8687 (between Homer Watson and Wabanaki. past CAA) www.blindsareus.ca Scaling hydro poles withâ€" out a bucket truck, and early vehicles are amongst the historical images. Photographs from throughout the past 100 years display what life was like for hydro employees. Nuclear power, appliâ€" ances, natural storms, and technological advances are all covered in the book. The topics vary from hydro‘s founding fathers, the introduction of hydro to the public, and life in the war times. look at the evolution of hvdro. In keeping with the ARTS FOCUS theme of history, vice presiâ€" dent of information servicâ€" es, and New Hamburg resiâ€" dent Dolores Hofstetter, creâ€" ated a historical quilt which is currently on display in the Waterloo North Hydro breakroom. "It was the writing of the book that spiked my interest..." â€" Dolores Hofstetter quilt maker With more than 120 images in her collection, it only. made sense for local artist, Helen Bergstrom to show others how to make strikâ€" ing designs using pressed flowers last Saturday at Art Bites in Waterloo. Bergstrom said she originally learned how to press flowers in school, but didn‘t get into it until her kids were older. Now she uses a flower press her husband made her, and even puts together birds and insects using only pressed flowers and plants. â€" P_gta]_ pressing At this time, Waterloo‘s population was less than Waterloo North Hydro was created in 1900, under the name "The Waterloo Light and Heat Commisâ€" sion." Throughout the quilt are the signatures of past and current hydro employees. The quilt displays a numâ€" ber of historical photoâ€" graphs, with the original hydro logo in the middle. "It was the writing of the book that spiked my interest in personally giving a gift," she said.. Continued on page 17 DENISE MULLER PHOTO s [ § L The AIDS treatment clinic in Lesotho is a response to Stephen Lewis‘ plea to the Ontario Hosâ€" pital Association (OHA) to do something concrete to help combat the pandemic. The medical communiâ€" ty mobilized and created OHAfrica, a unique initiaâ€" tive that would focus efforts on Lesotho, the fourth most severely HIV/AIDS affected country in the world. In 2004, the OHA had their first team of health care workers in Lesotho, operating out of T%sepong Clinic, meaning "the place of hope" in the local language Sesotho. The work of OHAfrica. in partnership with the Lesotho Ministry of Health, ensures that lifeâ€"saving antiâ€"retroviral drugs will finally be available to people living with HIV/AIDS who need them. This film is produced by Peter Raymont and White Pine Pictures, and is directed by Patrick Reed. 1 se e attt Canadian medical team who travel to the small southern African country Lesotho, spearheading an innovative initiative to combat the HIV/AIDS panâ€" demic. This documentary will be screened at King Street Theatre, 36 King St. W., Kitchener, on June 17 at 6:30 p.m. This event is being hosted by the Women and AIDS WorkingGroup (WAAWG), a volunteerâ€"driven committee serving Waterloo Region with support from ACCKWA, Region of Waterloo Public Health AIDS/STD program, Planned Parenthood Waterloo Region, and the KW Sexual Assault Support Centre. T%oepong: A Clinic Called Hope captures the compelling and transformative experience of a Dr. Anneâ€"Marie Zajdlik and the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area (ACCKâ€" WA) present T%oepong: A Clinic Called Hope, an awardâ€"winning international documentary. On opening night viewers will have an opportuniâ€" ty not only to see the film, but also to find out more information from partners which include Adventure Guide; Alternatives Magazine; The NDP Party; and Words Worth Books. This documentary, starring former Vice President Al Gore has been called the scariest disaster movie ever made â€" because it foretells in excruciatingly accurate detail what will assuredly happen to the world if global warming continues to accelerate at the same rate that it has been growing in recent years. Check out the current issue of "Wired" magaâ€" zine for more information on Gore. The film‘s release will be ;up~p6|;;d by several local groups whose goal is to band together to raise awareness of global warming. Waterloo‘s Princess Twin Cinemas will be screenâ€" ing the summer‘s most talked about documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, opening June 23. Theatre screens awardâ€" winning film on AIDS Princess Twin screens film on global warming