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Funding needed for Veterans‘ Green memorial â€" ohn Damman knew he had to see the Canadian veterans‘ memorial proj ect through to completion after visiting Holland last year for the 60th anniversary of its hberation During his travels he met an elderly Dutch woman, who told him about the day Canadian soldiers entered her village at the end of the Second \World War. that morning in 1945, her family awoke to the sound of armoured vehicles driving through the town. Her father yelled at them to run and hide in the baseâ€" ment â€" the Germans were coming. They soon realized it was Canadian soldiers, not Nazis, who had arrived. The soldiers emptied their pockets and gave the starving family every scrap of food they could find. "She told me, ‘That day will forever be in my mind," said Damman, who was brought to tears by her recâ€" ollections. He and his fiancé, Kathryn Shaweross. had already initiated the monuâ€" ment project, with the help of _ sculptor _ Timothy Schmalz. They had seen him workâ€" ing on the conceptual model Chlamydia cases leveling off among young adults egion of Waterloo Rl’uhlic Health is trying to break the chain that‘s led to a steady local increase in diagnosed Chlamydia cases over the last decade. ( The region‘s AIDS/STD program has developed a Chlamydia awareness camâ€" paign directed to young people ages 15 to 24, in hopes of reducing the numâ€" ber of cases by more than half to meet provincial mandatory program stanâ€" dards. "People in that age group tend to have shorter relaâ€" tionships and change partâ€" By Jennirer OrMston bor The Chromcle By Anpara Bamey Chronicle Staff Artist Timothy Schmalz‘s Canadian veterans memorial will be unveiled on Nov. 5 at the Veter ans‘ Green Park. A charity golf tournament in support of the memorial will be held on Sept. 15. For more information, call 519â€"896â€"1234 or email veterans_memoriat fund@yahoo.ca. of the Kitchener firefighters memorial about a year earliâ€" et, and came up with the idea jo have one made in honour of the veterans. "And that‘s how the whole thing _ started," said ners more often than people in‘ olderâ€" age groups," explained Marg McGee, a publicâ€"health nurse with the Region of Waterloo. She also said younger people tend to wait for symptoms of a problem before addressing it. While _ males _ with Chlamydia may experience painful urination or urethral discharge, females are less likely to exhibit any sympâ€" toms, she said. "Symptoms of Chlamyâ€" dia aren‘t that common," McGee said. "The only way to know if you have it is to get tested." _ The Region of Waterloo usually sees more than 840 Chlamydia diagnoses CITY NEWS Damman, whose father fought in the Canadian navy during the Second World War. "I always wanted to help the veterans out because for years and years they didn‘t per year, But McGee said the numbers leveled off a bit in 2005 with 841 cases, comâ€" pared to 843 cases in 2004. "That seems to be a trend across the province and across Canada," McGee said, referring to the numâ€" ber of local cases. "I think we‘ve seen some increase because of the ways testing has changed. For example, for males, we‘ve gone from a swab test to a urine test, which is much more acceptable to most people." But she added, more cases also show that people are still having unprotected sexual contact. That‘s something that get the recognition they deserved," he said. While in Europe, the couâ€" ple noticed many of the war memorials dedicated to Canadians only recognized the fallen. Summer is here and it‘s time to start thinking about changing or ‘ WIN! t s protecting your exterior surfaces. A LuxuriousP atio > \& * Come visit any of our locations ‘F‘U"_“}U:i Sfi’lt”! . 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The memorial, which is in the process of being bronzed, has an aging See ond World War veteran in a wheelchair at its base. Behind, the other soldiers are coming down from the sky towards the injured vet eran with the intent of conâ€" soling him. And in the veteran‘s outâ€" stretched hand is a poppy â€" which will be treated differâ€" ently than the rest of the monument, so over time it will turn crimson red â€" as a sign â€"of remembrance, Damman said. Around the monument‘s base will be a concrete pad in the shape of a poppy. And a flower bed around the base will be filleg with the flower. The memorial will be unveiled in the Veterans‘ Green Park, at University Avenue and Hazel Street, on Nov. 5. "If Chlamydia is untreatâ€" ed, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal or ectopic pregnancy and possibly even infertility." McGee explained. "Some women find that down the road when they‘re in their late 20s or early 30s and want to become pregâ€" nant, it can be quite a chalâ€" lenge. "That can lead to quite an emotional (struggle) too." The main messages behind the campaign are: most people who have Chlamydia don‘t know they have it; people aged 15â€"24 represent almost 70 per cent of all cases; if you‘re sexually active, protect yourself; get & * m()/u the Canadian veterans‘ memorial committee still needs more funding to com plete the project They have raised about 75 per cent of the $325,000 In exchange tor dona: tions of $100 or more donors receive a mimiature replica of the monument Iwo personal donations of $100,000 each were made in support of the memonial. "That really got things going," Damman said One of the large donors, Mac Voisin, the president of M & M Meat Shops, said the memorial is one of the most exciting projects this region has seen in a long time. "To recognize all of these people that fought in all these wars is outstanding, and I love the way they‘ve done it," he said. â€" "I think it‘s something this community is going to be very proud of. I think there‘s going to be a lineâ€"up of people to go and see it." For him, the memorial is a way to say thank you to the veterans, who "made the ultimate sacrifice," and to their families. To donate, call Damman at 519â€"896â€"1234 or go to the memorial‘s website, at www.canadianveteransâ€" memorial.com, where a donation form can be downâ€" loaded. 20 tested; and use condoms. McGee said posters proâ€" moting the campaign have been in Grand River Transit buses since the spring. They‘ve also been posted at local public secondary schools, colleges and uniâ€" versities, and public health clinics. More will be posted in local bars in the near future. "I‘m optimistic we‘re getâ€" ting the word out," McGee said. "We‘re raising awareâ€" ness; with more people getâ€" ting tested, we should start to see the (case) rates go down." For more information, call the public health department at (519) 883â€" 2251