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Waterloo construction firm Melloulâ€"Blamey celebrated its 25th anniversary last week with local dignitaries and satisfied customers. The reception included special presentations from the State of South Carolina and Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloâ€" ran to Bernie Mellou! and Dave Blamey for their years of success. Those successes include the recent official opening of Huron Heights public secondary school, which drew rave reviews. on office supphes at STAPLES® Business Depot"" when you ship with Purolator or Canada Post Xpresspost One destination for all your shipping needs When you ship at STAPLES Business Depot. save $10 on any STAPLES Business Depot purchase over $25* Otter valid from June 1â€"30, 2007 Shipping Centres are conventently located in over 270 STAPLES Business Depot stores across Canada Knowledgeable and helpful staff will help you with * fast.easy and relable Purolator delivery options * Canada Post postage stamps Canadian, U.S and International postage available * Convenient, easyâ€"toâ€"use Canada Post Xpresspost"" Domestic, U S and International prepaid envelopes ‘Yallé untll hme 30. 7007 Must meet moumom purchase of $25 or mare of Puroiater shippang and/e Canada Post Yoresspast envelopes made inâ€"store at SWWPLES Busmess Denot in arter to save $10 The $10 discount coupon must be apolaed at pornt of stuppang purchase and cannat be ased at s later date. Li one couon pec shupment Valld in store only F ull ademption necessary no cash or credit tack. Coupon has no cash vaiue and cansot be used it conpunchion with ather coupons/offers or used lowands the purchase of postage stamps. seffâ€"serve capying. gift cards, phone cards ar pror purchases. Reproduchons wil not be accepted ongunai avust be redwemed. To use with Capy & Prat tuilâ€"serve services, present coupon at tme of arder submszion Limst. one per customer per purchase Taxes mot included in calcuiating minimum parchase Offer val in Canade only Coupan cade: 3806\ YTrademarks ot Puratator Couner [ td *irademarks of Canaca Post Lorporation «BPurofator Building on the past that was easy.> 808 VR&ANAC PHOTO If you like going to restaurants, you‘re going to love a chance to dine out at unheardâ€"of prices. The Waterloo Chronicle is launching Deals On Meals Auction, an exciting new restaurant promotion that features great deals on gift certificates from various restaurants. Using auctionâ€"style bidding, you can place bids on gift certificates well below foce value. Here‘s how it works. In today‘s Waterloo Chronicle, you‘ll see our Deals On Meals Auction section filled with ads from local restaurants. From there you can connect to www.dealsonmealsauction.com. Register yourself as a bidder. Search for the gift mmm you wish to place a bid on. Determine the maximum amount you ore willing to pay for that gift certifiâ€" cate. That will be your maximum secret bid. Howevâ€" er, choose a maximum carefully as you won‘t be able to reduce or cancel it. The website always shows the current status of each gift certificate, as well as your personal bid history. When the bidding is finished, the person who has When the bidding is finished, the person who has wbcnmodfinfi:zmbidwmh:yflnflnmifkm at no more than $10 over the second place bid. "This is an exciting new opportunity linking the Chronicle‘s printed newspaper with an online compoâ€" auction.com nent, said publisher Peter Winkler. "While online aucâ€" tions have been done before, 1 don‘t think there‘s ever been one specific to restaurants. We‘re hopeful that our participating restaurants will see some new faces in their establishments, while at the same time, our readers have the opportunity to try out new eateries at a lower than usual price." You also have the luxury of bidding on outâ€"ofâ€"town restaurants. If you are outbid on a gift certificate by another bidâ€" der, you will receive a notice via email. in this case, you might want to consider placing a new, higher maximum secret bid to still try to win the gift certifiâ€" cate. All gift certificates can either be paid for in perâ€" son or with Visa/Mastercard by phone. Payment and pick up will be available starting June 20 at 9 a.m. Gift certificates from outâ€"ofâ€"town restaurants paid fdos over the phone will be mailed to the winning bidâ€" er. All payments must be made to the gift certificates newspaper of origin. Your winning bid email will have detailed payment information. The Deals On Meals online auction starts June 8 at 9 a.m. ond ends ot midnight June 17. WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, June 6, 2007 * 21