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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Mar 2014, p. 18

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"piiiullil‘flm \ For" ; _ \ - O 014 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. VOTING BEGINS MAY 7. 2014 t . , . , \ I .f.’ ‘ t' 1". ' ((L’it(‘~“~“ “

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