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w at er lo oc hr on ic le .c a W at er lo o C hr on ic le | T hu rs da y, Ju ly 4, 20 19 | 2 CAMBRIDGE 90 Main Street cornerstonefurniture.ca 519.740.9991 /CornerstoneHome /cornerstonehomeinteriors CORNERSTONE'S CURATED STYLE Stunning new inventory is always arriving here at Cornerstone. We stock more chairs and sofas than any store in Ontario. While Main Street is being improved, our rear entrance is open for customers. For Patty Huschilt, it's more than a shovel - it rep- resents memories with her father. "I remember him dig- ging in the compost with it," said Huschilt, through tears, in her backyard in the midtown area between Kitchener and Waterloo. The shovel in question went missing on Tuesday - seemingly stolen from her backyard - and it belonged to her father, who is dying of kidney failure. After it went missing, Huschilt decided to create a sign asking for the perpe- trator to return the garden tool. "Please return my shov- el and rake. The shovel be- longed to my dad. I used to watch him gardening. He is dying. He gave the shovel to me. You took it yesterday. Please give back," a sign, facing the Spur Line Trail, reads. Just weeks ago, Hus- chilt, one of six children, went to her parents' home to pick out an item or two she would like to keep be- fore the inevitable hap- pens. She chose the shovel, which dates back to the 1970s. "I just had to have the shovel," she said. On Tuesday, June 25, Huschilt was in her back- yard gardening and trans- planting some plants. With her property being a long, narrow lot that backs on to the Spur Line, she decided to beautify the back end of her property. "It's just for the passer- by," she said. It was about midday and with it being a hot day, she decided to go inside, get a drink of water and sit down for a few minutes. She fell asleep and when she re- turned, the shovel and rake, which were leaning up against the fence on the interior of the yard, were gone. She checked in the tall plants along the fence to see if they had fallen down, but to no avail. "You always think that if you make it better off, you'd deter vandalism and thefts," said Huschilt, noth- ing that since the Spur Line Trail was paved, there have been more issues around theft. Huschilt is holding out hope that her shovel and rake make their way back to her property. She said she will accept them back no questions asked - as long as they are returned to her yard. "I could go get another shovel right now, but it wouldn't be the same," said Huschilt. "I'll never replace it." KITCHENER WOMAN PLEADS FOR RETURN OF SENTIMENTAL SHOVEL A Kitchener homeowner is asking for the return of a stolen shovel, no questions asked. She shovel belonged to her father, who is currently on dialysis. Adam Jackson/Torstar ADAM JACKSON ajackson@waterloo chronicle.ca NEWS THE SHOVEL BELONGED TO PATTY HUSCHILT'S FATHER, WHO IS DYING OF KIDNEY FAILURE