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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>agreed - great idea! Lori
Strothard</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=robert@applecreekbuilding.com
href="mailto:robert@applecreekbuilding.com">Robert J. Fleming (Apple
Creek)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=susankoswan@execulink.com
href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com">'Susan Koswan'</A> ; <A
title=all@gren.ca href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 17, 2012 11:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [All] Record Letter to
Editor re Hidden Valley</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Impressive, inspiring,
motivational letter, Susan. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Robert J.
Fleming</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A
href="mailto:robert@applecreekbuilding.com">robert@applecreekbuilding.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> all-bounces@gren.ca
[mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>Susan Koswan<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B>
February 17, 2012 11:25 AM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> all@gren.ca<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [All] Record Letter to Editor re
Hidden Valley</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Happy to see they
published my letter today! Yvonne – can you share this with the rest of
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kitchener</st1:place></st1:City>
council?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Susan
K<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=6 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Grand
centennial park <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Re: <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Buying <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hidden</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> a priority — Feb.
7</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The City of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kitchener</st1:place></st1:City> is currently
appealing to citizens for ways to celebrate the city’s centennial this year. I
think local eco-heroes Gord and Daphne Nicholls have come up with a very
exciting idea: buy <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hidden</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> to create a signature park and
heritage bike/hike trail from the <st1:City w:st="on">Freeport</st1:City>
flood plain to the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pioneer</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Tower</st1:PlaceType> following the <st1:place
w:st="on">Grand River</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This centennial park
would create a legacy that protects and connects us to natural and social
heritage features such as the Carolinian forest, bald eagles, the Homer Watson
House, Doon Heritage Crossroads, the new <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Region</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> and the <st1:place w:st="on">Grand
River</st1:place> itself.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Funding sources could
include reallocated Environmental Action Funds and monies already allocated
for the Walter Bean Grand River Trail and to celebrate the city’s centennial.
I also suspect that a project like this would have little trouble generating
donations from the public.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My family frequently
bikes the <st1:City w:st="on">Cambridge-to-Paris</st1:City> rails-to-trails
path and <st1:City w:st="on">Kitchener</st1:City>’s and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:place></st1:City>’s off-road
trail system. We’ve also biked along the Canal du Midi in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region> with
its barges, locks, cacophonous cicadas, plane trees and delightful village
stops along the way. The possibility of saving travel expenses, hopping on the
light rail transit with our bikes and then riding for hours along our
beautiful heritage river would indeed be grand.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><I><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Susan
Koswan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><I><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Kitchener</SPAN></FONT></I></st1:place></st1:City><I><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A
href="http://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters/article/672516--grand-centennial-park">http://www.therecord.com/opinion/letters/article/672516--grand-centennial-park</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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