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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 17 Sep 2008, p. 21

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WM Hunt) (ruaoutcu: - Wednesday, September 17, 2000 . 2i l . l Continuing the tradition ’ ‘ o . The Natural Food Market 3 30 years of busmess are filled wzth memories BYIENNIFER ORMSTON , m“ \ ,2 . , for that." (Jimmie suit] “ a ' 3“"? “ ' ’ As well. she remembers what it E)”: In» .» 7 was like to be a child with a ecky Dahm knew from a very my” -’" "" " 4 _ , ,. restricted diet, B .~ ' that sh > want ‘d to -" fie? ' “You ot sick of eatin s - young age is t t t ,4 2g , . .. _ . ‘ g g un be when she grew up .3 “.3; ' a? flag); .. . a“; flower seeds and pumpkin seeds." in fact, when she was l3 she ,- e _ - - - , H , .â€" - 5.. , , Dahm's father still visits the told her father that one day she ' 5 E "‘ 4‘s { it ,4 .4 4 ”3;... store from time to time; her moth- was going to buy his business -â€" 4 , ‘ .o' . 9” 4 ' 97‘ , 3&4 ll}, - I ‘ 1 i } er passed away in 2001, nine days the Natural Food Market » from ,2 __ ‘. i . ._ *5 "“5" ‘ I ' ». t after Dahm had taken over the him. " » é "" is 1 business. And that's lust what she did, ya . ' V ' ‘ " "f ' ' ' ’ Eh ,, ”gr ’I “My father retired of a broken \ - This month, the longtime 4 5 ‘ . ‘1'; ‘7' heart. I guess you would say," “mom-and-pop” company â€" ’ r,. . . . . - . , ’ ' ' , at . ‘ ., Dahm said. “it was very hard for started by Dahm's parents, lim and .. ‘ "’ 4 , , . . . % is ‘L . him to come into the store.” Lise Colley ~â€" will celebrate its 47:: " ~. '«i a. 7"? 4 5' 44. Dahm admits there are a lot of milestone 30th anniversary in ' ,g-j; ' “a ," if ‘ ' 4 memories there, and sometimes Waterloo. ‘ -' 44»' n. - ~ ~ - - - . 4 7,4, 444 _» “,5 tough for her [004 It all started in 1978 when ”We - ,‘ '4 § " E‘ ‘A Dahm and her three siblings were ' 1; s; a, », ; J? ' K, . . ' ,4 , . young children suffering from a 7' )} .‘ :‘__.£;;}, '1 4 4 a?“ 4 . 4 ‘ “ M91610”! [hillk many varietvofailments. _ ~ , ' ' ”w a if"??? , , f ' A ‘ .. 2.: ' She had asthma and her sister . -. » ‘ ' ‘3‘" 3.1;“; . "5*t:$f:é"7 .e'fl; busrnesses can p114]! had eczema. while their two hroth~ , ,1 . ' g‘iéf M"5*'57325;;4_ 4 ‘43:! 3.” £323 that oflanymore. ers suffered from migraines and 1:2“ , ' '7. :,A I, :3,“ . f $3“%i*;;Â¥;#§%Â¥2 T" I " f" a“ Dah behavioural problems. We“ ' 7 a???) “i :_- ‘; $.13? 4. 13:3“?! ~ .2342 - < ky m .. ,, New ;».g. ., 2.x)» .4: A,,,,:. ”.5. :,; A; Owner ofNaruraIFoodMarlcer In fact. run was the word the ‘ 1 '» . ;: «‘swfisfi in .« it" family used when one of the M '4» f " ~§f§w~yg§ 1...; brothers was havinga bad day 4 , _ it. __ ,, 4 , 444 i is {If Myxg-“v “You think back to where it “We were all very sickly kids," . 332W?" _ ’55. I ”if? ' '14}; started, and with my mom's pass- l)ahm recalled. “l would go into . t " it“? 5’1 ‘~ ;- . g», l r ”‘.""».;."A ing. the store‘s walls have lots of . . . . . . v 9 , 5.. ' » ,.. . . . i. . i , the hospital once a month and sit FW 4 g ’” _ ' 1;»; ”at?" 42;»; {e stories, she said. ‘Theres always on air machines ~ you‘re talking N V is A 13’5"; 9:4 ' “ 1,1,; 5» ' that constant reminder ofthat." about a two-yearold kid. a: , use. 9»: 4 - ‘2 But she also feels a sense of “So mom started to look around ‘9 is’*}:.&j. ' ‘ A“ i pride in following in her parents' ’ at alternatives ittidriigsl," ‘ ' ,_, gix’ ; 5 4 4i footsteps. lise began studying tllllrilitin, , “g '4“ ,2 . i “I think any business hitting earning a brieheliir‘s degree in the . "3"" ‘ 7:537» 1 that 30â€"year milestone, still staying siibiet't before betoming a ri-gis» » _ ' .. A“ 1‘ 775' ‘ ' 1 in that mom-andApop generation, ti-red lllllrllltllidl tonsultant llien, u '7 A. :4 .4. 4 is a good thing." she said she started l‘llllillitlllilg foods from ' ' AV" ' ' _ "l don't think many businesses the kids‘ diets ‘ ' can pull that offanymore," \he llltlltt’tl \\llt'll i stopped I? i ’ . 4‘ . f In mark the anniversary. there tuningtltiin‘. l didn‘t get the asthma t Ju- "1 V" 4 . ., 7 will he a charity barbecue at the l ,iti.t< ks When my \i\i('|' stopped .9911, ‘ t w ‘. Natural loud Market on Sept 34) inning wheat. her ('t'lt‘llid ssent /A . ‘4 ‘fl . " from 11 a Hi. to 2 pm, in front of i awn \iid when my brothers 1; l . # the store, i stayed away lrom wheat and torn, , » "” Gluten-free sausage, organie i we were aetually able to li\ e Willi 4‘ O hamburgers and vegetarian CthA i them." Dahm said, , . .» en schnitzel will be on the menu Alter coming to these Condo _ ,, i ‘ that day. shins, Lise and lim were faced With , . , Proceeds from the event Will go a new problem ) what were they , v, to the Kidney Foundation ollana- going to feed their ( hildren? . i , da. which was chosen because one I If“ H M n If W m duh ‘ {mid Geeky Dahm, the owner of the Natural Food Market, purchased the 30â€"year-old company from her parents in ”f the “9m ( mployees went mm mm s to turn to, "I”, the ones that 2001 The Waterloo store is celebratin its anniversa with a charity barbecue on Saturda kidney failure last year. I existed were hulk food shops that 9 “I y. I‘mflmmvm MW As well. experts will speak at the didn’t sell supplements, Dahm storethroughotit the week. i said. squarelmrt store i in 1992. There and much more. digest gluten makes it even more The Natural Food Market is So theyopened theirown store is also a Natural Food Market in Its in»store bakery sells tarts, important to her ripen Mondays to Wednesdays lot‘ated at 75 Bridgeport Rd. F . Milverton, ()m. pan crusts. muffins. Cookies and "it's Close to my heart k l‘m from 9 am. too p.m., Thursdays to the Natural Food “Market has Today. it is brimming with a specialty cakes I all of which are always looking for stuff for them Fridays from 9 a m. to 8 pm. and moved a few times over the past Wide selection of merchandise. wheat or gluten free, and some are anyways, so it benefits the tits» Saturdays from9a.rn to 5 pm. I three denim-s it started out in a inrluding supplements, bulk, made without dairy tumors at the end of the day." she Registered holistic nutritionists MKisqtiareAfoot shop tip the street, fresh and canned foods. health Ilahtti's passion lies With the said, llfl‘Uli hand to do food allergytest and eventually moved to this [OCH and beauty products, from-n foods she ( «tries Having a hits ..l like to find the new substitute mg, nutrition eounselling and lion A~ a more expansive H.500 meals .ind meats, dairy products. hand and daughter who i'an'l for this and the new substitute more 4_ i It 4 . Barrister '5 Piece set. 2 height . : " ' . ‘ available ~ Weir, .. at” . cont . u c , L. , t i 4 l : v 4“ [,4. .._,‘ 4 ' .,’. ~ ». i ‘ O 4““ 4' (”:1: St. lacobs Affordable, fashionable... . 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