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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 May 2011, p. 12

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fl 1: -WATERuX) CHRONICIL - Wednesday. May I l. 201 l I ‘ x j a _ ~ ., . . I p . . , 34%. Helping comes naturally for Citizen of ther _ . - \ ,. - ' mun-Vinnie . 3 g 5'00"!!- mew » J ’ -‘ ”m“- he am Kitchener-Waterloo * ' . Citizen of the Year Mike . g 3, m g '5‘»). “ taming, Collins summed up his ‘5‘? "W3. , x, I, a s - _~..,‘,. 71% If; at $1 aft}: involvement with multiple chari- ' 3;: 3' "If “it " ’ his”; '. ’ ' * j - ties and service groups over his ', . - law” s"“,“““‘, " . ‘ * ' ‘ yearsinworkinginhcalltlin. . “The secret is that you 5! hack ’ far more than you ever give.’ said ' ‘ Collins the M manag: of the .‘ Your mortgage localRogersRadioGrounindudâ€" t ‘5 O Ill r a 1} 5 4 ing stations CHYM FM and 570 R 018C“ 0U kc LC' Newswhowashonouredatapla ?. ,, dinner at the Waterloo Inn last I f . . 7 _ Thursday hosted by the Dons on of Kitchener. { ”This evening is just icing on ‘ the cake and since the announceL merit I've just had an outpouring ‘ , . “pectic-communion" mdemanagerofmeloalRogusRadiogrounwashon- J @ Mennonite Saytngs "'5 5220”.“ '00" bah"??? cued as the Lion‘s Club K-W Citizen of the Year last week. . and Credit Umon AWWCWMM F3803; Wann- . 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K C . , , Rogers radio directly impact people. whether it's She gave a speech far beyond ‘ ‘ ‘ fig.‘i""’M"'fi’}p‘ "’ “ " " TX ' .j ’5; " f . station, raised stuffingan emergency kit for Haiti. her years about the example her 133,593 3:3“ atfik’flgf if a; 3; ' ‘.‘e(:;;,;‘;‘,‘("a»:. it 4 is": more than supporting families who would dad has set for her in helping with ‘ ',‘ ” ,~ '52 "* ' ‘ “3 . ”'3" '~ ".‘L x» 1‘ ’-"--.;-"‘*vi§%‘7’f”‘€-“ :1 as“? is 1:; $200,!!!) again have gine without at Christmas or a number of local children's organ- , ’ p 9' ' A! -‘ ' " I '~ 6’ 3' ’ ‘ I 41.3”. ‘ last Friday to delivering water to the people of izations. 3 7 *~ - 2- ‘1“ g o ‘ ‘ 3 :- .:~ help shorten Walkerton as they struggled with “He's the best Dad anyone can ;"_;"st . . . . the wait I'm for theirwater Men really ask for.” said Grace. “I look .4" 145 A ‘ ‘ ncy a t ‘ alr the more than One ofthe indelible images left up to my Dad in many ways and 9 ‘23:; " 1,300 children with him was when he drove up try my best to be a good role model . fining my" one on hold for with K-DAC Expedite. which gen- to my little brother Luke like my ‘2 if». 1;: For we Pl ‘ a , y services at the emusly provided three trucks to Dad is to me." if. 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