German-Canadian Business & Professional Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

Wilfrid L. Bitzer Awards Event
$20,000 Awarded to German Language Students
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German-Canadian Education Fund (Waterloo Region)
A Charitable Organization and Division of

German-Canadian Business and Professional Association
of
Kitchener-Waterloo
presents the:

GERMAN LANGUAGE AWARD 2007

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Alpine Club
464 Maple Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario

PROGRAM

Introduction of Guests of Honour:
Vorstellung der Ehreng�ste

M.C 1: Rick Weiss
M.C.2: Reinhard Weise

Welcome Addresses

Harry Drung
Dr. Marga Weigel

President - German-Canadian Business & Professional Association

President - German-Canadian Education Fund

GREETINGS:

Mr Holger Raasch

Consul General   -  Federal Republic 
of Germany

Anton Bergmeier

President, German-Canadian Congress 
of Canada

Ken Seiling

Chairman, Region of  Waterloo

Brenda Halloran

Mayor of the City of Waterloo

Berry Vrbanovic

Councillor of the City of Kitchener

Gerhard Griebenow

Chair - Co-operative Council of Germ.-Canadian Clubs

Dr. David John

Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo

Introduction of Guest Speaker:

Dr. David John

Address:

Dr. Ken Coates, Dean of Arts, University of Waterloo

SONG:

�Kein sch�ner Land in dieser Zeit�

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Dr. Alexandra Zimmermann, Assistant Prof. Wilfrid Laurier University

Students of 1st and 2nd - Year German - sent by mail

High School (OAC) Students and University German Clubs

German Language School Concordia receives School Trophy "Wanderpokal"

REFRESHMENTS catered by Werner Kuehlenborg's
Pear Tree Catering Inc. (free of charge)
Cash Bar

Sponsors and Award Recipients

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Presented by:

Sponsors:

Recipients:

Gerhard Griebenow

Co-operative Council of German Clubs of Waterloo Region

Lucas Melnik

Werner Bromberg

Bromberg Homes Ltd.

Sasha Thomson

Gord Crosby

Crosby Volkswagen Inc.

Eric Tanguay

Michael Alkier

Victoria Star Motors Ltd.

Kaetlyn Loewen

Fred Stork

F.J. Stork Holdings Ltd.

Sarah Holderness

Brian St. Amant

Scotiabank

Kristin Taylor

Norbert Englisch

Geo. Guenzler & Sons Inc.

Justine King

Wilhelm Pfenning

Pfenning's Organic Vegetable Farms

Gordan Vujanovic

Andy Mikolaiczyk

Raymond James Ltd.

Tharina Coetzer

David John

Waterloo Centre for German Studies

Valentina Hideg

Willi Ristau

Willi Ristau Construction Ltd.

Danko Cvjeticanin

Dietrich Look

Volkswagen Waterloo Limited

Ashlyn Skopnik

John Heffner Sr.

Heffner Toyota Inc.

Natasha Radenkovic

Henry Heidt

The Heidt Family Award

German Club U of W

Willi Huber, Sr.

Piller Sausages & Deli Ltd.

German Club of WLU

Joerg Stieber

Ontario Drive & Gear Ltd.

Dr. Alexandra Zimmermann

Paul Tuerr

Paul Tuerr Construction Ltd.

Andres Hahn

Ernst Friedel

E. Friedel Investments Inc.
Sherwa Investments Inc.
Friedel & Guderian Holdings

Elisa Cristea

GEWINNER DES O.A.C. SPRACHWETTBEWERBS
WINNERS OF THE WILFRID L. BITZER � GERMAN LANGUAGE CONTEST
for O.A.C. STUDENTS

REGULAR CATEGORY:

Andres Hahn - Bluevale C.I.	$1,000
Lucas Melnik - German Language School Concordia	$ 750
Sasha Thomson - Bluevale C. I.	$ 500
Eric Tanguay - Bluevale C. I.	$ 500
Kaetlyn Loewen - German Language School Concordia	$ 500
Sarah Holderness - Rockway Mennonite C.	$ 500
Kristin Taylor - Bluevale C. I.	$ 500
Justine King - Bluevale C.I.	$ 500
Gordan Vujanovic - Forest Heights C.I.	$ 500
Tharina Coetzer - Bluevale C.I.	$ 300
Valentina Hideg - Eastwood C. I.	$ 300

ADVANCED CATEGORY:

Elisa Cristea - German Language School Concordia	$1,000
Danko Cvjeticanin - German Language School Concordia	$ 750
Ashlyn Skopnik - German Language S. Concordia	$ 500
Natasha Radenkovic - Eastwood C.I.	$ 500

German Club at WLU	$ 500
German Club at UW	$ 500

Wanderpokal - TROPHY AWARD 2007

German Language School Concordia

(Last Year: Bluevale Collegiate Institute)

URKUNDEN UND GELDPREISE F�R DIE ZWEI
KLASSENBESTEN
DES 10. UND 11. SCHULJAHRES

CERTIFICATES AND CASH PRIZES
FOR TWO GRADE 10 AND 11 STUDENTS
RANKING AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASSES

Schule	1. Jahr Deutsch	2. Jahr Deutsch
School	1st Year German $ 100	2nd Year German $ 150
Bluevale C. I.	Jessica Harmer Brandon Strnad
Cameron Heights C.I.	Sandra Olde Jana Philipp
Eastwood C. I.	Joy Garafalo Marko Andan
Forest Heights C.I.	Peter Knezevici Deian Muthi	Michelle Caudle James Dover
Galt C.I.	Morris Chiang Nitika Burman
German L.S. Concordia	Nicole Rygowska-Sieczkowski - Gr. 9 Kimberley Morris - Gr. 9 Stephanie Lantink Adriana Richard Nicole Senger Jeremy Roman	Rina Thoma Ashley Racine Alyssa Skopnik Boro Vukovic
Glenview Park S.S.	Shannon Crezel Lauren Harrison	Donna Leffler Meghan Hickey
Grand River C.I.	Jennifer McLean Andrew Frey	Stefanie Culp Travis Miehm
Kitchener-Waterloo C. & Voc. S.	Sarah Schmitter	Ethan Lalonde
Preston H. S.	Laura Coady Elisabeth Steckie	Jillian Marquardt Nicole Neufeld
Sir J.A. Macdonald S.S.	Haris Faheemuddin Justin Tjong	Caitlin McWhinnie Madalina Oancea
Southwood S.S.	Ryan Wagner Caitlyn Brocker
Waterloo C. I.	Melissa Brandt Emma Torbicki
Waterloo Oxford S.S.		Gareth Holmes Michael Straus

Examination Committee
For the O.A.C. Language Contest

Dr. Alexandra Zimmermann	Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Herminio Schmidt	Vice-Pres. German-Can. Education Fund
Gerhard Griebenow	German Language School Concordia
Linda Jung	Bluevale C.I.
Ron Rhodes	Forest Heights Collegiate Institute
Stephanie Mueller-Winkelhage	Eastwood Collegiate Institute
Nancy Pauls	Glenview Park S.S.

German-Canadian Education Fund
(Waterloo-Region)

President: Marga Weigel, Ph.D
Vice-President: Herminio Schmidt, Ph.D.
Secretary-Treasurer: Manfred Richter, Ph.D.
Directors: Karen Scherl, LL.B, Willi Ristau

Supporters of the Wilfrid L. Bitzer Event

Top Award Sponsors: ($ 3,500)
German-Canadian Business & Professional Association

Award Sponsors ($ 1,500)
Heffner Lexus Toyota ($ 500 & Newspaper Ad $ 1,200);
The Co-operative Council of German Clubs in the Region of Waterloo

Award Sponsors ($ 1,000)
B-K Motors
Mercedes Benz Canada
Pfenning's Organic Vegetable Farms
W. Ristau Construction Ltd.
F.J. Stork Holdings Ltd.
Paul Tuerr Construction Ltd.

Award Sponsors ($ 500)
Bromberg Homes Ltd.
The Cora Group Inc.
Crosby Volkswagen Inc.
E. Friedel Investments Ltd.
Friedel & Guderian Holdings Ltd.
Georg Guenzler & Sons Ltd.
Henry and Margaret Heidt
Krebs Restaurants Inc.
Nature's Pharm
Heinz and Gerda Nowak
Ontario Drive & Gear Ltd.
Piller Sausages & Deli. Ltd.
Raymond James Ltd.
Scotiabank, Waterloo
Sherwa Investments Inc.
Sowa Tool & Machine Co.Ltd.
Victoria Star Motors
Viessmann Manufacturing Co.
Volkswagen Waterloo Limited

Event Sponsors ($ 50 - $ 300)
Hermann and Anna Becker
Tony and Brigitte Bergmeier
Manfred and Hilde Blum
James and Jane Breithaupt, QC, LLD
Allprint Ainsworth Associates Inc.
Gray Property Management
H.H.D. Imports Inc.
Klaus Koeppen
Manfred Richter
Ulrich and Gail Roetsch
Hilde Scheid
Eric Schuele Construction Ltd.
Silesia Holdings Ltd.
TD Canada Trust, Waterloo
H.L. Staebler Insurance
Waterloo Centre for German Studies
Al Way - Jamesway Construction
Paul and Elisabeth Weigel

W.L. Bitzer Event Foundation
($ 30,000)
Berlin Construction Limited
Marga Weigel Property Management

We thank the above Companies and Individuals for sponsoring this Event.
We thank Willi and Marga Ristau for providing the pastry.

String Quartet
Hingman Leung and his Associates
Music Department
Conrad Grebel University College
University of Waterloo

Special thanks to 1st Impressions Inc. for the printing of this program.

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