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AMADIO m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2003-01-25 published
AMADIO /
RAIMONDO -- Carmela and Tony
AMADIO are delighted to
announce the engagement of their daughter, Valerie, to Pino,
son of Italia and the late Pasquale
RAIMONDO.
All
Friends and
family wish you both a lifetime filled with love and happiness.
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AMBACHTSHEER m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-05-06 published
Jillian WIEBE and Todd
AMBACHTSHEER -- Match:
By Judith TENENBAUM,
Page M5
Five years ago, Yael
WOODWARD planned a barbecue, hoping that
it would ignite a romance between her Friends Jillian
WIEBE and
Todd AMBACHTSHEER, who were until then only fleetingly acquainted.
Unwilling to be undone by high-rise fire regulations, a resourceful
Mrs. WOODWARD dragged home "a contraption that looked like a
giant garbage can" and smoked a turkey all day in honour of the
occasion.
After teaching English in Japan for a year, Ms.
WIEBE had returned
to Canada at loose ends, and that July, 2001, she was apartment
hunting in Toronto. Mr.
AMBACHTSHEER, a vegetarian and seemingly
her antithesis, had nonetheless, by the end of the evening, sparked
her interest -- which she subtly conveyed to her hostess. "Yael
whooped for joy, did a little dance and said that was her goal."
After their official one-year anniversary of dating went unheeded
by Mr. AMBACHTSHEER,
Ms.
WIEBE wondered if "he wasn't into me
as much as I was into him." So her spirits soared that November,
when he requested she pack a bag, then whisked her off to New
York.
Tickets to Romeo and Juliet, a later gesture, also thrilled Ms.
WIEBE,
who had been a dancer for 14 years. The surprise bore additional
fruit when Mr.
AMBACHTSHEER developed a passion for ballet as
a result.
The turnabout wasn't as successful when she joined a group of
his Friends in Killarney Provincial Park for her first -- and
so far, only -- camping experience. "I'd never canoed to camp
and we were on our own, canoeing into the wind," Mr.
AMBACHTSHEER
recalls. "It was a bit of a baptism by fire." His admiration
for his girlfriend, who never complained despite non-stop pelting
rain, increased still more.
A 1999 graduate in film studies from the University of Western
Ontario, Ms.
WIEBE soon realized that work in her chosen field,
though a labour of love, often resulted in poverty. Currently,
she is a patient-care co-ordinator at the Institute of Cosmetic
Surgery. With an added diploma in makeup art, however, she remains
connected to her academic background, freelancing for stage and
cinema.
A refreshing change from "neurotic, artsy" suitors Ms.
WIEBE
had previously encountered, Mr.
AMBACHTSHEER made her feel "safe
and secure." But for the honours B.A. graduate of the University
of Western Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business, who is
presently a manager of transaction advisory services for Ernst and
Young, a definitive commitment wasn't immediately on his balance
sheet.
In September, 2004, a European holiday made Ms.
WIEBE optimistic.
"Every day that passed, momentous things happened. We were on
top of the Eiffel Tower, and I thought -- now!" Nuptials unmentioned,
the trip ended, and so she embraced the adage "expect nothing
and you won't be disappointed." But by New Year's, when three
other couples they knew had all announced their engagements,
she drew the line.
"I rehearsed a calm, succinct speech," she recalls, and two days
later she asked him about his intentions, including a request
for a time frame. Little did she know that his cryptic "within
the year" response was tied to another surprise he was working
on.
Inadvertently, she set the scene by suggesting a Centre Island
picnic, and as they basked on the grass, a sunny April 16 became
memorable. "I want to look at you -- you make me very happy,"
said Mr. AMBACHTSHEER, who is now 31. Sensing an unfamiliar tone
in his voice, she stared as he proffered a ring. Giddy with happiness,
the two then tore off to play Frisbee.
A year later, on April 15, 2006, at the University of Toronto's
Victoria College chapel, the two exchanged their vows before
Rev. Tina GABRIEL and received guests at Biagio Ristorante.
"Todd and I are different, and we love debates, but we agree
on all the things that matter," says Mrs.
AMBACHTSHEER, 30.
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AMORGOWICH m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-21 published
AMORGOWICH,
Peter▼ and Pauline - 60th Anniversary
January 19, 1946 - 2006
Day to day, and year to year You've been there for each other
And all of us. Congratulations and best wishes. With love from
Patte and Paul, Lois and Bob, your grandchildren and great-grandchildren
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AMORGOWICH m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-01-21 published
AMORGOWICH,
Peter▲ and Pauline - 60th Anniversary
January 19, 1946 - 2006
Day to day, and year to year You've been there for each other
And all of us. Congratulations and best wishes. With love from
Patte and Paul, Lois and Bob, your grandchildren and great-grandchildren
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