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St. Marys Independent8 Friday, December 5, 2014
BUSINESS OF THE WEEKIndependent Shorts
● The St. Marys Museum will hold its annual Christmas Open House on Dec. 7 from 1:30 PM to 4 PM. They invite Christmas lovers to participate in an afternoon of Holiday fellowship and festive fun. There will be a Christmas exhibit, Penny Auction, Children’s Crafts and seasonal treats. Admission is free.● The village of Millbank will host Christmas in the Village on Dec. 5 from 6 pm to 10 pm on Main St. in Millbank. This old-fashioned, small-town Christmas event has activities for the entire family. Listen to Christmas Carollers or join them in a carol sing-a-long at the Live Nativity. Climb on the horse-drawn wagon with sleigh bells ringing to travel around the village.● The North Perth Players will bring Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol to the stage in Listowell this season. The show runs Dec. 5 to 7. Doors open at 7 pm at Listowell Central Public School.● Several Santa Claus parades take place in the area this weekend including in Mitchell tonight at 7 pm, Monkton tomorrow at 6:30 pm and in Neustadt Sunday at 2 pm.● In their first weekends at the box office, Penguins of Madagascar and Horrible Bosses 2 could not unseat last week’s leader The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. The Hunger Games sequel earned over $56.9 million in its second week bringing its total gross to over $225.6 million.● Director Sam Mendes unveiled the title of the 24th James Bond film Thursday. It will be called Spectre, and star Christoph Waltz as the film’s villain, and Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux as the two new Bond Girls. Daniel Craig will reprise the role of Bond for the fourth time.
By Dan RankinOur Business of the Week is St. Marys Rentals Inc., located at 19 Industrial Road in St. Marys and owned by Owen Braby. Braby, 57, is originally from Saskatchewan but currently lives in Stratford. He’s owned St. Marys Rentals for eight years.
“I’m a millwright by trade,”
he said. “I’ve been using tools and fixing things with tools all my life.”That experience serves him well in his business these days, where he of-fers three R’s: rentals, re-pairs and retail, for a wide range of home improve-ment and landscaping tools.He said his most popular rental items include post
hole augers, drills, jack-hammers, but he also of-fers Bobcat Skid steers, floor sanders, dry wall lifts, and pipe and drain clean-ing equipment. St. Marys Rentals is also a center for U-Haul rental trucks. Most items are available by the day, week, and month.Lawn and garden imple-ments by Echo, Shindai-
wa and - soon - Stihl are for sale in store, as well as machine parts, Braby said.For inquiries or to book an item for rent, call Braby at 519-284-4544 or email [email protected]. Marys Rentals Inc is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm and Saturdays from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.
St. Marys Rentals Inc.
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Mondays & Wednesdays
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARYP.O. BOX 957, 155 Queen Street East, St. Marys ON, N4X 1B6 ● Phone: 519-284-1380 ● Fax: 519-284-1283
If it’s your Birthday this week:You will hear good news about a financial improvement in the next 10 days. Minor delays can be expected, so be prepared to have fun while you wait. Cheers!
For the rest of us:Choose your words wisely as tact & diplomacy will get you farther than demands or complaints. Money matters improve overall, though excessive spending is still not advised.
Now is the time to think about your Christmas advertisingCall 519-284-0041 for info
16 Water St. North519-284-0187 ● [email protected]
Sabrina Rudy has recently joined the girls atStonetown Styles and Summer Dreams Tanning.
Sabrina will be offering specials during the month
of December.
Christmas baskets starting @ $10.99 plus taxes.
DecemberAny formal style booked
with Sabrina Rudy saves $10 and $5 off any
makeup application.
