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Pages 21-25 www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE Stay Connected! Friday, February 14, 2014 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon Partnership bloomed for 42 years by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff -8° -7° -14° -12° -17° -14° -5° -14° Ford to build Edge Concept at Oakville plant this year by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff For Wim and Elizabeth Moester, the bloom is not off the rose after all these years. Together, as partners in business and in life, they've designed and arranged beautiful bouquets, brought countless oral visions to life and made a home and raised their family in Oakville. The Moesters moved from the small town of Leersum, Holland to Oakville in 1983 to reestablish their already 12-year oral design business and raise their two children in what they called a beautiful small town. Now, after 30 years of being a xture in downtown Oakville, Bloom '84 Flower Shop on Lakeshore Road is closing up shop at the end of the month. The Dutch couple has set their sights on retiring. see Partnership on p.3 Wim and Elizabeth Moester, partners in life and business, are retiring from their shop, Bloom '84 Flower Shop, after operating it for 30 years in downtown Oakville. The pair has been in business together for 42 years having started their store in Leersum in the Netherlands. They have also been wed for the same 42 years. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog Ford of Canada announced Wednesday an all-new utility vehicle, the Edge Concept, will be built for global markets at its Oakville Assembly Plant. To be exported to more than 60 countries, the Edge Concept follows on the heels of Ford's $700million investment in the plant to make it one of the most competitive and advanced global manufacturing facilities in Canada, while preserving 2,800 jobs. The vehicle is currently on display at the Canadian International Auto Dianne Craig Show, which opened today in Toronto. Ford believes the Edge exhibits the technology, design and craftsmanship that will de ne the next generation of global utility vehicles from the automaker. News of the multi-million-dollar investment in the Ford plant was announced last September to see Investment on p.7 OAKVILLE FOR OVER PROUDLY SERVING 30 SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 1.9 %* Financing as low as $ YEARS! 8,995 $89 + HST & LICENSE FINANCE FOR + LICENSE TAXES INCLUDED $0 Down 60 months BI-WEEKLY 5 Spd, AC, PW, Preferred Package, Stk# U7550, 85,630 kms 2500 South Service Rd. W. Tel. 905.845.7791 www.hyundaiofoakville.ca See Hyundai of Oakville for details Presidents Award of Merit for 12 years